- Eionet Forum
... windstorm events over Europe under climate change. Global Planet. change, 44, 181-193. Lionello, P., 2005: Extreme surges in the Gulf of Venice. Present and future climate Venice and its lagoon, State of Knowledge. C. Fletcher, and T. Spencer (Eds), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK, pp. 59 - ...
... windstorm events over Europe under climate change. Global Planet. change, 44, 181-193. Lionello, P., 2005: Extreme surges in the Gulf of Venice. Present and future climate Venice and its lagoon, State of Knowledge. C. Fletcher, and T. Spencer (Eds), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK, pp. 59 - ...
A Critical Analysis of the Kyoto Protocol using Monte Carlo
... back in to space as infrared radiation of considerably longer wavelength than the predominantly visible and ultraviolet light from the sun. While effectively transparent to incoming solar radiation GHGs absorb and re-radiate infrared from the surface of the Earth as heat. The net effect of increasin ...
... back in to space as infrared radiation of considerably longer wavelength than the predominantly visible and ultraviolet light from the sun. While effectively transparent to incoming solar radiation GHGs absorb and re-radiate infrared from the surface of the Earth as heat. The net effect of increasin ...
Documentation Support Specialist
... The Fund will contribute to the achievement of the ultimate objective of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). In the context of sustainable development, the Fund will promote the paradigm shift towards low-emission and climate-resilient development pathways by providin ...
... The Fund will contribute to the achievement of the ultimate objective of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). In the context of sustainable development, the Fund will promote the paradigm shift towards low-emission and climate-resilient development pathways by providin ...
Climate change and ocean acidification in OSPAR
... account for 82% of these3. In the EU-25, the largest share of all GHG emissions come from electricity and steam production (33%), transport (19% – its share has grown by 20% since 1990), industry (14%), and households (10%). Non-energy related and non-CO2 emissions account for 18% of all emissions ( ...
... account for 82% of these3. In the EU-25, the largest share of all GHG emissions come from electricity and steam production (33%), transport (19% – its share has grown by 20% since 1990), industry (14%), and households (10%). Non-energy related and non-CO2 emissions account for 18% of all emissions ( ...
Professor Mark Maslin, Head of Geography and
... uncertainties in the science so they can make informed decisions 2. Climate change is just one of many problems that must be tackled, but it can make other problems worse 3. Alternative Energy .. essential as development needs power and we must alleviate global poverty 4. Natural resources such as f ...
... uncertainties in the science so they can make informed decisions 2. Climate change is just one of many problems that must be tackled, but it can make other problems worse 3. Alternative Energy .. essential as development needs power and we must alleviate global poverty 4. Natural resources such as f ...
Understanding Climate Variability : Implications for Water Resources
... (2012). Volume 2, first chapter (co-authored by the instructors) – links provided on the class page ...
... (2012). Volume 2, first chapter (co-authored by the instructors) – links provided on the class page ...
Predicting range expansion of the map butterfly in Northern Europe
... (Settele et al. 2005). This will be done under different scenarios of future global change, which include effects of climate and land use changes as well as socio-economic drivers behind them (Spangenberg 2007). We focus here on three critical issues that have been insufficiently studied in the fiel ...
... (Settele et al. 2005). This will be done under different scenarios of future global change, which include effects of climate and land use changes as well as socio-economic drivers behind them (Spangenberg 2007). We focus here on three critical issues that have been insufficiently studied in the fiel ...
... emissions pricing for industries in the United States is complex. If the United States were to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, production costs could rise for certain industries and could cause output, profits, or employment to fall. Within these industries, some of these adverse effects could ar ...
Silent but Deadly - Global Justice Now
... companies: Tyson Foods, JBS, Cargill (mentioned above) and Smithfield Foods. Tyson is the largest of these, with a 24% share of the American beef market.16 Tyson also reports that beef production contributes 42% of its annual sales; they also produce large quantities of chicken, pork and processed f ...
... companies: Tyson Foods, JBS, Cargill (mentioned above) and Smithfield Foods. Tyson is the largest of these, with a 24% share of the American beef market.16 Tyson also reports that beef production contributes 42% of its annual sales; they also produce large quantities of chicken, pork and processed f ...
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... Port Huron Times Herald (MI), December 24, 1999, “Chrysler president outlines future,’’ by Catherine Strong. Birmingham News, December 23, 1999, “Chrysler may exit lobby group.” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, December 23, 1999, “Chrysler gives an update.” Mount Pleasant Sun (Gratiot County edition), De ...
... Port Huron Times Herald (MI), December 24, 1999, “Chrysler president outlines future,’’ by Catherine Strong. Birmingham News, December 23, 1999, “Chrysler may exit lobby group.” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, December 23, 1999, “Chrysler gives an update.” Mount Pleasant Sun (Gratiot County edition), De ...
Challenges of a Sustained Climate Observing System
... and warm fronts, tropical cyclones, rain bands, clear skies, and so forth as a first step to predicting their movement and evolution. Weather fluctuations are huge compared with climate change and so high measurement accuracy and precision have not been a priority, although this has changed as model ...
... and warm fronts, tropical cyclones, rain bands, clear skies, and so forth as a first step to predicting their movement and evolution. Weather fluctuations are huge compared with climate change and so high measurement accuracy and precision have not been a priority, although this has changed as model ...
Migration as a sustainable adaptation strategy
... even one year ago. On the other hand, local environmental change and climate migration flows are foreseen with growing precision, years or decades before it happens. For instance, it is now wellestablished that a group of low lying islands will disappear under water within one century, that many lar ...
... even one year ago. On the other hand, local environmental change and climate migration flows are foreseen with growing precision, years or decades before it happens. For instance, it is now wellestablished that a group of low lying islands will disappear under water within one century, that many lar ...
2. Reconciling adaptation and migration
... even one year ago. On the other hand, local environmental change and climate migration flows are foreseen with growing precision, years or decades before it happens. For instance, it is now wellestablished that a group of low lying islands will disappear under water within one century, that many lar ...
... even one year ago. On the other hand, local environmental change and climate migration flows are foreseen with growing precision, years or decades before it happens. For instance, it is now wellestablished that a group of low lying islands will disappear under water within one century, that many lar ...
Climate Change and Food In/Security: A Critical Nexus
... the already-at-risk individuals/populations as well as the global community. Food security is thus understood as: “A situation that exists when all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferen ...
... the already-at-risk individuals/populations as well as the global community. Food security is thus understood as: “A situation that exists when all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferen ...
OESCHGER, HANS (b. Ottenbach, Zürich, Switzerland, 2 April 1927
... increase of CO2 could represent such a perturbation. As acknowledged by Wallace Broecker in 1997, this paved the way for more than two decades of intensive research on abrupt climate change (Alley, et al. 2002). Carrying Global-Change Research Further. Hans Oeschger was an experimental physicist by ...
... increase of CO2 could represent such a perturbation. As acknowledged by Wallace Broecker in 1997, this paved the way for more than two decades of intensive research on abrupt climate change (Alley, et al. 2002). Carrying Global-Change Research Further. Hans Oeschger was an experimental physicist by ...
Fisheries, aquaculture and climate change
... include falling productivity, species migration and localized extinctions, as well as conflict over use of scarce resources and increased risks associated with more extreme climatic events such as hurricanes. These result from direct impacts on fish themselves as well as from impacts on the ecosyste ...
... include falling productivity, species migration and localized extinctions, as well as conflict over use of scarce resources and increased risks associated with more extreme climatic events such as hurricanes. These result from direct impacts on fish themselves as well as from impacts on the ecosyste ...
Climate Change Impacts on U.S. Coastal and Marine Ecosystems
... have significant impacts. The November northeaster of 1991 caused damages of over $1.5 billion along the Atlantic Coast. A series of storms that battered the Pacific Coast during the 1997–1998 El Niño caused an estimated $500 million in damage in California alone (Griggs and Brown 1998). Good (1994 ...
... have significant impacts. The November northeaster of 1991 caused damages of over $1.5 billion along the Atlantic Coast. A series of storms that battered the Pacific Coast during the 1997–1998 El Niño caused an estimated $500 million in damage in California alone (Griggs and Brown 1998). Good (1994 ...
Climate Change Impact Assessment 2010
... temperatures, and northern circulation patterns more closely correlated with the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO). This interaction is more complex than climate drivers in the north or south of the country. Note, also, that ...
... temperatures, and northern circulation patterns more closely correlated with the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO). This interaction is more complex than climate drivers in the north or south of the country. Note, also, that ...
Climate Change and Marine Turtles in the Wider Caribbean
... Changes in climate predicted as a result of increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere include higher air and ocean temperatures, a rise in sea-level, increased frequency and intensity of extreme weather events and altered precipitation patterns 1. These changes will have knock- ...
... Changes in climate predicted as a result of increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere include higher air and ocean temperatures, a rise in sea-level, increased frequency and intensity of extreme weather events and altered precipitation patterns 1. These changes will have knock- ...
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... exactly offset the negative externality in equilibrium. Thus, it is net contributions that converge to zero, a result corresponding to Andreoni (1988). Given this finding, the question to the economist would no longer be “Why would people contribute at all?” but rather “Why does not everyone shop arou ...
... exactly offset the negative externality in equilibrium. Thus, it is net contributions that converge to zero, a result corresponding to Andreoni (1988). Given this finding, the question to the economist would no longer be “Why would people contribute at all?” but rather “Why does not everyone shop arou ...
ALC Working Paper Climate Change, Gender and Human Development:
... also, Dupont, A., & Pearman, G. I. (2006). Heating up the planet: climate change and security. Double Bay, New South Wales, Australia, Lowy Institute for International Policy. ...
... also, Dupont, A., & Pearman, G. I. (2006). Heating up the planet: climate change and security. Double Bay, New South Wales, Australia, Lowy Institute for International Policy. ...
Climate change challenges facing small island developing States
... inadequate. Low-lying small island developing States contributed the least to climate change, but suffered the most from it. “Sympathy and pity will not provide solace nor halt the devastating impacts of climate change,” he said. “We want all our partners to step forward and commit to address once a ...
... inadequate. Low-lying small island developing States contributed the least to climate change, but suffered the most from it. “Sympathy and pity will not provide solace nor halt the devastating impacts of climate change,” he said. “We want all our partners to step forward and commit to address once a ...
Local Knowledge and Perception of Climate Change among Apple
... been the focus of many studies, it would be more useful to consider the relationship these perceptions have to other elements of the complex of human-environment interactions. Local view of risk thus is not an outcome of faulty perception but instead arises from differences in the underlying epistem ...
... been the focus of many studies, it would be more useful to consider the relationship these perceptions have to other elements of the complex of human-environment interactions. Local view of risk thus is not an outcome of faulty perception but instead arises from differences in the underlying epistem ...
Stakeholder mapping report - final version
... Eco Cities is a joint initiative between the University of Manchester and Bruntwood, drawing on the expertise of the Manchester Architecture Research Centre, Centre for Urban Regional Ecology and Brooks World Poverty Institute. The project will focus on the response of urban areas to the impacts of ...
... Eco Cities is a joint initiative between the University of Manchester and Bruntwood, drawing on the expertise of the Manchester Architecture Research Centre, Centre for Urban Regional Ecology and Brooks World Poverty Institute. The project will focus on the response of urban areas to the impacts of ...