Climate Change, Water and the Policy
... the list of regions to undergo a severe process of aridification characterized by hot and drier conditions with extensive and prolonged droughts (Giorgi 2006). These dire projections have been reiterated by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its comprehensive state-of-the-art re ...
... the list of regions to undergo a severe process of aridification characterized by hot and drier conditions with extensive and prolonged droughts (Giorgi 2006). These dire projections have been reiterated by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its comprehensive state-of-the-art re ...
Desertification-Climate Change Interactions
... relative humidity and on the possibility of cloud formation (Andréassian, 2004; Geist & Lambin, 2004; Burroughs et al., 2007). Other climate impact of evapotranspiration is the regulation of temperature. Thus lower evapotranspiration rates could induce a warmer effect on environmental temperature, a ...
... relative humidity and on the possibility of cloud formation (Andréassian, 2004; Geist & Lambin, 2004; Burroughs et al., 2007). Other climate impact of evapotranspiration is the regulation of temperature. Thus lower evapotranspiration rates could induce a warmer effect on environmental temperature, a ...
Vol.12, No.1, 2012
... change is slow,” explains Friedrich. “The last time that atmospheric temperatures and CO2 rose rapidly occurred when Earth came out of its last deepfreeze and started to warm 17,000 years ago. Atmospheric CO2 concentration levels rose from 190 ppmv to 280 ppmv until 11,000 years ago. By simulating t ...
... change is slow,” explains Friedrich. “The last time that atmospheric temperatures and CO2 rose rapidly occurred when Earth came out of its last deepfreeze and started to warm 17,000 years ago. Atmospheric CO2 concentration levels rose from 190 ppmv to 280 ppmv until 11,000 years ago. By simulating t ...
Climate Resilient Planning : A Tool for Long
... Increasing our level of awareness about the inter-linkages among climate variability, climate-change hazards, vulnerability, and development is a prerequisite to recognizing climate risks, which, in turn, is required to make a plan climate-resilient. Integrating climate considerations into sectoral ...
... Increasing our level of awareness about the inter-linkages among climate variability, climate-change hazards, vulnerability, and development is a prerequisite to recognizing climate risks, which, in turn, is required to make a plan climate-resilient. Integrating climate considerations into sectoral ...
Adaptation for Climate Change in the Coastal Sector of Saint Lucia
... warming of between 1 and 5oC or greater is expected, depending on the scenario used, and this warming far exceeds natural variability.18 It is also expected that the wet season will be dryer!. 19 Climate change will lead to changes in sea level, increasing it on average, and also could lead to alter ...
... warming of between 1 and 5oC or greater is expected, depending on the scenario used, and this warming far exceeds natural variability.18 It is also expected that the wet season will be dryer!. 19 Climate change will lead to changes in sea level, increasing it on average, and also could lead to alter ...
PREPARING FOR CLIMATIC CHANGE: THE WATER, SALMON, AND
... Another cool phase of PDO may have begun in 1998, but it is too early to tell with confidence and its likely duration is unknown (Hare and Mantua, 2000). Tree ring records (Gedalof and Smith, 2001) suggest that the size and frequency of 20th century shifts of the PDO are similar to those between abo ...
... Another cool phase of PDO may have begun in 1998, but it is too early to tell with confidence and its likely duration is unknown (Hare and Mantua, 2000). Tree ring records (Gedalof and Smith, 2001) suggest that the size and frequency of 20th century shifts of the PDO are similar to those between abo ...
Potential Impacts of Contemporary Changing Climate on Caribbean
... Caribbean where there is incomplete tidal and weather station coverage, estimates of past and future temperature changes must rely on extrapolation from other regions. While our knowledge of global mean temperature change is still uncertain, even in the present era of instrumental meteorology, resea ...
... Caribbean where there is incomplete tidal and weather station coverage, estimates of past and future temperature changes must rely on extrapolation from other regions. While our knowledge of global mean temperature change is still uncertain, even in the present era of instrumental meteorology, resea ...
Working Paper Series - Griffith University
... disproportionately’ (Semenza, 2011) and humans are critically responsible (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2007; Barker, Ekins and Johnstone, 2013; Hansen et al., 2013; Stenhouse, 2013). These developments will affect individuals and corporations alike: as David Brower said, ‘there’s no b ...
... disproportionately’ (Semenza, 2011) and humans are critically responsible (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2007; Barker, Ekins and Johnstone, 2013; Hansen et al., 2013; Stenhouse, 2013). These developments will affect individuals and corporations alike: as David Brower said, ‘there’s no b ...
Early effects of climate change: do they include changes in vector
... arid and semi-arid areas are becoming dryer while other areas, especially mid-to-high latitudes, are becoming wetter. There is also evidence that where precipitation has increased, there has been a disproportionate increase in the frequency of the heaviest precipitation events (Karl & Knight 1998). ...
... arid and semi-arid areas are becoming dryer while other areas, especially mid-to-high latitudes, are becoming wetter. There is also evidence that where precipitation has increased, there has been a disproportionate increase in the frequency of the heaviest precipitation events (Karl & Knight 1998). ...
Mapping vulnerability to multiple stressors: climate change and
... case studies in selected districts. This method may be used to assess differential vulnerability for any particular sector within a nation or region, and it can serve as a basis for targeting policy interventions. We focus on India’s agricultural vulnerability to two stressors: climate change and ec ...
... case studies in selected districts. This method may be used to assess differential vulnerability for any particular sector within a nation or region, and it can serve as a basis for targeting policy interventions. We focus on India’s agricultural vulnerability to two stressors: climate change and ec ...
JEDC_email_exchange_2
... ‘Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control’ in 2013. I believe they require not only prompt correction but also action by the author to make available details of the calculations he carried out so that the rest of his data may be replicated and verified. The paper is now being cited in the media and in ...
... ‘Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control’ in 2013. I believe they require not only prompt correction but also action by the author to make available details of the calculations he carried out so that the rest of his data may be replicated and verified. The paper is now being cited in the media and in ...
Will we leave the Great Barrier Reef for our children?
... This paper adopts the research methodology and philosophy of Colin Robson’s “real world enquiry”.11 Robson points out that “one of the challenges inherent in carrying out investigations in the ‘real world’ lies in seeking to say something sensible about a complex, relatively poorly controlled and ge ...
... This paper adopts the research methodology and philosophy of Colin Robson’s “real world enquiry”.11 Robson points out that “one of the challenges inherent in carrying out investigations in the ‘real world’ lies in seeking to say something sensible about a complex, relatively poorly controlled and ge ...
Interactive effects of multiple climate change variables on trophic
... elucidating the effects of single climate change variables on individual species. Here, we use established meta-analysis techniques to synthesize the existing literature on the interactive effects of multiple climate change variables on trophic interactions. Results: Most of the studies included in ...
... elucidating the effects of single climate change variables on individual species. Here, we use established meta-analysis techniques to synthesize the existing literature on the interactive effects of multiple climate change variables on trophic interactions. Results: Most of the studies included in ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES A SUMMARY AND INTERPRETATION
... The climate is a key ingredient in the Earth's complex system that sustains human life and wellbeing. According to the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) due to human activity, largely combustion of fossil fuels such as coal, are ...
... The climate is a key ingredient in the Earth's complex system that sustains human life and wellbeing. According to the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) due to human activity, largely combustion of fossil fuels such as coal, are ...
1 CV KAREN L. O`BRIEN Department of Sociology and Human
... Hayward, B. and K. L. O’Brien. 2010. Security of What, for Whom? Rethinking Social Contracts in a Changing Climate. In K. O’Brien, A.L. St. Clair and B. Kristoffersen (editors), Climate Change, Ethics, and Human Security. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 199-214. O’Brien, K.L., A.L. St Cl ...
... Hayward, B. and K. L. O’Brien. 2010. Security of What, for Whom? Rethinking Social Contracts in a Changing Climate. In K. O’Brien, A.L. St. Clair and B. Kristoffersen (editors), Climate Change, Ethics, and Human Security. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 199-214. O’Brien, K.L., A.L. St Cl ...
Ch 18 Global Climate Change
... • In 2007, scientists from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) sifted through thousands of studies and published the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) • The report concluded that warming of the climate is unequivocal • The atmosphere and oceans are warmer • Sea levels are rising and gl ...
... • In 2007, scientists from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) sifted through thousands of studies and published the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) • The report concluded that warming of the climate is unequivocal • The atmosphere and oceans are warmer • Sea levels are rising and gl ...
Key aspects of global climate change
... “There is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming observed over the last fifty years is attributable to human activities”. The Earth’s climate system has markedly changed during the time period from the industrial revolution, with some changes having been of anthropogenic origin. The clim ...
... “There is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming observed over the last fifty years is attributable to human activities”. The Earth’s climate system has markedly changed during the time period from the industrial revolution, with some changes having been of anthropogenic origin. The clim ...
18_Lecture_Presentation
... • In 2007, scientists from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) sifted through thousands of studies and published the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) • The report concluded that warming of the climate is unequivocal • The atmosphere and oceans are warmer • Sea levels are rising and gl ...
... • In 2007, scientists from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) sifted through thousands of studies and published the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) • The report concluded that warming of the climate is unequivocal • The atmosphere and oceans are warmer • Sea levels are rising and gl ...
Request for Expression of Interest Firm - World Bank E
... The GEF Climate Change (CC) focal area is one of the six focal areas supported by the GEF Trust Fund as well as the Least Developed Countries Trust Fund (LDCF) and the Special Climate Change Trust Fund (SCCF) administered by the GEF, all serving as financial mechanisms of the UN Framework Convention ...
... The GEF Climate Change (CC) focal area is one of the six focal areas supported by the GEF Trust Fund as well as the Least Developed Countries Trust Fund (LDCF) and the Special Climate Change Trust Fund (SCCF) administered by the GEF, all serving as financial mechanisms of the UN Framework Convention ...
Analysis of Monthly, Seasonal and Annual Air Temperature
... an increase of 0.3-0.6℃ of the surface air temperature 0.5-0.7℃ for the Northern Hemisphere) since 1860 [2, 10,11], while the eighth warmest years ever recorded were observed after [12] . A broad consensus of scientists has concluded that, the earth’s surface air temperature increased by about 0.6℃ ...
... an increase of 0.3-0.6℃ of the surface air temperature 0.5-0.7℃ for the Northern Hemisphere) since 1860 [2, 10,11], while the eighth warmest years ever recorded were observed after [12] . A broad consensus of scientists has concluded that, the earth’s surface air temperature increased by about 0.6℃ ...
Expansion of the Tropics – Evidence and implications
... A poleward expansion of the tropical and subtropical zones is likely have significant consequences for a number of the issues raised in the State of the Tropics Report (2014), including the peoples of the Tropics, and for ecosystems and biodiversity. For example, The State of the Tropics report high ...
... A poleward expansion of the tropical and subtropical zones is likely have significant consequences for a number of the issues raised in the State of the Tropics Report (2014), including the peoples of the Tropics, and for ecosystems and biodiversity. For example, The State of the Tropics report high ...
climate change and the hydrological cycle
... circulation, chaotic motions, and random turbulence, and forms the most variable and rapidly changing part of the climate system (Baede et al. 2001). The atmosphere has characteristics that vary with height, from sea level to an altitude of roughly 100 km. These changes in physical properties result ...
... circulation, chaotic motions, and random turbulence, and forms the most variable and rapidly changing part of the climate system (Baede et al. 2001). The atmosphere has characteristics that vary with height, from sea level to an altitude of roughly 100 km. These changes in physical properties result ...
This paper reports on a special health concern identified in Barrow
... graph shows temperature trend data for much of the past century. Though there has been considerable variation and periods of warming and cooling, the mean average annual temperature has been gradually increasing. Over the past 50 years, the mean annual temperature in Barrow has increased by 4.5oF ...
... graph shows temperature trend data for much of the past century. Though there has been considerable variation and periods of warming and cooling, the mean average annual temperature has been gradually increasing. Over the past 50 years, the mean annual temperature in Barrow has increased by 4.5oF ...
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... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC 2007: 2), “warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in average global air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice and rising global average sea level.” Scientific reports since th ...
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC 2007: 2), “warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in average global air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice and rising global average sea level.” Scientific reports since th ...
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.