Setting a long-term climate objective
... average warming of 2°C above pre-industrial levels. While uncertainty remains, existing information enables a well considered and balanced judgement to be made on the basis of the precautionary principle. This paper consequently concludes that global average temperature rise should be prevented from ...
... average warming of 2°C above pre-industrial levels. While uncertainty remains, existing information enables a well considered and balanced judgement to be made on the basis of the precautionary principle. This paper consequently concludes that global average temperature rise should be prevented from ...
Equivalence and Issue Framing Effects
... Global climate change refers to the climatic impacts of the enhanced greenhouse effect resulting from anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs). The Earth receives radiation from the sun in various wavelengths (Manahan 2005). The Earth absorbs approximately 70% of this radiation directly, ...
... Global climate change refers to the climatic impacts of the enhanced greenhouse effect resulting from anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs). The Earth receives radiation from the sun in various wavelengths (Manahan 2005). The Earth absorbs approximately 70% of this radiation directly, ...
Water in Washington (PDF)
... Figure 6-1. Changing hydrology with warming. Maps above indicate current and future watershed classifications, based on the proportion of winter precipitation stored in peak annual snowpack. Graphs below indicate current and future average monthly streamflow for these watershed types. Both compare a ...
... Figure 6-1. Changing hydrology with warming. Maps above indicate current and future watershed classifications, based on the proportion of winter precipitation stored in peak annual snowpack. Graphs below indicate current and future average monthly streamflow for these watershed types. Both compare a ...
Air Pollution and Climate Change - European Commission
... in southern Europe than in northern Europe and the Alps over the remainder of this century. Daily maximums will increase significantly in southern, north-western continental, central Europe and Britain. Uptake by plants will be more important than isoprene emissions in influencing ozone concentratio ...
... in southern Europe than in northern Europe and the Alps over the remainder of this century. Daily maximums will increase significantly in southern, north-western continental, central Europe and Britain. Uptake by plants will be more important than isoprene emissions in influencing ozone concentratio ...
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... Under the „plus climate‟ goal option, „climate change‟ would be added in the title of a goal that already includes targets to address climate change: access to sustainable energy or disaster risk reduction, for example. The minimalist approach to this option is simply to change the title to show tha ...
... Under the „plus climate‟ goal option, „climate change‟ would be added in the title of a goal that already includes targets to address climate change: access to sustainable energy or disaster risk reduction, for example. The minimalist approach to this option is simply to change the title to show tha ...
Tree-Ring Amplification of the Early Nineteenth
... in climate are the site-specific climate sensitivity of tree growth (Fritts 1976) and the method of tree-ring standardization used to ‘‘detrend’’ raw measurements (Melvin and Briffa 2008, 2014). Different detrending techniques can dramatically affect the properties of a chronology through their abil ...
... in climate are the site-specific climate sensitivity of tree growth (Fritts 1976) and the method of tree-ring standardization used to ‘‘detrend’’ raw measurements (Melvin and Briffa 2008, 2014). Different detrending techniques can dramatically affect the properties of a chronology through their abil ...
Perceptions and Adaptation Measures of Crop
... essential income (Ellis, 1988). He should have also own at least 20 heads of livestock (big or small ruminants) where he is the exclusive or partial owner because cattle herd size has been found as a determinant factor for the practice of transhumance (Zampaligre et al., 2013). Whereas a crop farmer ...
... essential income (Ellis, 1988). He should have also own at least 20 heads of livestock (big or small ruminants) where he is the exclusive or partial owner because cattle herd size has been found as a determinant factor for the practice of transhumance (Zampaligre et al., 2013). Whereas a crop farmer ...
natural solutions to climate change
... people and species adapt to climate change will include technologies and infrastructure such as sea walls, levees and irrigation works. These “hard engineering” solutions, while essential, must be complemented by investments in preserving healthy terrestrial and marine ecosystems. In fact, the IPCC ...
... people and species adapt to climate change will include technologies and infrastructure such as sea walls, levees and irrigation works. These “hard engineering” solutions, while essential, must be complemented by investments in preserving healthy terrestrial and marine ecosystems. In fact, the IPCC ...
adaptation - Network for Business Sustainability
... strategy) • Not all businesses need to take action now, but most need to ensure decision-making includes a good vulnerability analysis (property damage, business disruption) ...
... strategy) • Not all businesses need to take action now, but most need to ensure decision-making includes a good vulnerability analysis (property damage, business disruption) ...
How global warming could transform B.C.`s real estate sector
... Some degree of global warming is now inevitable. The IPCC notes that even if emissions of greenhouse gases were immediately reduced to zero, a further warming of about 0.1°C per decade would occur because of the elevated levels of greenhouse gases already present in the atmosphere.4 Forecasting has ...
... Some degree of global warming is now inevitable. The IPCC notes that even if emissions of greenhouse gases were immediately reduced to zero, a further warming of about 0.1°C per decade would occur because of the elevated levels of greenhouse gases already present in the atmosphere.4 Forecasting has ...
Chapter 4 The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
... successfully against any targets and timetables, putting that decision off for another five years until the 1997 Kyoto Protocol (the United States then rejected the Kyoto targets). To teach the UNFCCC, we often highlight several issues, including: · What does it mean to be a “framework” convention a ...
... successfully against any targets and timetables, putting that decision off for another five years until the 1997 Kyoto Protocol (the United States then rejected the Kyoto targets). To teach the UNFCCC, we often highlight several issues, including: · What does it mean to be a “framework” convention a ...
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... reported on October 21, 2011 tropical depression 12E caused the overflow of 132 rivers, 419 landslides, 185 floods, 18 cases of subsidence and 20 sunken areas (www.ifrc.org). Another main concern regarding rising global temperatures and climate variability is maintaining biodiversity in certain area ...
... reported on October 21, 2011 tropical depression 12E caused the overflow of 132 rivers, 419 landslides, 185 floods, 18 cases of subsidence and 20 sunken areas (www.ifrc.org). Another main concern regarding rising global temperatures and climate variability is maintaining biodiversity in certain area ...
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... disasters clearly have a significant societal impact so it is important to understand how climate change could lessen or increase the influence of these storms. Thus far, there is agreement in the literature that normalized annual losses due to tropical cyclones (TCs) have not shown any significant ...
... disasters clearly have a significant societal impact so it is important to understand how climate change could lessen or increase the influence of these storms. Thus far, there is agreement in the literature that normalized annual losses due to tropical cyclones (TCs) have not shown any significant ...
Proposal for a poverty-adaptation-mitigation window - HAL
... 2007b, p. 695): actions limiting GHG emissions may generate development co-benefits, while well-tailored sustainable development strategies may contribute to climate mitigation. A triangular relationship has even formed between climate change and sustainable development since the mid-2000s, with cli ...
... 2007b, p. 695): actions limiting GHG emissions may generate development co-benefits, while well-tailored sustainable development strategies may contribute to climate mitigation. A triangular relationship has even formed between climate change and sustainable development since the mid-2000s, with cli ...
Climate change implications in the northern coastal temperate
... Although species diversity is low relative to other rainforests globally, ecosystem productivity is extraordinarily high (Alaback 1996). For example, the total carbon stock in the forest and soils of the Tongass National Forest in southeast Alaska is 8 % of that in the conterminous United States (Le ...
... Although species diversity is low relative to other rainforests globally, ecosystem productivity is extraordinarily high (Alaback 1996). For example, the total carbon stock in the forest and soils of the Tongass National Forest in southeast Alaska is 8 % of that in the conterminous United States (Le ...
Proposal for the creation of a poverty-adaptation - Hal-SHS
... 2007b, p. 695): actions limiting GHG emissions may generate development co-benefits, while well-tailored sustainable development strategies may contribute to climate mitigation. A triangular relationship has even formed between climate change and sustainable development since the mid-2000s, with cli ...
... 2007b, p. 695): actions limiting GHG emissions may generate development co-benefits, while well-tailored sustainable development strategies may contribute to climate mitigation. A triangular relationship has even formed between climate change and sustainable development since the mid-2000s, with cli ...
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... Chinese (and global) fish farming to be highly uncertain. In the current literature, both positive and negative influences on aquaculture have been discussed, which can mostly be attributed either directly or indirectly to changes in temperatures or precipitation patterns. Among the most frequently ...
... Chinese (and global) fish farming to be highly uncertain. In the current literature, both positive and negative influences on aquaculture have been discussed, which can mostly be attributed either directly or indirectly to changes in temperatures or precipitation patterns. Among the most frequently ...
Coherence among the Northern Hemisphere land, cryosphere, and
... impact attribution in conservation and ecological research, Parmesan et al., 2013; conceptual framework to detect and attribute effects of climate change, Stone et al., 2013; climate change impacts on marine life, Poloczanska et al., 2013). For detection and attribution of climate change impact asse ...
... impact attribution in conservation and ecological research, Parmesan et al., 2013; conceptual framework to detect and attribute effects of climate change, Stone et al., 2013; climate change impacts on marine life, Poloczanska et al., 2013). For detection and attribution of climate change impact asse ...
The Challenge of Adapting to Climate in a Changing World
... Procedures for developing socioeconomic scenarios If you think the task of developing climate scenarios is difficult, the job of generating socio-economic scenarios is even more complex. Due to the fast changing, and poorly understood interactions of factors operating within socioeconomic systems, ...
... Procedures for developing socioeconomic scenarios If you think the task of developing climate scenarios is difficult, the job of generating socio-economic scenarios is even more complex. Due to the fast changing, and poorly understood interactions of factors operating within socioeconomic systems, ...
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... These groups include scientists, business, the government, the media and the general public. This analysis leads to an overall model of the information transfer process that highlights various issues including the role that the media plays as a lens through which the public observes scientific resul ...
... These groups include scientists, business, the government, the media and the general public. This analysis leads to an overall model of the information transfer process that highlights various issues including the role that the media plays as a lens through which the public observes scientific resul ...
Managing climate risk using climate-smart agriculture
... cereal price increases following extreme climatic events in key producing regions, indicating a sensitivity of current markets to the changing climatic conditions. Studies have also documented a large decrease in crop yields resulting from extreme daytime temperatures around 30 °C (IPCC, 2014). Seve ...
... cereal price increases following extreme climatic events in key producing regions, indicating a sensitivity of current markets to the changing climatic conditions. Studies have also documented a large decrease in crop yields resulting from extreme daytime temperatures around 30 °C (IPCC, 2014). Seve ...
Text - American Meteorological Society
... Recent temperature extremes have highlighted the importance of assessing projected changes in the variability of temperature as well as the mean. A large fraction of present-day temperature variance is associated with thermal advection, as anomalous winds blow across the land–sea temperature contras ...
... Recent temperature extremes have highlighted the importance of assessing projected changes in the variability of temperature as well as the mean. A large fraction of present-day temperature variance is associated with thermal advection, as anomalous winds blow across the land–sea temperature contras ...
3D Face Modeling and Animation
... Describes the particular facial and oral positions and movements that occur alongside the voicing of phonemes The analogous term for the acoustic reflection of a phoneme would be "audieme", but this is not in use ...
... Describes the particular facial and oral positions and movements that occur alongside the voicing of phonemes The analogous term for the acoustic reflection of a phoneme would be "audieme", but this is not in use ...