References
... Bonan, G.B. 1993a. Physiological controls of the carbon balance of boreal forest ecosystems. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 23:1453-1471. Bonan, G.B. 1993b. Physiological derivation of the obseved relationship between net primary production and mean annual air temperature. Tellus 45B:397-408. B ...
... Bonan, G.B. 1993a. Physiological controls of the carbon balance of boreal forest ecosystems. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 23:1453-1471. Bonan, G.B. 1993b. Physiological derivation of the obseved relationship between net primary production and mean annual air temperature. Tellus 45B:397-408. B ...
Analytical Annex - UK Government Web Archive
... The second section assesses the impacts of the policies set out in this Transition Plan for the period covering the first three carbon budgets. This section considers the impacts of the package on the UK’s GHG emissions, the costs of the package and how these are distributed, the impact of the packag ...
... The second section assesses the impacts of the policies set out in this Transition Plan for the period covering the first three carbon budgets. This section considers the impacts of the package on the UK’s GHG emissions, the costs of the package and how these are distributed, the impact of the packag ...
ICPDR Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change
... the centre of the expected changes. Due to the fact that water is ...
... the centre of the expected changes. Due to the fact that water is ...
TSRA Climate Change Strategy-2014-2018
... scientific community around the timing and scale of changes to the Earth’s climate system driven predominately by human activity. Besides sea level rise, other impacts of climate change on Torres Strait communities and environments are likely to result from ocean warming, hotter weather, changed win ...
... scientific community around the timing and scale of changes to the Earth’s climate system driven predominately by human activity. Besides sea level rise, other impacts of climate change on Torres Strait communities and environments are likely to result from ocean warming, hotter weather, changed win ...
A Tale of Two Provinces: Imposing Greenhouse
... provincial and territorial initiatives designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions1 (“GHG”).2 Ranging from broad policy commitments to detailed regulatory frameworks, these initiatives reflect the considerable diversity of each region’s economic, geographic and resource endowment, as well as the reg ...
... provincial and territorial initiatives designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions1 (“GHG”).2 Ranging from broad policy commitments to detailed regulatory frameworks, these initiatives reflect the considerable diversity of each region’s economic, geographic and resource endowment, as well as the reg ...
Behaviour Change - Appendix B
... taking up climate change initiatives. Therefore promoting low-energy practices as costeffective is crucial in this area. Where savings can be made in fuel bills for example this is seen as good business sense rather than a mitigation measure. Apart from simple commercial self-interest, there are thr ...
... taking up climate change initiatives. Therefore promoting low-energy practices as costeffective is crucial in this area. Where savings can be made in fuel bills for example this is seen as good business sense rather than a mitigation measure. Apart from simple commercial self-interest, there are thr ...
Sweden facing climate change - Government Offices of Sweden
... The increased risk of floods affects building construction, roads and railways in particular. Other infrastructure, industry and agriculture may also be at risk. There is a risk of the supply of drinking water being disrupted by the contamination of water sources or pipe fractures. Flooding of elect ...
... The increased risk of floods affects building construction, roads and railways in particular. Other infrastructure, industry and agriculture may also be at risk. There is a risk of the supply of drinking water being disrupted by the contamination of water sources or pipe fractures. Flooding of elect ...
Existing data and knowledge gaps about air-climate inter
... undertaken. Complexity can differ in number of economic sectors handled, spatial resolution, time horizon, emissions, impact calculated and technology (options) available. For models focusing on just one of the component of the chain listed above, feedbacks are often a weak point. Introducing string ...
... undertaken. Complexity can differ in number of economic sectors handled, spatial resolution, time horizon, emissions, impact calculated and technology (options) available. For models focusing on just one of the component of the chain listed above, feedbacks are often a weak point. Introducing string ...
Planning and costing agricultural adaptation to climate change in
... shocks and extreme events such as drought, excessive rains, floods and high temperatures, which have an caused inadequate supply of water and pasture, increases in disease incidences, and death of animals. It is probable that in the future such events are likely to have even more serious repercussio ...
... shocks and extreme events such as drought, excessive rains, floods and high temperatures, which have an caused inadequate supply of water and pasture, increases in disease incidences, and death of animals. It is probable that in the future such events are likely to have even more serious repercussio ...
6 global policy recommendations for a more sustainable
... in the context of climate change and livelihoods that was published in Nature Climate Change (Tanner et al. 2015). They also identified a number of other aspects of resilience which, during the followin ...
... in the context of climate change and livelihoods that was published in Nature Climate Change (Tanner et al. 2015). They also identified a number of other aspects of resilience which, during the followin ...
Mexico - Met Office
... In April 2011, the Met Office Hadley Centre was asked by the United Kingdom’s Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change to compile scientifically robust and impartial information on the physical impacts of climate change for more than 20 countries. This was done using a consistent set of scen ...
... In April 2011, the Met Office Hadley Centre was asked by the United Kingdom’s Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change to compile scientifically robust and impartial information on the physical impacts of climate change for more than 20 countries. This was done using a consistent set of scen ...
No. 63, JANUARY 2010 Norbert P. Psuty, Editor
... ensuring vibrant coasts. The Conference will bring timely national attention to the challenges and opportunities for restoration and will bring together a unique blend of people involved in policy, science, strategy, business, and on-the-ground restoration work. The Conference will be held November ...
... ensuring vibrant coasts. The Conference will bring timely national attention to the challenges and opportunities for restoration and will bring together a unique blend of people involved in policy, science, strategy, business, and on-the-ground restoration work. The Conference will be held November ...
climate vulnerability assessment – islands of dhidhdhoo and
... their opportunity to overcome impacts from global climate change. The program will provide assistance to the Government of the Maldives (GOM), and island and atoll councils; the private sector; and residents of two islands in the northern part of the country that will be targeted with United States ...
... their opportunity to overcome impacts from global climate change. The program will provide assistance to the Government of the Maldives (GOM), and island and atoll councils; the private sector; and residents of two islands in the northern part of the country that will be targeted with United States ...
Abstracts of research articles focusing on the climate change and
... particular stations that are right over the region of maximum positive rainfall urban enhancement due to the thermal heat island or other urban effects, a seemingly decreasing “orographic ratio” is unavoidable. In such a case, urban dynamical positive effects on coastal rainfall can be erroneously ...
... particular stations that are right over the region of maximum positive rainfall urban enhancement due to the thermal heat island or other urban effects, a seemingly decreasing “orographic ratio” is unavoidable. In such a case, urban dynamical positive effects on coastal rainfall can be erroneously ...
Climate controls on soil respired CO2 in the United States
... 5 °C equates to roughly a 15% increase in [CO2aq]. However, there are often orders of magnitude differences between average summer S(z) and S(z) in non-growing season months (e.g., de Jong and Schappert, 1972; Terhune and Harden, 1991), giving the highest [CO2aq] values during the summer, despite th ...
... 5 °C equates to roughly a 15% increase in [CO2aq]. However, there are often orders of magnitude differences between average summer S(z) and S(z) in non-growing season months (e.g., de Jong and Schappert, 1972; Terhune and Harden, 1991), giving the highest [CO2aq] values during the summer, despite th ...
Model estimates of climate controls on pan-Arctic
... for which environmental controls have been investigated. Nemani et al. (2003) found that annual net primary productivity (NPP) is limited by temperature and radiation at high latitudes but by moisture-related factors at lower latitudes. Teuling et al. (2009) and Seneviratne et al. (2010) investigate ...
... for which environmental controls have been investigated. Nemani et al. (2003) found that annual net primary productivity (NPP) is limited by temperature and radiation at high latitudes but by moisture-related factors at lower latitudes. Teuling et al. (2009) and Seneviratne et al. (2010) investigate ...
Does dispersal capacity matter for freshwater biodiversity under
... the estimated spatial distribution of biodiversity. We would have liked to include a broader range of invertebrate taxa but major biases in their collection and recording meant they were unsuitable for spatial modelling. The study focused on species with at least one record within an NSW catchment, ...
... the estimated spatial distribution of biodiversity. We would have liked to include a broader range of invertebrate taxa but major biases in their collection and recording meant they were unsuitable for spatial modelling. The study focused on species with at least one record within an NSW catchment, ...
- UNDP Climate Change Adaptation
... critical premise that implementation of the mitigation and adaptation policies necessary to successfully address the climate change challenge will only be achieved and sustained through involvement and commitment at all levels of decision-making. It is, therefore, necessary to apply a subsidiarity p ...
... critical premise that implementation of the mitigation and adaptation policies necessary to successfully address the climate change challenge will only be achieved and sustained through involvement and commitment at all levels of decision-making. It is, therefore, necessary to apply a subsidiarity p ...
The International and Domestic Law of Climate Change: A Binding
... B6RJ-R76T; see also INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE, FIFTH ASSESSMENT REPORT (AR5) AUTHORS AND REVIEW EDITORS (2014), https://perma.cc/W44J-T3CM. All members of UNEP and WMO, in effect all U.N. member states, are eligible to participate in the IPCC’s work. The IPCC’s work product can be un ...
... B6RJ-R76T; see also INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE, FIFTH ASSESSMENT REPORT (AR5) AUTHORS AND REVIEW EDITORS (2014), https://perma.cc/W44J-T3CM. All members of UNEP and WMO, in effect all U.N. member states, are eligible to participate in the IPCC’s work. The IPCC’s work product can be un ...
Climate Change Adaptation Plan for Coastal and Inland Wetlands in
... Inventory and Classification data in a GIS format is available for download on the Consortium web page - www.glc.org/wetlands. The acreage of wetlands on the Michigan coast is a decline from an estimated 369,000 that existed historically. Coastal wetlands are distributed throughout Michigan’s Great ...
... Inventory and Classification data in a GIS format is available for download on the Consortium web page - www.glc.org/wetlands. The acreage of wetlands on the Michigan coast is a decline from an estimated 369,000 that existed historically. Coastal wetlands are distributed throughout Michigan’s Great ...
The Impact of Climate Change on Hurricane
... In order to model hurricanes, it is critical to recognize that they are rare events. An important component of expected hurricane damages is the frequency or probability (π) the hurricane will occur in each place. In this case, we are interested in the probability that a hurricane with particular ch ...
... In order to model hurricanes, it is critical to recognize that they are rare events. An important component of expected hurricane damages is the frequency or probability (π) the hurricane will occur in each place. In this case, we are interested in the probability that a hurricane with particular ch ...