Terms of Reference for the Climate Support Facility under the GCCA
... change impacts, and to adapt their way of life. Without appropriate measures, climate change is therefore likely to further delay the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in these and many other developing countries. ...
... change impacts, and to adapt their way of life. Without appropriate measures, climate change is therefore likely to further delay the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in these and many other developing countries. ...
Whales in Hot Water? - Whale and Dolphin Conservation
... The ability of species that prefer ‘icy’ habitats to adapt to long-term changes in sea ice extent and dynamics, and the resulting changes in prey availability, is presently an unquantifiable concern. For example, reduced ice cover could expand foraging opportunities for bowheads, but reduce them for ...
... The ability of species that prefer ‘icy’ habitats to adapt to long-term changes in sea ice extent and dynamics, and the resulting changes in prey availability, is presently an unquantifiable concern. For example, reduced ice cover could expand foraging opportunities for bowheads, but reduce them for ...
Whales in Hot Water?
... The ability of species that prefer ‘icy’ habitats to adapt to long-term changes in sea ice extent and dynamics, and the resulting changes in prey availability, is presently an unquantifiable concern. For example, reduced ice cover could expand foraging opportunities for bowheads, but reduce them for ...
... The ability of species that prefer ‘icy’ habitats to adapt to long-term changes in sea ice extent and dynamics, and the resulting changes in prey availability, is presently an unquantifiable concern. For example, reduced ice cover could expand foraging opportunities for bowheads, but reduce them for ...
Applying the Precautionary Principle to Global Warming
... to deal with conditions that would otherwise be fatal which, in turn, may postpone death even longer. For instance, U.S. deaths due to AIDS/HIV dropped from a high of 43,115 in 1995 to 13,210 in 1998.13 Thus if an HIV-positive person in the United States did not succumb to AIDS in 1995, because of t ...
... to deal with conditions that would otherwise be fatal which, in turn, may postpone death even longer. For instance, U.S. deaths due to AIDS/HIV dropped from a high of 43,115 in 1995 to 13,210 in 1998.13 Thus if an HIV-positive person in the United States did not succumb to AIDS in 1995, because of t ...
The Study of “Low-carbon Economy” Content, Theoretical Foundation and the Path
... use and carbon emissions adaptable with the socio-economic level and environmental carrying capacities. Secondly, it comes to the low-carbon circulation. It is to enable the production factors and products to achieve the optimal allocation of resources by free circulation. This requires the realizat ...
... use and carbon emissions adaptable with the socio-economic level and environmental carrying capacities. Secondly, it comes to the low-carbon circulation. It is to enable the production factors and products to achieve the optimal allocation of resources by free circulation. This requires the realizat ...
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... force in creating gradients in pressure, temperature, and concentration which result in transport, phase transfer, and chemical processes (Fig. 1). The physical and chemical status of the atmosphere is called climate (see Section 4 for details). Supposing that the incoming solar radiation shows no t ...
... force in creating gradients in pressure, temperature, and concentration which result in transport, phase transfer, and chemical processes (Fig. 1). The physical and chemical status of the atmosphere is called climate (see Section 4 for details). Supposing that the incoming solar radiation shows no t ...
Climate change and sustainable water resources: placing the threat
... floods combined with poor urban sanitation can be the source of major threats to human health from water-borne diseases. Similar health problems followed the River Oder floods in Poland in 1997, although petroleum products and industrial chemicals were possibly more important ingredients than human ...
... floods combined with poor urban sanitation can be the source of major threats to human health from water-borne diseases. Similar health problems followed the River Oder floods in Poland in 1997, although petroleum products and industrial chemicals were possibly more important ingredients than human ...
Ice Age Coming Now
... over the last century is attributable to human activities, the rise has been relatively modest one of a little over one degree Fahrenheit — an increase well within natural variations over the last few thousand years. ¶ While an enduring temperature rise of the same size over the next century would c ...
... over the last century is attributable to human activities, the rise has been relatively modest one of a little over one degree Fahrenheit — an increase well within natural variations over the last few thousand years. ¶ While an enduring temperature rise of the same size over the next century would c ...
Potential impacts of climate change on ecosystems: a review of
... research into the underlying cause of the desertification that has taken a grip in the Sahelian countries of sub-Saharan Africa. The Sahel is experiencing a 25 yr period of low rainfall and desiccation at least as severe as anything seen during the past millennium (Hulme & Kelly 1993). Although it i ...
... research into the underlying cause of the desertification that has taken a grip in the Sahelian countries of sub-Saharan Africa. The Sahel is experiencing a 25 yr period of low rainfall and desiccation at least as severe as anything seen during the past millennium (Hulme & Kelly 1993). Although it i ...
Operating in Limits: Defining an Australian
... A useful benchmark of fairness could be an assurance that, at minimum, the average Australian consumes no more of the global budget than the average person in other advanced economies. This suggests an Australian carbon budget of around 8 billion tonnes from 2010 to 2050. The Climate Institute’s key ...
... A useful benchmark of fairness could be an assurance that, at minimum, the average Australian consumes no more of the global budget than the average person in other advanced economies. This suggests an Australian carbon budget of around 8 billion tonnes from 2010 to 2050. The Climate Institute’s key ...
“Smart Climate Change” for Professional Societies Workshop WORKSHOP REPORT
... Dedicated substantive legislation - this creates hardcore standards most of which take long to fulfill, for example emission targets; Sector provisions; these are sector-based legislations - the danger in these is that there is no connection among sectors for example the Environment Management C ...
... Dedicated substantive legislation - this creates hardcore standards most of which take long to fulfill, for example emission targets; Sector provisions; these are sector-based legislations - the danger in these is that there is no connection among sectors for example the Environment Management C ...
Climate Change and Agricultural Production
... the last 35 years. The last two decades are among the warmest since temperature recording started. Annual losses in barley, maize, and wheat output due to global warming since 1981 amount to 40 million tons (or US$5 billion as of 2002),6 although these were offset by yield gains due to crop breedin ...
... the last 35 years. The last two decades are among the warmest since temperature recording started. Annual losses in barley, maize, and wheat output due to global warming since 1981 amount to 40 million tons (or US$5 billion as of 2002),6 although these were offset by yield gains due to crop breedin ...
A U.S.-centric Chronology of the International Climate Change Negotiations Jane A. Leggett
... 2012. This track excludes the United States, which is not a Party to the Kyoto Protocol and has said it will not join the Protocol. The second track proceeds directly under the Convention under the Bali Action Plan and focuses on five primary elements: a “shared vision” for reducing global GHG emiss ...
... 2012. This track excludes the United States, which is not a Party to the Kyoto Protocol and has said it will not join the Protocol. The second track proceeds directly under the Convention under the Bali Action Plan and focuses on five primary elements: a “shared vision” for reducing global GHG emiss ...
Projected climate change impacts on forest land cover and land use
... productivity (Latta et al. 2010), and changes in tree species composition (Coops and Waring 2011). In the Pacific Northwest, these potential impacts have been studied using climate change scenarios and a variety of empirical or process-based modeling approaches (Rogers et al. 2011; Shafer et al. 200 ...
... productivity (Latta et al. 2010), and changes in tree species composition (Coops and Waring 2011). In the Pacific Northwest, these potential impacts have been studied using climate change scenarios and a variety of empirical or process-based modeling approaches (Rogers et al. 2011; Shafer et al. 200 ...
RESILIENCE IN THE HORN OF AFRICA AND THE ARABIAN
... The prospect of global resource scarcity is now much greater than it has been in the past, and there may already have been a permanent paradigm shift in the economics of scarcity. On October 31, Earth passed the 7 billion global population mark. As populations grow and global economies develop, the ...
... The prospect of global resource scarcity is now much greater than it has been in the past, and there may already have been a permanent paradigm shift in the economics of scarcity. On October 31, Earth passed the 7 billion global population mark. As populations grow and global economies develop, the ...
A cross-cultural study of global warming representation and risks
... can do. I hoped to understand and discover how natural disasters, possibly intensified by climate change, affect Oklahoma, as compared to France. Also, it was very interesting for me to study meteorology in another country because the climate is changing all over the world and this is starting to af ...
... can do. I hoped to understand and discover how natural disasters, possibly intensified by climate change, affect Oklahoma, as compared to France. Also, it was very interesting for me to study meteorology in another country because the climate is changing all over the world and this is starting to af ...
Wetlands and global climate change
... temperature will affect coastal biota directly and lead to changes in precipitation and an acceleration of sea level rise. It is predicted that as the tropics gain more heat, there will be a greater transport of water vapor towards higher latitudes. Thus, it is likely that, in general, lower latitud ...
... temperature will affect coastal biota directly and lead to changes in precipitation and an acceleration of sea level rise. It is predicted that as the tropics gain more heat, there will be a greater transport of water vapor towards higher latitudes. Thus, it is likely that, in general, lower latitud ...
A human-induced hothouse climate?
... are governed by critical feedbacks and interplay among factors such as large-scale atmospheric circulation, clouds, water vapor tropical cyclones, oceanic thermohaline circulation, and atmospheric CO2. Can rapid human climate-warming activities force the current icehouse climate into a hothouse clim ...
... are governed by critical feedbacks and interplay among factors such as large-scale atmospheric circulation, clouds, water vapor tropical cyclones, oceanic thermohaline circulation, and atmospheric CO2. Can rapid human climate-warming activities force the current icehouse climate into a hothouse clim ...
Climate sensitivity of shrub growth across the tundra biome
... control growth at range edges, while further from the range edge other factors such as competition, facilitation, herbivory and disease21 may be more important. Herbivore densities vary spatially and temporally across our study locations12,29 , and this could be one of the factors explaining the var ...
... control growth at range edges, while further from the range edge other factors such as competition, facilitation, herbivory and disease21 may be more important. Herbivore densities vary spatially and temporally across our study locations12,29 , and this could be one of the factors explaining the var ...
Sample Chapter - Brookings Institution
... of the current century.3 In turn, global sea levels rose from ten to twentyfive centimeters over the past hundred years and are projected to further increase by as much as fifty centimeters during the current century.4 In North America, warming Pacific Ocean temperatures are contributing to signific ...
... of the current century.3 In turn, global sea levels rose from ten to twentyfive centimeters over the past hundred years and are projected to further increase by as much as fifty centimeters during the current century.4 In North America, warming Pacific Ocean temperatures are contributing to signific ...
Why do Portuguese Railways Languish? An Application of
... are choosing their transport mode with a wrong price signal (Union Internationale des Chemins-de-Fer – UIC). Alternatively, the results show that if negative externalities are taking into account, rail exhibits less costs for the society as a whole being air tickets fare below market prices for the ...
... are choosing their transport mode with a wrong price signal (Union Internationale des Chemins-de-Fer – UIC). Alternatively, the results show that if negative externalities are taking into account, rail exhibits less costs for the society as a whole being air tickets fare below market prices for the ...
skepticism-ce-footnotes
... Accepting the limits of probabilistic methods and refusing to make probabilistic forecasts where those limits are exceeded, originates, ultimately, from the virtue of truthfulness, and from the requirements of scientific policy advice in a democratic society.’ My reading of all this is that it is no ...
... Accepting the limits of probabilistic methods and refusing to make probabilistic forecasts where those limits are exceeded, originates, ultimately, from the virtue of truthfulness, and from the requirements of scientific policy advice in a democratic society.’ My reading of all this is that it is no ...
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... technologies for high efficiency solar cells – Increase solar cell efficiency by as much as 0.3-0.6%. • Each 0.1% improvement can result in approximately $500,000 in savings per year for our customers. – Reduces cost of solar cell technology for consumers ...
... technologies for high efficiency solar cells – Increase solar cell efficiency by as much as 0.3-0.6%. • Each 0.1% improvement can result in approximately $500,000 in savings per year for our customers. – Reduces cost of solar cell technology for consumers ...