Climate change, food, water and population health in China
... global energy and food markets, adds to the risks of food insecurity and is probably a factor in the keen interest shown by China and many other nations in improving agricultural fertility.19 Table 1 summarizes the sown areas and yields of China’s major farm crops in 2013.20 About half of China’s ag ...
... global energy and food markets, adds to the risks of food insecurity and is probably a factor in the keen interest shown by China and many other nations in improving agricultural fertility.19 Table 1 summarizes the sown areas and yields of China’s major farm crops in 2013.20 About half of China’s ag ...
Understanding the Challenges of Climate Change on Business: A Study on RMG Sector in Bangladesh:
... The global climate has been changing as the world gets warmer largely due to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions resulting from human activities. According to latest assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), has observed that increase in global average temperatures since the mid ...
... The global climate has been changing as the world gets warmer largely due to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions resulting from human activities. According to latest assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), has observed that increase in global average temperatures since the mid ...
Read the full comment letter here - Competitive Enterprise Institute
... particular projects only to pretend it doesn’t matter. Individual projects contribute less than a drop in the bucket of the global GHG emissions pool. Mitigating the “climate change challenge” one project at a time is a fool’s errand and bound to impose real costs out of all proportion to the specul ...
... particular projects only to pretend it doesn’t matter. Individual projects contribute less than a drop in the bucket of the global GHG emissions pool. Mitigating the “climate change challenge” one project at a time is a fool’s errand and bound to impose real costs out of all proportion to the specul ...
NCPP Presentation - ESGF-CoG
... Climate Change Portal, NOAA Climate Model Portal and Climate.gov Portal), inc front and back end solutions • Regional Pilots: prototype use of climate information in decision making; establish partnerships (e.g. DOI/ North Central Climate Science Center); clarify key user needs NOAA: • Programs: con ...
... Climate Change Portal, NOAA Climate Model Portal and Climate.gov Portal), inc front and back end solutions • Regional Pilots: prototype use of climate information in decision making; establish partnerships (e.g. DOI/ North Central Climate Science Center); clarify key user needs NOAA: • Programs: con ...
Climate change impacts in Sub-Saharan Africa
... countries. A 1 C increase in temperature in developing countries has been found to be associated with 2.66 % lower growth in agricultural output, leading to estimates of economic growth reductions by an average of 1.3 percentage points for each degree of warming (Dell and Jones 2012) and reductions ...
... countries. A 1 C increase in temperature in developing countries has been found to be associated with 2.66 % lower growth in agricultural output, leading to estimates of economic growth reductions by an average of 1.3 percentage points for each degree of warming (Dell and Jones 2012) and reductions ...
Booth et al. 2013. CC Adaptation to Protect Biodiversity
... A relatively simple framework is needed to summarize the factors that are key components of linked social-ecological systems (Liu et al. 2007). This paper describes a method to assess at a regional scale conditions and trends in key environmental, social and economic factors of importance to conserv ...
... A relatively simple framework is needed to summarize the factors that are key components of linked social-ecological systems (Liu et al. 2007). This paper describes a method to assess at a regional scale conditions and trends in key environmental, social and economic factors of importance to conserv ...
Impact of Climate Change on the Aral Sea and Its Basin
... It is the change in the temporal and spatial variability of precipitation and its seasonal distribution – rather than absolute precipitation values – that are more important for the assessment of human vulnerability in this arid region, but they are also more difficult to project. It is uncertain th ...
... It is the change in the temporal and spatial variability of precipitation and its seasonal distribution – rather than absolute precipitation values – that are more important for the assessment of human vulnerability in this arid region, but they are also more difficult to project. It is uncertain th ...
Tierney 1..8 - Science Advances
... same set of models overwhelmingly (≥90% in some regions) predict wetter conditions as greenhouse gases and global temperatures rise, both seasonally and in the annual mean (Fig. 3B). We find that this projected change in eastern Horn of Africa precipitation is associated with a weakening in the Walk ...
... same set of models overwhelmingly (≥90% in some regions) predict wetter conditions as greenhouse gases and global temperatures rise, both seasonally and in the annual mean (Fig. 3B). We find that this projected change in eastern Horn of Africa precipitation is associated with a weakening in the Walk ...
PowerPoint Lecture - UCSD Department of Physics
... “Because natural sources and sinks of greenhouse gases are sensitive to a change in climate, they may substantially modify future concentrations [of greenhouse gases]. ... It appears likely that, as climate warms, these feedbacks will lead to an overall increase rather than a decrease in natural gre ...
... “Because natural sources and sinks of greenhouse gases are sensitive to a change in climate, they may substantially modify future concentrations [of greenhouse gases]. ... It appears likely that, as climate warms, these feedbacks will lead to an overall increase rather than a decrease in natural gre ...
CLIMATIC CHANGE IN MOUNTAIN REGIONS: A REVIEW OF
... The aim of IYM is to ensure the well-being of mountain and lowland communities by promoting the conservation and sustainable development of mountain regions. FAO (the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization), the lead agency for IYM, is working closely with UN and other organizations to ma ...
... The aim of IYM is to ensure the well-being of mountain and lowland communities by promoting the conservation and sustainable development of mountain regions. FAO (the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization), the lead agency for IYM, is working closely with UN and other organizations to ma ...
IMOGEN: an intermediate complexity model to evaluate terrestrial
... simulations to different future pathways of greenhouse gases, including rapid first-order assessments of how the land surface and associated biogeochemical cycles might change. Evaluation of how new terrestrial process understanding influences such predictions can also be made with relative ease. ...
... simulations to different future pathways of greenhouse gases, including rapid first-order assessments of how the land surface and associated biogeochemical cycles might change. Evaluation of how new terrestrial process understanding influences such predictions can also be made with relative ease. ...
Talking about a revolution: climate change and the media
... Reasons for hope The media’s job is not to change the world. It is up to society to turn bad news into good. But the media does have a role to play in empowering people to make informed choices. Yet public, private and political reactions to climate change are still small relative to what powerful s ...
... Reasons for hope The media’s job is not to change the world. It is up to society to turn bad news into good. But the media does have a role to play in empowering people to make informed choices. Yet public, private and political reactions to climate change are still small relative to what powerful s ...
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... and floods, crop failures, loss of livelihood, disease, food insecurity and hunger. Estimates imply that even a 2o C warming above pre-industrial temperatures (which is the minimum the world is likely to experience) will give rise to two eventualities: 1. GDP in Africa and Asia to fall by 4 to 5% as ...
... and floods, crop failures, loss of livelihood, disease, food insecurity and hunger. Estimates imply that even a 2o C warming above pre-industrial temperatures (which is the minimum the world is likely to experience) will give rise to two eventualities: 1. GDP in Africa and Asia to fall by 4 to 5% as ...
Climate Research 57:61
... countries, particularly in large cities where people and assets are concentrated. In the Metropolitan Area of the city of São Paulo (MASP) region, heavy or extreme precipitation events have important effects on society. Flash floods and landslides, associated with intense, but often brief, rainfall ...
... countries, particularly in large cities where people and assets are concentrated. In the Metropolitan Area of the city of São Paulo (MASP) region, heavy or extreme precipitation events have important effects on society. Flash floods and landslides, associated with intense, but often brief, rainfall ...
Douglas Wilcox, Research and Program Development Division, Manitoba Agricultural Services
... From a purely theoretical stand point if the weather becomes warmer and more variable then there should be an increased probability of high and low weather extremes such as illustrated in Figure 1. Significant consequences on crop yields are to be expected with any increased variation in temperature ...
... From a purely theoretical stand point if the weather becomes warmer and more variable then there should be an increased probability of high and low weather extremes such as illustrated in Figure 1. Significant consequences on crop yields are to be expected with any increased variation in temperature ...
Climate change and human health: Impacts, vulnerability and public
... possible to determine whether any observed changes in disease might be related to changes in climate. Interpretation is complicated by potential competing explanations due to changes in important health determinants over time, as well as changes in the way in which diagnoses may be recorded. Empiric ...
... possible to determine whether any observed changes in disease might be related to changes in climate. Interpretation is complicated by potential competing explanations due to changes in important health determinants over time, as well as changes in the way in which diagnoses may be recorded. Empiric ...
Strategy for FAO’s work on climate change – roadmap
... Outcome 1: Improved integration of food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries considerations in international governance on climate change through reinforced FAO engagement. The Strategy aims to increase FAO’s engagement in international fora to promote the perspectives of agriculture, fores ...
... Outcome 1: Improved integration of food security, agriculture, forestry and fisheries considerations in international governance on climate change through reinforced FAO engagement. The Strategy aims to increase FAO’s engagement in international fora to promote the perspectives of agriculture, fores ...
Restorative Land Use as Appropriate Technology: a System Account
... Living Economy Contributes to Climate Solutions We are in a state of climate emergency with increasing carbon dioxide from industrial development and methane releases from damaged natural systems. Existing viable alternatives in land use need political will and policy innovation to be protected, joi ...
... Living Economy Contributes to Climate Solutions We are in a state of climate emergency with increasing carbon dioxide from industrial development and methane releases from damaged natural systems. Existing viable alternatives in land use need political will and policy innovation to be protected, joi ...
Climate Change and Public Health 101
... Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 2012. Climate and Health, Aero-allergens (website). Accessed May 8, 2012: http://www.cdc.gov/climatechange/effects/allergens.htm Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US Environmental Protection Agency, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency, ...
... Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 2012. Climate and Health, Aero-allergens (website). Accessed May 8, 2012: http://www.cdc.gov/climatechange/effects/allergens.htm Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US Environmental Protection Agency, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency, ...
- The Kresge Foundation
... begin with the Climate Question: How will this action affect climate? Will it help stabilize or further destabilize our climate? Are these consequences in society’s best interest? And the question is most urgent for cities. That’s where the nation’s carbon emissions are concentrated. That’s where t ...
... begin with the Climate Question: How will this action affect climate? Will it help stabilize or further destabilize our climate? Are these consequences in society’s best interest? And the question is most urgent for cities. That’s where the nation’s carbon emissions are concentrated. That’s where t ...
Global climate evolution during the last deglaciation
... superposed on those associated with global warming. Considerable ice-sheet melting and sea-level rise occurred after 11 ka, but otherwise the world had entered the current interglaciation with near-pre-Industrial greenhouse gas concentrations and relatively stable climates. Here we synthesize well-d ...
... superposed on those associated with global warming. Considerable ice-sheet melting and sea-level rise occurred after 11 ka, but otherwise the world had entered the current interglaciation with near-pre-Industrial greenhouse gas concentrations and relatively stable climates. Here we synthesize well-d ...
References
... Bond GC, Lotti R (1995) Iceberg discharges into the North Atlantic on millennial time scales during the last glaciation. Science 267 (17 february):1005-1009 Braun H, Christl M, Rahmstorf S, Ganopolski A, Mangini A, Kubatzki C, Roth K, Kromer B (2005) Possible solar origin of the 1,470-year glacial c ...
... Bond GC, Lotti R (1995) Iceberg discharges into the North Atlantic on millennial time scales during the last glaciation. Science 267 (17 february):1005-1009 Braun H, Christl M, Rahmstorf S, Ganopolski A, Mangini A, Kubatzki C, Roth K, Kromer B (2005) Possible solar origin of the 1,470-year glacial c ...
Climate Change and Public Health 101
... Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 2012. Climate and Health, Aero-allergens (website). Accessed May 8, 2012: http://www.cdc.gov/climatechange/effects/allergens.htm Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US Environmental Protection Agency, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency, ...
... Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 2012. Climate and Health, Aero-allergens (website). Accessed May 8, 2012: http://www.cdc.gov/climatechange/effects/allergens.htm Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US Environmental Protection Agency, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency, ...
Climate Change and Marine Turtles in the Wider Caribbean
... Regional projections All temperature and precipitation projections are presented as the difference between a baseline control period (1961-1990) and the year of interest. Table 1 shows the overall trends for the entire region (not just coastlines) for three years: 2020, 2050 and 2099. In general the ...
... Regional projections All temperature and precipitation projections are presented as the difference between a baseline control period (1961-1990) and the year of interest. Table 1 shows the overall trends for the entire region (not just coastlines) for three years: 2020, 2050 and 2099. In general the ...
Greenhouse Effect - Stephen Schneider
... based on assumed rates of growth in the use of fossil fuels (11). Most typical projections are in the 0.5 to 2% annual growth range for fossil fuel use and imply that CO2 concentrations will double (to 600 ppm) in the 21st century (12, 12a). There is virtually no dispute among scientists that the CO ...
... based on assumed rates of growth in the use of fossil fuels (11). Most typical projections are in the 0.5 to 2% annual growth range for fossil fuel use and imply that CO2 concentrations will double (to 600 ppm) in the 21st century (12, 12a). There is virtually no dispute among scientists that the CO ...
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.