Studying Climate Change: Proxy Indicators
... heard by New Zealand, which began accepting them in small numbers as of 2003, although the government has not officially categorized them as environmental refugees – people driven from their homelands as a result of environmental change or natural disaster. Tuvaluans have been particularly vocal abo ...
... heard by New Zealand, which began accepting them in small numbers as of 2003, although the government has not officially categorized them as environmental refugees – people driven from their homelands as a result of environmental change or natural disaster. Tuvaluans have been particularly vocal abo ...
Here - MtnClim 2016
... As the impacts of climate change continue to mount, it is important for scientists and policymakers to understand how climate influences the links between ecosystems and their social and management context. In this study, we examined how changes in climate influence the temporal match between human ...
... As the impacts of climate change continue to mount, it is important for scientists and policymakers to understand how climate influences the links between ecosystems and their social and management context. In this study, we examined how changes in climate influence the temporal match between human ...
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... 4.2.1. Farmer and/or household factors Smallholder farmers’ characteristics can influence decision on whether to adapt or not to adapt to the CV &. C. For example, many studies reveal that factors like experience in farming, gender, access and control over resources, education, marital status and in ...
... 4.2.1. Farmer and/or household factors Smallholder farmers’ characteristics can influence decision on whether to adapt or not to adapt to the CV &. C. For example, many studies reveal that factors like experience in farming, gender, access and control over resources, education, marital status and in ...
Argentina - 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 ...
Title: Farmers` relations to climate variabilities and changes: the
... average of 383 mm in annual total rainfall for the 1981-2007 periods. The evolution of rainfall during this period is not significant and is sensitive to changes in the selection of the study period. Therefore, analyses were made with the Casablanca station (40 km from the research area), where clim ...
... average of 383 mm in annual total rainfall for the 1981-2007 periods. The evolution of rainfall during this period is not significant and is sensitive to changes in the selection of the study period. Therefore, analyses were made with the Casablanca station (40 km from the research area), where clim ...
Guardians of the Amazon - Environmental Defense Fund
... oil-and-gas producers. The rules will cut volatile organic air pollution that causes smog and methane emissions by well over 100,000 tons each year. They’ll also include the nation’s first-ever direct controls on methane. That’s important because one third of the warming in the next couple of decade ...
... oil-and-gas producers. The rules will cut volatile organic air pollution that causes smog and methane emissions by well over 100,000 tons each year. They’ll also include the nation’s first-ever direct controls on methane. That’s important because one third of the warming in the next couple of decade ...
Public Perceptions of Climate Change
... Nearly half, or 47 percent, strongly support government action. Just one in seven Marylanders stand in opposition to governments taking these steps and another 12 percent do not know if they support or oppose government involvement. ...
... Nearly half, or 47 percent, strongly support government action. Just one in seven Marylanders stand in opposition to governments taking these steps and another 12 percent do not know if they support or oppose government involvement. ...
- Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme
... scenarios analyzed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the primary scenario used in the ACIA analyses falls below the middle of the IPCC range of projected temperature rise. The results summarized in this report, like the extensive, fully referenced technical report upon which i ...
... scenarios analyzed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the primary scenario used in the ACIA analyses falls below the middle of the IPCC range of projected temperature rise. The results summarized in this report, like the extensive, fully referenced technical report upon which i ...
Final Report Climate change and Wetlands.doc
... ecosystems, freshwater aquatic ecosystems appear to have the highest proportion of species at risk of extinction by climate change (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment 2005). Not least because of their higher sensitivity to climate change and limited capacity for adaptation (Carpenter et al. 1992; Firth ...
... ecosystems, freshwater aquatic ecosystems appear to have the highest proportion of species at risk of extinction by climate change (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment 2005). Not least because of their higher sensitivity to climate change and limited capacity for adaptation (Carpenter et al. 1992; Firth ...
Climate Change in Japanese History and Prehistory
... March temperatures for Kyoto going back more than 1200 years to 801 CE. Climatic reconstruction based on the dates of cherry blooms has also been attempted for Kanazawa (by Kawamura) and Tokyo (by Aono) but only since the early nineteenth century, presumably for lack of suitable earlier data.11 ...
... March temperatures for Kyoto going back more than 1200 years to 801 CE. Climatic reconstruction based on the dates of cherry blooms has also been attempted for Kanazawa (by Kawamura) and Tokyo (by Aono) but only since the early nineteenth century, presumably for lack of suitable earlier data.11 ...
6 Manufacturing gas in New Zealand
... – ‘E’ is emissions of each class of HFC or PFC. If there are exports of more than one class the calculation may need to be repeated several times – ‘A’ is the total number of units of each type of pre-charged equipment exported in the year by the person – ‘B’ is the mass of a class of HFC or PFC exp ...
... – ‘E’ is emissions of each class of HFC or PFC. If there are exports of more than one class the calculation may need to be repeated several times – ‘A’ is the total number of units of each type of pre-charged equipment exported in the year by the person – ‘B’ is the mass of a class of HFC or PFC exp ...
Forecasting climate change impacts on plant populations over large
... a density-dependent effect of log-transformed cover in the previous year (yi,t − 1), climate effects (xt), and a spatial random effect (η) for each pixel i. Climate effects were standardized [(xi − x̄ )∕σ(x)] to improve convergence during the model fitting stage and to allow for easier prior speci ...
... a density-dependent effect of log-transformed cover in the previous year (yi,t − 1), climate effects (xt), and a spatial random effect (η) for each pixel i. Climate effects were standardized [(xi − x̄ )∕σ(x)] to improve convergence during the model fitting stage and to allow for easier prior speci ...
Migration, Environment and Climate Change
... The Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recently acknowledged that migration can be an effective adaptation strategy to environmental and climate change (IPCC, 2014). In a similar vein, the European Commission’s Staff Working Document (2013:26) on Climate ...
... The Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recently acknowledged that migration can be an effective adaptation strategy to environmental and climate change (IPCC, 2014). In a similar vein, the European Commission’s Staff Working Document (2013:26) on Climate ...
On Applying the Test of a False Prophet to the
... temperatures rise, some arid and semi-arid regions of the earth succumb to desertification, while polar regions of the earth experience longer melting seasons which lead to rising sea levels. These events spark social changes as large populations of humans are forced to relocate and either ...
... temperatures rise, some arid and semi-arid regions of the earth succumb to desertification, while polar regions of the earth experience longer melting seasons which lead to rising sea levels. These events spark social changes as large populations of humans are forced to relocate and either ...
Changing Landscapes, Changing Lives
... The Nechako2 River begins in the Coast Mountains of western British Columbia (BC) and flows eastward through the Interior Plateau Region until it ends at the Fraser River near the geographical centre of the Province, at what is now the City of Prince George (Hartman, 1996). Before the River was damm ...
... The Nechako2 River begins in the Coast Mountains of western British Columbia (BC) and flows eastward through the Interior Plateau Region until it ends at the Fraser River near the geographical centre of the Province, at what is now the City of Prince George (Hartman, 1996). Before the River was damm ...
Climate Change Impacts on Wetlands in Victoria and Implications for
... ecosystems, freshwater aquatic ecosystems appear to have the highest proportion of species at risk of extinction by climate change (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment 2005). Not least because of their higher sensitivity to climate change and limited capacity for adaptation (Carpenter et al. 1992; Firth ...
... ecosystems, freshwater aquatic ecosystems appear to have the highest proportion of species at risk of extinction by climate change (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment 2005). Not least because of their higher sensitivity to climate change and limited capacity for adaptation (Carpenter et al. 1992; Firth ...
CESifo Working Paper no. 2758
... It shows that the share in CO2 emissions from middle and low income countries has risen considerably between 1975 and 2004. As many of those countries are in the stage of industrialization we expect this trend to continue. To overcome the difficulty of how to integrate developing countries, the Kyot ...
... It shows that the share in CO2 emissions from middle and low income countries has risen considerably between 1975 and 2004. As many of those countries are in the stage of industrialization we expect this trend to continue. To overcome the difficulty of how to integrate developing countries, the Kyot ...
Low Carbon Development Strategies
... plans and specific initiatives to address social issues, health, transport, energy, education and many other pressing development aspects. Most of these activities are initiated by national authorities; others are linked to regional collaboration or international frameworks. While many environmental ...
... plans and specific initiatives to address social issues, health, transport, energy, education and many other pressing development aspects. Most of these activities are initiated by national authorities; others are linked to regional collaboration or international frameworks. While many environmental ...
Can actuaries really afford to ignore climate
... Our goal has been to make use of the most reliable and most up to date climate science available, and to avoid conclusions that are not supported by the majority of climate scientists. In order to achieve this, we have collaborated with Professor Andy Pitman, Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence ...
... Our goal has been to make use of the most reliable and most up to date climate science available, and to avoid conclusions that are not supported by the majority of climate scientists. In order to achieve this, we have collaborated with Professor Andy Pitman, Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence ...
Mekong River flow and hydrological extremes under climate change
... above 5000 m in the Tibetan Plateau to only a few metres above sea level in the downstream river delta. The Mekong’s hydrological regime is largely driven by monsoonal activities, most importantly the south-west monsoon and to a lesser extent the north-east monsoon (CostaCabral et al., 2008; MRC, 20 ...
... above 5000 m in the Tibetan Plateau to only a few metres above sea level in the downstream river delta. The Mekong’s hydrological regime is largely driven by monsoonal activities, most importantly the south-west monsoon and to a lesser extent the north-east monsoon (CostaCabral et al., 2008; MRC, 20 ...
Signs of Climate Change in Nordic Nature
... Monitoring of climate change effects on nature During the last decade, several initiatives have been undertaken at the national as well as the international levels to develop monitoring systems that measure the impact of climate change on nature. For example, the United Nations agreement in 2002 tha ...
... Monitoring of climate change effects on nature During the last decade, several initiatives have been undertaken at the national as well as the international levels to develop monitoring systems that measure the impact of climate change on nature. For example, the United Nations agreement in 2002 tha ...
Center for Policy Research
... global climate change, there has been little systematic study of prevailing opinion within the scientific community. Scientists are well aware that scientific consensus can be wrong, but, nonetheless, it is invoked frequently by scientists and non-scientists alike in debates with enormous policy imp ...
... global climate change, there has been little systematic study of prevailing opinion within the scientific community. Scientists are well aware that scientific consensus can be wrong, but, nonetheless, it is invoked frequently by scientists and non-scientists alike in debates with enormous policy imp ...
The Perspectives of Climate Scientists on Global Climate Change
... Global warming is one of the most controversial topics of debate today. Is Earth’s temperature rising? If it is, how rapid is the increase and will it benefit or harm humanity and nature? Are human greenhouse gas emissions to blame, or is the increase a natural return to temperatures that prevailed ...
... Global warming is one of the most controversial topics of debate today. Is Earth’s temperature rising? If it is, how rapid is the increase and will it benefit or harm humanity and nature? Are human greenhouse gas emissions to blame, or is the increase a natural return to temperatures that prevailed ...
international legal implications of climate change for the polar
... however, been fairly minimal to date. Nevertheless, the original perception that climate change is not an issue which can be addressed regionally is slowly beginning to change. There are (at least) three areas where action can and should be undertaken by polar states: mitigating and minimising local ...
... however, been fairly minimal to date. Nevertheless, the original perception that climate change is not an issue which can be addressed regionally is slowly beginning to change. There are (at least) three areas where action can and should be undertaken by polar states: mitigating and minimising local ...