Thermal bioclimate analysis for Europe and Italy
... specific regions of Europe. The Mediterranean area resulted the more markedly affected by AGW impacts of the whole European region (fig. 1) and the highest economic risks were evidenced in southern countries. For the bioclimatic evaluation of a specific location or area the analysis of single meteorolog ...
... specific regions of Europe. The Mediterranean area resulted the more markedly affected by AGW impacts of the whole European region (fig. 1) and the highest economic risks were evidenced in southern countries. For the bioclimatic evaluation of a specific location or area the analysis of single meteorolog ...
Projecting future climate change: Implications of carbon cycle
... system (greenhouse gas concentration, aerosols, land cover, etc.), changes in the radiative balance of the atmosphere, and the response of climate. The behavior of global carbon cycle determines the response of the atmospheric concentration of CO2, the greenhouse gas of greatest concern, to sources ...
... system (greenhouse gas concentration, aerosols, land cover, etc.), changes in the radiative balance of the atmosphere, and the response of climate. The behavior of global carbon cycle determines the response of the atmospheric concentration of CO2, the greenhouse gas of greatest concern, to sources ...
Gender perspectives on climate change
... term ‘vulnerability’ in relation to climate change and more specifically to natural hazards. According to Füssel (2010), who has written extensively on the matter, the two most wellknown interpretations of vulnerability are ‘contextual vulnerability’ (or starting-point interpretation see Figure 1b ...
... term ‘vulnerability’ in relation to climate change and more specifically to natural hazards. According to Füssel (2010), who has written extensively on the matter, the two most wellknown interpretations of vulnerability are ‘contextual vulnerability’ (or starting-point interpretation see Figure 1b ...
Rethinking Environmental Federalism in a Warming World
... create supranational organizations with governmental powers, to interstate compacts, to regional organizations of localities, all the way down to neighborhood-level groups, which may carry out roles we traditionally associate with government at a scale much smaller than a locality. In the case of th ...
... create supranational organizations with governmental powers, to interstate compacts, to regional organizations of localities, all the way down to neighborhood-level groups, which may carry out roles we traditionally associate with government at a scale much smaller than a locality. In the case of th ...
CLIMATE CHANGE RISK PERCEPTION AND POLICY
... carbon dioxide, alone accounting for nearly 25% of global emissions (Marland et al., 2003). Per capita, Americans emit 5.40 metric tons of carbon each year. By comparison, the average Japanese emits 2.55 tons per year, while the average Chinese emits only 0.60 and the average Indian only 0.29 tons p ...
... carbon dioxide, alone accounting for nearly 25% of global emissions (Marland et al., 2003). Per capita, Americans emit 5.40 metric tons of carbon each year. By comparison, the average Japanese emits 2.55 tons per year, while the average Chinese emits only 0.60 and the average Indian only 0.29 tons p ...
Our Climate Options Have Shrunk
... At Cabrillo College first Department Chair of Astronomy, wrote and distributed the RPHOT photoelectric photometry software package to observatories in ’90s, built Cabrillo Observatory with help from Cabrillo’s Construction Engineering Management students. CCD camera systems and software, astrophotog ...
... At Cabrillo College first Department Chair of Astronomy, wrote and distributed the RPHOT photoelectric photometry software package to observatories in ’90s, built Cabrillo Observatory with help from Cabrillo’s Construction Engineering Management students. CCD camera systems and software, astrophotog ...
CANADA`S SECOND BIENNIAL REPORT ON CLIMATE CHANGE
... climate change and the urgent need for action at all levels. Canada also recognizes that climate change presents an opportunity to innovate and to take a leadership position in the lowcarbon economy. To this end, the Government of Canada will provide national leadership and partner with the province ...
... climate change and the urgent need for action at all levels. Canada also recognizes that climate change presents an opportunity to innovate and to take a leadership position in the lowcarbon economy. To this end, the Government of Canada will provide national leadership and partner with the province ...
unilateral climate regulation - Harvard Environmental Law Review
... greenhouse gas regulations.5 These regulations are puzzling: Most of the benefit of limiting greenhouse gas emissions in one country accrues to other countries and if unilateral climate regulation encourages increased greenhouse gas emissions in other countries, it could do more harm than good. Scho ...
... greenhouse gas regulations.5 These regulations are puzzling: Most of the benefit of limiting greenhouse gas emissions in one country accrues to other countries and if unilateral climate regulation encourages increased greenhouse gas emissions in other countries, it could do more harm than good. Scho ...
Climate Investment Funds (CIFs): An Overview CRS Report for Congress Richard K. Lattanzio
... address these challenges, countries have implemented global environmental policies through a range of domestic, bilateral, and multilateral mechanisms. Recent mechanisms have taken the form of (1) treaties that seek to harmonize international commitments on environmental objectives; (2) legislative ...
... address these challenges, countries have implemented global environmental policies through a range of domestic, bilateral, and multilateral mechanisms. Recent mechanisms have taken the form of (1) treaties that seek to harmonize international commitments on environmental objectives; (2) legislative ...
Climate change impacts, adaptive capacity, and
... factor. The optimum temperature for net photosynthesis rarely exceeds 30 8C for major European tree species. Thus, at high temperatures photorespiration is stimulated while photosynthesis is inhibited (Rennenberg et al., 2006). The changes in climate will also have associated consequences for biotic ...
... factor. The optimum temperature for net photosynthesis rarely exceeds 30 8C for major European tree species. Thus, at high temperatures photorespiration is stimulated while photosynthesis is inhibited (Rennenberg et al., 2006). The changes in climate will also have associated consequences for biotic ...
Solution Aversion: On the Relation Between Ideology and Motivated
... important insofar as it suggests that debates that appear to be about scientific evidence may instead be fueled by something entirely unrelated to the veracity of the science: the policies most commonly proposed as the solution. Moreover, to the extent this is so, it suggests that the solution to sc ...
... important insofar as it suggests that debates that appear to be about scientific evidence may instead be fueled by something entirely unrelated to the veracity of the science: the policies most commonly proposed as the solution. Moreover, to the extent this is so, it suggests that the solution to sc ...
The Ten Warning Signs of Global Warming
... rapidly than previously assumed. Instead of a steady deterioration over centuries, the earth’s climate may experience a “positive-feedback loop” in which natural processes associated with warming temperatures mutually reinforce one another and accelerate the warming trend. As one example, warmer te ...
... rapidly than previously assumed. Instead of a steady deterioration over centuries, the earth’s climate may experience a “positive-feedback loop” in which natural processes associated with warming temperatures mutually reinforce one another and accelerate the warming trend. As one example, warmer te ...
IPCC (2007) - climate crime index
... +1.5ºC for Developing Regions Crop productivity is projected to increase slightly at mid to high latitudes for local mean temperature increases of up to 1.5-3.5⁰C depending on the crop. At lower latitudes and especially dry and tropical regions crop productivity is projected to decrease for even sma ...
... +1.5ºC for Developing Regions Crop productivity is projected to increase slightly at mid to high latitudes for local mean temperature increases of up to 1.5-3.5⁰C depending on the crop. At lower latitudes and especially dry and tropical regions crop productivity is projected to decrease for even sma ...
Parliament of Victoria
... initial context for this examination is the IPCC, and the paper begins, in section one, with a summary of key findings of the Fourth Assessment. Section one contains an introductory overview, presents selected key findings and IPCC projections, details some of the impacts of climate change on Austra ...
... initial context for this examination is the IPCC, and the paper begins, in section one, with a summary of key findings of the Fourth Assessment. Section one contains an introductory overview, presents selected key findings and IPCC projections, details some of the impacts of climate change on Austra ...
checklist-toward-zero-carbon-updated-7-22-09
... refugees. We could be among them. Hundreds of millions of lives will be at risk, quite possibly billions. Yes, billions. We face these consequences not in 1,000 or 100 years, but in our lifetime. We face an emergency, the likes of which civilization has never seen. What is to be our legacy? The tipp ...
... refugees. We could be among them. Hundreds of millions of lives will be at risk, quite possibly billions. Yes, billions. We face these consequences not in 1,000 or 100 years, but in our lifetime. We face an emergency, the likes of which civilization has never seen. What is to be our legacy? The tipp ...
Streamflow hydrology in the boreal region under the influences of
... regime. Not all rivers have a secondary high flow in the autumn as its occurrence relies on frequent passages of autumnal storms. For example, the Tana River that flows between Finland and Sweden does not possess this feature (figure 4) since most of the rainfall falls in the summer months (Dankers ...
... regime. Not all rivers have a secondary high flow in the autumn as its occurrence relies on frequent passages of autumnal storms. For example, the Tana River that flows between Finland and Sweden does not possess this feature (figure 4) since most of the rainfall falls in the summer months (Dankers ...
A new feedback on climate change from the hydrological cycle
... increase in the strength of the hydrological cycle will cause basin-scale sea-surface temperature decreases of around 0.1°C (except at high latitudes). We conclude that an intensified hydrological cycle is likely to contribute a weak negative feedback to anthropogenic climate change. Our proposed fe ...
... increase in the strength of the hydrological cycle will cause basin-scale sea-surface temperature decreases of around 0.1°C (except at high latitudes). We conclude that an intensified hydrological cycle is likely to contribute a weak negative feedback to anthropogenic climate change. Our proposed fe ...
svcrproc
... and research linkages, projects and policy recommendations. IA represents the "best available synthesis of current scientific, technical, economic, and sociopolitical knowledge" (IPCC 1995). It differs from disciplinary research as IA aims specifically to inform knowledge and policy decision making ...
... and research linkages, projects and policy recommendations. IA represents the "best available synthesis of current scientific, technical, economic, and sociopolitical knowledge" (IPCC 1995). It differs from disciplinary research as IA aims specifically to inform knowledge and policy decision making ...
Summary of the First Forum for National Designated Entities (NDEs
... The Technology Executive Committee, which together with the CTCN form the UNFCCC Technology Mechanism, links technology, capacity building, technical assistance, and finance NDEs are the cornerstone of the CTCN – essential to deliver on the CTCN mandate as they identify requests and help the del ...
... The Technology Executive Committee, which together with the CTCN form the UNFCCC Technology Mechanism, links technology, capacity building, technical assistance, and finance NDEs are the cornerstone of the CTCN – essential to deliver on the CTCN mandate as they identify requests and help the del ...
water - Evian
... for combating climate change, by helping to limit its effects, especially thanks to wetlands and their properties. In fact, wetlands can capture more carbon than any other ecosystem on earth, and therefore play a key role in maintaining the water cycle and biodiversity. They also slow the deteriorat ...
... for combating climate change, by helping to limit its effects, especially thanks to wetlands and their properties. In fact, wetlands can capture more carbon than any other ecosystem on earth, and therefore play a key role in maintaining the water cycle and biodiversity. They also slow the deteriorat ...
Abrupt climate change: can society cope?
... particular considering the role of the THC. However, in order to do this, we have to first (§ 2) examine in some detail the nature of abrupt climate change and the different ways in which it has been defined and perceived by different traditions in science and different groups in society. The notion of s ...
... particular considering the role of the THC. However, in order to do this, we have to first (§ 2) examine in some detail the nature of abrupt climate change and the different ways in which it has been defined and perceived by different traditions in science and different groups in society. The notion of s ...
Climate change and integrated analysis of mountain
... Quantification of the effects of climate changes upon the Earth system, both historically and over the next century, is particularly relevant today. Parry et al. (2007), for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, make a critical observation: little work has been conducted on the expected imp ...
... Quantification of the effects of climate changes upon the Earth system, both historically and over the next century, is particularly relevant today. Parry et al. (2007), for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, make a critical observation: little work has been conducted on the expected imp ...
The future is here: climate change in the Pacific
... these are likely to be in the Asia-Pacific region, with that number growing to around 150 million4 by 2100. Many people will resettle within their own country, and Pacific island governments are already tackling climate changerelated relocation and resettlement. But not all people forced to leave th ...
... these are likely to be in the Asia-Pacific region, with that number growing to around 150 million4 by 2100. Many people will resettle within their own country, and Pacific island governments are already tackling climate changerelated relocation and resettlement. But not all people forced to leave th ...