Analysis of Existing Weather and Climate Information for Malawi
... There are several southern African regional sources of weather and climate information. The National Meteorological and Hydrological Agency in Malawi is the Department of Climate Change and Meteorological Services (DCCMS), which is institutionally located within the Ministry for Environment and Clim ...
... There are several southern African regional sources of weather and climate information. The National Meteorological and Hydrological Agency in Malawi is the Department of Climate Change and Meteorological Services (DCCMS), which is institutionally located within the Ministry for Environment and Clim ...
Adapting_to_Climate_Change_ - MDG-F
... The climate change impact assessments are based on scenarios of projections of future climate change and are presented as changes in temperature, precipitation, sea level rise etc. Using available information and data, it is possible to analyze the recent changes and trends in climate parameters. ...
... The climate change impact assessments are based on scenarios of projections of future climate change and are presented as changes in temperature, precipitation, sea level rise etc. Using available information and data, it is possible to analyze the recent changes and trends in climate parameters. ...
Impact of Climate Change on Irrigation Demand and Crop Growth in a Mediterranean Environment of Turkey
... Crop growth was simulated using the detailed crop growth sub-model of the SWAP with a daily time step from sowing to maturity, based on eco-physiological processes that describe daily phenological development and growth in response to environmental factors such as soil and climate, and crop manageme ...
... Crop growth was simulated using the detailed crop growth sub-model of the SWAP with a daily time step from sowing to maturity, based on eco-physiological processes that describe daily phenological development and growth in response to environmental factors such as soil and climate, and crop manageme ...
Regional climate model data used within the SWURVE project
... follow different storylines with respect to technological and economic growth in the world. The A2 storyline describes a heterogeneous world with strengthening of regional cultural identities, high population growth but with less concern for rapid economic development (Nakicenovic, 2000). The B2 sto ...
... follow different storylines with respect to technological and economic growth in the world. The A2 storyline describes a heterogeneous world with strengthening of regional cultural identities, high population growth but with less concern for rapid economic development (Nakicenovic, 2000). The B2 sto ...
Shared Vision for South Asia - Pakistan Institute of Trade And
... help developing countries both to mitigate and to adapt. ...
... help developing countries both to mitigate and to adapt. ...
Lead time = 3
... ENSO - large single signal Other tropical ocean SST - difficult Remote tropical atmospheric teleconnections Climate change - largest for temperature Local land surface conditions - soil moisture, snow Atmospheric composition - difficult Volcanic eruptions - important for large events Mid-latitude oc ...
... ENSO - large single signal Other tropical ocean SST - difficult Remote tropical atmospheric teleconnections Climate change - largest for temperature Local land surface conditions - soil moisture, snow Atmospheric composition - difficult Volcanic eruptions - important for large events Mid-latitude oc ...
Local atmospheric decoupling in complex topography alters climate
... ABSTRACT: Cold air drainage and pooling occur in many mountain valleys, especially at night and during winter. Local climate regimes associated with frequent cold air pooling have substantial impacts on species phenology, distribution and diversity. However, little is known about how the degree and ...
... ABSTRACT: Cold air drainage and pooling occur in many mountain valleys, especially at night and during winter. Local climate regimes associated with frequent cold air pooling have substantial impacts on species phenology, distribution and diversity. However, little is known about how the degree and ...
Greenhouse Gas Pledges by Parties to the Climate Change Jane A. Leggett
... Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the major human-related GHG in the atmosphere,6 even though it constitutes only about 0.04% of the atmosphere. Because CO2 concentrations were roughly stable for thousands of years before the industrial revolution, scientists conclude that natural emissions and natural remova ...
... Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the major human-related GHG in the atmosphere,6 even though it constitutes only about 0.04% of the atmosphere. Because CO2 concentrations were roughly stable for thousands of years before the industrial revolution, scientists conclude that natural emissions and natural remova ...
False Solutions - Rising Tide North America
... agenda: Manage the climate crisis without compromising profits, the power structures or the economic system that got us here, even if that means exacerbating the problem. Wall Street financiers, the synthetic biology industry, “green” venture capitalists and a host of others are jumping on the “we c ...
... agenda: Manage the climate crisis without compromising profits, the power structures or the economic system that got us here, even if that means exacerbating the problem. Wall Street financiers, the synthetic biology industry, “green” venture capitalists and a host of others are jumping on the “we c ...
Submission 17 - Gold Coast City Council
... Changes made to new planning schemes incorporating significant reductions in developable areas, combined with the current uncertainty of climate change science and its impacts, opens the door for argument on questions of fact, based on what projected climate change scenarios and impacts are incorpor ...
... Changes made to new planning schemes incorporating significant reductions in developable areas, combined with the current uncertainty of climate change science and its impacts, opens the door for argument on questions of fact, based on what projected climate change scenarios and impacts are incorpor ...
The Cultural Politics of Climate Change: Interactions in the Spaces
... ‘eyes’ and ‘ears’ to the salient issues. Making climate change an everyday, individualized issue—e.g. ‘Be the change’—can, on the one hand, empower individuals and create and foster emergent movements through these ‘singularities’ (Clarke et al, 2007) at the same time it can work to unfairly ‘respon ...
... ‘eyes’ and ‘ears’ to the salient issues. Making climate change an everyday, individualized issue—e.g. ‘Be the change’—can, on the one hand, empower individuals and create and foster emergent movements through these ‘singularities’ (Clarke et al, 2007) at the same time it can work to unfairly ‘respon ...
NCPP Presentation - ESGF-CoG
... •ESGF is an open consortium of institutions, laboratories and centers around the world that are dedicated to supporting research on climate change, and its environmental and societal impacts •Historically originated from Earth System Grid project, expanded beyond its constituency and mission to incl ...
... •ESGF is an open consortium of institutions, laboratories and centers around the world that are dedicated to supporting research on climate change, and its environmental and societal impacts •Historically originated from Earth System Grid project, expanded beyond its constituency and mission to incl ...
Kyoto and Beyond - European Business Council for Sustainable
... global nature of climate change in signing the Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC). As the name suggests, the Framework Convention is the foundation for the global response to climate change. The FCCC specified that developed countries should bear the primary responsibility for reducing gr ...
... global nature of climate change in signing the Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC). As the name suggests, the Framework Convention is the foundation for the global response to climate change. The FCCC specified that developed countries should bear the primary responsibility for reducing gr ...
The National strategy on climate change was issued by Prime
... 2139/QĐ-TTg on December 05, 2011. The following is its full content (for reference): National strategy on climate change I. Climate change – Challenge and chance 1. Challenges Climate change is one of biggest challenges to the human beings. Climate change can lead to serious impacts on production, l ...
... 2139/QĐ-TTg on December 05, 2011. The following is its full content (for reference): National strategy on climate change I. Climate change – Challenge and chance 1. Challenges Climate change is one of biggest challenges to the human beings. Climate change can lead to serious impacts on production, l ...
Lea - Harvard University
... region are now available for comparison (Fig. 1). Temperature changes over the last two glacial terminations are similar between the Cocos Ridge site and the western Pacific sites, suggesting that the Cocos Ridge SST record is representative of Pacific-wide changes. b. A new time scale for the Cocos ...
... region are now available for comparison (Fig. 1). Temperature changes over the last two glacial terminations are similar between the Cocos Ridge site and the western Pacific sites, suggesting that the Cocos Ridge SST record is representative of Pacific-wide changes. b. A new time scale for the Cocos ...
Climate vulnerability of biophysical systems in
... over time (IPCC 2007). Climate change models show that during the 20th century the African continent was warmer than it was 100 years ago with warming of about 0.7ºC (IPCC 2001). Climate change scenarios for Africa indicate future warming across the continent ranging from 0.2ºC per decade (low scena ...
... over time (IPCC 2007). Climate change models show that during the 20th century the African continent was warmer than it was 100 years ago with warming of about 0.7ºC (IPCC 2001). Climate change scenarios for Africa indicate future warming across the continent ranging from 0.2ºC per decade (low scena ...
Word - war changes climate
... respect to the effects of the earth's interior on the crust and everything found upon it." He meant that the effects of volcanic activity on the atmosphere surrounding the earth would be of particular interest.1 Although the eruption of Krakatoa caused a notable reduction in the amount of solar radi ...
... respect to the effects of the earth's interior on the crust and everything found upon it." He meant that the effects of volcanic activity on the atmosphere surrounding the earth would be of particular interest.1 Although the eruption of Krakatoa caused a notable reduction in the amount of solar radi ...
Care for God`s Creation - Laboratory of Tree
... • “For this reason I share the growing concern caused by economic and political resistance to combatting the degradation of the environment. This problem was evident even recently, during the XV Session of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Cha ...
... • “For this reason I share the growing concern caused by economic and political resistance to combatting the degradation of the environment. This problem was evident even recently, during the XV Session of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Cha ...
Sensitivity of thermohaline circulation to decadal and
... THC is unlikely during the next 20 years (IPCC, 2007), but previous studies have revealed substantial uncertainties in the model’s THC response (Stouffer et al., 2006). The THC is potentially sensitive to the addition of freshwater and to changes in surface fluxes induced by natural variability or b ...
... THC is unlikely during the next 20 years (IPCC, 2007), but previous studies have revealed substantial uncertainties in the model’s THC response (Stouffer et al., 2006). The THC is potentially sensitive to the addition of freshwater and to changes in surface fluxes induced by natural variability or b ...
Quantifying the contribution of land use change to surface
... and the urban heat island effect increases Ts by 1.25◦ . They have opposite impacts but are both significant in this region. Various changes in surface factors affect radiation and energy distribution and eventually modify Ts . It is the evaporative cooling effect that plays the most important role ...
... and the urban heat island effect increases Ts by 1.25◦ . They have opposite impacts but are both significant in this region. Various changes in surface factors affect radiation and energy distribution and eventually modify Ts . It is the evaporative cooling effect that plays the most important role ...
EThekwini - Urban Energy Support
... making. Considerable progress has been achieved on the second and third of these – but less so on the first and fourth. The paper highlights how climate change issues need to be rooted in local realities that centre on avoiding or limiting impacts from, for instance, heat waves, heavy rainfall and s ...
... making. Considerable progress has been achieved on the second and third of these – but less so on the first and fourth. The paper highlights how climate change issues need to be rooted in local realities that centre on avoiding or limiting impacts from, for instance, heat waves, heavy rainfall and s ...
The Effects of Early Eocene Climate Change on the Composition of
... basin. Understanding the compositional and textural maturity of these fluvial sandstones will provide insights into the response of chemical weathering rates, physical erosion rates, and the seasonality of sediment and water discharge to a series of global warming events. Climate change during the P ...
... basin. Understanding the compositional and textural maturity of these fluvial sandstones will provide insights into the response of chemical weathering rates, physical erosion rates, and the seasonality of sediment and water discharge to a series of global warming events. Climate change during the P ...
Reporting team bios, Exxon documents, related stories and more
... Revelations that the energy giant knew about climate change and obstructed policy prompted him to get himself arrested in protest. 350,000 Sign Petition Asking for Federal Probe of Exxon House Democrats also announced they are planning a broader probe into other fossil fuel companies and their clima ...
... Revelations that the energy giant knew about climate change and obstructed policy prompted him to get himself arrested in protest. 350,000 Sign Petition Asking for Federal Probe of Exxon House Democrats also announced they are planning a broader probe into other fossil fuel companies and their clima ...
COP 17 and accountants: where next? AccountAncy futures
... agenda, one that concerns sustainability and green growth, a trend that will increasingly define the global economy. It is no longer a question of getting governments to agree on a policy. Governments must cooperate with business; business must cooperate with governments. As a result climate policy ...
... agenda, one that concerns sustainability and green growth, a trend that will increasingly define the global economy. It is no longer a question of getting governments to agree on a policy. Governments must cooperate with business; business must cooperate with governments. As a result climate policy ...
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.