The Role of Forest and Soil Carbon Sequestrations on Climate
... human activities such as burning of fossil fuels and deforestation (IPCC, 2007). At the current rate of CO2 emissions, its concentration in the atmosphere will be doubled by the end of 21st century. Realizing the threat of global warming, United Nations established the IPCC and created the Kyoto Pro ...
... human activities such as burning of fossil fuels and deforestation (IPCC, 2007). At the current rate of CO2 emissions, its concentration in the atmosphere will be doubled by the end of 21st century. Realizing the threat of global warming, United Nations established the IPCC and created the Kyoto Pro ...
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 ...
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 ...
Stop Global Warming 2015 - Approach to Mitigation and Adaptation
... 6 National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), NEIS Research Booklet No. 53, July, 2014 (http://www.nies.go.jp/kanko/kankyogi/53/53.pdf). 7 Japan National Institute of Infectious Diseases website (http://www0.nih.go.jp/niid/entomology/research/research.html). 8 JMA website, “Long-term trend ...
... 6 National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), NEIS Research Booklet No. 53, July, 2014 (http://www.nies.go.jp/kanko/kankyogi/53/53.pdf). 7 Japan National Institute of Infectious Diseases website (http://www0.nih.go.jp/niid/entomology/research/research.html). 8 JMA website, “Long-term trend ...
Navigating Complexity
... In the 1990s, a number of studies suggested tens of millions of “environmental refugees,” driven in part by climate change, would soon be flooding across borders as a result of resource scarcity and rising sea levels [Myers 2002]. Those flows, with direct climate causes, did not materialize, and the ...
... In the 1990s, a number of studies suggested tens of millions of “environmental refugees,” driven in part by climate change, would soon be flooding across borders as a result of resource scarcity and rising sea levels [Myers 2002]. Those flows, with direct climate causes, did not materialize, and the ...
Diabetes and Climate Change Report
... 21st century are the global diabetes epidemic and climate change. Both are rapidly accelerating, are fuelled by changes in the way we live and work, and will have intergenerational effects on health, wellbeing and security. The human and financial costs of diabetes and climate change are staggering. ...
... 21st century are the global diabetes epidemic and climate change. Both are rapidly accelerating, are fuelled by changes in the way we live and work, and will have intergenerational effects on health, wellbeing and security. The human and financial costs of diabetes and climate change are staggering. ...
WP83: The emerging geographies of climate justice
... Environmental justice has been a central topic of geographical debate since its emergence through US experience with environmental racism in the 1970s (Sze & London 2008). This “first generation” environmental justice literature has focused on siting of environmental costs and the role of race and g ...
... Environmental justice has been a central topic of geographical debate since its emergence through US experience with environmental racism in the 1970s (Sze & London 2008). This “first generation” environmental justice literature has focused on siting of environmental costs and the role of race and g ...
Climate change profile - SPC Climate Change Projects
... Tourism has increased in recent years with a number of small hotels opening in Pohnpei, Yap and Kosrae, some with facilities for diving. However, large-scale investment in this sector is constrained by limitations in air transportation, land-use issues and competition with other countries that are c ...
... Tourism has increased in recent years with a number of small hotels opening in Pohnpei, Yap and Kosrae, some with facilities for diving. However, large-scale investment in this sector is constrained by limitations in air transportation, land-use issues and competition with other countries that are c ...
Warm Words II
... ‘turn off your lights and do your bit’ line of argument. The research highlighted the huge and at times comic disparity of scale between these two – but also their prevalence alongside each other in many climate change communications. We drew implications and recommendations for the development of c ...
... ‘turn off your lights and do your bit’ line of argument. The research highlighted the huge and at times comic disparity of scale between these two – but also their prevalence alongside each other in many climate change communications. We drew implications and recommendations for the development of c ...
The design of a legacy indicator tool for measuring climate change
... Background: We are experiencing a period of climate change the extent and impact of which is uncertain. In the cultural heritage sector the need for monitoring to inform our understanding is widely agreed, yet there is a lack of consensus over what constitutes ‘monitoring for climate change’. This ...
... Background: We are experiencing a period of climate change the extent and impact of which is uncertain. In the cultural heritage sector the need for monitoring to inform our understanding is widely agreed, yet there is a lack of consensus over what constitutes ‘monitoring for climate change’. This ...
The Hamburg Climate Action Plan
... with details of cost, savings, and cost-effectiveness of such a plant. ...
... with details of cost, savings, and cost-effectiveness of such a plant. ...
Song of the prophets: a global theology of climate
... renewable sources of energy. We could give much more support to those who are already suffering the impacts of change. And we could make sure that developed countries bear the weight of change while low-carbon and sustainable development can happen in the least industrialised countries. ...
... renewable sources of energy. We could give much more support to those who are already suffering the impacts of change. And we could make sure that developed countries bear the weight of change while low-carbon and sustainable development can happen in the least industrialised countries. ...
Migration as a contribution to resilience and innovation
... to develop adequate institutional mechanisms that help to overcome the barriers and enable innovative solutions in the migration process, such as self-help, social rules, joint and sustainable management. These serve as a basis for cooperation between governments, citizen groups and businesses. To m ...
... to develop adequate institutional mechanisms that help to overcome the barriers and enable innovative solutions in the migration process, such as self-help, social rules, joint and sustainable management. These serve as a basis for cooperation between governments, citizen groups and businesses. To m ...
Climate change and global water resources: SRES emissions and
... also used in UNEP’s Global Environment Outlook-3 (UNEP, 2001), with different projections of future resource use and including the effects of climate change ...
... also used in UNEP’s Global Environment Outlook-3 (UNEP, 2001), with different projections of future resource use and including the effects of climate change ...
Overlooked Science Issues in Climate Change
... ¾ i) Ozone was responsible for one-third to one-half of the observed warming trend in the Arctic during winter and spring [Drew Shindell]. ¾ ii) The new interpretations reveal methane emissions may account for a third of the climate warming from well-mixed greenhouse gases between the 1750s and toda ...
... ¾ i) Ozone was responsible for one-third to one-half of the observed warming trend in the Arctic during winter and spring [Drew Shindell]. ¾ ii) The new interpretations reveal methane emissions may account for a third of the climate warming from well-mixed greenhouse gases between the 1750s and toda ...
A Proposal for the Design of the Successor to the Kyoto Protocol
... ronmental costs caused by the accumulation of GHG stocks. The optimal trajectory of GHG emissions depends on the balance of economic and environmental costs. The best that the current generation can do is to use current estimates of these costs, and of the uncertainty surrounding them, to calculate ...
... ronmental costs caused by the accumulation of GHG stocks. The optimal trajectory of GHG emissions depends on the balance of economic and environmental costs. The best that the current generation can do is to use current estimates of these costs, and of the uncertainty surrounding them, to calculate ...
epa climate change anpr – what does it mean?
... Potential (GWP) of CO2. Most of this comes from manure. And it accounts for respectively 37 per cent of all human-induced methane (23 times as warming as CO2), which is largely produced by the digestive system of ruminants, and 64 per cent of ammonia, which contributes significantly to acid rain. ...
... Potential (GWP) of CO2. Most of this comes from manure. And it accounts for respectively 37 per cent of all human-induced methane (23 times as warming as CO2), which is largely produced by the digestive system of ruminants, and 64 per cent of ammonia, which contributes significantly to acid rain. ...
here. - PSR: Iowa
... Climate change is one of the greatest health threats facing humanity in the 21st century. As worldwide patterns of temperature, precipitation and weather events change, the delicate balance of climate and life is disrupted, with serious impacts on food and agriculture, water sources, and health. -- ...
... Climate change is one of the greatest health threats facing humanity in the 21st century. As worldwide patterns of temperature, precipitation and weather events change, the delicate balance of climate and life is disrupted, with serious impacts on food and agriculture, water sources, and health. -- ...
Implications of land use change in tropical northern Africa under
... Within the framework of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5) three starting dates out of a control simulation for pre-industrial climate by MPI-ESM have been chosen as starting points for an ensemble simulation (three members) of historic climate until 2005, called HIST. Atmosph ...
... Within the framework of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5) three starting dates out of a control simulation for pre-industrial climate by MPI-ESM have been chosen as starting points for an ensemble simulation (three members) of historic climate until 2005, called HIST. Atmosph ...
EPA CLIMATE CHANGE ANPR – WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
... Potential (GWP) of CO2. Most of this comes from manure. And it accounts for respectively 37 per cent of all human-induced methane (23 times as warming as CO2), which is largely produced by the digestive system of ruminants, and 64 per cent of ammonia, which contributes significantly to acid rain. ...
... Potential (GWP) of CO2. Most of this comes from manure. And it accounts for respectively 37 per cent of all human-induced methane (23 times as warming as CO2), which is largely produced by the digestive system of ruminants, and 64 per cent of ammonia, which contributes significantly to acid rain. ...
small family farmers : at the heart of climate justice
... Among human activities, farming is one of the largest GHG emitters, but its impact on global warming varies depending on the agricultural model applied. Industrial agriculture and small family farming are not on an equal footing when it comes to GHG emissions. The impacts on global warming are not c ...
... Among human activities, farming is one of the largest GHG emitters, but its impact on global warming varies depending on the agricultural model applied. Industrial agriculture and small family farming are not on an equal footing when it comes to GHG emissions. The impacts on global warming are not c ...
Postulated Feedbacks of Deciduous Forest Phenology on
... A large portion of the western Canadian interior e xh ibits a d istinctive seasonal pattern in long-term mean surface temperatures characterized by anomalously warmer conditions in spring and autumn than would be e xpected from a s inusoidal modeL The anomaly is greatest over the southern boreal for ...
... A large portion of the western Canadian interior e xh ibits a d istinctive seasonal pattern in long-term mean surface temperatures characterized by anomalously warmer conditions in spring and autumn than would be e xpected from a s inusoidal modeL The anomaly is greatest over the southern boreal for ...
The influence of dynamic vegetation on the present
... top of the atmosphere and reducing the downward shortwave radiation at the surface (Fig. 7a and c). The outgoing longwave radiation at the top of the atmosphere is also reduced (Fig. 7b). These changes are largest over the Arabian Sea, India and the Bay of Bengal, although they are also apparent ove ...
... top of the atmosphere and reducing the downward shortwave radiation at the surface (Fig. 7a and c). The outgoing longwave radiation at the top of the atmosphere is also reduced (Fig. 7b). These changes are largest over the Arabian Sea, India and the Bay of Bengal, although they are also apparent ove ...