SEMIQUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF REGIONAL CLIMATE
... The decision to choose the indicators listed in Table II was made from a pragmatic (data availability) as well as from a systematic point of view (importance of sectors). NRW is densely populated and the federal state with the highest economic power in Germany. This is taken into account by the over ...
... The decision to choose the indicators listed in Table II was made from a pragmatic (data availability) as well as from a systematic point of view (importance of sectors). NRW is densely populated and the federal state with the highest economic power in Germany. This is taken into account by the over ...
Climate change impacts in urban coastal
... Historically, approaches to coastal protection in Australia have involved hard engineering, such as construction of seawalls, revetments, groynes and breakwalls to mitigate sea-level rise and storm-surge or constructing dams to mitigate flooding. More recently, use of soft engineering, such as beach ...
... Historically, approaches to coastal protection in Australia have involved hard engineering, such as construction of seawalls, revetments, groynes and breakwalls to mitigate sea-level rise and storm-surge or constructing dams to mitigate flooding. More recently, use of soft engineering, such as beach ...
How Do Recent Population Trends Matter to Climate Change?
... how population dynamics affect climate change is still under debate. While policy debates around climate change engender lively discussion on a number of factors, population is rarely mentioned. Studies in the past decade have added significantly to understanding the mechanisms and complexity of pop ...
... how population dynamics affect climate change is still under debate. While policy debates around climate change engender lively discussion on a number of factors, population is rarely mentioned. Studies in the past decade have added significantly to understanding the mechanisms and complexity of pop ...
CIAS
... changes (up to 12ºC in the Arctic) and accompanying changes in extremes of temperature and precipitation. These changes would have significant impacts on human and natural systems (IPCC, 2001, Warren 2005). Concern about these serious impacts of climate change has been paralleled by a concern that m ...
... changes (up to 12ºC in the Arctic) and accompanying changes in extremes of temperature and precipitation. These changes would have significant impacts on human and natural systems (IPCC, 2001, Warren 2005). Concern about these serious impacts of climate change has been paralleled by a concern that m ...
Extreme Weather Report 2012
... hypothesis that our emissions of CO2 have caused, or will cause, dangerous warming is not supported by the evidence. The incidence and severity of extreme weather has not increased' These scientific facts have not deterred climate activists from using Sandy and other storms to bolster their claims. ...
... hypothesis that our emissions of CO2 have caused, or will cause, dangerous warming is not supported by the evidence. The incidence and severity of extreme weather has not increased' These scientific facts have not deterred climate activists from using Sandy and other storms to bolster their claims. ...
Denman-Opening_Talk
... • Annual rates of emissions of CO2 are increasing, and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future (at least 30 years, due to coal generation plants) [see next 2 slides] • Polluting aerosols will be tackled and reduced due their short atmospheric lifetimes and to the more immediate threat to h ...
... • Annual rates of emissions of CO2 are increasing, and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future (at least 30 years, due to coal generation plants) [see next 2 slides] • Polluting aerosols will be tackled and reduced due their short atmospheric lifetimes and to the more immediate threat to h ...
the potential impact of climate change on the energy sector
... sustainable development. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in the Fourth Assessment Report, Climate Change 2007, indicated that Climate Change is expected to have great environmental and socio-economic consequences for the Caribbean countries, where changes in temperature and prec ...
... sustainable development. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in the Fourth Assessment Report, Climate Change 2007, indicated that Climate Change is expected to have great environmental and socio-economic consequences for the Caribbean countries, where changes in temperature and prec ...
Costing Climate Change Adaptation: A Review of Estimates and Approaches
... associated with a doubling of the atmospheric concentration of CO2), without offsetting adaptive efforts, range from 0.5 to 2 percent of GDP, with higher losses in most developing countries (World Bank, 2006). The impacts of climate change not only affect enormous physical property and livelihood da ...
... associated with a doubling of the atmospheric concentration of CO2), without offsetting adaptive efforts, range from 0.5 to 2 percent of GDP, with higher losses in most developing countries (World Bank, 2006). The impacts of climate change not only affect enormous physical property and livelihood da ...
Global Change and Coral Reefs
... in the atmosphere. This chart illustrates the main ways that this affects coral reefs. The best-known effect is global warming, which is the main problem behind the phenomenon of coral bleaching; and also the driver behind sea level rise, which is likely to help some reefs and to harm others. Anothe ...
... in the atmosphere. This chart illustrates the main ways that this affects coral reefs. The best-known effect is global warming, which is the main problem behind the phenomenon of coral bleaching; and also the driver behind sea level rise, which is likely to help some reefs and to harm others. Anothe ...
Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap
... more often to support civil authorities, and provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief in the face of more frequent and more intense natural disasters. Our coastal installations are vulnerable to rising sea levels and increased flooding, while droughts, wildfires, and more extreme temperat ...
... more often to support civil authorities, and provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief in the face of more frequent and more intense natural disasters. Our coastal installations are vulnerable to rising sea levels and increased flooding, while droughts, wildfires, and more extreme temperat ...
Appendix D: Economic modelling and adaptation to climate change
... These models are calibrated using real-world data, and a ‘baseline’ scenario is estimated. Variables are then altered — referred to as a ‘shock’ — and the model is re-run to examine the impact of the ‘shock’ on the economy. For example, the impact of climate change on agriculture may be represented ...
... These models are calibrated using real-world data, and a ‘baseline’ scenario is estimated. Variables are then altered — referred to as a ‘shock’ — and the model is re-run to examine the impact of the ‘shock’ on the economy. For example, the impact of climate change on agriculture may be represented ...
National Security and the Threat of Climate Change
... business processes and innovative technologies that result in improved U.S. combat power through energy efficiency. Numerous Department of Defense studies have found that combat forces would be more capable and less vulnerable by significantly reducing their fuel demand. Unfortunately, many of their re ...
... business processes and innovative technologies that result in improved U.S. combat power through energy efficiency. Numerous Department of Defense studies have found that combat forces would be more capable and less vulnerable by significantly reducing their fuel demand. Unfortunately, many of their re ...
Death by Degrees - Physicians for Social Responsibility
... healthy. Florida’s greatest challenges may be on the horizon, though, given the further changes that global warming could bring. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), average temperatures in Florida could increase by 3˚ to 4˚F during the next century (3). Based on information ...
... healthy. Florida’s greatest challenges may be on the horizon, though, given the further changes that global warming could bring. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), average temperatures in Florida could increase by 3˚ to 4˚F during the next century (3). Based on information ...
implications for ecosystem function and structure
... carbon storage in woody tissue produce negative feedbacks to the climate system, which consequently slow the rate of atmospheric CO2 accumulations (Melillo et al. 2011). Changes in N cycling in response to warming are also likely to have long-term consequences for plant community structure. Tree spe ...
... carbon storage in woody tissue produce negative feedbacks to the climate system, which consequently slow the rate of atmospheric CO2 accumulations (Melillo et al. 2011). Changes in N cycling in response to warming are also likely to have long-term consequences for plant community structure. Tree spe ...
McCaffery 2010
... Parameters that describe winter severity were negatively correlated with survival, transition, and breeding probabilities in this high elevation R. luteiventris population. These relationships resulted in higher estimated λ in years with earlier ending winters and lower snowpack. Climate change pred ...
... Parameters that describe winter severity were negatively correlated with survival, transition, and breeding probabilities in this high elevation R. luteiventris population. These relationships resulted in higher estimated λ in years with earlier ending winters and lower snowpack. Climate change pred ...
a new report
... business processes and innovative technologies that result in improved U.S. combat power through energy efficiency. Numerous Department of Defense studies have found that combat forces would be more capable and less vulnerable by significantly reducing their fuel demand. Unfortunately, many of their re ...
... business processes and innovative technologies that result in improved U.S. combat power through energy efficiency. Numerous Department of Defense studies have found that combat forces would be more capable and less vulnerable by significantly reducing their fuel demand. Unfortunately, many of their re ...
Climate change in Australia | Central Slopes cluster report
... periods: the near future 2020–2039 (herein referred to as 2030) and late in the century 2080–2099 (herein referred to as 2090). The spread of model results are presented as the range between the 10th and 90th percentile in the CMIP5 ensemble output. For each time period, the model spread can be attr ...
... periods: the near future 2020–2039 (herein referred to as 2030) and late in the century 2080–2099 (herein referred to as 2090). The spread of model results are presented as the range between the 10th and 90th percentile in the CMIP5 ensemble output. For each time period, the model spread can be attr ...
Pacific Islands Framework for Action on Climate Change
... national and regional levels, supported by the CROP, and in partnership with other agencies such as civil society organisations that work on climate change in the region. The action plan identifies key areas in PICTs that will be impacted by climate change. These key areas are food security and agri ...
... national and regional levels, supported by the CROP, and in partnership with other agencies such as civil society organisations that work on climate change in the region. The action plan identifies key areas in PICTs that will be impacted by climate change. These key areas are food security and agri ...
Harley b/l - CalCOFI.org
... Helmuth et al. 2002), and high-frequency interannual oscillations such as El Niño Southern Oscillation events (Jones et al. 2001). These oscillations provide natural “experiments” that can serve as proxies for studying the impacts of long-term, nonoscillatory trends such as those predicted by anthro ...
... Helmuth et al. 2002), and high-frequency interannual oscillations such as El Niño Southern Oscillation events (Jones et al. 2001). These oscillations provide natural “experiments” that can serve as proxies for studying the impacts of long-term, nonoscillatory trends such as those predicted by anthro ...
Where We Are Now - Edinburgh Research Explorer
... Secondly, I am not suggesting that further work is unnecessary on those questions that are already debated at length in the collection. These include the distribution of the burdens of mitigating or adapting to climate change. In particular, more discussion is needed on whether individuals can be re ...
... Secondly, I am not suggesting that further work is unnecessary on those questions that are already debated at length in the collection. These include the distribution of the burdens of mitigating or adapting to climate change. In particular, more discussion is needed on whether individuals can be re ...
Climate Change Workshop Proceedings
... addressing climate change by bringing together a key group of nurses who are leaders and champions in environmental health in Canada. Participants at the workshop discussed the leadership role that Canadian nurses can play in addressing climate change, specifically considering what nurses can do to ...
... addressing climate change by bringing together a key group of nurses who are leaders and champions in environmental health in Canada. Participants at the workshop discussed the leadership role that Canadian nurses can play in addressing climate change, specifically considering what nurses can do to ...
halifax harbour extreme water levels in the context of
... years since the tide gauge was installed in 1895), it is clear that mean sea level as measured at the gauge has been rising continuously over that time (Grant, 1970; Forbes et al., 2008). Furthermore, there is now wide consensus that the global climate is warming and that this warming will result in ...
... years since the tide gauge was installed in 1895), it is clear that mean sea level as measured at the gauge has been rising continuously over that time (Grant, 1970; Forbes et al., 2008). Furthermore, there is now wide consensus that the global climate is warming and that this warming will result in ...
Global change final
... greater contributor to climate change than carbon dioxide, despite being present in lower proportions (Lashof et al., 1990). The production of methane is more temperature sensitive than the production of carbon dioxide, and so while the proportion of atmospheric methane is currently lower than atmos ...
... greater contributor to climate change than carbon dioxide, despite being present in lower proportions (Lashof et al., 1990). The production of methane is more temperature sensitive than the production of carbon dioxide, and so while the proportion of atmospheric methane is currently lower than atmos ...
Climate Change and Paleoecology: New Contexts for Restoration
... Of particular interest is the warming of the twentieth century. During the preceding fourcentury-long Little Ice Age, temperatures in western North America were on average 1°C colder than present; glaciers in many western North American mountain ranges were at their greatest extent since the end of ...
... Of particular interest is the warming of the twentieth century. During the preceding fourcentury-long Little Ice Age, temperatures in western North America were on average 1°C colder than present; glaciers in many western North American mountain ranges were at their greatest extent since the end of ...
7. Ecosystems - Skagit County
... food sources would cause a decline in many seabirds and marine mammals (Schweiger, 2007). For example, decline of chum salmon would result in the reduction in a major food source for the Bald Eagle. Potential habitat losses are one consequence of global warming that impacts terrestrial ecosystems. O ...
... food sources would cause a decline in many seabirds and marine mammals (Schweiger, 2007). For example, decline of chum salmon would result in the reduction in a major food source for the Bald Eagle. Potential habitat losses are one consequence of global warming that impacts terrestrial ecosystems. O ...
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.