Forced migration: a new challenge
... 3. Emerging forms of forced displacement 11. Despite the complexities of separating out the different factors compelling individuals, households and communities to migrate, it is clear that new and interacting pressures to migrate from phenomena outside the control of those affected are likely to in ...
... 3. Emerging forms of forced displacement 11. Despite the complexities of separating out the different factors compelling individuals, households and communities to migrate, it is clear that new and interacting pressures to migrate from phenomena outside the control of those affected are likely to in ...
Predicting and verifying the intended and unintended consequences
... and discussed elsewhere in this Theme Section (see Law 2008, Watson et al. 2008): (1) Phytoplankton would bloom, leading to depletion of macronutrients in the surface layer. (2) After varying degrees of repackaging through food web processes and the formation of aggregates (marine snow), a proportio ...
... and discussed elsewhere in this Theme Section (see Law 2008, Watson et al. 2008): (1) Phytoplankton would bloom, leading to depletion of macronutrients in the surface layer. (2) After varying degrees of repackaging through food web processes and the formation of aggregates (marine snow), a proportio ...
here. - Climate Action Network South Asia
... related, climate change is making disasters complicated to predict, prepare and manage to. For effective response of disasters, past climate data and sound modeling techniques can be used. With response to the additional preparation required to appropriately respond to the climate induced disasters, ...
... related, climate change is making disasters complicated to predict, prepare and manage to. For effective response of disasters, past climate data and sound modeling techniques can be used. With response to the additional preparation required to appropriately respond to the climate induced disasters, ...
Climate change: The implications for child health in Australasia
... A low-carbon transport system, based on walking, cycling and public transport, could improve physical activity levels and reduce air pollution in most countries, with benefits for child respiratory health and obesity rates.10 Household energy efficiency improvements, such as insulation, can reduce r ...
... A low-carbon transport system, based on walking, cycling and public transport, could improve physical activity levels and reduce air pollution in most countries, with benefits for child respiratory health and obesity rates.10 Household energy efficiency improvements, such as insulation, can reduce r ...
Climate Change Global Climate is Changing
... Sequestering CO2 through carbon sinks: » CO2 can be stored in biomass (e.g. through afforestation), in aquifers and in geological sinks (e.g. depleted gas fields) ...
... Sequestering CO2 through carbon sinks: » CO2 can be stored in biomass (e.g. through afforestation), in aquifers and in geological sinks (e.g. depleted gas fields) ...
05.08.2008 Information Notice On Readjustment (Adaptation) to
... ■ the liabilities specified in legal acts and policy planning documents of the European Union, as well as the Framework Convention on Climate Change of the United Nations Organisation (hereinafter – UNO) and the Kyoto Protocol thereto will not be fulfilled. At the same time the potential benefits in ...
... ■ the liabilities specified in legal acts and policy planning documents of the European Union, as well as the Framework Convention on Climate Change of the United Nations Organisation (hereinafter – UNO) and the Kyoto Protocol thereto will not be fulfilled. At the same time the potential benefits in ...
Biodiversity and Climate Change - a summary of impacts in
... biodiversity is not easy, as plants and animals are influenced by other pressures, such as atmospheric pollution and land use, and different factors can work in combination to bring about change. However, changes are beginning to be observed across a range of species and habitats in the UK that have ...
... biodiversity is not easy, as plants and animals are influenced by other pressures, such as atmospheric pollution and land use, and different factors can work in combination to bring about change. However, changes are beginning to be observed across a range of species and habitats in the UK that have ...
Climate, conflict, and social stability: what does the evidence say?
... example, in many studies, historical doublings of risk can be attributed to observed changes in climatological variables. 1.3 Criteria for inclusion in this review We review quantitative studies that use the strongest experimental or quasiexperimental research designs, restricting our focus to those ...
... example, in many studies, historical doublings of risk can be attributed to observed changes in climatological variables. 1.3 Criteria for inclusion in this review We review quantitative studies that use the strongest experimental or quasiexperimental research designs, restricting our focus to those ...
The Cultural Politics of Climate Change: Interactions in the Spaces
... climate, carbon-based business and industry interests and ENGOs grappled for their particular discursive and material ‘locations’ from which to address climate challenges. Many of the struggles to represent climate change in the 1980s and 1990s were dominated by carbon-based energy businesses and EN ...
... climate, carbon-based business and industry interests and ENGOs grappled for their particular discursive and material ‘locations’ from which to address climate challenges. Many of the struggles to represent climate change in the 1980s and 1990s were dominated by carbon-based energy businesses and EN ...
Climate Change and Climate Change Policy as Human Sacrifice
... Europe’s summer of 2003 was the hottest since the sixteenth century, and more than 19,000 deaths on the continent were attributed to the oppressive heat.1 While no single weather event can be credited to global warming, researchers have pointed to the consistency of this summer heat wave with the pr ...
... Europe’s summer of 2003 was the hottest since the sixteenth century, and more than 19,000 deaths on the continent were attributed to the oppressive heat.1 While no single weather event can be credited to global warming, researchers have pointed to the consistency of this summer heat wave with the pr ...
Climate, conflict, and social stability: what does the evidence say
... example, in many studies, historical doublings of risk can be attributed to observed changes in climatological variables. 1.3 Criteria for inclusion in this review We review quantitative studies that use the strongest experimental or quasiexperimental research designs, restricting our focus to those ...
... example, in many studies, historical doublings of risk can be attributed to observed changes in climatological variables. 1.3 Criteria for inclusion in this review We review quantitative studies that use the strongest experimental or quasiexperimental research designs, restricting our focus to those ...
New Zealand`s Defective Law on Climate Change
... scientist Professor Michael J Kelly, the Prince Philip Professor of Technology at the University of Cambridge, who is currently visiting Victoria. He takes the view that lack of engineering reality tests cripple most suggested de-carbonisation policies. The three laws of thermodynamics mean that ene ...
... scientist Professor Michael J Kelly, the Prince Philip Professor of Technology at the University of Cambridge, who is currently visiting Victoria. He takes the view that lack of engineering reality tests cripple most suggested de-carbonisation policies. The three laws of thermodynamics mean that ene ...
Author`s personal copy
... climate science since the 2007 IPCC Fourth Assessment Report. This analysis, The Copenhagen Diagnosis (Allison et al., 2009), reviewed ‘‘hundreds of papers . . . on a suite of topics related to human-induced climate change’’ since the drafting of AR4, and, like the NRC report, found that key changes ...
... climate science since the 2007 IPCC Fourth Assessment Report. This analysis, The Copenhagen Diagnosis (Allison et al., 2009), reviewed ‘‘hundreds of papers . . . on a suite of topics related to human-induced climate change’’ since the drafting of AR4, and, like the NRC report, found that key changes ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES THE PERCEPTION AND VALUATION
... distribution of possible global warming outcomes, as there is a substantial spread between the 5th percentile and the 95th percentile of their assessed temperature increase distributions. Respondents’ attitudes toward policy remedies, discussed in Section 3, indicate a potentially substantial level ...
... distribution of possible global warming outcomes, as there is a substantial spread between the 5th percentile and the 95th percentile of their assessed temperature increase distributions. Respondents’ attitudes toward policy remedies, discussed in Section 3, indicate a potentially substantial level ...
3104 EN
... between models in simulated regional temperature and precipitation needs to be improved. High resolution global and regional models (to capture local effects, circulation regimes and natural modes of variability), seamless prediction to increase model reliability, and probabilistic prediction based ...
... between models in simulated regional temperature and precipitation needs to be improved. High resolution global and regional models (to capture local effects, circulation regimes and natural modes of variability), seamless prediction to increase model reliability, and probabilistic prediction based ...
National Activities with Respect to the Global Climate Observing
... in temperature and precipitation are larger than in average globally. According to the recent national studies Finland would be faced annual mean temperatures to increase by around 2-4°C by the 2050s. Precipitation levels are projected to rise by about 20% in winter and 10% in summer. In addition, t ...
... in temperature and precipitation are larger than in average globally. According to the recent national studies Finland would be faced annual mean temperatures to increase by around 2-4°C by the 2050s. Precipitation levels are projected to rise by about 20% in winter and 10% in summer. In addition, t ...
Chapter 3: The Global Warming Debate PDF
... Ocean acidification, the third danger point, involves the health of the seas. As carbon dioxide sinks into the ocean and the water acidifies, plankton, the basis of the marine food chain, die and endanger all other aquatic life. These problems operate exponentially, and because the natural system fe ...
... Ocean acidification, the third danger point, involves the health of the seas. As carbon dioxide sinks into the ocean and the water acidifies, plankton, the basis of the marine food chain, die and endanger all other aquatic life. These problems operate exponentially, and because the natural system fe ...
Differences between carbon budget estimates
... While being the most robust translation of the TCRE concept into a cumulative carbon budget, it is at the same time also the least directly useful to policy-making. In the real world, non-CO2 forcing also plays a role, and its global-mean temperature effect is superimposed on the CO2-induced warming ...
... While being the most robust translation of the TCRE concept into a cumulative carbon budget, it is at the same time also the least directly useful to policy-making. In the real world, non-CO2 forcing also plays a role, and its global-mean temperature effect is superimposed on the CO2-induced warming ...
Simulated dynamics of net primary productivity
... that the daily consumption of one animal unit weighing approximately 450 kg, is 13.5 kg in average, resulting in an annual consumption of 4927.5 kg. It is important to point out that one animal unit stands for an adult cow along with its calf of less than seven months. Based on (12), consumption can ...
... that the daily consumption of one animal unit weighing approximately 450 kg, is 13.5 kg in average, resulting in an annual consumption of 4927.5 kg. It is important to point out that one animal unit stands for an adult cow along with its calf of less than seven months. Based on (12), consumption can ...
Integrating Dendrochronology, Climate and Satellite Remote
... of this key driver of vegetation in the semi-arid landscape needs to be better understood in general in order to furnish information to land managers to improve recognition of the limitations and potential of their landscapes. Within the study region and broader semi-arid region there is a significa ...
... of this key driver of vegetation in the semi-arid landscape needs to be better understood in general in order to furnish information to land managers to improve recognition of the limitations and potential of their landscapes. Within the study region and broader semi-arid region there is a significa ...
natural ecosystems chapter 8
... 2002). The timing of these seasonal events in turn directly affects interactions among species and the environment (Parmesan and Yohe 2003; Cleland et al. 2007; IPCC 2007) and is likely to be a major force in shaping ecological responses to climate change. Interactions among species that shape the s ...
... 2002). The timing of these seasonal events in turn directly affects interactions among species and the environment (Parmesan and Yohe 2003; Cleland et al. 2007; IPCC 2007) and is likely to be a major force in shaping ecological responses to climate change. Interactions among species that shape the s ...
An Uncertain Future: law enforcement, national security and climate
... sea levels. Once the full effects of glacial and ice sheet melting are also taken into account, some suggest that the average rise in sea levels could be significantly higher than the conservative IPCC predictions, potentially a metre or more by end of century.4 Just to put this in context, in Bangl ...
... sea levels. Once the full effects of glacial and ice sheet melting are also taken into account, some suggest that the average rise in sea levels could be significantly higher than the conservative IPCC predictions, potentially a metre or more by end of century.4 Just to put this in context, in Bangl ...
Consulta: creatorFacets:"Wu, Ximing" Registros recuperados: 11
... Investigation into the relations between market fundamentals and US natural gas prices is carried out in the regime-switching framework. To test the hypothesis that US natural gas market may switch between two states of market: bullish market and bearish market, a 2-state regime-switching model with ...
... Investigation into the relations between market fundamentals and US natural gas prices is carried out in the regime-switching framework. To test the hypothesis that US natural gas market may switch between two states of market: bullish market and bearish market, a 2-state regime-switching model with ...