Feeding nine billion in a low emissions economy: Challenging, but
... 1. Agriculture is a very large emitter of greenhouse gases, more than quarter of all emissions when land conversion to farming is included. The share of emissions rises still further if those from the rest of the food system are included. 2. Developing countries are responsible for three‐quarter ...
... 1. Agriculture is a very large emitter of greenhouse gases, more than quarter of all emissions when land conversion to farming is included. The share of emissions rises still further if those from the rest of the food system are included. 2. Developing countries are responsible for three‐quarter ...
Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in the Land Use Sector
... measures and segregated planning and implementation policies at international and national levels. There is a growing argument that synergistic approaches to adaptation and mitigation could bring substantial benefits at multiple scales in the land use sector. Nonetheless, efforts to implement synerg ...
... measures and segregated planning and implementation policies at international and national levels. There is a growing argument that synergistic approaches to adaptation and mitigation could bring substantial benefits at multiple scales in the land use sector. Nonetheless, efforts to implement synerg ...
Transitiong to a low-carbon energy system
... emissions grew by 3.7% in 2015 as the economy recovered with emissions growth witnessed across all main economic sectors. The energy industries, transport and agriculture sectors now account for almost 73% of Ireland’s total greenhouse gas emissions. Within the non-ETS sector agriculture and transpo ...
... emissions grew by 3.7% in 2015 as the economy recovered with emissions growth witnessed across all main economic sectors. The energy industries, transport and agriculture sectors now account for almost 73% of Ireland’s total greenhouse gas emissions. Within the non-ETS sector agriculture and transpo ...
How Climate Science Became a Victim of the Cold War
... The George C. Marshall Institute: Robert Jastrow and SDI The founder and current director of the Marshall Institute is astrophysicist Robert Jastrow. Born in 1925, Jastrow enjoyed a thirty-year career as a distinguished astrophysicist. He played a leading role in the U.S. space program, chairing NAS ...
... The George C. Marshall Institute: Robert Jastrow and SDI The founder and current director of the Marshall Institute is astrophysicist Robert Jastrow. Born in 1925, Jastrow enjoyed a thirty-year career as a distinguished astrophysicist. He played a leading role in the U.S. space program, chairing NAS ...
Climate impacts on flood and coastal erosion infrastructure
... wear and tear of mechanical components (e.g. through increased ‘on-demand’ use), or (iii) the severity of loads, including increased wave overtopping and flow velocities leading to episodic erosion and damage to structural elements (e.g. removal of rock armouring, toe scour, loss of surface cover). ...
... wear and tear of mechanical components (e.g. through increased ‘on-demand’ use), or (iii) the severity of loads, including increased wave overtopping and flow velocities leading to episodic erosion and damage to structural elements (e.g. removal of rock armouring, toe scour, loss of surface cover). ...
Examining Plant Physiological Responses to Climate Change
... ORCID ID: 0000-0003-3173-3357 (K.M.B.). ...
... ORCID ID: 0000-0003-3173-3357 (K.M.B.). ...
Climate Change in the African Small Island Developing States: From
... produce less than one per cent of global greenhouse gases, they would be disproportionately affected by climate change. Because of their significant agriculture, fisheries and tourism sectors, the economies of many SIDS are highly dependent on natural resources. Climate change will therefore not onl ...
... produce less than one per cent of global greenhouse gases, they would be disproportionately affected by climate change. Because of their significant agriculture, fisheries and tourism sectors, the economies of many SIDS are highly dependent on natural resources. Climate change will therefore not onl ...
6. Climate change in the Arctic: A discussion of the impact on
... and less sea ice5. For cod, the longer time series display migration further north and east as well as higher weight in warmer periods during the last century. But the uncertainty about fisheries related to climate change is high, not only because more than temperature changes is involved. An import ...
... and less sea ice5. For cod, the longer time series display migration further north and east as well as higher weight in warmer periods during the last century. But the uncertainty about fisheries related to climate change is high, not only because more than temperature changes is involved. An import ...
1 - QUBES hub
... STUDENT INSTRUCTIONS Introduction Climate change as a result of anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is clear in both climatological and biological data. Global temperatures have increased by 0.74°C ± 0.18°C over the past 100 years (1906-2005), although some regions experience locally greate ...
... STUDENT INSTRUCTIONS Introduction Climate change as a result of anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is clear in both climatological and biological data. Global temperatures have increased by 0.74°C ± 0.18°C over the past 100 years (1906-2005), although some regions experience locally greate ...
Subglobal Regulation of the Global Commons: The Case of Climate
... ("[flailing back to national-scale intervention... invites free riding, holdouts, and inefficient spending of limited resources—and thus structural regulatory failure.... At least from a theoretical viewpoint, inherently global problems demand concerted worldwide action"); Sean T. Fox, Responding to ...
... ("[flailing back to national-scale intervention... invites free riding, holdouts, and inefficient spending of limited resources—and thus structural regulatory failure.... At least from a theoretical viewpoint, inherently global problems demand concerted worldwide action"); Sean T. Fox, Responding to ...
National Park Service - UAF SNAP
... personnel. The group also saw the need for increased staffing – particularly with local hire -- in fire suppression and technology innovation, and increased education efforts focused on Native life, science-based climate change information, and community presentations. Increased infrastructure would ...
... personnel. The group also saw the need for increased staffing – particularly with local hire -- in fire suppression and technology innovation, and increased education efforts focused on Native life, science-based climate change information, and community presentations. Increased infrastructure would ...
Climate Change and US National Security
... and spending patterns for combatant commands and foreign assistance yet to materialize. Outside of government, in addition to the long-time work of the Woodrow Wilson Center, there is a newer policy community in Washington that works on climate change and security nearly full-time, including at the ...
... and spending patterns for combatant commands and foreign assistance yet to materialize. Outside of government, in addition to the long-time work of the Woodrow Wilson Center, there is a newer policy community in Washington that works on climate change and security nearly full-time, including at the ...
Natural Hazards and Climate Change in European Regions
... Like the impacts of the economic and financial crises, the impacts of climate change affect and will affect the European territory. However not all regions and cities are and will be affected in the same way. In some places these challenges have little impacts. In other places, they will in the wors ...
... Like the impacts of the economic and financial crises, the impacts of climate change affect and will affect the European territory. However not all regions and cities are and will be affected in the same way. In some places these challenges have little impacts. In other places, they will in the wors ...
Plantations for People - New Generation Plantations
... Landscape-based approaches can multiply the impact of these efforts. In Brazil’s Atlantic rainforest, NGP participants Fibria, Suzano, Stora Enso and Kimberly-Clark are part of the Sustainable Forest Mosaics Initiative in Brazil’s Atlantic forest (bit.ly/17aPoG8). The mosaic concept aims to fit toge ...
... Landscape-based approaches can multiply the impact of these efforts. In Brazil’s Atlantic rainforest, NGP participants Fibria, Suzano, Stora Enso and Kimberly-Clark are part of the Sustainable Forest Mosaics Initiative in Brazil’s Atlantic forest (bit.ly/17aPoG8). The mosaic concept aims to fit toge ...
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
... War regime were responsible for the vast majority of internal displacements of people. It is remarkable that during the first fifty years of the 20th century, most of the people displacements were hosted in Europe, Russia and China, whereas during the last fifty years of that century, the displaceme ...
... War regime were responsible for the vast majority of internal displacements of people. It is remarkable that during the first fifty years of the 20th century, most of the people displacements were hosted in Europe, Russia and China, whereas during the last fifty years of that century, the displaceme ...
The Vulnerability of Biodiversity to Rapid Climate Change
... these outlooks, (2) reviews key aspects of the vulnerability of biodiversity to climate change, considered from genetics through landscapes, and (3) concludes presenting strategies for handing this vulnerability and associated uncertainty in conservation planning. In summary, biodiversity is vulnera ...
... these outlooks, (2) reviews key aspects of the vulnerability of biodiversity to climate change, considered from genetics through landscapes, and (3) concludes presenting strategies for handing this vulnerability and associated uncertainty in conservation planning. In summary, biodiversity is vulnera ...
Climate change in Australia | Central Slopes cluster report
... 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 ...
Carbon the Element
... Nitrogen that has been biologically fixed in the lithosphere can be transported to the hydrosphere through the processes of erosion and weathering. The nitrates (NO3-) in the soil can be transported by these processes to lakes, streams, and eventually the oceans. Also, the waste products of living o ...
... Nitrogen that has been biologically fixed in the lithosphere can be transported to the hydrosphere through the processes of erosion and weathering. The nitrates (NO3-) in the soil can be transported by these processes to lakes, streams, and eventually the oceans. Also, the waste products of living o ...
Innovations LIVE - Inter-American Development Bank
... better tomorrow. That is the underlying philosophy the IDB has adopted, and the work on climate is no exception. We recognize that for climate action, three main building blocks have change the way we do things. New technology, changing financing schemes and generating policy frameworks that allows ...
... better tomorrow. That is the underlying philosophy the IDB has adopted, and the work on climate is no exception. We recognize that for climate action, three main building blocks have change the way we do things. New technology, changing financing schemes and generating policy frameworks that allows ...
The Impact of Climate Change on Air Quality
... gas emissions. Although the per capita greenhouse gas emissions have decreased by about 10% compared to 1990 levels (Next10 2009) as the result of the implementation of control strategies, the overall emissions continue to rise along with population growth in CA. Long-term greenhouse gas emissions m ...
... gas emissions. Although the per capita greenhouse gas emissions have decreased by about 10% compared to 1990 levels (Next10 2009) as the result of the implementation of control strategies, the overall emissions continue to rise along with population growth in CA. Long-term greenhouse gas emissions m ...
Carbon the Element
... Nitrogen that has been biologically fixed in the lithosphere can be transported to the hydrosphere through the processes of erosion and weathering. The nitrates (NO3-) in the soil can be transported by these processes to lakes, streams, and eventually the oceans. Also, the waste products of living o ...
... Nitrogen that has been biologically fixed in the lithosphere can be transported to the hydrosphere through the processes of erosion and weathering. The nitrates (NO3-) in the soil can be transported by these processes to lakes, streams, and eventually the oceans. Also, the waste products of living o ...
HEAT IN THE HEARTLAND: Climate Change and Economic Risk in
... Human society is structured around “normal” weather, with some days hotter than average and some colder. At the distant “tails” are extreme events such as catastrophic weather. Climate change shifts the entire distribution curve to the right: old extremes become the new normal, new extremes emerge, ...
... Human society is structured around “normal” weather, with some days hotter than average and some colder. At the distant “tails” are extreme events such as catastrophic weather. Climate change shifts the entire distribution curve to the right: old extremes become the new normal, new extremes emerge, ...
