implications of long-term scenarios for medium
... Similarly to emissions, there is also an interest in summarising the contribution of different greenhouse gases in the atmosphere in terms of an aggregated number. A commonly used metric here is combined radiative forcing, defined as the difference in solar irradiance absorbed by the Earth and the e ...
... Similarly to emissions, there is also an interest in summarising the contribution of different greenhouse gases in the atmosphere in terms of an aggregated number. A commonly used metric here is combined radiative forcing, defined as the difference in solar irradiance absorbed by the Earth and the e ...
Vulnerability to climate change in the Arctic: A case study from Arctic
... 2002; Simon, 2004). Many of these risks are associated with harvesting activities. In indigenous northern communities, people spend significant time hunting and travelling on the land and rely on livelihoods that are being affected by climate change. For Inuit hunters in Canada’s Nunavut Territory, ...
... 2002; Simon, 2004). Many of these risks are associated with harvesting activities. In indigenous northern communities, people spend significant time hunting and travelling on the land and rely on livelihoods that are being affected by climate change. For Inuit hunters in Canada’s Nunavut Territory, ...
Fiji Development Bank
... European Bank for Reconstruction and Development International Fund for Agricultural Development World Wildlife Fund United Nations Industrial Development Organization Conservation International ...
... European Bank for Reconstruction and Development International Fund for Agricultural Development World Wildlife Fund United Nations Industrial Development Organization Conservation International ...
Climate change prediction over complex areas: spatial variability of
... study used data from the HIRHAM: Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI), HIRHAM: Norwegian Meteorological Institute (METNO), HADRM3: Hadley Center (HC), RCAO: Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), REGCM: International Center for Theoretical Phisics (ICTP) and PROMES: University Co ...
... study used data from the HIRHAM: Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI), HIRHAM: Norwegian Meteorological Institute (METNO), HADRM3: Hadley Center (HC), RCAO: Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), REGCM: International Center for Theoretical Phisics (ICTP) and PROMES: University Co ...
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... which 270 enumeration areas (EA) and 4074 households were drawn. It was designed to provide information on various aspects of household welfare in Niger such as household composition and characteristics, health, wage employment, and income sources, as well as data on consumption, food security, nonf ...
... which 270 enumeration areas (EA) and 4074 households were drawn. It was designed to provide information on various aspects of household welfare in Niger such as household composition and characteristics, health, wage employment, and income sources, as well as data on consumption, food security, nonf ...
CRS Report for Congress Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Conflicting Situations, Conflicting Perspectives
... by all nations) and what actions should be “differentiated” (i.e., undertaken only by developed ones). Under the UNFCCC and the subsequent Kyoto Protocol, common actions include the responsibility to monitor and report emissions; differentiated actions include the commitment to reduce emissions to a ...
... by all nations) and what actions should be “differentiated” (i.e., undertaken only by developed ones). Under the UNFCCC and the subsequent Kyoto Protocol, common actions include the responsibility to monitor and report emissions; differentiated actions include the commitment to reduce emissions to a ...
Climate change in Australia | Southern and South
... by the IPCC, with a particular focus on RCP4.5 and RCP8.5. The former represents a pathway consistent with low-level emissions, which stabilise the carbon dioxide concentration at about 540 ppm by the end of the 21st century. The latter is representative of a high-emission scenario, for which the ca ...
... by the IPCC, with a particular focus on RCP4.5 and RCP8.5. The former represents a pathway consistent with low-level emissions, which stabilise the carbon dioxide concentration at about 540 ppm by the end of the 21st century. The latter is representative of a high-emission scenario, for which the ca ...
Climate Change Adaptation Discussion Paper MS Word
... We’ve already made adaptation progress ..................................................................................................... 16 Achievement 1 – The Climate Change Adaptation Strategy set the priorities, and the priorities then achieved a life of their own ............................ ...
... We’ve already made adaptation progress ..................................................................................................... 16 Achievement 1 – The Climate Change Adaptation Strategy set the priorities, and the priorities then achieved a life of their own ............................ ...
Tropical Forest, Deforestation and Climate Change - Heinrich
... Compensated Reductions of Deforestation (CR) - This is a credit-based mechanism and was originally proposed during the COP9 in 2003 (Santilli et al. 2005). By CR, a baseline will be established as an average of the annual deforestation for the 90’s .Developing countries that voluntarily achieve redu ...
... Compensated Reductions of Deforestation (CR) - This is a credit-based mechanism and was originally proposed during the COP9 in 2003 (Santilli et al. 2005). By CR, a baseline will be established as an average of the annual deforestation for the 90’s .Developing countries that voluntarily achieve redu ...
Climate change and human health : risks and responses. Summary
... writ large Climate change poses a major, and largely unfamiliar, challenge. This publication describes the process of global climate change, its current and future impacts on human health, and how our societies can lessen those adverse impacts, via adaptation strategies and by reducing greenhouse ga ...
... writ large Climate change poses a major, and largely unfamiliar, challenge. This publication describes the process of global climate change, its current and future impacts on human health, and how our societies can lessen those adverse impacts, via adaptation strategies and by reducing greenhouse ga ...
Climate change prediction over complex areas: spatial variability of
... study used data from the HIRHAM: Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI), HIRHAM: Norwegian Meteorological Institute (METNO), HADRM3: Hadley Center (HC), RCAO: Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), REGCM: International Center for Theoretical Phisics (ICTP) and PROMES: University Co ...
... study used data from the HIRHAM: Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI), HIRHAM: Norwegian Meteorological Institute (METNO), HADRM3: Hadley Center (HC), RCAO: Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), REGCM: International Center for Theoretical Phisics (ICTP) and PROMES: University Co ...
Combating Climate Change Through Boreal Forest
... seriously exacerbate human-induced climate change from other sources. This theme was the focus of a 1997 Greenpeace report entitled “The Carbon Bomb”, which noted that climate change and forest harvesting in combination could potentially result in large increases in Canada’s CO2 emissions, mainly th ...
... seriously exacerbate human-induced climate change from other sources. This theme was the focus of a 1997 Greenpeace report entitled “The Carbon Bomb”, which noted that climate change and forest harvesting in combination could potentially result in large increases in Canada’s CO2 emissions, mainly th ...
Divestment v2 1 DK ch rbw CH (2)
... This appears to be the most frequently cited reason for divesting from fossil fuels. The use of these fuels starting with coal at the onset of the industrial revolution has been the largest source of cumulative emissions and hence of the already unsafe levels of CO2 in the atmosphere and oceans i (s ...
... This appears to be the most frequently cited reason for divesting from fossil fuels. The use of these fuels starting with coal at the onset of the industrial revolution has been the largest source of cumulative emissions and hence of the already unsafe levels of CO2 in the atmosphere and oceans i (s ...
Working Paper No.7 - Climate Learning and Knowledge
... limited translation of research results into action. In addition, there are inadequate up to date reliable early warning systems as well as poor coordination between zonal and national meteorological ...
... limited translation of research results into action. In addition, there are inadequate up to date reliable early warning systems as well as poor coordination between zonal and national meteorological ...
Climate change, wine, and conservation
... Climate change is expected to impact ecosystems directly, such as through shifting climatic controls on species ranges, and indirectly, for example through changes in human land use that may result in habitat loss. Shifting patterns of agricultural production in response to climate change have recei ...
... Climate change is expected to impact ecosystems directly, such as through shifting climatic controls on species ranges, and indirectly, for example through changes in human land use that may result in habitat loss. Shifting patterns of agricultural production in response to climate change have recei ...
From `fearing` to `empowering` climate refugees: Governing climate
... climate change induced migration. Early science and policy documents from the 1980s and 1990s discussed ‘climate refugees’ as a pathology to be prevented. In the early 2000s, scientists and policymakers advocated the responsibility of Western emitters to ‘save’ climate refugees and offer them refuge ...
... climate change induced migration. Early science and policy documents from the 1980s and 1990s discussed ‘climate refugees’ as a pathology to be prevented. In the early 2000s, scientists and policymakers advocated the responsibility of Western emitters to ‘save’ climate refugees and offer them refuge ...
From Impacts Assessment to Adaptation Priorities: the Shaping of
... adverse effects of climate change, including variability and extremes. Vulnerability is a function of the character, magnitude and rate of climate change and variation to which a system is exposed, its sensitivity, and its adaptive capacity. These are "working definitions" subject to evolution as th ...
... adverse effects of climate change, including variability and extremes. Vulnerability is a function of the character, magnitude and rate of climate change and variation to which a system is exposed, its sensitivity, and its adaptive capacity. These are "working definitions" subject to evolution as th ...
T M Climate Negotiations After the Copenhagen Overview of Emissions Targets
... process are insufficient to limit temperature increase to 2°C relative to pre-industrial global mean temperatures. Only a few reports have analyzed the emissions reductions goals expressed by various nations in their submissions to UNFCCC as part of process laid out in the Copenhagen Accord. All of ...
... process are insufficient to limit temperature increase to 2°C relative to pre-industrial global mean temperatures. Only a few reports have analyzed the emissions reductions goals expressed by various nations in their submissions to UNFCCC as part of process laid out in the Copenhagen Accord. All of ...
Interacting Regional-Scale Regime Shifts for Biodiversity and
... ecosystem services over the twenty-first century could be far greater than was previously predicted. We identify key policy and management opportunities at regional to global scales to avoid these shifts. Keywords: biodiversity change, human–environment interactions, tipping points, South America, S ...
... ecosystem services over the twenty-first century could be far greater than was previously predicted. We identify key policy and management opportunities at regional to global scales to avoid these shifts. Keywords: biodiversity change, human–environment interactions, tipping points, South America, S ...
Unravelling the loss of soil carbon - non
... twice as much carbon as the atmosphere and about three times the carbon stored in vegetation. In the soil, C is a major component of organic matter (OM) and is also found in inorganic form as bicarbonates (HCO3-) and carbonates (CO32-), derived from weathering of rocks. Other forms include particula ...
... twice as much carbon as the atmosphere and about three times the carbon stored in vegetation. In the soil, C is a major component of organic matter (OM) and is also found in inorganic form as bicarbonates (HCO3-) and carbonates (CO32-), derived from weathering of rocks. Other forms include particula ...
How Corporations Have Influenced the U.S. Dialogue on Climate
... has progressed—or not progressed. ...
... has progressed—or not progressed. ...
How much risk ought we to take? Exploring the possibilities of
... argument for a multi-dimensional consequentialist framework, which seems particularly suitable for dealing with complex decision-making situations and cases of risk. As we will argue, while traditional expected well-being consequentialism is too mono-dimensional, Peterson's account – despite its ini ...
... argument for a multi-dimensional consequentialist framework, which seems particularly suitable for dealing with complex decision-making situations and cases of risk. As we will argue, while traditional expected well-being consequentialism is too mono-dimensional, Peterson's account – despite its ini ...
Development finance and climate finance - IIED
... aid in 2013) should not be counted as official development assistance (ODA) as it is now. This will limit any crowding out or diversion of ODA money from core SDG provision, and provide a more accurate picture of development-related finance. Other attempts to resolve this debate over ‘new and additi ...
... aid in 2013) should not be counted as official development assistance (ODA) as it is now. This will limit any crowding out or diversion of ODA money from core SDG provision, and provide a more accurate picture of development-related finance. Other attempts to resolve this debate over ‘new and additi ...
mwalker_arctic_national_wildlife_refuge_climate_change
... the impacts of oil and gas exploration, development, and production, as well as directed a comprehensive assessment of the inventory of fish and wildlife resources on the 1.5 million acres of the Arctic Refuge Coastal Plain. No exploratory drilling was allowed, however potential petroleum reserves w ...
... the impacts of oil and gas exploration, development, and production, as well as directed a comprehensive assessment of the inventory of fish and wildlife resources on the 1.5 million acres of the Arctic Refuge Coastal Plain. No exploratory drilling was allowed, however potential petroleum reserves w ...