Goal 5: Continue to build Melbourne`s climate change adaptation
... Climate change is already having far reaching impacts across the world and Melbourne has experienced these impacts over recent years; including drought, flooding and extreme heat events. Experts warn that these events are not only going to become more intense but they are also going to occur more of ...
... Climate change is already having far reaching impacts across the world and Melbourne has experienced these impacts over recent years; including drought, flooding and extreme heat events. Experts warn that these events are not only going to become more intense but they are also going to occur more of ...
Application for CMIP6-Endorsed MIPs
... composition changes (from NTCFs and other chemically‐active anthropogenic gases) and their impact on climate. We have devised a series of experiments that contrast the forcing of various NTCFs with that of WMGHGs in historical and future climate change. In addition, the proposed chemistry‐climat ...
... composition changes (from NTCFs and other chemically‐active anthropogenic gases) and their impact on climate. We have devised a series of experiments that contrast the forcing of various NTCFs with that of WMGHGs in historical and future climate change. In addition, the proposed chemistry‐climat ...
Modelling the evolution of Vadret da Morteratsch, Switzerland, since
... complete most of its adjustment to a change in mass balance’ (Cuffey and Paterson, 2010), the glacier’s past evolution must be modelled before any future projections can be made. Therefore the model is first dynamically calibrated with the observed retreat since the LIA. The Morteratsch glacier comp ...
... complete most of its adjustment to a change in mass balance’ (Cuffey and Paterson, 2010), the glacier’s past evolution must be modelled before any future projections can be made. Therefore the model is first dynamically calibrated with the observed retreat since the LIA. The Morteratsch glacier comp ...
Climate Change and Adaptation in Muskoka
... if all carbon emissions ceased today. Adaptation is required to address the impact of climate change in Muskoka. Between 1948 and 2006, Ontario’s average temperature increased by 1.30C. Projections made by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment indicate average temperatures over the Great Lakes Bas ...
... if all carbon emissions ceased today. Adaptation is required to address the impact of climate change in Muskoka. Between 1948 and 2006, Ontario’s average temperature increased by 1.30C. Projections made by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment indicate average temperatures over the Great Lakes Bas ...
Author`s personal copy - Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange
... We identify and examine how policy intervention can help Canada’s Inuit population adapt to climate change. The policy responses are based on an understanding of the determinants of vulnerability identified in research conducted with 15 Inuit communities. A consistent approach was used in each case ...
... We identify and examine how policy intervention can help Canada’s Inuit population adapt to climate change. The policy responses are based on an understanding of the determinants of vulnerability identified in research conducted with 15 Inuit communities. A consistent approach was used in each case ...
1. The Model: implementation of the numerical responses of
... unpublished). At Karupelv, the snowy owl has bred in every summer when the lemming density was above the threshold of 2 lemming per ha. The densities of the Arctic fox vary 5-fold at Karupelv, which is due to a few additional breeding pairs during high peak years. In most years of the lemming cycle ...
... unpublished). At Karupelv, the snowy owl has bred in every summer when the lemming density was above the threshold of 2 lemming per ha. The densities of the Arctic fox vary 5-fold at Karupelv, which is due to a few additional breeding pairs during high peak years. In most years of the lemming cycle ...
Climate Change
... The Report of Working Group I of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (February 2007) has contributed to a shift in the climate change debate, due mainly to its unanimous conclusions. It is now widely acknowledged that it is necessary to also focus on the need to adapt to climate change, an ...
... The Report of Working Group I of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (February 2007) has contributed to a shift in the climate change debate, due mainly to its unanimous conclusions. It is now widely acknowledged that it is necessary to also focus on the need to adapt to climate change, an ...
Americans` Global Warming Beliefs and Attitudes in April 2013
... Majority of Americans are "worried" about global warming ................................................................. 8 Global warming is still seen as a relatively distant threat ........................................................................ 9 Nearly half of Americans perceive global ...
... Majority of Americans are "worried" about global warming ................................................................. 8 Global warming is still seen as a relatively distant threat ........................................................................ 9 Nearly half of Americans perceive global ...
Synergy of rising nitrogen depositions and atmospheric CO2 on land
... of 15N-tracer field experiments, Nadelhoffer et al. [1999] argued that increased inputs of nitrogen from the atmosphere made a minor contribution to land carbon uptake with an additional 0.25 PgC per year being sequestered. In contrast, model based estimates [Holland et al., 1997; Townsend et al., 1 ...
... of 15N-tracer field experiments, Nadelhoffer et al. [1999] argued that increased inputs of nitrogen from the atmosphere made a minor contribution to land carbon uptake with an additional 0.25 PgC per year being sequestered. In contrast, model based estimates [Holland et al., 1997; Townsend et al., 1 ...
Increasing aridity reduces soil microbial diversity and abundance in
... abundance of Chloroflexi and α-Proteobacteria and decreases in Acidobacteria and Verrucomicrobia. Contrary to what has been reported by previous continental and global-scale studies, soil pH was not a major driver of bacterial diversity, and fungal communities were dominated by Ascomycota. Our resul ...
... abundance of Chloroflexi and α-Proteobacteria and decreases in Acidobacteria and Verrucomicrobia. Contrary to what has been reported by previous continental and global-scale studies, soil pH was not a major driver of bacterial diversity, and fungal communities were dominated by Ascomycota. Our resul ...
6. Impacts of climate change on Oregon`s coasts and estuaries
... accurately address. For example, Rahmstorf (2007) derived a semi-empirical relationship that connects global sea-level rise to global mean surface temperature and suggested that a projected sea-level rise in 2100 could be as much as 1.4 meters above the 1990 level. More recent semiempirical estimate ...
... accurately address. For example, Rahmstorf (2007) derived a semi-empirical relationship that connects global sea-level rise to global mean surface temperature and suggested that a projected sea-level rise in 2100 could be as much as 1.4 meters above the 1990 level. More recent semiempirical estimate ...
A Question of Balance - Yale Economics
... signals—such as greater high-latitude warming—that are distinguishing indicators of this particular type of warming. Recent evidence and model predictions suggest that global mean surface temperature will rise sharply in the next century and beyond. Climate Change 2007, the Fourth Assessment Report ...
... signals—such as greater high-latitude warming—that are distinguishing indicators of this particular type of warming. Recent evidence and model predictions suggest that global mean surface temperature will rise sharply in the next century and beyond. Climate Change 2007, the Fourth Assessment Report ...
Climate Change Policies and Trade Policies: The New Joint
... there is an active joint climate-trade agenda - in the E.U., the U.S., other countries, and many international institutions - there has been a shift in studies of the joint agenda to a focus on more specific issues and ways to address them, particularly in the context of multilateral climate change ...
... there is an active joint climate-trade agenda - in the E.U., the U.S., other countries, and many international institutions - there has been a shift in studies of the joint agenda to a focus on more specific issues and ways to address them, particularly in the context of multilateral climate change ...
Mosquitoes and Culicoides biting midges: vector range and
... combined land and ocean surface temperature data show ...
... combined land and ocean surface temperature data show ...
Turning Up the Heat - Environmental Investigation Agency
... While good progress has been made to address both ozone depletion and climate change, these two issues have generally been treated as separate problems with separate solutions. This has resulted in outdated and uncoordinated policy responses. Of particular importance, and the focus of this report, i ...
... While good progress has been made to address both ozone depletion and climate change, these two issues have generally been treated as separate problems with separate solutions. This has resulted in outdated and uncoordinated policy responses. Of particular importance, and the focus of this report, i ...
international legal implications of climate change for the polar
... but nevertheless raised questions over the relationship between the status of the continental shelf surrounding the Svalbard Archipelago and the terms of the Treaty concerning the Archipelago of Spitsbergen, signed 9 February 1920, 2 LNTS 7 (entered into force 14 August 1925) (‘Svalbard Treaty’). Se ...
... but nevertheless raised questions over the relationship between the status of the continental shelf surrounding the Svalbard Archipelago and the terms of the Treaty concerning the Archipelago of Spitsbergen, signed 9 February 1920, 2 LNTS 7 (entered into force 14 August 1925) (‘Svalbard Treaty’). Se ...
Sharing responsibility to divest from fossil fuels
... collective responsibility for climate change, then an individual member frustrated by the sluggish pace of her group has little other recourse aside from helping to expedite its action. A group agent meets its responsibilities by taking group action, and only certain people within a group are author ...
... collective responsibility for climate change, then an individual member frustrated by the sluggish pace of her group has little other recourse aside from helping to expedite its action. A group agent meets its responsibilities by taking group action, and only certain people within a group are author ...
Climate variability and change: adaptation to drought in Bangladesh
... under pressure from increasing demands for food. A large percentage of the population is already vulnerable to a range of natural hazards with increasing climate variability and climate change expected to aggravate the situation further by causing more frequent and intense droughts and increasing te ...
... under pressure from increasing demands for food. A large percentage of the population is already vulnerable to a range of natural hazards with increasing climate variability and climate change expected to aggravate the situation further by causing more frequent and intense droughts and increasing te ...
Autumn, the neglected season in climate change
... interest. Other autumn phenomena such as amphibian dormancy and bud formation remain less studied and poorly understood. Despite the relative neglect of autumn, ecologists have made important progress in understanding the drivers of autumn phenology and the effects of climate change on autumn events ...
... interest. Other autumn phenomena such as amphibian dormancy and bud formation remain less studied and poorly understood. Despite the relative neglect of autumn, ecologists have made important progress in understanding the drivers of autumn phenology and the effects of climate change on autumn events ...
Corporate Climate Action Strategy
... Plan2Adapt Tool, climate model projections for this region indicate that: ...
... Plan2Adapt Tool, climate model projections for this region indicate that: ...
The Climate Change Generation?
... Survey Analysis of the Perceptions and Beliefs of Young Americans American adults under the age of 35 have come of age in the decades since WKH´GLVFRYHU\µRIPDQmade climate change as a major societal problem. The oldest of this cohort was twelve in 1988, when NASA climate scientist James Hansen te ...
... Survey Analysis of the Perceptions and Beliefs of Young Americans American adults under the age of 35 have come of age in the decades since WKH´GLVFRYHU\µRIPDQmade climate change as a major societal problem. The oldest of this cohort was twelve in 1988, when NASA climate scientist James Hansen te ...
Volcanoes and climate - South Dakota State University
... Jihong Cole-Dai Of the natural forcings causing short-term climatic variations, volcanism, along with its climatic impact, is perhaps the best understood. The primary net result of the impact is the reduced receipt of solar energy at Earth’s surface due to the scattering of incoming solar radiation ...
... Jihong Cole-Dai Of the natural forcings causing short-term climatic variations, volcanism, along with its climatic impact, is perhaps the best understood. The primary net result of the impact is the reduced receipt of solar energy at Earth’s surface due to the scattering of incoming solar radiation ...
Mainstreaming Climate Change in CAADP processes in
... sustainable livelihoods of smallholder households, around the developing world. However, the IPCC report further indicates that although the general effects of climate change may be known, it is not easy to predict them accurately in most local context. Such unpredictability has brought a lot of unc ...
... sustainable livelihoods of smallholder households, around the developing world. However, the IPCC report further indicates that although the general effects of climate change may be known, it is not easy to predict them accurately in most local context. Such unpredictability has brought a lot of unc ...