Identification of knowledge needs on climate policy
... Although the approach adopted assisted this specific problem, the analysis provides a basis for supporting a wide range of applications in the field of priorities’ identification and even expanding to decision making problems. Future research efforts could therefore be placed on the participatio ...
... Although the approach adopted assisted this specific problem, the analysis provides a basis for supporting a wide range of applications in the field of priorities’ identification and even expanding to decision making problems. Future research efforts could therefore be placed on the participatio ...
Report on “Pakistan sey Paris” Climate Conference
... including Azad Jammu and Kashmir. It is beginning to manifest itself through increasing intensity and ferocity. He added that significant strides have been made in Pakistan for forwarding the Climate change agenda from being a stand-alone topic to one identifying itself as an integral element of the ...
... including Azad Jammu and Kashmir. It is beginning to manifest itself through increasing intensity and ferocity. He added that significant strides have been made in Pakistan for forwarding the Climate change agenda from being a stand-alone topic to one identifying itself as an integral element of the ...
Enabling resilience: bridging the planning gap in Tanzania
... The 2009 drought showed Tanzania’s northern districts to be vulnerable to climate change. Losses of over 70 per cent of livestock left thousands of people unable to support themselves or their families.1 Adaptation will help communities build future resilience to similar impacts. Government efforts ...
... The 2009 drought showed Tanzania’s northern districts to be vulnerable to climate change. Losses of over 70 per cent of livestock left thousands of people unable to support themselves or their families.1 Adaptation will help communities build future resilience to similar impacts. Government efforts ...
Response of subarctic vegetation to transient climatic change on the
... climate. Precipitation maps were derived from projections of future Alaskan climate by four GCM's (Maxwell 1992; Chapin & Star®eld 1997). From these projections, precipitation maps were uniformly increased (or decreased for colder temperature maps) by 15% for each 1 °C change from the observed curre ...
... climate. Precipitation maps were derived from projections of future Alaskan climate by four GCM's (Maxwell 1992; Chapin & Star®eld 1997). From these projections, precipitation maps were uniformly increased (or decreased for colder temperature maps) by 15% for each 1 °C change from the observed curre ...
Andrew Boswell November 2007
... There is NO 2% excuse ! • Phil Woolas, Minister of Climate Change said on 20th September “we see that as much as 15% of world carbon emissions are a direct result of UK economic activity both at home and abroad. “ – Global spread of ‘City business interests’ – Imports from China etc – our dependenc ...
... There is NO 2% excuse ! • Phil Woolas, Minister of Climate Change said on 20th September “we see that as much as 15% of world carbon emissions are a direct result of UK economic activity both at home and abroad. “ – Global spread of ‘City business interests’ – Imports from China etc – our dependenc ...
Economic Consequences of Climate Change Impacts on
... This process repeats itself to produce time paths of our major economic and transportation variables associated with the RTN over time given current and expected micro- and macroeconomic conditions. In line with the CGEM framework, eventually we receive a time path which is a set of short-run equili ...
... This process repeats itself to produce time paths of our major economic and transportation variables associated with the RTN over time given current and expected micro- and macroeconomic conditions. In line with the CGEM framework, eventually we receive a time path which is a set of short-run equili ...
Effective media reporting of sea level rise projections: 1989–2009
... data. In addition, any numbers reported for only one part of the world oceans (e.g. Chesapeake Bay) were not included. We acknowledge that this search methodology would exclude media reports that, for example, use the term ‘ocean levels’ or some other phrase for sea level rise, but in piloting the s ...
... data. In addition, any numbers reported for only one part of the world oceans (e.g. Chesapeake Bay) were not included. We acknowledge that this search methodology would exclude media reports that, for example, use the term ‘ocean levels’ or some other phrase for sea level rise, but in piloting the s ...
Climate Change Adaptation Strategy of the Republic of Moldova
... change, meaning that intact ecosystems such as peatlands, permafrost landscapes, boreal forests and pasture land can have a strong and cost‐efficient positive effect both on climate change mitigation and adaptation”. Stakeholder workshop "Climate change and security in the Dniester River Basin“, Chi ...
... change, meaning that intact ecosystems such as peatlands, permafrost landscapes, boreal forests and pasture land can have a strong and cost‐efficient positive effect both on climate change mitigation and adaptation”. Stakeholder workshop "Climate change and security in the Dniester River Basin“, Chi ...
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... Schroeder, H., S. Burch and S. Rayner (2013), Novel multisector networks and entrepreneurship in urban climate governance, Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 31(5) 761 – 768 Burch, S., H. Schroeder, S. Rayner and J. Wilson (2013), Novel multisector networks and entrepreneurship: the r ...
... Schroeder, H., S. Burch and S. Rayner (2013), Novel multisector networks and entrepreneurship in urban climate governance, Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 31(5) 761 – 768 Burch, S., H. Schroeder, S. Rayner and J. Wilson (2013), Novel multisector networks and entrepreneurship: the r ...
Climate controls on marine ecosystems and fish populations
... ecosystem responses to climate change. Our analysis of observations and model results for the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans concludes that most climate variability is accounted for by the combination of intermittent 1–2 year duration events, e.g. the cumulative effect of monthly weather anomalies or th ...
... ecosystem responses to climate change. Our analysis of observations and model results for the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans concludes that most climate variability is accounted for by the combination of intermittent 1–2 year duration events, e.g. the cumulative effect of monthly weather anomalies or th ...
Sensitivity of Crop Water Need to 2071–95
... change, it is clear that human activities linked closely to ecosystems or natural resources will be severely impacted (Solomon et al. 2007). Of particular concern for many developing regions is the impact of climate change upon food security, especially for those countries reliant on rain-fed agricu ...
... change, it is clear that human activities linked closely to ecosystems or natural resources will be severely impacted (Solomon et al. 2007). Of particular concern for many developing regions is the impact of climate change upon food security, especially for those countries reliant on rain-fed agricu ...
McCarty, 2001. Ecological consequences of recent climate change.
... has already warmed by 0.5⬚ C over the past century, and recent studies show that it is possible to detect the effects of a changing climate on ecological systems. This suggests that global change may be a current and future conservation threat. Changes in recent decades are apparent at all levels of ...
... has already warmed by 0.5⬚ C over the past century, and recent studies show that it is possible to detect the effects of a changing climate on ecological systems. This suggests that global change may be a current and future conservation threat. Changes in recent decades are apparent at all levels of ...
SNAB Topic 5 On the wild side
... Before considering the potential impact of climate change it is necessary to understand what an ecosystem is, and how it functions. In the text book ecosystems and the various ecological terms used to describe their components are discussed, followed by a more detailed consideration of abiotic and b ...
... Before considering the potential impact of climate change it is necessary to understand what an ecosystem is, and how it functions. In the text book ecosystems and the various ecological terms used to describe their components are discussed, followed by a more detailed consideration of abiotic and b ...
(2012), Global warming preceded by increasing carbon dioxide
... stack had reached interglacial levels while nearly one-third of the excess global ice still remained, although we note that any ice-driven warming would have been partly offset by decreasing greenhouse gas forcing (Fig. 3c and Supplementary Fig. 29a). The apparently small influence of ice-sheet forc ...
... stack had reached interglacial levels while nearly one-third of the excess global ice still remained, although we note that any ice-driven warming would have been partly offset by decreasing greenhouse gas forcing (Fig. 3c and Supplementary Fig. 29a). The apparently small influence of ice-sheet forc ...
1 Simulation of Black Sea and Caspian Sea responses to
... eccentricity slowly varies, inducing small changes in the annual mean total insolation received by the Earth. Obliquity oscillates from 221 to 251 over a 41,000-year period, and the position of the equinoxes precesses relative to the perihelion with 19,000- and 23,000 - year periodicities. Obliquity ...
... eccentricity slowly varies, inducing small changes in the annual mean total insolation received by the Earth. Obliquity oscillates from 221 to 251 over a 41,000-year period, and the position of the equinoxes precesses relative to the perihelion with 19,000- and 23,000 - year periodicities. Obliquity ...
Interacting Regional-Scale Regime Shifts for Biodiversity and
... cushion plants, and bogs) ecosystems of the Andes have received considerably less attention than have the lowland Amazon humid forest in terms of regime shifts. The Andes region harbors more species richness per unit area than the Amazon does (figure 1) and is under heavy human pressure (Buytaert et ...
... cushion plants, and bogs) ecosystems of the Andes have received considerably less attention than have the lowland Amazon humid forest in terms of regime shifts. The Andes region harbors more species richness per unit area than the Amazon does (figure 1) and is under heavy human pressure (Buytaert et ...
3.47 MB - Asian Development Bank
... more of the negative impacts of climate change. The increasing population may also lead to non-resilient development of social structure of a society (IPCC, 2012). Climate change requires adaptation to the future conditions. This need to adaptation has been recognized almost with one accord by the v ...
... more of the negative impacts of climate change. The increasing population may also lead to non-resilient development of social structure of a society (IPCC, 2012). Climate change requires adaptation to the future conditions. This need to adaptation has been recognized almost with one accord by the v ...
The FAOSTAT Emissions Database
... Agriculture and related land use changes emit approximately one-fifth of global anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), over half of methane (CH4), and two-thirds of nitrous oxide (N2O) (FAOSTAT, 2013). Emissions of CO2 are dominated by deforestation and peatland degradation, with a small c ...
... Agriculture and related land use changes emit approximately one-fifth of global anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), over half of methane (CH4), and two-thirds of nitrous oxide (N2O) (FAOSTAT, 2013). Emissions of CO2 are dominated by deforestation and peatland degradation, with a small c ...
Can Dr. Evil Save The World?
... Spinning out blue-sky scenarios is nothing new for this crowd. But there was extra urgency in this exercise because it wasn't all blue-sky. In the Arctic, things are already getting freaky. Temperatures have warmed three times faster than the global average. Last year, scientists found that an area ...
... Spinning out blue-sky scenarios is nothing new for this crowd. But there was extra urgency in this exercise because it wasn't all blue-sky. In the Arctic, things are already getting freaky. Temperatures have warmed three times faster than the global average. Last year, scientists found that an area ...
Regional climate change and its impact on photooxidant
... emissions of greenhouse gases is expected to result in higher summer temperatures and less precipitation in Germany. Though the results of global climate simulations show some differences depending on the assumed greenhouse gas emission scenarios and the global climate model used, all modeling studi ...
... emissions of greenhouse gases is expected to result in higher summer temperatures and less precipitation in Germany. Though the results of global climate simulations show some differences depending on the assumed greenhouse gas emission scenarios and the global climate model used, all modeling studi ...
Can Climate Influence Cultural Development? A View through Time
... rise of devastating pandemics, which suggest human history has been influenced by extreme events and non-linear processes, many of which we know little about. The environmental impacts of recent major El Niño events have focussed attention on the impact of extreme climatic events on modern cultures ...
... rise of devastating pandemics, which suggest human history has been influenced by extreme events and non-linear processes, many of which we know little about. The environmental impacts of recent major El Niño events have focussed attention on the impact of extreme climatic events on modern cultures ...
EPA CLIMATE CHANGE ANPR – WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
... methane (23 times as warming as CO2), which is largely produced by the digestive system of ruminants, and 64 per cent of ammonia, which contributes significantly to acid rain. ...
... methane (23 times as warming as CO2), which is largely produced by the digestive system of ruminants, and 64 per cent of ammonia, which contributes significantly to acid rain. ...
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.