Special Council Meeting - 3-5 February, 2010
... additional $50,000 had been approved to hold the CSO Forum. New Zealand ((CID) sought clarification on whether the $610,167 included monies owed to UNITEC. This was confirmed by Ernst and Young. Samoa (SUNGO) commended and congratulated the Board, the auditors and Ms Duituturaga. SUNGO questioned ho ...
... additional $50,000 had been approved to hold the CSO Forum. New Zealand ((CID) sought clarification on whether the $610,167 included monies owed to UNITEC. This was confirmed by Ernst and Young. Samoa (SUNGO) commended and congratulated the Board, the auditors and Ms Duituturaga. SUNGO questioned ho ...
2014 Energy and Climate Outlook
... knowledge for the international dialogue toward a global response to climate change. To this end, the Joint Program brings together an interdisciplinary group from two established MIT research centers: the Center for Global Change Science (CGCS) and the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Res ...
... knowledge for the international dialogue toward a global response to climate change. To this end, the Joint Program brings together an interdisciplinary group from two established MIT research centers: the Center for Global Change Science (CGCS) and the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Res ...
Paleoclimate Implications for Human
... interglacial period prior to introduction of substantial human-made climate forcings. Any planetary energy imbalance was at most a small fraction of 1 W/m2, as shown by considering the contrary: an imbalance approaching 1 W/m2 would be sufficient to melt all ice on Earth or change ocean temperature ...
... interglacial period prior to introduction of substantial human-made climate forcings. Any planetary energy imbalance was at most a small fraction of 1 W/m2, as shown by considering the contrary: an imbalance approaching 1 W/m2 would be sufficient to melt all ice on Earth or change ocean temperature ...
The oil industry and climate change: strategies
... politicised and biased. In June 1996, for instance, the George Marshall Institute 10 , the API, and the GCC personally attacked an IPCC lead author, Dr. Benjamin Santer. An op-ed article by Dr. F. Seitz in the Wall Street Journal, charged Santer with having made unauthorised and politically inspired ...
... politicised and biased. In June 1996, for instance, the George Marshall Institute 10 , the API, and the GCC personally attacked an IPCC lead author, Dr. Benjamin Santer. An op-ed article by Dr. F. Seitz in the Wall Street Journal, charged Santer with having made unauthorised and politically inspired ...
As a defining human development challenge of the 21st century [UN
... ICT as a Change Maker: In combating against the challenges of climate change, ICT has a multi-level role to play in global, regional and local contexts. Options like: video conferencing, tele-working, ecommerce, intelligent transport systems significantly reduces carbon footprint, hence result in a ...
... ICT as a Change Maker: In combating against the challenges of climate change, ICT has a multi-level role to play in global, regional and local contexts. Options like: video conferencing, tele-working, ecommerce, intelligent transport systems significantly reduces carbon footprint, hence result in a ...
The Detection and Attribution Model Intercomparison Project
... climate response to emissions (TCRE) (Allen et al., 2009; Gillett et al., 2013a). Hence D&A results remain of key interest and relevance both scientifically and to policymakers. The only simulations targeted towards D&A included as part of the CMIP5 experimental design were historical simulations wi ...
... climate response to emissions (TCRE) (Allen et al., 2009; Gillett et al., 2013a). Hence D&A results remain of key interest and relevance both scientifically and to policymakers. The only simulations targeted towards D&A included as part of the CMIP5 experimental design were historical simulations wi ...
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... protection against hazards, which is essential in protection and sustainability of livelihoods.5 Further, these risks are only increasing. By 2050, 70 per cent of the world’s population is expected to live in urban areas, two thirds of this in low- and middle-income nations. Much of this growth is t ...
... protection against hazards, which is essential in protection and sustainability of livelihoods.5 Further, these risks are only increasing. By 2050, 70 per cent of the world’s population is expected to live in urban areas, two thirds of this in low- and middle-income nations. Much of this growth is t ...
Enabling environment for integrating disaster risk
... ‘How to Reduce Drought Risk’ tool, combined with the participatory rural appraisal tools, used to identify likely causes of recent droughts in Mekong region. Provides policy recommendations and a model for drought management at community level, as well as the framework for community-based drought ma ...
... ‘How to Reduce Drought Risk’ tool, combined with the participatory rural appraisal tools, used to identify likely causes of recent droughts in Mekong region. Provides policy recommendations and a model for drought management at community level, as well as the framework for community-based drought ma ...
Advantage CP 2 7WK - Open Evidence Archive
... complement it. Imports fuel American industry by providing the raw materials, intermediate inputs and capital machinery our producers need to compete. Competition from imports spurs innovation, cost containment, and productivity gains. Lower prices for imported consumer goods allow households to spe ...
... complement it. Imports fuel American industry by providing the raw materials, intermediate inputs and capital machinery our producers need to compete. Competition from imports spurs innovation, cost containment, and productivity gains. Lower prices for imported consumer goods allow households to spe ...
GEOENGINEERING AND THE NEW CLIMATE DENIALISM
... as a threat to the economy, and never an opportunity: the growing importance of clean tech industries and jobs to the American economy must be downplayed in order for this strategy to work (never mind that wind power already employs more Americans than coal mining). Look for this argument to increas ...
... as a threat to the economy, and never an opportunity: the growing importance of clean tech industries and jobs to the American economy must be downplayed in order for this strategy to work (never mind that wind power already employs more Americans than coal mining). Look for this argument to increas ...
Predicting survival, reproduction and abundance of polar bears
... less accessible to polar bears as the sea ice declines. Terrestrial food sources may be opportunistically exploited but are unlikely to substitute for the high energy diet polar bears obtain from seals (Derocher et al., 2004; Wiig et al., 2008; Hobson et al., 2009; Molnár, 2009). The sea ice is also ...
... less accessible to polar bears as the sea ice declines. Terrestrial food sources may be opportunistically exploited but are unlikely to substitute for the high energy diet polar bears obtain from seals (Derocher et al., 2004; Wiig et al., 2008; Hobson et al., 2009; Molnár, 2009). The sea ice is also ...
The Impact of Climate Change on Rice Production in Nepal
... but our analyses also suggests that productivity declines when the daytime maximum temperature goes beyond 29.9°C. Since the average maximum temperature is already higher than this threshold, rice yield will likely diminish with any further increases in maximum temperature. Rainfall appears to have ...
... but our analyses also suggests that productivity declines when the daytime maximum temperature goes beyond 29.9°C. Since the average maximum temperature is already higher than this threshold, rice yield will likely diminish with any further increases in maximum temperature. Rainfall appears to have ...
Impact of Climate Change on Food Security and Its Mitigation Using
... rainfall patterns, thawing of glaciers and other changes are consequences of climate change. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) predicted that the global surface temperature will increase by 1.4 - 5.8 °C by 2100 years due to increasing concentration of greenhouse gases (GHGs) espec ...
... rainfall patterns, thawing of glaciers and other changes are consequences of climate change. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) predicted that the global surface temperature will increase by 1.4 - 5.8 °C by 2100 years due to increasing concentration of greenhouse gases (GHGs) espec ...
Do not ask for morality
... This injustice caused by climate change is mainly between people who live at the same time. For more than one reason, there is less injustice between people of different generations. One of the reasons can be revealed by the islands analogy again. If the Windward Islanders float gifts to the Leeward ...
... This injustice caused by climate change is mainly between people who live at the same time. For more than one reason, there is less injustice between people of different generations. One of the reasons can be revealed by the islands analogy again. If the Windward Islanders float gifts to the Leeward ...
Projected river discharge in the Euphrates Tigris Basin
... and a number of regional climate simulations indicate there will be significant large-scale reductions in precipitation in addition to a rise in temperature by the end of the present century (e.g. Önol & Semazzi 2009, Bozkurt & Sen 2013, Önol et al. 2014). More specifically, several efforts have bee ...
... and a number of regional climate simulations indicate there will be significant large-scale reductions in precipitation in addition to a rise in temperature by the end of the present century (e.g. Önol & Semazzi 2009, Bozkurt & Sen 2013, Önol et al. 2014). More specifically, several efforts have bee ...
Adapting_to_Climate_Change_ - MDG-F
... The climate change impact assessments are based on scenarios of projections of future climate change and are presented as changes in temperature, precipitation, sea level rise etc. Using available information and data, it is possible to analyze the recent changes and trends in climate parameters. ...
... The climate change impact assessments are based on scenarios of projections of future climate change and are presented as changes in temperature, precipitation, sea level rise etc. Using available information and data, it is possible to analyze the recent changes and trends in climate parameters. ...
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... crop suitability/agro-ecological zoning approach, which combines with land resource inventories to determine potential yield (FAO, 2002). While this method can handle adaptation to CC, it is data intensive as it is not possible to predict final outcomes without explicitly modelling all relevant comp ...
... crop suitability/agro-ecological zoning approach, which combines with land resource inventories to determine potential yield (FAO, 2002). While this method can handle adaptation to CC, it is data intensive as it is not possible to predict final outcomes without explicitly modelling all relevant comp ...
Recent changes in freezing level heights in the Tropics with
... atmosphere (the free air 0°C isotherm) has increased across most of the region, particularly in the outer Tropics. In the tropical Andes, south of the Equator, high elevation surface temperatures and upper air data show a similar trend in temperature, of 0.1°C/decade over the last 50 years. Meteoro ...
... atmosphere (the free air 0°C isotherm) has increased across most of the region, particularly in the outer Tropics. In the tropical Andes, south of the Equator, high elevation surface temperatures and upper air data show a similar trend in temperature, of 0.1°C/decade over the last 50 years. Meteoro ...
The impacts of climate change in coastal marine systems
... ecosystems and the economic and social systems that depend upon them. The relationship between temperature and individual performance is reasonably well understood, and much climate-related research has focused on potential shifts in distribution and abundance driven directly by temperature. However ...
... ecosystems and the economic and social systems that depend upon them. The relationship between temperature and individual performance is reasonably well understood, and much climate-related research has focused on potential shifts in distribution and abundance driven directly by temperature. However ...
Environmental Pillar Submission on Agriculture Roadmap
... proposed to reduce overall global emissions by either regulating or taxing the emissions embodied in traded foods, especially high carbon, livestock sourced products. As an exporter of these products Ireland is producing these emissions in large quantities but neither farmers in Ireland nor the prod ...
... proposed to reduce overall global emissions by either regulating or taxing the emissions embodied in traded foods, especially high carbon, livestock sourced products. As an exporter of these products Ireland is producing these emissions in large quantities but neither farmers in Ireland nor the prod ...
Climate Change Adaptation in Tanzania Agricultural Systems
... Projections in temperature and rainfall changes over Tanzania are well documented in URT (2003) and OECD (2003). While OECD (2003), based on outputs from over a dozen Global Circulation Models (GCMs) processed using MAGICC/SCENGEN), predicts an average annual increase of 2.2°C in temperature by 2100 ...
... Projections in temperature and rainfall changes over Tanzania are well documented in URT (2003) and OECD (2003). While OECD (2003), based on outputs from over a dozen Global Circulation Models (GCMs) processed using MAGICC/SCENGEN), predicts an average annual increase of 2.2°C in temperature by 2100 ...
Enhanced weathering strategies for stabilizing climate and averting
... Comparing cumulative end-of-century amounts of pulverized rock added to the tropics with estimated total resources indicates dunite has limited utility for long-term atmospheric CO2 removal3 (Fig. 1), whereas sufficient harzburgite and basalt resources exist for the application rates considered here ...
... Comparing cumulative end-of-century amounts of pulverized rock added to the tropics with estimated total resources indicates dunite has limited utility for long-term atmospheric CO2 removal3 (Fig. 1), whereas sufficient harzburgite and basalt resources exist for the application rates considered here ...
Climate change impacts on water quality outcomes
... and examine the potential consequences of future land use scenarios. If discharge-sediment concentration flow rating curves are known, then mean annual suspended sediment concentrations for indicative discharge events can be back-calculated from predicted loads. SedNetNZ has three main components (1 ...
... and examine the potential consequences of future land use scenarios. If discharge-sediment concentration flow rating curves are known, then mean annual suspended sediment concentrations for indicative discharge events can be back-calculated from predicted loads. SedNetNZ has three main components (1 ...