Small Island States
... increasing the economic and social “costs” of adaptation. Biological systems. Coral reefs, mangroves, and seagrass beds, which provide the economic foundation for many small islands, often rely on “stable” coastal environments to sustain themselves. Although it is acknowledged that human-induced str ...
... increasing the economic and social “costs” of adaptation. Biological systems. Coral reefs, mangroves, and seagrass beds, which provide the economic foundation for many small islands, often rely on “stable” coastal environments to sustain themselves. Although it is acknowledged that human-induced str ...
Landslide risk and climate change in the European alps
... 5 Climate change and landslides 5.1 Little Ice Age (LIA) climate in the European Alps In order to examine the effect that the climate has on the incidence of landsliding and how this may change in the future, we must look to the past to understand how the climate changes over time and how this has i ...
... 5 Climate change and landslides 5.1 Little Ice Age (LIA) climate in the European Alps In order to examine the effect that the climate has on the incidence of landsliding and how this may change in the future, we must look to the past to understand how the climate changes over time and how this has i ...
desertification in africa - university of nairobi staff profiles
... miseries. In some cases the society is forced to abandon their land because it can no longer sustain them and migrate to other regions or to urban slums. This has been associated with many environmental refugees world wide. Mass movements of people in search of water and pasture have led to serious ...
... miseries. In some cases the society is forced to abandon their land because it can no longer sustain them and migrate to other regions or to urban slums. This has been associated with many environmental refugees world wide. Mass movements of people in search of water and pasture have led to serious ...
Chapter 2: An Overview of Canada`s Changing Climate
... A 100-year warming trend1 of 0.74°C ± 0.18 °C in global surface air temperature was observed for the period 19062005 (IPCC, 2007). Several reports, including the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Statement on the Status of the Global Climate (WMO, 2013) and the American Meteorological Society ...
... A 100-year warming trend1 of 0.74°C ± 0.18 °C in global surface air temperature was observed for the period 19062005 (IPCC, 2007). Several reports, including the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Statement on the Status of the Global Climate (WMO, 2013) and the American Meteorological Society ...
Climate Change in Levelock, Alaska
... Conservation Cooperative, and the United States Environmental Protection Agency. In-kind contributions were provided by all project partners. Information sources include the observations of local residents, reports from government agencies, and scientific findings gathered from published sources. ...
... Conservation Cooperative, and the United States Environmental Protection Agency. In-kind contributions were provided by all project partners. Information sources include the observations of local residents, reports from government agencies, and scientific findings gathered from published sources. ...
THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE TOURISM SECTOR
... Tourism is an important source of economic growth in the Caribbean and one of the most important industrial sectors for some countries in the subregion. The purpose of this study is to estimate the economic impact of climate change on the tourism sector in nine countries in the Caribbean Basin: Arub ...
... Tourism is an important source of economic growth in the Caribbean and one of the most important industrial sectors for some countries in the subregion. The purpose of this study is to estimate the economic impact of climate change on the tourism sector in nine countries in the Caribbean Basin: Arub ...
Central Coast Climate change snapshot
... In this report care should be taken when interpreting changes in rainfall that are presented as the average of all of the climate change projections, especially when the model outputs show changes of both wetting and drying. To understand the spread of potential changes in rainfall the bar charts sh ...
... In this report care should be taken when interpreting changes in rainfall that are presented as the average of all of the climate change projections, especially when the model outputs show changes of both wetting and drying. To understand the spread of potential changes in rainfall the bar charts sh ...
Response of hydrological processes to land
... hypothesis H0 (there is no steep change) is accepted if Z1˛/2 Zc Z1˛/2 . Description of the watershed model Hydrological modelling, especially distributed hydrological modelling, is used to simulate hydrological processes in watersheds. The objective of this study is to assess the effects of ...
... hypothesis H0 (there is no steep change) is accepted if Z1˛/2 Zc Z1˛/2 . Description of the watershed model Hydrological modelling, especially distributed hydrological modelling, is used to simulate hydrological processes in watersheds. The objective of this study is to assess the effects of ...
Climate evolution in the last five centuries
... The past variations of solar output have been derived from the values used by C ROWLEY (2000). For the period after 1610 A.D., past solar variations are empirically estimated from observations of sun spots (L EAN et al., 1995) and between 1500 and 1610 A.D. they are based on concentrations of the co ...
... The past variations of solar output have been derived from the values used by C ROWLEY (2000). For the period after 1610 A.D., past solar variations are empirically estimated from observations of sun spots (L EAN et al., 1995) and between 1500 and 1610 A.D. they are based on concentrations of the co ...
Climate change and freshwater ecosystems: impacts
... Atkinson 2000) rather than the higher levels of organization (i.e. communities, food webs, ecosystems) (but see Kishi et al. 2005; Burgmer et al. 2007; Buisson et al. 2008; Friberg et al. 2009; Woodward et al. 2009; Yvon-Durocher et al. 2010). This is especially true for fresh waters, and this is a ...
... Atkinson 2000) rather than the higher levels of organization (i.e. communities, food webs, ecosystems) (but see Kishi et al. 2005; Burgmer et al. 2007; Buisson et al. 2008; Friberg et al. 2009; Woodward et al. 2009; Yvon-Durocher et al. 2010). This is especially true for fresh waters, and this is a ...
SUBSTITUTION OF NATURAL GAS FOR COAL: CLIMATIC
... potentials, for example), here the unit pulse of each substance decays over the background concentrations resulting from the A1b emissions scenario (IPCC, 2000). Using the changing atmospheric composition modeled from the A1b emissions scenario as background is a more realistic approach than a const ...
... potentials, for example), here the unit pulse of each substance decays over the background concentrations resulting from the A1b emissions scenario (IPCC, 2000). Using the changing atmospheric composition modeled from the A1b emissions scenario as background is a more realistic approach than a const ...
Climate change and freshwater ecosystems: impacts across multiple
... Atkinson 2000) rather than the higher levels of organization (i.e. communities, food webs, ecosystems) (but see Kishi et al. 2005; Burgmer et al. 2007; Buisson et al. 2008; Friberg et al. 2009; Woodward et al. 2009; Yvon-Durocher et al. 2010). This is especially true for fresh waters, and this is a ...
... Atkinson 2000) rather than the higher levels of organization (i.e. communities, food webs, ecosystems) (but see Kishi et al. 2005; Burgmer et al. 2007; Buisson et al. 2008; Friberg et al. 2009; Woodward et al. 2009; Yvon-Durocher et al. 2010). This is especially true for fresh waters, and this is a ...
Prospering in a Changing Climate
... has been used for extensive tree plantings to provide salinity and biodiversity benefits in addition to carbon sequestration. There are many ways in which we are already responding to the challenges of climate change. For example the State Natural Resources Management Plan 2012 recognises climate ch ...
... has been used for extensive tree plantings to provide salinity and biodiversity benefits in addition to carbon sequestration. There are many ways in which we are already responding to the challenges of climate change. For example the State Natural Resources Management Plan 2012 recognises climate ch ...
The Role of Regional SST Warming Variations in the - NCAR-RAL
... The SST forcing data come from two sets of CMIP3 simulations (Meehl et al. 2007b); as a control, we use the 20C3M (referred to here as 20C). The 20C experiments originate from preindustrial control runs. In those runs, historical measurements of greenhouse gases, sulfate aerosols, and solar and volc ...
... The SST forcing data come from two sets of CMIP3 simulations (Meehl et al. 2007b); as a control, we use the 20C3M (referred to here as 20C). The 20C experiments originate from preindustrial control runs. In those runs, historical measurements of greenhouse gases, sulfate aerosols, and solar and volc ...
Good-Bye Kyoto - Carbon Market Watch
... laudable step forward in ambition. Yet, if emission reductions from such jurisdictions are counted towards national targets and sold as CDM offset credits at the same time, these reductions are counted towards multiple reduction goals. This means that the actual global emissions could be higher than ...
... laudable step forward in ambition. Yet, if emission reductions from such jurisdictions are counted towards national targets and sold as CDM offset credits at the same time, these reductions are counted towards multiple reduction goals. This means that the actual global emissions could be higher than ...
AN EVALUATION OF FARMERS` PERCEPTIONS OF AND
... While the afore mentioned efforts have constituted government-driven measures of adaptation, farmer-driven measures of adapting to climate change especially in regard to the arid and semi arid regions in Kenya are not very well known. This is despite the fact that that some of these places have in t ...
... While the afore mentioned efforts have constituted government-driven measures of adaptation, farmer-driven measures of adapting to climate change especially in regard to the arid and semi arid regions in Kenya are not very well known. This is despite the fact that that some of these places have in t ...
Metabolic theory explains latitudinal variation in common carp
... other management manipulations, making it difficult to detect latitudinal thermal responses (Beard and Kampa 1999). Unfortunately, most research evaluating relationships between latitude and fish population characteristics have used recreationally important species subject to differences in harvest ...
... other management manipulations, making it difficult to detect latitudinal thermal responses (Beard and Kampa 1999). Unfortunately, most research evaluating relationships between latitude and fish population characteristics have used recreationally important species subject to differences in harvest ...
Sea Level Rise in BC: mobilizing science into action
... sea level rise science into various tools to support and/or drive local action. The choice to include in regional projections a sea level rise scenario considered “extreme” at the time anticipated the evolving science and facilitated the subsequent introduction of a planning target of 1m by 2100. In ...
... sea level rise science into various tools to support and/or drive local action. The choice to include in regional projections a sea level rise scenario considered “extreme” at the time anticipated the evolving science and facilitated the subsequent introduction of a planning target of 1m by 2100. In ...
The gARNAUT ReVIeW 2011 - Garnaut Climate Change Review
... of its pledged targets with sweeping regulatory actions in energy and innovation. Chinese leaders have been pleasantly surprised at the pace and cost of change and are growing in confidence that they will later be in a position to offer more aggressive pledges still. In this new world of concerted u ...
... of its pledged targets with sweeping regulatory actions in energy and innovation. Chinese leaders have been pleasantly surprised at the pace and cost of change and are growing in confidence that they will later be in a position to offer more aggressive pledges still. In this new world of concerted u ...
Projected pH reductions by 2100 might put deep
... of anthropogenic carbon (Sabine et al., 2004), as well as tritium and chlorofluorocarbon distributions (Doney and Jenkins, 1994). Gehlen et al. (2008) used output from a single model and for a scenario following an atmospheric CO2 increase of 1 % per year over 140 years starting from an atmospheric ...
... of anthropogenic carbon (Sabine et al., 2004), as well as tritium and chlorofluorocarbon distributions (Doney and Jenkins, 1994). Gehlen et al. (2008) used output from a single model and for a scenario following an atmospheric CO2 increase of 1 % per year over 140 years starting from an atmospheric ...
Togo - unfccc
... Togo plans to adopt an approach based on contributions founded on both measures to be introduced and targeted results in order to better identify any opportunities for co-benefits in terms of reducing GHG emissions that might potentially be derived from synergies between adaptation and mitigation. T ...
... Togo plans to adopt an approach based on contributions founded on both measures to be introduced and targeted results in order to better identify any opportunities for co-benefits in terms of reducing GHG emissions that might potentially be derived from synergies between adaptation and mitigation. T ...
FAO, forests and climate change
... of forests and forest-dependent people to climate change. Deploying sustainable forest management (SFM)1 can not only lessen the risks posed by climate change, it can generate opportunities, such as employment in forest restoration, forest conservation, wood production and wood-based manufacturing; ...
... of forests and forest-dependent people to climate change. Deploying sustainable forest management (SFM)1 can not only lessen the risks posed by climate change, it can generate opportunities, such as employment in forest restoration, forest conservation, wood production and wood-based manufacturing; ...
An Ounce of Prevention
... The US government’s process for allocating disaster aid is complex; it focuses on humanitarian need, but short-term political considerations also play a role. These considerations hamper getting the right kind of aid to the right people in the most cost-effective way. Moreover, US humanitarian respo ...
... The US government’s process for allocating disaster aid is complex; it focuses on humanitarian need, but short-term political considerations also play a role. These considerations hamper getting the right kind of aid to the right people in the most cost-effective way. Moreover, US humanitarian respo ...