Economics of PGRFA Management for Adaptation to Climate Change: A Review of Selected Literature
... change, the biggest losses in suitable cropland are likely to be in Africa, whereas the largest expansion of suitable cropland is in the Russian Federation and Central Asia. Temperature rise will also expand the range of many agricultural pests and increase the ability of pest populations to survive ...
... change, the biggest losses in suitable cropland are likely to be in Africa, whereas the largest expansion of suitable cropland is in the Russian Federation and Central Asia. Temperature rise will also expand the range of many agricultural pests and increase the ability of pest populations to survive ...
Patterns and causes of species richness: a
... each species in nature must be represented by a unique model with parameters that are distinct from those of other species in the assemblage. If this were true, the resulting pattern of species richness might be expected to be complex and highly variable, but would not necessarily correlate very wel ...
... each species in nature must be represented by a unique model with parameters that are distinct from those of other species in the assemblage. If this were true, the resulting pattern of species richness might be expected to be complex and highly variable, but would not necessarily correlate very wel ...
Australians` views of climate change
... 1. The extent of community belief in Australia that climate change is happening, and whether it is attributable to human activity. A majority of Australians accept that climate change is happening. The size of this majority depends on how the question is put to respondents. When respondents are aske ...
... 1. The extent of community belief in Australia that climate change is happening, and whether it is attributable to human activity. A majority of Australians accept that climate change is happening. The size of this majority depends on how the question is put to respondents. When respondents are aske ...
Presents
... The criteria for selecting between CBA, CEA and MCA are based on which outcome attributes are of interest to the decision maker. If all attributes can be assigned one common attribute of money, then CBA is appropriate. If only one of the attributes cannot be assigned as a money attribute, then CEA i ...
... The criteria for selecting between CBA, CEA and MCA are based on which outcome attributes are of interest to the decision maker. If all attributes can be assigned one common attribute of money, then CBA is appropriate. If only one of the attributes cannot be assigned as a money attribute, then CEA i ...
2011 CO Basin Assessment Capacity - CLIMAS
... A challenge singled out by workshop participants is the need for individuals from different sectors to develop and maintain communication networks. The lack ...
... A challenge singled out by workshop participants is the need for individuals from different sectors to develop and maintain communication networks. The lack ...
Multiyear Rainfall and Temperature Trends in the Volta River Basin
... determines how much water will stay in the reservoir. If AET is higher than expected, then evaporation will occur at the surface of the reservoir and will therefore reduce the volume of water in the reservoir. This is why it is important to know the trend in AET or AET/P. 3. Results and Discussions ...
... determines how much water will stay in the reservoir. If AET is higher than expected, then evaporation will occur at the surface of the reservoir and will therefore reduce the volume of water in the reservoir. This is why it is important to know the trend in AET or AET/P. 3. Results and Discussions ...
Antarctic climate change and the environment
... total anthropogenic emissions annually are taken up and sequestered by the ocean (Sabine et al. 2004). The Southern Ocean plays a key role in the global carbon cycle. The upwelling deep water south of the Polar Front brings to the surface dissolved nutrients and carbon dioxide (CO2), and releases th ...
... total anthropogenic emissions annually are taken up and sequestered by the ocean (Sabine et al. 2004). The Southern Ocean plays a key role in the global carbon cycle. The upwelling deep water south of the Polar Front brings to the surface dissolved nutrients and carbon dioxide (CO2), and releases th ...
Climate Justice in Rural Southeastern United States: A Review of
... populations, such as those inhabiting the Southeastern U.S., represent some of the most vulnerable of demographic and occupational groups. 1.3. Regional Context and Review Framework This review consists of three primary sections. The first addresses evidence of existing and projected climate change ...
... populations, such as those inhabiting the Southeastern U.S., represent some of the most vulnerable of demographic and occupational groups. 1.3. Regional Context and Review Framework This review consists of three primary sections. The first addresses evidence of existing and projected climate change ...
Climate change regional review: Russia
... an important and interesting case. Although an Annex 1 nation, it witnessed a rapid fall in its emissions as its economy collapsed in the early 1990s. Despite such rapid reductions, Russia remains among the five highest emitting nations, with, since the 2008 ...
... an important and interesting case. Although an Annex 1 nation, it witnessed a rapid fall in its emissions as its economy collapsed in the early 1990s. Despite such rapid reductions, Russia remains among the five highest emitting nations, with, since the 2008 ...
The Potential Conseque
... projections of climate change in the West is particularly difficult. General Circulation Models (GCMs) tend to be least reliable projecting changes in coastal areas and in mountains,two features prevalent in the West. However, it is possible to develop GCM-based scenarios that give an indication of ...
... projections of climate change in the West is particularly difficult. General Circulation Models (GCMs) tend to be least reliable projecting changes in coastal areas and in mountains,two features prevalent in the West. However, it is possible to develop GCM-based scenarios that give an indication of ...
Climate change regional review: Russia
... Climate change regional review: Russia Maria Sharmina,∗ Kevin Anderson and Alice Bows-Larkin With climate change, an increasingly important focus of scientific and policy discourse, the Russian government has aimed to position the country as one of the leaders of the global process for addressing cl ...
... Climate change regional review: Russia Maria Sharmina,∗ Kevin Anderson and Alice Bows-Larkin With climate change, an increasingly important focus of scientific and policy discourse, the Russian government has aimed to position the country as one of the leaders of the global process for addressing cl ...
The Geoengineering Option
... caused even greater cooling that lasted longer. Unlike eªorts to control emissions of greenhouse gases, which will take many years to yield a noticeable eªect, volcano-like strategies for cooling the planet would work relatively promptly. Another lesson from volcanoes is that a geoengineering system ...
... caused even greater cooling that lasted longer. Unlike eªorts to control emissions of greenhouse gases, which will take many years to yield a noticeable eªect, volcano-like strategies for cooling the planet would work relatively promptly. Another lesson from volcanoes is that a geoengineering system ...
Turn Down The heaT: why a 4°C warmer worlD musT Be avoiDeD
... the synthesized carbon-cycle and climate system understanding of the IPCC AR4 Median estimates (lines) from probabilistic temperature projections for two nonmitigation emission scenarios The correlation between regional warming and precipitation changes in the form of joint distributions of mean r ...
... the synthesized carbon-cycle and climate system understanding of the IPCC AR4 Median estimates (lines) from probabilistic temperature projections for two nonmitigation emission scenarios The correlation between regional warming and precipitation changes in the form of joint distributions of mean r ...
Turn Down - Climate Analytics
... the synthesized carbon-cycle and climate system understanding of the IPCC AR4 Median estimates (lines) from probabilistic temperature projections for two nonmitigation emission scenarios The correlation between regional warming and precipitation changes in the form of joint distributions of mean r ...
... the synthesized carbon-cycle and climate system understanding of the IPCC AR4 Median estimates (lines) from probabilistic temperature projections for two nonmitigation emission scenarios The correlation between regional warming and precipitation changes in the form of joint distributions of mean r ...
Teacher manual - Government of Grenada
... Development for initiating and supporting the development of this toolkit which our future leaders can use now. We commend the material authored by the Integrated Climate Change Adaptation Strategies Programme in Grenada (ICCAS), in particular the Environment Division and the Deutsche Gesellschaft f ...
... Development for initiating and supporting the development of this toolkit which our future leaders can use now. We commend the material authored by the Integrated Climate Change Adaptation Strategies Programme in Grenada (ICCAS), in particular the Environment Division and the Deutsche Gesellschaft f ...
Here - Benjamin Blonder
... 2008) frameworks for understanding community structure by generating inferences from complementary climate-niche data. Our framework integrates information on species’ broadscale climate niches, the species composition of the local community, the surrounding region, and local climate conditions. The ...
... 2008) frameworks for understanding community structure by generating inferences from complementary climate-niche data. Our framework integrates information on species’ broadscale climate niches, the species composition of the local community, the surrounding region, and local climate conditions. The ...
Rain-on-snow events, floods and climate change in the Alps: Events
... correspond roughly to a conservative RCP scenario (Representative Concentration Pathway, i.e., the greenhouse-gas emission scenarios developed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; IPCC, 2013), namely the RCP2.6 scenario by 2050 and a rather pessimistic RCP8.5 scenario by 2100, with asso ...
... correspond roughly to a conservative RCP scenario (Representative Concentration Pathway, i.e., the greenhouse-gas emission scenarios developed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; IPCC, 2013), namely the RCP2.6 scenario by 2050 and a rather pessimistic RCP8.5 scenario by 2100, with asso ...
Projected effects of climate change on the distribution and
... We acquired, federated and curated approximately one million new observations to the Avian Knowledge Network. We used these new observations, in addition to millions of existing records, to model the distribution and abundance of 26 species of land birds in the southern portion of the North Pacific ...
... We acquired, federated and curated approximately one million new observations to the Avian Knowledge Network. We used these new observations, in addition to millions of existing records, to model the distribution and abundance of 26 species of land birds in the southern portion of the North Pacific ...
Untitled
... Secondly, adaptation, which seeks to develop measures to reduce or moderate the negative effects of climate change and take advantage of new opportunities, is an important component of the Framework Convention. [FN26] Article 4.1b, for example, commits parties to “formulate, implement ... national a ...
... Secondly, adaptation, which seeks to develop measures to reduce or moderate the negative effects of climate change and take advantage of new opportunities, is an important component of the Framework Convention. [FN26] Article 4.1b, for example, commits parties to “formulate, implement ... national a ...
Growing Season Length Analysis
... snow cover, soil freeze-thaw, growing season length, permafrost distribution, and carbon ...
... snow cover, soil freeze-thaw, growing season length, permafrost distribution, and carbon ...
Word - Council of Europe
... climate change mitigation. Their current work includes a project on the impacts of climate change on Natura 2000 sites; work for the CBD AHTEG on Biodiversity and Climate Change, including scientific literature reviews and work on ecosystem-based adaptation; and projects on mitigation, including to ...
... climate change mitigation. Their current work includes a project on the impacts of climate change on Natura 2000 sites; work for the CBD AHTEG on Biodiversity and Climate Change, including scientific literature reviews and work on ecosystem-based adaptation; and projects on mitigation, including to ...
ITU and Early Warning
... Resolution 906 (WRC-07) is completing ITU-R switching from paper to electronic submission of information on radio frequency assignments/allotments. As the result millions pages of paper are saved (in the past a notice with data related to one satellite network could require more than 1 thousand page ...
... Resolution 906 (WRC-07) is completing ITU-R switching from paper to electronic submission of information on radio frequency assignments/allotments. As the result millions pages of paper are saved (in the past a notice with data related to one satellite network could require more than 1 thousand page ...
Introduction to atmospheric aerosols
... High up in the atmosphere is a layer called the stratosphere. Part of the stratosphere is the ozone layer, which absorbs ultraviolet B wavelengths. UVB is known to cause skin cancer; therefore a healthy ozone layer is very important to human health. Many synthetic products once contained chlorine co ...
... High up in the atmosphere is a layer called the stratosphere. Part of the stratosphere is the ozone layer, which absorbs ultraviolet B wavelengths. UVB is known to cause skin cancer; therefore a healthy ozone layer is very important to human health. Many synthetic products once contained chlorine co ...