Risks, opportunities, and adaptation to climate change
... has increased 0.3 to 0.6°C over the past 100 yr. Global average precipitation over land has increased 1% during the 20th century, and average sea level has risen 10 to 25 cm (IPCC 1996a). The character of rainfall also may be changing. For example, the area of the United States that has been affecte ...
... has increased 0.3 to 0.6°C over the past 100 yr. Global average precipitation over land has increased 1% during the 20th century, and average sea level has risen 10 to 25 cm (IPCC 1996a). The character of rainfall also may be changing. For example, the area of the United States that has been affecte ...
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... choosing the investments path, given a production function for the final good, a budget constrain and kinetic equations for capital accumulation. WITCH can simulate all degrees of cooperation among the 12 macro-regions in which world countries are aggregated. The model can run in a cooperative mode ...
... choosing the investments path, given a production function for the final good, a budget constrain and kinetic equations for capital accumulation. WITCH can simulate all degrees of cooperation among the 12 macro-regions in which world countries are aggregated. The model can run in a cooperative mode ...
`Do You Still Believe in Global Warming?` Billboards Hit Chicago
... The government agency created by the United Nations to find a link between human activities and global warming did exactly what it was created and paid to do! By ignoring natural causes of climate variation, it claims to have found evidence of a human impact and an urgent need for the UN to be given ...
... The government agency created by the United Nations to find a link between human activities and global warming did exactly what it was created and paid to do! By ignoring natural causes of climate variation, it claims to have found evidence of a human impact and an urgent need for the UN to be given ...
Oceans Day Bulletin
... highlighted the direct link between climate change, ocean health and human wellbeing. Discussions at the event focused on the role of oceans in climate change and the fact that close to 50% of the world’s population living in coastal areas will suffer disproportionately from ocean warming, sea level ...
... highlighted the direct link between climate change, ocean health and human wellbeing. Discussions at the event focused on the role of oceans in climate change and the fact that close to 50% of the world’s population living in coastal areas will suffer disproportionately from ocean warming, sea level ...
Weighing the costs and benefits of climate change to our children
... mean temperature change below 2ºC is less than what is required by typical SDR values. A global effort to reduce emissions by that much would fail a cost–benefit test, meaning that it would not increase social welfare. Let’s now explore how robust that result is. The “climate catastrophe” scenario i ...
... mean temperature change below 2ºC is less than what is required by typical SDR values. A global effort to reduce emissions by that much would fail a cost–benefit test, meaning that it would not increase social welfare. Let’s now explore how robust that result is. The “climate catastrophe” scenario i ...
Climate Change in Thailand_TransRe Fact Sheet No.2
... he Thai saying “escape a tiger, meet a crocodile” (English translation: “out of the frying pan, into the fire”) came to life when in 2010 the country was hit by a severe drought (Marks, 2011) and then shattered by a massive flood between August and December 2011 (Okazumi and Nakasu, 2015). The flood ...
... he Thai saying “escape a tiger, meet a crocodile” (English translation: “out of the frying pan, into the fire”) came to life when in 2010 the country was hit by a severe drought (Marks, 2011) and then shattered by a massive flood between August and December 2011 (Okazumi and Nakasu, 2015). The flood ...
What shapes perceptions of climate change?
... ostensibly the same information about events and their likelihoods can lead to very different perceptions and actions.17 Learning from repeated personal experience with outcomes involves associative and often affective processes, which are fast and automatic. Learning from statistical descriptions, ...
... ostensibly the same information about events and their likelihoods can lead to very different perceptions and actions.17 Learning from repeated personal experience with outcomes involves associative and often affective processes, which are fast and automatic. Learning from statistical descriptions, ...
Bellingham Climate Adaptation Plan - Bellingham
... Bellingham’s water resources face two main threats due to climate change: decreased water quantity and lowered water quality, both affecting human and ecosystem health. Much of the Pacific Northwest (PNW) relies on deep seasonal snowpacks to store winter precipitation for use in the warmer, drier mo ...
... Bellingham’s water resources face two main threats due to climate change: decreased water quantity and lowered water quality, both affecting human and ecosystem health. Much of the Pacific Northwest (PNW) relies on deep seasonal snowpacks to store winter precipitation for use in the warmer, drier mo ...
Strengthening southern Africa`s response to global change
... Projected regional climate futures for southern Africa......................................................................................................8 Coupling atmospheric and ocean models......................................................................................................... ...
... Projected regional climate futures for southern Africa......................................................................................................8 Coupling atmospheric and ocean models......................................................................................................... ...
Shifting public opinion on climate change: an
... been performed on this topic, making opinions about the threat of climate change an expanding area of intense political (Pooley 2010) and academic (Krosnick et al. 2008; Kellstedt et al. 2008) interest. Along with this attention have come repeated calls for the creation of “political will,” based on ...
... been performed on this topic, making opinions about the threat of climate change an expanding area of intense political (Pooley 2010) and academic (Krosnick et al. 2008; Kellstedt et al. 2008) interest. Along with this attention have come repeated calls for the creation of “political will,” based on ...
Phenology: Step Together Step
... NSES: National Science Education Standards (http://www.csun.edu/science/ref/curriculum/reforms/nses/index.html) ...
... NSES: National Science Education Standards (http://www.csun.edu/science/ref/curriculum/reforms/nses/index.html) ...
Journal Paper Format
... gases (GHG) in the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the most important anthropogenic GHG, and the global increases in CO2 concentration are due primarily to fossil fuel use and land use change. The increase in GHG concentrations in the atmosphere affects processes and feedbacks in the climate sys ...
... gases (GHG) in the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the most important anthropogenic GHG, and the global increases in CO2 concentration are due primarily to fossil fuel use and land use change. The increase in GHG concentrations in the atmosphere affects processes and feedbacks in the climate sys ...
the context addressing the protection needs of people displaced
... DISASTER DISPLACEMENT, ONE OF THE BIGGEST HUMANITARIAN CHALLENGES OF THE 21st CENTURY Haiti, January 2010: an earthquake left more than 1.5 million people homeless. Philippines, November 2013: Cyclone Haiyan/ Yolanda displaced four million people. Every year, millions of people are forced to leave t ...
... DISASTER DISPLACEMENT, ONE OF THE BIGGEST HUMANITARIAN CHALLENGES OF THE 21st CENTURY Haiti, January 2010: an earthquake left more than 1.5 million people homeless. Philippines, November 2013: Cyclone Haiyan/ Yolanda displaced four million people. Every year, millions of people are forced to leave t ...
The Obama Administration`s Clean Air Act Legacy and the UNFCC
... authority for advancing the President’s climate change goals. The Clean Air Act of 1970 was the first comprehensive federal environmental regulatory program.3 Today, it remains the primary federal environmental law that controls air pollution from mobile sources, like cars and trucks, and from stati ...
... authority for advancing the President’s climate change goals. The Clean Air Act of 1970 was the first comprehensive federal environmental regulatory program.3 Today, it remains the primary federal environmental law that controls air pollution from mobile sources, like cars and trucks, and from stati ...
ARID AND SUB-ARID GEOMORPHOLOGY
... years of desertification and geomorphological change in an area of Southern Niger, while the second one concerning an area of the Ebro Basin (Spain) that was monitored by large scale photography taken from a hot air blimp. ...
... years of desertification and geomorphological change in an area of Southern Niger, while the second one concerning an area of the Ebro Basin (Spain) that was monitored by large scale photography taken from a hot air blimp. ...
Adapting portfolios to climate change
... incentives are needed to meet emissions-reduction targets. These present large investment risks and opportunities. Most countries have signed the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to less than two degrees Celsius (2°C) above pre-industrial levels — the threshold where many scientists see irrev ...
... incentives are needed to meet emissions-reduction targets. These present large investment risks and opportunities. Most countries have signed the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to less than two degrees Celsius (2°C) above pre-industrial levels — the threshold where many scientists see irrev ...
The representative concentration pathways: an overview
... needed as input for climate modeling and atmospheric chemistry modeling (emissions of greenhouse gases, air pollutants and land use). Moreover, they should make such information available in a geographically explicit way; 3) The RCPs should have harmonized base year assumptions for emissions and lan ...
... needed as input for climate modeling and atmospheric chemistry modeling (emissions of greenhouse gases, air pollutants and land use). Moreover, they should make such information available in a geographically explicit way; 3) The RCPs should have harmonized base year assumptions for emissions and lan ...
Adapting portfolios to climate change
... These present large investment risks and opportunities. Most countries have signed the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to less than two degrees Celsius (2°C) above pre-industrial levels – the threshold where many scientists see irreversible damage and extreme weather effects kicking in. The ...
... These present large investment risks and opportunities. Most countries have signed the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to less than two degrees Celsius (2°C) above pre-industrial levels – the threshold where many scientists see irreversible damage and extreme weather effects kicking in. The ...
Climate change and livestock production in Ethiopia
... the patterns of rainfall and ranges of temperature affect feed availability, grazing ranges, feed quality, weed, pest and disease incidence (Coffey, 2008). Thus, changes in climatic factors such as temperature, precipitation and the frequency and severity of extreme events like droughts directly aff ...
... the patterns of rainfall and ranges of temperature affect feed availability, grazing ranges, feed quality, weed, pest and disease incidence (Coffey, 2008). Thus, changes in climatic factors such as temperature, precipitation and the frequency and severity of extreme events like droughts directly aff ...
Paris Agreement in practice: what next for Africa and developing
... resources like water, grazing land and arable land, forcing many into poverty while many others are fleeing for greener pastures elsewhere in the world. Tackling climate change will require new ways of thinking and new partnerships across sectors, nations and societies. It poses a challenge to us al ...
... resources like water, grazing land and arable land, forcing many into poverty while many others are fleeing for greener pastures elsewhere in the world. Tackling climate change will require new ways of thinking and new partnerships across sectors, nations and societies. It poses a challenge to us al ...
Fishbytes May09 - 1 Project Summaries
... equitably. The Tonle Sap is a remarkably productive fishery under threat from a variety of causes, including destructive fishing projects, land use change, over-fishing, dam development and climate change. Project partners would include the Cambodia Development Resource Institute, the Coalition of C ...
... equitably. The Tonle Sap is a remarkably productive fishery under threat from a variety of causes, including destructive fishing projects, land use change, over-fishing, dam development and climate change. Project partners would include the Cambodia Development Resource Institute, the Coalition of C ...
Protected Area Policies and Climate Change: The Case of the
... fragmented landscape where protected areas are particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. We modeled the impacts of climate change through the application of climate scenarios and vegetation models on nineteen protected areas of the prairie ecozone in Saskatchewan. This was intended t ...
... fragmented landscape where protected areas are particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. We modeled the impacts of climate change through the application of climate scenarios and vegetation models on nineteen protected areas of the prairie ecozone in Saskatchewan. This was intended t ...
Update of Greenland Ice Sheet Mass Loss: Exponential?
... effects of melting icebergs. Temporary cooling occurs as icebergs and cold fresh glacial melt-water are added to the Southern Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean. As a concrete example, Fig. 9 shows the global temperature change in simulations with GISS modelE (Schmidt et al., 2006; Hansen et al., 20 ...
... effects of melting icebergs. Temporary cooling occurs as icebergs and cold fresh glacial melt-water are added to the Southern Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean. As a concrete example, Fig. 9 shows the global temperature change in simulations with GISS modelE (Schmidt et al., 2006; Hansen et al., 20 ...
Summary
... Specific elaboration that were encapsulated in the text included specific issues on the following themes: ...
... Specific elaboration that were encapsulated in the text included specific issues on the following themes: ...
Million Species
... I.II,}"C bodied animals is further enhanced because of other correlated 11 .lil s such as their requirement oflarge foraging area, greater food in 1.1"(" high habitat specificity, and lower reproductive rates (West and I ~i'( 'WII, 2(05). Why thcn (in evolutionary terms) be big? Three reasons are t ...
... I.II,}"C bodied animals is further enhanced because of other correlated 11 .lil s such as their requirement oflarge foraging area, greater food in 1.1"(" high habitat specificity, and lower reproductive rates (West and I ~i'( 'WII, 2(05). Why thcn (in evolutionary terms) be big? Three reasons are t ...