A Complex Constellation: Displacement, Climate Change and Arctic
... GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CLIMATE CHANGE AND MOBILITY (MIGRATION, DISPLACEMENT AND RELOCATIONS In 1990, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reported that the greatest single impact of climate change might be on human migration.8 The report estimated that by 20 ...
... GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CLIMATE CHANGE AND MOBILITY (MIGRATION, DISPLACEMENT AND RELOCATIONS In 1990, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reported that the greatest single impact of climate change might be on human migration.8 The report estimated that by 20 ...
Discourse analysis of media coverage of climate change
... History records evidence of numerous such temperature shifts, even at times when human activity was not likely to play a significant role. But though climate changes throughout history can be reconstructed through examining such evidence as lake-bottom sediment, geologic structure, written historica ...
... History records evidence of numerous such temperature shifts, even at times when human activity was not likely to play a significant role. But though climate changes throughout history can be reconstructed through examining such evidence as lake-bottom sediment, geologic structure, written historica ...
Invited Commentary A simple framework for evaluating regional
... It is widely accepted that the Earth’s climate is changing more rapidly than it has in the past and that over the next 100 years temperatures will rise and patterns of precipitation will be altered. These predictions for the future have important implications for all ecosystems, particularly those, ...
... It is widely accepted that the Earth’s climate is changing more rapidly than it has in the past and that over the next 100 years temperatures will rise and patterns of precipitation will be altered. These predictions for the future have important implications for all ecosystems, particularly those, ...
Now You “Sea” Ice, Now You Don`t
... Climatic changes--Study and teaching (Secondary)--Activity programs. I. Sandro, Luke H. II. Lee, Richard E. III. Title. QC981.8.C5C697 2008 577.2’20712--dc22 ...
... Climatic changes--Study and teaching (Secondary)--Activity programs. I. Sandro, Luke H. II. Lee, Richard E. III. Title. QC981.8.C5C697 2008 577.2’20712--dc22 ...
The Need for (and Obstacles to) Regional Collective Action in Climate Adaptation
... Most adaptation work has focused on national rather than regional or global resilience to the threats of climate change (and has emphasized planning more than action). For example, all 45 NAPAs filed through the end of 2010 have focused on steps that might be taken at the national level to adapt to ...
... Most adaptation work has focused on national rather than regional or global resilience to the threats of climate change (and has emphasized planning more than action). For example, all 45 NAPAs filed through the end of 2010 have focused on steps that might be taken at the national level to adapt to ...
report 2009 final - Inter
... mutual learning. Moreover, the Task Force supported a consultation workshop on humanitarian funding and adaptation finance. Thematic Task Force sessions were used for networking and discussion of experiences. The regional and national consultations in seven regions and eight countries among IASC age ...
... mutual learning. Moreover, the Task Force supported a consultation workshop on humanitarian funding and adaptation finance. Thematic Task Force sessions were used for networking and discussion of experiences. The regional and national consultations in seven regions and eight countries among IASC age ...
White Paper on the Ethical Dimensions of Climate Change
... that are being made about climate change. The Program met for the first time at COP-10 Buenos Aires and met again at COP11 Montreal. Program representatives are Donald Brown, [email protected] (Director, Pennsylvania Consortium for Interdisciplinary Environmental Policy) and Nancy Tuana, ntu ...
... that are being made about climate change. The Program met for the first time at COP-10 Buenos Aires and met again at COP11 Montreal. Program representatives are Donald Brown, [email protected] (Director, Pennsylvania Consortium for Interdisciplinary Environmental Policy) and Nancy Tuana, ntu ...
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... We project that on average, Americans would pay 1 to 3 percent of their annual income to avoid forecasted climate change. While damages are rather severe in the South, we find that most areas in the North also suffer because they lose many pleasant summer days in exchange for only moderately warmer ...
... We project that on average, Americans would pay 1 to 3 percent of their annual income to avoid forecasted climate change. While damages are rather severe in the South, we find that most areas in the North also suffer because they lose many pleasant summer days in exchange for only moderately warmer ...
Coffee and Climate Change
... Highlands are involved in coffee production. Two-thirds of the farms are smaller than one hectare, and only 3% larger than three hectare (Marsch, 2007). The crop year for coffee in Viet Nam starts with harvest in October and ends up in September the following year. ...
... Highlands are involved in coffee production. Two-thirds of the farms are smaller than one hectare, and only 3% larger than three hectare (Marsch, 2007). The crop year for coffee in Viet Nam starts with harvest in October and ends up in September the following year. ...
... infinite impacts of the challenges in this report are not as well known as they should be. One reason is the way that extreme impacts are often masked by most of the theories and models used by governments and business today. Climate change is a good example, where almost all of the focus is on the ...
Media Attention for Climate Change around the World: Data
... The news media are “important agents in the production, reproduction, and transformation of the meaning” of anthropogenic climate change (Carvalho, 2010: 172). After all, it is a complex phenomenon with many uncertainties attached, and with causes and consequences that lie be ...
... The news media are “important agents in the production, reproduction, and transformation of the meaning” of anthropogenic climate change (Carvalho, 2010: 172). After all, it is a complex phenomenon with many uncertainties attached, and with causes and consequences that lie be ...
Williamson, Craig E., Jennifer A. Brentrup, Jing Zhang, William H
... Sentinel responses have important ecological consequences, defined here as responses that involve living organisms that inform us about how climate change alters ecosystem structure and function. Here we use this simple framework to develop and apply a suite of DOC-related climate forcing optical in ...
... Sentinel responses have important ecological consequences, defined here as responses that involve living organisms that inform us about how climate change alters ecosystem structure and function. Here we use this simple framework to develop and apply a suite of DOC-related climate forcing optical in ...
Impacts of thermohaline circulation shutdown in the twenty
... PG and P. The subsequent fall in temperature of the upper 100 m of the Greenland-Norwegian Seas is also very similar, 5◦ C in both cases. In pre-industrial experiment P this cooling leads to a sharp increase in sea-ice cover in the first decade (Fig. 6, see also Fig. 6 of Vellinga et al. (2002)). Be ...
... PG and P. The subsequent fall in temperature of the upper 100 m of the Greenland-Norwegian Seas is also very similar, 5◦ C in both cases. In pre-industrial experiment P this cooling leads to a sharp increase in sea-ice cover in the first decade (Fig. 6, see also Fig. 6 of Vellinga et al. (2002)). Be ...
Climate change and challenges for conservation
... SPM 8(a) and (b) 45. Right panel: latitudinal changes in species richness for New World birds. Total species number peaks in tropical regions and falls away towards the poles. Redrawn from Gaston (2000) 152. ...
... SPM 8(a) and (b) 45. Right panel: latitudinal changes in species richness for New World birds. Total species number peaks in tropical regions and falls away towards the poles. Redrawn from Gaston (2000) 152. ...
Donner Webbe Kiribati KAP 2013
... because of the exclusion of such ice sheet processes (Nicholls and Cazenave 2010). Post-AR4 attempts to extrapolate future sea-level rise using semi-empirical models led to estimates of up to 2 m sea-level rise by 2100. The recent Fifth IPCC Assessment (‘‘AR5’’) reported a likely range of 0.52–0.98 ...
... because of the exclusion of such ice sheet processes (Nicholls and Cazenave 2010). Post-AR4 attempts to extrapolate future sea-level rise using semi-empirical models led to estimates of up to 2 m sea-level rise by 2100. The recent Fifth IPCC Assessment (‘‘AR5’’) reported a likely range of 0.52–0.98 ...
Climate Change and Adaptation in Muskoka
... be +/- 3 km/year; a tree species’ ability to migrate is typically < 1 km/yr. As a result, habitats will change in unknown ways and reaction to changing climate will be species specific. It is anticipated that generalist species, such as beaver, racoons and squirrels, will fare better than some of th ...
... be +/- 3 km/year; a tree species’ ability to migrate is typically < 1 km/yr. As a result, habitats will change in unknown ways and reaction to changing climate will be species specific. It is anticipated that generalist species, such as beaver, racoons and squirrels, will fare better than some of th ...
Antarctic climate change and the environment
... and is closely coupled to other parts of the global climate system. We review these variations from the perspective of the geological and glaciological records and the recent historical period from which we have instrumental data (, the last 50 years). We consider their consequences for the biospher ...
... and is closely coupled to other parts of the global climate system. We review these variations from the perspective of the geological and glaciological records and the recent historical period from which we have instrumental data (, the last 50 years). We consider their consequences for the biospher ...
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... preparedness and response. The GSGDA sees infrastructure development as important for economic growth and poverty reduction. The challenge is to ensure that our infrastructure is ‘climate-proof’, meaning that it will keep working to support economic growth, whatever the future weather conditions. Wh ...
... preparedness and response. The GSGDA sees infrastructure development as important for economic growth and poverty reduction. The challenge is to ensure that our infrastructure is ‘climate-proof’, meaning that it will keep working to support economic growth, whatever the future weather conditions. Wh ...
FINAL DRAFT IPCC WGII AR5 Chapter 24 Subject to Final Copyedit
... and affect many people in future. Integrated water management strategies could help adapt to climate change, including developing water saving technologies, increasing water productivity, and water reuse. The impacts of climate change on food production and food security in Asia will vary by region ...
... and affect many people in future. Integrated water management strategies could help adapt to climate change, including developing water saving technologies, increasing water productivity, and water reuse. The impacts of climate change on food production and food security in Asia will vary by region ...
Community Adaptation Plan Bluefields, Jamaica
... The earth is getting warmer. Over the past hundred years, the earth’s average temperature has gone up by approximately 0.8°C or 1.5°F. The earth has got warmer in the past, but what is different this time is that it is warming much faster now, and the changes we are seeing are bigger than before. Th ...
... The earth is getting warmer. Over the past hundred years, the earth’s average temperature has gone up by approximately 0.8°C or 1.5°F. The earth has got warmer in the past, but what is different this time is that it is warming much faster now, and the changes we are seeing are bigger than before. Th ...
AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY
... radiative transfer calculations) and an all-sky kernel (which includes the effects of clouds in the ...
... radiative transfer calculations) and an all-sky kernel (which includes the effects of clouds in the ...
Death by Degrees: North Carolina
... —GEORGE SOMERO, PROFESSOR OF MARINE SCIENCE, STANFORD UNIVERSITY ...
... —GEORGE SOMERO, PROFESSOR OF MARINE SCIENCE, STANFORD UNIVERSITY ...
Climate Change and Extreme Events
... Climate and land-use change complicate current and future water management challenges through their complex and shifting interactions that alter space–time patterns of hydrological variability and induce uncertainty in the decision making processes. Limitations of traditional hydrological analyses a ...
... Climate and land-use change complicate current and future water management challenges through their complex and shifting interactions that alter space–time patterns of hydrological variability and induce uncertainty in the decision making processes. Limitations of traditional hydrological analyses a ...
Climate Change Impacts on International Seaports
... to climate change impacts: in coastal areas susceptible to sea-level rise (SLR) and increased storm intensity or at mouths of rivers susceptible to flooding. 90% of the world’s freight moves by ship (IMO 2008).Thus, seaports play a crucial role in the global economy as transportation hubs for the va ...
... to climate change impacts: in coastal areas susceptible to sea-level rise (SLR) and increased storm intensity or at mouths of rivers susceptible to flooding. 90% of the world’s freight moves by ship (IMO 2008).Thus, seaports play a crucial role in the global economy as transportation hubs for the va ...
Scenario Planning for Solar Radiation Management
... it—as laden with physical and political risks and uncertainties. While SRM is expected to reduce global average temperatures, it would not necessarily serve as a perfect offset to the greenhouse effect; for example, it could alter regional temperature and precipitation patterns in complex and unpred ...
... it—as laden with physical and political risks and uncertainties. While SRM is expected to reduce global average temperatures, it would not necessarily serve as a perfect offset to the greenhouse effect; for example, it could alter regional temperature and precipitation patterns in complex and unpred ...
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.