10 IISD (17 March 2016):Arctic Council Addresses
... can be exploited by 2050 in order to keep the average temperature increase below two degrees Celsius. At the same time it is estimated that about one fifth of the world’s undiscovered hydrocarbon resources are located in the Arctic region.18 Is it reasonable that the possible 20 % will be all exploi ...
... can be exploited by 2050 in order to keep the average temperature increase below two degrees Celsius. At the same time it is estimated that about one fifth of the world’s undiscovered hydrocarbon resources are located in the Arctic region.18 Is it reasonable that the possible 20 % will be all exploi ...
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... from the CCAFS database portal (Ramirez and Jarvis, 2008) with a resolution of five kilometres. Projections assume scenario A2 and an average of 20 GCMs. The subtropical sites (Figure 3) show a marked difference between a cooler season when minimum temperatures are as low as 10 °C and a high sun sea ...
... from the CCAFS database portal (Ramirez and Jarvis, 2008) with a resolution of five kilometres. Projections assume scenario A2 and an average of 20 GCMs. The subtropical sites (Figure 3) show a marked difference between a cooler season when minimum temperatures are as low as 10 °C and a high sun sea ...
Potential changes in the distributions of latitudinally restricted
... the distribution and flight phenology of butterfly species from the Northern Hemisphere indicate that these taxa may be vulnerable to climate change. Second, Australia has already experienced significant warming; air temperatures have risen 0.5±0.9 C since the beginning of the 20th century (Saling ...
... the distribution and flight phenology of butterfly species from the Northern Hemisphere indicate that these taxa may be vulnerable to climate change. Second, Australia has already experienced significant warming; air temperatures have risen 0.5±0.9 C since the beginning of the 20th century (Saling ...
to review/download the Cookeville Case Study.
... By designing and implementing all three of these missing elements in this southeast case study project, MFPP feels they have helped advance southeast regional climate action planning both in terms of number of communities engaged and in their level of effectiveness. Why Cookeville? The southeastern ...
... By designing and implementing all three of these missing elements in this southeast case study project, MFPP feels they have helped advance southeast regional climate action planning both in terms of number of communities engaged and in their level of effectiveness. Why Cookeville? The southeastern ...
INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL IPCC-XVIII/Doc. 2 ON CLIMATE
... Cross cutting issues, in particular links with sustainable development and other environmental problems deserve more attention. d. Special reports were considered very useful and many delegations spoke in favour of organising them under the guidance of an IPCC Working Group, which should also provid ...
... Cross cutting issues, in particular links with sustainable development and other environmental problems deserve more attention. d. Special reports were considered very useful and many delegations spoke in favour of organising them under the guidance of an IPCC Working Group, which should also provid ...
Modelling the Response of Mountain Glacier Discharge
... effect of climate warming on runoff is increased streamflow caused by larger glacier melt rates. These are further accelerated by positive feedback mechanisms, such as enlargement of bare ice areas that reduce albedo compared to that of snow-cover. Runoff distribution will also be modified by changes ...
... effect of climate warming on runoff is increased streamflow caused by larger glacier melt rates. These are further accelerated by positive feedback mechanisms, such as enlargement of bare ice areas that reduce albedo compared to that of snow-cover. Runoff distribution will also be modified by changes ...
Assessing the Social Costs and Benefits of Regulating Carbon
... Atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHGs), which include carbon dioxide and methane, have been increasing for more than a century. Rising human emissions of these gases, especially from the combustion of fossil fuels and from agriculture, appear to be the primary cause of this increase i ...
... Atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHGs), which include carbon dioxide and methane, have been increasing for more than a century. Rising human emissions of these gases, especially from the combustion of fossil fuels and from agriculture, appear to be the primary cause of this increase i ...
Quantitative Assessment of Climate Carrying Capacity for Cities: A
... 3.1.1 Current climate natural capacity With urbanization of almost 90% in 2013, the climate of Shanghai City is clearly subject to the stress. Socioeconomic development aggravates climatic problems such as the occurrence of heat waves and extreme precipitation events that can result in a deteriorati ...
... 3.1.1 Current climate natural capacity With urbanization of almost 90% in 2013, the climate of Shanghai City is clearly subject to the stress. Socioeconomic development aggravates climatic problems such as the occurrence of heat waves and extreme precipitation events that can result in a deteriorati ...
Marine Ecosystem
... error terms and shows whether the warming trend is more prevalent in any one season. Table 1 shows the trend detected for each month's time series (as well as seasonal and annual trends for comparison), the standard error, and the significance of the linear regression analysis as estimated by the F- ...
... error terms and shows whether the warming trend is more prevalent in any one season. Table 1 shows the trend detected for each month's time series (as well as seasonal and annual trends for comparison), the standard error, and the significance of the linear regression analysis as estimated by the F- ...
Chinese Annals of Mathematics, Series BA Mathematical Model with
... (man, respectively), r is the per capita rate of recovery in human and ds is the per capita death rate of infected snails. This model played an important role in epidemiology for evaluating possible control strategies. However, it is known that there are incubations of schistosoma. The aim of this p ...
... (man, respectively), r is the per capita rate of recovery in human and ds is the per capita death rate of infected snails. This model played an important role in epidemiology for evaluating possible control strategies. However, it is known that there are incubations of schistosoma. The aim of this p ...
Full Text - Current Science
... effect of different sowing dates could be one of the most important operational strategies to avoid harmful effects on critical stages under elevated temperatures and carbon dioxide (CO2 ) levels. In the present study, four dates of sowing were chosen for understanding the effect of sowing time unde ...
... effect of different sowing dates could be one of the most important operational strategies to avoid harmful effects on critical stages under elevated temperatures and carbon dioxide (CO2 ) levels. In the present study, four dates of sowing were chosen for understanding the effect of sowing time unde ...
Towards a unifying narrative for climate change
... overused to the extent where they have, in many situations, become almost meaningless jargon, and some argue that they are now more harmful than useful44. The concepts and language used have also become increasingly technical and abstract: people can’t relate to terms such as parts per million and C ...
... overused to the extent where they have, in many situations, become almost meaningless jargon, and some argue that they are now more harmful than useful44. The concepts and language used have also become increasingly technical and abstract: people can’t relate to terms such as parts per million and C ...
Tried and tested: Learning from farmers on adaptation to
... habitats when their natural controls are removed; soil and water are contaminated by chemicals; crop pollinators decline; agricultural labourers incur more health costs; the agro-biodiversity that helps maintain ecosystem functioning is lost; and the costs of mitigating the greenhouse gases emitted ...
... habitats when their natural controls are removed; soil and water are contaminated by chemicals; crop pollinators decline; agricultural labourers incur more health costs; the agro-biodiversity that helps maintain ecosystem functioning is lost; and the costs of mitigating the greenhouse gases emitted ...
4 The Importance of Methane
... 34 Gt CO2 perr year (BP 2012) On this basis methane was a more significant greenhouse gas than CO2 in 2010. The current atmospheric concentration of CH4 is about 1874 ppb in the Northern Hemisphere and 1758 ppb in the Southern hemisphere (IPCC 2013), compared with the preindustrial level of 722 ppb. ...
... 34 Gt CO2 perr year (BP 2012) On this basis methane was a more significant greenhouse gas than CO2 in 2010. The current atmospheric concentration of CH4 is about 1874 ppb in the Northern Hemisphere and 1758 ppb in the Southern hemisphere (IPCC 2013), compared with the preindustrial level of 722 ppb. ...
Climate Change Predicted Impacts on Juneau
... glass surrounding a greenhouse, hence, the name “greenhouse gases.” The concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere has varied between 150 and 300 parts per million (ppm) throughout at least the last 1,000,000 of the earth’s history. In the past 200 years, however, the burning of fossil fue ...
... glass surrounding a greenhouse, hence, the name “greenhouse gases.” The concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere has varied between 150 and 300 parts per million (ppm) throughout at least the last 1,000,000 of the earth’s history. In the past 200 years, however, the burning of fossil fue ...
- White Rose Research Online
... change communication from environmental communication in general: 1) The cause of climate change, greenhouse gas emissions, is mainly invisible, 2) at least in the Western world, most people perceive the impacts as temporally and geographically distant, 3) modern society has been insulated from its ...
... change communication from environmental communication in general: 1) The cause of climate change, greenhouse gas emissions, is mainly invisible, 2) at least in the Western world, most people perceive the impacts as temporally and geographically distant, 3) modern society has been insulated from its ...
Chapter 11. Adaptation and adaptive capacity in the public health
... century). However, a change in climate actually occurs as changes in particular weather conditions, including extremes, in specific places. In many cases the meteorological variables of interest for public health are not averages and may not be confined to temperature alone. For example, a 2 °C incr ...
... century). However, a change in climate actually occurs as changes in particular weather conditions, including extremes, in specific places. In many cases the meteorological variables of interest for public health are not averages and may not be confined to temperature alone. For example, a 2 °C incr ...
Submission from the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS)
... ensure that the observation and information needed to address climate‐related issues are obtained and made available to all potential users. The goal of GCOS is that contributing observing systems together provide comprehensive information on the total climate sy ...
... ensure that the observation and information needed to address climate‐related issues are obtained and made available to all potential users. The goal of GCOS is that contributing observing systems together provide comprehensive information on the total climate sy ...
Responses of runoff to historical and future climate variability over
... shown, the uncorrected model simulations tend to underestimate T and overestimate P for most of the basins, with more uncertainties for the simulation of P than for T. Compared to the uncorrected model results, the bias correction results represent large improvements and show a good agreement with t ...
... shown, the uncorrected model simulations tend to underestimate T and overestimate P for most of the basins, with more uncertainties for the simulation of P than for T. Compared to the uncorrected model results, the bias correction results represent large improvements and show a good agreement with t ...
Preparing for and managing change: climate adaptation for
... focuses on preparing for, coping with, and responding to the impacts of current and future climate change. More formally, climate adaptation has been defined as “initiatives and measures to reduce the vulnerability of natural and human systems against actual or expected climate change effects” (IPCC ...
... focuses on preparing for, coping with, and responding to the impacts of current and future climate change. More formally, climate adaptation has been defined as “initiatives and measures to reduce the vulnerability of natural and human systems against actual or expected climate change effects” (IPCC ...
Livestock and climate change
... of gradual warming on a global scale and the associated physical changes will become increasingly evident, as will the impact of more frequent extreme weather events. Until recently, production trends in aquaculture and capture fisheries had remained similar to those already in place at the start of ...
... of gradual warming on a global scale and the associated physical changes will become increasingly evident, as will the impact of more frequent extreme weather events. Until recently, production trends in aquaculture and capture fisheries had remained similar to those already in place at the start of ...
Adaptation for Climate Change in the Coastal Sector of Saint Lucia
... “Recent observations confirm that, given high rates of observed emissions, the worstcase IPCC scenario trajectories (or even worse) are being realised. For many key parameters, the climate system is already moving beyond the patterns of natural variability within which our society and economy have d ...
... “Recent observations confirm that, given high rates of observed emissions, the worstcase IPCC scenario trajectories (or even worse) are being realised. For many key parameters, the climate system is already moving beyond the patterns of natural variability within which our society and economy have d ...
Report
... We also know from the world’s leading scientific authorities that much of the warming that has occurred is very likely the result of human activities, especially the release of global warming pollution. We know that the climate has not just changed on average, but also that there have been changes a ...
... We also know from the world’s leading scientific authorities that much of the warming that has occurred is very likely the result of human activities, especially the release of global warming pollution. We know that the climate has not just changed on average, but also that there have been changes a ...
Fear Won`t Do It - Center for Science and Technology Policy Research
... movie The Day After Tomorrow (Emmerich, 2004), with survey themes followed up a month later with focus groups. They found that although the majority of participants (67%) in the post-test agreed that “everybody has to do something” about climate change, this sense of urgency had substantially dimini ...
... movie The Day After Tomorrow (Emmerich, 2004), with survey themes followed up a month later with focus groups. They found that although the majority of participants (67%) in the post-test agreed that “everybody has to do something” about climate change, this sense of urgency had substantially dimini ...