ECOSYSTEM-BASED ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE: THE
... As a result, ecosystem-based adaptation can contribute in increasing resilience and reducing vulnerability to climate change effects (A. Colls, 2009). First, it contributes to climate change mitigation, defined by the IPCC as an anthropogenic intervention to reduce the sources or enhance the sinks o ...
... As a result, ecosystem-based adaptation can contribute in increasing resilience and reducing vulnerability to climate change effects (A. Colls, 2009). First, it contributes to climate change mitigation, defined by the IPCC as an anthropogenic intervention to reduce the sources or enhance the sinks o ...
Assessing climate change impacts, sea level rise and storm surge risk in port cities: a case study on Copenhagen
... Denmark. However, these estimates are considered highly uncertain and will not be used in this study. Moreover, any local vertical land movements would need to be considered to estimate the overall mean sea level change. As Copenhagen is experiencing uplift, this will offset a portion of the increas ...
... Denmark. However, these estimates are considered highly uncertain and will not be used in this study. Moreover, any local vertical land movements would need to be considered to estimate the overall mean sea level change. As Copenhagen is experiencing uplift, this will offset a portion of the increas ...
Framing Strategies to Minimize Impacts on Pennsylvania
... Overview: Climate Change Adaptation in Pennsylvania ...
... Overview: Climate Change Adaptation in Pennsylvania ...
Final Background paper UNFCCC Latin American workshop on a…
... international sources, in particular the Global Environmental Facility (GEF), the World Bank, and the International Development Bank. ...
... international sources, in particular the Global Environmental Facility (GEF), the World Bank, and the International Development Bank. ...
This paper offers a unifying conceptual framework for examining the
... The scheme in Figure 1 does not take into acco unt the feedback effect of inequality on climate change. It rather treats climate change effects as external (or exogenous). However, as discussed in detail in Islam (2015), inequality exacerbates climate change in different ways. For example, among dev ...
... The scheme in Figure 1 does not take into acco unt the feedback effect of inequality on climate change. It rather treats climate change effects as external (or exogenous). However, as discussed in detail in Islam (2015), inequality exacerbates climate change in different ways. For example, among dev ...
April 2013 News - South Asian Dialogues on Ecological Democracy
... "We call upon multiple proxies -- including those derived from trees, ice cores, and lake sediments -- to reconstruct temperature back through time using a Bayesian statistical approach," Tingley said. "What we are trying to do is put statistical inference of past changes in temperature on a more so ...
... "We call upon multiple proxies -- including those derived from trees, ice cores, and lake sediments -- to reconstruct temperature back through time using a Bayesian statistical approach," Tingley said. "What we are trying to do is put statistical inference of past changes in temperature on a more so ...
Tonga Climate Change Policy
... climate and risk”, it is strongly aligned with all seven National Outcomes. This alignment recognises that climate change will increasingly affect all aspects of life in Tonga, and will threaten our inheritance and our wealth; ‘our land, our people and strong Christian and traditional values that un ...
... climate and risk”, it is strongly aligned with all seven National Outcomes. This alignment recognises that climate change will increasingly affect all aspects of life in Tonga, and will threaten our inheritance and our wealth; ‘our land, our people and strong Christian and traditional values that un ...
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... Combining data from the NRA with Namibia’s Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) provides the chance to see who will be hit hardest by the impacts of climate change on the environment. The SAM is a database that provides information on activities in different economic sectors and helps identify the poverty ...
... Combining data from the NRA with Namibia’s Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) provides the chance to see who will be hit hardest by the impacts of climate change on the environment. The SAM is a database that provides information on activities in different economic sectors and helps identify the poverty ...
Coastal Sea-Level Change Societal Challenge Needs Assessment
... people who are making decisions about the management and use of land and resources that are likely to be affected by changing climate conditions. This process will be ongoing to ensure continued evaluation of existing and emerging stakeholder needs for information, products, and services. This coast ...
... people who are making decisions about the management and use of land and resources that are likely to be affected by changing climate conditions. This process will be ongoing to ensure continued evaluation of existing and emerging stakeholder needs for information, products, and services. This coast ...
Will sea-level really fall in the Gulf of Thailand?
... budget of the Earth is balanced, with the radiation from the Sun equal to the thermal radiation from the Earth. However, when greenhouse gases (GHGs) exist in the atmosphere, some of the thermal radiation is absorbed by these gases. The absorbed energy is eventually radiated to space from higher, co ...
... budget of the Earth is balanced, with the radiation from the Sun equal to the thermal radiation from the Earth. However, when greenhouse gases (GHGs) exist in the atmosphere, some of the thermal radiation is absorbed by these gases. The absorbed energy is eventually radiated to space from higher, co ...
Simulating Picea schrenkiana forest productivity under climatic
... A process-based model, BIOME-BGC, was used to investigate the response of Picea schrenkiana forest to future climate changes and atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration increases in the Tianshan Mountains of northwestern China. The model was validated by comparing simulated net primary produc ...
... A process-based model, BIOME-BGC, was used to investigate the response of Picea schrenkiana forest to future climate changes and atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration increases in the Tianshan Mountains of northwestern China. The model was validated by comparing simulated net primary produc ...
migratory species and climate change
... all aware that Climate Change is likely to be the main driver of biodiversity loss in future. The impacts of Climate Change cause additional pressures on ecosystems that are already stressed by overuse, degradation, fragmentation and loss of total area. In combination, these factors reduce not onl ...
... all aware that Climate Change is likely to be the main driver of biodiversity loss in future. The impacts of Climate Change cause additional pressures on ecosystems that are already stressed by overuse, degradation, fragmentation and loss of total area. In combination, these factors reduce not onl ...
organisation of king`s bibliography of books on global warming
... Mark Lynas. Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet, Fourth Estate, 2007, 9780007209040, £12.99 Bill McKibben. The End of Nature, Random House, 2006 (revised edition), 9780812976083, £7.33 Fred Pearce. With Speed and Violence: Why Scientists Fear Tipping Points in Climate Change, Beacon Press, 20 ...
... Mark Lynas. Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet, Fourth Estate, 2007, 9780007209040, £12.99 Bill McKibben. The End of Nature, Random House, 2006 (revised edition), 9780812976083, £7.33 Fred Pearce. With Speed and Violence: Why Scientists Fear Tipping Points in Climate Change, Beacon Press, 20 ...
Kocornick Mina and Fankhauser 2015 (opens in new window)
... 2010a; Gonzales Iwanciw, 2009). Studies suggest that changing rainfall patterns will affect hydrological conditions and increase the frequency and magnitude of extreme events, such as tropical storms and floods. Changes in the acidity of soil and increased erosion are expected to affect the producti ...
... 2010a; Gonzales Iwanciw, 2009). Studies suggest that changing rainfall patterns will affect hydrological conditions and increase the frequency and magnitude of extreme events, such as tropical storms and floods. Changes in the acidity of soil and increased erosion are expected to affect the producti ...
Growing Together in a Changing Climate
... Rio Earth Summit in 1992, and their actions have resulted in widespread media coverage and the mobilization of thousands of their peers. It is estimated that 200 young people participated at the Conference of the Parties (COP) at its thirteenth session held in Bali in December 2007, 500 at COP 14 in ...
... Rio Earth Summit in 1992, and their actions have resulted in widespread media coverage and the mobilization of thousands of their peers. It is estimated that 200 young people participated at the Conference of the Parties (COP) at its thirteenth session held in Bali in December 2007, 500 at COP 14 in ...
The Week That Was: 2015-11-28 (November 28, 2015) Brought to
... changing local and regional climate. The scientific issue for COP-21 is to what extent are human emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) modifying natural global warming/climate change? Carbon dioxide is the dominant greenhouse gas emitted by humans into the atmosphere, therefore the focus of COP-21. Cu ...
... changing local and regional climate. The scientific issue for COP-21 is to what extent are human emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) modifying natural global warming/climate change? Carbon dioxide is the dominant greenhouse gas emitted by humans into the atmosphere, therefore the focus of COP-21. Cu ...
Wally Was Right: Predictive Ability of the North Atlantic “Conveyor Belt” Hypothesis
... sources in colder millennial intervals (Masson-Delmotte et al. 2005). Of particular importance are the Greenland records of methane (CH4 ) (Supplemental Figure 1, follow the Supplemental Material link from the Annual Reviews home page at http://www.annualreviews.org) and nitrous oxide (N2 O). The co ...
... sources in colder millennial intervals (Masson-Delmotte et al. 2005). Of particular importance are the Greenland records of methane (CH4 ) (Supplemental Figure 1, follow the Supplemental Material link from the Annual Reviews home page at http://www.annualreviews.org) and nitrous oxide (N2 O). The co ...
Lost in the problem: the role of boundary organisations in the
... ‘blind spots’, since the lens of boundary work has not been applied sufficiently often and in depth, certainly not in the study of (global or national) climate change science-policy interactions. In our review we found that existing literature focuses on a few Western countries and on the IPCC; and ...
... ‘blind spots’, since the lens of boundary work has not been applied sufficiently often and in depth, certainly not in the study of (global or national) climate change science-policy interactions. In our review we found that existing literature focuses on a few Western countries and on the IPCC; and ...
Blue Nile Runoff Sensitivity to Climate Change
... worst in 50 years. It is likely that more extreme events like these will be observed more frequently in future as a result of global warming [3]. In an attempt to understand climatic shifts in Africa, [4] studied both annual temperature and precipitation anomalies from the turn of the 20th Century. ...
... worst in 50 years. It is likely that more extreme events like these will be observed more frequently in future as a result of global warming [3]. In an attempt to understand climatic shifts in Africa, [4] studied both annual temperature and precipitation anomalies from the turn of the 20th Century. ...
Sensitivity and the Carbon Budget - Apollo
... weather carried on the south-bound air-stream, alternating with patterns of warmer weather and intense rainfall as mid-latitude air-masses are driven northward. The energy-exchange enhances Arctic warming and accelerates the system disturbance. The southern loops of the ...
... weather carried on the south-bound air-stream, alternating with patterns of warmer weather and intense rainfall as mid-latitude air-masses are driven northward. The energy-exchange enhances Arctic warming and accelerates the system disturbance. The southern loops of the ...
Communicating climate change: conduits, content
... ‘better’ climate change communication would increasingly and relatively straightforwardly lead to better global and local climate change policies with popular uptake of such policies. Such hopes have been dented in the intervening years and public interest in climate change has dwindled, at least as ...
... ‘better’ climate change communication would increasingly and relatively straightforwardly lead to better global and local climate change policies with popular uptake of such policies. Such hopes have been dented in the intervening years and public interest in climate change has dwindled, at least as ...
Climate Change and US Interests
... know of accounts for the costs of isolationism.21 Although such costs are hard to quantify, this challenge is no reason to count them as zero. The fact that economic models fail to account for all relevant impacts is not news. The authors of these stud20. C.B. Field et al., North America, in Interg ...
... know of accounts for the costs of isolationism.21 Although such costs are hard to quantify, this challenge is no reason to count them as zero. The fact that economic models fail to account for all relevant impacts is not news. The authors of these stud20. C.B. Field et al., North America, in Interg ...
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.