VSO and Climate Change
... developing sustainable energy sources will not be to replace existing, higher emitting energy sources (often called mitigation, since it involves a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions) but rather contributing energy resources towards the goal of social and economic development. Mitigation should b ...
... developing sustainable energy sources will not be to replace existing, higher emitting energy sources (often called mitigation, since it involves a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions) but rather contributing energy resources towards the goal of social and economic development. Mitigation should b ...
Impacts of changes in climate, land use and land cover on
... effects from future changes in anthropogenic mercury emissions. Selin (2014) identified the challenges for meeting the goals of the Minamata Convention to regulate anthropogenic mercury emission and evaluating its influences on global biogeochemical cycling of mercury. Few studies have addressed the e ...
... effects from future changes in anthropogenic mercury emissions. Selin (2014) identified the challenges for meeting the goals of the Minamata Convention to regulate anthropogenic mercury emission and evaluating its influences on global biogeochemical cycling of mercury. Few studies have addressed the e ...
Is Strange Weather in the Air? A Study of US National Network News
... or proxy measures of changes in extreme events. Thus Greenpeace and others have focused on the large increases in weather-related insurance losses in the 1990s (Insurance Bureau of Canada, 1997; Leggett, 1993; Pearce, 1995). Significantly, the insurance industry is the first large corporate sector t ...
... or proxy measures of changes in extreme events. Thus Greenpeace and others have focused on the large increases in weather-related insurance losses in the 1990s (Insurance Bureau of Canada, 1997; Leggett, 1993; Pearce, 1995). Significantly, the insurance industry is the first large corporate sector t ...
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... (CWR) and on-farm management of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture. The Working Group on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, at its Sixth Meeting, discussed issues such as genetic reserves for CWR, establishment of a global network and development of tools that address cl ...
... (CWR) and on-farm management of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture. The Working Group on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, at its Sixth Meeting, discussed issues such as genetic reserves for CWR, establishment of a global network and development of tools that address cl ...
Modelling the Gaia Hypothesis: Daisyworld
... In the case of area covered by daisies, there is one main instance when the CA model does not match results reached in the mathematical case. This is at the beginning of the simulation when white daisies do not increase in area as rapidly as they do in the mathematical model. This problem is compoun ...
... In the case of area covered by daisies, there is one main instance when the CA model does not match results reached in the mathematical case. This is at the beginning of the simulation when white daisies do not increase in area as rapidly as they do in the mathematical model. This problem is compoun ...
Asian Aerosols: Current and Year 2030 Distributions and
... High aerosol loadings are prevalent throughout the Asian atmospheric environment. This is illustrated in Figure 1a and c, where the four year mean (2001-2004) distribution of satellite-derived aerosol optical depth (AOD) and calculated annual mean PM10 concentrations are shown. AOD is a measure of a ...
... High aerosol loadings are prevalent throughout the Asian atmospheric environment. This is illustrated in Figure 1a and c, where the four year mean (2001-2004) distribution of satellite-derived aerosol optical depth (AOD) and calculated annual mean PM10 concentrations are shown. AOD is a measure of a ...
International Climate Technology Strategies The Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements
... (IPCC 2007). Virtually all studies find that a cost-effective technology solution entails a mix of energy efficiency, low-GHG energy supply, as well as emission reductions in non-CO2 GHGs. Thus, R&D supporting such a transition must also be broad based, covering a wide range of technological opportu ...
... (IPCC 2007). Virtually all studies find that a cost-effective technology solution entails a mix of energy efficiency, low-GHG energy supply, as well as emission reductions in non-CO2 GHGs. Thus, R&D supporting such a transition must also be broad based, covering a wide range of technological opportu ...
Houston, Texas, 9th February 2005
... involve limiting carbon emissions to 0.3 tonnes per person per year – about the amount emitted per passenger on a New York to London return flight17. Currently, per capita carbon emissions average 20 tonnes in the USA, 10 tonnes in Britain and 1 tonne in India. The average US car alone emits its own ...
... involve limiting carbon emissions to 0.3 tonnes per person per year – about the amount emitted per passenger on a New York to London return flight17. Currently, per capita carbon emissions average 20 tonnes in the USA, 10 tonnes in Britain and 1 tonne in India. The average US car alone emits its own ...
Working Paper - University of Sussex
... world average in Figure 2 counts dollars, rather than countries, let alone people. Figure 2 also shows that, by and large, the negative impacts of climate change will fall on developing economies. Some have argued that the proportional impacts of climate change increase with per capita income (Hoel ...
... world average in Figure 2 counts dollars, rather than countries, let alone people. Figure 2 also shows that, by and large, the negative impacts of climate change will fall on developing economies. Some have argued that the proportional impacts of climate change increase with per capita income (Hoel ...
KNMI`14: Climate Change scenarios for the 21st Century – A
... evaluation of measures aiming at a robust Delta infrastructure are guided by the so-called Delta Scenarios (Bruggeman et al. 2013) in which key indicators of both future climate and socio-economic conditions are quantified. These Deltascenarios are based on a selection (and modification) of the prev ...
... evaluation of measures aiming at a robust Delta infrastructure are guided by the so-called Delta Scenarios (Bruggeman et al. 2013) in which key indicators of both future climate and socio-economic conditions are quantified. These Deltascenarios are based on a selection (and modification) of the prev ...
Do environmental concerns affect commuting choices?: hybrid
... There are various theoretical models of decision making that support the integration of psychological variables into transport mode choice models. Gardner and Abraham (2010) tested Ajzen’s (1991) theory of planned behaviours for local car use in a small UK city (Brighton and Hove). Bamberg and Schmi ...
... There are various theoretical models of decision making that support the integration of psychological variables into transport mode choice models. Gardner and Abraham (2010) tested Ajzen’s (1991) theory of planned behaviours for local car use in a small UK city (Brighton and Hove). Bamberg and Schmi ...
Double exposure: assessing the impacts of climate change within
... Fig. 1. Climate change results from the Hadley Center Model for precipitation and surface temperature. ...
... Fig. 1. Climate change results from the Hadley Center Model for precipitation and surface temperature. ...
as a PDF
... lobal climate change is expected to cause progressively increased frequency and severity of drought events and heat waves in the Northern Hemisphere (1, 2). Globally, increased drought impacts have already been recorded over the last several decades, with anthropogenic forcing widely accepted as the ...
... lobal climate change is expected to cause progressively increased frequency and severity of drought events and heat waves in the Northern Hemisphere (1, 2). Globally, increased drought impacts have already been recorded over the last several decades, with anthropogenic forcing widely accepted as the ...
Adapting social safety net programs to climate change shocks
... dead river/canal which would reduce the risk associated with flood or water logging; excavation or re-excavation of pond for harvesting rain water which facilitates agricultural production in salinity or drought prone areas Collection of soil from dead rivers (if any) for plinth rising which would r ...
... dead river/canal which would reduce the risk associated with flood or water logging; excavation or re-excavation of pond for harvesting rain water which facilitates agricultural production in salinity or drought prone areas Collection of soil from dead rivers (if any) for plinth rising which would r ...
the Report - ULI Europe
... events, such as storms, hail, flooding, droughts, tropical cyclones, ...
... events, such as storms, hail, flooding, droughts, tropical cyclones, ...
Optimization and Control of Agent
... compartmentalization typically used in dynamical systems models. Moreover, agents may have adaptive behavioral rules that lead to unforeseeable interactions and emergence. The time scales of different behavioral rules and environmental pressures can also be quite variable. These features make ABMs d ...
... compartmentalization typically used in dynamical systems models. Moreover, agents may have adaptive behavioral rules that lead to unforeseeable interactions and emergence. The time scales of different behavioral rules and environmental pressures can also be quite variable. These features make ABMs d ...
Republic of the Marshall Islands
... Climate change is likely to affect the extremes in weather that we experience. Research suggests that the intensity of tropical cyclones will increase, although the overall number of cyclones may decrease on a global scale (IPCC, 2007). Patterns of rainfall are likely to change globally, with both h ...
... Climate change is likely to affect the extremes in weather that we experience. Research suggests that the intensity of tropical cyclones will increase, although the overall number of cyclones may decrease on a global scale (IPCC, 2007). Patterns of rainfall are likely to change globally, with both h ...
Climate change, the monsoon, and rice yield in India
... The remaining two weather variables measured two additional characteristics of monsoon rainfall, extreme rainfall and drought. Extreme rainfall was defined as the sum of June–September rainfall that occurred on days with rainfall that equaled or exceeded a state’s 95th percentile daily threshold. Dr ...
... The remaining two weather variables measured two additional characteristics of monsoon rainfall, extreme rainfall and drought. Extreme rainfall was defined as the sum of June–September rainfall that occurred on days with rainfall that equaled or exceeded a state’s 95th percentile daily threshold. Dr ...
Climate Change Risks and Supply Chain Responsibility
... affected by climate change. Poor rural women, who often have fewer livelihood alternatives and fewer rights over productive resources such as land and water, are the most vulnerable to crises and are likely to be hardest hit when a climate-related disaster occurs. Small-scale producers are a key lin ...
... affected by climate change. Poor rural women, who often have fewer livelihood alternatives and fewer rights over productive resources such as land and water, are the most vulnerable to crises and are likely to be hardest hit when a climate-related disaster occurs. Small-scale producers are a key lin ...
The Open Ocean
... the effects of climate change. Damage to the open ocean will have severe consequences for marine ecosystems and services, and in turn human wellbeing. 2. Understanding the impact of climate-ocean-human interconnections will help inform and improve sustainable development decisions. The state of the ...
... the effects of climate change. Damage to the open ocean will have severe consequences for marine ecosystems and services, and in turn human wellbeing. 2. Understanding the impact of climate-ocean-human interconnections will help inform and improve sustainable development decisions. The state of the ...
Coral Reef Habitat Response to Climate Change Scenarios
... reef ecosystems primarily because they have been shown to be the major factor behind the recent global increase in coral bleaching [5,6]. Ocean acidification has also been shown to affect coral colonies in multiple ways, including reducing the ability of coral polyps to secrete calcium carbonate ske ...
... reef ecosystems primarily because they have been shown to be the major factor behind the recent global increase in coral bleaching [5,6]. Ocean acidification has also been shown to affect coral colonies in multiple ways, including reducing the ability of coral polyps to secrete calcium carbonate ske ...
California Getting Wetter to the North, Drier to the South: Natural
... In recent decades warmer climate has led to changes in the California hydrological cycle that influences state water supplies. These include the decreasing spring snowpack [9], earlier snowmelt runoff [10] and trends towards more precipitation falling as rain rather than snow [11]. These changes her ...
... In recent decades warmer climate has led to changes in the California hydrological cycle that influences state water supplies. These include the decreasing spring snowpack [9], earlier snowmelt runoff [10] and trends towards more precipitation falling as rain rather than snow [11]. These changes her ...
Ethics as the grounding of a new paradigm of ecological
... • Global temperature has risen by nearly 0.7°C since 1950, mostly due to CO2 emissions from fossil fuel use. • Boundary: atmospheric concentration no higher than 350 ppm CO2. • Current: 400 ppm CO2 and rising. • Future: OECD projections based on current use are 685 ppm. • Must keep under 450 ppm to ...
... • Global temperature has risen by nearly 0.7°C since 1950, mostly due to CO2 emissions from fossil fuel use. • Boundary: atmospheric concentration no higher than 350 ppm CO2. • Current: 400 ppm CO2 and rising. • Future: OECD projections based on current use are 685 ppm. • Must keep under 450 ppm to ...
2014, a climate emergency
... What appears to be happening is best described as the development of a more “energetic” climate, with increasingly intense weather activity stemming from more energy in the atmosphere due to carbon emissions. It follows the almost unnoticed report from the World Meteorological Organisation [8] (WMO) ...
... What appears to be happening is best described as the development of a more “energetic” climate, with increasingly intense weather activity stemming from more energy in the atmosphere due to carbon emissions. It follows the almost unnoticed report from the World Meteorological Organisation [8] (WMO) ...
Assessing the climate impact of trends in stratospheric water vapor
... may be more than twice this value [SPARC, 2000]. We do this because water vapor changes at pressures below 10 hPa have only a small effect on the radiative forcing. At pressures above 100 hPa the higher trend may be the result of ‘‘seeing’’ tropospheric water vapor; therefore we did not feel confide ...
... may be more than twice this value [SPARC, 2000]. We do this because water vapor changes at pressures below 10 hPa have only a small effect on the radiative forcing. At pressures above 100 hPa the higher trend may be the result of ‘‘seeing’’ tropospheric water vapor; therefore we did not feel confide ...