Food System Futures: dealing with uncertainty and complexity
... Condition and Trends What is the current condition and historical trends of ecosystems and their services? What have been the consequences of changes in ecosystems for human wellbeing? ...
... Condition and Trends What is the current condition and historical trends of ecosystems and their services? What have been the consequences of changes in ecosystems for human wellbeing? ...
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... Climate change and climate variability have put the countries in the Near East region (RNE), where scarce natural resources are already under considerable pressure at significant risk. RNE, one of the driest regions in the world, is vulnerable to extreme climatic events such as droughts, floods, sea ...
... Climate change and climate variability have put the countries in the Near East region (RNE), where scarce natural resources are already under considerable pressure at significant risk. RNE, one of the driest regions in the world, is vulnerable to extreme climatic events such as droughts, floods, sea ...
An estimate of equilibrium sensitivity of global terrestrial carbon
... biosphere uptake, we run the coupled model to a nearequilibrium state for a doubling of atmospheric CO2. In the past, only a few studies have investigated the equilibrium response of the terrestrial biosphere using comprehensive global models. Good et al. (2011) investigated the equilibrium response ...
... biosphere uptake, we run the coupled model to a nearequilibrium state for a doubling of atmospheric CO2. In the past, only a few studies have investigated the equilibrium response of the terrestrial biosphere using comprehensive global models. Good et al. (2011) investigated the equilibrium response ...
The Republic of China (Taiwan) Bids for
... around the world. Based on scientific findings and observations, the recently ...
... around the world. Based on scientific findings and observations, the recently ...
The Republic of China (Taiwan) Bids for
... around the world. Based on scientific findings and observations, the recently ...
... around the world. Based on scientific findings and observations, the recently ...
Building Place-Based Climate Change Education
... surveyed (35 percent) were extremely sure that climate change is happening. Not only are visitors sure climate change is happening, but they also appear to be concerned about it. The largest number of visitors (56 percent) indicated th ...
... surveyed (35 percent) were extremely sure that climate change is happening. Not only are visitors sure climate change is happening, but they also appear to be concerned about it. The largest number of visitors (56 percent) indicated th ...
Joint regional climate system modelling for the European sea
... anthroposphere. In this workshop, we will focus on European seas and their catchment areas like the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, North Sea, Baltic Sea and Arctic Ocean - highly sensitive areas where global models fail to give reliable information about changing climate because key processes are not ...
... anthroposphere. In this workshop, we will focus on European seas and their catchment areas like the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, North Sea, Baltic Sea and Arctic Ocean - highly sensitive areas where global models fail to give reliable information about changing climate because key processes are not ...
Impacts of future deforestation and climate change on the hydrology
... times of water moving from soil to the mouth of the Amazon, to simulate discharge requires LSMs to be coupled to a river routing scheme (Biemans et al., 2009; Guimberteau et al., 2012; Langerwisch et al., 2013). The climate of the Amazon Basin is notoriously difficult to model and there is a wide be ...
... times of water moving from soil to the mouth of the Amazon, to simulate discharge requires LSMs to be coupled to a river routing scheme (Biemans et al., 2009; Guimberteau et al., 2012; Langerwisch et al., 2013). The climate of the Amazon Basin is notoriously difficult to model and there is a wide be ...
climate variability - NCAR Research Applications Laboratory
... when both CO2 and aerosol concentration increases are taken into account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Schematic view of the components of the global climate system, their processes and interactions, and some aspects that may change . . . . . ...
... when both CO2 and aerosol concentration increases are taken into account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Schematic view of the components of the global climate system, their processes and interactions, and some aspects that may change . . . . . ...
ICE AGES - Boston College
... of a warmer future, it was originally at the heart of one of the biggest geologic controversies of the mid-nineteenth to twentieth centuries—the existence and causes of great Ice Ages in the past. An Ice Age in the largest sense is a period of Earth history when there is permanent ice cover on the p ...
... of a warmer future, it was originally at the heart of one of the biggest geologic controversies of the mid-nineteenth to twentieth centuries—the existence and causes of great Ice Ages in the past. An Ice Age in the largest sense is a period of Earth history when there is permanent ice cover on the p ...
UNDP Climate Change Inside Eng1
... This is not our usual climate change news. Usually the story in Indonesia is one of rapid deforestation, forest fires, degraded peatlands, and diminishing carbon ‘sinks’ – with Indonesia thus identified as a major contributor to global warming. All this is true, but it is only half the story. As thi ...
... This is not our usual climate change news. Usually the story in Indonesia is one of rapid deforestation, forest fires, degraded peatlands, and diminishing carbon ‘sinks’ – with Indonesia thus identified as a major contributor to global warming. All this is true, but it is only half the story. As thi ...
LEARN ABOUT… Climate change and ozone depletion
... Total column ozone annual mean anomalies for different data sets. Anomalies are with respect to the 1998 to 2008 mean of each individual data set. Coloured lines give observed results for the data sets. Grey line and grey range give multi-model mean and ±2 standard deviation range of annual mean ano ...
... Total column ozone annual mean anomalies for different data sets. Anomalies are with respect to the 1998 to 2008 mean of each individual data set. Coloured lines give observed results for the data sets. Grey line and grey range give multi-model mean and ±2 standard deviation range of annual mean ano ...
IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS)
... United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP).The IPCC does not carry out research, but collaborates with hundreds of scientists and experts around the world, as well as governments. It has produced Four Assessment reports, in 1990, 1995, 2001 and 2007. The IPCC‟s latest report of 2007 states that, ...
... United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP).The IPCC does not carry out research, but collaborates with hundreds of scientists and experts around the world, as well as governments. It has produced Four Assessment reports, in 1990, 1995, 2001 and 2007. The IPCC‟s latest report of 2007 states that, ...
COP 17 and accountants: where next? AccountAncy futures
... agenda, one that concerns sustainability and green growth, a trend that will increasingly define the global economy. It is no longer a question of getting governments to agree on a policy. Governments must cooperate with business; business must cooperate with governments. As a result climate policy ...
... agenda, one that concerns sustainability and green growth, a trend that will increasingly define the global economy. It is no longer a question of getting governments to agree on a policy. Governments must cooperate with business; business must cooperate with governments. As a result climate policy ...
Program on Global and Regional Climate Change
... monsoon under different climate change scenarios must be able to simulate the present day monsoon climate with high degree of fidelity. Almost all models, Atmospheric General Circulation Models (AGCMs) or Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Models (CGCMs), have large systematic bias in simulating the present d ...
... monsoon under different climate change scenarios must be able to simulate the present day monsoon climate with high degree of fidelity. Almost all models, Atmospheric General Circulation Models (AGCMs) or Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Models (CGCMs), have large systematic bias in simulating the present d ...
Climate change in the Fertile Crescent and implications of the recent
... That the neighboring regions of southeast Turkey and northern Iraq also experienced recent drought, to a lesser extent, perhaps begs the question as to why the effects in Syria were so grave. Syria was far more vulnerable to drought, given its stronger dependence on year-to-year rainfall and declini ...
... That the neighboring regions of southeast Turkey and northern Iraq also experienced recent drought, to a lesser extent, perhaps begs the question as to why the effects in Syria were so grave. Syria was far more vulnerable to drought, given its stronger dependence on year-to-year rainfall and declini ...
Evaluating Climate Visualization
... approach has to be taken by climate scientists regarding the selection of data, their visual representations and the creation of narratives. Information on climate change is of a particularly complex nature. Studies of causes, effects and means to take action include several interlinked areas of stu ...
... approach has to be taken by climate scientists regarding the selection of data, their visual representations and the creation of narratives. Information on climate change is of a particularly complex nature. Studies of causes, effects and means to take action include several interlinked areas of stu ...
Article 2 of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
... recognized that both natural and social systems adjust more easily to slow than to rapid change but the ability of natural systems to adjust was much more limited. Based on the expected responses of forests and coastlines to warming and sea level rise, respectively, the report proposed a target warm ...
... recognized that both natural and social systems adjust more easily to slow than to rapid change but the ability of natural systems to adjust was much more limited. Based on the expected responses of forests and coastlines to warming and sea level rise, respectively, the report proposed a target warm ...
OSS Introductory note 1 on climate change adaptation and fight against desertification, OSS and GIZ, 2007
... The three conventions resulting from the Rio process (UNFCCC, UNCCD and UNCBD ) provide very useful frameworks for considering and acting upon environmental and sustainable development issues. They have differing objectives and work on different scales, yet they share common adaptation activities fo ...
... The three conventions resulting from the Rio process (UNFCCC, UNCCD and UNCBD ) provide very useful frameworks for considering and acting upon environmental and sustainable development issues. They have differing objectives and work on different scales, yet they share common adaptation activities fo ...
Reconstructing mid- to high-latitude marine climate and ocean
... often imprecise chronologies associated with many marine-based archives, which greatly hinders singular climate comparisons (lag/lead phasing relationships) with well-dated, and/or annually-resolved archives. However, several marine archive records have excellent chronological constraint. In particu ...
... often imprecise chronologies associated with many marine-based archives, which greatly hinders singular climate comparisons (lag/lead phasing relationships) with well-dated, and/or annually-resolved archives. However, several marine archive records have excellent chronological constraint. In particu ...
Seeing the climate? The problematic status of visual evidence in
... Nations Environment Program) and the WMO “to provide independent scientific advice on the complex and important issue of climate change” (IPCC, 2004, Foreword). Conducting no new research, the role of the IPCC was, and is, to assess existing scientific reports published by the international scientif ...
... Nations Environment Program) and the WMO “to provide independent scientific advice on the complex and important issue of climate change” (IPCC, 2004, Foreword). Conducting no new research, the role of the IPCC was, and is, to assess existing scientific reports published by the international scientif ...
A history of climate activities
... the convening of the 1979 World Climate Conference (WCC-1) and the establishment of the four-component World Climate Programme (WCP), including the WMO-ICSU World Climate Research Programme (WCRP). The 1987 report of the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED), the 1988 Toronto Confer ...
... the convening of the 1979 World Climate Conference (WCC-1) and the establishment of the four-component World Climate Programme (WCP), including the WMO-ICSU World Climate Research Programme (WCRP). The 1987 report of the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED), the 1988 Toronto Confer ...
Costs of Climate Change in Developed Countries
... Notes: The strong carbon fertilisation runs assumed a 15 – 25% increase in yield for a doubling of carbon dioxide levels. These are about twice as high as the latest field-based studies suggest. The red line represents the average across different scenario runs developed by the IPCC, while the blue ...
... Notes: The strong carbon fertilisation runs assumed a 15 – 25% increase in yield for a doubling of carbon dioxide levels. These are about twice as high as the latest field-based studies suggest. The red line represents the average across different scenario runs developed by the IPCC, while the blue ...