case study: weyerhaeuser - Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
... climate change is expected to make future droughts and storms more severe and damaging than those experienced in the past. Warmer temperatures alter the timing of snowmelt and may affect the seasonal availability of water, and they may lengthen the growing season or shift the geographic range of som ...
... climate change is expected to make future droughts and storms more severe and damaging than those experienced in the past. Warmer temperatures alter the timing of snowmelt and may affect the seasonal availability of water, and they may lengthen the growing season or shift the geographic range of som ...
Impacts of future deforestation and climate change on the hydrology
... Equally, several LSMs exist and, to a greater or lesser extent, they all incorporate existing process knowledge into their parameterizations (Gash et al., 2004; Keller et al., 2009). However, because of their different structures and the values of the parameters used, LSMs also simulate a range of c ...
... Equally, several LSMs exist and, to a greater or lesser extent, they all incorporate existing process knowledge into their parameterizations (Gash et al., 2004; Keller et al., 2009). However, because of their different structures and the values of the parameters used, LSMs also simulate a range of c ...
The role of meteorological processes in the
... Non-lake effect (i.e., large-scale and convective) precipitation in the Great Lakes region is seasonally controlled by different mechanisms. We define the warm (May–September) and cool (October–April) seasons based on different precipitation processes that are generally dominant during those times. ...
... Non-lake effect (i.e., large-scale and convective) precipitation in the Great Lakes region is seasonally controlled by different mechanisms. We define the warm (May–September) and cool (October–April) seasons based on different precipitation processes that are generally dominant during those times. ...
Guiding Principles for City Climate Action Planning
... the Cities and Climate Change Initiative), and Cities Alliance (under the World Bank/UNEP/UN-Habitat Cities and Climate Change Joint Work ...
... the Cities and Climate Change Initiative), and Cities Alliance (under the World Bank/UNEP/UN-Habitat Cities and Climate Change Joint Work ...
Assessing risk of and adaptation to sea-level rise
... Specifically, the new data on elevation and areal extents were calculated for the EU27 countries using data from the more detailed SRTM digital elevation model (Rabus et al. 2003; http://srtm.usgs.gov/). Due to their higher resolution (90 m instead of 1 km) SRTM data are better suited to regional-sc ...
... Specifically, the new data on elevation and areal extents were calculated for the EU27 countries using data from the more detailed SRTM digital elevation model (Rabus et al. 2003; http://srtm.usgs.gov/). Due to their higher resolution (90 m instead of 1 km) SRTM data are better suited to regional-sc ...
Egypt - Met Office
... of future changes. These reports complement those published by the IPCC as well as the more detailed climate change and impact studies published nationally. Each report contains: • A description of key features of national weather and climate, including an analysis of new data on extreme events. • A ...
... of future changes. These reports complement those published by the IPCC as well as the more detailed climate change and impact studies published nationally. Each report contains: • A description of key features of national weather and climate, including an analysis of new data on extreme events. • A ...
Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment Framework for
... volumes. Changes in land use have occurred with increasing surfaces being cleared for urban and agricultural development. Concurrently, substantial increases in air temperature have been observed during the 20th and 21st centuries. Computer models representing the climate system have been used to es ...
... volumes. Changes in land use have occurred with increasing surfaces being cleared for urban and agricultural development. Concurrently, substantial increases in air temperature have been observed during the 20th and 21st centuries. Computer models representing the climate system have been used to es ...
Submission from the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS)
... required to support the work of UNFCCC and the IPCC, and are both technically and economically feasible for systematic observation. It is these variables for which international exchange is required as a matter of priority for both current and historical observations. The contributing systems ...
... required to support the work of UNFCCC and the IPCC, and are both technically and economically feasible for systematic observation. It is these variables for which international exchange is required as a matter of priority for both current and historical observations. The contributing systems ...
Incorporating Climate Change Adaptation into Catchment
... have been run in many countries. However, in most cases, climate change is impacting on heavily altered and degraded ecosystems, ...
... have been run in many countries. However, in most cases, climate change is impacting on heavily altered and degraded ecosystems, ...
city of santa cruz city climate change vulnerability assessment
... Just as the surface of the Earth is not flat, the surface of the oceans is also not flat, and this sea surface elevation is changing over short and long‐term time periods. We often refer to Global Sea Level, or the average height of all the Earth's oceans. Global Sea Level Rise refers to the cur ...
... Just as the surface of the Earth is not flat, the surface of the oceans is also not flat, and this sea surface elevation is changing over short and long‐term time periods. We often refer to Global Sea Level, or the average height of all the Earth's oceans. Global Sea Level Rise refers to the cur ...
Climate feedback efficiency and synergy - MPG.PuRe - Max
... in their model, mainly due to Tropical cirrus clouds rising with the tropopause in a warming climate, thereby reducing the terrestrial radiation to space. This was in qualitative agreement with a radiative-convective equilibrium model study by Augustsson and Ramanathan (1977) finding a sensitivity o ...
... in their model, mainly due to Tropical cirrus clouds rising with the tropopause in a warming climate, thereby reducing the terrestrial radiation to space. This was in qualitative agreement with a radiative-convective equilibrium model study by Augustsson and Ramanathan (1977) finding a sensitivity o ...
Assessment of potential climate change impacts on
... types ranging from desert landscapes with sparse plant cover on the western coastal belt with high succulent dominance in the south-west, through arid shrubland and sparse woodland with C4 grasses along the escarpment, to tree-grass mixed savanna and woodland vegetation in areas of higher rainfall i ...
... types ranging from desert landscapes with sparse plant cover on the western coastal belt with high succulent dominance in the south-west, through arid shrubland and sparse woodland with C4 grasses along the escarpment, to tree-grass mixed savanna and woodland vegetation in areas of higher rainfall i ...
Mexico - Met Office
... of future changes. These reports complement those published by the IPCC as well as the more detailed climate change and impact studies published nationally. Each report contains: • A description of key features of national weather and climate, including an analysis of new data on extreme events. • A ...
... of future changes. These reports complement those published by the IPCC as well as the more detailed climate change and impact studies published nationally. Each report contains: • A description of key features of national weather and climate, including an analysis of new data on extreme events. • A ...
Climate Role Play
... experts on the UN Climate Panel, IPCC1, are in agreement that the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is gradually increasing – which, in turn, leads to higher temperatures. In the opinion of the Climate Panel a rising average temperature leads to more extreme weather conditions wher ...
... experts on the UN Climate Panel, IPCC1, are in agreement that the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is gradually increasing – which, in turn, leads to higher temperatures. In the opinion of the Climate Panel a rising average temperature leads to more extreme weather conditions wher ...
Macedonia: National Climate Vulnerability Assessment
... important social, ecological and economic threat to European and global community. The frequent extreme weather conditions – rains and flood, heat waves and droughts – reduced snow falls, increased temperatures and rising sea level will increasingly have more and more influence on the livelihood, fo ...
... important social, ecological and economic threat to European and global community. The frequent extreme weather conditions – rains and flood, heat waves and droughts – reduced snow falls, increased temperatures and rising sea level will increasingly have more and more influence on the livelihood, fo ...
CC Equity SDS- An Urban Perspective Forthcoming
... Equity, equality and environmental justice issues first entered the debate on climate change when it was recognized that countries that historically have contributed least to global warming might be impacted the most by climate change in the future [11, 22]—although it is now recognized that impact ...
... Equity, equality and environmental justice issues first entered the debate on climate change when it was recognized that countries that historically have contributed least to global warming might be impacted the most by climate change in the future [11, 22]—although it is now recognized that impact ...
Monroe County Climate Action Plan
... and that are vulnerable to the related impacts of rising sea levels for the purpose of prioritizing funding for infrastructure needs and adaptation planning.” Specifically, the law states: “At the option of the local government, develop an adaptation action area designation for those low-lying coas ...
... and that are vulnerable to the related impacts of rising sea levels for the purpose of prioritizing funding for infrastructure needs and adaptation planning.” Specifically, the law states: “At the option of the local government, develop an adaptation action area designation for those low-lying coas ...
What does the Paris Agreement mean for climate policy in the
... into account rich countries’ responsibility to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions faster than the world average, the Netherlands needs to embark on a pathway that ensures that all energy- and industry-related CO2 emissions are reduced to zero by 2025-2035 – i.e. within the next two decades. On a ...
... into account rich countries’ responsibility to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions faster than the world average, the Netherlands needs to embark on a pathway that ensures that all energy- and industry-related CO2 emissions are reduced to zero by 2025-2035 – i.e. within the next two decades. On a ...
Climate: Observations, projections and impacts
... of future changes. These reports complement those published by the IPCC as well as the more detailed climate change and impact studies published nationally. Each report contains: • A description of key features of national weather and climate, including an analysis of new data on extreme events. • A ...
... of future changes. These reports complement those published by the IPCC as well as the more detailed climate change and impact studies published nationally. Each report contains: • A description of key features of national weather and climate, including an analysis of new data on extreme events. • A ...
Equitable access to sustainable development
... dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system’.[10] What is often forgotten is the second sentence of Article 2, which specifies conditions under which this should be achieved – including time-frames related to ecological, social (food) and economic dimensions – in other words, time f ...
... dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system’.[10] What is often forgotten is the second sentence of Article 2, which specifies conditions under which this should be achieved – including time-frames related to ecological, social (food) and economic dimensions – in other words, time f ...
Consensus‟ Exposed: The CRU Controversy - Inhofe
... centers in the world‖ on key aspects of climate change research. It also has ―contributed to the scientific assessments of climate change conducted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).‖ CRU‘s CRUTEM3 is one of the key datasets of surface temperatures utilized by the IPCC in its F ...
... centers in the world‖ on key aspects of climate change research. It also has ―contributed to the scientific assessments of climate change conducted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).‖ CRU‘s CRUTEM3 is one of the key datasets of surface temperatures utilized by the IPCC in its F ...
A Review of Climate Change Induced Effects on Avian Prey Species
... in the north (Retrieved from Hilmarsson, 2011). See Appendix for figure key. 5.0 CLIMATE CHANGE IN ICELAND 5.1 General Overview Climate change is occurring more rapidly at higher latitudes (IPCC, 2013). Over the 20th century, the Arctic experienced twice as much warming as the global average, or abo ...
... in the north (Retrieved from Hilmarsson, 2011). See Appendix for figure key. 5.0 CLIMATE CHANGE IN ICELAND 5.1 General Overview Climate change is occurring more rapidly at higher latitudes (IPCC, 2013). Over the 20th century, the Arctic experienced twice as much warming as the global average, or abo ...
climate, water, and political-economic crises
... Networks, April 28-May 2, 2004, Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Evolution toward greater complexity in the ancient world was rarely characterized by a linear trend. Ancient societies would become more centralized and complex but only to a point before fragmenting into local systems. Years ...
... Networks, April 28-May 2, 2004, Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Evolution toward greater complexity in the ancient world was rarely characterized by a linear trend. Ancient societies would become more centralized and complex but only to a point before fragmenting into local systems. Years ...
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.