effects of land cover, water redistribution, and temperature on
... elevations in the mountains, tundra and coniferous forest growth are limited by temperature, not moisture (Peet 1989), so warming is expected to enhance net primary productivity. In the Great Plains, however, annual potential evapotranspiration (PET) is .1000 mm and exceeds the mean annual precipita ...
... elevations in the mountains, tundra and coniferous forest growth are limited by temperature, not moisture (Peet 1989), so warming is expected to enhance net primary productivity. In the Great Plains, however, annual potential evapotranspiration (PET) is .1000 mm and exceeds the mean annual precipita ...
A preliminary assessment of the impact of climate change on non-life insurance demand in the BRICS economies: Working Paper 63 (379 kB) (opens in new window)
... The Munich Re Programme is evaluating the economics of climate risks and opportunities in the insurance sector. It is a comprehensive research programme that focuses on the assessment of the risks from climate change and on the appropriate responses, to inform decision-making in the private and publ ...
... The Munich Re Programme is evaluating the economics of climate risks and opportunities in the insurance sector. It is a comprehensive research programme that focuses on the assessment of the risks from climate change and on the appropriate responses, to inform decision-making in the private and publ ...
The Environmental Turning Point
... champions causes and attempt to resolves problematic conditions, it has also become a global momentum affecting almost every sector of our society, while challenging humans very conception of their world and relationship with that world (Shabecoff, 2003). However, some have come to question in recen ...
... champions causes and attempt to resolves problematic conditions, it has also become a global momentum affecting almost every sector of our society, while challenging humans very conception of their world and relationship with that world (Shabecoff, 2003). However, some have come to question in recen ...
Shareholder Activism for Stranded Asset Risk
... capital to investors for their failure to address this risk and for continuing to make major expenditures to find new reserves. Whether investors receive new information, and reevaluate the risk of their ...
... capital to investors for their failure to address this risk and for continuing to make major expenditures to find new reserves. Whether investors receive new information, and reevaluate the risk of their ...
Ecological consequences of global climate change for freshwater
... Observational records and climate projections provide abundant evidence that freshwater resources have the potential to be strongly impacted by climate change, with wide-ranging consequences for human societies and ecosystems.1 Observed global trends in precipitation, humidity, drought and run-off i ...
... Observational records and climate projections provide abundant evidence that freshwater resources have the potential to be strongly impacted by climate change, with wide-ranging consequences for human societies and ecosystems.1 Observed global trends in precipitation, humidity, drought and run-off i ...
Climate Change Youth Guide to Action
... Vital Statistics “Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising global average sea level.” - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Fourth Assessme ...
... Vital Statistics “Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising global average sea level.” - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Fourth Assessme ...
Characterizing postindustrial changes in the ocean carbon cycle in
... reason is the lack of empirical knowledge of DIC distribution prior to industrialization. Even with perfect knowledge of the global ocean DIC distribution today, the small anthropogenic component must still somehow be separated from the much larger and unknown pre-industrial (background) component o ...
... reason is the lack of empirical knowledge of DIC distribution prior to industrialization. Even with perfect knowledge of the global ocean DIC distribution today, the small anthropogenic component must still somehow be separated from the much larger and unknown pre-industrial (background) component o ...
The Health Effects of Climate Change in the WHO European Region
... Bonn 53113, Germany; E-Mails: [email protected] (G.S.M.); [email protected] (V.K.) Consultant to WHO European Centre for Environment and Health, Platz der Vereinten Nationen 1, Bonn 53113, Germany; E-Mail: [email protected] ...
... Bonn 53113, Germany; E-Mails: [email protected] (G.S.M.); [email protected] (V.K.) Consultant to WHO European Centre for Environment and Health, Platz der Vereinten Nationen 1, Bonn 53113, Germany; E-Mail: [email protected] ...
Applying information network analysis to fire
... Harshaw and Tindall 2005, Lin 2008). Instrumental social capital can be studied through theoretical and methodological approaches, such as Ronald Burt’s (2005) network “brokerage” and Nan Lin's “prestige index” (Lin et al. 2001). Expressive social capital can include norms and values, and measures o ...
... Harshaw and Tindall 2005, Lin 2008). Instrumental social capital can be studied through theoretical and methodological approaches, such as Ronald Burt’s (2005) network “brokerage” and Nan Lin's “prestige index” (Lin et al. 2001). Expressive social capital can include norms and values, and measures o ...
Think Globally, Act Locally
... to the sustainability of the economy, our natural environment, and the wellbeing of society. Failure to address these challenges will put at risk our ability to prosper both as a society and economy in the future. It is increasingly recognised that one of the major challenges is the whole area of Cl ...
... to the sustainability of the economy, our natural environment, and the wellbeing of society. Failure to address these challenges will put at risk our ability to prosper both as a society and economy in the future. It is increasingly recognised that one of the major challenges is the whole area of Cl ...
Mean Annual Precipitation Explains - CURVE
... changes in b diversity remain poorly studied despite their potential power for illuminating the drivers of past and present richness patterns and importance in modern conservation [16–18]. This study therefore tests the hypothesis that climatic influences on ...
... changes in b diversity remain poorly studied despite their potential power for illuminating the drivers of past and present richness patterns and importance in modern conservation [16–18]. This study therefore tests the hypothesis that climatic influences on ...
Comparison of Monthly Temperature Extremes Simulated by CMIP3
... The extreme monthly-mean temperatures simulated by 28 models in the fifth phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5) are evaluated and compared with those from 24 models in the third phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP3). Comparisons with observations and reanaly ...
... The extreme monthly-mean temperatures simulated by 28 models in the fifth phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5) are evaluated and compared with those from 24 models in the third phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP3). Comparisons with observations and reanaly ...
The Partnership for Market Readiness
... institutions; others may be in a position to implement and pilot a new domestic or international market-based scheme. Capacity building for market readiness and piloting can have cross-cutting benefits that are relevant to supporting domestic climate change policies, elaborating low emission develop ...
... institutions; others may be in a position to implement and pilot a new domestic or international market-based scheme. Capacity building for market readiness and piloting can have cross-cutting benefits that are relevant to supporting domestic climate change policies, elaborating low emission develop ...
Greenhouse Gas Reduction: Cap-and-Trade Bills in the 110 Congress
... Cap-and-Trade Bills in the 110th Congress Introduction Climate change is generally viewed as a global issue, but proposed responses generally require action at the national level. In 1992, the United States ratified the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which called on ...
... Cap-and-Trade Bills in the 110th Congress Introduction Climate change is generally viewed as a global issue, but proposed responses generally require action at the national level. In 1992, the United States ratified the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which called on ...
Air pollution, greenhouse gases and climate change: Global and
... Thus through tropospheric ozone, air pollution became an important source for global warming. The global warming problem was not just a CO2 problem, but became recognized as a trace gas – climate change problem. 2.8. WMO’s recognition and lead into IPCC But it took five more years for the climate com ...
... Thus through tropospheric ozone, air pollution became an important source for global warming. The global warming problem was not just a CO2 problem, but became recognized as a trace gas – climate change problem. 2.8. WMO’s recognition and lead into IPCC But it took five more years for the climate com ...
Financing the Response to Climate Change
... III. SCALE OF THE FINANCING NEEDS The Copenhagen Accord envisages annual financing for developing countries (from both official and private sources) rising to around $100 billion per year by 2020, in support of strong policy actions by developing countries to mitigate and adapt to climate change. ...
... III. SCALE OF THE FINANCING NEEDS The Copenhagen Accord envisages annual financing for developing countries (from both official and private sources) rising to around $100 billion per year by 2020, in support of strong policy actions by developing countries to mitigate and adapt to climate change. ...
May 9, 2014 EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
... green jobs are in the manufacturing and construction industries, and the greatest concentration of green jobs are in the utility sector.7 These job sectors should continue to grow at an even faster pace as low-GHG technologies come down in cost. At the same time, California has also demonstrated tha ...
... green jobs are in the manufacturing and construction industries, and the greatest concentration of green jobs are in the utility sector.7 These job sectors should continue to grow at an even faster pace as low-GHG technologies come down in cost. At the same time, California has also demonstrated tha ...
National Communication Change Climate
... frequency and intensity. Phenomena like El Niño, which recently led to huge losses in our country, are rendering the poverty of our population even more severe, and tackling this phenomenon has become a priority for Ecuador. The above, along with the risk of a severe deterioration of ecosystems and ...
... frequency and intensity. Phenomena like El Niño, which recently led to huge losses in our country, are rendering the poverty of our population even more severe, and tackling this phenomenon has become a priority for Ecuador. The above, along with the risk of a severe deterioration of ecosystems and ...
PDF, 176 KB - Global Change System for Analysis, Research and
... agriculture, Reilly and Schimmelpfennig (1999) differentiate among yield vulnerability, farmer or sector vulnerability, regional economic vulnerability, and hunger vulnerability. They see vulnerability of farmers to climate conditions as a measure influenced by the capacity to take anticipatory acti ...
... agriculture, Reilly and Schimmelpfennig (1999) differentiate among yield vulnerability, farmer or sector vulnerability, regional economic vulnerability, and hunger vulnerability. They see vulnerability of farmers to climate conditions as a measure influenced by the capacity to take anticipatory acti ...
An Analysis of Carbon Sequestration on Clarkson University`s Campus
... gases that amplify the greenhouse gas effect (Mannion, 1998). The greenhouse gas effect is a naturally occurring phenomenon, in which heat is trapped by gases in the Earth’s atmosphere and radiated back to the Earth’s surface. It is essential for life to exist on Earth, but increased greenhouse gas ...
... gases that amplify the greenhouse gas effect (Mannion, 1998). The greenhouse gas effect is a naturally occurring phenomenon, in which heat is trapped by gases in the Earth’s atmosphere and radiated back to the Earth’s surface. It is essential for life to exist on Earth, but increased greenhouse gas ...
Sea-level rise impacts on transport infrastructure: the notorious case
... which the line will be disrupted during the remainder of the 21st century and consider the potential costs of these disruptions to both the railway industry and the region more broadly. A conclusion discussing the wider implications of both our findings and our methodology brings the paper to a close ...
... which the line will be disrupted during the remainder of the 21st century and consider the potential costs of these disruptions to both the railway industry and the region more broadly. A conclusion discussing the wider implications of both our findings and our methodology brings the paper to a close ...
- CSIRO Publishing
... how we might adapt and respond to it. This book seeks to provide a bridge from the peer-reviewed scientific literature to a broader audience of society while providing the depth of science that this complex issue demands and deserves. The chapters cover what we have already observed in the global an ...
... how we might adapt and respond to it. This book seeks to provide a bridge from the peer-reviewed scientific literature to a broader audience of society while providing the depth of science that this complex issue demands and deserves. The chapters cover what we have already observed in the global an ...
SoE 08 Part 4.1 Atmos - Commissioner for Environmental
... area of policy, and the evolution of measures will continue well beyond the release of this report. The commentary in this report should be viewed, therefore, as part of a dynamic pattern of governmental, industry amd community effort which has a long way to go. Adaptation to climate change as a pol ...
... area of policy, and the evolution of measures will continue well beyond the release of this report. The commentary in this report should be viewed, therefore, as part of a dynamic pattern of governmental, industry amd community effort which has a long way to go. Adaptation to climate change as a pol ...