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... This study draws from new institutional economics and focuses on the role of social capital (i.e., group management) in climate change adaptation in kenya. They study hypothesis that social capital with influence private adaptation to climate change.This study also applied principle components analy ...
... This study draws from new institutional economics and focuses on the role of social capital (i.e., group management) in climate change adaptation in kenya. They study hypothesis that social capital with influence private adaptation to climate change.This study also applied principle components analy ...
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... – they should play incorporated into policy design and decision-making so that addressing climate change can deliver the broader benefits that the public values. Clearly, further research on co-benefits is needed. The number of climate skeptics was relatively small, and while community samples incre ...
... – they should play incorporated into policy design and decision-making so that addressing climate change can deliver the broader benefits that the public values. Clearly, further research on co-benefits is needed. The number of climate skeptics was relatively small, and while community samples incre ...
Towards threshold-based management of freshwater ecosystems in
... stakeholders are those based on measurable control variables that have a straightforward link to an ecosystem response (Table 1). The easier the climate control variable is to quantify, as well as its effect on ecosystem services, the more practical it is to implement policy and effective monitoring ...
... stakeholders are those based on measurable control variables that have a straightforward link to an ecosystem response (Table 1). The easier the climate control variable is to quantify, as well as its effect on ecosystem services, the more practical it is to implement policy and effective monitoring ...
Vulnerability to climate change of marine and coastal fisheries in
... The study area includes all the Mexican marine and coastal zones with fishing activity. México has more than 11 000 km2 of coastline; more than 70% of it is on the Pacific Ocean and the rest is in the Gulf of México and the Caribbean Sea. The Mexican marine territory, including the exclusive economi ...
... The study area includes all the Mexican marine and coastal zones with fishing activity. México has more than 11 000 km2 of coastline; more than 70% of it is on the Pacific Ocean and the rest is in the Gulf of México and the Caribbean Sea. The Mexican marine territory, including the exclusive economi ...
Assessing the potential impacts of climate change on food
... Background Europe’s climate is changing rapidly due to anthropogenic activity such as extensive fossil fuel combustion and widespread alterations in land use [1,2]. Conservative projections foresee global mean air temperatures increasing by 1.8 to 4.0 °C this century, while other models suggest a ra ...
... Background Europe’s climate is changing rapidly due to anthropogenic activity such as extensive fossil fuel combustion and widespread alterations in land use [1,2]. Conservative projections foresee global mean air temperatures increasing by 1.8 to 4.0 °C this century, while other models suggest a ra ...
Climate-human-environment interactions: resolving our - HAL-Insu
... energy, matter and information between the three state systems that may define externally-driven causality and feedback. Circular arrows within each box represent internal dynamical processes (Dearing, 2006a). ...
... energy, matter and information between the three state systems that may define externally-driven causality and feedback. Circular arrows within each box represent internal dynamical processes (Dearing, 2006a). ...
Global Change in Forests: Responses of Species, Communities
... Effects of global change on species, communities, and biomes This review focuses on three levels of biodiversity: species, communities, and biomes. Communities are assemblages of interacting species, such as spruce–fir forests or tallgrass prairies. Biomes are major biogeographic regions consisting ...
... Effects of global change on species, communities, and biomes This review focuses on three levels of biodiversity: species, communities, and biomes. Communities are assemblages of interacting species, such as spruce–fir forests or tallgrass prairies. Biomes are major biogeographic regions consisting ...
SCCD Report 2013/14
... Target and Document Source (please provide link) Carbon Management Plan target of 12% by 2016/17 from a 2011/12 baseline. This equates to a 2.4% reduction p.a. The draft of the Carbon Management Plan is currently being revised. ...
... Target and Document Source (please provide link) Carbon Management Plan target of 12% by 2016/17 from a 2011/12 baseline. This equates to a 2.4% reduction p.a. The draft of the Carbon Management Plan is currently being revised. ...
Global climate cycles and cyclones: consequences for
... Most studies that examine the influence of climatic change on flora and fauna have focused on northern latitudes; however, there is increasing recognition that tropical regions are also being affected. Despite this, regions such as Madagascar, which are rich in endemic biodiversity but may have low ...
... Most studies that examine the influence of climatic change on flora and fauna have focused on northern latitudes; however, there is increasing recognition that tropical regions are also being affected. Despite this, regions such as Madagascar, which are rich in endemic biodiversity but may have low ...
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... in a scenario with unchecked atmospheric CO2 concentration increase. We compare the modeled vegetation to a map of present-day potential vegetation distribution, and to paleovegetation distributions inferred from pollen data. The future scenario allows us then to assess the sensitivity of Arctic veg ...
... in a scenario with unchecked atmospheric CO2 concentration increase. We compare the modeled vegetation to a map of present-day potential vegetation distribution, and to paleovegetation distributions inferred from pollen data. The future scenario allows us then to assess the sensitivity of Arctic veg ...
CO2 Capture Technologies
... Role and importance of CCS in mitigating climate change ‐The rationale for CCS (3) • Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is an important part of the lowest‐cost greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation portfolio. • Without CCS, overall costs to reduce emissions to 2005 levels by 2050 increase by 70%. • A ...
... Role and importance of CCS in mitigating climate change ‐The rationale for CCS (3) • Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is an important part of the lowest‐cost greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation portfolio. • Without CCS, overall costs to reduce emissions to 2005 levels by 2050 increase by 70%. • A ...
Climate change and Arctic ecosystems II
... in a scenario with unchecked atmospheric CO2 concentration increase. We compare the modeled vegetation to a map of present-day potential vegetation distribution, and to paleovegetation distributions inferred from pollen data. The future scenario allows us then to assess the sensitivity of Arctic veg ...
... in a scenario with unchecked atmospheric CO2 concentration increase. We compare the modeled vegetation to a map of present-day potential vegetation distribution, and to paleovegetation distributions inferred from pollen data. The future scenario allows us then to assess the sensitivity of Arctic veg ...
Effect of climate change on air quality
... Air quality is strongly dependent on weather and is therefore sensitive to climate change. Recent studies have provided estimates of this climate effect through correlations of air quality with meteorological variables, perturbation analyses in chemical transport models (CTMs), and CTM simulations d ...
... Air quality is strongly dependent on weather and is therefore sensitive to climate change. Recent studies have provided estimates of this climate effect through correlations of air quality with meteorological variables, perturbation analyses in chemical transport models (CTMs), and CTM simulations d ...
Primary Impacts of Climate Change in the Chicago Region
... representations of Earth’s climate system, there is inherent uncertainty. One source of uncertainty is that some of the processes at work in the earth-atmosphere system and their feedbacks are not yet fully understood, which makes it difficult for models to accurately represent these complicated cli ...
... representations of Earth’s climate system, there is inherent uncertainty. One source of uncertainty is that some of the processes at work in the earth-atmosphere system and their feedbacks are not yet fully understood, which makes it difficult for models to accurately represent these complicated cli ...
The National League of Cities, the U.S. Conference of Mayors, and
... to liaison counsel on Monday, December 7, 2015, provided that if no response was received by Thursday, December 10, 2015, counsel for proposed amici Local Government Coalition would notify this Court that those parties took no position on this motion. In support of this motion, the Local Government ...
... to liaison counsel on Monday, December 7, 2015, provided that if no response was received by Thursday, December 10, 2015, counsel for proposed amici Local Government Coalition would notify this Court that those parties took no position on this motion. In support of this motion, the Local Government ...
Geographical restructuring of Arabidopsis thaliana`s
... 2011) of the four RCP scenarios adopted by IPCC in its fifth Assessment Report (AR5) (IPCC, ...
... 2011) of the four RCP scenarios adopted by IPCC in its fifth Assessment Report (AR5) (IPCC, ...
Fairtrade and the carbon market
... the hardest. The most vulnerable are those living in rural areas in developing countries. They include small scale farmers and their communities, many of whom we rely on to grow our food.1 ...
... the hardest. The most vulnerable are those living in rural areas in developing countries. They include small scale farmers and their communities, many of whom we rely on to grow our food.1 ...
Climate Change: Potential Effects on Human Health in New Zealand
... industrialisation and altered land-use patterns. This is the conclusion of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), an governmental expert body set up by the United Nations and the World Meteorological Organisation (Albritton et al., 2001). This warming is proceeding unevenly across the ...
... industrialisation and altered land-use patterns. This is the conclusion of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), an governmental expert body set up by the United Nations and the World Meteorological Organisation (Albritton et al., 2001). This warming is proceeding unevenly across the ...
The challenge to detect and attribute effects of climate change on
... The concept of detection in the context of climate change has evolved considerably through time, as can be monitored through the IPCC literature (Supp. Table 1). The definition used by IPCC Working Group I (dealing with physical climate change) in the First Assessment Report (Wigley et al. 1990) res ...
... The concept of detection in the context of climate change has evolved considerably through time, as can be monitored through the IPCC literature (Supp. Table 1). The definition used by IPCC Working Group I (dealing with physical climate change) in the First Assessment Report (Wigley et al. 1990) res ...
DCNR and Climate Change – Planning for the Future
... Maps show projected change in average surface air temperature in the later part of this century and job losses and the depression of (2071-2099) relative to the later part of the last century (1970-1999) under a scenario that assumes economic development in some areas. substantial reductions in heat ...
... Maps show projected change in average surface air temperature in the later part of this century and job losses and the depression of (2071-2099) relative to the later part of the last century (1970-1999) under a scenario that assumes economic development in some areas. substantial reductions in heat ...
Fairtrade and the carbon market
... the hardest. The most vulnerable are those living in rural areas in developing countries. They include small scale farmers and their communities, many of whom we rely on to grow our food.1 ...
... the hardest. The most vulnerable are those living in rural areas in developing countries. They include small scale farmers and their communities, many of whom we rely on to grow our food.1 ...
The challenge to detect and attribute effects of climate change on
... The concept of detection in the context of climate change has evolved considerably through time, as can be monitored through the IPCC literature (Supp. Table 1). The definition used by IPCC Working Group I (dealing with physical climate change) in the First Assessment Report (Wigley et al. 1990) res ...
... The concept of detection in the context of climate change has evolved considerably through time, as can be monitored through the IPCC literature (Supp. Table 1). The definition used by IPCC Working Group I (dealing with physical climate change) in the First Assessment Report (Wigley et al. 1990) res ...
Special Report on Emission Scenario’s
... [2] The median and the 10th and 90th percentile range of the analyzed data are given. [3] The calculation of the reduction of the annual growth rate is based on the average reduction during the period till 2030 that would result in the indicated GDP decrease in 2030. [4] The number of studies that r ...
... [2] The median and the 10th and 90th percentile range of the analyzed data are given. [3] The calculation of the reduction of the annual growth rate is based on the average reduction during the period till 2030 that would result in the indicated GDP decrease in 2030. [4] The number of studies that r ...
Marine productivity response to Heinrich events
... Turning to the geologic past, the last 70 000 yr of paleorecords may permit the evaluation of such climate-marine biogeochemical models on centennial time scales. These records show large and rapid variations linked to abrupt events such as Heinrich events (HEs) (Heinrich, 1988). During these events ...
... Turning to the geologic past, the last 70 000 yr of paleorecords may permit the evaluation of such climate-marine biogeochemical models on centennial time scales. These records show large and rapid variations linked to abrupt events such as Heinrich events (HEs) (Heinrich, 1988). During these events ...