Exploring negative territory Carbon dioxide removal and climate
... Received: 21 May 2012 / Accepted: 23 December 2012 / Published online: 18 January 2013 # The Author(s) 2013. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com ...
... Received: 21 May 2012 / Accepted: 23 December 2012 / Published online: 18 January 2013 # The Author(s) 2013. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com ...
From headwater tributaries to international river
... internationally through its effects on downstream Nile flows in Sudan and Egypt. Examples of climate variability are presented from areas in the basin where it exerts a strong influence on society; the Ethiopian highlands (links with food security), Lake Victoria (management of non-stationary lake lev ...
... internationally through its effects on downstream Nile flows in Sudan and Egypt. Examples of climate variability are presented from areas in the basin where it exerts a strong influence on society; the Ethiopian highlands (links with food security), Lake Victoria (management of non-stationary lake lev ...
Effects of climate extremes on the terrestrial carbon cycle
... 2007; Bastos et al., 2013a), the heat wave and associated forest fires in Greece in 2007 (Founda & Giannakopoulos, 2009), the dry spells in the Amazon basin in 2005 (Phillips et al., 2009) and 2010 (Lewis et al., 2011), in the U.S.A. 2000–2004 (Breshears et al., 2005; Schwalm et al., 2012), the fore ...
... 2007; Bastos et al., 2013a), the heat wave and associated forest fires in Greece in 2007 (Founda & Giannakopoulos, 2009), the dry spells in the Amazon basin in 2005 (Phillips et al., 2009) and 2010 (Lewis et al., 2011), in the U.S.A. 2000–2004 (Breshears et al., 2005; Schwalm et al., 2012), the fore ...
About observed and future climate changes in Flanders and Belgium
... the risks in part or in whole and even lead to significantly lower risks than those in 2010. All of this demonstrates the importance of the preparation and implementation of the Master Plan for Coastal Safety, the Sigma Plan and the flood risk management plans. The flooding probability and risks for ...
... the risks in part or in whole and even lead to significantly lower risks than those in 2010. All of this demonstrates the importance of the preparation and implementation of the Master Plan for Coastal Safety, the Sigma Plan and the flood risk management plans. The flooding probability and risks for ...
Deepa Badrinarayana - Three Degrees Warmer
... Abstract: Currently, there are no adequate mechanisms under international law to balance the competing tensions climate change presents to state sovereignty. On one hand, climate change threatens state sovereignty because the catastrophic loss of life and property of millions of people would deprive ...
... Abstract: Currently, there are no adequate mechanisms under international law to balance the competing tensions climate change presents to state sovereignty. On one hand, climate change threatens state sovereignty because the catastrophic loss of life and property of millions of people would deprive ...
Project Packet
... explain in your presentation how you completed all THREE parts of the project (identify a problem, create a solution, and share). Consult the Project Rubric in the FLL Coach’s Handbook for more information. The total length of your project presentation should be no more than five minutes, including ...
... explain in your presentation how you completed all THREE parts of the project (identify a problem, create a solution, and share). Consult the Project Rubric in the FLL Coach’s Handbook for more information. The total length of your project presentation should be no more than five minutes, including ...
Relationship between climate change and the full and effective
... obligations to act on climate adaptation and mitigation could be derived from threats to these rights. Given the unique physical and cognitive development of children, they were ...
... obligations to act on climate adaptation and mitigation could be derived from threats to these rights. Given the unique physical and cognitive development of children, they were ...
EIB Climate Strategy - European Investment Bank
... dynamic market with products typically characterised by long maturities and cost efficiency. In the area of climate action, EU climate policies and instruments such as the Emissions Trading System (ETS), Adaptation Strategy or the 2030 Climate and Energy package are integrated into operationally rel ...
... dynamic market with products typically characterised by long maturities and cost efficiency. In the area of climate action, EU climate policies and instruments such as the Emissions Trading System (ETS), Adaptation Strategy or the 2030 Climate and Energy package are integrated into operationally rel ...
Low-carbon resilient development in the least developed countries
... Many terms are being used in the current climate debate to describe bringing together adaptation and mitigation or adaptation, mitigation and development policy agendas. This has been supported by decisions at the UNFCCC that seek to incorporate a joint approach to mitigation and adaptation from the ...
... Many terms are being used in the current climate debate to describe bringing together adaptation and mitigation or adaptation, mitigation and development policy agendas. This has been supported by decisions at the UNFCCC that seek to incorporate a joint approach to mitigation and adaptation from the ...
ENG - UN CC:Learn
... Global Circulation Models (GCM) and Regional Circulation Models (RCM) are used with currently 50km resolution The projections are uncertain as it is a highly complex, inter-dependent web, with possible tipping points that we are not understanding yet Scenarios described in IPCC Special Report on Emi ...
... Global Circulation Models (GCM) and Regional Circulation Models (RCM) are used with currently 50km resolution The projections are uncertain as it is a highly complex, inter-dependent web, with possible tipping points that we are not understanding yet Scenarios described in IPCC Special Report on Emi ...
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... where π are annual gross margins in €/ha, y are the simulated annual crop yields in t/ha, p the average commodity prices in €/t, k the average variable production costs in €/ha, and d the agricultural policy premiums in €/ha. The index i denotes cropland pixels in Austria (I = 40,244), c the crops i ...
... where π are annual gross margins in €/ha, y are the simulated annual crop yields in t/ha, p the average commodity prices in €/t, k the average variable production costs in €/ha, and d the agricultural policy premiums in €/ha. The index i denotes cropland pixels in Austria (I = 40,244), c the crops i ...
Upper bounds on twenty-first-century Antarctic ice loss assessed
... Upper bounds on twenty-first-century Antarctic ice loss assessed using a probabilistic framework Christopher M. Little1 *, Michael Oppenheimer1,2 and Nathan M. Urban1,3 Climate adaptation and flood risk assessments1,2 have incorporated sea-level rise (SLR) projections developed using semi-empirical ...
... Upper bounds on twenty-first-century Antarctic ice loss assessed using a probabilistic framework Christopher M. Little1 *, Michael Oppenheimer1,2 and Nathan M. Urban1,3 Climate adaptation and flood risk assessments1,2 have incorporated sea-level rise (SLR) projections developed using semi-empirical ...
When It Rains, It Pours - The Public Interest Network
... Environment America Research & Policy Center gratefully acknowledges the following individuals for providing technical review: Dr. Kenneth Kunkel, Director of the Center for Atmospheric Science at the Illinois State Water Survey; and Dr. David Easterling, Chief of the Scientific Services Division at ...
... Environment America Research & Policy Center gratefully acknowledges the following individuals for providing technical review: Dr. Kenneth Kunkel, Director of the Center for Atmospheric Science at the Illinois State Water Survey; and Dr. David Easterling, Chief of the Scientific Services Division at ...
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... from the Institute for Business and Economic Research at the University of California at Berkeley and the Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics. ...
... from the Institute for Business and Economic Research at the University of California at Berkeley and the Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics. ...
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... which people are dependant for their livelihood. Various studies done in country level and worldwide has proven that Nepal is one of the worst sufferers of climate change. Climate change is also being proved as doldrums for making people more vulnerable to shocks and stresses more over burden on liv ...
... which people are dependant for their livelihood. Various studies done in country level and worldwide has proven that Nepal is one of the worst sufferers of climate change. Climate change is also being proved as doldrums for making people more vulnerable to shocks and stresses more over burden on liv ...
Estimating natural and anthropogenic responses of the water cycle
... Strong and growing quantitative evidence is at hand that the Earth's climate has undergone distinct changes in the past. During the last millennium the in uence of external and internal processes rendered both warmer and colder periods, the most pronounced of which are referred to as the Medieval Cl ...
... Strong and growing quantitative evidence is at hand that the Earth's climate has undergone distinct changes in the past. During the last millennium the in uence of external and internal processes rendered both warmer and colder periods, the most pronounced of which are referred to as the Medieval Cl ...
Market and policy driven adaptation: an alternative perspective. Smart Solutions to Climate Change (opens in new window)
... is evidence that development indicators such as per capita income, literacy, and institutional capacity are associated with lower vulnerability to climate events (see, for example, Noy 2009). This has led authors like Schelling (1992) to conclude that good development is one of the best forms of ada ...
... is evidence that development indicators such as per capita income, literacy, and institutional capacity are associated with lower vulnerability to climate events (see, for example, Noy 2009). This has led authors like Schelling (1992) to conclude that good development is one of the best forms of ada ...
Modelling risk based cost analysis of port adaptation measures to
... adaptation. Wilby et al. (2009) reviewed the various methods and classified them into three approaches: methods requiring limited resources (sensitivity analysis, change factors, climate analogues and trend extrapolation); statistical methods (pattern-scaling, weather generation and empirical downsc ...
... adaptation. Wilby et al. (2009) reviewed the various methods and classified them into three approaches: methods requiring limited resources (sensitivity analysis, change factors, climate analogues and trend extrapolation); statistical methods (pattern-scaling, weather generation and empirical downsc ...
Module 2 - UNFCC related Funds - Global Climate Change Alliance
... 2. Request assistance from an implementing agency (among the 10 designated GEF agencies); each agency has a “comparative advantage” and should be selected accordingly 3. Secure endorsement of the GEF Focal Point 4. Project Preparation Grant (PPG): Optional availability in the two step approval proce ...
... 2. Request assistance from an implementing agency (among the 10 designated GEF agencies); each agency has a “comparative advantage” and should be selected accordingly 3. Secure endorsement of the GEF Focal Point 4. Project Preparation Grant (PPG): Optional availability in the two step approval proce ...
paper - user"s empty page at IIASA / 2013
... In this paper we study the role that non-CO2 gases might play in a long-term scenario which integrates a portfolio of mitigation measures for CO2 and non-CO2 gases alike. While CO2 is mostly emitted from the energy sector, CH4 and N2O emissions are largely associated with activities in the industria ...
... In this paper we study the role that non-CO2 gases might play in a long-term scenario which integrates a portfolio of mitigation measures for CO2 and non-CO2 gases alike. While CO2 is mostly emitted from the energy sector, CH4 and N2O emissions are largely associated with activities in the industria ...
Anthropogenic Global Warming? Beyond CO2
... dramatically changed, animals head for the hills, Antarctic grass flourishes, Antarctic ice grows, Antarctic ice shrinks, Antarctic sea life at risk, anxiety treatment, algal blooms, archaeological sites threatened, Arctic bogs melt, Arctic in bloom, Arctic ice free, Arctic ice melt faster, Arctic l ...
... dramatically changed, animals head for the hills, Antarctic grass flourishes, Antarctic ice grows, Antarctic ice shrinks, Antarctic sea life at risk, anxiety treatment, algal blooms, archaeological sites threatened, Arctic bogs melt, Arctic in bloom, Arctic ice free, Arctic ice melt faster, Arctic l ...
Carbon and Climate System Coupling on Timescales from
... form and vice versa. CH4 has a well-defined atmospheric lifetime of about a decade owing to the main loss mechanism, chemical oxidation in the lower atmosphere to CO2 . In contrast, perturbations to atmospheric CO2 concentrations require decades to centuries to decay and have effects for millennia an ...
... form and vice versa. CH4 has a well-defined atmospheric lifetime of about a decade owing to the main loss mechanism, chemical oxidation in the lower atmosphere to CO2 . In contrast, perturbations to atmospheric CO2 concentrations require decades to centuries to decay and have effects for millennia an ...
Global metabolic impacts of recent climate warming
... future metabolic changes without violating the fallacy of averages15. Nevertheless, our analyses of recent temperature data indicate that even when the temperature shifts in the north temperate region are more than double those in the tropics (Fig. 1a), absolute shifts in metabolic rates are similar ...
... future metabolic changes without violating the fallacy of averages15. Nevertheless, our analyses of recent temperature data indicate that even when the temperature shifts in the north temperate region are more than double those in the tropics (Fig. 1a), absolute shifts in metabolic rates are similar ...
argue - DLR ELIB
... simplifications and uncertainties when they are applied. Indeed, the metrics themselves can serve as an important tool in communicating the state of knowledge and overall uncertainty. Finally, the nature of the metric depends on the nature of the problem being addressed – different climate policy goa ...
... simplifications and uncertainties when they are applied. Indeed, the metrics themselves can serve as an important tool in communicating the state of knowledge and overall uncertainty. Finally, the nature of the metric depends on the nature of the problem being addressed – different climate policy goa ...