
cop21 and the paris agreement
... sector. Financiers will face mounting pressure to disclose and reduce the carbon footprint of their lending and investment portfolios. One important consideration will be the impact of the Paris Agreement on the valuation of fossil fuel reserves, since the implied carbon budget corresponding to ‘bel ...
... sector. Financiers will face mounting pressure to disclose and reduce the carbon footprint of their lending and investment portfolios. One important consideration will be the impact of the Paris Agreement on the valuation of fossil fuel reserves, since the implied carbon budget corresponding to ‘bel ...
Global Warming (AGW): Separating Fact From Fiction
... outcomes, and this generally remains the case.” Recently, this same concern about the possible future threat posed by climate change, was voiced by the Climate and Health Alliance in November 2013. According to a joint statement signed by Fiona Armstrong and others, “Climate change is the greatest h ...
... outcomes, and this generally remains the case.” Recently, this same concern about the possible future threat posed by climate change, was voiced by the Climate and Health Alliance in November 2013. According to a joint statement signed by Fiona Armstrong and others, “Climate change is the greatest h ...
Review of the consensus and asymmetric quality of research on
... The strength of this conclusion on consensus is made stronger when official statements of authoritative bodies are considered. The leading expert body on assessing climate change is the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). As such, the IPCC has issued a series of increasingly definitive ...
... The strength of this conclusion on consensus is made stronger when official statements of authoritative bodies are considered. The leading expert body on assessing climate change is the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). As such, the IPCC has issued a series of increasingly definitive ...
Climate, Glaciers and Permafrost in the Swiss Alps
... 2007). Based on corresponding assessments for various sectors of the environment, the economy and the society, recommendations were prepared to the Swiss Federal Government. The present contribution deals with glaciers and permafrost in the Swiss Alps as an example of corresponding analyses and asse ...
... 2007). Based on corresponding assessments for various sectors of the environment, the economy and the society, recommendations were prepared to the Swiss Federal Government. The present contribution deals with glaciers and permafrost in the Swiss Alps as an example of corresponding analyses and asse ...
Peru-Chile upwelling dynamics under climate change - HAL-Insu
... IPSL-CM4 surface winds along the Peru and Chile coasts under idealized preindustrial (PI), doubling and quadrupling CO2 scenarios. Their results confirmed the wind strengthening off Chile, whereas they show a decrease in the annual mean off Peru, consequence of an austral summer decrease and a modera ...
... IPSL-CM4 surface winds along the Peru and Chile coasts under idealized preindustrial (PI), doubling and quadrupling CO2 scenarios. Their results confirmed the wind strengthening off Chile, whereas they show a decrease in the annual mean off Peru, consequence of an austral summer decrease and a modera ...
A call to insect scientists: challenges and opportunities of managing
... techniques and reveal the most sensitive and important factors in population dynamics under climate change can be exceptionally helpful. The relatively fast generation time and ectothermic nature of insects can make them excellent subjects for improving models used to predict dynamics under climate ...
... techniques and reveal the most sensitive and important factors in population dynamics under climate change can be exceptionally helpful. The relatively fast generation time and ectothermic nature of insects can make them excellent subjects for improving models used to predict dynamics under climate ...
Greenhouse gases, climate change and the transition from coal to...
... represented the oceans as a 4 km thick, diffusive slab with a vertical thermal diffusivity kv = 10−4 m2 s−1 [8]. Other parameter choices are possible, but variations within reason would not change our qualitative results, and this approach is supported by recent tests with three-dimensional models o ...
... represented the oceans as a 4 km thick, diffusive slab with a vertical thermal diffusivity kv = 10−4 m2 s−1 [8]. Other parameter choices are possible, but variations within reason would not change our qualitative results, and this approach is supported by recent tests with three-dimensional models o ...
Bond DEG timeline and priorities 2015 Contents Purpose Work plan
... climate and environment smart and better prepared for the risks and uncertainties of an increasingly climate and environment impacted future. 2. Further research into how to make all development finance climate proof and how to ensure that climate finance itself generates additional value. 3. Bond D ...
... climate and environment smart and better prepared for the risks and uncertainties of an increasingly climate and environment impacted future. 2. Further research into how to make all development finance climate proof and how to ensure that climate finance itself generates additional value. 3. Bond D ...
Some issues in uncertainty quantification and parameter tuning: a
... an unrealistic physical state or improper balance of budgets through compensating errors over different regions of the globe. In this study, the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model was used to provide a more flexible framework to investigate a number of issues related uncertainty quantifica ...
... an unrealistic physical state or improper balance of budgets through compensating errors over different regions of the globe. In this study, the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model was used to provide a more flexible framework to investigate a number of issues related uncertainty quantifica ...
Climate change, wine, and conservation
... will also show a decrease in available water discharge ranging between 20% and 30% by 2050 (30, 31). The increasing demand on water resources will place Chile’s freshwater ecosystems at risk. Western North America has the greatest area of increasing ecological footprint, especially in the Rocky Moun ...
... will also show a decrease in available water discharge ranging between 20% and 30% by 2050 (30, 31). The increasing demand on water resources will place Chile’s freshwater ecosystems at risk. Western North America has the greatest area of increasing ecological footprint, especially in the Rocky Moun ...
European summer temperatures since Roman times
... The spatial context is critical when assessing present-day climate anomalies, attributing them to potential forcings and making statements regarding their frequency and severity in a long-term perspective. Recent international initiatives have expanded the number of high-quality proxy-records and de ...
... The spatial context is critical when assessing present-day climate anomalies, attributing them to potential forcings and making statements regarding their frequency and severity in a long-term perspective. Recent international initiatives have expanded the number of high-quality proxy-records and de ...
Spatial models reveal the microclimatic buffering capacity of old
... potential to disperse to, and persist in, favorable microclimatic conditions (5). Coarse-scale climate data are not as accurate for predicting trends in mountains, influencing our ability to assess climate impacts (6). Identification of factors that generate particular microclimates will help focus ...
... potential to disperse to, and persist in, favorable microclimatic conditions (5). Coarse-scale climate data are not as accurate for predicting trends in mountains, influencing our ability to assess climate impacts (6). Identification of factors that generate particular microclimates will help focus ...
CN: CO 2
... temperature and precipitation variation are damped by C-N coupling. • C-N coupling reverses sign of trend in carbon-climate sensitivity under increasing CO2. • Model agrees with experimental studies on contrasting effects of CO2 and N ...
... temperature and precipitation variation are damped by C-N coupling. • C-N coupling reverses sign of trend in carbon-climate sensitivity under increasing CO2. • Model agrees with experimental studies on contrasting effects of CO2 and N ...
Cold surge activity over the Gulf of Mexico in a warmer climate
... was conducted with observed climatological SSTs averaged from 1982 to 1993 and for the future climate experiment, the simulation was done using SSTs, projected with the MRI-CGCM2.3 (Yukimoto et al., 2006). Although they did only one climate change realization with this spatial resolution, they resul ...
... was conducted with observed climatological SSTs averaged from 1982 to 1993 and for the future climate experiment, the simulation was done using SSTs, projected with the MRI-CGCM2.3 (Yukimoto et al., 2006). Although they did only one climate change realization with this spatial resolution, they resul ...
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... Himalayan glaciers present a huge challenge to populations downstream who are dependent on steady supplies of meltwater feeding streams and rivers. These concerns are all the more pressing given that temperatures appear to be rising more quickly at higher elevations. The government identified the Mi ...
... Himalayan glaciers present a huge challenge to populations downstream who are dependent on steady supplies of meltwater feeding streams and rivers. These concerns are all the more pressing given that temperatures appear to be rising more quickly at higher elevations. The government identified the Mi ...
Environment, Politics and Development Working Paper Series
... ‘Cultural politics’ is a short-hand term used to describe politicized processes by which meaning is contested and negotiated across spaces and over time. This involves not only what representations and messages are taken up in the public arena and gain traction, but it also accounts for those that ...
... ‘Cultural politics’ is a short-hand term used to describe politicized processes by which meaning is contested and negotiated across spaces and over time. This involves not only what representations and messages are taken up in the public arena and gain traction, but it also accounts for those that ...
Climate Change - คณะเทคนิคการแพทย์
... East and Southeast Asia particularly in large river basins is projected to decrease due to climate change which, along with population growth and increasing demand arising from higher standards of living, could adversely affect more than a billion people. Source: IPCC WGII Fourth Assessment Report, ...
... East and Southeast Asia particularly in large river basins is projected to decrease due to climate change which, along with population growth and increasing demand arising from higher standards of living, could adversely affect more than a billion people. Source: IPCC WGII Fourth Assessment Report, ...
Developing adaptive forest management strategies to cope with
... to include management activities, because many forests, particularly in Europe, have been managed intensively over several hundred years. Lindner (1998) extended a forest gap model to include regional analyses of the impacts of climate change in managed forests of Central Europe. First applications ...
... to include management activities, because many forests, particularly in Europe, have been managed intensively over several hundred years. Lindner (1998) extended a forest gap model to include regional analyses of the impacts of climate change in managed forests of Central Europe. First applications ...
Climate-driven expansion of blanket bogs in Britain during the
... model correctly predicts the highly disjunct distribution of blanket bog worldwide. This finding suggests that climate, rather than land-use history, controls blanket-bog distribution in the UK and everywhere else. We set out to test this hypothesis for blanket bogs in the UK using bioclimate envelo ...
... model correctly predicts the highly disjunct distribution of blanket bog worldwide. This finding suggests that climate, rather than land-use history, controls blanket-bog distribution in the UK and everywhere else. We set out to test this hypothesis for blanket bogs in the UK using bioclimate envelo ...
Business and Climate Change Issues: Discussion on Awareness and Motivational Factors
... the factor research and development is the least important that contribute to motivate the corporate managers in addressing climate change at the company level. The corporate managers perceived that education and awareness building; legislation and regulation; and appropriate technology are the most ...
... the factor research and development is the least important that contribute to motivate the corporate managers in addressing climate change at the company level. The corporate managers perceived that education and awareness building; legislation and regulation; and appropriate technology are the most ...
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... Quiggin and Horowitz, 1999; Schlenker and Roberts, 2006; Guiteras, 2007). It is argued that that Ricardian approach fails to fully control the effects of unobservable farm and farmer characteristics on farm incomes that may be correlated with climate change. Further, it uses cross-section or repeate ...
... Quiggin and Horowitz, 1999; Schlenker and Roberts, 2006; Guiteras, 2007). It is argued that that Ricardian approach fails to fully control the effects of unobservable farm and farmer characteristics on farm incomes that may be correlated with climate change. Further, it uses cross-section or repeate ...
Climate change, species distribution models, and physiological performance metrics: predicting when
... are expected to cause rapid collapse in the population as nearly simultaneously performance limits (CTmax) and lethal limits (LTmax) are exceeded. We predict that such species will be especially amenable to ecological forecasting using correlative or niche envelope approaches involving minimal physi ...
... are expected to cause rapid collapse in the population as nearly simultaneously performance limits (CTmax) and lethal limits (LTmax) are exceeded. We predict that such species will be especially amenable to ecological forecasting using correlative or niche envelope approaches involving minimal physi ...
IS CLIMATE CHANGE HINDERING ECONOMIC GROWTH OF ASIAN ECONOMIES? *
... likely benefit cool countries/areas, have modest effects on temperate locations and negatively affect hot areas. Despite the importance of livestock to poor people and the expected effects of climate change on livestock systems, the impacts of climate change on livestock in developing countries are ...
... likely benefit cool countries/areas, have modest effects on temperate locations and negatively affect hot areas. Despite the importance of livestock to poor people and the expected effects of climate change on livestock systems, the impacts of climate change on livestock in developing countries are ...
Greenhouse Gases Factsheet - Center for Sustainable Systems
... The greenhouse effect is a natural phenomenon that insulates the Earth from the cold of space. As incoming solar radiation is absorbed and reemitted back from the Earth’s surface as infrared energy, greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere prevent some of this heat from escaping into space, instead ...
... The greenhouse effect is a natural phenomenon that insulates the Earth from the cold of space. As incoming solar radiation is absorbed and reemitted back from the Earth’s surface as infrared energy, greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere prevent some of this heat from escaping into space, instead ...