Exercise 5: Identifying and ranking adaptive capacity
... Exercise V: Identifying and ranking adaptive capacity TA Westmecklenburg No Identified adaptive capacity in the Factors influencing the adaptive TA Westmecklenburg capacity in the TA Westmecklenburg ...
... Exercise V: Identifying and ranking adaptive capacity TA Westmecklenburg No Identified adaptive capacity in the Factors influencing the adaptive TA Westmecklenburg capacity in the TA Westmecklenburg ...
The Role of Protected Areas in Regard to Climate Change
... resilience and reduce the vulnerability of livelihoods against climate change. Protected areas are often the source of both pure water and increased water flow. For example, 33 of the world’s largest cities receive drinking water from catchments in forest protected areas. Protected areas are also so ...
... resilience and reduce the vulnerability of livelihoods against climate change. Protected areas are often the source of both pure water and increased water flow. For example, 33 of the world’s largest cities receive drinking water from catchments in forest protected areas. Protected areas are also so ...
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... Within the last decade, interest in the impacts of climate change has significantly increased. Concomitantly, there has been widespread recognition that action must be taken to reduce these impacts and adapt to the potential changes. The development of adaptive planning (sectorspecific), however ...
... Within the last decade, interest in the impacts of climate change has significantly increased. Concomitantly, there has been widespread recognition that action must be taken to reduce these impacts and adapt to the potential changes. The development of adaptive planning (sectorspecific), however ...
Velocity of climate change algorithms for guiding conservation and
... differential of adjacent grid cells, measured in °C km 1. The division cancels the °C units, while units of kilometre in the denominator and the units of year in the numerator swap positions. The resulting variable is a speed or velocity measured in units of kilometres per year, and represents an in ...
... differential of adjacent grid cells, measured in °C km 1. The division cancels the °C units, while units of kilometre in the denominator and the units of year in the numerator swap positions. The resulting variable is a speed or velocity measured in units of kilometres per year, and represents an in ...
Indigenous Australians` knowledge of weather and climate
... We don’t have a calendar. Bama story goes by the tree. The tree knows better than we do.—quoted and translated in (Hill 2004, 66). Paleoenvironmental and thermoluminescence studies have shown that Aboriginal Australians have one of the longest living cultural traditions in the world, with recent arc ...
... We don’t have a calendar. Bama story goes by the tree. The tree knows better than we do.—quoted and translated in (Hill 2004, 66). Paleoenvironmental and thermoluminescence studies have shown that Aboriginal Australians have one of the longest living cultural traditions in the world, with recent arc ...
Climate change and Arctic ecosystems II
... to overcome some of the limitations of current treatments of tundra vegetation types, the Pan-Arctic Initiative (PAIN) has taken a comprehensive approach to describing and modeling terrestrial ecosystems of the northern high latitudes. The philosophy of PAIN has been to develop a model based on mode ...
... to overcome some of the limitations of current treatments of tundra vegetation types, the Pan-Arctic Initiative (PAIN) has taken a comprehensive approach to describing and modeling terrestrial ecosystems of the northern high latitudes. The philosophy of PAIN has been to develop a model based on mode ...
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... excluded these factors from the index. Because population and range size are major factors in determining conservation status, repeating them in our assessments would cause most threatened species to also be scored as vulnerable to climate change. The purpose of the index is to highlight species wit ...
... excluded these factors from the index. Because population and range size are major factors in determining conservation status, repeating them in our assessments would cause most threatened species to also be scored as vulnerable to climate change. The purpose of the index is to highlight species wit ...
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... social sciences that are relevant to the issue of climate change. Furthermore, it is designed to illuminate key issues linking science to policy. For example, how do the uncertainties in key component models, like those for ocean circulation and atmospheric convection, affect predictions important i ...
... social sciences that are relevant to the issue of climate change. Furthermore, it is designed to illuminate key issues linking science to policy. For example, how do the uncertainties in key component models, like those for ocean circulation and atmospheric convection, affect predictions important i ...
Anthropogenic modification of the oceans
... analyses of satellite ocean colour data (e.g. [19]) support such a conclusion, the main dataset used is only 12 years long (the SeaWiFS time series started in 1998). It has also been noted [20] that the satellite-observed trends in chlorophyll (phytoplankton) correlate strongly with regional oscilla ...
... analyses of satellite ocean colour data (e.g. [19]) support such a conclusion, the main dataset used is only 12 years long (the SeaWiFS time series started in 1998). It has also been noted [20] that the satellite-observed trends in chlorophyll (phytoplankton) correlate strongly with regional oscilla ...
Observed Changes in Long-Term Climatic Conditions and
... Stockholm and the medium-sized city of Rostock. Climatic trends were detected by linear regression and the MannKendall test. Different precipitation trends were detected over the whole period of observation. Average annual temperatures increased significantly in both case studies, particularly from ...
... Stockholm and the medium-sized city of Rostock. Climatic trends were detected by linear regression and the MannKendall test. Different precipitation trends were detected over the whole period of observation. Average annual temperatures increased significantly in both case studies, particularly from ...
Australian rangelands and climate change – pastoral production
... Table 5.1 Summary of climate change impacts on livestock production systems. ......................................................... 8 Table 5.2 Options for adapting to climate change in the livestock industry................................................................... 8 Table 5.3 Plausible ...
... Table 5.1 Summary of climate change impacts on livestock production systems. ......................................................... 8 Table 5.2 Options for adapting to climate change in the livestock industry................................................................... 8 Table 5.3 Plausible ...
CHAPTER 2 OUR CHANGING CLIMATE Climate Change Impacts in the United States
... global warming of the past 50 years is primarily due to human activities. 2. Global climate is projected to continue to change over this century and beyond. The magnitude of climate change beyond the next few decades depends primarily on the amount of heat- trapping gases emitted globally, and ...
... global warming of the past 50 years is primarily due to human activities. 2. Global climate is projected to continue to change over this century and beyond. The magnitude of climate change beyond the next few decades depends primarily on the amount of heat- trapping gases emitted globally, and ...
Future Weather
... years showed that the coastal area has become wetter relative to inland areas. We investigated whether this trend is systematic, and whether we could expect similar changes in the regional precipitation differences in the future. Intense events of local precipitation have a large influence on societ ...
... years showed that the coastal area has become wetter relative to inland areas. We investigated whether this trend is systematic, and whether we could expect similar changes in the regional precipitation differences in the future. Intense events of local precipitation have a large influence on societ ...
Strategy for Fisheries, Aquaculture and Clilmate Change
... At the regional and subregional levels, FAO’s commitment to decentralized action and to cross-agency linkages also leads to important directions for development responses to climate change. This presents the Fisheries and Aquaculture Department with challenges in linking global programmes and strate ...
... At the regional and subregional levels, FAO’s commitment to decentralized action and to cross-agency linkages also leads to important directions for development responses to climate change. This presents the Fisheries and Aquaculture Department with challenges in linking global programmes and strate ...
the west antarctic ice sheet and long term
... new observations, which reopen the possibility that loss of the large ice shelves in the Ross and Weddell seas would cause acceleration of the ice streams, increased discharge of grounded ice to the sea and a much faster rate of global sea level rise than otherwise projected (Church and Gregory, 200 ...
... new observations, which reopen the possibility that loss of the large ice shelves in the Ross and Weddell seas would cause acceleration of the ice streams, increased discharge of grounded ice to the sea and a much faster rate of global sea level rise than otherwise projected (Church and Gregory, 200 ...
Public Understanding of Climate Change in the United States
... Estimates of these have various degrees of uncertainty. Uncertainties involve how much warming will result from a given level of emissions (called “climate sensitivity”) and, given a specific amount of warming, which effects on natural and human systems will occur when, where, and to what degree. Th ...
... Estimates of these have various degrees of uncertainty. Uncertainties involve how much warming will result from a given level of emissions (called “climate sensitivity”) and, given a specific amount of warming, which effects on natural and human systems will occur when, where, and to what degree. Th ...
Summary - Environmental limits and Swiss footprints based on
... The five Planetary Boundaries assessed in this study Five Planetary Boundaries are assessed in this study: Climate Change, Ocean Acidification, Nitrogen and Phosphorus Losses (with two indicators), Land Cover Anthropisation, and Biodiversity Loss. The limits are not calculated for: Stratospheric Ozo ...
... The five Planetary Boundaries assessed in this study Five Planetary Boundaries are assessed in this study: Climate Change, Ocean Acidification, Nitrogen and Phosphorus Losses (with two indicators), Land Cover Anthropisation, and Biodiversity Loss. The limits are not calculated for: Stratospheric Ozo ...
http://www.fao.org/3/a-am434e.pdf
... At the regional and subregional levels, FAO’s commitment to decentralized action and to cross-agency linkages also leads to important directions for development responses to climate change. This presents the Fisheries and Aquaculture Department with challenges in linking global programmes and strate ...
... At the regional and subregional levels, FAO’s commitment to decentralized action and to cross-agency linkages also leads to important directions for development responses to climate change. This presents the Fisheries and Aquaculture Department with challenges in linking global programmes and strate ...
Public Understanding of Climate Change in the United States
... Estimates of these have various degrees of uncertainty. Uncertainties involve how much warming will result from a given level of emissions (called “climate sensitivity”) and, given a specific amount of warming, which effects on natural and human systems will occur when, where, and to what degree. Th ...
... Estimates of these have various degrees of uncertainty. Uncertainties involve how much warming will result from a given level of emissions (called “climate sensitivity”) and, given a specific amount of warming, which effects on natural and human systems will occur when, where, and to what degree. Th ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES INCORPORATING CLIMATE UNCERTAINTY INTO ESTIMATES OF CLIMATE
... In particular, we find that the variation in impact projections due to climate uncertainty is several times larger than that resulting from uncertainty in the historical relationship between climate variables (such as temperature and precipitation) and agricultural output. In fact, even with perfect ...
... In particular, we find that the variation in impact projections due to climate uncertainty is several times larger than that resulting from uncertainty in the historical relationship between climate variables (such as temperature and precipitation) and agricultural output. In fact, even with perfect ...
Enhanced weathering strategies for stabilizing climate and averting
... pulverized silicate rocks across terrestrial landscapes may help offset anthropogenic CO2 emissions1–5 . We show that idealized enhanced weathering scenarios over less than a third of tropical land could cause significant drawdown of atmospheric CO2 and ameliorate ocean acidification by 2100. Global ...
... pulverized silicate rocks across terrestrial landscapes may help offset anthropogenic CO2 emissions1–5 . We show that idealized enhanced weathering scenarios over less than a third of tropical land could cause significant drawdown of atmospheric CO2 and ameliorate ocean acidification by 2100. Global ...
Cosmic rays and space weather: effects on global climate change
... is well known that the system of internal and external factors formatting the climate is very unstable; decreasing planetary temperature leads to an increase of snow surface, and decrease of the total solar energy input into the system decreases the planetary temperature even more, etc. From this it ...
... is well known that the system of internal and external factors formatting the climate is very unstable; decreasing planetary temperature leads to an increase of snow surface, and decrease of the total solar energy input into the system decreases the planetary temperature even more, etc. From this it ...
Evolution of marine storminess in the Belgian part of the North Sea
... indicator and in other studies storm surge or air surface pressure is used. Recently Haerens et al. (2011) have used five indicators to provide a first estimate of the storm threshold inducing significant morphological changes along the sandy beaches in Belgium. Based on their investigations, it was ...
... indicator and in other studies storm surge or air surface pressure is used. Recently Haerens et al. (2011) have used five indicators to provide a first estimate of the storm threshold inducing significant morphological changes along the sandy beaches in Belgium. Based on their investigations, it was ...
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.