HCFC Phase out
... developed countries. However, the use of air conditioners by urban residents has increased from 8 per cent in 1995 to 70 per cent in 2004 and use of refrigerators has increased from 66 per cent to 90 per cent over the same period. As this growth is expected to continue, the consequences for the clim ...
... developed countries. However, the use of air conditioners by urban residents has increased from 8 per cent in 1995 to 70 per cent in 2004 and use of refrigerators has increased from 66 per cent to 90 per cent over the same period. As this growth is expected to continue, the consequences for the clim ...
Autonomous Adaptation to Climate Change: A Literature Review*
... of climate on their health and well‐being, and take advantage of the opportunities that their climatic environment provides (Burton, 1992, cited in Smit et al., 2000). Adaptation involves adjustments to enhance the viability of social and economic activities and to reduce their vulnerability to ...
... of climate on their health and well‐being, and take advantage of the opportunities that their climatic environment provides (Burton, 1992, cited in Smit et al., 2000). Adaptation involves adjustments to enhance the viability of social and economic activities and to reduce their vulnerability to ...
Diplom/Master`s Thesis - Institute for the Study of Society and
... Review of proposals and reports for National Research Council, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, U.S. Global Change Research Program, NOAA-Sea Grant, NOAA-Office of Global Programs (various); National Science Foundation; Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research; Review of global ...
... Review of proposals and reports for National Research Council, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, U.S. Global Change Research Program, NOAA-Sea Grant, NOAA-Office of Global Programs (various); National Science Foundation; Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research; Review of global ...
2006–2012 Climate Change Action Plan
... Since 1998, Québec has consistently been a strong supporter of the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol in Canada. To this effect, on November 28, 2006, the Assemblée nationale du Québec unanimously passed a motion approving the Kyoto Protocol. On December 5, 2007, the Government of Québec affirmed ...
... Since 1998, Québec has consistently been a strong supporter of the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol in Canada. To this effect, on November 28, 2006, the Assemblée nationale du Québec unanimously passed a motion approving the Kyoto Protocol. On December 5, 2007, the Government of Québec affirmed ...
Frequently asked questions about ocean acidification
... the atmosphere. The word “acidification” refers to lowering pH from any starting point to any end point on the pH scale. This term is used in many other scientific areas (including medicine and food science) to refer to the addition of an acid to a solution, regardless of the solution's pH value. Fo ...
... the atmosphere. The word “acidification” refers to lowering pH from any starting point to any end point on the pH scale. This term is used in many other scientific areas (including medicine and food science) to refer to the addition of an acid to a solution, regardless of the solution's pH value. Fo ...
Process-based modelling of biogenic monoterpene emissions
... can be derived directly from the emission capacity by calculation of photosynthesis and hence J at standard conditions. This derivation assumes that either there is no storage of monoterpenes, or the storage pool is in a steady state. Although this assumption might be invalid for individual cases on ...
... can be derived directly from the emission capacity by calculation of photosynthesis and hence J at standard conditions. This derivation assumes that either there is no storage of monoterpenes, or the storage pool is in a steady state. Although this assumption might be invalid for individual cases on ...
Climate Factsheets - Public Interest Research Centre
... The authors of these Factsheets state clearly what is known, and what isn’t, about the contribution that human-induced climate change is making to shifting weather patterns and other observed phenomena. I commend them to anyone wishing to learn more about the science of climate change - and particul ...
... The authors of these Factsheets state clearly what is known, and what isn’t, about the contribution that human-induced climate change is making to shifting weather patterns and other observed phenomena. I commend them to anyone wishing to learn more about the science of climate change - and particul ...
Frequently asked questions about ocean acidification Introduction
... the atmosphere. The word “acidification” refers to lowering pH from any starting point to any end point on the pH scale. This term is used in many other scientific areas (including medicine and food science) to refer to the addition of an acid to a solution, regardless of the solution's pH value. Fo ...
... the atmosphere. The word “acidification” refers to lowering pH from any starting point to any end point on the pH scale. This term is used in many other scientific areas (including medicine and food science) to refer to the addition of an acid to a solution, regardless of the solution's pH value. Fo ...
League of Conservation Voters 2013
... American Legislative Exchange Commission (ALEC)-led efforts. Besides winning immediate protections for our environment and health, these victories are building momentum for national action. ...
... American Legislative Exchange Commission (ALEC)-led efforts. Besides winning immediate protections for our environment and health, these victories are building momentum for national action. ...
A Warm Response, Our Climate Change Challenge
... strategy to operate for the climate change short term only i.e. to 2010. This does not mean that it should not consider impacts in the medium (to 2050) or long term (to 2100) where major infrastructure is involved. Over the next five years, the strategy will have two phases which may run concurrentl ...
... strategy to operate for the climate change short term only i.e. to 2010. This does not mean that it should not consider impacts in the medium (to 2050) or long term (to 2100) where major infrastructure is involved. Over the next five years, the strategy will have two phases which may run concurrentl ...
Geoengineering Governance
... reduce GHG emissions or to find other means of countering climate change.23 Meanwhile, cessation of aerosol release after such a program had been in place for some time could cause far more rapid climate change than would have occurred in the absence of any initial geoengineering efforts.24 Furtherm ...
... reduce GHG emissions or to find other means of countering climate change.23 Meanwhile, cessation of aerosol release after such a program had been in place for some time could cause far more rapid climate change than would have occurred in the absence of any initial geoengineering efforts.24 Furtherm ...
Outlook on climate change adaptation in the Tropical Andes
... institutional designs favour actions with shortterm gain. Too often stakeholders are forced to implement reactive policies instead of more costeffective preventive action. A long-term perspective towards adaptation also involves the development of indicators to measure success and failure in order t ...
... institutional designs favour actions with shortterm gain. Too often stakeholders are forced to implement reactive policies instead of more costeffective preventive action. A long-term perspective towards adaptation also involves the development of indicators to measure success and failure in order t ...
Draft African Union Strategy on Climate Change (2015)
... most of that change over the last decades. It is also clear that climate change will continue, at a pace determined by past, present and future emissions of heat-trapping gases. The effects of climate change that have already occurred are widespread and significant, affecting agriculture, energy, hu ...
... most of that change over the last decades. It is also clear that climate change will continue, at a pace determined by past, present and future emissions of heat-trapping gases. The effects of climate change that have already occurred are widespread and significant, affecting agriculture, energy, hu ...
European cities adapt to climate change
... identification process of their major problems associated with climate change on the examples of Copenhagen and Melbourne. In Stirling, an example of climate change impact modelling in conjunction with socio-economic factors in Manchester was used as an inspiration. However, different levels of auto ...
... identification process of their major problems associated with climate change on the examples of Copenhagen and Melbourne. In Stirling, an example of climate change impact modelling in conjunction with socio-economic factors in Manchester was used as an inspiration. However, different levels of auto ...
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... seen as drawn from one of two distinct subpopulations: a catastrophic sub-population and a non-catastrophic sub-population. That is, if a catastrophic event occurs in a particular year, yields are drawn from the catastrophic sub-population; if no such an event occurs in a year, yields are drawn from ...
... seen as drawn from one of two distinct subpopulations: a catastrophic sub-population and a non-catastrophic sub-population. That is, if a catastrophic event occurs in a particular year, yields are drawn from the catastrophic sub-population; if no such an event occurs in a year, yields are drawn from ...
Impacts of deforestation on weather PATTERNs and agriculture
... in atmospheric circulation and pressure patterns across the world over large distances. Remote areas are indirectly impacted by deforestation due to the propagation of impacts through global teleconnections. The El Niño-Southern Oscillation is one example of a teleconnection, where warmer ocean temp ...
... in atmospheric circulation and pressure patterns across the world over large distances. Remote areas are indirectly impacted by deforestation due to the propagation of impacts through global teleconnections. The El Niño-Southern Oscillation is one example of a teleconnection, where warmer ocean temp ...
WOMEN AND CLiMAtE ChANGE - Georgetown Institute for Women
... limate change is one of the greatest ecological and environmental challenges of our time. It is also an incontrovertible challenge to human rights, security, and economic development. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has declared 2015 the year for global action on climate change. In Nove ...
... limate change is one of the greatest ecological and environmental challenges of our time. It is also an incontrovertible challenge to human rights, security, and economic development. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has declared 2015 the year for global action on climate change. In Nove ...
PDF free file avaible - Bioversity International
... The small-scale maize farmers in this study include both indigenous and mestizo households. They have diversified livelihoods, producing multiple crops, fruit trees and domesticated animals, producing both for self-consumption as well as for the market. Farmers also engage in non-farm activities. Ma ...
... The small-scale maize farmers in this study include both indigenous and mestizo households. They have diversified livelihoods, producing multiple crops, fruit trees and domesticated animals, producing both for self-consumption as well as for the market. Farmers also engage in non-farm activities. Ma ...
Warming up the region The impacts of climate change in the
... damage directly of indirectly caused to any person or body by reason of, or arising out of any use of, this data. ...
... damage directly of indirectly caused to any person or body by reason of, or arising out of any use of, this data. ...
climate change and education maldives
... vulnerability due to different categories of disasters. one metre rise in sea level would flood 17.5 per cent of Bangladesh. Rising sea levels could force Pacific islanders to become nations of environmental refugees (Collins, 2006). developing countries are particularly vulnerable since they are of ...
... vulnerability due to different categories of disasters. one metre rise in sea level would flood 17.5 per cent of Bangladesh. Rising sea levels could force Pacific islanders to become nations of environmental refugees (Collins, 2006). developing countries are particularly vulnerable since they are of ...
Climate change as a major risk management challenge: Prepared by
... prospect of extreme climate change and its potentially devastating economic and social consequences are of great concern to the insurance industry. Against this backdrop, we, the leaders of the world’s largest insurance and reinsurance companies as assembled in The Geneva Association want to make kn ...
... prospect of extreme climate change and its potentially devastating economic and social consequences are of great concern to the insurance industry. Against this backdrop, we, the leaders of the world’s largest insurance and reinsurance companies as assembled in The Geneva Association want to make kn ...
Soil temperature response to 21st century global warming: the role
... in the next decades (Stendel and Christensen, 2002; Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA), 2004; Romanovsky et al., 2007; Marchenko et al., 2008) have raised questions on the potential release of carbon from peatlands as a result of global warming (Christensen et al., 2004; Turetsky et al., 2007). ...
... in the next decades (Stendel and Christensen, 2002; Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA), 2004; Romanovsky et al., 2007; Marchenko et al., 2008) have raised questions on the potential release of carbon from peatlands as a result of global warming (Christensen et al., 2004; Turetsky et al., 2007). ...