Climate Trends and Global Crop Production Since 1980
... and wheat production declined by 3.8 and 5.5%, respectively, relative to a counterfactual without climate trends. For soybeans and rice, winners and losers largely balanced out. Climate trends were large enough in some countries to offset a significant portion of the increases in average yields that ...
... and wheat production declined by 3.8 and 5.5%, respectively, relative to a counterfactual without climate trends. For soybeans and rice, winners and losers largely balanced out. Climate trends were large enough in some countries to offset a significant portion of the increases in average yields that ...
Adapting to Rising Sea Level: A Florida Perspective
... removing or diverting development from the most vulnerable coastal areas. In contrast to the previous option, it is a more dynamic response that can be updated by real-time observations. This option is, in my opinion, a long-term solution and especially applicable to higher sea-level elevations or r ...
... removing or diverting development from the most vulnerable coastal areas. In contrast to the previous option, it is a more dynamic response that can be updated by real-time observations. This option is, in my opinion, a long-term solution and especially applicable to higher sea-level elevations or r ...
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... Debye, respectively. Infrared spectroscopy is a useful method to study the properties of water (30). However, the vibrational frequency analysis of H2O@C60 by the DFT calculations suggested that the symmetric and asymmetric stretching modes of the H2O molecule inside C60 (3810 and 3894 cm–1) should ...
... Debye, respectively. Infrared spectroscopy is a useful method to study the properties of water (30). However, the vibrational frequency analysis of H2O@C60 by the DFT calculations suggested that the symmetric and asymmetric stretching modes of the H2O molecule inside C60 (3810 and 3894 cm–1) should ...
Climate Leadership report to minister executive summary
... prototype in their garage. As a panel, we could likely have filled our days entirely with presentations on new technology and there may have still been some left waiting – we learned about a lot of new initiatives and just about as many new acronyms. An important part of our process was our engageme ...
... prototype in their garage. As a panel, we could likely have filled our days entirely with presentations on new technology and there may have still been some left waiting – we learned about a lot of new initiatives and just about as many new acronyms. An important part of our process was our engageme ...
A ricardian analysis of the distribution of climate change impacts on
... School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University; 230 Prospect St, New Haven, CT06511 and a ...
... School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University; 230 Prospect St, New Haven, CT06511 and a ...
Regional Climate Messages for West Africa
... lessons from research and background studies commissioned by the program. Papers are intended to foster exchange and dialogue within science and policy circles concerned with climate change adaptation in vulnerability hotspots. As an interim output of the CARIAA program, they have not undergone an e ...
... lessons from research and background studies commissioned by the program. Papers are intended to foster exchange and dialogue within science and policy circles concerned with climate change adaptation in vulnerability hotspots. As an interim output of the CARIAA program, they have not undergone an e ...
Climate Change / Global Warming and Its Impacts on Parasitology
... Ozone layer by phasing out the production of substances believed to be responsible for depletion of Ozone. The Protocol has gone through a series of revisions firstly in 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997 and 1999 respectively in London, Nairobi, Copenhagen, Bangkok, Vienna, Montreal and Beijing [11 ...
... Ozone layer by phasing out the production of substances believed to be responsible for depletion of Ozone. The Protocol has gone through a series of revisions firstly in 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997 and 1999 respectively in London, Nairobi, Copenhagen, Bangkok, Vienna, Montreal and Beijing [11 ...
How do human CO2 emissions compare to natural CO2 emissions?
... CO2 continuously so the additional load by humans is incredibly small. A small shift in the balance between oceans and air would cause a CO2 much more severe rise than anything we could produce.” (Jeff Id) Before the industrial revolution, the CO2 content in the air remained quite steady for thousan ...
... CO2 continuously so the additional load by humans is incredibly small. A small shift in the balance between oceans and air would cause a CO2 much more severe rise than anything we could produce.” (Jeff Id) Before the industrial revolution, the CO2 content in the air remained quite steady for thousan ...
Abandoning Fossil Fuel - OxCarre
... First, in contrast to Nordhaus (2008, 2014), Rezai et al. (2012) and Golosov et al. (2014), we analyse not only the optimal carbon tax but also the optimal transition times for introducing renewables alongside fossil fuel and abandoning fossil fuel altogether and the amount of untapped fossil fuel t ...
... First, in contrast to Nordhaus (2008, 2014), Rezai et al. (2012) and Golosov et al. (2014), we analyse not only the optimal carbon tax but also the optimal transition times for introducing renewables alongside fossil fuel and abandoning fossil fuel altogether and the amount of untapped fossil fuel t ...
Small States and the Commonwealth
... marginalisation, HIV/AIDS, poverty, violence and crime. The repercussions of the global economic crisis and a growing youth bulge in many countries present challenges not only to young people’s personal development, but also to their capacity to contribute to national development. The Commonwealth s ...
... marginalisation, HIV/AIDS, poverty, violence and crime. The repercussions of the global economic crisis and a growing youth bulge in many countries present challenges not only to young people’s personal development, but also to their capacity to contribute to national development. The Commonwealth s ...
Dec 2006
... In October, IISD’s Climate Change team, led by John Drexhage, and over 40 experts from across Canada met in Ottawa to launch a 2-year initiative on Canada and post-2012 climate change policy. The aim of this first meeting was to speak with governments, businesses, NGOs and other concerned citizens a ...
... In October, IISD’s Climate Change team, led by John Drexhage, and over 40 experts from across Canada met in Ottawa to launch a 2-year initiative on Canada and post-2012 climate change policy. The aim of this first meeting was to speak with governments, businesses, NGOs and other concerned citizens a ...
Himachal Pradesh - National Disaster Management Authority
... Analysis (HRVA) for the entire state by engaging the services of an expert agency. • Documentation of prevailing knowledge aptitude and practices for evolving human resources development strategy. • Undertaking an exercise for understanding training need assessment on Disaster Risk Reduction and Cli ...
... Analysis (HRVA) for the entire state by engaging the services of an expert agency. • Documentation of prevailing knowledge aptitude and practices for evolving human resources development strategy. • Undertaking an exercise for understanding training need assessment on Disaster Risk Reduction and Cli ...
Barriers to Acting in Time on Energy and Strategies for Overcoming
... lighting, even when the payback would be extremely quick and the rate of return enormous. Research overwhelmingly demonstrates that people too far too often use an extremely high discounting rate regarding the future (Loewenstein and Thaler, 1989); that is, we tend to focus on or overweight short-te ...
... lighting, even when the payback would be extremely quick and the rate of return enormous. Research overwhelmingly demonstrates that people too far too often use an extremely high discounting rate regarding the future (Loewenstein and Thaler, 1989); that is, we tend to focus on or overweight short-te ...
Print - Climate Change Knowledge Portal
... part to the intense mining of groundwater and to qat production. As agriculture is estimated to use 93 % of available surface and groundwater, Yemen’s groundwater reserves are expected to be exhausted in another two to three decades. Not considering climate change, this would result in reductions in ...
... part to the intense mining of groundwater and to qat production. As agriculture is estimated to use 93 % of available surface and groundwater, Yemen’s groundwater reserves are expected to be exhausted in another two to three decades. Not considering climate change, this would result in reductions in ...
12699 Suffolk Climate Action Plan 2 FINAL
... This Plan sets out the scale of action needed in Suffolk to achieve our ambition to be the county with the greatest reduction in carbon emissions, and offers a sobering assessment of the work still to do. We have been working hard but are a long way from meeting the commitment we made in 2008 to wor ...
... This Plan sets out the scale of action needed in Suffolk to achieve our ambition to be the county with the greatest reduction in carbon emissions, and offers a sobering assessment of the work still to do. We have been working hard but are a long way from meeting the commitment we made in 2008 to wor ...
for International Climate Action? - Penn Law
... politics that often shift with electoral changes. Non-state actors are now as important as nations in international environmental issues, but the current international climate change regime relies exclusively on national governments to implement emissions-reduction regulations. By adding a system of ...
... politics that often shift with electoral changes. Non-state actors are now as important as nations in international environmental issues, but the current international climate change regime relies exclusively on national governments to implement emissions-reduction regulations. By adding a system of ...
Appendix 1 - Carbon Emissions Reduction Policy
... now believed (by the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change)1 with more than 90% certainty) that human actions are directly responsible for at least some of the increased and sustained rise witnessed over the last century. The concept of climate change is sometimes difficult to comprehend a ...
... now believed (by the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change)1 with more than 90% certainty) that human actions are directly responsible for at least some of the increased and sustained rise witnessed over the last century. The concept of climate change is sometimes difficult to comprehend a ...
Articles Climate Change Vulnerability and Policy Support
... Address correspondence to Sammy Zahran, Department of Sociology, Colorado State University, B-258 Clark Building, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1784, USA. E-mail: szahran@ bushschool.tamu.edu ...
... Address correspondence to Sammy Zahran, Department of Sociology, Colorado State University, B-258 Clark Building, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1784, USA. E-mail: szahran@ bushschool.tamu.edu ...
Welcome and Introduction - U.S. GLOBEC Georges Bank
... Synopsis: This paper highlights how the approach taken by NWA GLOBEC program has led to new insights into how plankton and fish populations are controlled by local forcing and climate change. It demonstrates the power of studying individual species, populations, and species, how they are affected by ...
... Synopsis: This paper highlights how the approach taken by NWA GLOBEC program has led to new insights into how plankton and fish populations are controlled by local forcing and climate change. It demonstrates the power of studying individual species, populations, and species, how they are affected by ...
Farmer beliefs and concerns about climate change and attitudes
... Agriculture is also a major contributor of the greenhouse gases (GHGs) nitrous oxide (N2O), methane (CH4), and carbon dioxide (CO2) (Climate Change Position Statement Working Group 2011; IPCC 2007b). Application of synthetic nitrogen fertilizers, a critical input in modern farming systems, results i ...
... Agriculture is also a major contributor of the greenhouse gases (GHGs) nitrous oxide (N2O), methane (CH4), and carbon dioxide (CO2) (Climate Change Position Statement Working Group 2011; IPCC 2007b). Application of synthetic nitrogen fertilizers, a critical input in modern farming systems, results i ...
Population and Climate Change - American Philosophical Society
... than a factor of four. A fifteenfold increase in carbon emissions accompanied a less than fourfold increase in numbers of people. Population growth alone, with constant rates of emissions per person, could not account for the increase in the carbon emissions to the atmosphere. Other factors that con ...
... than a factor of four. A fifteenfold increase in carbon emissions accompanied a less than fourfold increase in numbers of people. Population growth alone, with constant rates of emissions per person, could not account for the increase in the carbon emissions to the atmosphere. Other factors that con ...
Interpreting bargaining strategies of developing countries in climate
... concentration of GHGs in the atmosphere of 450 PPM by 2050, in order to limit average global warming to 2°C above pre-Industrial Revolution levels (Markandya et al., 2015). As a matter of fact, the increasing share over time of emissions associated with the development process of emerging and less a ...
... concentration of GHGs in the atmosphere of 450 PPM by 2050, in order to limit average global warming to 2°C above pre-Industrial Revolution levels (Markandya et al., 2015). As a matter of fact, the increasing share over time of emissions associated with the development process of emerging and less a ...
Climate-Smart Agriculture in Peru
... stakeholders and decision makers. Public institutions require capacity building in forging cross-sector synergies, institutional management, and policy development to ensure long-term continuity of strategies and plans in spite of changes in political ...
... stakeholders and decision makers. Public institutions require capacity building in forging cross-sector synergies, institutional management, and policy development to ensure long-term continuity of strategies and plans in spite of changes in political ...