Submission from the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS)
... welcomed an independent review of the GCOS programme, requested by its four sponsoring organizations WMO, IOC of UNESCO, UNEP and ICSU, and appreciated the willingness of WMO to take the lead. New developments in the Earth observing programme community have required a review of the ...
... welcomed an independent review of the GCOS programme, requested by its four sponsoring organizations WMO, IOC of UNESCO, UNEP and ICSU, and appreciated the willingness of WMO to take the lead. New developments in the Earth observing programme community have required a review of the ...
WP C /Gap Analysis
... 6) Should one stick to the new structure or go back to the initial observatory structure? How can one integrate geographically spread units? 1st Gap Analysis Synthesis Group Meeting, Kap Linné, Svalbard ...
... 6) Should one stick to the new structure or go back to the initial observatory structure? How can one integrate geographically spread units? 1st Gap Analysis Synthesis Group Meeting, Kap Linné, Svalbard ...
Background paper
... and to human life in general. According to expert assessments, global warming is expected to have worst impacts in Africa, South and West Asia; suggesting that developing countries are more vulnerable to climate change than developed countries.1 Left unabated, climate change threatens to reverse har ...
... and to human life in general. According to expert assessments, global warming is expected to have worst impacts in Africa, South and West Asia; suggesting that developing countries are more vulnerable to climate change than developed countries.1 Left unabated, climate change threatens to reverse har ...
A climate change report card for water Working Technical Paper 9
... and hence river flows and the mobility and dilution of nutrients and contaminants. Increased water temperatures will affect chemical reaction kinetics, lake stratification, in stream process and freshwater ecological status. With increased flows there will be changes in stream power, water depths, w ...
... and hence river flows and the mobility and dilution of nutrients and contaminants. Increased water temperatures will affect chemical reaction kinetics, lake stratification, in stream process and freshwater ecological status. With increased flows there will be changes in stream power, water depths, w ...
Consequences of Climate Change and Variability in the for a Vulnerability Assessment
... Change (USNA) - in which we were involved-did not attempt to provide regional or even national predictions of climate change.” Later in the letter in Nature, they conclude with, “We strongly agree that much more reliable regional climate simulations and analyses are needed. However, at present,...su ...
... Change (USNA) - in which we were involved-did not attempt to provide regional or even national predictions of climate change.” Later in the letter in Nature, they conclude with, “We strongly agree that much more reliable regional climate simulations and analyses are needed. However, at present,...su ...
DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE
... Strategic and operational priorities to be pursued in 2009-10 include: ...
... Strategic and operational priorities to be pursued in 2009-10 include: ...
Climate Change Strategy 2009-2014
... an attractive location for business and innovative industry to prosper. This strategy considers how such opportunities may be realised and identifies potential areas for Council and community involvement, particularly in the generation of renewable energy or fuels, and in the provision of energy eff ...
... an attractive location for business and innovative industry to prosper. This strategy considers how such opportunities may be realised and identifies potential areas for Council and community involvement, particularly in the generation of renewable energy or fuels, and in the provision of energy eff ...
a Climate of Conflict
... hardest. Climate change also impacts on regional and global economic patterns, with new risks for investors and corporations. Consequently, the need for social, environmental, political and economic stability must go hand in hand. Tackling the challenges of climate change must include a holistic per ...
... hardest. Climate change also impacts on regional and global economic patterns, with new risks for investors and corporations. Consequently, the need for social, environmental, political and economic stability must go hand in hand. Tackling the challenges of climate change must include a holistic per ...
Sensitivity and the Carbon Budget - Apollo
... progress of environmental change since before the start of the industrial revolution. It reached a “trifurcation” where the survival pathway diverged from business as usual and its modification by the Kyoto Protocol. Intuitively the survival pathway just avoided the onset of runaway behaviour and re ...
... progress of environmental change since before the start of the industrial revolution. It reached a “trifurcation” where the survival pathway diverged from business as usual and its modification by the Kyoto Protocol. Intuitively the survival pathway just avoided the onset of runaway behaviour and re ...
Media coverage of climate change: current trends, strengths
... Professor of Sociology College of William and Mary [email protected] ...
... Professor of Sociology College of William and Mary [email protected] ...
VULNERABILITY AND ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE
... Other projected impacts include: economic losses from reduced agricultural yields, for example from shortening of the growing season or drought; loss of mangrove forests due to sea-level rise, loss of coral reefs due to bleaching and acidification of the oceans and damage to terrestrial forests due ...
... Other projected impacts include: economic losses from reduced agricultural yields, for example from shortening of the growing season or drought; loss of mangrove forests due to sea-level rise, loss of coral reefs due to bleaching and acidification of the oceans and damage to terrestrial forests due ...
Extreme Weather Report 2012
... Most Sensible Tax of All':NYT on carbon tax: 'It's an opportunity to reduce existing taxes, clean up the environment & increase personal freedom & energy security' Washington Post endorses carbon tax 'to fight global warming', Predicts it 'could bring in serious money' -- 'would raise $125 billion a ...
... Most Sensible Tax of All':NYT on carbon tax: 'It's an opportunity to reduce existing taxes, clean up the environment & increase personal freedom & energy security' Washington Post endorses carbon tax 'to fight global warming', Predicts it 'could bring in serious money' -- 'would raise $125 billion a ...
Chapter 13 Irreversibility risk and uncertainty
... The role of uncertainty is explicitly recognised in Article 3, Principles, where it is stated that 3. The Parties should take precautionary measures to anticipate, prevent or minimize the causes of climate change and mitigate its adverse effects. Where there are threats of serious or irreversible da ...
... The role of uncertainty is explicitly recognised in Article 3, Principles, where it is stated that 3. The Parties should take precautionary measures to anticipate, prevent or minimize the causes of climate change and mitigate its adverse effects. Where there are threats of serious or irreversible da ...
Estimating Effects of Tidal Power Projects and Climate Change on
... Palabras Clave: acidificación oceánica, energı́a renovable, estudio de riesgo, interacciones tróficas, sonda de Puget ...
... Palabras Clave: acidificación oceánica, energı́a renovable, estudio de riesgo, interacciones tróficas, sonda de Puget ...
Adaptation to Climate Change in Low‐Income Countries
... have been highlighted by Weitzman (2009), who has emphasized the need to consider possible “fat tails” in the distribution of the consequences of climate change when formulating climate policy. Uncertainty about climate impacts is clearly also relevant to adaptation: uncertain climate impacts make i ...
... have been highlighted by Weitzman (2009), who has emphasized the need to consider possible “fat tails” in the distribution of the consequences of climate change when formulating climate policy. Uncertainty about climate impacts is clearly also relevant to adaptation: uncertain climate impacts make i ...
ICES J. Mar. Sci.-2011-McCay-1354-67
... go directly to land-based facilities, where they are processed into canned or frozen products. Since 1978, the Atlantic surfclam fishery in federal waters (5.5 –370 km, the exclusive economic zone or EEZ) has been managed through the US regional fishery management council system. State-waters fisher ...
... go directly to land-based facilities, where they are processed into canned or frozen products. Since 1978, the Atlantic surfclam fishery in federal waters (5.5 –370 km, the exclusive economic zone or EEZ) has been managed through the US regional fishery management council system. State-waters fisher ...
How does climate warming affect plant
... to temporal mismatch. They showed that specialized pollinators were most likely to be left with no food plants, but that generalist pollinators could also experience considerable diet reductions following phenological shifts. The variation across species in phenological responses to climate warming ...
... to temporal mismatch. They showed that specialized pollinators were most likely to be left with no food plants, but that generalist pollinators could also experience considerable diet reductions following phenological shifts. The variation across species in phenological responses to climate warming ...
Global change and marine communities: Alien species and climate
... Some general principles on NIS introductions in the marine environment are recalled, such as the importance of propagule pressure and of development stages during the time course of an invasion. Climatic change is known to affect many ecological properties; it interacts also with NIS in many possible ...
... Some general principles on NIS introductions in the marine environment are recalled, such as the importance of propagule pressure and of development stages during the time course of an invasion. Climatic change is known to affect many ecological properties; it interacts also with NIS in many possible ...
A vulnerability driven approach to identify adverse climate and land
... These bottom-up approaches are sometimes also termed decision scaling or context-first approaches. They can be used in a wide variety of problems and have proved very useful for decision making when projections of the future are highly uncertain [Moody and Brown, 2013; Kunreuther et al., 2013]. Lempe ...
... These bottom-up approaches are sometimes also termed decision scaling or context-first approaches. They can be used in a wide variety of problems and have proved very useful for decision making when projections of the future are highly uncertain [Moody and Brown, 2013; Kunreuther et al., 2013]. Lempe ...
RESIN-D1.3-Conceptual Framework
... Improving understanding – clarifying project concepts and the relationships between them. Project organisation, evaluation and implementation - helping RESIN partners to structure and develop learning from their activity in the project. ...
... Improving understanding – clarifying project concepts and the relationships between them. Project organisation, evaluation and implementation - helping RESIN partners to structure and develop learning from their activity in the project. ...
Fritz Reusswig, Lutz Meyer-Ohlendorf Social Representation of
... Fritz Reusswig, Lutz Meyer-Ohlendorf Social Representation of Climate Change A case study from Hyderabad (India) ...
... Fritz Reusswig, Lutz Meyer-Ohlendorf Social Representation of Climate Change A case study from Hyderabad (India) ...
Word format - Australian Human Rights Commission
... for example through an increase in the range and spread of disease.1 The impacts of climate change are also a particular concern in the Asia Pacific region. According to the fifth report from the Working Group on Climate Change and Development, Up in Smoke? Asia and the Pacific, which was released i ...
... for example through an increase in the range and spread of disease.1 The impacts of climate change are also a particular concern in the Asia Pacific region. According to the fifth report from the Working Group on Climate Change and Development, Up in Smoke? Asia and the Pacific, which was released i ...
Cities and Climate Change: Global Report on Human Settlements
... range of disruptive and damaging risks. These impacts extend far beyond the physical risks posed by climate change, such as sea-level rise and extreme weather events. Cities could face difficulties in providing even the most basic services to their inhabitants as a result of climate change. Climate ...
... range of disruptive and damaging risks. These impacts extend far beyond the physical risks posed by climate change, such as sea-level rise and extreme weather events. Cities could face difficulties in providing even the most basic services to their inhabitants as a result of climate change. Climate ...