Camels and Climate Resilience: Adaptation in Northern Kenya
... and thus may actually increase risk during periods of stress’ (Little et al. 2001a). In 2012, many of the people discussed in this paper were living in settlements, but livestock keeping was still important to their livelihoods and their identity (see also Adano and Witsenburg 2008). Households cont ...
... and thus may actually increase risk during periods of stress’ (Little et al. 2001a). In 2012, many of the people discussed in this paper were living in settlements, but livestock keeping was still important to their livelihoods and their identity (see also Adano and Witsenburg 2008). Households cont ...
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... housing) or securing structures (water regulation). However, case studies suggest that climate-smart solutions related to soil, water, nutrient and yield maintenance could be effective and implemented relatively easily by employing system understanding and agroecological knowledge and developing in- ...
... housing) or securing structures (water regulation). However, case studies suggest that climate-smart solutions related to soil, water, nutrient and yield maintenance could be effective and implemented relatively easily by employing system understanding and agroecological knowledge and developing in- ...
Corporate responsibility in (re)insurance business
... We pursue active environmental management at our locations and aim to ...
... We pursue active environmental management at our locations and aim to ...
The First Decade of Long-Lead U.S. Seasonal Forecasts
... latter during the great El Niño of 1997–98 is described in Barnston et al. (1999), which also constitutes a discussion of all of the methods applied at the time and how the methods had evolved from the first half of the 1990s. Subsequent developments in methodology and format are described in O’Leni ...
... latter during the great El Niño of 1997–98 is described in Barnston et al. (1999), which also constitutes a discussion of all of the methods applied at the time and how the methods had evolved from the first half of the 1990s. Subsequent developments in methodology and format are described in O’Leni ...
Trends in Intense Precipitation in the Climate Record
... was 1951–80 because for a significant number of stations the data ended in 1980. For each station, we determined the empirical distribution function and the set of upper threshold values (90, 95, 99, 99.7, and 99.9 percentiles of rainy day events) for daily precipitation during the reference period. ...
... was 1951–80 because for a significant number of stations the data ended in 1980. For each station, we determined the empirical distribution function and the set of upper threshold values (90, 95, 99, 99.7, and 99.9 percentiles of rainy day events) for daily precipitation during the reference period. ...
Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change - EEG, TU-Wien
... task. Since 1990, global emissions of CO2 alone have increased by 20%. By 2010 without the Kyoto Protocol emissions could have risen to 30% above 1990 levels. Nothing less than a radical change in how we generate and use energy will be needed and there will not be one solution but a whole portfolio ...
... task. Since 1990, global emissions of CO2 alone have increased by 20%. By 2010 without the Kyoto Protocol emissions could have risen to 30% above 1990 levels. Nothing less than a radical change in how we generate and use energy will be needed and there will not be one solution but a whole portfolio ...
The Al Gore Effect: An Inconvenient Truth and Voluntary Carbon
... Awareness campaigns that promote behavioral change exist across a wide spectrum of concerns, including health (e.g., National Breast Cancer Awareness Month events that encourage screening), political engagement (e.g., MTV’s Rock the Vote program that facilitates voter registration and promotes voter ...
... Awareness campaigns that promote behavioral change exist across a wide spectrum of concerns, including health (e.g., National Breast Cancer Awareness Month events that encourage screening), political engagement (e.g., MTV’s Rock the Vote program that facilitates voter registration and promotes voter ...
NERC impact report 2015
... NERC science showed it posed no threat to human health or to a nearby MOD installation. This will create gross value added for the UK economy estimated at £1.2bn over 25 years in present value terms, or an annual average of £50m.28 More efficient regulation – Scientists at NERC’s National Oceanograp ...
... NERC science showed it posed no threat to human health or to a nearby MOD installation. This will create gross value added for the UK economy estimated at £1.2bn over 25 years in present value terms, or an annual average of £50m.28 More efficient regulation – Scientists at NERC’s National Oceanograp ...
The impact of urban heat islands: assessing vulnerability in
... 2050, and 90 per cent of this increase is expected to be in Africa and Asia (ibid, 2014). In this context, it is important to understand the potential for UHI effects to manifest themselves, and how urban populations can adapt to these effects to minimise the risks to their lives. There are a number ...
... 2050, and 90 per cent of this increase is expected to be in Africa and Asia (ibid, 2014). In this context, it is important to understand the potential for UHI effects to manifest themselves, and how urban populations can adapt to these effects to minimise the risks to their lives. There are a number ...
Impacts of climate change on coastal erosion
... averaged over the complete data records, but was within the ...
... averaged over the complete data records, but was within the ...
Pius Yanda
... The committee consists of 18 scientists selected by mutual agreement between the three sponsoring organizations and representing climate-related disciplines in atmospheric, oceanic, hydrological and cryospheric sciences. These committee provides scientific guidance for the World Climate Research Pro ...
... The committee consists of 18 scientists selected by mutual agreement between the three sponsoring organizations and representing climate-related disciplines in atmospheric, oceanic, hydrological and cryospheric sciences. These committee provides scientific guidance for the World Climate Research Pro ...
5. Analysis of effects of the megatrends - Eionet Forum
... The megatrends shaping the world’s future will affect the global environment, and they will ultimately have both direct and indirect consequences for Europe. However, those consequences may not necessarily arise directly from the drivers and megatrends, but also indirectly as the effects of megatren ...
... The megatrends shaping the world’s future will affect the global environment, and they will ultimately have both direct and indirect consequences for Europe. However, those consequences may not necessarily arise directly from the drivers and megatrends, but also indirectly as the effects of megatren ...
TITLE OF THE ABSTRACT
... et.al; 2003). AMAP has established a close cooperation with UNEP Chemicals with the work to achieve a better control for global emission of mercury and we have produced a technical assessment together (AMAP/UNEP 2008,) and an updated is under preparation. The hot spot identifications that AMAP made ...
... et.al; 2003). AMAP has established a close cooperation with UNEP Chemicals with the work to achieve a better control for global emission of mercury and we have produced a technical assessment together (AMAP/UNEP 2008,) and an updated is under preparation. The hot spot identifications that AMAP made ...
Estimating natural and anthropogenic responses of the water cycle
... Earth's orbital conguration varies on multi-millennial time scales, (ii) the incoming energy from the Sun is not constant over time, and (iii) the dierent mechanisms that redistribute or temporally store energy on Earth are neither stable nor do they act synchronously. For these reasons, the clima ...
... Earth's orbital conguration varies on multi-millennial time scales, (ii) the incoming energy from the Sun is not constant over time, and (iii) the dierent mechanisms that redistribute or temporally store energy on Earth are neither stable nor do they act synchronously. For these reasons, the clima ...
Observed 20th Century Desert Dust Variability: Impact on Climate
... ‘natural’ aerosol constituent. There is strong evidence that desert dust is very sensitive to climate, globally changing by a factor of 3-4 between glacial and interglacial time periods (Kohfeld and Harrison, 2001), and by a factor of four regionally over the latter part of the 20th century (Prosper ...
... ‘natural’ aerosol constituent. There is strong evidence that desert dust is very sensitive to climate, globally changing by a factor of 3-4 between glacial and interglacial time periods (Kohfeld and Harrison, 2001), and by a factor of four regionally over the latter part of the 20th century (Prosper ...
A Climate Modelling Primer - THIRD EDITION
... Printed and bound in Great Britain by TJ International Ltd, Padstow, Cornwall This book is printed on acid-free paper responsibly manufactured from sustainable forestry in which at least two trees are planted for each one used for paper production. ...
... Printed and bound in Great Britain by TJ International Ltd, Padstow, Cornwall This book is printed on acid-free paper responsibly manufactured from sustainable forestry in which at least two trees are planted for each one used for paper production. ...
The positive impact of human CO2 emissions on the survival of life
... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This study looks at the positive environmental effects of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, ...
... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This study looks at the positive environmental effects of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, ...
Application for CMIP6-Endorsed MIPs
... experiments and the CMIP6 Historical Simulation will be distributed for community use via the ESGF infrastructure. Other Model Intercomparison Projects (MIPs) will build on the CMIP DECK experiments and the CMIP6 Historical Simulation and augment them to address a broad range of scientific questions ...
... experiments and the CMIP6 Historical Simulation will be distributed for community use via the ESGF infrastructure. Other Model Intercomparison Projects (MIPs) will build on the CMIP DECK experiments and the CMIP6 Historical Simulation and augment them to address a broad range of scientific questions ...
National Integrated Mitigation Planning in Agriculture: A review paper
... Agricultural mitigation is an objective in many developing countries: The report reviews 32 lowemission development plans in developing countries. Twenty-one of these consider GHG mitigation in the agriculture sector. Of the 55 countries that have submitted NAMA statements to the UNFCCC, 21 propose ...
... Agricultural mitigation is an objective in many developing countries: The report reviews 32 lowemission development plans in developing countries. Twenty-one of these consider GHG mitigation in the agriculture sector. Of the 55 countries that have submitted NAMA statements to the UNFCCC, 21 propose ...
Economic Modeling of Effects of Climate Change on the Forest
... indicating even likelihood and unlikelihood that some impacts of climate change on natural systems are now beginning to emerge. Looking forward, the IPCC has concluded that average global temperature increases over the 21st century are expected to range from 1.8 to 4.0 degrees Celsius (IPCC 2007, Pe ...
... indicating even likelihood and unlikelihood that some impacts of climate change on natural systems are now beginning to emerge. Looking forward, the IPCC has concluded that average global temperature increases over the 21st century are expected to range from 1.8 to 4.0 degrees Celsius (IPCC 2007, Pe ...
Mangrove expansion and salt marsh decline at
... (SST) as corresponding to the latitudinal limit in both hemispheres (Figure 1), although SST and air temperature at the latitudinal limit of individual species and genera may vary between continents (Quisthoudt et al., 2012). While mean temperatures provide a correlative explanation for mangrove dis ...
... (SST) as corresponding to the latitudinal limit in both hemispheres (Figure 1), although SST and air temperature at the latitudinal limit of individual species and genera may vary between continents (Quisthoudt et al., 2012). While mean temperatures provide a correlative explanation for mangrove dis ...
Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment of the Galápagos Islands
... In September 2008, Conservation International and World Wildlife Fund (WWF), in cooperation with the Ministry of Environment of Ecuador and the Galápagos National Park, conducted a vulnerability assessment to gauge the likely impacts of climate change on marine and terrestrial ecosystems of the Galá ...
... In September 2008, Conservation International and World Wildlife Fund (WWF), in cooperation with the Ministry of Environment of Ecuador and the Galápagos National Park, conducted a vulnerability assessment to gauge the likely impacts of climate change on marine and terrestrial ecosystems of the Galá ...
The Economic Effects of Long-Term Climate Change
... assumptions based on “little theoretical knowledge and no empirical evidence” (Pindyck 2013: 860). These models su¤er from a high degree of uncertainty regarding the negative e¤ects of climate change on economic output. “[. . . ] when it comes to the damage function [the e¤ect of a given temperatur ...
... assumptions based on “little theoretical knowledge and no empirical evidence” (Pindyck 2013: 860). These models su¤er from a high degree of uncertainty regarding the negative e¤ects of climate change on economic output. “[. . . ] when it comes to the damage function [the e¤ect of a given temperatur ...
OFFICIAL VIEWS ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND SECURITY IN SOUTH AFRICA, 2007-2012:
... (UN, 2007). By identifying the challenges climate change poses to all nations, the UNSG noted that climate change could have serious implications for the environment, society and the economy, as well as for peace and security, in particular. © University of Pretoria ...
... (UN, 2007). By identifying the challenges climate change poses to all nations, the UNSG noted that climate change could have serious implications for the environment, society and the economy, as well as for peace and security, in particular. © University of Pretoria ...
America's Climate Choices: Panel on Informing Effective
... makers about climate change and helping them plan and execute effective, integrated responses. We were asked to describe the different types of climate change-related decisions and actions being taken at various levels and in different sectors and regions and to review frameworks and tools for ensur ...
... makers about climate change and helping them plan and execute effective, integrated responses. We were asked to describe the different types of climate change-related decisions and actions being taken at various levels and in different sectors and regions and to review frameworks and tools for ensur ...