1 CV KAREN L. O`BRIEN Department of Sociology and Human
... Security. In Climatic Change and Variation: A Primer for Teachers. Manhattan, KS: Kansas State University Press. Adger, W.N., S. Agrawala, M.M.Q. Mirza, C. Conde, K. O’Brien, J. Pulhin, R. Pulwarty, B. Smit and K. Takahashi. 2007: Assessment of adaptation practices, options, constraints and capacity ...
... Security. In Climatic Change and Variation: A Primer for Teachers. Manhattan, KS: Kansas State University Press. Adger, W.N., S. Agrawala, M.M.Q. Mirza, C. Conde, K. O’Brien, J. Pulhin, R. Pulwarty, B. Smit and K. Takahashi. 2007: Assessment of adaptation practices, options, constraints and capacity ...
Effects of global climate change on agriculture: an
... ‘structural’ or ‘spatial-analogue’ approaches (Schimmelpfennig et al. 1996). The characteristics of each approach are described here. A structural approach is interdisciplinary, using models from several disciplines to measure economic consequences of climate change. For example, the approach may st ...
... ‘structural’ or ‘spatial-analogue’ approaches (Schimmelpfennig et al. 1996). The characteristics of each approach are described here. A structural approach is interdisciplinary, using models from several disciplines to measure economic consequences of climate change. For example, the approach may st ...
Arctic Climate System Study (ACSYS)/ Climate and Cryosphere
... GEO/GEOSS – input at national/international levels IGOS-P Cryosphere – Jeff Key and OPP WCRP COPES – how does CliC contribute? Interactions with other groups – carbon, water, weather ICSI – Commission on the Cryospheric Sciences CliC/IGS/ICSI Symposium on Cryo as Indicator of Climate Change ...
... GEO/GEOSS – input at national/international levels IGOS-P Cryosphere – Jeff Key and OPP WCRP COPES – how does CliC contribute? Interactions with other groups – carbon, water, weather ICSI – Commission on the Cryospheric Sciences CliC/IGS/ICSI Symposium on Cryo as Indicator of Climate Change ...
Urban Transit Systems and Conditions of Enhanced Climate Variability
... Climate warming will result in sea level rise. Sea level rise is caused by the thermal expansion of the upper layers of the world’s oceans and seas and from the melting of glaciers and ice sheets. Large continental scale ice sheets such as the Greenland ice sheet are melting more rapidly than expect ...
... Climate warming will result in sea level rise. Sea level rise is caused by the thermal expansion of the upper layers of the world’s oceans and seas and from the melting of glaciers and ice sheets. Large continental scale ice sheets such as the Greenland ice sheet are melting more rapidly than expect ...
english - Sustainable Development of Tourism
... regional policy issues such as housing, transport and social infrastructure. Given tourism’s significant catalytic impacts across the economy as a whole, knock-on effects will impact other sectors, such as agriculture supplying tourism demand, handicraft industries, local small business networks, fi ...
... regional policy issues such as housing, transport and social infrastructure. Given tourism’s significant catalytic impacts across the economy as a whole, knock-on effects will impact other sectors, such as agriculture supplying tourism demand, handicraft industries, local small business networks, fi ...
Disaster risk reduction or climate change adaptation: Are we
... implementation (see the approach taken by Thomalla et al., 2006; Tearfund, 2008). Whilst global policies are essential in guiding practical action, policy and action at the community level where climate change effects are being experienced are urgently required in a development context (e.g. Shea, 2 ...
... implementation (see the approach taken by Thomalla et al., 2006; Tearfund, 2008). Whilst global policies are essential in guiding practical action, policy and action at the community level where climate change effects are being experienced are urgently required in a development context (e.g. Shea, 2 ...
Assessing the Crop Growing Period According to the Climate Change
... each climatic period was estimated.The growing period is the period of the year when both moisture and temperature conditions are favorable for crop growth [17] [18]. LGP can be assessed by a simple moisture balance of precipitation (P) and reference evapotranspiration (ETo) when the temperature is ...
... each climatic period was estimated.The growing period is the period of the year when both moisture and temperature conditions are favorable for crop growth [17] [18]. LGP can be assessed by a simple moisture balance of precipitation (P) and reference evapotranspiration (ETo) when the temperature is ...
Adaptation Research Program - Department of Agriculture and
... generate additional on-farm income through selling carbon offsets into domestic and international carbon markets. Filling the Research Gap, part of the $429 million Carbon Farming Futures Program under the $1.7 billion Land Sector Package, is building on research undertaken through the CCRP. Researc ...
... generate additional on-farm income through selling carbon offsets into domestic and international carbon markets. Filling the Research Gap, part of the $429 million Carbon Farming Futures Program under the $1.7 billion Land Sector Package, is building on research undertaken through the CCRP. Researc ...
Global Warming Is A Hoax!
... Anthropogenic Global Warming, whilst being supported by many scientific studies, is contradicted by just as many studies. Many people have been charmed by the emotive film "An Inconvenient Truth," however, perhaps we should approach global warming from a more critical and objective viewpoint and eva ...
... Anthropogenic Global Warming, whilst being supported by many scientific studies, is contradicted by just as many studies. Many people have been charmed by the emotive film "An Inconvenient Truth," however, perhaps we should approach global warming from a more critical and objective viewpoint and eva ...
Ch 18 Global Climate Change
... • Working Group II: evaluates impacts and adaptation to it • Working Group III: investigates ways to mitigate its effects • The AR4 report had over 2,000 experts from 154 countries • Risk assessment: is the climate changing? • Risk management: how do we adapt and mitigate effects? © 2011 Pearson Edu ...
... • Working Group II: evaluates impacts and adaptation to it • Working Group III: investigates ways to mitigate its effects • The AR4 report had over 2,000 experts from 154 countries • Risk assessment: is the climate changing? • Risk management: how do we adapt and mitigate effects? © 2011 Pearson Edu ...
18_Lecture_Presentation
... • Working Group II: evaluates impacts and adaptation to it • Working Group III: investigates ways to mitigate its effects • The AR4 report had over 2,000 experts from 154 countries • Risk assessment: is the climate changing? • Risk management: how do we adapt and mitigate effects? © 2011 Pearson Edu ...
... • Working Group II: evaluates impacts and adaptation to it • Working Group III: investigates ways to mitigate its effects • The AR4 report had over 2,000 experts from 154 countries • Risk assessment: is the climate changing? • Risk management: how do we adapt and mitigate effects? © 2011 Pearson Edu ...
published in Global Environmental Change in 2011
... The last few years have seen a growing scientific consensus about human influence on climate and the significant risks posed by climate change for humans and non-human life (IPCC, 2007). Indeed, there is a striking degree of scientific agreement in this respect, particularly amongst scientists direc ...
... The last few years have seen a growing scientific consensus about human influence on climate and the significant risks posed by climate change for humans and non-human life (IPCC, 2007). Indeed, there is a striking degree of scientific agreement in this respect, particularly amongst scientists direc ...
Hardening Australia: Climate change and
... spread of disease, and increase potential for property damage, (for example, through more flooding, coastal erosion, storm surges and extreme weather events) and disrupt critical infrastructure. Current design criteria and building codes may be inadequate for the future climate. Increased heat, pest ...
... spread of disease, and increase potential for property damage, (for example, through more flooding, coastal erosion, storm surges and extreme weather events) and disrupt critical infrastructure. Current design criteria and building codes may be inadequate for the future climate. Increased heat, pest ...
Changes in extreme temperature and precipitation in the
... asked to bring long-term daily observational data from their countries to analyse during the workshop, and more stations were analysed afterwards. The ETCCDI provides standardized software for quality control and calculation of climate indices, such as the RClimDex platform freely available at http: ...
... asked to bring long-term daily observational data from their countries to analyse during the workshop, and more stations were analysed afterwards. The ETCCDI provides standardized software for quality control and calculation of climate indices, such as the RClimDex platform freely available at http: ...
Climate Change Mitigation in Los Angeles, US - UN
... whole do not seem to have direct impacts within or across levels of governance, the mayor’s motivation seems to have been at least strengthened by action in other global cities and at the state level, thereby being indirectly affected by them. In May 2007, the mayor’s office published an action plan ...
... whole do not seem to have direct impacts within or across levels of governance, the mayor’s motivation seems to have been at least strengthened by action in other global cities and at the state level, thereby being indirectly affected by them. In May 2007, the mayor’s office published an action plan ...
A changing climate of skepticism? The factors shaping climate
... issues on which Republicans attacked Democrats, scientists and the environmental movement (McCright & Dunlap, 2011). The withdrawal of the US from the Kyoto Protocol in 2001 and the increasing polarization of Congress meant that climate skepticism became an identifier of conservative convictions (Br ...
... issues on which Republicans attacked Democrats, scientists and the environmental movement (McCright & Dunlap, 2011). The withdrawal of the US from the Kyoto Protocol in 2001 and the increasing polarization of Congress meant that climate skepticism became an identifier of conservative convictions (Br ...
Climate change projections of precipitation and
... into two approaches (Haylock et al., 2006): the nesting of high-resolution regional climate models (RCMs) in the GCMs [dynamical downscaling (Giorgi and Mearns, 1991)] and the statistical representation of desired fields from the coarse-resolution GCM data [statistical downscaling (Haylock et al., 2 ...
... into two approaches (Haylock et al., 2006): the nesting of high-resolution regional climate models (RCMs) in the GCMs [dynamical downscaling (Giorgi and Mearns, 1991)] and the statistical representation of desired fields from the coarse-resolution GCM data [statistical downscaling (Haylock et al., 2 ...
Dynamic modeling of adaptation indicators related to climate
... the other hand, the usage of this level is justified by theory, as local and sub-national processes are largely influenced by national policies and target values (Adger et al., 2004). Therefore, even though the effects themselves are specific to their location, the higher spatial levels ought not to ...
... the other hand, the usage of this level is justified by theory, as local and sub-national processes are largely influenced by national policies and target values (Adger et al., 2004). Therefore, even though the effects themselves are specific to their location, the higher spatial levels ought not to ...
Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change on Urban Forests in the
... Adapting management and restoration of urban forests to climate change is likely to require innovative solutions to overcome uncertainties associated with climate change. An important step in developing plans for urban forest management and restoration in light of climate change is to identify the i ...
... Adapting management and restoration of urban forests to climate change is likely to require innovative solutions to overcome uncertainties associated with climate change. An important step in developing plans for urban forest management and restoration in light of climate change is to identify the i ...
Assessing the impacts of global warming on meteorological hazards
... Correspondence to: Tetsuya Takemi, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan. E-mail: [email protected] ...
... Correspondence to: Tetsuya Takemi, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan. E-mail: [email protected] ...
Articles
... The ocean at Palmer Station, Antarctic. LTER investigators haveemployed an understanding of time and spacevariations in the stratosphere and Antarctic waters, radiation transfer theory, remote sensing, and sea-surfaceand hydrographic observations to provide one of the first piecesof evidenceof an ec ...
... The ocean at Palmer Station, Antarctic. LTER investigators haveemployed an understanding of time and spacevariations in the stratosphere and Antarctic waters, radiation transfer theory, remote sensing, and sea-surfaceand hydrographic observations to provide one of the first piecesof evidenceof an ec ...
Simulating effects of land use changes on carbon fluxes: past
... longitude by 2.5◦ latitude. The area fractions occupied by pasture p, cropland c and built-up area b (identified with the urban class in HYDE3.0) are specified for each cell. Only the net land use changes on the grid cell level are modelled. Consequently, when new land is claimed while used land is ...
... longitude by 2.5◦ latitude. The area fractions occupied by pasture p, cropland c and built-up area b (identified with the urban class in HYDE3.0) are specified for each cell. Only the net land use changes on the grid cell level are modelled. Consequently, when new land is claimed while used land is ...