How trees and people can co-adapt to climate change
... community forest management, kebun lindung. Many of them now are now receiving recognition after a period of neglect where they were seen as backward. Current policies and market forces may need corrections to shift from exclusive attention on tradable commodities to appreciation for environmental s ...
... community forest management, kebun lindung. Many of them now are now receiving recognition after a period of neglect where they were seen as backward. Current policies and market forces may need corrections to shift from exclusive attention on tradable commodities to appreciation for environmental s ...
The Mediterranean: vulnerability to coastal implications of` climate
... The Mediterranean is experiencing a number of immediate coastal problems which are triggering efforts to improve short-term coastal management. This paper shows that coastal management also needs to address long-term problems and, in particular, the likelihood of climate change. Regional scale studi ...
... The Mediterranean is experiencing a number of immediate coastal problems which are triggering efforts to improve short-term coastal management. This paper shows that coastal management also needs to address long-term problems and, in particular, the likelihood of climate change. Regional scale studi ...
Future wave conditions at the German Baltic Sea Coast on
... The future changes in wind are still uncertain. Analyses of the BACC-Group (BACC, 2008) are showing that regional dynamical downscaled wind (using the RCMs RCAO and HIRHAM; see list of used climate model abbreviations at the end of this paper) from global climate simulations (ECHAM4/OPYC3, HadAM3H) ...
... The future changes in wind are still uncertain. Analyses of the BACC-Group (BACC, 2008) are showing that regional dynamical downscaled wind (using the RCMs RCAO and HIRHAM; see list of used climate model abbreviations at the end of this paper) from global climate simulations (ECHAM4/OPYC3, HadAM3H) ...
Recent developments on the South American monsoon system
... for Climate Change Assessment and Impact Studies in La Plata Basin Project. The latter assesses atmosphere-land surface interactions, the role of land use changes and aerosols from biomass burning considered as sources of variability and change in the SAMS functioning, characteristics and behaviour. ...
... for Climate Change Assessment and Impact Studies in La Plata Basin Project. The latter assesses atmosphere-land surface interactions, the role of land use changes and aerosols from biomass burning considered as sources of variability and change in the SAMS functioning, characteristics and behaviour. ...
Clean Air Act Dynamism and Disappointments
... knowable legal obligations with the need for innovation, change, and antidotes to regulatory inertia. Effective, innovative provisions, as well as those proven to be flawed, provide lessons for other environmental legislation, especially climate change legislation. It appears likely that any federal ...
... knowable legal obligations with the need for innovation, change, and antidotes to regulatory inertia. Effective, innovative provisions, as well as those proven to be flawed, provide lessons for other environmental legislation, especially climate change legislation. It appears likely that any federal ...
Biodiversity and biomes under climatic change
... parameters, Table 1) affecting plant growth, life history, and eco-physiology. Each plant functional trait is associated with a model function that determines the costs and benefits associated to living in a certain climate. For example, under limited water availability, plants benefit from increase ...
... parameters, Table 1) affecting plant growth, life history, and eco-physiology. Each plant functional trait is associated with a model function that determines the costs and benefits associated to living in a certain climate. For example, under limited water availability, plants benefit from increase ...
The Montreal Protocol Protection of Ozone and Climate
... sixty percent of stratospheric ozone destroyed each year, primarily during late September and early October, over a geographical area of 25,000,000 km2. In the months following October minimum values, ozone is restored to the Antarctic region with the poleward transport of ozone-rich air that is pro ...
... sixty percent of stratospheric ozone destroyed each year, primarily during late September and early October, over a geographical area of 25,000,000 km2. In the months following October minimum values, ozone is restored to the Antarctic region with the poleward transport of ozone-rich air that is pro ...
Understanding future risks to ports in Australia
... participatory approaches – was used to underpin the research activity. There was particular recognition that the expert input and knowledge of the port authorities, and other stakeholders, would form an important contribution to the assessment process. Adopting a participatory approach was considere ...
... participatory approaches – was used to underpin the research activity. There was particular recognition that the expert input and knowledge of the port authorities, and other stakeholders, would form an important contribution to the assessment process. Adopting a participatory approach was considere ...
Climate Change in Southern New Hampshire
... However, warming winters will reduce opportunities for ...
... However, warming winters will reduce opportunities for ...
Desert dust and anthropogenic aerosol interactions
... This model has atmospheric, ocean, land and sea ice components, linked together using a coupler. The terrestrial biosphere model is the Community Land Model-Carbon Nitrogen (CLM-CN) model, described in (Thornton et al., 2007, 2009) and evaluated in (Randerson et al., 2009). This model includes N-lim ...
... This model has atmospheric, ocean, land and sea ice components, linked together using a coupler. The terrestrial biosphere model is the Community Land Model-Carbon Nitrogen (CLM-CN) model, described in (Thornton et al., 2007, 2009) and evaluated in (Randerson et al., 2009). This model includes N-lim ...
Where are the Vulnerable Places in Africa?
... circumstances, these risks to state control are compounded if others take advantage of the absence of a security presence to loot for personal gain. Moreover, disasters may provide focal points around which citizens with grievances against the regime may rally (Flores and Smith 2010). While we are ...
... circumstances, these risks to state control are compounded if others take advantage of the absence of a security presence to loot for personal gain. Moreover, disasters may provide focal points around which citizens with grievances against the regime may rally (Flores and Smith 2010). While we are ...
Title Climate Change-4 - Pakistan Institute of Development Economics
... NGOs, UN agencies and other stakeholders was low about issues of disaster risk reduction. No preparedness plans existed at local, provincial or national levels. Only isolated efforts were being undertaken by a few NGOs and government departments in hazard prone areas of the country. In early 1970s, ...
... NGOs, UN agencies and other stakeholders was low about issues of disaster risk reduction. No preparedness plans existed at local, provincial or national levels. Only isolated efforts were being undertaken by a few NGOs and government departments in hazard prone areas of the country. In early 1970s, ...
Climate Change and Cultural Heritage Conservation
... effectiveness, efficiency, equity and legitimacy are important in judging success in terms of the sustainability of development pathways into an uncertain future. We further argue that each of these elements of decision-making is implicit within presently formulated scenarios of socio-economic futur ...
... effectiveness, efficiency, equity and legitimacy are important in judging success in terms of the sustainability of development pathways into an uncertain future. We further argue that each of these elements of decision-making is implicit within presently formulated scenarios of socio-economic futur ...
Vulnerability of coastal communities to key
... 2007; McClanahan et al., 2008a). Although definitions can vary, vulnerability is generally considered to be the degree to which a system is susceptible to, and unable to cope with, the adverse effects of a chronic or stochastic disturbance (Adger, 2006; Cutter, 1996). Vulnerability to environmental c ...
... 2007; McClanahan et al., 2008a). Although definitions can vary, vulnerability is generally considered to be the degree to which a system is susceptible to, and unable to cope with, the adverse effects of a chronic or stochastic disturbance (Adger, 2006; Cutter, 1996). Vulnerability to environmental c ...
The Geography of Solving Global Environmental Problems
... much of my time over the past several years. First, I do not regard it as "global." While certainly climate change has global dimensions, which makes attempts to solve it through international law critical, the problem is deeply multiscalar both physically and legally. As I have explored in my prior ...
... much of my time over the past several years. First, I do not regard it as "global." While certainly climate change has global dimensions, which makes attempts to solve it through international law critical, the problem is deeply multiscalar both physically and legally. As I have explored in my prior ...
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... Copyright 2014 by Peter Howard and Thomas Sterner. All rights reserved. Readers may make verbatim copies of this document for non-commercial purposes by any means, provided that this copyright notice appears on all such copies. ...
... Copyright 2014 by Peter Howard and Thomas Sterner. All rights reserved. Readers may make verbatim copies of this document for non-commercial purposes by any means, provided that this copyright notice appears on all such copies. ...
gov commision report
... adjoining areas (36.5°N-42°N; 73°W-84°W). They found that from 2000 to 2099 the average warming for Virginia and the adjoining areas would be 3.1°C (5.6°F) and that precipitation would increase by 11%. The warming would be higher for high emission scenarios. The IPCC projects that, to avoid catastro ...
... adjoining areas (36.5°N-42°N; 73°W-84°W). They found that from 2000 to 2099 the average warming for Virginia and the adjoining areas would be 3.1°C (5.6°F) and that precipitation would increase by 11%. The warming would be higher for high emission scenarios. The IPCC projects that, to avoid catastro ...
Climate and Terrestrial Ecosystem Change in the
... resource topics of interest and applicability to a broad audience in the National Park Service and others in natural resource management, including scientists, conservation and environmental constituencies, and the public. The Natural Resource Report Series is used to disseminate high-priority, curr ...
... resource topics of interest and applicability to a broad audience in the National Park Service and others in natural resource management, including scientists, conservation and environmental constituencies, and the public. The Natural Resource Report Series is used to disseminate high-priority, curr ...
RAINWATER HARVESTING FOR CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
... temperature would continue to rise for some time making adaptation unavoidable. The impact on water resources is central to all other impacts. Hence, the water sector must seek alternative water resources and develop improved water management approaches that will reduce pressure on already stressed ...
... temperature would continue to rise for some time making adaptation unavoidable. The impact on water resources is central to all other impacts. Hence, the water sector must seek alternative water resources and develop improved water management approaches that will reduce pressure on already stressed ...
Climate Change and Whitebark Pine
... complex because of high uncertainty in regional climate change predictions, the high genetic diversity and resilience of the species, and the localized changes in disturbance regimes and interactions. Therefore, we suggest that the question of whether to restore whitebark pine is not dependent on fu ...
... complex because of high uncertainty in regional climate change predictions, the high genetic diversity and resilience of the species, and the localized changes in disturbance regimes and interactions. Therefore, we suggest that the question of whether to restore whitebark pine is not dependent on fu ...
Microsoft Word - UWE Research Repository
... A substantial amount of research has been carried out on this topic in the UK in the last 30 years, much of this commissioned by Government itself. Interpretation of this expanding body of evidence is complex. As a result of the different traditions and contests within each tradition, there exist a ...
... A substantial amount of research has been carried out on this topic in the UK in the last 30 years, much of this commissioned by Government itself. Interpretation of this expanding body of evidence is complex. As a result of the different traditions and contests within each tradition, there exist a ...
ASSESSING THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON
... I am grateful to God, the almighty for the strength and well being that enabled me to complete this course. I extend my sincere thanks to my supervisor Dr. Mulungu of the Department of Water Resources Engineering for his assistance, supervision and encouragement during the preparation of this disser ...
... I am grateful to God, the almighty for the strength and well being that enabled me to complete this course. I extend my sincere thanks to my supervisor Dr. Mulungu of the Department of Water Resources Engineering for his assistance, supervision and encouragement during the preparation of this disser ...