Agriculture and food systems in sub
... to undergo some loss in growing season length, and most of Africa in southern latitudes may see losses of at least 20 per cent. Parts of East Africa may see moderate increases in growing period, on the other hand. There are several sources of uncertainty attached to such estimates, including the unc ...
... to undergo some loss in growing season length, and most of Africa in southern latitudes may see losses of at least 20 per cent. Parts of East Africa may see moderate increases in growing period, on the other hand. There are several sources of uncertainty attached to such estimates, including the unc ...
Peter Riding - Stop Stansted Expansion
... The Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, was quoted on the No 10 Downing Street website on 24 July 2007 as saying: “We're looking, if you like, at 21st Century extreme weather conditions”. That can only be a reference to climate change. The Chief Scientific Officer, Sir David King, said in January 2004: “I ...
... The Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, was quoted on the No 10 Downing Street website on 24 July 2007 as saying: “We're looking, if you like, at 21st Century extreme weather conditions”. That can only be a reference to climate change. The Chief Scientific Officer, Sir David King, said in January 2004: “I ...
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... events under investigation refer to the province-level and not to individual farm losses. To identify the contribution of climate change to long-run risk perceptions, we selected a common risk event across farmers to remove confounding factors, due to different objective risks and current condition ...
... events under investigation refer to the province-level and not to individual farm losses. To identify the contribution of climate change to long-run risk perceptions, we selected a common risk event across farmers to remove confounding factors, due to different objective risks and current condition ...
Chapter 1
... “Viet Nam special report on managing the risks of extreme events and disasters to advance climate change adaptation” (SREX Vietnam) was prepared based on the framework of “Special Report of Intergovernmental Panel on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change (SREX, ...
... “Viet Nam special report on managing the risks of extreme events and disasters to advance climate change adaptation” (SREX Vietnam) was prepared based on the framework of “Special Report of Intergovernmental Panel on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change (SREX, ...
Article - Biogeosciences
... carbon fluxes. We investigated to what extent and at which temporal scales, climatic variability and changes in ecosystem functional properties determined the IAV of the carbon balance. Empirical models were used as tools to estimate the seasonal and interannual variation of the ecosystem functional ...
... carbon fluxes. We investigated to what extent and at which temporal scales, climatic variability and changes in ecosystem functional properties determined the IAV of the carbon balance. Empirical models were used as tools to estimate the seasonal and interannual variation of the ecosystem functional ...
analysis - Climate Change Commission Wales
... in terms that are relevant to business. The UKCIP Business Areas Climate Impact Assessment tool (BACLIAT) and the IEMA guidance on building the business case are very useful in this respect. ...
... in terms that are relevant to business. The UKCIP Business Areas Climate Impact Assessment tool (BACLIAT) and the IEMA guidance on building the business case are very useful in this respect. ...
On Modeling and Interpreting the Economics of Catastrophic
... is not the same as temperature change, but for the benchmarkserving purposes of my simplistic example I assume the shapes of both PDFs are roughly similar after approximately 200 years because a doubling of anthropogenically injected CO2-equivalent (CO2-e) GHGs relative to preindustrial-revolution l ...
... is not the same as temperature change, but for the benchmarkserving purposes of my simplistic example I assume the shapes of both PDFs are roughly similar after approximately 200 years because a doubling of anthropogenically injected CO2-equivalent (CO2-e) GHGs relative to preindustrial-revolution l ...
Assessment of technological innovation for climate - unu
... especially due to the substantial challenges that climate variability imposes on agricultural production in developing countries. Indeed, while most agricultural technologies have direct linkages with climate change, there are emerging technologies that are relevant to agriculture practices in devel ...
... especially due to the substantial challenges that climate variability imposes on agricultural production in developing countries. Indeed, while most agricultural technologies have direct linkages with climate change, there are emerging technologies that are relevant to agriculture practices in devel ...
Chapter 9. Establishing Common Ground: Finding Better Ways to
... with it is slowing down the process of implementing solutions. Even if high-level decision makers want to put in place the policies, incentives, and ready-to-be-deployed technologies required to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, they are unable do so to the extent needed because they have to answer t ...
... with it is slowing down the process of implementing solutions. Even if high-level decision makers want to put in place the policies, incentives, and ready-to-be-deployed technologies required to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, they are unable do so to the extent needed because they have to answer t ...
Weitzman2009-Modeling-Economics-ClimateChange.pdf
... is not the same as temperature change, but for the benchmarkserving purposes of my simplistic example I assume the shapes of both PDFs are roughly similar after approximately 200 years because a doubling of anthropogenically injected CO2-equivalent (CO2-e) GHGs relative to preindustrial-revolution l ...
... is not the same as temperature change, but for the benchmarkserving purposes of my simplistic example I assume the shapes of both PDFs are roughly similar after approximately 200 years because a doubling of anthropogenically injected CO2-equivalent (CO2-e) GHGs relative to preindustrial-revolution l ...
The carbon cycle is the biogeochemical cycle by which carbon is
... Carbon leaves the terrestrial biosphere in several ways and on different time scales. The combustion or respiration of organic carbon releases it rapidly into the atmosphere. It can also be exported into the oceans through rivers or remain sequestered in soils in the form of inert carbon. Carbon sto ...
... Carbon leaves the terrestrial biosphere in several ways and on different time scales. The combustion or respiration of organic carbon releases it rapidly into the atmosphere. It can also be exported into the oceans through rivers or remain sequestered in soils in the form of inert carbon. Carbon sto ...
A Critique of the Coal Divestment Campaign
... appreciate the risks they pose for Australia. It will be necessary for the Australian fossil fuel industry (and the finance industry) to invest more resources in maintaining and enhancing its reputation. At the same time, the divestment campaign has highlighted the policy-related costs of resource e ...
... appreciate the risks they pose for Australia. It will be necessary for the Australian fossil fuel industry (and the finance industry) to invest more resources in maintaining and enhancing its reputation. At the same time, the divestment campaign has highlighted the policy-related costs of resource e ...
III. harmonization of carbon footprint related standards
... Some examples of PCF schemes included: (i) Japan's voluntary carbon footprint labelling scheme for products launched in 2009 on a trial basis; (ii) two French PCF schemes, initiated by supermarket chains, for application either on products themselves or on the receipt as the sum of all purchases; an ...
... Some examples of PCF schemes included: (i) Japan's voluntary carbon footprint labelling scheme for products launched in 2009 on a trial basis; (ii) two French PCF schemes, initiated by supermarket chains, for application either on products themselves or on the receipt as the sum of all purchases; an ...
3.3 Evidence of temperature changes in the study regions
... stress due to climate change and variability (FAO 2010). Cereals including maize, millet and sorghum, which serve as important staple foods across SSA, are extremely vulnerable to climate variability (particularly to drought) as these crops require an appreciable quantity of rainfall for their growt ...
... stress due to climate change and variability (FAO 2010). Cereals including maize, millet and sorghum, which serve as important staple foods across SSA, are extremely vulnerable to climate variability (particularly to drought) as these crops require an appreciable quantity of rainfall for their growt ...
... Despite the tensions between growth and a more sustainable mix of energy sources, Nicholas Stern of the London School of Economics argues the twin challenges of fighting poverty and climate change are not mutually exclusive. The ILO’s Peter Poschen and Worldwatch Institute’s Michael Renner say w ...
Water Climate Change Impacts
... We have attached a confidence level – high, medium or low – to each of the statements of change. This confidence level, assigned by scientific experts, reflects both the degree of agreement of scientific studies and the amount of information available. For example, we would have low confidence in an ...
... We have attached a confidence level – high, medium or low – to each of the statements of change. This confidence level, assigned by scientific experts, reflects both the degree of agreement of scientific studies and the amount of information available. For example, we would have low confidence in an ...
Assimilating urban heat island effects into climate projections
... Nevada and delivered via the Truckee River (Fig. 1bec). The impacts of temperature changes on summer water demand for Reno can be illustrated using the Hamon equation for potential evapotranspiration (Allen et al., 1998) that has been calibrated for climate change studies in the western Great Basin ...
... Nevada and delivered via the Truckee River (Fig. 1bec). The impacts of temperature changes on summer water demand for Reno can be illustrated using the Hamon equation for potential evapotranspiration (Allen et al., 1998) that has been calibrated for climate change studies in the western Great Basin ...
Forest Service Chief`s Climate Change and Wilderness Briefing
... biodiversity. Any Forest Service strategy to effectively adapt to climate change and minimize adverse effects on ecosystems services and values must include wilderness lands if the strategy is to be effective Water. Climate change in western mountains is projected to decrease snow pack, cause more w ...
... biodiversity. Any Forest Service strategy to effectively adapt to climate change and minimize adverse effects on ecosystems services and values must include wilderness lands if the strategy is to be effective Water. Climate change in western mountains is projected to decrease snow pack, cause more w ...
P6_TA-PROV(2009)0000 - European Parliament
... C. whereas, particularly in the current sixth parliamentary term, the European Parliament's work on climate change has been a source of inspiration and a mandate for action to shape an integrated European policy to combat climate change and to reconcile climate change with sustainable economic growt ...
... C. whereas, particularly in the current sixth parliamentary term, the European Parliament's work on climate change has been a source of inspiration and a mandate for action to shape an integrated European policy to combat climate change and to reconcile climate change with sustainable economic growt ...
China Climate Pledge
... target to cut energy intensity by 16 percent from 2011 to 2015. China surpassed that goal and reduced its energy intensity by 18.2 percent. These efforts will continue in the 13th Five-Year Plan with a 15 percent energy intensity reduction target for 2020. To this end, China is continuing to push fo ...
... target to cut energy intensity by 16 percent from 2011 to 2015. China surpassed that goal and reduced its energy intensity by 18.2 percent. These efforts will continue in the 13th Five-Year Plan with a 15 percent energy intensity reduction target for 2020. To this end, China is continuing to push fo ...
Lecture 1.1 - The Natural Edge Project
... the Earth’s climate long term. The main anthropogenic greenhouse gases being added to the atmosphere are carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs) and sulphur hexafluoride (SF6). 4. Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere now ...
... the Earth’s climate long term. The main anthropogenic greenhouse gases being added to the atmosphere are carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs) and sulphur hexafluoride (SF6). 4. Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere now ...
CARE brief on the post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction
... The post-2015 framework on DRR highlights that cooperation between government and all relevant stakeholders, such as civil society, communities, businesses, academia and media, is needed to build resilience to disasters. As disaster risk involves many actors who can be part of the creation as well a ...
... The post-2015 framework on DRR highlights that cooperation between government and all relevant stakeholders, such as civil society, communities, businesses, academia and media, is needed to build resilience to disasters. As disaster risk involves many actors who can be part of the creation as well a ...
coping with climate change in israel
... population and economic growth against a backdrop of land and water scarcity. Under a "business as usual" scenario, forecasts indicate that mounting energy consumption coupled with escalating traffic congestion will bring about significant increases in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. Israel is de ...
... population and economic growth against a backdrop of land and water scarcity. Under a "business as usual" scenario, forecasts indicate that mounting energy consumption coupled with escalating traffic congestion will bring about significant increases in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. Israel is de ...
Lan - Pat Arnott Web Site
... Figure. Cloud top (MODIS) and base (MPL) height as a function of AOD (MODIS) during CARDEX. ...
... Figure. Cloud top (MODIS) and base (MPL) height as a function of AOD (MODIS) during CARDEX. ...