The need for new ocean conservation strategies in a high
... to stabilize atmospheric CO2 at levels necessary to reduce or prevent ongoing damage to marine ecosystems. The measurement, monitoring and prediction of marine chemical and biological responses to increasing CO2 (action (2) above) are clearly required to understand, anticipate and quantify their con ...
... to stabilize atmospheric CO2 at levels necessary to reduce or prevent ongoing damage to marine ecosystems. The measurement, monitoring and prediction of marine chemical and biological responses to increasing CO2 (action (2) above) are clearly required to understand, anticipate and quantify their con ...
paper
... pavements in the north of England is unlikely to offer good value for money unless considered in later years and under the Worst Case Scenario. Adaptation action presents more positive results in the South of England. Adaptation action could also present better value for money if undertaken for the ...
... pavements in the north of England is unlikely to offer good value for money unless considered in later years and under the Worst Case Scenario. Adaptation action presents more positive results in the South of England. Adaptation action could also present better value for money if undertaken for the ...
Adopted - The James Bay Advisory Committee on the Environment
... (ANRQC). Discussions are expected to take place. According to a CRA member, the difficulties encountered during the assessment and review process, which examines one project at a time, point to the need for a land use plan that would determine adequate siting of various project types a ...
... (ANRQC). Discussions are expected to take place. According to a CRA member, the difficulties encountered during the assessment and review process, which examines one project at a time, point to the need for a land use plan that would determine adequate siting of various project types a ...
Role of volcanic forcing on future global carbon cycle
... scenario. We show that very large volcanic eruptions similar to Tambora lead to short-term substantial global cooling. However, over a long period, smaller eruptions similar to Pinatubo in amplitude, but set to occur frequently, would have a stronger impact on future climate change. In a scenario wh ...
... scenario. We show that very large volcanic eruptions similar to Tambora lead to short-term substantial global cooling. However, over a long period, smaller eruptions similar to Pinatubo in amplitude, but set to occur frequently, would have a stronger impact on future climate change. In a scenario wh ...
The American Environmental Values Survey: American Views on the
... Abrahamse, W., Steg, L., Vlek, C., & Rothengatter, T. (2005). A review of intervention studies aimed at household energy conservation. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 25, 273-291. Abrahamse, W., Steg, L., Vlek, C., & Rothengatter, T. (2007). The effect of tailored information, goal setting, and ...
... Abrahamse, W., Steg, L., Vlek, C., & Rothengatter, T. (2005). A review of intervention studies aimed at household energy conservation. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 25, 273-291. Abrahamse, W., Steg, L., Vlek, C., & Rothengatter, T. (2007). The effect of tailored information, goal setting, and ...
An ecohydrological sketch of climate change impacts on water and
... preservation may still be attained under a future climate. This is important, since most of such targets are legally enforced, e.g. by the European Habitat Directive, by the Water Framework Directive and by national legislations of several countries. For a timely response to climate change, as well ...
... preservation may still be attained under a future climate. This is important, since most of such targets are legally enforced, e.g. by the European Habitat Directive, by the Water Framework Directive and by national legislations of several countries. For a timely response to climate change, as well ...
Establishment of an ecosystem transect to address climate change
... There has been lively debate about how ecological science could better link to biodiversity policy to inform the management of natural systems and ecosystem services in the face of anthropogenic impacts (Jones et al. 1999; Watson 2005; Moser and Luers 2008; Perrings et al. 2011). Climate change is r ...
... There has been lively debate about how ecological science could better link to biodiversity policy to inform the management of natural systems and ecosystem services in the face of anthropogenic impacts (Jones et al. 1999; Watson 2005; Moser and Luers 2008; Perrings et al. 2011). Climate change is r ...
here - IGBP
... primarily spreading news of projects, meetings and workshops across the IGBP network, to communicating a spectrum of recent IGBP and related global change and Earth System science to an audience spanning science, policy and education. It continues to evolve to meet the needs of the IGBP network, and ...
... primarily spreading news of projects, meetings and workshops across the IGBP network, to communicating a spectrum of recent IGBP and related global change and Earth System science to an audience spanning science, policy and education. It continues to evolve to meet the needs of the IGBP network, and ...
Energy Makeovers Pty Ltd - Department of Environment, Land
... the CCA's 2014 report, Reducing Australia’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Targets and Progress Review, released in February 2014. The Authority considers the recommendations in that ...
... the CCA's 2014 report, Reducing Australia’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Targets and Progress Review, released in February 2014. The Authority considers the recommendations in that ...
Clouds and Climate
... The cloud–climate control system for Earth, with some of the feedback loops mentioned above, is outlined in Figure 9. The strength of the feedbacks is uncertain. In a recent review paper on greenhouse warming, John Mitchell, of the United Kingdom Meteorological Office in Bracknell, England, says tha ...
... The cloud–climate control system for Earth, with some of the feedback loops mentioned above, is outlined in Figure 9. The strength of the feedbacks is uncertain. In a recent review paper on greenhouse warming, John Mitchell, of the United Kingdom Meteorological Office in Bracknell, England, says tha ...
An Introduction to the Science of Climate Change
... climate is changing. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change produced an extensive review document in 2001 that describes the most recent scientific data related to climate change from leading scientists around the world entitled, ‘Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis’. The most recent ev ...
... climate is changing. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change produced an extensive review document in 2001 that describes the most recent scientific data related to climate change from leading scientists around the world entitled, ‘Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis’. The most recent ev ...
Cost-effective payments for reducing emissions from deforestation under uncertainty: Working Paper 72 (438 kB) (opens in new window)
... 4. Governments, markets and climate change mitigation 5. The Munich Re Programme - Evaluating the economics of climate risks and opportunities in the insurance sector More information about the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy can be found at: http://www.cccep.ac.uk. The Grantham Resea ...
... 4. Governments, markets and climate change mitigation 5. The Munich Re Programme - Evaluating the economics of climate risks and opportunities in the insurance sector More information about the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy can be found at: http://www.cccep.ac.uk. The Grantham Resea ...
The origin of the savanna biome
... accelerates forest loss and C4 grassland expansion through multiple positive feedback loops that each promote drought and more fire. A low CO2 atmosphere amplifies this cycle by limiting tree recruitment, allowing the ingress of C4 grasses to greatly increase ecosystem flammability. Continued intens ...
... accelerates forest loss and C4 grassland expansion through multiple positive feedback loops that each promote drought and more fire. A low CO2 atmosphere amplifies this cycle by limiting tree recruitment, allowing the ingress of C4 grasses to greatly increase ecosystem flammability. Continued intens ...
Cumming and Van Vuuren 2006
... Team, 2001b). It combines different submodels, including a global energy model, a global agricultural model, impacts of climate change on natural ecosystems, and a simple climate model. Most of the environmental calculations in are performed on a 0.5 × 0.5-degree grid, while socio-economic par ...
... Team, 2001b). It combines different submodels, including a global energy model, a global agricultural model, impacts of climate change on natural ecosystems, and a simple climate model. Most of the environmental calculations in are performed on a 0.5 × 0.5-degree grid, while socio-economic par ...
Downscaling climate change scenarios for apple pest and disease
... Note that assumptions inherent in many climate projections are that the range of model uncertainty is fully sampled by the available model projections, and that systematic model biases do not change with time. These assumptions were also made here (for more details, see Fischer et al., 2011). Despit ...
... Note that assumptions inherent in many climate projections are that the range of model uncertainty is fully sampled by the available model projections, and that systematic model biases do not change with time. These assumptions were also made here (for more details, see Fischer et al., 2011). Despit ...
A probabilistic analysis of human influence on
... and validate a time series model of anomalous global temperatures to June 2010, using rates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, as well as other causal factors including solar radiation, volcanic forcing and the El Niño Southern Oscillation. When the effect of GHGs is removed, bootstrap simulation of ...
... and validate a time series model of anomalous global temperatures to June 2010, using rates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, as well as other causal factors including solar radiation, volcanic forcing and the El Niño Southern Oscillation. When the effect of GHGs is removed, bootstrap simulation of ...
Our People, Our Planet, Our Power
... Just as important, leadership from communities of color has been absent in environmental institutions with resources and real power. In the University of Michigan’s Green 2.0 report, Professor Dorceta E. Taylor identifies a “green ceiling” that limits both people of color and the environmental movem ...
... Just as important, leadership from communities of color has been absent in environmental institutions with resources and real power. In the University of Michigan’s Green 2.0 report, Professor Dorceta E. Taylor identifies a “green ceiling” that limits both people of color and the environmental movem ...
The obscure future of the Kyoto protocol - Hal-SHS
... conducted parallel negotiations for the future of the Kyoto protocol after 2012. Negotiations conducted by AWGKP aim to define new commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions for the countries that already have commitments for the period 1 of the Kyoto protocol, while negotiations conducted by AW ...
... conducted parallel negotiations for the future of the Kyoto protocol after 2012. Negotiations conducted by AWGKP aim to define new commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions for the countries that already have commitments for the period 1 of the Kyoto protocol, while negotiations conducted by AW ...
Republic of Guatemala
... climate change, reducing vulnerability and enhancing adaptation to climate change and contribute to the mitigation of GHG emissions. In this context, there is a great potential for Guatemala to engage with the Fund to build on ongoing initiatives from national institutions, as well as from main dono ...
... climate change, reducing vulnerability and enhancing adaptation to climate change and contribute to the mitigation of GHG emissions. In this context, there is a great potential for Guatemala to engage with the Fund to build on ongoing initiatives from national institutions, as well as from main dono ...
INSTITUTIONAL AND COMMUNITY CHARACTERISTICS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION A Thesis Presented
... ecosystem (i.e. due to the issuance of emission permits or carbon-emitting transportation modes) are less than the emissions flowing out (i.e. through sequestration efforts and planetary waste absorption capacity) then establishing a sustainable scale may be possible. If the stock of atmospheric emi ...
... ecosystem (i.e. due to the issuance of emission permits or carbon-emitting transportation modes) are less than the emissions flowing out (i.e. through sequestration efforts and planetary waste absorption capacity) then establishing a sustainable scale may be possible. If the stock of atmospheric emi ...
Appendix D: Economic modelling and adaptation to climate change
... change. The temperature rises estimated ranged from 1.5–4.5°C by 2100. Some limited adaptation responses were included in the analysis. In particular, the MMRF model allows for adaptive responses such as producers switching to another industry if there is a loss of productivity in the industry they ...
... change. The temperature rises estimated ranged from 1.5–4.5°C by 2100. Some limited adaptation responses were included in the analysis. In particular, the MMRF model allows for adaptive responses such as producers switching to another industry if there is a loss of productivity in the industry they ...
Microorganisms and climate change: terrestrial feedbacks and
... autotrophic and heterotrophic respiration return much of the carbon taken up during photosynthesis to the dissolved inorganic carbon pool16,17. For terrestrial ecosystems, the uptake of CO2 from the atmosphere by net primary production is dominated by higher plants, but microorganisms contribute gre ...
... autotrophic and heterotrophic respiration return much of the carbon taken up during photosynthesis to the dissolved inorganic carbon pool16,17. For terrestrial ecosystems, the uptake of CO2 from the atmosphere by net primary production is dominated by higher plants, but microorganisms contribute gre ...
Business Responses to Climate Change in Developing Countries: A
... developing countries, others are proper for developed countries that does not occur in the developing countries such as changing expert opinion (a specific strategy of firms in the U.S. and Australia), acquisition of emission credits strategy, and policy inputs or lobbying activities in the informat ...
... developing countries, others are proper for developed countries that does not occur in the developing countries such as changing expert opinion (a specific strategy of firms in the U.S. and Australia), acquisition of emission credits strategy, and policy inputs or lobbying activities in the informat ...