Climate Change Effects on Marine and Coastal Habitats in
... discussion purposes only and is not intended to be published or cited. Readers should cite the primary sources of information. Please note that we accepted information as it was presented in synthesis reports. Readers may wish to return to the primary sources utilized in those synthesis reports for ...
... discussion purposes only and is not intended to be published or cited. Readers should cite the primary sources of information. Please note that we accepted information as it was presented in synthesis reports. Readers may wish to return to the primary sources utilized in those synthesis reports for ...
IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS)
... (IPCC), increases in greenhouse gas emissions have been associated with an increase in the mean global temperature of 0.3°C-0.6°C since the late 19th century; by the end of the 21st century, according the IPCC, greenhouse gas emissions could cause the mean global temperature to rise by another 1.4°C ...
... (IPCC), increases in greenhouse gas emissions have been associated with an increase in the mean global temperature of 0.3°C-0.6°C since the late 19th century; by the end of the 21st century, according the IPCC, greenhouse gas emissions could cause the mean global temperature to rise by another 1.4°C ...
Climate change effects on above- and below
... the mean precipitation that occurred in the study area in the last 10 years for two periods: (i) the beginning of spring (March– April) and (ii) late spring to the beginning of summer (May– June; electronic supplementary material, table S1). We also calculated the mean precipitation in June and July ...
... the mean precipitation that occurred in the study area in the last 10 years for two periods: (i) the beginning of spring (March– April) and (ii) late spring to the beginning of summer (May– June; electronic supplementary material, table S1). We also calculated the mean precipitation in June and July ...
- Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
... assessment. The eleven-region model of the world economy involves exogenous population and endogenous investment dynamics with productivity progress based on a technological diffusion model. World regions are linked via intertemporal trade flows of the composite consumption/investment good, capital ...
... assessment. The eleven-region model of the world economy involves exogenous population and endogenous investment dynamics with productivity progress based on a technological diffusion model. World regions are linked via intertemporal trade flows of the composite consumption/investment good, capital ...
4b. GCOS-indicators_WDAC6 - World Climate Research Programme
... Ø Planning for adaptation needs an understanding of future risk and how it may change: What would a one in a hundred-year storm look like in 100 years’ time? Ø Planning for future impacts needs an understanding now of worst-case scenarios, e.g. highest possible sea level rise, largest flood or big ...
... Ø Planning for adaptation needs an understanding of future risk and how it may change: What would a one in a hundred-year storm look like in 100 years’ time? Ø Planning for future impacts needs an understanding now of worst-case scenarios, e.g. highest possible sea level rise, largest flood or big ...
Preventology: Bring back prevention
... “Damnages” = known adverse impacts that are allowed to take place • Preventing also works hand in hand with adaptation and mitigation In a few ways: • We can focus on preventing the ripple effects of an impact of adaptation or mitigation. • Prevention is the 3rd leg of the tripod along with adaptat ...
... “Damnages” = known adverse impacts that are allowed to take place • Preventing also works hand in hand with adaptation and mitigation In a few ways: • We can focus on preventing the ripple effects of an impact of adaptation or mitigation. • Prevention is the 3rd leg of the tripod along with adaptat ...
Gregory and Forster - University of Leeds
... twenty-first century under the SRES A1B emissions scenario made using the simple empirical relationship F = rDT agree with the range of AOGCM results for that scenario. Our TCR range is also similar to those from observationally constrained model-based methods. Citation: Gregory, J. M., and P. M. Fo ...
... twenty-first century under the SRES A1B emissions scenario made using the simple empirical relationship F = rDT agree with the range of AOGCM results for that scenario. Our TCR range is also similar to those from observationally constrained model-based methods. Citation: Gregory, J. M., and P. M. Fo ...
Climate Change, Emissions Trading and Indigenous Peoples
... Following the 2007 Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC and members of the Kyoto Protocol in Bali, attention has focused on the ways in which benefits for avoided deforestation can be included in current and future mechanisms.9 Avoided deforestation (including reduced emissions from deforestation ...
... Following the 2007 Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC and members of the Kyoto Protocol in Bali, attention has focused on the ways in which benefits for avoided deforestation can be included in current and future mechanisms.9 Avoided deforestation (including reduced emissions from deforestation ...
The Contribution of Organic Agriculture to Climate
... The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) regards Organic Agricultural as an effective strategy for mitigating climate change and building robust soils that are better adapted to extreme weather conditions associated with climate change5. The IPCC’s Fourth Assessment Report a ...
... The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) regards Organic Agricultural as an effective strategy for mitigating climate change and building robust soils that are better adapted to extreme weather conditions associated with climate change5. The IPCC’s Fourth Assessment Report a ...
DICE 2013R - Yale Economics
... The prior fully documented versions are the RICE-2010 and DICE-2007 model. The present version is an update of those earlier models, with several changes in structure and a full updating of the underlying data. This section draws heavily on earlier expositions Nordhaus (1994, 2008, 2010, 2012), alon ...
... The prior fully documented versions are the RICE-2010 and DICE-2007 model. The present version is an update of those earlier models, with several changes in structure and a full updating of the underlying data. This section draws heavily on earlier expositions Nordhaus (1994, 2008, 2010, 2012), alon ...
Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist`s Guide to Global Warming
... smarter policies. Lomborg recognizes that some food production in some regions will suffer because of climate change, but he also wants to point out that other regions will see a boon in productivity. Water Shortages: Global warming will produce more precipitation (regionally), which means more wate ...
... smarter policies. Lomborg recognizes that some food production in some regions will suffer because of climate change, but he also wants to point out that other regions will see a boon in productivity. Water Shortages: Global warming will produce more precipitation (regionally), which means more wate ...
The influence of climate change on flood risks in France
... rate or the valuation of life and ecosystems). In this paper, we build upon Quintana Seguı́ et al. (2011) and propose a simple methodology to project possible evolution of river flood damages over mainland France. The aim and the methodology used are similar to the recent studies of te Linde et al. ...
... rate or the valuation of life and ecosystems). In this paper, we build upon Quintana Seguı́ et al. (2011) and propose a simple methodology to project possible evolution of river flood damages over mainland France. The aim and the methodology used are similar to the recent studies of te Linde et al. ...
Maine Environment - Natural Resources Council of Maine
... In late September, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the scientific authority on the subject, concluded that human influence has been the dominant cause of climate change and that if humans do not make significant changes now to reduce carbon emissions, global warming will continue to b ...
... In late September, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the scientific authority on the subject, concluded that human influence has been the dominant cause of climate change and that if humans do not make significant changes now to reduce carbon emissions, global warming will continue to b ...
- Wiley Online Library
... (Mya)—makes the case for climate states that may be particularly sensitive to perturbations [Pierrehumbert et al., 2011]. Hence, a generalization of the concept of climate sensitivity to different eras may need to account for differences that arise from the different base state of the climate system, i ...
... (Mya)—makes the case for climate states that may be particularly sensitive to perturbations [Pierrehumbert et al., 2011]. Hence, a generalization of the concept of climate sensitivity to different eras may need to account for differences that arise from the different base state of the climate system, i ...
Making Climate Data Relevant to Decision Making:
... Throughout the world, there is a major need for climate change science to inform on-the-ground adaptation planning. However, a big gap exists between the well-developed state of climate science and decision-makers preparing for a future climate. There is no shortage of scientific data that has been ...
... Throughout the world, there is a major need for climate change science to inform on-the-ground adaptation planning. However, a big gap exists between the well-developed state of climate science and decision-makers preparing for a future climate. There is no shortage of scientific data that has been ...
Climate change and European forests: What do we know, what are
... do not respond linearly to changes in climate parameters such as annual temperature and precipitation (Stephenson, 1990), which are often used when communicating climate scenario results to decision makers. Third, climate model results vary much more at regional compared to the continental and globa ...
... do not respond linearly to changes in climate parameters such as annual temperature and precipitation (Stephenson, 1990), which are often used when communicating climate scenario results to decision makers. Third, climate model results vary much more at regional compared to the continental and globa ...
Individual-scale inference to anticipate climate
... using the long-term health of individuals exposed to natural and experimental variation in risk factors. We introduce methods to infer and synthesize vulnerability to risk factors at the population scale based on studies conducted at the individual scale. These quantitative techniques provide ways t ...
... using the long-term health of individuals exposed to natural and experimental variation in risk factors. We introduce methods to infer and synthesize vulnerability to risk factors at the population scale based on studies conducted at the individual scale. These quantitative techniques provide ways t ...
Will Amazonia Dry Out? Magnitude and Causes of Change from
... these regions are designated with boxes in Figure 1. We also analyzed EA and found that the predicted precipitation change is similar in magnitude to the SAB region. An independent analysis (Malhi et al. 2009) found similar results to ours for the EA. Because the EA is climatologically wetter (simil ...
... these regions are designated with boxes in Figure 1. We also analyzed EA and found that the predicted precipitation change is similar in magnitude to the SAB region. An independent analysis (Malhi et al. 2009) found similar results to ours for the EA. Because the EA is climatologically wetter (simil ...
Reduced solar activity as a trigger for the start of the Younger Dryas?
... a shallower THC and in surface cooling that would be less than in the case of a shutdown. This would be consistent with ocean core evidence for N Atlantic ventilation during the YD (Charles and Fairbanks, 1992) and with climate modelling (Rahmstorf, 1994). However, a shallower THC would mean less su ...
... a shallower THC and in surface cooling that would be less than in the case of a shutdown. This would be consistent with ocean core evidence for N Atlantic ventilation during the YD (Charles and Fairbanks, 1992) and with climate modelling (Rahmstorf, 1994). However, a shallower THC would mean less su ...
Climate-induced migration and displacement: closing the policy gap
... often not the only factors considered. There are no reliable global estimates of past and current migration flows in response to extensive risks (Gemenne, 2011), but many cases have been documented. Individuals and households in Bangladesh, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Peru, Tanzania, Thailand and Viet ...
... often not the only factors considered. There are no reliable global estimates of past and current migration flows in response to extensive risks (Gemenne, 2011), but many cases have been documented. Individuals and households in Bangladesh, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Peru, Tanzania, Thailand and Viet ...