Coastal Councils and Planning for Climate Change
... disease and pressure to infrastructure. 1 These impacts are expected to continue into the next century, even with the best emissions reduction scenarios. It is likely that local governments will shoulder most of the burden of addressing these localised impacts. It is therefore essential that local c ...
... disease and pressure to infrastructure. 1 These impacts are expected to continue into the next century, even with the best emissions reduction scenarios. It is likely that local governments will shoulder most of the burden of addressing these localised impacts. It is therefore essential that local c ...
Policy Discourse Analysis: Bangladesh - IIED
... The country receives large amounts of annual rainfall during the monsoons between June and September. Cyclonic storm surges often ravage the coastal areas, while high tides erode coastal lands and embankments. Climate change received significant attention after two major cyclones, Sidr in 2007 and A ...
... The country receives large amounts of annual rainfall during the monsoons between June and September. Cyclonic storm surges often ravage the coastal areas, while high tides erode coastal lands and embankments. Climate change received significant attention after two major cyclones, Sidr in 2007 and A ...
Climate change and stream temperature projections in the Columbia
... snowmelt, groundwater inflow, and lateral soil flow as simulated using global climate projections at the subbasin scale – could critically affect changes in localized stream temperatures, which are of high importance for aquatic species. The Columbia River basin is a snowmelt-dominated region, where ...
... snowmelt, groundwater inflow, and lateral soil flow as simulated using global climate projections at the subbasin scale – could critically affect changes in localized stream temperatures, which are of high importance for aquatic species. The Columbia River basin is a snowmelt-dominated region, where ...
Climate Change: Costs and Benefits of S. 2191
... This report examines six studies that project the costs of S. 2191 to 2030 or 2050. It is difficult (and some would consider it unwise) to project costs up to the year 2030, much less beyond. The already tenuous assumption that current regulatory standards will remain constant becomes more unrealist ...
... This report examines six studies that project the costs of S. 2191 to 2030 or 2050. It is difficult (and some would consider it unwise) to project costs up to the year 2030, much less beyond. The already tenuous assumption that current regulatory standards will remain constant becomes more unrealist ...
Agriculture and Future Climate Dynamics in Africa: Impacts and Adaptation Options
... model, the study predicts future impacts under various climate scenarios. In addition to estimating impacts on mixed crop−livestock farms, the study also measures and compares impacts on specialised crop and livestock farms. Responses of different production systems are analysed under irrigation and ...
... model, the study predicts future impacts under various climate scenarios. In addition to estimating impacts on mixed crop−livestock farms, the study also measures and compares impacts on specialised crop and livestock farms. Responses of different production systems are analysed under irrigation and ...
land use and climate changes and their impacts on runoff in the
... with land-use transition matrix and geographic information system tools. Land-use and climate changes showed several characteristics, including increased reforestation, decreased grassland, retreat of glaciers and increased desertification. Human activity caused great impact, especially within densel ...
... with land-use transition matrix and geographic information system tools. Land-use and climate changes showed several characteristics, including increased reforestation, decreased grassland, retreat of glaciers and increased desertification. Human activity caused great impact, especially within densel ...
V0.17 (February 12, 2015) - Mitigation and Adaptation Research
... The vision of MARI is that of thriving coastal communities. In pursuit of this vision, MARI's mission is to engage in mitigation and adaptation research to provide the practice-relevant knowledge needed by coastal communities to handle the challenges, and utilize the opportunities, of climate change ...
... The vision of MARI is that of thriving coastal communities. In pursuit of this vision, MARI's mission is to engage in mitigation and adaptation research to provide the practice-relevant knowledge needed by coastal communities to handle the challenges, and utilize the opportunities, of climate change ...
TEM simulated monthly net methane emissions
... We used a biogeochemistry model, the Terrestrial Ecosystem Model (TEM), to examine the methane (CH4 ) exchanges between terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere in Northern Eurasia from 1971 to 2100. Multiple model simulations using various wetland extent datasets and climate change scenarios were ...
... We used a biogeochemistry model, the Terrestrial Ecosystem Model (TEM), to examine the methane (CH4 ) exchanges between terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere in Northern Eurasia from 1971 to 2100. Multiple model simulations using various wetland extent datasets and climate change scenarios were ...
Facing an uncertain future : how forests and people can adapt to
... In 2007, the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) presented incontrovertible evidence that the global climate is changing because of human activities. Since the first IPCC report published in 1990, scientific knowledge has been growing and policy responses ...
... In 2007, the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) presented incontrovertible evidence that the global climate is changing because of human activities. Since the first IPCC report published in 1990, scientific knowledge has been growing and policy responses ...
Evanston Climate Action Plan
... carbon dioxide in the atmosphere as of 2005 is 379ppm, higher than the natural range of 180 to 300ppm of the last 650,000 years. The increase in carbon dioxide observed has been escalading since the industrial revolution and can be explained only by human-caused emissions of greenhouse gases. The im ...
... carbon dioxide in the atmosphere as of 2005 is 379ppm, higher than the natural range of 180 to 300ppm of the last 650,000 years. The increase in carbon dioxide observed has been escalading since the industrial revolution and can be explained only by human-caused emissions of greenhouse gases. The im ...
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE LIMITED
... Climate change vulnerability hotspots in the tourism sector (UNWTO-UNEPWMO, 2008) ..................................................................................................................................6 Time series collected for the analysis during the period 1977 to 2009 showing tourist ...
... Climate change vulnerability hotspots in the tourism sector (UNWTO-UNEPWMO, 2008) ..................................................................................................................................6 Time series collected for the analysis during the period 1977 to 2009 showing tourist ...
Draft Discussion Paper Ilaria Carrozza ESCAP/FfD/04/2015
... vulnerability index, which assesses each country’s exposure and capacity to cope with economic crises, and the World Risk Index, which assesses the risk to natural disasters, when combined identified that countries the most at risk to disasters are the least developed countries and the Small Island ...
... vulnerability index, which assesses each country’s exposure and capacity to cope with economic crises, and the World Risk Index, which assesses the risk to natural disasters, when combined identified that countries the most at risk to disasters are the least developed countries and the Small Island ...
2007-2012 Hadley Centre Climate Programme
... It is often useful to group all of these different driving factors under a single name - climate forcings. Climate forcings can be natural (e.g. volcanic emissions or changes in the sun’s output) or man made (e.g. changes from woodland to pasture, or changing atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2 ) concen ...
... It is often useful to group all of these different driving factors under a single name - climate forcings. Climate forcings can be natural (e.g. volcanic emissions or changes in the sun’s output) or man made (e.g. changes from woodland to pasture, or changing atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2 ) concen ...
Seychelles National Climate Change Strategy
... The scientific evidence that present day climate change is being caused by human interference with the functioning of the atmosphere is unequivocal. The 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded that humans are responsible for the measured global warming which is causing the ic ...
... The scientific evidence that present day climate change is being caused by human interference with the functioning of the atmosphere is unequivocal. The 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded that humans are responsible for the measured global warming which is causing the ic ...
Alberta Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program
... 1.1 Specified Gas Reporting Program Requirements The Alberta Specified Gas Reporting Program requires that all large Alberta facilities emitting 50 kilotonnes (kt) or more of greenhouse gases in carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2 e) units per year - based on the sum of direct emissions of carbon dioxide ...
... 1.1 Specified Gas Reporting Program Requirements The Alberta Specified Gas Reporting Program requires that all large Alberta facilities emitting 50 kilotonnes (kt) or more of greenhouse gases in carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2 e) units per year - based on the sum of direct emissions of carbon dioxide ...
Future Emissions and Concentrations of Carbon Dioxide
... Release 1. This version was issued over internet through anonymous ftp from CSIRO, Aspendale. A limited ‘hard-copy’ distribution was undertaken from WG1 Technical Support Group, Bracknell, UK. Release 1 was issued solely for the purpose of aiding the review process for the IPCC special report on Rad ...
... Release 1. This version was issued over internet through anonymous ftp from CSIRO, Aspendale. A limited ‘hard-copy’ distribution was undertaken from WG1 Technical Support Group, Bracknell, UK. Release 1 was issued solely for the purpose of aiding the review process for the IPCC special report on Rad ...
climate change and education maldives
... vulnerability due to different categories of disasters. one metre rise in sea level would flood 17.5 per cent of Bangladesh. Rising sea levels could force Pacific islanders to become nations of ...
... vulnerability due to different categories of disasters. one metre rise in sea level would flood 17.5 per cent of Bangladesh. Rising sea levels could force Pacific islanders to become nations of ...
NDVI-based increase in growth of temperate grasslands and its
... interannual variation in vegetation activity (Zhou et al., 2001; Schimel et al., 2001). Investigations of the correlation between NDVI and climate factors aid in finding key factors that control changes in the terrestrial ecosystem carbon cycle and shed light on the mechanisms controlling the respons ...
... interannual variation in vegetation activity (Zhou et al., 2001; Schimel et al., 2001). Investigations of the correlation between NDVI and climate factors aid in finding key factors that control changes in the terrestrial ecosystem carbon cycle and shed light on the mechanisms controlling the respons ...
Durban Climate Change Strategy
... in the link between human activities and climate has also increased from very likely (90%) in the IPCC‟s Fourth Assessment Report published in 2007, to extremely likely (95%) in the recently released Fifth Assessment Report (IPCC, 2013). According to the latest IPCC Assessment Report, “it is extreme ...
... in the link between human activities and climate has also increased from very likely (90%) in the IPCC‟s Fourth Assessment Report published in 2007, to extremely likely (95%) in the recently released Fifth Assessment Report (IPCC, 2013). According to the latest IPCC Assessment Report, “it is extreme ...
IPCC Robert M. Margolis 1992 MIT-CEEPR 92-011WP
... 2060, and 2090 as the equivalent C02 doubling dates. This was clearly articulated by one participant from the EPA. He described the meeting at which the scenarios were initially defined as follows: People said there should be a business as usual scenario, and that would mean that C02 would double ar ...
... 2060, and 2090 as the equivalent C02 doubling dates. This was clearly articulated by one participant from the EPA. He described the meeting at which the scenarios were initially defined as follows: People said there should be a business as usual scenario, and that would mean that C02 would double ar ...
Omitted Damages What`s Missing from the Social Cost of Carbon.indd
... due to the increased cost of space cooling and the decreased cost of space heating associated with global temperature rise; energy supply, due to changing energy supply costs (such as increasing power plant cooling costs) and extreme weather energy supply interruptions; transportation and communicat ...
... due to the increased cost of space cooling and the decreased cost of space heating associated with global temperature rise; energy supply, due to changing energy supply costs (such as increasing power plant cooling costs) and extreme weather energy supply interruptions; transportation and communicat ...
German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change - BMUB
... The climate is changing worldwide. These climate changes are bringing about changes in the conditions under which people live – and Germany is no exception. Experts expect far-reaching consequences if we do not succeed in at least keeping global climate change within limits. The long-term objective ...
... The climate is changing worldwide. These climate changes are bringing about changes in the conditions under which people live – and Germany is no exception. Experts expect far-reaching consequences if we do not succeed in at least keeping global climate change within limits. The long-term objective ...
THE PRINCIPLE OF COMMON BUT DIFFERENTIATED
... Differentiated responsibility has also been expressed in soft law. Under the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation (JPOI), CBDR was stated in no uncertain terms thus: The implementation of Agenda 21 and the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, including those contained in the M ...
... Differentiated responsibility has also been expressed in soft law. Under the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation (JPOI), CBDR was stated in no uncertain terms thus: The implementation of Agenda 21 and the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, including those contained in the M ...
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.