Strategies for the use of biochar for climate change mitigation
... Under current conditions and assumptions, the production of biochar is not economically viable However, with more research and improved technology, and an emissions trading scheme, the economics could change dramatically and biochar production may emerge as a profitable strategy for climate change m ...
... Under current conditions and assumptions, the production of biochar is not economically viable However, with more research and improved technology, and an emissions trading scheme, the economics could change dramatically and biochar production may emerge as a profitable strategy for climate change m ...
Come Rain or Shine - Integrating Climate Risk Management into
... various multilateral and bilateral organizations. The report also extensively gained from the discussions during visits to the AfDB by Dr Hellmuth in June 2007, and during a seminar on climate risk management in July 2007 by Dr van Aalst, also at the AfDB in Tunis. The three authors thank all of the ...
... various multilateral and bilateral organizations. The report also extensively gained from the discussions during visits to the AfDB by Dr Hellmuth in June 2007, and during a seminar on climate risk management in July 2007 by Dr van Aalst, also at the AfDB in Tunis. The three authors thank all of the ...
the critical decade:climate change and health
... Evidence about these consequences is growing, although significant gaps in our knowledge of potential health risks remain. This information is critical for making the right decisions about climate change action, including the type and scale of actions we take to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions a ...
... Evidence about these consequences is growing, although significant gaps in our knowledge of potential health risks remain. This information is critical for making the right decisions about climate change action, including the type and scale of actions we take to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions a ...
Climate change effects on migration phenology may mismatch
... rates on some hosts are more than 5 per cent and locally up to more than 50 per cent (Davies 2000). Depending on phenological shifts relative to the cuckoo, these hosts may suffer increased parasitism, with negative effects on their populations. Microevolutionary consequences of differential phenolo ...
... rates on some hosts are more than 5 per cent and locally up to more than 50 per cent (Davies 2000). Depending on phenological shifts relative to the cuckoo, these hosts may suffer increased parasitism, with negative effects on their populations. Microevolutionary consequences of differential phenolo ...
From Kyoto to Copenhagen - Law, Environment and Development
... flexibility to industrialised countries will not work and should not be supported. 23 Describing the market as an important quantity-based instrument and as a vehicle for ‘joint implementation with credit’,24 Weiner maintains that such quantity-based instruments are very effective in achieving globa ...
... flexibility to industrialised countries will not work and should not be supported. 23 Describing the market as an important quantity-based instrument and as a vehicle for ‘joint implementation with credit’,24 Weiner maintains that such quantity-based instruments are very effective in achieving globa ...
Widespread parallel population adaptation to climate variation
... The mountainous islands in the Lesser Antillean arc, a biodiversity hot spot (Myers et al. 2000), are each inhabited by one or two species of small arboreal lizards of the genus Anolis which occupy most of the habitats within each island (Fig. 1). Within each island (Figs 1 and 2), a pronounced clim ...
... The mountainous islands in the Lesser Antillean arc, a biodiversity hot spot (Myers et al. 2000), are each inhabited by one or two species of small arboreal lizards of the genus Anolis which occupy most of the habitats within each island (Fig. 1). Within each island (Figs 1 and 2), a pronounced clim ...
Pandas` Bamboo Food May Be Lost to Climate Change
... of the land encompassed by those reserves will be unsuitable for the bamboo if the temperatures rise as predicted. But if conservationists plan ahead now to move those reserves in line with changing bamboo habitats, then it may be possible to preserve the land the pandas will need. And climate chang ...
... of the land encompassed by those reserves will be unsuitable for the bamboo if the temperatures rise as predicted. But if conservationists plan ahead now to move those reserves in line with changing bamboo habitats, then it may be possible to preserve the land the pandas will need. And climate chang ...
Global Climatic Variation and Energy Use
... with short term controllable anthropogenic or human effects. Humanity is destined to gradually adjust to the natural variation as well as the anthropogenic or human-caused change. Otherwise, the Earth’s feedback mechanisms would predominate, causing global economic, social and political dislocations ...
... with short term controllable anthropogenic or human effects. Humanity is destined to gradually adjust to the natural variation as well as the anthropogenic or human-caused change. Otherwise, the Earth’s feedback mechanisms would predominate, causing global economic, social and political dislocations ...
Biodiversity and Climate Change in Ireland
... • and complying with environmental legislation and agreements (EPA, 2008). Therefore the commissioning of a briefing paper on the impacts of climate change on biodiversity in Ireland is timely, not least since the Biodiversity Forum concludes that climate change is having and will continue to have a ...
... • and complying with environmental legislation and agreements (EPA, 2008). Therefore the commissioning of a briefing paper on the impacts of climate change on biodiversity in Ireland is timely, not least since the Biodiversity Forum concludes that climate change is having and will continue to have a ...
Standard PDF - Wiley Online Library
... average surface air temperature, so it would in theory be possible to stop the rise of global-average temperature or even lower it, thus ameliorating these impacts. For example, reduced temperature would slow or reverse the current downward trend in Arctic sea ice, the melting of land glaciers, incl ...
... average surface air temperature, so it would in theory be possible to stop the rise of global-average temperature or even lower it, thus ameliorating these impacts. For example, reduced temperature would slow or reverse the current downward trend in Arctic sea ice, the melting of land glaciers, incl ...
canadian pulp and paper association
... While sustainability is a large and complex concept, Canada's forest sector is actively involved in discussions at international, national and provincial levels to ensure that its industry's operations are sustainable for present and future generations. For more information and statistics, readers a ...
... While sustainability is a large and complex concept, Canada's forest sector is actively involved in discussions at international, national and provincial levels to ensure that its industry's operations are sustainable for present and future generations. For more information and statistics, readers a ...
A New Climate for Conservation: Nature Carbon and Climate
... This report was commissioned by the Working Group on Biodiversity, Forests and Climate, an alliance of Environmental Non-governmental Organizations (ENGOs) including: B.C. Spaces for Nature, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, David Suzuki Foundation, ForestEthics, Land Trust Alliance of B.C., We ...
... This report was commissioned by the Working Group on Biodiversity, Forests and Climate, an alliance of Environmental Non-governmental Organizations (ENGOs) including: B.C. Spaces for Nature, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, David Suzuki Foundation, ForestEthics, Land Trust Alliance of B.C., We ...
Changing
... to influence policy makers, Government, trade unions, employers and the wider adaptation and climate change policy community. The research and production of this report was conducted for the TUC in 2008 by environmental consultancy AEA. It included a review of the existing literature, interviews wit ...
... to influence policy makers, Government, trade unions, employers and the wider adaptation and climate change policy community. The research and production of this report was conducted for the TUC in 2008 by environmental consultancy AEA. It included a review of the existing literature, interviews wit ...
Background Paper Nansen Initiative South Asian Regional
... State-led, bottom-up consultative process intended to build consensus on how best to protect and address the needs of people displaced across international borders in the context of drought, flooding and other natural hazards, including those linked to the effects of climate change, as well as how s ...
... State-led, bottom-up consultative process intended to build consensus on how best to protect and address the needs of people displaced across international borders in the context of drought, flooding and other natural hazards, including those linked to the effects of climate change, as well as how s ...
–boreal Predicting tree biomass growth in the temperate
... Introduction Tree growth is known to vary annually with fluctuations in climate. In poor growing years, little to no wood grows around the outer dimensions of a tree stem, while favorable years produce higher than average growth in all dimensions. These growth variations have implications for the gl ...
... Introduction Tree growth is known to vary annually with fluctuations in climate. In poor growing years, little to no wood grows around the outer dimensions of a tree stem, while favorable years produce higher than average growth in all dimensions. These growth variations have implications for the gl ...
Background Paper
... State-led, bottom-up consultative process intended to build consensus on how best to protect and address the needs of people displaced across international borders in the context of drought, flooding and other natural hazards, including those linked to the effects of climate change, as well as how s ...
... State-led, bottom-up consultative process intended to build consensus on how best to protect and address the needs of people displaced across international borders in the context of drought, flooding and other natural hazards, including those linked to the effects of climate change, as well as how s ...
Climate variability over the last 2000 years
... greatest (IPCC, 2001). Synthesis of ∼50 well-dated, continuous palaeoclimate records covering the current interglacial (the last ∼10 000 years, Holocene) reveals the occurrence of at least six periods of naturally forced abrupt climate change, of which several coincide with major disruptions in civi ...
... greatest (IPCC, 2001). Synthesis of ∼50 well-dated, continuous palaeoclimate records covering the current interglacial (the last ∼10 000 years, Holocene) reveals the occurrence of at least six periods of naturally forced abrupt climate change, of which several coincide with major disruptions in civi ...
using sustainable land management practices to adapt to and
... improvements in as many of the component parts of the landscape as possible, from forested upland areas to lowland crop systems, by working with land users on their farms. Taken together, the various natural assets in a landscape could be seen as an “investment portfolio” that needs to be holistica ...
... improvements in as many of the component parts of the landscape as possible, from forested upland areas to lowland crop systems, by working with land users on their farms. Taken together, the various natural assets in a landscape could be seen as an “investment portfolio” that needs to be holistica ...
STRIVE An Assessment of Uncertainties Report Series No.48
... Although every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the material contained in this publication, complete accuracy cannot be guaranteed. Neither the Environmental Protection Agency nor the author(s) accept any responsibility whatsoever for loss or damage occasioned or claimed to have been o ...
... Although every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the material contained in this publication, complete accuracy cannot be guaranteed. Neither the Environmental Protection Agency nor the author(s) accept any responsibility whatsoever for loss or damage occasioned or claimed to have been o ...
the Disclosure report 2016
... The good news is that we are off and running—the Paris Climate Change Agreement of 2015 became legal reality on November 4, 2016 and to date over 100 countries have ratified it. The strength of the Agreement rests not only on action from central governments, but the unprecedented support and growing ...
... The good news is that we are off and running—the Paris Climate Change Agreement of 2015 became legal reality on November 4, 2016 and to date over 100 countries have ratified it. The strength of the Agreement rests not only on action from central governments, but the unprecedented support and growing ...
International trends in public perceptions of climate change over the
... to have fluctuated over time. Numerous plausible characterizations of these variations, and explanations for them, are to be found in the literature. However, a clear picture has not yet emerged as to the principal trends and patterns that have occurred over the past quarter-century or the factors be ...
... to have fluctuated over time. Numerous plausible characterizations of these variations, and explanations for them, are to be found in the literature. However, a clear picture has not yet emerged as to the principal trends and patterns that have occurred over the past quarter-century or the factors be ...
Securing the Fresh Water Systems of the Nepal Himalaya
... to the Himalayan ecosystem (Liu and Chen, 2000). An analysis of temperature trends in Nepal for the period of 1971-1994 has indicated a continuous warming at an average annual rate of 0.06 oC which varied spatially as well as according to seasons (Shrestha et al., 1999). For example, average annual ...
... to the Himalayan ecosystem (Liu and Chen, 2000). An analysis of temperature trends in Nepal for the period of 1971-1994 has indicated a continuous warming at an average annual rate of 0.06 oC which varied spatially as well as according to seasons (Shrestha et al., 1999). For example, average annual ...
Israel`s report to the UNFCCC on climate change, 2000
... UNFCCC entered into force on March 1994, and 184 countries ratified it by May 2000, including Israel, which ratified in June 1996. ...
... UNFCCC entered into force on March 1994, and 184 countries ratified it by May 2000, including Israel, which ratified in June 1996. ...
Equitable access to sustainable development
... space, another dimension is closely tied to it. It is time for sustainable development. This balance is reflected in the objective of the Convention itself: ‘stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the c ...
... space, another dimension is closely tied to it. It is time for sustainable development. This balance is reflected in the objective of the Convention itself: ‘stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the c ...