The Challenge of Climate Change Adaptation:
... toward adaptation planning. This section first examines the need for adaptation globally, and then focuses on the situations in the United States, the United Kingdom, and China. Although this section sets the stage for the recommendations in Part III, it should also be useful because up-to-date cros ...
... toward adaptation planning. This section first examines the need for adaptation globally, and then focuses on the situations in the United States, the United Kingdom, and China. Although this section sets the stage for the recommendations in Part III, it should also be useful because up-to-date cros ...
Training Needs Assessment of Relevant Stakeholders
... • WTO Technical Assistance and Training Plan 2012/2013 (Upcoming) • Short Trade Policy Courses (STPCs) on trade negotiation skills (WTO) • General courses on intellectual property (WIPO) ...
... • WTO Technical Assistance and Training Plan 2012/2013 (Upcoming) • Short Trade Policy Courses (STPCs) on trade negotiation skills (WTO) • General courses on intellectual property (WIPO) ...
Right wing populism and climate change
... The rise in right wing populism (RWP) across Europe and Anglo-phone countries poses a major challenge for climate policy. RWP parties are almost always hostile to climate policy, and their leaders, and indeed supporters, often express forms of climate scepticism in ways which place them (as on other ...
... The rise in right wing populism (RWP) across Europe and Anglo-phone countries poses a major challenge for climate policy. RWP parties are almost always hostile to climate policy, and their leaders, and indeed supporters, often express forms of climate scepticism in ways which place them (as on other ...
analysis of land skin temperature using avhrr observations
... angle. Unlike the sea surface, where the emissivity at the wavelength of AVHRR channels 4 and 5 is high and well known, land surface emissivity is highly heterogeneous. As a result, emissivity is one of the largest uncertainty sources in SWT. The currently used approach is to set two emissivities fo ...
... angle. Unlike the sea surface, where the emissivity at the wavelength of AVHRR channels 4 and 5 is high and well known, land surface emissivity is highly heterogeneous. As a result, emissivity is one of the largest uncertainty sources in SWT. The currently used approach is to set two emissivities fo ...
Sustainability at - Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute
... linked to climate change – within days. The process is rigorous; climate scientists do conclude that some events are not linked to climate change. Karoly cautions against “overhyping” the link. His study on 2013 involved analysing climate model simulations and observational data. Some models show wh ...
... linked to climate change – within days. The process is rigorous; climate scientists do conclude that some events are not linked to climate change. Karoly cautions against “overhyping” the link. His study on 2013 involved analysing climate model simulations and observational data. Some models show wh ...
PARCC Project Training Manual Module 2. Climate data
... observations and process understanding, regional range due to model-dependent variability in patterns ...
... observations and process understanding, regional range due to model-dependent variability in patterns ...
Challenge of Weather and Climate
... Highest sunshine hours are recorded over Snowdonia. There is generally more sunshine in the east than the west. The North Atlantic Drift has a warming effect in winter. The prevailing winds blow from the east. Built up areas such as London produce a heat island effect. Upland areas tend to record lo ...
... Highest sunshine hours are recorded over Snowdonia. There is generally more sunshine in the east than the west. The North Atlantic Drift has a warming effect in winter. The prevailing winds blow from the east. Built up areas such as London produce a heat island effect. Upland areas tend to record lo ...
The Effects of Climate Change and Variation in New Zealand
... Effect of Global Temperature Change Scenarios.............................................................. 80 Effect of SOI................................................................................................................... 80 Effect of Global Temperature Change with Climate Sensitiv ...
... Effect of Global Temperature Change Scenarios.............................................................. 80 Effect of SOI................................................................................................................... 80 Effect of Global Temperature Change with Climate Sensitiv ...
PARCC Project Training Manual 2014 Protected Areas Resilient to Climate Change,
... observations and process understanding, regional range due to model-dependent variability in patterns ...
... observations and process understanding, regional range due to model-dependent variability in patterns ...
Overview of IACCF
... Scenario (i.e. BAU) and the 450 Stabilisation Case amounts to 19 Gt in 2030, compared to the 7 Gt “gap” in 2054 (approximately 3.3Gt in 2030) envisaged by Pacala and Scolow. The World Energy Outlook 2007 suggests that the 450 Stabilisation Case is realisable with existing technology but that “except ...
... Scenario (i.e. BAU) and the 450 Stabilisation Case amounts to 19 Gt in 2030, compared to the 7 Gt “gap” in 2054 (approximately 3.3Gt in 2030) envisaged by Pacala and Scolow. The World Energy Outlook 2007 suggests that the 450 Stabilisation Case is realisable with existing technology but that “except ...
Extending a Geographic Lens Towards Climate Justice, Part 1
... important of these traditions are: conceptualizing vulnerability in the context of environmental hazards, understanding the spatial distribution of environmental burdens, and exploring aspects of structure, agency, and adaptation in smallholder agricultural systems of the Global South, particularly ...
... important of these traditions are: conceptualizing vulnerability in the context of environmental hazards, understanding the spatial distribution of environmental burdens, and exploring aspects of structure, agency, and adaptation in smallholder agricultural systems of the Global South, particularly ...
Framing Climate: Implications for Local Government Policy
... Climate change is a relatively new area of policy development characterised by considerable uncertainties. These uncertainties were once dominated by questions over whether anthropogenic or natural factors are the root cause of climate change. However, the fourth assessment report of the Intergovern ...
... Climate change is a relatively new area of policy development characterised by considerable uncertainties. These uncertainties were once dominated by questions over whether anthropogenic or natural factors are the root cause of climate change. However, the fourth assessment report of the Intergovern ...
Programme Plan - Norges forskningsråd
... Based on reconstructed climate parameters over the last 1000 years and observed climate parameters and climate model simulations over the last 150 years, the IPCC concluded1 that there has been a demonstrable change in the global climate as a result of anthropogenic (human-induced) emission of so-ca ...
... Based on reconstructed climate parameters over the last 1000 years and observed climate parameters and climate model simulations over the last 150 years, the IPCC concluded1 that there has been a demonstrable change in the global climate as a result of anthropogenic (human-induced) emission of so-ca ...
Programme plan - Norges forskningsråd
... exceptional consequences for Norway and adjacent ocean and land areas, including economically and socially important business activities such as fishing, aqua culture, forestry and land use, and the energy sector. Even though Norway is a small nation in terms of population and area, Norway has devel ...
... exceptional consequences for Norway and adjacent ocean and land areas, including economically and socially important business activities such as fishing, aqua culture, forestry and land use, and the energy sector. Even though Norway is a small nation in terms of population and area, Norway has devel ...
Oceanographic Variability
... A second observation is that El Niño events appear to have become more frequent in recent decades (possibly linked to climate change) (Timmermann et al., 1999; Timmermann et al., 2004) and are associated with an eastward shift of the major tuna resource (e.g. skipjack) in the WCPO (Lehodey et al. 19 ...
... A second observation is that El Niño events appear to have become more frequent in recent decades (possibly linked to climate change) (Timmermann et al., 1999; Timmermann et al., 2004) and are associated with an eastward shift of the major tuna resource (e.g. skipjack) in the WCPO (Lehodey et al. 19 ...
PDF - AMS Journals - American Meteorological Society
... the last 18 years is assessed. This claim is not supported by the current analysis: in five out of six corrected satellite TMT records, significant global-scale tropospheric warming has occurred within the last 18 years. Finally, longstanding concerns are examined regarding discrepancies in modeled ...
... the last 18 years is assessed. This claim is not supported by the current analysis: in five out of six corrected satellite TMT records, significant global-scale tropospheric warming has occurred within the last 18 years. Finally, longstanding concerns are examined regarding discrepancies in modeled ...
Freshwater biodiversity versus anthropogenic climate
... Also, biodiversity has some intrinsic values that are independent of any human benefits and which cannot be readily quantified. For example, it has been argued that the health and wellbeing of other species should be valued in itself (MEA, 2005, pp. 140–3). Climate change is one of multiple interactin ...
... Also, biodiversity has some intrinsic values that are independent of any human benefits and which cannot be readily quantified. For example, it has been argued that the health and wellbeing of other species should be valued in itself (MEA, 2005, pp. 140–3). Climate change is one of multiple interactin ...
A normative account of dangerous climate change
... won’t understand the dangers. Not paying attention to scientists in this case would be like not listening to a doctor’s assessment prior to arduous mountain climbing. If you want to know whether mountain climbing is especially dangerous for you, given your medical condition, it makes good sense to l ...
... won’t understand the dangers. Not paying attention to scientists in this case would be like not listening to a doctor’s assessment prior to arduous mountain climbing. If you want to know whether mountain climbing is especially dangerous for you, given your medical condition, it makes good sense to l ...
Ecological controls on net ecosystem productivity of a seasonally dry
... and thresholds were set at 480 h above −0.2 MPa for germination, and 240 h below −2.0 MPa for senescence. These requirements were set to avoid premature germination or senescence and hence wastage of resources during false starts or ends to the rainy season. In the model, plant water potential is re ...
... and thresholds were set at 480 h above −0.2 MPa for germination, and 240 h below −2.0 MPa for senescence. These requirements were set to avoid premature germination or senescence and hence wastage of resources during false starts or ends to the rainy season. In the model, plant water potential is re ...
Nullifying the climate null hypothesis
... essentially that past climate variability is indistinguishable from a stochastic red-noise process, whose only regularities are those of periodic external forcing. Given such a null hypothesis, the official consensus of IPCC (1995) tilts towards a global warming effect of recent trace-gas emissions, ...
... essentially that past climate variability is indistinguishable from a stochastic red-noise process, whose only regularities are those of periodic external forcing. Given such a null hypothesis, the official consensus of IPCC (1995) tilts towards a global warming effect of recent trace-gas emissions, ...
climate change in cincinnati
... world. The recent warming has been consistent with the decrease in snow-cover, the retreat of mountain glaciers, spring melting of ice, and increases in ocean surface temperatures. The top ten warmest years have all occurred since 1990. Both daily maximum and minimum temperatures have been increasin ...
... world. The recent warming has been consistent with the decrease in snow-cover, the retreat of mountain glaciers, spring melting of ice, and increases in ocean surface temperatures. The top ten warmest years have all occurred since 1990. Both daily maximum and minimum temperatures have been increasin ...
STRATEGIES FOR A HOLISTIC RESPONSE TO OZONE
... acceleration of HCFCs phase-out have been presented before the Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol. They are based on the information that the continued use of HCFCs, mainly HCFC-22, has been causing adverse effects over the ozone layer and climate system. There are also substances, main ...
... acceleration of HCFCs phase-out have been presented before the Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol. They are based on the information that the continued use of HCFCs, mainly HCFC-22, has been causing adverse effects over the ozone layer and climate system. There are also substances, main ...
Here - MtnClim 2016
... those that are coupled to free atmosphere. We studied temperature data from fifty hobo-enabled sites over an annual cycle (2014). The sites were spread across a large area of mixed evergreendeciduous woodland in Northern California. The area is topographically diverse and houses vegetation represent ...
... those that are coupled to free atmosphere. We studied temperature data from fifty hobo-enabled sites over an annual cycle (2014). The sites were spread across a large area of mixed evergreendeciduous woodland in Northern California. The area is topographically diverse and houses vegetation represent ...