Weather Files and Future Climate
... temperatures at a given location. This is partly due to the relatively small number of files available for the UK and also the locations of the weather stations used to create the CIBSE TRYs and DSYs are generally located next to cities. This may seem to be a good idea since this is where the majori ...
... temperatures at a given location. This is partly due to the relatively small number of files available for the UK and also the locations of the weather stations used to create the CIBSE TRYs and DSYs are generally located next to cities. This may seem to be a good idea since this is where the majori ...
ADAPTATION OPTIONS IN AGRICULTURE TO CLIMATE CHANGE
... change (IPCC 1996; 2001), adaptation in agriculture has still received little explicit consideration in the impact assessment literature (Chiotti and Johnston 1995). This is partly because many studies do not go beyond estimating crop yield responses, essentially ignoring human decision-making in th ...
... change (IPCC 1996; 2001), adaptation in agriculture has still received little explicit consideration in the impact assessment literature (Chiotti and Johnston 1995). This is partly because many studies do not go beyond estimating crop yield responses, essentially ignoring human decision-making in th ...
Climate change: impacts and adaptation for agriculture in Western
... medium term (2040–60) and long term (2070–2100), compared to conditions in the recent past. In planning for the future climate, it is important to understand the strengths and limitations of this modelling. The trajectory of future greenhouse gas emissions remains speculative, but for a given emissi ...
... medium term (2040–60) and long term (2070–2100), compared to conditions in the recent past. In planning for the future climate, it is important to understand the strengths and limitations of this modelling. The trajectory of future greenhouse gas emissions remains speculative, but for a given emissi ...
Circulation patterns related to debris-flow triggering
... events for this season (Beniston et al., 2007; Christensen and Christensen, 2007; Rajczak et al., 2013; Gobiet et al., 2014). However, the precipitation quantities during future extreme precipitation events may well be on the rise (Christensen and Christensen, 2003; Emori and Brown, 2005; Kharin et ...
... events for this season (Beniston et al., 2007; Christensen and Christensen, 2007; Rajczak et al., 2013; Gobiet et al., 2014). However, the precipitation quantities during future extreme precipitation events may well be on the rise (Christensen and Christensen, 2003; Emori and Brown, 2005; Kharin et ...
Identifying Uncertainties in Arctic Climate Predictions
... Climate within the Arctic is an emergent property from a number of processes (Figure 1). The climate is often defined by the temperature and salinity profiles in the ocean and the temperature and humidity profiles in the atmosphere. The structures of both profiles are highly seasonal, and changes in ...
... Climate within the Arctic is an emergent property from a number of processes (Figure 1). The climate is often defined by the temperature and salinity profiles in the ocean and the temperature and humidity profiles in the atmosphere. The structures of both profiles are highly seasonal, and changes in ...
References and Index - UN
... T-Zed Case-Study, Unpublished report presented to UNEP, Bangalore Beauchemin, C. and P. Bocquier (2004) ‘Migration and urbanization in Francophone West Africa: An overview of the recent empirical evidence’, Urban Studies 41(11): 2245–2272 Beccherle, J. and J. Tirole (2010) ‘Regional initiatives and ...
... T-Zed Case-Study, Unpublished report presented to UNEP, Bangalore Beauchemin, C. and P. Bocquier (2004) ‘Migration and urbanization in Francophone West Africa: An overview of the recent empirical evidence’, Urban Studies 41(11): 2245–2272 Beccherle, J. and J. Tirole (2010) ‘Regional initiatives and ...
Economics of Climate Change Kenya
... a periodic large-scale event could have direct economic costs of $5 to 10 billion. A key priority therefore is to increase the resilience of Kenya to cope with these extreme events. Climate change is likely to further increase the economic costs of these events. Many of the projections indicate a ch ...
... a periodic large-scale event could have direct economic costs of $5 to 10 billion. A key priority therefore is to increase the resilience of Kenya to cope with these extreme events. Climate change is likely to further increase the economic costs of these events. Many of the projections indicate a ch ...
Perceptions and Awareness of Climate Change in Andros Island the
... exposed to impacts of climate change such as severe storm events, sea level rise, acidification of marine waters and increased sea temperatures. The IPCC has listed The Bahamas as, “especially vulnerable to climate change and associated sea-level rise,” (World Conservation Union) due to the country’ ...
... exposed to impacts of climate change such as severe storm events, sea level rise, acidification of marine waters and increased sea temperatures. The IPCC has listed The Bahamas as, “especially vulnerable to climate change and associated sea-level rise,” (World Conservation Union) due to the country’ ...
Population and climate change scoping paper
... those most vulnerable to the effects of climate change are those living in the developing world. Rapid population growth has a negative Impact on the ability of communities and countries to adapt to climate change, particularly if they are poor. It has also been identified by many developing countri ...
... those most vulnerable to the effects of climate change are those living in the developing world. Rapid population growth has a negative Impact on the ability of communities and countries to adapt to climate change, particularly if they are poor. It has also been identified by many developing countri ...
Assessing the impact of Laurentide Ice Sheet topography on glacial
... To test the influence of ice-sheet topography on glacial climate, two separate simulations were conducted at each time slice using two alternate reconstructions of LIS topography: one using the geophysically based ICE-5G (5G; Peltier, 2004; CMIP5 ensemble r1i1p150 for the LGM), and the other using t ...
... To test the influence of ice-sheet topography on glacial climate, two separate simulations were conducted at each time slice using two alternate reconstructions of LIS topography: one using the geophysically based ICE-5G (5G; Peltier, 2004; CMIP5 ensemble r1i1p150 for the LGM), and the other using t ...
Exceptional twentieth-century slowdown in Atlantic
... Terray9 analysed the CMIP5 model ensemble together with observed SST data to quantify the relative contributions of radiatively forced changes to the total decadal SST variability. Although in most models forced changes explain more than half of the variance in low latitudes, they explain less than ...
... Terray9 analysed the CMIP5 model ensemble together with observed SST data to quantify the relative contributions of radiatively forced changes to the total decadal SST variability. Although in most models forced changes explain more than half of the variance in low latitudes, they explain less than ...
- Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme
... scenario of future warming, not a worst-case scenario. Compared to the full range of scenarios analyzed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the primary scenario used in the ACIA analyses falls below the middle of the IPCC range of projected temperature rise. The results summariz ...
... scenario of future warming, not a worst-case scenario. Compared to the full range of scenarios analyzed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the primary scenario used in the ACIA analyses falls below the middle of the IPCC range of projected temperature rise. The results summariz ...
Hosed vs. unhosed: interruptions of the Atlantic Meridional
... Abstract. It is well known that glacial periods were punc- ...
... Abstract. It is well known that glacial periods were punc- ...
Working Paper 183 - Averchenkova et al (opens in new window)
... SECTOR, BUSINESS, ORGANISATION, CORPORATION, FIRM. This search highlighted that the literature on MNC adaptation is still emerging and contains mainly a small number of sectoral case studies, in particular focusing on the construction, energy, food/beverage, insurance, winter tourism, and water sect ...
... SECTOR, BUSINESS, ORGANISATION, CORPORATION, FIRM. This search highlighted that the literature on MNC adaptation is still emerging and contains mainly a small number of sectoral case studies, in particular focusing on the construction, energy, food/beverage, insurance, winter tourism, and water sect ...
Ireland in a Warmer World
... months in the middle of the century and a decrease of a comparable magnitude in the summer months. Increasing the horizontal resolution of the downscaling grid has a positive impact on the quality of the winds, since local effects, such as the distortion of the airflow by surface features, are bette ...
... months in the middle of the century and a decrease of a comparable magnitude in the summer months. Increasing the horizontal resolution of the downscaling grid has a positive impact on the quality of the winds, since local effects, such as the distortion of the airflow by surface features, are bette ...
Global Meteorological Drought: A Synthesis of Current
... response of the atmosphere to SST anomalies (e.g., Hoerling and Kumar 2003; Schubert et al. 2004; Seager et al. 2005). This assessment is based on AMIP-style simulations using prescribed SSTs (see appendix A), with five different state-of-the-art global climate models; results are presented as combi ...
... response of the atmosphere to SST anomalies (e.g., Hoerling and Kumar 2003; Schubert et al. 2004; Seager et al. 2005). This assessment is based on AMIP-style simulations using prescribed SSTs (see appendix A), with five different state-of-the-art global climate models; results are presented as combi ...
Executive Summary - Forest Watch
... key Sectors (Forestry, Water Resources, and Human Health) for detailed consideration, and three key concerns or issues likely to affect these Sectors if climate change continues (Air Quality, Seasonal Dynamics, and Extreme Weather Events). The Final Report of the NERA is offerred in two forms: A Fou ...
... key Sectors (Forestry, Water Resources, and Human Health) for detailed consideration, and three key concerns or issues likely to affect these Sectors if climate change continues (Air Quality, Seasonal Dynamics, and Extreme Weather Events). The Final Report of the NERA is offerred in two forms: A Fou ...
Detection and Attribution of Observed Impacts
... Executive Summary Evidence has grown since the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) that impacts of recent changes in climate on natural and human systems occur on all continents and across the oceans. This conclusion is strengthened both by new and longer term observations and through more extensive anal ...
... Executive Summary Evidence has grown since the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) that impacts of recent changes in climate on natural and human systems occur on all continents and across the oceans. This conclusion is strengthened both by new and longer term observations and through more extensive anal ...
Hegemony – Dartmouth 2012
... Carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and other greenhouse gases increased over the course of the 20th century due to human activities. The human-caused increases in these gases are the primary forcing that accounts for much of the global warming of the past fifty years, with carbon dioxide being ...
... Carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and other greenhouse gases increased over the course of the 20th century due to human activities. The human-caused increases in these gases are the primary forcing that accounts for much of the global warming of the past fifty years, with carbon dioxide being ...
Environmental Change and Infectious Disease - ECDC
... This report presents the key findings and discussions from a meeting organised by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), in collaboration with the WHO Regional Office for Europe (WHO EURO), the European Environment Agency (EEA), and the Joint Research Centre (JRC) at Ispra. T ...
... This report presents the key findings and discussions from a meeting organised by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), in collaboration with the WHO Regional Office for Europe (WHO EURO), the European Environment Agency (EEA), and the Joint Research Centre (JRC) at Ispra. T ...
Documentation of Research on Climate change and water
... and ice, and rising global sea level. Between 1906 and 2005 the globe surface temperature increased by about 0.74°C with a more rapid increase in the past 50 years (IPCC, 2008). Temperature increase since the mid-20th century is largely attributed to observed increases in anthropogenic greenhouse ga ...
... and ice, and rising global sea level. Between 1906 and 2005 the globe surface temperature increased by about 0.74°C with a more rapid increase in the past 50 years (IPCC, 2008). Temperature increase since the mid-20th century is largely attributed to observed increases in anthropogenic greenhouse ga ...
Module 11: Groundwater and climate change
... impact of climate change on groundwater resources and the role that groundwater can play in adapting to the impacts of climate change. Although the focus is on Africa, it is important to recall the global extent of climate change, and to consider the impacts on the scale of the global hydrologic cyc ...
... impact of climate change on groundwater resources and the role that groundwater can play in adapting to the impacts of climate change. Although the focus is on Africa, it is important to recall the global extent of climate change, and to consider the impacts on the scale of the global hydrologic cyc ...
Riedy CAGs-AUS-ED_accepted - OPUS at UTS
... deliberation on issues that would not otherwise be deliberated at all. These groups may be unrepresentative, partisan, authoritarian, even lacking integrity, yet their existence could have a net positive impact on societal deliberation. We pursue this line of inquiry with respect to one particular g ...
... deliberation on issues that would not otherwise be deliberated at all. These groups may be unrepresentative, partisan, authoritarian, even lacking integrity, yet their existence could have a net positive impact on societal deliberation. We pursue this line of inquiry with respect to one particular g ...
With Speed and Violence Fred Pearce
... prevent "dangerous climate change" but fail to act decisively ...
... prevent "dangerous climate change" but fail to act decisively ...
Relative impacts of land use and climate change on summer
... response. We investigate this response in the summer season. The summer months typically have a larger shower activity, connected to unstable conditions. This relatively intense type of precipitation, arising from (deep) cumulus convection, is expected to be most influenced by land surface changes ( ...
... response. We investigate this response in the summer season. The summer months typically have a larger shower activity, connected to unstable conditions. This relatively intense type of precipitation, arising from (deep) cumulus convection, is expected to be most influenced by land surface changes ( ...
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.