Ireland Adapts to Climate Change Report Series No. 9
... the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government; members of the Impacts and Adaptation Steering Group; and all those in government departments and agencies, NGOs and other groups who contributed to this work (see a list of those consulted in Appendix 1). The authors would also like ...
... the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government; members of the Impacts and Adaptation Steering Group; and all those in government departments and agencies, NGOs and other groups who contributed to this work (see a list of those consulted in Appendix 1). The authors would also like ...
The Early Twentieth-Century Warming in the Arctic—A Possible
... the first and second decade of the last century there was a high proportion of years with stronger-than-normal westerly circulation over the North Atlantic (NAO in a positive phase; Hurrell 1995). As has been shown by Curry and McCartney (2001), the long-term domination of such an atmospheric flow p ...
... the first and second decade of the last century there was a high proportion of years with stronger-than-normal westerly circulation over the North Atlantic (NAO in a positive phase; Hurrell 1995). As has been shown by Curry and McCartney (2001), the long-term domination of such an atmospheric flow p ...
How can decision-makers in developing countries incorporate uncertainty about future climate risks into existing planning and policymaking processes? (424 kB) (opens in new window)
... more exposed to hazards and risks rarely before experienced. For some, these risks seem remote. But if climate change is not considered upfront in existing planning and policy-making processes today, decision-makers risk locking-in future impacts that may prove irreversible or much more costly and d ...
... more exposed to hazards and risks rarely before experienced. For some, these risks seem remote. But if climate change is not considered upfront in existing planning and policy-making processes today, decision-makers risk locking-in future impacts that may prove irreversible or much more costly and d ...
Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment Framework for
... Worldwide industrial development has caused greenhouse gases to be released into the atmosphere in great volumes. Changes in land use have occurred with increasing surfaces being cleared for urban and agricultural development. Concurrently, substantial increases in air temperature have been observed ...
... Worldwide industrial development has caused greenhouse gases to be released into the atmosphere in great volumes. Changes in land use have occurred with increasing surfaces being cleared for urban and agricultural development. Concurrently, substantial increases in air temperature have been observed ...
Preparing for climate change guide for local government
... An increase in the risk of heavy rainfall events could be particularly important for local government planning. However, because increases in rainfall intensity do not necessarily imply an increase in annual rainfall totals, heavy rainfall events may increase even in areas where the mean rainfall is ...
... An increase in the risk of heavy rainfall events could be particularly important for local government planning. However, because increases in rainfall intensity do not necessarily imply an increase in annual rainfall totals, heavy rainfall events may increase even in areas where the mean rainfall is ...
Climate Change and Sea-Level Rise: A Review of Studies on Low
... According to (IPCC, 1998), a 30 cm rise in sea level would increase flood intensity by 36-58% all along the coastal lines. IPCCs projections on sea level rise show scenarios from 0.3-1.1 m by the year 2100 with a best estimate of 0.66 m rise, which can inundate low-lying wetland, erode sea shores, i ...
... According to (IPCC, 1998), a 30 cm rise in sea level would increase flood intensity by 36-58% all along the coastal lines. IPCCs projections on sea level rise show scenarios from 0.3-1.1 m by the year 2100 with a best estimate of 0.66 m rise, which can inundate low-lying wetland, erode sea shores, i ...
aberdeen beach case study
... Concern over the vulnerability of the seawall and a possible acceleration of damage to the sea defences as a result of environmental changes associated with climate change resulted in management action by Aberdeen City Council. This took the form of a major beach nourishment and groyne construction ...
... Concern over the vulnerability of the seawall and a possible acceleration of damage to the sea defences as a result of environmental changes associated with climate change resulted in management action by Aberdeen City Council. This took the form of a major beach nourishment and groyne construction ...
Changing Climates, Fading Cultures: A Study of Place Annihilation
... The effects of anthropogenic climate change are already starting to impact the arctic. Warming of the planet will be the most dramatic and accelerated in the Polar Regions, which are already sensitive ecosystems to thermal fluctuations (Stocker et al. 2013). For Inuit tribes that have built their cu ...
... The effects of anthropogenic climate change are already starting to impact the arctic. Warming of the planet will be the most dramatic and accelerated in the Polar Regions, which are already sensitive ecosystems to thermal fluctuations (Stocker et al. 2013). For Inuit tribes that have built their cu ...
O b s e rved Impacts climate change in the U.S.
... linked to anthropogenic climate change, they will continue along the same path. Thus, it is essential to address the extent to which the U.S. climate change responsible for observed ecological responses can be attributed to global emissions of anthropogenic greenhouse gases. 7) There is an emerging ...
... linked to anthropogenic climate change, they will continue along the same path. Thus, it is essential to address the extent to which the U.S. climate change responsible for observed ecological responses can be attributed to global emissions of anthropogenic greenhouse gases. 7) There is an emerging ...
The dynamics of vulnerability: why adapting to climate variability climate change
... to revisit the claim that adapting to current variability will automatically lead to reducing vulnerability to climate change. While such actions indeed may be no regrets in terms of addressing well-known vulnerabilities in our current climate, there is no guarantee that these decisions will be suff ...
... to revisit the claim that adapting to current variability will automatically lead to reducing vulnerability to climate change. While such actions indeed may be no regrets in terms of addressing well-known vulnerabilities in our current climate, there is no guarantee that these decisions will be suff ...
34 pages - World bank documents
... Zwiers, 2002) were causing 154,000 deaths annually (WHO, 2002). Health impacts are likely to intensify given the anticipated speed of anthropogenic climate change (the scientific bases for which are discussed in detail in IPCC (2001b; 2007b)). Nordhaus (2007) comments that the Intergovernmental Pane ...
... Zwiers, 2002) were causing 154,000 deaths annually (WHO, 2002). Health impacts are likely to intensify given the anticipated speed of anthropogenic climate change (the scientific bases for which are discussed in detail in IPCC (2001b; 2007b)). Nordhaus (2007) comments that the Intergovernmental Pane ...
Our Climate Options Have Shrunk
... contained a metric projecting cumulative total anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions, on the basis of which a 'carbon budget' was estimated – the quantity of carbon that could be safely emitted without breaking the 2 degrees Celsius limit to avoid dangerous global warming. He said that the final ve ...
... contained a metric projecting cumulative total anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions, on the basis of which a 'carbon budget' was estimated – the quantity of carbon that could be safely emitted without breaking the 2 degrees Celsius limit to avoid dangerous global warming. He said that the final ve ...
Climate change - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
... Greenhouse gases effectively absorb infrared radiation, emitted by the Earth’s surface, by the atmosphere itself due to the same gases, and by clouds. Atmospheric radiation is emitted to all sides, including downward to the Earth’s surface. Thus greenhouse gases trap heat within the surfacetroposphe ...
... Greenhouse gases effectively absorb infrared radiation, emitted by the Earth’s surface, by the atmosphere itself due to the same gases, and by clouds. Atmospheric radiation is emitted to all sides, including downward to the Earth’s surface. Thus greenhouse gases trap heat within the surfacetroposphe ...
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... of climate change. The popular prescription is to build sea walls or levee banks to protect nearby life and property. However, such advice is rarely if ever accompanied by advice on exactly how high a wall or levee bank should be, or when it should be built. In the absence of information on likeliho ...
... of climate change. The popular prescription is to build sea walls or levee banks to protect nearby life and property. However, such advice is rarely if ever accompanied by advice on exactly how high a wall or levee bank should be, or when it should be built. In the absence of information on likeliho ...
List of maps and graphs
... Model simulation of hydrodynamics and phytoplankton dynamics during three contrasting summers (The cold summer of 1956, the average summer of 1991 and the hot summer of 2003). ...
... Model simulation of hydrodynamics and phytoplankton dynamics during three contrasting summers (The cold summer of 1956, the average summer of 1991 and the hot summer of 2003). ...
Climate change adaptation plan for the
... throughout the world and their impacts have been extremely varied. Climate change and their amplification have been confirmed by the scientific community, including the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). This changing climate is already being felt by the agglomeration of Montréal. The ...
... throughout the world and their impacts have been extremely varied. Climate change and their amplification have been confirmed by the scientific community, including the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). This changing climate is already being felt by the agglomeration of Montréal. The ...
Climate Change and Water in Southeast Asia
... Followed now – lifestyle change, including urbanisation ...
... Followed now – lifestyle change, including urbanisation ...
an advanced envelope-based selection approach
... to extremely wet days (R99pTOT) and the number of consecutive dry days (CDD) are considered. As the climate model ensemble will be used to force hydrological and crop growth models, we have chosen to analyse changes in R99pTOT and CDD as obvious indicators of precipitation extremes leading to associ ...
... to extremely wet days (R99pTOT) and the number of consecutive dry days (CDD) are considered. As the climate model ensemble will be used to force hydrological and crop growth models, we have chosen to analyse changes in R99pTOT and CDD as obvious indicators of precipitation extremes leading to associ ...
Sea-level rise and climate change
... Regional sea-level rise projections have been prepared for Australia and show that the extent of rise is likely to be similar around the nation, with only small differences existing between locations for different time frames and emissions scenarios. ...
... Regional sea-level rise projections have been prepared for Australia and show that the extent of rise is likely to be similar around the nation, with only small differences existing between locations for different time frames and emissions scenarios. ...
Climate Change and National Park Wildlife: A Survival
... that each of us owns our national parks. They have been entrusted to us, and it is our responsibility to make sure that climate change does not rob the parks of their incredibly rich array of plants, fish, reptiles, birds, and mammals. Wildlife is threatened now as perhaps never before. The Intergov ...
... that each of us owns our national parks. They have been entrusted to us, and it is our responsibility to make sure that climate change does not rob the parks of their incredibly rich array of plants, fish, reptiles, birds, and mammals. Wildlife is threatened now as perhaps never before. The Intergov ...
Australia`s Energy Sector – Drivers for Change
... humanity in the coming centuries. In the short term, even very small increases in sea level will amplify storm surge damage, and in the longer term anticipated rises in sea level stand to threaten inundation of coastal development across the world. This lecture will explain how climate change is cau ...
... humanity in the coming centuries. In the short term, even very small increases in sea level will amplify storm surge damage, and in the longer term anticipated rises in sea level stand to threaten inundation of coastal development across the world. This lecture will explain how climate change is cau ...
WHAT IS THE “DAMAGES FUNCTION” FOR GLOBAL WARMING
... these two axioms imply a utility function encompassing as special cases both the standard multiplicative form, which has traditionally been used in practice for some time now, and also an additive analogue that has appeared more recently in the literature. After some numerical exercises, the paper d ...
... these two axioms imply a utility function encompassing as special cases both the standard multiplicative form, which has traditionally been used in practice for some time now, and also an additive analogue that has appeared more recently in the literature. After some numerical exercises, the paper d ...
Developing and Implementing Climate Change Adaptation
... In Mediterranean regions, such as that in southwestern Oregon, USA, changes will likely be driven mainly by wildfire and drought. To minimize the negative effects of climate change, resource managers require tools and information to assess climate change vulnerabilities and to develop and implement ...
... In Mediterranean regions, such as that in southwestern Oregon, USA, changes will likely be driven mainly by wildfire and drought. To minimize the negative effects of climate change, resource managers require tools and information to assess climate change vulnerabilities and to develop and implement ...
Climate Change and Poverty in Mozambique
... years and perhaps the last millennium. The hottest 22 years on record have occurred since 1980, and 2005 was the hottest of all. The nearly universal consensus amongst scientists is that this warming trend has been triggered by the emission of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses by human acti ...
... years and perhaps the last millennium. The hottest 22 years on record have occurred since 1980, and 2005 was the hottest of all. The nearly universal consensus amongst scientists is that this warming trend has been triggered by the emission of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses by human acti ...
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... and extreme events are expected to be much more critical to tree growth (Loustau et al. 2005). An increase in temperature alone would be beneficial for some populations, but an interaction with other climate- or site-related factors could alter the response (Keeling et al. 1996). Higher temperatures ...
... and extreme events are expected to be much more critical to tree growth (Loustau et al. 2005). An increase in temperature alone would be beneficial for some populations, but an interaction with other climate- or site-related factors could alter the response (Keeling et al. 1996). Higher temperatures ...
Effects of global warming
The effects of global warming are the environmental and social changes caused (directly or indirectly) by human emissions of greenhouse gases. There is a scientific consensus that climate change is occurring, and that human activities are the primary driver. Many impacts of climate change have already been observed, including glacier retreat, changes in the timing of seasonal events (e.g., earlier flowering of plants), and changes in agricultural productivity.Future effects of climate change will vary depending on climate change policies and social development. The two main policies to address climate change are reducing human greenhouse gas emissions (climate change mitigation) and adapting to the impacts of climate change. Geoengineering is another policy option.Near-term climate change policies could significantly affect long-term climate change impacts. Stringent mitigation policies might be able to limit global warming (in 2100) to around 2 °C or below, relative to pre-industrial levels. Without mitigation, increased energy demand and extensive use of fossil fuels might lead to global warming of around 4 °C. Higher magnitudes of global warming would be more difficult to adapt to, and would increase the risk of negative impacts.