Climate Change Scenarios for the Congo Basin
... Agricultural production systems will mostly suffer from the higher temperatures. In tropical part of the region agricultural water stress will not increase due to climate change. In the savanna regions in both the northern and southern edges of the region future climate change could increase future ...
... Agricultural production systems will mostly suffer from the higher temperatures. In tropical part of the region agricultural water stress will not increase due to climate change. In the savanna regions in both the northern and southern edges of the region future climate change could increase future ...
Development Aid and Climate Finance: Working Paper 123 (397 kB) (opens in new window)
... and resilience to climate risk. Another implication is that traditional development transfers to increase income are complemented by new financial flows to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (mitigation transfers) and become climate-resilient (adaptation transfers). We find that in the absence of insti ...
... and resilience to climate risk. Another implication is that traditional development transfers to increase income are complemented by new financial flows to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (mitigation transfers) and become climate-resilient (adaptation transfers). We find that in the absence of insti ...
ACT Climate Change Adaptation Strategy
... date for carbon neutrality to 2050. This was in accordance with the Paris Agreement, agreed to by countries at the 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in December 2015, to achieve a balance between greenhouse gas emissions and carbon s ...
... date for carbon neutrality to 2050. This was in accordance with the Paris Agreement, agreed to by countries at the 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in December 2015, to achieve a balance between greenhouse gas emissions and carbon s ...
ACT Climate Change Adaptation Strategy
... date for carbon neutrality to 2050. This was in accordance with the Paris Agreement, agreed to by countries at the 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in December 2015, to achieve a balance between greenhouse gas emissions and carbon s ...
... date for carbon neutrality to 2050. This was in accordance with the Paris Agreement, agreed to by countries at the 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in December 2015, to achieve a balance between greenhouse gas emissions and carbon s ...
DHM - MIS - Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment
... Meteorology (DHM) is under the Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology. DHM is working as Nepal`s National water, snow, weather and climate agency. Its expertise and services assist Nepalese in dealing with the harsh realities of their natural environment, including drought, floods, storms, ...
... Meteorology (DHM) is under the Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology. DHM is working as Nepal`s National water, snow, weather and climate agency. Its expertise and services assist Nepalese in dealing with the harsh realities of their natural environment, including drought, floods, storms, ...
Climate change and its impact on the livelihood of farmers and
... Especially in the last twenty (20) years, a drastic rise in global temperatures has become evident. Global warming is a human-caused phenomenon due to an increase in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and other greenhouse gases (GHG) into the earth’s atmosphere. An overwhelming body of scientific eviden ...
... Especially in the last twenty (20) years, a drastic rise in global temperatures has become evident. Global warming is a human-caused phenomenon due to an increase in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and other greenhouse gases (GHG) into the earth’s atmosphere. An overwhelming body of scientific eviden ...
Chapter 1: The climate of the Eastern
... according to the World Meteorological Organisation, the 1995-2005 period was the warmest decade on record in the last 500 years (WMO, 2006). According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2007) the atmospheric temperature is projected to continue to rise throughout the 21st centur ...
... according to the World Meteorological Organisation, the 1995-2005 period was the warmest decade on record in the last 500 years (WMO, 2006). According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2007) the atmospheric temperature is projected to continue to rise throughout the 21st centur ...
Global Crises in the News: Staging New Wars, Disasters, and
... world risk society prompt transnational reflexivity, global cooperation, and coordinated responses (though these same processes may also prompt much else besides). Beck’s emphasis on staging in world risk society follows on from this central theoretical preoccupation with "risk," which is defined, e ...
... world risk society prompt transnational reflexivity, global cooperation, and coordinated responses (though these same processes may also prompt much else besides). Beck’s emphasis on staging in world risk society follows on from this central theoretical preoccupation with "risk," which is defined, e ...
From Impacts Assessment to Adaptation Priorities: the Shaping of
... adaptation and Stage III to the facilitation of adaptation, but nowhere has it been explicitly agreed how adaptation policies or measures will be implemented. According to some negotiators who participated in the drafting of Decision 11/CP.l, the ambiguity was unavoidable. Negotiators were not cert ...
... adaptation and Stage III to the facilitation of adaptation, but nowhere has it been explicitly agreed how adaptation policies or measures will be implemented. According to some negotiators who participated in the drafting of Decision 11/CP.l, the ambiguity was unavoidable. Negotiators were not cert ...
mop4_27_climate_change_report_0
... Figure 1. Area covered by the African-Eurasian Waterfowl Agreement. Source: (AEWA 2007) ...... 13 Figure 2. Linear trend of seasonal MAM, JJA, SON and DJF temperature for 1979 to 2005 (°C per decade). Areas in grey have insufficient data to produce reliable trends. Source: IPCC (2007b) ............. ...
... Figure 1. Area covered by the African-Eurasian Waterfowl Agreement. Source: (AEWA 2007) ...... 13 Figure 2. Linear trend of seasonal MAM, JJA, SON and DJF temperature for 1979 to 2005 (°C per decade). Areas in grey have insufficient data to produce reliable trends. Source: IPCC (2007b) ............. ...
Assessing the impact of climate change on ecosystem services in
... key stressors have been modeled: temperature and rainfall. Climate Change Scenarios and Risk Assessments Future scenarios of climate change will be based on the SIMCLIM model. To conduct realistic and meaningful scenarios, it will be necessary to specify rainfall and temperature characteristics that ...
... key stressors have been modeled: temperature and rainfall. Climate Change Scenarios and Risk Assessments Future scenarios of climate change will be based on the SIMCLIM model. To conduct realistic and meaningful scenarios, it will be necessary to specify rainfall and temperature characteristics that ...
Fertilizers, Climate Change and Enhancing Agricultural Productivity
... situation. The latest report (the fourth) affirms that a variety of changes have been unequivocally observed at regional and global levels. The Climate Change 2007 Synthesis Report: Summary for Policymakers states that “Most of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mid-20th ...
... situation. The latest report (the fourth) affirms that a variety of changes have been unequivocally observed at regional and global levels. The Climate Change 2007 Synthesis Report: Summary for Policymakers states that “Most of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mid-20th ...
Working paper: Preference Attainment: Why are some Countries
... disagree and infer from their research that some countries perform better than others (Selck and Kaeding, 2004; Thorsten Selck and Kuipers, 2005). Experts agree even less about what actually determines bargaining success, and hardly any work has so far been conducted for international bargaining sit ...
... disagree and infer from their research that some countries perform better than others (Selck and Kaeding, 2004; Thorsten Selck and Kuipers, 2005). Experts agree even less about what actually determines bargaining success, and hardly any work has so far been conducted for international bargaining sit ...
Flowering phenology in a species-rich temperate grassland is
... Flowering commencement date averaged across all species was not affected by CO2 concentration (Fig. 1; Table 1); neither was there any significant interaction between CO2 and any of the other factors (Table 1). This lack of any CO2 effect was consistent across years, as demonstrated by the nonsignif ...
... Flowering commencement date averaged across all species was not affected by CO2 concentration (Fig. 1; Table 1); neither was there any significant interaction between CO2 and any of the other factors (Table 1). This lack of any CO2 effect was consistent across years, as demonstrated by the nonsignif ...
The Northeast Asia mountain glaciers in the near
... Krenke, 2005). Comparison of data obtained between the late 1950s and 2001 about the glaciers of northeast Asia and their mass exchange, shows that they have undergone appreciable changes – as revealed through retreat of their termini, surface lowering, formation of new morainic deposits, etc. By ou ...
... Krenke, 2005). Comparison of data obtained between the late 1950s and 2001 about the glaciers of northeast Asia and their mass exchange, shows that they have undergone appreciable changes – as revealed through retreat of their termini, surface lowering, formation of new morainic deposits, etc. By ou ...
Introduction
... It is now unequivocal that our climate is warming. Observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice and rising global average sea levels all point directly to a warmer planet. Temperatures are predicted to increase by anywhere between 0.9 and ...
... It is now unequivocal that our climate is warming. Observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice and rising global average sea levels all point directly to a warmer planet. Temperatures are predicted to increase by anywhere between 0.9 and ...
Climate Change Effects: Issues for International and US
... An increasing number of countries regard climate change as a security threat. Largely at the urging of the United Kingdom (U.K.), the United Nations (UN) Security Council held its first debate on the impact of climate change on peace and security in April 2007. The following March, the National Secu ...
... An increasing number of countries regard climate change as a security threat. Largely at the urging of the United Kingdom (U.K.), the United Nations (UN) Security Council held its first debate on the impact of climate change on peace and security in April 2007. The following March, the National Secu ...
Report Workshop on Regional and National Climate
... often associated with severe socio-economic impacts such as lack of food, water, energy, and many other basic needs. The region undergoes regular devastating droughts and floods, that often lead to near collapse of agro-based economies and livelihoods, spread of diseases and other socio-economic dis ...
... often associated with severe socio-economic impacts such as lack of food, water, energy, and many other basic needs. The region undergoes regular devastating droughts and floods, that often lead to near collapse of agro-based economies and livelihoods, spread of diseases and other socio-economic dis ...
Aviation and global climate change in the 21st century
... Aviation emissions contribute to the radiative forcing (RF) of climate. Of importance are emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), aerosols and their precursors (soot and sulphate), and increased cloudiness in the form of persistent linear contrails and induced-cirrus cloudiness. Th ...
... Aviation emissions contribute to the radiative forcing (RF) of climate. Of importance are emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), aerosols and their precursors (soot and sulphate), and increased cloudiness in the form of persistent linear contrails and induced-cirrus cloudiness. Th ...
international conventions, agencies, agreements and programmes
... This publication, prepared by the International Peat Society (IPS), is in response to a request by peat and peatland stakeholders to provide information and guidance on the most important international conventions, agencies and programmes in influencing decision-making processes on peatland manageme ...
... This publication, prepared by the International Peat Society (IPS), is in response to a request by peat and peatland stakeholders to provide information and guidance on the most important international conventions, agencies and programmes in influencing decision-making processes on peatland manageme ...
Indian Ocean Territory Climate Change Risk Assessment
... vulnerable to climate change. Terrestrial forests in particular, are highly sensitive to increases in temperature and humidity, and any changes in evapo-transpiration would affect soil moisture, forest cover, further pressure by introduced species and proneness to wildfire. Risks to Water Supply Wat ...
... vulnerable to climate change. Terrestrial forests in particular, are highly sensitive to increases in temperature and humidity, and any changes in evapo-transpiration would affect soil moisture, forest cover, further pressure by introduced species and proneness to wildfire. Risks to Water Supply Wat ...
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.