Variations in Cloud Cover and Cloud Types over the Ocean from
... In regions of persistent MSC, time series show decreasing MSC amount. This decrease could be due to further spurious variation within the data. However, the decrease combined with observed increases in SST and the negative correlation between marine stratus and sea surface temperature suggests a pos ...
... In regions of persistent MSC, time series show decreasing MSC amount. This decrease could be due to further spurious variation within the data. However, the decrease combined with observed increases in SST and the negative correlation between marine stratus and sea surface temperature suggests a pos ...
Adaptation to Climate Change with a Focus on Rural Areas
... projected with much more certainty than projections for specific locations. The level of uncertainty also differs across different aspects of climate change, with more accurate projections available for temperature than for precipitation. Nevertheless, despite this uncertainty, it is highly unlikely ...
... projected with much more certainty than projections for specific locations. The level of uncertainty also differs across different aspects of climate change, with more accurate projections available for temperature than for precipitation. Nevertheless, despite this uncertainty, it is highly unlikely ...
Solar Influences on Climate
... [4] We can estimate the impact at the surface of the 11 year SC variation in total solar radiation at the top of the atmosphere using the climate sensitivity parameter l. This is defined by DTS = lDF, where DF is the change in forcing at the top of the atmosphere (in this case ∼0.17 W m−2) and TS is ...
... [4] We can estimate the impact at the surface of the 11 year SC variation in total solar radiation at the top of the atmosphere using the climate sensitivity parameter l. This is defined by DTS = lDF, where DF is the change in forcing at the top of the atmosphere (in this case ∼0.17 W m−2) and TS is ...
Australia`s country towns 2050: What will a climate
... the year 2050 .............................................................................................................. 59 Figure 6: Distribution of vulnerability to climate change for UCLs in New South Wales, Australia, for the year 2050 ........................................................ ...
... the year 2050 .............................................................................................................. 59 Figure 6: Distribution of vulnerability to climate change for UCLs in New South Wales, Australia, for the year 2050 ........................................................ ...
Gambling with Krill Fisheries in the Antarctic: Large uncertainties
... The most spectacular physical changes in the Antarctic environment relate to the ice shelves of the Antarctic Peninsula. These are floating extensions of a grounded ice-sheet and globally most of them are located in embayments around the Antarctic continent (including the Antarctic Peninsula.) The ...
... The most spectacular physical changes in the Antarctic environment relate to the ice shelves of the Antarctic Peninsula. These are floating extensions of a grounded ice-sheet and globally most of them are located in embayments around the Antarctic continent (including the Antarctic Peninsula.) The ...
Vulnerability Does Not Fall From the Sky
... Megan Liddle has worked as program manager with the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI), where she contributed to analytical work on forest tenure, forest-based poverty alleviation, and community-based forest enterprise. Prior to joining RRI, she worked with Forest Trends, as part of the Communiti ...
... Megan Liddle has worked as program manager with the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI), where she contributed to analytical work on forest tenure, forest-based poverty alleviation, and community-based forest enterprise. Prior to joining RRI, she worked with Forest Trends, as part of the Communiti ...
Survey of Climate Change Considerations in Federal Environmental
... emissions and climate change impacts in the context of different types of activities. These include: Lifecycle Emissions from Fossil Fuel Extraction and Transportation – The survey included nineteen EISs for proposals related to fossil fuel development, such as the approval of coal, oil and gas leas ...
... emissions and climate change impacts in the context of different types of activities. These include: Lifecycle Emissions from Fossil Fuel Extraction and Transportation – The survey included nineteen EISs for proposals related to fossil fuel development, such as the approval of coal, oil and gas leas ...
Coffee and Climate Change - Natural Resources Institute
... the Robusta plant. This may also have led to less concern about the impacts of climate change on Robusta, but could also be due to the lower trading volume on the world’s coffee market (30%) compared to Arabica (70%). A factor that is not well understood is the response of coffee to increased carbon ...
... the Robusta plant. This may also have led to less concern about the impacts of climate change on Robusta, but could also be due to the lower trading volume on the world’s coffee market (30%) compared to Arabica (70%). A factor that is not well understood is the response of coffee to increased carbon ...
Contributions received (68)
... In October 2010 the newly reformed UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS) requested its High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE) to conduct a study on climate change, and in particular, to assess: “review existing assessments and initiatives on the effects of climate chan ...
... In October 2010 the newly reformed UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS) requested its High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE) to conduct a study on climate change, and in particular, to assess: “review existing assessments and initiatives on the effects of climate chan ...
Quantifying the cost of climate change impacts on local
... Evans, A – Bureau of Meteorology Climate Division South Australia Acknowledgement This work was carried out with financial support from the Australian Government (Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency) and the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility. The role of NCCARF is t ...
... Evans, A – Bureau of Meteorology Climate Division South Australia Acknowledgement This work was carried out with financial support from the Australian Government (Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency) and the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility. The role of NCCARF is t ...
full report - Royal Society of New Zealand
... the world must reduce GHG emissions and work towards a low-carbon economy. • Stabilising the world’s climate requires net global emissions of GHGs to be reduced to zero before the end of the 21st century, especially carbon dioxide (CO2) that is long-lived in the atmosphere. New Zealand’s GHGs incre ...
... the world must reduce GHG emissions and work towards a low-carbon economy. • Stabilising the world’s climate requires net global emissions of GHGs to be reduced to zero before the end of the 21st century, especially carbon dioxide (CO2) that is long-lived in the atmosphere. New Zealand’s GHGs incre ...
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... The mystery of the 2011 Sargassum seaweed abundance that affected much of the Caribbean illustrated the uncertainty for which the region should be prepared, but over which it may have little influence. The workshop should help to strengthen approaches and interventions to ensure a more safe and secu ...
... The mystery of the 2011 Sargassum seaweed abundance that affected much of the Caribbean illustrated the uncertainty for which the region should be prepared, but over which it may have little influence. The workshop should help to strengthen approaches and interventions to ensure a more safe and secu ...
Climate Public Expenditure and Institutional Revies
... Executive Summary Fiji is on the front lines of climate change. Increased droughts, floods and extreme events such as cyclones affect every sector of Fiji’s economy and impact employment levels, the availability of natural resources and resilience to disasters. As such, Fiji is proactively creating ...
... Executive Summary Fiji is on the front lines of climate change. Increased droughts, floods and extreme events such as cyclones affect every sector of Fiji’s economy and impact employment levels, the availability of natural resources and resilience to disasters. As such, Fiji is proactively creating ...
A new approach to mapping permafrost and change incorporating
... Y. Zhang et al.: Permafrost mapping are categorized as equilibrium models by Riseborough et al., 2008). However, ground temperature observations show that current permafrost conditions are not in equilibrium (Osterkamp, 2005), and modelling studies show that the response of permafrost to climate war ...
... Y. Zhang et al.: Permafrost mapping are categorized as equilibrium models by Riseborough et al., 2008). However, ground temperature observations show that current permafrost conditions are not in equilibrium (Osterkamp, 2005), and modelling studies show that the response of permafrost to climate war ...
En56-155-2000E - Publications du gouvernement du Canada
... national park. Implications for abiotic features, ecosystems, individual species and visitor use of each national park were then examined using national park resource inventories and existing climatological and climate change studies. A broad range of inter-regional (altered disturbance patterns and ...
... national park. Implications for abiotic features, ecosystems, individual species and visitor use of each national park were then examined using national park resource inventories and existing climatological and climate change studies. A broad range of inter-regional (altered disturbance patterns and ...
Jordan`s Third National
... negotiations are approaching the crunch time of developing an ambitious, fair and effective new climate agreement Jordan is committed to being an active player in the international climate efforts based on the principles of the UNFCCC. The following pages will provide all interested parties and inst ...
... negotiations are approaching the crunch time of developing an ambitious, fair and effective new climate agreement Jordan is committed to being an active player in the international climate efforts based on the principles of the UNFCCC. The following pages will provide all interested parties and inst ...
Religious engagement in the interface between ethics, policy and
... Secularisation theory and the assumption held by many that religion does not belong in the public sphere is slowly dissipating, paving the way for active collaboration between secular and religious institutions. Evaluation of the current influence and relevance of religion within the international l ...
... Secularisation theory and the assumption held by many that religion does not belong in the public sphere is slowly dissipating, paving the way for active collaboration between secular and religious institutions. Evaluation of the current influence and relevance of religion within the international l ...
Kerala State Action Plan on Climate Change
... 6. Effecting implementation of programmes through unique linkages including with civil society and local government institutions and through public private partnerships. ...
... 6. Effecting implementation of programmes through unique linkages including with civil society and local government institutions and through public private partnerships. ...
Surface Observed Global Land Precipitation Variations during 1900
... (Legates and Willmott 1990; Groisman et al. 1991; Sevruk 1993; Groisman and Legates 1994). Inhomogeneities in precipitation records, which result from changes in instrumentation, recording practice, and station locations–environment, may cause 4%–40% changes in precipitation records within a few yea ...
... (Legates and Willmott 1990; Groisman et al. 1991; Sevruk 1993; Groisman and Legates 1994). Inhomogeneities in precipitation records, which result from changes in instrumentation, recording practice, and station locations–environment, may cause 4%–40% changes in precipitation records within a few yea ...
carbOn in the bank: OntariO`s Greenbelt and its rOle in MitiGatinG
... This is not a situation that will solve itself. Effervescent growth in the GGH is expected to continue unabated; over the next 20 years, the population is expected to grow by 2.5 million and reach 11.5 million by 2031. This would make the GGH one of the fastest growing regions in North America. A 20 ...
... This is not a situation that will solve itself. Effervescent growth in the GGH is expected to continue unabated; over the next 20 years, the population is expected to grow by 2.5 million and reach 11.5 million by 2031. This would make the GGH one of the fastest growing regions in North America. A 20 ...
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... atmosphere has made oceans 0.1 pH unit more acid, negatively affecting tens of thousands of species that depend on calcium carbonate to build skeletons. On land, the alteration of the hydrological cycle has increased the probability of wildfire, which is devastating to biodiversity in regions with n ...
... atmosphere has made oceans 0.1 pH unit more acid, negatively affecting tens of thousands of species that depend on calcium carbonate to build skeletons. On land, the alteration of the hydrological cycle has increased the probability of wildfire, which is devastating to biodiversity in regions with n ...
WeatHerinG tHe storM options for Framing adaptation
... buildup of global warming gases in the atmosphere to avert catastrophic warming. But it is too late to avert serious consequences, so we must also learn to adapt to a warmer world. The question of how humanity adapts to climate change is a pressing development issue. As leaders begin to consider pol ...
... buildup of global warming gases in the atmosphere to avert catastrophic warming. But it is too late to avert serious consequences, so we must also learn to adapt to a warmer world. The question of how humanity adapts to climate change is a pressing development issue. As leaders begin to consider pol ...
AMIDST FRAGMENTATION AND COHERENCE: A
... consistent limits to the release of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere and systematic resort to renewable energy.30 In January 2009, two non-governmental organisations, EarthJustice and the Australian Climate Justice Programme, filed a further petition with the World Heritage Committee, focusing ...
... consistent limits to the release of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere and systematic resort to renewable energy.30 In January 2009, two non-governmental organisations, EarthJustice and the Australian Climate Justice Programme, filed a further petition with the World Heritage Committee, focusing ...
Intended nationally determined contributions: what are the implications for greenhouse gas emissions in 2030? (opens in new window)
... emissions in 2020 following COP15 in Copenhagen, Denmark, in December 2009.2 Hence, these INDCs can be analysed to provide an indication of whether intended action by countries is collectively consistent with the decision, agreed at COP16 in Cancún, Mexico, in 2010, which states it “recognizes that ...
... emissions in 2020 following COP15 in Copenhagen, Denmark, in December 2009.2 Hence, these INDCs can be analysed to provide an indication of whether intended action by countries is collectively consistent with the decision, agreed at COP16 in Cancún, Mexico, in 2010, which states it “recognizes that ...
Climate change in Strategic Environmental Assessment
... Over the last years, the bodies of knowledge and research on climate change have been growing, leading to a general consensus that climate change is actually happening today. Climate change, in its broadest sense, is thereby also beginning to play an increasingly important role in spatial planning g ...
... Over the last years, the bodies of knowledge and research on climate change have been growing, leading to a general consensus that climate change is actually happening today. Climate change, in its broadest sense, is thereby also beginning to play an increasingly important role in spatial planning g ...
Global warming
Global warming and climate change are terms for the observed century-scale rise in the average temperature of the Earth's climate system and its related effects.Multiple lines of scientific evidence show that the climate system is warming. Although the increase of near-surface atmospheric temperature is the measure of global warming often reported in the popular press, most of the additional energy stored in the climate system since 1970 has gone into ocean warming. The remainder has melted ice, and warmed the continents and atmosphere. Many of the observed changes since the 1950s are unprecedented over decades to millennia.Scientific understanding of global warming is increasing. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reported in 2014 that scientists were more than 95% certain that most of global warming is caused by increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases and other human (anthropogenic) activities. Climate model projections summarized in the report indicated that during the 21st century the global surface temperature is likely to rise a further 0.3 to 1.7 °C (0.5 to 3.1 °F) for their lowest emissions scenario using stringent mitigation and 2.6 to 4.8 °C (4.7 to 8.6 °F) for their highest. These findings have been recognized by the national science academies of the major industrialized nations.Future climate change and associated impacts will differ from region to region around the globe. Anticipated effects include warming global temperature, rising sea levels, changing precipitation, and expansion of deserts in the subtropics. Warming is expected to be greatest in the Arctic, with the continuing retreat of glaciers, permafrost and sea ice. Other likely changes include more frequent extreme weather events including heat waves, droughts, heavy rainfall, and heavy snowfall; ocean acidification; and species extinctions due to shifting temperature regimes. Effects significant to humans include the threat to food security from decreasing crop yields and the abandonment of populated areas due to flooding.Possible societal responses to global warming include mitigation by emissions reduction, adaptation to its effects, building systems resilient to its effects, and possible future climate engineering. Most countries are parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC),whose ultimate objective is to prevent dangerous anthropogenic climate change. The UNFCCC have adopted a range of policies designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to assist in adaptation to global warming. Parties to the UNFCCC have agreed that deep cuts in emissions are required, and that future global warming should be limited to below 2.0 °C (3.6 °F) relative to the pre-industrial level.