Great Barrier Reef - Garnaut Climate Change Review
... one of the most supported scientific ideas, receiving the attention of thousands of scientists who have defined it, argued for and against it, and have built up one of the most significant bodies of scientific evidence ever established. Publication of the fourth assessment report by the Intergovernm ...
... one of the most supported scientific ideas, receiving the attention of thousands of scientists who have defined it, argued for and against it, and have built up one of the most significant bodies of scientific evidence ever established. Publication of the fourth assessment report by the Intergovernm ...
Climate Change and Collective Responsibility
... used to fund mitigation efforts, which reduce the anthropogenic drivers of climate change by either reducing GHG emissions or sequestering those gases after they are released, or efforts at adaptation, which seeks to shield humans from climate-related harm once changes to the climate system are unde ...
... used to fund mitigation efforts, which reduce the anthropogenic drivers of climate change by either reducing GHG emissions or sequestering those gases after they are released, or efforts at adaptation, which seeks to shield humans from climate-related harm once changes to the climate system are unde ...
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN TRAINING ON VULNERABILITY
... Ocean (WIO) countries and non-governmental organizations from throughout the region and the United States convened in Cape Town, South Africa to identify climate change capacity building needs for coastal and marine protected areas (MPAs) in the WIO region. The priorities that emerged at the Climate ...
... Ocean (WIO) countries and non-governmental organizations from throughout the region and the United States convened in Cape Town, South Africa to identify climate change capacity building needs for coastal and marine protected areas (MPAs) in the WIO region. The priorities that emerged at the Climate ...
Climate Change, Migration, and Displacement | Greenpeace
... Our climate is changing around the globe. This process is advancing ever more rapidly, more visibly and more alarmingly. 2016 was the world’s hottest year since record keeping began, and the third consecutive year of record warmth. The average global temperature was 1.1 degrees Celsius higher than t ...
... Our climate is changing around the globe. This process is advancing ever more rapidly, more visibly and more alarmingly. 2016 was the world’s hottest year since record keeping began, and the third consecutive year of record warmth. The average global temperature was 1.1 degrees Celsius higher than t ...
File - Jarrett Friesen
... Climate change is having a substantial impact on Arctic sea ice. Climate change is caused by an increase in greenhouse gas in the atmosphere. This increase is due to human pollution, the largest source being carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of fossil fuels. This pollution is resulting in a ...
... Climate change is having a substantial impact on Arctic sea ice. Climate change is caused by an increase in greenhouse gas in the atmosphere. This increase is due to human pollution, the largest source being carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of fossil fuels. This pollution is resulting in a ...
Climate Change and China`s Agricultural Sector
... cotton yields in China might increase (IPCC, 2007). However, these figures may overestimate changes in yield, as they do not account for the adoption of new technologies or changes in policy in response to climate change. In addition, the nature of the climate impact will be affected by the agricult ...
... cotton yields in China might increase (IPCC, 2007). However, these figures may overestimate changes in yield, as they do not account for the adoption of new technologies or changes in policy in response to climate change. In addition, the nature of the climate impact will be affected by the agricult ...
Assessing Current Climate Risks
... coastal flooding or property damage. Coping range Components can range from simple “rule of thumb” estimates to accurate representations of a system based on detailed modelling. Figure 4-2, upper left, shows a time series of a single variable, e.g., temperature or rainfall, under a stationary climat ...
... coastal flooding or property damage. Coping range Components can range from simple “rule of thumb” estimates to accurate representations of a system based on detailed modelling. Figure 4-2, upper left, shows a time series of a single variable, e.g., temperature or rainfall, under a stationary climat ...
The cost of inaction: Recognising the value at risk
... reduced, but fortunately, mitigation can greatly reduce these risks. Lower greenhouse gas emissions decrease the probability of temperature increases and thus the expected harms. Provided that warming from climate change can be kept under 2°C, the average projected losses can be cut in half, while t ...
... reduced, but fortunately, mitigation can greatly reduce these risks. Lower greenhouse gas emissions decrease the probability of temperature increases and thus the expected harms. Provided that warming from climate change can be kept under 2°C, the average projected losses can be cut in half, while t ...
Cusk (Brosme brosme) and climate change: assessing the threat to
... In the Northwest Atlantic Ocean cusk (Brosme brosme) has declined dramatically, primarily as a result of fishing activities. These declines have led to concern about its status, which has prompted reviews under the US Endangered Species Act and the Canadian Species at Risk Act. Changes in distributio ...
... In the Northwest Atlantic Ocean cusk (Brosme brosme) has declined dramatically, primarily as a result of fishing activities. These declines have led to concern about its status, which has prompted reviews under the US Endangered Species Act and the Canadian Species at Risk Act. Changes in distributio ...
Western Cape Climate Change Response Strategy 2014
... Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gasses (GHG) have risen, with carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions increasing from 280 to around 400 parts per million (ppm). An increase in GHGs causes an increase in global temperatures through a phenomenon common ...
... Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gasses (GHG) have risen, with carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions increasing from 280 to around 400 parts per million (ppm). An increase in GHGs causes an increase in global temperatures through a phenomenon common ...
Cities and climate change - Urban Climate Change Research Network
... political and administrative leadership is cited as a precondition for successful local climate policymaking. Motivation and commitment of decision-makers and administrative staff members can make a difference, e.g., by putting climate protection on the agenda and convincing council members, by link ...
... political and administrative leadership is cited as a precondition for successful local climate policymaking. Motivation and commitment of decision-makers and administrative staff members can make a difference, e.g., by putting climate protection on the agenda and convincing council members, by link ...
Resources list. - Society of Environmental Journalists
... The Atlas is a collaboration among the Inuit Circumpolar Council, Brown University, ELOKA, and the Inuit Knowledge Centre. It draws on knowledge of polar communities and cultures and allows for mapping of social and environmental monitoring initiatives. http://www.arcticcbm.org/index.html# National ...
... The Atlas is a collaboration among the Inuit Circumpolar Council, Brown University, ELOKA, and the Inuit Knowledge Centre. It draws on knowledge of polar communities and cultures and allows for mapping of social and environmental monitoring initiatives. http://www.arcticcbm.org/index.html# National ...
Climate change and tourism: Where will the journey
... The international tourism industry has had to face many challenges in the recent past. These include the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, which disturbed air travel, as well as those in tourist destinations such as Bali (2002 and 2005), Djerba (2002), Morocco (2003) and Egypt (1997, 2005 und ...
... The international tourism industry has had to face many challenges in the recent past. These include the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, which disturbed air travel, as well as those in tourist destinations such as Bali (2002 and 2005), Djerba (2002), Morocco (2003) and Egypt (1997, 2005 und ...
Inclusion of ecologically based trait variation in plant functional types
... Equilibrium simulations based on this approach have shown very strong impacts on carbon fluxes and vegetation distribution (Verheijen et al., 2013), but the impact in global change projections is unknown. Because the response of the community may be different from that expected from single species r ...
... Equilibrium simulations based on this approach have shown very strong impacts on carbon fluxes and vegetation distribution (Verheijen et al., 2013), but the impact in global change projections is unknown. Because the response of the community may be different from that expected from single species r ...
References
... Bonan, G.B. 1993a. Physiological controls of the carbon balance of boreal forest ecosystems. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 23:1453-1471. Bonan, G.B. 1993b. Physiological derivation of the obseved relationship between net primary production and mean annual air temperature. Tellus 45B:397-408. B ...
... Bonan, G.B. 1993a. Physiological controls of the carbon balance of boreal forest ecosystems. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 23:1453-1471. Bonan, G.B. 1993b. Physiological derivation of the obseved relationship between net primary production and mean annual air temperature. Tellus 45B:397-408. B ...
Potential Impacts Of Climate Change On Tourism
... sure how long this intense period of hurricane activity will last. According to hurricane records maintained by the National Hurricane Center there was a wide band of hurricane activity across the region since 1900. The least activity during the period occurred in the area of Trinidad. The period 19 ...
... sure how long this intense period of hurricane activity will last. According to hurricane records maintained by the National Hurricane Center there was a wide band of hurricane activity across the region since 1900. The least activity during the period occurred in the area of Trinidad. The period 19 ...
Australian attitudes on climate change
... The Climate Institute has been measuring the ebbs and flows of Australian attitudes to climate change and its solutions through its Climate of the Nation research and reports since 2007. Attitudes peaked around 2007 when the Millennium Drought impacted water supplies in capital cities and when bush ...
... The Climate Institute has been measuring the ebbs and flows of Australian attitudes to climate change and its solutions through its Climate of the Nation research and reports since 2007. Attitudes peaked around 2007 when the Millennium Drought impacted water supplies in capital cities and when bush ...
North America
... temperature, precipitation and extreme weather events), as well as through indirect effects, transmitted among regions by interconnected economies and migrations of humans and other species. Variations in wealth and geography, however, lead to an uneven distribution of likely impacts, vulnerabilitie ...
... temperature, precipitation and extreme weather events), as well as through indirect effects, transmitted among regions by interconnected economies and migrations of humans and other species. Variations in wealth and geography, however, lead to an uneven distribution of likely impacts, vulnerabilitie ...
UNEP YEar Book 2013
... industrial development and overharvesting of wildlife are also having impacts. As a result, unique habitats for flora and fauna such as tundra, ponds and lakes, and permafrost peatlands have been disappearing in recent decades (CAFF 2010, AMAP 2011a). This threatens wildlife, including many birds an ...
... industrial development and overharvesting of wildlife are also having impacts. As a result, unique habitats for flora and fauna such as tundra, ponds and lakes, and permafrost peatlands have been disappearing in recent decades (CAFF 2010, AMAP 2011a). This threatens wildlife, including many birds an ...
The climate is changing - the ICP Vegetation
... The global climate is warming due to a considerable rise in greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, methane and ozone, especially in the last 50 years. Future increases in greenhouse gases ...
... The global climate is warming due to a considerable rise in greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, methane and ozone, especially in the last 50 years. Future increases in greenhouse gases ...
IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS)
... To study the relationship between vehicular explosions and climate change, regression analysis has been done for Kolkata. Five regression graphs have been drawn to study the relationship between number of vehicle increase and change in mean minimum or maximum temperature with the help of four parame ...
... To study the relationship between vehicular explosions and climate change, regression analysis has been done for Kolkata. Five regression graphs have been drawn to study the relationship between number of vehicle increase and change in mean minimum or maximum temperature with the help of four parame ...
Social Aspects of Climate Change in Urban Areas in Low
... adaptive capacity are also urban centres with very low levels of greenhouse gas emissions per person, both historically and currently. Thus, at a global scale, climate change is bringing, and will increasingly bring, a very large transfer of risk from high-income people and nations (who are responsi ...
... adaptive capacity are also urban centres with very low levels of greenhouse gas emissions per person, both historically and currently. Thus, at a global scale, climate change is bringing, and will increasingly bring, a very large transfer of risk from high-income people and nations (who are responsi ...
Climate trends in the Arctic as observed from space
... Oscillation is also presented. © 2014 The Authors. WIREs Climate Change published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. ...
... Oscillation is also presented. © 2014 The Authors. WIREs Climate Change published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. ...
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... In winter rainfall, a significant upward trend is observed in Haryana; month-wise trend in rainfall is however mixed; in two out of six months, rainfall trends are actually downward. Interestingly, these months December and January have traditionally been the months of winter monsoon. In Bihar also ...
... In winter rainfall, a significant upward trend is observed in Haryana; month-wise trend in rainfall is however mixed; in two out of six months, rainfall trends are actually downward. Interestingly, these months December and January have traditionally been the months of winter monsoon. In Bihar also ...
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.