From Impacts Assessment to Adaptation Priorities: the Shaping of
... comparatively low and often absent, and to the extent that it was present at all, it was in the context of mitigation debates. One important reason for this is that it is widely understood that in the long term adaptation will not suffice. The atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gasses will hav ...
... comparatively low and often absent, and to the extent that it was present at all, it was in the context of mitigation debates. One important reason for this is that it is widely understood that in the long term adaptation will not suffice. The atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gasses will hav ...
predicting_climate_change
... predictions can be tested as future data become available. We ran the models forward ...
... predictions can be tested as future data become available. We ran the models forward ...
Responses of runoff to historical and future climate variability over
... shown, the uncorrected model simulations tend to underestimate T and overestimate P for most of the basins, with more uncertainties for the simulation of P than for T. Compared to the uncorrected model results, the bias correction results represent large improvements and show a good agreement with t ...
... shown, the uncorrected model simulations tend to underestimate T and overestimate P for most of the basins, with more uncertainties for the simulation of P than for T. Compared to the uncorrected model results, the bias correction results represent large improvements and show a good agreement with t ...
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... the radiative forcing depends both on the location of the precursor emissions as well as on where the O3 is formed and transported. In addition, previous modeling studies have shown that the climate sensitivity to a given radiative forcing due to a change in O3 may not be the same as for radiative f ...
... the radiative forcing depends both on the location of the precursor emissions as well as on where the O3 is formed and transported. In addition, previous modeling studies have shown that the climate sensitivity to a given radiative forcing due to a change in O3 may not be the same as for radiative f ...
Oceanic climate and circulation changes during the past four
... plot of residual DD14C (coral D14C minus model D14C) (Figure 3b) shows negative anomalies of 18% during these two time periods. Additionally, the coral D14C values varied on much shorter timescales than the tree ring D14C ...
... plot of residual DD14C (coral D14C minus model D14C) (Figure 3b) shows negative anomalies of 18% during these two time periods. Additionally, the coral D14C values varied on much shorter timescales than the tree ring D14C ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES TEMPERATURE, HUMAN HEALTH, AND ADAPTATION:
... In terms of methodological issues, the most salient are the measurement of health, temperature exposure, and adaptation, the research design underlying the study, and its external validity. At the conceptual level, the main limitations of the existing literature is that mortality and ...
... In terms of methodological issues, the most salient are the measurement of health, temperature exposure, and adaptation, the research design underlying the study, and its external validity. At the conceptual level, the main limitations of the existing literature is that mortality and ...
Global Climate Change and the Risks to Coastal Areas from
... officials in the Department of Homeland Security and Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the President of the United States. The nation’s attention also focused on the question of how to ensure more effective preparation for future storms such as category 4 or 5 hurricanes. Among those public o ...
... officials in the Department of Homeland Security and Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the President of the United States. The nation’s attention also focused on the question of how to ensure more effective preparation for future storms such as category 4 or 5 hurricanes. Among those public o ...
The Mediterranean: vulnerability to coastal implications of` climate
... world and these coastal populations are growing more rapidly than the global average. 2'3 This is causing significant changes to the coastal environment, placing increasing demands on coastal resources and increasing exposure to coastal hazards such as erosion, flooding and salinity intrusion. Globa ...
... world and these coastal populations are growing more rapidly than the global average. 2'3 This is causing significant changes to the coastal environment, placing increasing demands on coastal resources and increasing exposure to coastal hazards such as erosion, flooding and salinity intrusion. Globa ...
Observed and simulated full-depth ocean heat
... changes. Climate models suffer from so-called “drift” (Sen Gupta et al., 2013; Hobbs et al., 2015), i.e., spurious longterm trends arising due to the slow model adjustment to the initial conditions and/or imperfect representation of the energy budget. This drift can bias the long-term representation ...
... changes. Climate models suffer from so-called “drift” (Sen Gupta et al., 2013; Hobbs et al., 2015), i.e., spurious longterm trends arising due to the slow model adjustment to the initial conditions and/or imperfect representation of the energy budget. This drift can bias the long-term representation ...
Climate warming will reduce growth and survival of Scots pine
... for height) did not change the fit nor the relationship (data not shown). Developing response functions for individual populations across sites is more problematic with these data. Heterogeneity among sites (due to differences in soils, planting practices, diseases, extreme storm events and other po ...
... for height) did not change the fit nor the relationship (data not shown). Developing response functions for individual populations across sites is more problematic with these data. Heterogeneity among sites (due to differences in soils, planting practices, diseases, extreme storm events and other po ...
Adapting to Climate Change - City of Sydney
... Time lines for managing climate change are longer than most government strategic planning. This is a major challenge: to prioritise actions to both mitigate and adapt to climate changes over such a long time. Some actions must start now and continue over a long period, while others will not require ...
... Time lines for managing climate change are longer than most government strategic planning. This is a major challenge: to prioritise actions to both mitigate and adapt to climate changes over such a long time. Some actions must start now and continue over a long period, while others will not require ...
BIBLIOGRAPHY BOMAL-O, CARLA G. APRIL 2012. Documentation
... impacts on water variability, pests, disease and extreme weather events are all likely to affect substantially the potential of agricultural production (Zhai and Zhuang, 2009). Increasing temperature amplifies the rate of evapotranspiration, which intensifies stress in crops, particularly in areas w ...
... impacts on water variability, pests, disease and extreme weather events are all likely to affect substantially the potential of agricultural production (Zhai and Zhuang, 2009). Increasing temperature amplifies the rate of evapotranspiration, which intensifies stress in crops, particularly in areas w ...
Impacts of climate change on Blue Nile flows using bias
... evapotranspiration due to temperature rise. Based on climate change scenarios from two versions of the Hadley Centre GCM, Arnell (1999) estimated that the increase in evaporative demand would counterbalance the increase in basin rainfall so that runoff would remain virtually unchanged. Results from ...
... evapotranspiration due to temperature rise. Based on climate change scenarios from two versions of the Hadley Centre GCM, Arnell (1999) estimated that the increase in evaporative demand would counterbalance the increase in basin rainfall so that runoff would remain virtually unchanged. Results from ...
IN THE HIGH COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA GAUTENG DIVISION
... 20. The Minister in her answering affidavit averred that the Chief Director had adequately considered the climate change effects, but had not conducted a comprehensive assessment, and she imposed condition 10.5 requiring a fuller climate change impact assessment for that reason. She reasoned that co ...
... 20. The Minister in her answering affidavit averred that the Chief Director had adequately considered the climate change effects, but had not conducted a comprehensive assessment, and she imposed condition 10.5 requiring a fuller climate change impact assessment for that reason. She reasoned that co ...
Environmental Realpolitik - Digital Repository @ Maurer Law
... but defining specific steps that leading nations ought to take to put this dynamic game into play. ...
... but defining specific steps that leading nations ought to take to put this dynamic game into play. ...
“Human Rights and Climate Change”. At its 7th session the
... Aboriginal and Islander Research Action, focuses on assessments of climate change and climate change responses in Australia that impact upon and involve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The Environmental Defenders Office (NSW) is a not-for-profit community legal centre specialising in ...
... Aboriginal and Islander Research Action, focuses on assessments of climate change and climate change responses in Australia that impact upon and involve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The Environmental Defenders Office (NSW) is a not-for-profit community legal centre specialising in ...
Climate Change in the South Caucasus
... communicate the known facts of climate change in a well illustrated, easily understandable manner, accessible to everyone. For this we could rely on the rich Caucasian tradition of geographic analysis, map making and visual arts. Unfortunately, the format did not allow the use of other Caucasian spe ...
... communicate the known facts of climate change in a well illustrated, easily understandable manner, accessible to everyone. For this we could rely on the rich Caucasian tradition of geographic analysis, map making and visual arts. Unfortunately, the format did not allow the use of other Caucasian spe ...
Multi-decadal variations in Southern Hemisphere atmospheric 14C
... Island, New Zealand (52.52˚S, 169.22˚E) (Figure 1). Each tree series formed part of a wellreplicated, annually-resolved chronology with an „expressed population signal‟ (or EPS) above 0.85, a threshold value commonly used to describe a robust, highly-replicated series [Briffa and Jones, 1990]. The N ...
... Island, New Zealand (52.52˚S, 169.22˚E) (Figure 1). Each tree series formed part of a wellreplicated, annually-resolved chronology with an „expressed population signal‟ (or EPS) above 0.85, a threshold value commonly used to describe a robust, highly-replicated series [Briffa and Jones, 1990]. The N ...
Bangladesh, climate disasters
... climate change is currently only being felt in terms of negative effects, leading many to fear the worst for the security and survival of people, both in the short and long term, in certain regions of the world. This sounds the alarm for potential humanitarian crises in both rural and urban areas, t ...
... climate change is currently only being felt in terms of negative effects, leading many to fear the worst for the security and survival of people, both in the short and long term, in certain regions of the world. This sounds the alarm for potential humanitarian crises in both rural and urban areas, t ...
REPORT - BC3 Basque Centre for Climate Change
... 226 articles (of which 73 were in journals listed in the Web of Knowledge), as well as 18 books and 49 chapters. At the same time we are mindful of the fact that a research centre working in the socio-economic domain of a problem such as climate change has a responsibility to be relevant. Hence we h ...
... 226 articles (of which 73 were in journals listed in the Web of Knowledge), as well as 18 books and 49 chapters. At the same time we are mindful of the fact that a research centre working in the socio-economic domain of a problem such as climate change has a responsibility to be relevant. Hence we h ...
Flood risk and climate change: global and regional perspectives
... warranties whatsoever as to the accuracy, completeness, or suitability for any purpose of the Content. Versions of published Taylor & Francis and Routledge Open articles and Taylor & Francis and Routledge Open Select articles posted to institutional or subject repositories or any other third-party ...
... warranties whatsoever as to the accuracy, completeness, or suitability for any purpose of the Content. Versions of published Taylor & Francis and Routledge Open articles and Taylor & Francis and Routledge Open Select articles posted to institutional or subject repositories or any other third-party ...
Perspectives on Canada`s West Coast region
... in decades rather than months, repeating every 40–60 years. Sea-surface temperatures in the north Pacific, which alternate from periods of relative warm to periods of relative cool, drive this cycle. These cyclical changes in ocean temperature affect air temperature in BC because the prevailing wind ...
... in decades rather than months, repeating every 40–60 years. Sea-surface temperatures in the north Pacific, which alternate from periods of relative warm to periods of relative cool, drive this cycle. These cyclical changes in ocean temperature affect air temperature in BC because the prevailing wind ...
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... holder farm households. They account for about 95 percent of the national agricultural output, of which about 75 percent is consumed at the household level (World Bank 2006). With low diversified economy and reliance on rain-fed agriculture, Ethiopia’s development prospects have been thus associated ...
... holder farm households. They account for about 95 percent of the national agricultural output, of which about 75 percent is consumed at the household level (World Bank 2006). With low diversified economy and reliance on rain-fed agriculture, Ethiopia’s development prospects have been thus associated ...
Science Communication - Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program
... between 1993 and 2003 disagreed with conclusion of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that human activities have increased the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The year after the Boykoff and Boykoff study (2004) was published, the journalism trade publication Nieman Re ...
... between 1993 and 2003 disagreed with conclusion of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that human activities have increased the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The year after the Boykoff and Boykoff study (2004) was published, the journalism trade publication Nieman Re ...