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... Specific elaboration that were encapsulated in the text included specific issues on the following themes: ...
ECOLOGY, POLLUTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
... • There are many possible mechanisms that can cause the warming of the atmosphere, for example: – Natural variation – the climate becomes warmer by internal chaotic dynamics of the earth-atmosphere system (that is, no external influence). – Solar activity – either direct increase of solar energy out ...
... • There are many possible mechanisms that can cause the warming of the atmosphere, for example: – Natural variation – the climate becomes warmer by internal chaotic dynamics of the earth-atmosphere system (that is, no external influence). – Solar activity – either direct increase of solar energy out ...
Mediterranean ecosystems facing global change : resilient or close
... assessed the current (in)-stability of an evergreen broadleaf forest (Quercus ilex), an ecosystem covering 6 Mha in the Mediterranean basin. The remotely-sensed MODIS normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and the enhanced vegetation index (EVI), two indicators of green canopy functioning, we ...
... assessed the current (in)-stability of an evergreen broadleaf forest (Quercus ilex), an ecosystem covering 6 Mha in the Mediterranean basin. The remotely-sensed MODIS normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and the enhanced vegetation index (EVI), two indicators of green canopy functioning, we ...
Use of spatial analogy in analysis and valuation of climate scenarios
... to climate of the society can define the human activities on a called area. The human activities depends from the actual climate, but the climate sensitivity is different by type-to-type. The most sensitive areas are the followings: 1. agriculture, 2. sylviculture, 3. water management, 4. enviroment ...
... to climate of the society can define the human activities on a called area. The human activities depends from the actual climate, but the climate sensitivity is different by type-to-type. The most sensitive areas are the followings: 1. agriculture, 2. sylviculture, 3. water management, 4. enviroment ...
Poverty, Inequality and Climate Change
... QCEA’s Sustainable Energy Security programme considers that energy security in the European Union must be environmentally and socially sustainable. Environmental sustainability means securing energy that does not damage our global ecosystems or contribute towards climate change. Social sustainabilit ...
... QCEA’s Sustainable Energy Security programme considers that energy security in the European Union must be environmentally and socially sustainable. Environmental sustainability means securing energy that does not damage our global ecosystems or contribute towards climate change. Social sustainabilit ...
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... temperature, i.e., less than 2 °C, are projected to have a stronger impact in the SW US on mean annual temperature (MAT), and perhaps mean annual precipitation (MAP), than in the rest of the United States [7,25]. The higher sensitivity of forest species in the SW US is a result of many communities e ...
... temperature, i.e., less than 2 °C, are projected to have a stronger impact in the SW US on mean annual temperature (MAT), and perhaps mean annual precipitation (MAP), than in the rest of the United States [7,25]. The higher sensitivity of forest species in the SW US is a result of many communities e ...
The utility of species distribution models to predict
... in the absence of biotic influences. Nevertheless, competition and other forms of biotic interactions may prevent species from occupying the whole environmental range of suitable conditions from simply an abiotic perspective (GILLER 1984). Moreover, the geographic distribution of a species is constr ...
... in the absence of biotic influences. Nevertheless, competition and other forms of biotic interactions may prevent species from occupying the whole environmental range of suitable conditions from simply an abiotic perspective (GILLER 1984). Moreover, the geographic distribution of a species is constr ...
United States television news coverage of anthropogenic climate
... ‘Position Statement on Human Impacts on Climate’, which read, “Human activities are increasingly altering the Earth’s climate. These effects add to natural influences that have been present over Earth’s history. Scientific evidence strongly indicates that natural influences cannot explain the rapid ...
... ‘Position Statement on Human Impacts on Climate’, which read, “Human activities are increasingly altering the Earth’s climate. These effects add to natural influences that have been present over Earth’s history. Scientific evidence strongly indicates that natural influences cannot explain the rapid ...
Mobility choices and climate change
... • “Social norms” what are they? • Economic incentives: – “carbon” tax (additional to current fuel duties) – “quotas”: Personal Carbon Allowances (“carbon trading”) – “bonus-malus”: a bonus for emitting less than a given threshold, a malus for emitting more (i.e. feebate) ...
... • “Social norms” what are they? • Economic incentives: – “carbon” tax (additional to current fuel duties) – “quotas”: Personal Carbon Allowances (“carbon trading”) – “bonus-malus”: a bonus for emitting less than a given threshold, a malus for emitting more (i.e. feebate) ...
Conclusions and recommendations for action
... Future events may differ from historical events and the extent of vulnerability of a population changes over time. For these and other reasons, scenariobased modelling is used to project what might happen under different climate conditions. Current knowledge is limited in many areas. Research is nee ...
... Future events may differ from historical events and the extent of vulnerability of a population changes over time. For these and other reasons, scenariobased modelling is used to project what might happen under different climate conditions. Current knowledge is limited in many areas. Research is nee ...
Summary of FFESC climate change adaptation research projects
... conservation and carbon storage. Local communities are interested in diversifying economic opportunities through non-timber activities such as forest-based tourism and seek changes in community forest tenure policies that will allow them to make long-term adaptation decisions in response to climate ...
... conservation and carbon storage. Local communities are interested in diversifying economic opportunities through non-timber activities such as forest-based tourism and seek changes in community forest tenure policies that will allow them to make long-term adaptation decisions in response to climate ...
Men, Masculinities Climate Change
... modern industrialisation and key aspects of hegemonic masculinities.22,23,24,25,26,27 Few studies look at the diverse and nuanced ways in which boys and men also impact and are impacted by climate change, including as heads of large corporate sector organizations that are the drivers of climate chan ...
... modern industrialisation and key aspects of hegemonic masculinities.22,23,24,25,26,27 Few studies look at the diverse and nuanced ways in which boys and men also impact and are impacted by climate change, including as heads of large corporate sector organizations that are the drivers of climate chan ...
INFLUENCE OF LONG- AND SHORT
... in both the summer and winter seasons for past 100 years show the presence of two large waves in temperature decreases during the summer time (1920s–1930s and 1970s–1980s) and coincident with them were temperature increases during the winter seasons. Klimenko (1992) explains these by finding that si ...
... in both the summer and winter seasons for past 100 years show the presence of two large waves in temperature decreases during the summer time (1920s–1930s and 1970s–1980s) and coincident with them were temperature increases during the winter seasons. Klimenko (1992) explains these by finding that si ...
AEC Report - Climate Change Roadmap
... The Council acknowledges that its operations and planning decisions have an impact on carbon pollution in the region. The amount of carbon pollution is influenced though transport, infrastructure and land use planning, waste management, vegetation management, managing and maintaining facilities and ...
... The Council acknowledges that its operations and planning decisions have an impact on carbon pollution in the region. The amount of carbon pollution is influenced though transport, infrastructure and land use planning, waste management, vegetation management, managing and maintaining facilities and ...
Climate Change, Adaptive Strategies and Rural Livelihoods in
... pends almost entirely on the rainy season, a situation that makes Africa particularly vulnerable to climate change. Increased droughts negatively affect food availability, as it happened in the horn of Africa and southern Africa during the 1980s and 1990s [1,7]. Many regions are likely to be adverse ...
... pends almost entirely on the rainy season, a situation that makes Africa particularly vulnerable to climate change. Increased droughts negatively affect food availability, as it happened in the horn of Africa and southern Africa during the 1980s and 1990s [1,7]. Many regions are likely to be adverse ...
AllanRP_PAGODA_Dec12 - University of Reading, Meteorology
... 1. Quantify observed changes in the water cycle on globalto-regional space scales and decadal time scales and evaluate consistency with processes anticipated by simple models and depicted by GCMs. 2. Elucidate key regional processes and feedbacks relating to energy and water fluxes, ocean salinity, ...
... 1. Quantify observed changes in the water cycle on globalto-regional space scales and decadal time scales and evaluate consistency with processes anticipated by simple models and depicted by GCMs. 2. Elucidate key regional processes and feedbacks relating to energy and water fluxes, ocean salinity, ...
Climate change: the ultimate `tragedy of the commons`? Jouni
... elements are capable of making mutual adjustments for ordering their relationships with one another within a general system of rules where each element acts with independence of other elements” (V. Ostrom 1999, 57). Polycentric order is likely to emerge in a bottom up way when diverse actors around ...
... elements are capable of making mutual adjustments for ordering their relationships with one another within a general system of rules where each element acts with independence of other elements” (V. Ostrom 1999, 57). Polycentric order is likely to emerge in a bottom up way when diverse actors around ...
Challenges of a Sustained Climate Observing System
... Weather fluctuations are huge compared with climate change and so high ...
... Weather fluctuations are huge compared with climate change and so high ...
Book of abstracts for download
... Luterbacher, J. and MedClivar Paleo consortium. 2000 years of paleo climate evidence from the Mediterranean .................................................................................................. 8 Marcos, M. Mediterranean sea level under climate change scenarios: from regional to local s ...
... Luterbacher, J. and MedClivar Paleo consortium. 2000 years of paleo climate evidence from the Mediterranean .................................................................................................. 8 Marcos, M. Mediterranean sea level under climate change scenarios: from regional to local s ...
Abrupt climate changes: Oceans, Ice, and Us - NAS
... years or longer, the sun changes, continents move, mountains grow and are eroded to steer wind and water, all changing climate. (4) But year to year, the sun is nearly the same, the orbits are barely changed, the continents and their mountains remain almost unmoved. How could the climate suddenly ju ...
... years or longer, the sun changes, continents move, mountains grow and are eroded to steer wind and water, all changing climate. (4) But year to year, the sun is nearly the same, the orbits are barely changed, the continents and their mountains remain almost unmoved. How could the climate suddenly ju ...
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... CO2 emissions projections Various scenarios modelled. An average increase of 50% to up to 250% of shipping emissions by 2050. This study plus a number of other past studies all point to the fact that future shipping GHG emissions will increase. Regulators aim to stabilise or reduce future em ...
... CO2 emissions projections Various scenarios modelled. An average increase of 50% to up to 250% of shipping emissions by 2050. This study plus a number of other past studies all point to the fact that future shipping GHG emissions will increase. Regulators aim to stabilise or reduce future em ...
Citation
... climate patterns. Landscape ecology offers the potential to study and understand the scaling functions and the importance of pattern in maintaining a wide range of ecosystem services in the face of ...
... climate patterns. Landscape ecology offers the potential to study and understand the scaling functions and the importance of pattern in maintaining a wide range of ecosystem services in the face of ...
Evidence for a Rapid Global Climate Shift across the Late 1960s
... appear to be new, but their combined extent is global and dynamical linkages between them are evident. The list of affected variables includes patterns of SST; tropical rainfall in the African Sahel and Sudan, the Amazon basin, and northeast Brazil; pressure and SST in the tropical North Atlantic an ...
... appear to be new, but their combined extent is global and dynamical linkages between them are evident. The list of affected variables includes patterns of SST; tropical rainfall in the African Sahel and Sudan, the Amazon basin, and northeast Brazil; pressure and SST in the tropical North Atlantic an ...