Spatial Planning in Coastal Regions
... This report highlights the core issues of coastal adaptation to climate change and discusses the impacts of climate change on spatial planning in coastal regions. It outlines the objectives of the working group 8.4 and its achievements over the past four years. It also draws members’ attention to FI ...
... This report highlights the core issues of coastal adaptation to climate change and discusses the impacts of climate change on spatial planning in coastal regions. It outlines the objectives of the working group 8.4 and its achievements over the past four years. It also draws members’ attention to FI ...
Torres Strait Regional Adaptation and Resilience Plan
... change will continue to bring to the Torres Strait. This Plan considers those impacts and proposes a number of strategies and actions that will prepare the region for the future. Climate change impacts are greater in vulnerable communities compared to those that are better resourced and less vulnera ...
... change will continue to bring to the Torres Strait. This Plan considers those impacts and proposes a number of strategies and actions that will prepare the region for the future. Climate change impacts are greater in vulnerable communities compared to those that are better resourced and less vulnera ...
Report on the Activities of the Working Group on Climate Change
... Summary Report of the Activities of the WMO CCl/CLIVAR Working Group on Climate Change Detection Combining the interests of CLIVAR and CCl, the Working Group on Climate Change Detection sits at the intersection of observational data and models, though with more of a foot in the observational camp. T ...
... Summary Report of the Activities of the WMO CCl/CLIVAR Working Group on Climate Change Detection Combining the interests of CLIVAR and CCl, the Working Group on Climate Change Detection sits at the intersection of observational data and models, though with more of a foot in the observational camp. T ...
Cotton and Climate Change: Impacts and options to mitigate
... temperatures, decreased soil moisture and more extreme weather events and flooding. This report summarizes the impact of cotton production and consumption on climate change and the options and incentives for reducing emissions. It also examines the impact of climate change on cotton production and t ...
... temperatures, decreased soil moisture and more extreme weather events and flooding. This report summarizes the impact of cotton production and consumption on climate change and the options and incentives for reducing emissions. It also examines the impact of climate change on cotton production and t ...
2007-2012 Hadley Centre Climate Programme
... The MOHCCP has provided scientific information through many different channels during the 2007 2012 programme. MOHC scientists communicate with other researchers through collaborative projects, contributions to the scientific literature and conferences, and through international efforts such as the I ...
... The MOHCCP has provided scientific information through many different channels during the 2007 2012 programme. MOHC scientists communicate with other researchers through collaborative projects, contributions to the scientific literature and conferences, and through international efforts such as the I ...
Report on the Activities of the Working Group on Climate
... Summary Report of the Activities of the WMO CCl/CLIVAR Working Group on Climate Change Detection Combining the interests of CLIVAR and CCl, the Working Group on Climate Change Detection sits at the intersection of observational data and models, though with more of a foot in the observational camp. T ...
... Summary Report of the Activities of the WMO CCl/CLIVAR Working Group on Climate Change Detection Combining the interests of CLIVAR and CCl, the Working Group on Climate Change Detection sits at the intersection of observational data and models, though with more of a foot in the observational camp. T ...
Does climate change create distinctive patterns of
... [e.g., Pelletier, 2009]. We also changed the input sediment supply to explore how a decrease in sediment flux from the crystalline range influences profile evolution. Such changes would be consistent with changes in vegetation dynamics enhancing slope stability, storage of sediment during interglaci ...
... [e.g., Pelletier, 2009]. We also changed the input sediment supply to explore how a decrease in sediment flux from the crystalline range influences profile evolution. Such changes would be consistent with changes in vegetation dynamics enhancing slope stability, storage of sediment during interglaci ...
Cotton and Climate Change - International Trade Centre
... water from the Indus River, which will carry less water as the Himalayan and Tibetan glaciers and snowfields diminish in size. The Indus River is very important to agriculture in Pakistan. Here, cotton production already takes place in sub-optimal conditions with respect to high temperatures. Furthe ...
... water from the Indus River, which will carry less water as the Himalayan and Tibetan glaciers and snowfields diminish in size. The Indus River is very important to agriculture in Pakistan. Here, cotton production already takes place in sub-optimal conditions with respect to high temperatures. Furthe ...
a proposal for a convention on climate change refugees
... to pay specific attention to climate change, noting that it could affect hundreds of millions of people in numerous ways, including through “permanent displacement.”11 In February 2008, the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights said: By 2050, hundreds of millions more people may become permanent ...
... to pay specific attention to climate change, noting that it could affect hundreds of millions of people in numerous ways, including through “permanent displacement.”11 In February 2008, the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights said: By 2050, hundreds of millions more people may become permanent ...
Climate Guide - Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre
... regions, and increases in average rainfall and snow in temperate regions such as North America, northern Europe and central and northern Asia. Even more worryingly, the frequency and intensity of extreme rainfall and snowfall events have been rising, as well as the number of droughts. We have also w ...
... regions, and increases in average rainfall and snow in temperate regions such as North America, northern Europe and central and northern Asia. Even more worryingly, the frequency and intensity of extreme rainfall and snowfall events have been rising, as well as the number of droughts. We have also w ...
Climate change adaptation strategies for Australian birds
... birdwatchers of Australia to the distributional databases on which this report is based. Without their outstanding effort we would not be able to prepare for climate change or understand the processes that underlie bird distributions. We have benefited from the combined knowledge of a great many peo ...
... birdwatchers of Australia to the distributional databases on which this report is based. Without their outstanding effort we would not be able to prepare for climate change or understand the processes that underlie bird distributions. We have benefited from the combined knowledge of a great many peo ...
Scanning the Conservation Horizon
... various aspects of climate projections and vulnerability assessments, we provide specific guidance on understanding, addressing, and documenting uncertainty. Finally, climate change is not occurring in a vacuum, and assessments must be carried out in the context of existing stresses on our species a ...
... various aspects of climate projections and vulnerability assessments, we provide specific guidance on understanding, addressing, and documenting uncertainty. Finally, climate change is not occurring in a vacuum, and assessments must be carried out in the context of existing stresses on our species a ...
Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy Nature’s Prophet:
... Veteran Science Journalists as Informed Critics Norms and routines borrowed from science journalism also characterize the work of many knowledge journalists today. Veteran science reporters like the New York Times’ Revkin or Scientific American’s John Horgan (author of the The End of Science 32 and ...
... Veteran Science Journalists as Informed Critics Norms and routines borrowed from science journalism also characterize the work of many knowledge journalists today. Veteran science reporters like the New York Times’ Revkin or Scientific American’s John Horgan (author of the The End of Science 32 and ...
Total aerosol effect: radiative forcing or radiative flux perturbation?
... the indirect aerosol effect in which case additional assumptions about the direct aerosol effect were made (solid black vertical bar in Fig. 1). The total anthropogenic aerosol effect or indirect aerosol effect so derived would, however, also include any other possible hitherto unknown cooling effec ...
... the indirect aerosol effect in which case additional assumptions about the direct aerosol effect were made (solid black vertical bar in Fig. 1). The total anthropogenic aerosol effect or indirect aerosol effect so derived would, however, also include any other possible hitherto unknown cooling effec ...
Scanning the Conservation Horizon
... various aspects of climate projections and vulnerability assessments, we provide specific guidance on understanding, addressing, and documenting uncertainty. Finally, climate change is not occurring in a vacuum, and assessments must be carried out in the context of existing stresses on our species a ...
... various aspects of climate projections and vulnerability assessments, we provide specific guidance on understanding, addressing, and documenting uncertainty. Finally, climate change is not occurring in a vacuum, and assessments must be carried out in the context of existing stresses on our species a ...
arctic climate feedbacks: global implications
... Climate change in the Arctic is affecting the rest of the world by altering atmospheric and oceanic circulation that affect weather patterns, the increased melting of ice sheets and glaciers that raise global sea level, and changes in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations (by altering release an ...
... Climate change in the Arctic is affecting the rest of the world by altering atmospheric and oceanic circulation that affect weather patterns, the increased melting of ice sheets and glaciers that raise global sea level, and changes in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations (by altering release an ...
The Governance of Scientific Assessment in the Context of the
... The Panel also has a small Secretariat of twelve staff members, hosted by the WMO in Geneva, Switzerland. The Secretariat supports the Panel, the IPCC Chair and other members of the Executive Committee and the IPCC Bureaux in the delivery of their mandate; manages the IPCC Trust Fund; organises and ...
... The Panel also has a small Secretariat of twelve staff members, hosted by the WMO in Geneva, Switzerland. The Secretariat supports the Panel, the IPCC Chair and other members of the Executive Committee and the IPCC Bureaux in the delivery of their mandate; manages the IPCC Trust Fund; organises and ...
arctic climate feedbacks: global implications
... Climate change in the Arctic is affecting the rest of the world by altering atmospheric and oceanic circulation that affect weather patterns, the increased melting of ice sheets and glaciers that raise global sea level, and changes in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations (by altering release an ...
... Climate change in the Arctic is affecting the rest of the world by altering atmospheric and oceanic circulation that affect weather patterns, the increased melting of ice sheets and glaciers that raise global sea level, and changes in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations (by altering release an ...
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... Most scientists agree that the earth’s climate is changing, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) projects that sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) will be one of the most severely affected regions. Temperatures across SSA are projected to increase 3-4° Celsius over the course of the 21st ce ...
... Most scientists agree that the earth’s climate is changing, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) projects that sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) will be one of the most severely affected regions. Temperatures across SSA are projected to increase 3-4° Celsius over the course of the 21st ce ...
New Zealand glacier response to climate change of the past 2
... Ž1962. as a surrogate for mass balance ŽChinn, 1995.. During the 20-year period of monitoring, the trend of glacier recession has reversed, with positive balances occurring in most years since 1980, and more recently all glaciers have shown positive balances ŽFig. 4.. Some of the values given in thi ...
... Ž1962. as a surrogate for mass balance ŽChinn, 1995.. During the 20-year period of monitoring, the trend of glacier recession has reversed, with positive balances occurring in most years since 1980, and more recently all glaciers have shown positive balances ŽFig. 4.. Some of the values given in thi ...
Granger causality from changes in level of atmospheric CO2 to
... identifying processes, including uncertainty concerning instantaneous (present authors’ emphasis) versus lagged responses. Wang et al. (2013) observed that the strongest coupling is found between the CO2 growth rate and the concurrent (present authors’ emphasis) tropical land temperature. Wang et al ...
... identifying processes, including uncertainty concerning instantaneous (present authors’ emphasis) versus lagged responses. Wang et al. (2013) observed that the strongest coupling is found between the CO2 growth rate and the concurrent (present authors’ emphasis) tropical land temperature. Wang et al ...
Using climate information for drought planning
... seldom look the same from one event to the next: some are prolonged and persistent but not initially intense, while others are short-lived and extremely severe. A response that made sense during one event may not be applicable during the next. The next 3 types of climate information — paleoclimate r ...
... seldom look the same from one event to the next: some are prolonged and persistent but not initially intense, while others are short-lived and extremely severe. A response that made sense during one event may not be applicable during the next. The next 3 types of climate information — paleoclimate r ...
Climate Change and Hazard Zonation in the Circum
... The permafrost regions currently occupy about one-fourth of the earth’s land area (Brown et al., 1997; Brown and Haggerty, 1998; Zhang et al., 1999). At geographical scales involving regions of continental or hemispheric dimensions, the distribution of permafrost is usually represented as a series o ...
... The permafrost regions currently occupy about one-fourth of the earth’s land area (Brown et al., 1997; Brown and Haggerty, 1998; Zhang et al., 1999). At geographical scales involving regions of continental or hemispheric dimensions, the distribution of permafrost is usually represented as a series o ...
Egypt`s National Strategy for Adaptation to Climate
... climate change phenomenon. A significant number of institutions and regional and international research centers have investigated the particulars of this phenomenon with the aim of identifying how to cope with it and how to reduce its associated risks. Some countries were classified as more vulnerab ...
... climate change phenomenon. A significant number of institutions and regional and international research centers have investigated the particulars of this phenomenon with the aim of identifying how to cope with it and how to reduce its associated risks. Some countries were classified as more vulnerab ...
The anatomy of a climatic oscillation: vegetation change in eastern
... extended well inland during the YDC, but were more moderate there than near the coast (Fig. 1C; location 4) (see also Manabe and Stouffer, 1997; Schiller et al., 1997). However, greater-than-modern summer insolation combined with atmospheric circulation changes during the YDC also produce higher-tha ...
... extended well inland during the YDC, but were more moderate there than near the coast (Fig. 1C; location 4) (see also Manabe and Stouffer, 1997; Schiller et al., 1997). However, greater-than-modern summer insolation combined with atmospheric circulation changes during the YDC also produce higher-tha ...
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.