Aerosols and Climate Change
... in altering the balance of incoming and outgoing energy in the Earth-atmosphere system and is an index of the importance of the factor as a potential climate change mechanism. In this report radiative forcing values are for changes relative to preindustrial conditions defined at 1750 and are express ...
... in altering the balance of incoming and outgoing energy in the Earth-atmosphere system and is an index of the importance of the factor as a potential climate change mechanism. In this report radiative forcing values are for changes relative to preindustrial conditions defined at 1750 and are express ...
SEE Project-OrientGate: A structured network for integration of
... affected by water scarcity and droughts doubled - from 6 to 13 % - during the last 30 years. EU Water Framework Directive (WFD/2000/60/EC) and the Water Scarcity and Droughts EU Policy (EC 2007b) refers to protect and restore the water environment across Europe and to develop adaptation measures and ...
... affected by water scarcity and droughts doubled - from 6 to 13 % - during the last 30 years. EU Water Framework Directive (WFD/2000/60/EC) and the Water Scarcity and Droughts EU Policy (EC 2007b) refers to protect and restore the water environment across Europe and to develop adaptation measures and ...
European summer temperatures since Roman times
... used in an ensemble composite-plus-scale (CPS) reconstruction of mean European summer land temperature for the past two millennia. Here we build upon these results and provide new estimates of European summer temperature variability over more than the past two millennia. We present: (i) annually-res ...
... used in an ensemble composite-plus-scale (CPS) reconstruction of mean European summer land temperature for the past two millennia. Here we build upon these results and provide new estimates of European summer temperature variability over more than the past two millennia. We present: (i) annually-res ...
Historical and idealized climate model experiments: an
... climate processes and feedbacks while compromising on the complexity of one or more climate model component. Often EMICs are used at lower resolution, and model components may have reduced dimensionality. While generally simpler, EMICs sometimes include more subcomponent models than Earth system AOG ...
... climate processes and feedbacks while compromising on the complexity of one or more climate model component. Often EMICs are used at lower resolution, and model components may have reduced dimensionality. While generally simpler, EMICs sometimes include more subcomponent models than Earth system AOG ...
Guidance to the interaction between POPs and climate change and
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... REFERENCES .......................................................................................................................................... 41 GLOSSARY .......................................................................................................................................... ...
Social Aspects of Climate Change in Urban Areas in Low
... brings or is likely to bring are distributed unevenly within urban areas among different social groups. Location influences many impacts — for instance, storms, floods or heat waves usually hit particular parts of a city more severely than others. All impacts are influenced by the quality of housing ...
... brings or is likely to bring are distributed unevenly within urban areas among different social groups. Location influences many impacts — for instance, storms, floods or heat waves usually hit particular parts of a city more severely than others. All impacts are influenced by the quality of housing ...
Warming the world : economic models of global
... next century. This prospect has been sufficiently alarming that governments have undertaken, under the Kyoto Protocol of December 1997, to reduce their GHG emissions over the coming years. The Kyoto Protocol raises a number of fundamental issues: Are the emissions limitations proposed there sufficie ...
... next century. This prospect has been sufficiently alarming that governments have undertaken, under the Kyoto Protocol of December 1997, to reduce their GHG emissions over the coming years. The Kyoto Protocol raises a number of fundamental issues: Are the emissions limitations proposed there sufficie ...
Comparing impacts of climate change on streamflow in four large
... are between 10 and 100 Mm3 (LBPTC, 2010). In addition, there is a lot of mining activity in the Limpopo River basin with about 1900 mines over the years (Ashton et al., 2001b), and many of them have extensive impacts on water resources (Ashton et al., 2001a). In the Niger, water management infrastru ...
... are between 10 and 100 Mm3 (LBPTC, 2010). In addition, there is a lot of mining activity in the Limpopo River basin with about 1900 mines over the years (Ashton et al., 2001b), and many of them have extensive impacts on water resources (Ashton et al., 2001a). In the Niger, water management infrastru ...
Regional projections of climate change effects on thermal habitat
... Sustainability in a Changing Climate: An Overview of MNR’s Climate Change Strategy (2011-2014) Climate change will affect all MNR programs and the natural resources for which it has responsibility. This strategy confirms MNR’s commitment to the Ontario government’s climate change initiatives such a ...
... Sustainability in a Changing Climate: An Overview of MNR’s Climate Change Strategy (2011-2014) Climate change will affect all MNR programs and the natural resources for which it has responsibility. This strategy confirms MNR’s commitment to the Ontario government’s climate change initiatives such a ...
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... important questions in this context are: how should energy users substitute between different energy sources; should they make a transition towards a ’low-carbon economy’; how will resource rents for energy producing countries change; should they leave reserves of high-carbon resources (e.g. coal) u ...
... important questions in this context are: how should energy users substitute between different energy sources; should they make a transition towards a ’low-carbon economy’; how will resource rents for energy producing countries change; should they leave reserves of high-carbon resources (e.g. coal) u ...
climate change and the protection of guatemalan marine
... Data from EM-DAT - The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database, 2011 ...
... Data from EM-DAT - The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database, 2011 ...
Migration, displacement, and the environment
... Those fleeing climate risks do not, as such, fall under this definition, and often do not cross international borders.17 Similarly, while environmental and climate change may be a driver of displacement, in many cases it is only one driver among many that may compel an individual or family to flee t ...
... Those fleeing climate risks do not, as such, fall under this definition, and often do not cross international borders.17 Similarly, while environmental and climate change may be a driver of displacement, in many cases it is only one driver among many that may compel an individual or family to flee t ...
Economic implications of projected changes to tuna
... SME approaches to food security • Small household level aquaculture for subsistence consumption is only viable with ongoing government support and subsidy of farm inputs, but is viewed as important by PICTs • Inland aquaculture for livelihoods also contributes to food security • The next challenge ...
... SME approaches to food security • Small household level aquaculture for subsistence consumption is only viable with ongoing government support and subsidy of farm inputs, but is viewed as important by PICTs • Inland aquaculture for livelihoods also contributes to food security • The next challenge ...
Soil organic carbon pools in the northern circumpolar permafrost
... determine carbon pools in soils of the northern circumpolar permafrost region. The area of all soils in the northern permafrost region is approximately 18,782 103 km2, or approximately 16% of the global soil area. In the northern permafrost region, organic soils (peatlands) and cryoturbated permaf ...
... determine carbon pools in soils of the northern circumpolar permafrost region. The area of all soils in the northern permafrost region is approximately 18,782 103 km2, or approximately 16% of the global soil area. In the northern permafrost region, organic soils (peatlands) and cryoturbated permaf ...
CBDAMPIC
... therefore focused more on backstopping countries on technical capacity building, financial administration and other support needed from time to time. This is a slight departure from other regional projects where most project activities are carried out at the regional level and mostly by consultants. ...
... therefore focused more on backstopping countries on technical capacity building, financial administration and other support needed from time to time. This is a slight departure from other regional projects where most project activities are carried out at the regional level and mostly by consultants. ...
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... Conservation of coastal marine biodiversity requires to reduce and to mitigate direct and diffusive anthropogenic impacts on marine and coastal biodiversity. Moreover, efforts towards gaining information about the distribution and conservation status of vulnerable key ecosystems and species is requi ...
... Conservation of coastal marine biodiversity requires to reduce and to mitigate direct and diffusive anthropogenic impacts on marine and coastal biodiversity. Moreover, efforts towards gaining information about the distribution and conservation status of vulnerable key ecosystems and species is requi ...
SpecieS and climate change
... incubation lead to disproportionately lower numbers of males. They highlight impacts of increasing air and sea temperatures, rising sea levels and changing ocean currents due to climate change. Emperor Penguins are predicted to lose sea ice platforms for breeding and face changes in food availabilit ...
... incubation lead to disproportionately lower numbers of males. They highlight impacts of increasing air and sea temperatures, rising sea levels and changing ocean currents due to climate change. Emperor Penguins are predicted to lose sea ice platforms for breeding and face changes in food availabilit ...
DISCUSSION PAPER International Technology-Oriented
... Existing agreements—such as in the Kyoto Protocol and the EU Emission Trading System (ETS)—have emphasized mandatory GHG reduction targets. However, the protocol’s limitations with respect to participation and effectiveness have become apparent, as the United States and Australia have withdrawn and ...
... Existing agreements—such as in the Kyoto Protocol and the EU Emission Trading System (ETS)—have emphasized mandatory GHG reduction targets. However, the protocol’s limitations with respect to participation and effectiveness have become apparent, as the United States and Australia have withdrawn and ...
Inclusion of ecologically based trait variation in plant functional types
... without needing to invoke mechanistic processes that are not fully quantified or understood. By quantifying the relationships between observed variation in community mean traits and their environmental drivers and incorporating these into DGVMs, traits can be adjusted every year within the model, al ...
... without needing to invoke mechanistic processes that are not fully quantified or understood. By quantifying the relationships between observed variation in community mean traits and their environmental drivers and incorporating these into DGVMs, traits can be adjusted every year within the model, al ...
Latest version - Broads Authority
... Climate science We notice changes in our day-to-day weather, and short-term variations in our climate such as the recent winter storm events. Climate change science, on the other hand, analyses the average weather trends or cycles at a particular place over much longer periods of time – generally ar ...
... Climate science We notice changes in our day-to-day weather, and short-term variations in our climate such as the recent winter storm events. Climate change science, on the other hand, analyses the average weather trends or cycles at a particular place over much longer periods of time – generally ar ...
Quantifying the relative contribution of the climate and direct human
... However, the flow of water in most rivers in the United States reflects some level of human activities [National Research Council, 2002]. Dams and diversions for irrigation may be the most cited activities, but groundwater pumping and land use change are also important factors. Recently, Arrigoni et ...
... However, the flow of water in most rivers in the United States reflects some level of human activities [National Research Council, 2002]. Dams and diversions for irrigation may be the most cited activities, but groundwater pumping and land use change are also important factors. Recently, Arrigoni et ...
From Davos to Copenhagen and Beyond
... global carbon dioxide emissions. By 2035, under a “business as usual” scenario, carbon dioxide emissions from global tourism are projected to increase by 130 per cent. Most of the increase is attributed to air travel but the tourism sector has pledged to substantia ...
... global carbon dioxide emissions. By 2035, under a “business as usual” scenario, carbon dioxide emissions from global tourism are projected to increase by 130 per cent. Most of the increase is attributed to air travel but the tourism sector has pledged to substantia ...
Sea-level rise and climate change
... Regional sea-level rise projections have been prepared for Australia and show that the extent of rise is likely to be similar around the nation, with only small differences existing between locations for different time frames and emissions scenarios. ...
... Regional sea-level rise projections have been prepared for Australia and show that the extent of rise is likely to be similar around the nation, with only small differences existing between locations for different time frames and emissions scenarios. ...
SimCLIM 2013 Data Manual 1 November 2013 Prepared By:
... SimCLIM software system. Climatic data may come from miscellaneous sources and may have different characteristics: for example, spatial resolutions, data formations and time spans. According to specific cases, these data are post-processed, standardized, and then are maintained by CLIMsystems for in ...
... SimCLIM software system. Climatic data may come from miscellaneous sources and may have different characteristics: for example, spatial resolutions, data formations and time spans. According to specific cases, these data are post-processed, standardized, and then are maintained by CLIMsystems for in ...