MeetingReport-CC_and_Displacement
... experience with resettlement around the world which provided valuable lessons-learned, such as the need for sustainable resettlement and the need to reconstitute a society, not just to build new houses), which should be drawn upon so as not to repeat the mistakes of the past. It was also noted that, ...
... experience with resettlement around the world which provided valuable lessons-learned, such as the need for sustainable resettlement and the need to reconstitute a society, not just to build new houses), which should be drawn upon so as not to repeat the mistakes of the past. It was also noted that, ...
here - Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy
... from a Broader Set of Policy Actors Climate change poses a systemic problem of inescapably global scope that requires solutions across many scales and sectors. Unlike many past issues that have been the focus of international agreements – for example, arms control, navigation, and land mines – natio ...
... from a Broader Set of Policy Actors Climate change poses a systemic problem of inescapably global scope that requires solutions across many scales and sectors. Unlike many past issues that have been the focus of international agreements – for example, arms control, navigation, and land mines – natio ...
Federal Climate Change Legislation as If the States Matter
... change without fully engaging states and their local governments as partners in the national effort. In the early 1970s, Congress passed national air-quality, water-quality, surface mining, solid and hazardous waste, and other legislation based on models created by prior state action. This federal l ...
... change without fully engaging states and their local governments as partners in the national effort. In the early 1970s, Congress passed national air-quality, water-quality, surface mining, solid and hazardous waste, and other legislation based on models created by prior state action. This federal l ...
Environmental Scenario Analysis Overview and EEA
... European Land Use Change Scenarios The main driving forces behind land use change are climate change, population growth and technical and economic development, particularly of the transport and agriculture sectors. The environmental impacts of land use change are complex, and may affect air quality, ...
... European Land Use Change Scenarios The main driving forces behind land use change are climate change, population growth and technical and economic development, particularly of the transport and agriculture sectors. The environmental impacts of land use change are complex, and may affect air quality, ...
Lessons from the Front Lines Preparing for Climate Impacts
... • Non-legal barriers (technical, administrative and funding) can also inhibit implementation. Actionable plans require decision-makers to understand: (1) what data and technical information they need to make decisions, (2) which agencies will be charged with implementing each recommendation, and (3 ...
... • Non-legal barriers (technical, administrative and funding) can also inhibit implementation. Actionable plans require decision-makers to understand: (1) what data and technical information they need to make decisions, (2) which agencies will be charged with implementing each recommendation, and (3 ...
CLIMATE CHANGE Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change: Outlook for Knowledge,Tools and Action
... to understand and project climate impacts (see review by Challinor et al., 2009b). In spite of the inherent uncertainties, robust responses of yield to climate change have been found using both empirical (e.g. Schlenker and Roberts, 2009) and process-based crop models (e.g. Challinor and Wheeler, 20 ...
... to understand and project climate impacts (see review by Challinor et al., 2009b). In spite of the inherent uncertainties, robust responses of yield to climate change have been found using both empirical (e.g. Schlenker and Roberts, 2009) and process-based crop models (e.g. Challinor and Wheeler, 20 ...
Primer on Short-Lived Climate Pollutants
... lasting for several millennia.15 Reducing CO2 emissions now, in line with 450 parts per million (ppm) scenarios, can avoid approximately 0.15°C of additional warming compared to the warming expected from a business-as-usual (BAU) scenario within 30 years, growing to 0.5°C within 50 years.16 However, ...
... lasting for several millennia.15 Reducing CO2 emissions now, in line with 450 parts per million (ppm) scenarios, can avoid approximately 0.15°C of additional warming compared to the warming expected from a business-as-usual (BAU) scenario within 30 years, growing to 0.5°C within 50 years.16 However, ...
Here - Lawrence Torcello
... A virtue that, or so they may believe, frees them from the traps of professional “group think.” For this reason, non-experts wishing to deny anthropogenic global warming sometimes reference historic figures like Galileo as evidence that a scientific consensus can be wrong.6 Yet figures like Galileo ...
... A virtue that, or so they may believe, frees them from the traps of professional “group think.” For this reason, non-experts wishing to deny anthropogenic global warming sometimes reference historic figures like Galileo as evidence that a scientific consensus can be wrong.6 Yet figures like Galileo ...
Temperature sensitivity of drought-induced tree mortality portends
... Edited by Harold A. Mooney, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, and approved March 5, 2009 (received for review February 8, 2009) ...
... Edited by Harold A. Mooney, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, and approved March 5, 2009 (received for review February 8, 2009) ...
Climate Change Impact Assessment 2010
... the Southern Annual Mode (SAM) over Antarctica, Indian Ocean sea surface temperatures, and northern circulation patterns more closely correlated with the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO). This interaction is more complex than climate drivers in the north or south of the country. Note, also, that ...
... the Southern Annual Mode (SAM) over Antarctica, Indian Ocean sea surface temperatures, and northern circulation patterns more closely correlated with the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO). This interaction is more complex than climate drivers in the north or south of the country. Note, also, that ...
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... A natural fix: A joined-up approach to delivering the Global Goals for Sustainable Development ..................... 16 The Great Green Wall: Hope for the Sahara and the Sahel ................................................................... 17 Ethiopia Climate-Smart Agriculture Scoping Study .... ...
... A natural fix: A joined-up approach to delivering the Global Goals for Sustainable Development ..................... 16 The Great Green Wall: Hope for the Sahara and the Sahel ................................................................... 17 Ethiopia Climate-Smart Agriculture Scoping Study .... ...
How Do Recent Population Trends Matter to Climate Change?
... on Climate Change (IPCC) consider population, along with economic growth and technological change, as one of the root causes of greenhouse gas emissions, how population dynamics affect climate change is still under debate. While policy debates around climate change engender lively discussion on a nu ...
... on Climate Change (IPCC) consider population, along with economic growth and technological change, as one of the root causes of greenhouse gas emissions, how population dynamics affect climate change is still under debate. While policy debates around climate change engender lively discussion on a nu ...
The complexity of model checking concurrent programs against
... alphabet of T M ), δ is a transition function, and s ∈ K is an initial state. Additionally, a Turing machine T M is equipped with k “heads” (one for each string) to read symbols from a certain position on the string, signposted by a “cursor”. The transition function δ : K × Σ k → (K ∪ {h,00 yes00 , ...
... alphabet of T M ), δ is a transition function, and s ∈ K is an initial state. Additionally, a Turing machine T M is equipped with k “heads” (one for each string) to read symbols from a certain position on the string, signposted by a “cursor”. The transition function δ : K × Σ k → (K ∪ {h,00 yes00 , ...
Long-term interactions between vegetation and climate
... is one of the molecules needed for photosynthesis and is usually one of the limiting factors. Its effect on photosynthesis has been studied in laboratory experiments as far back as the 18th century, showing enhanced photosynthesis under elevated CO2 concentrations. Field scale experiments with incre ...
... is one of the molecules needed for photosynthesis and is usually one of the limiting factors. Its effect on photosynthesis has been studied in laboratory experiments as far back as the 18th century, showing enhanced photosynthesis under elevated CO2 concentrations. Field scale experiments with incre ...
13372001
... greenhouse gases owing to human activities will cause warming (and other climatic changes) at Earth’s surface. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) revealed an increase in world average temperature by 2100 within the range 1·4–5·8ºC (IPCC, 2001). The increase will be greater at highe ...
... greenhouse gases owing to human activities will cause warming (and other climatic changes) at Earth’s surface. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) revealed an increase in world average temperature by 2100 within the range 1·4–5·8ºC (IPCC, 2001). The increase will be greater at highe ...
Future wave conditions at the German Baltic Sea Coast on
... wind speed from RCAO runs forced with ECHAM4/OPYC3 increases up to 8% for the SRES scenario A2 on an annual basis over Scandinavia. This increase can become more than twice during winter (DJF) over the Baltic Sea (Räisänen et al., 2003). The North German Climate Bureau compiles further results on po ...
... wind speed from RCAO runs forced with ECHAM4/OPYC3 increases up to 8% for the SRES scenario A2 on an annual basis over Scandinavia. This increase can become more than twice during winter (DJF) over the Baltic Sea (Räisänen et al., 2003). The North German Climate Bureau compiles further results on po ...
Centre of Excellence Programme 2014-2019
... feedbacks. In recent years, a lot of research has been motivated by the importance of atmospheric aerosols to the global radiation budget, cloud formation, and human health. The concentrations of reactive gases, greenhouse gases (GHGs) and atmospheric aerosols are tightly connected with each other v ...
... feedbacks. In recent years, a lot of research has been motivated by the importance of atmospheric aerosols to the global radiation budget, cloud formation, and human health. The concentrations of reactive gases, greenhouse gases (GHGs) and atmospheric aerosols are tightly connected with each other v ...
Model estimates of climate controls on pan-Arctic
... for which environmental controls have been investigated. Nemani et al. (2003) found that annual net primary productivity (NPP) is limited by temperature and radiation at high latitudes but by moisture-related factors at lower latitudes. Teuling et al. (2009) and Seneviratne et al. (2010) investigate ...
... for which environmental controls have been investigated. Nemani et al. (2003) found that annual net primary productivity (NPP) is limited by temperature and radiation at high latitudes but by moisture-related factors at lower latitudes. Teuling et al. (2009) and Seneviratne et al. (2010) investigate ...
http://www.fao.org/docrep/meeting/019/k7582e.pdf
... and in the dry tropics by the mid-century, but increases of 10 - 40 percent at high latitudes in the wet tropics. In Africa, warming is very likely to be greater than the global annual mean warming throughout the continent and in all seasons, with drier subtropical regions warming more than the mois ...
... and in the dry tropics by the mid-century, but increases of 10 - 40 percent at high latitudes in the wet tropics. In Africa, warming is very likely to be greater than the global annual mean warming throughout the continent and in all seasons, with drier subtropical regions warming more than the mois ...
Accessing and Using Climate Data and Information in Fragile, Data
... humidity, precipitation (a general term that includes rain, snow, sleet and hail), and wind. Weather conditions tend to be organized into distinct features known as weather systems. Weather systems are patterns of weather that can vary in duration and spatial extent. They can be very localized and s ...
... humidity, precipitation (a general term that includes rain, snow, sleet and hail), and wind. Weather conditions tend to be organized into distinct features known as weather systems. Weather systems are patterns of weather that can vary in duration and spatial extent. They can be very localized and s ...
Combating Climate Change by Keeping Land in
... important tool for achieving reductions in GHG emissions. ● If the annual rate of farmland loss to real estate development in New York was gradually reduced by 80 percent by 2050, that could reduce the GHG emissions equivalent to taking 1 million cars off the road. Sample Blurb for Newsletters and W ...
... important tool for achieving reductions in GHG emissions. ● If the annual rate of farmland loss to real estate development in New York was gradually reduced by 80 percent by 2050, that could reduce the GHG emissions equivalent to taking 1 million cars off the road. Sample Blurb for Newsletters and W ...
Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change in Berlin – AFOK
... and natural gas), large-scale deforestation, and agricultural production, not at least livestock. The related emission of greenhouse gases (CO2, CH4, N2O, and others) is changing the chemical composition of the atmosphere and hence its radiation balance. While the global mean temperature has been ri ...
... and natural gas), large-scale deforestation, and agricultural production, not at least livestock. The related emission of greenhouse gases (CO2, CH4, N2O, and others) is changing the chemical composition of the atmosphere and hence its radiation balance. While the global mean temperature has been ri ...
Water and Climate Change - Background Document
... have its complications, such as changing land use associated with climate change. The implications of climate variability and climate change have not been fully taken into account in the current decision- making framework. Therefore, assessment of vulnerability and consequent risk to water resources ...
... have its complications, such as changing land use associated with climate change. The implications of climate variability and climate change have not been fully taken into account in the current decision- making framework. Therefore, assessment of vulnerability and consequent risk to water resources ...
Climate Change in Pilot Point, Alaska
... Climate Research Center). Long term records show a gradual increase in average annual temperature since 1925. The record low temperature at Egegik Station (40 miles North from Pilot Point) occurred during February and was in the -50s°F. Record high temperatures were in the 80s°F and occurred during ...
... Climate Research Center). Long term records show a gradual increase in average annual temperature since 1925. The record low temperature at Egegik Station (40 miles North from Pilot Point) occurred during February and was in the -50s°F. Record high temperatures were in the 80s°F and occurred during ...