Improving runoff estimates from regional climate models: a
... 1999), and it can be used to correct bias from RCMs. In light of this situation, it is essential to analyse several alternatives that will enable us to obtain simulated stream flow series and can be introduced in water resources models to estimate climate change impacts. In the present study, we con ...
... 1999), and it can be used to correct bias from RCMs. In light of this situation, it is essential to analyse several alternatives that will enable us to obtain simulated stream flow series and can be introduced in water resources models to estimate climate change impacts. In the present study, we con ...
The Canadian Government`s Global Push to Sell the Tar Sands.
... What comes to mind when you think of Canada? Is it the spectacular untouched wilderness? The cultural diversity and tolerance? Canada’s reputation as international peacekeepers? Hockey? You may have stumbled across a backpack with a maple leaf sewn on it, only to find that the owner does not in fact ...
... What comes to mind when you think of Canada? Is it the spectacular untouched wilderness? The cultural diversity and tolerance? Canada’s reputation as international peacekeepers? Hockey? You may have stumbled across a backpack with a maple leaf sewn on it, only to find that the owner does not in fact ...
time invariance and implications for bias correction
... values. For the 10-year projected set (center panel), the bias appears similar to the base set, with ...
... values. For the 10-year projected set (center panel), the bias appears similar to the base set, with ...
FORESTS, LAND MANAGEMENT AND AGRICULTURE Chapter 13
... warmer temperatures can speed crop development and thereby reduce the amount of time organic matter (dry measure) is accumulated. Under scenario conditions, water deficits are very likely to increase or appear in most of the boreal region, the main exceptions being portions of eastern Canada, Icelan ...
... warmer temperatures can speed crop development and thereby reduce the amount of time organic matter (dry measure) is accumulated. Under scenario conditions, water deficits are very likely to increase or appear in most of the boreal region, the main exceptions being portions of eastern Canada, Icelan ...
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... (equivalent to .1370 ppm CO2 in concentration). In this study we use outputs from 17 models, including SST, sea surface height (SSH), surface wind, precipitation, and seawater temperature. In each model, the initial conditions for the RCP8.5 experiment are taken from 1 January 2006 of the historical ...
... (equivalent to .1370 ppm CO2 in concentration). In this study we use outputs from 17 models, including SST, sea surface height (SSH), surface wind, precipitation, and seawater temperature. In each model, the initial conditions for the RCP8.5 experiment are taken from 1 January 2006 of the historical ...
Intellectual Property Rights and International Technology
... of the many facets of this complex issue and to provide governments and other stakeholders with a more informed perspective. In this regard, Intellectual Property Rights and International Technology Transfer to Address Climate Change: Risks, Opportunities and Policy Options by Keith Maskus and Ruth ...
... of the many facets of this complex issue and to provide governments and other stakeholders with a more informed perspective. In this regard, Intellectual Property Rights and International Technology Transfer to Address Climate Change: Risks, Opportunities and Policy Options by Keith Maskus and Ruth ...
The Global Green Economy Index ™ GGEI 2016
... encouraging signs and worrisome trends relevant to policymakers in the governments being measured, as well as international organizations, civil society and private actors interacting with them. Now in its 5th edition, this new GGEI also illuminates where nations are making actual progress towards a ...
... encouraging signs and worrisome trends relevant to policymakers in the governments being measured, as well as international organizations, civil society and private actors interacting with them. Now in its 5th edition, this new GGEI also illuminates where nations are making actual progress towards a ...
Confronting Climate Change in the US Northeast
... that could dramatically alter the region’s economy, landscape, character, and quality of life. In October 2006, the Northeast Climate Impacts Assessment (NECIA) released a report titled Climate Change in the U.S. Northeast.2 This report was the product of a collaborative research effort that drew ...
... that could dramatically alter the region’s economy, landscape, character, and quality of life. In October 2006, the Northeast Climate Impacts Assessment (NECIA) released a report titled Climate Change in the U.S. Northeast.2 This report was the product of a collaborative research effort that drew ...
COMMENTS OF CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY EDMUND G. BROWN
... Congress can and should pass comprehensive climate change legislation. But it may take several years for such legislation to be enacted and implementing regulations put in place. This is time we cannot afford to squander. In order to stabilize global carbon dioxide (“CO2”) concentrations at the leve ...
... Congress can and should pass comprehensive climate change legislation. But it may take several years for such legislation to be enacted and implementing regulations put in place. This is time we cannot afford to squander. In order to stabilize global carbon dioxide (“CO2”) concentrations at the leve ...
Climate Change
... there will be issues that policy makers and everyone else along the development continuum will have to deal with. As the health sector knows better than others, prevention is better than cure. It may be worthwhile to contemplate this axiom in light with climate change and nutrition by acting on the ...
... there will be issues that policy makers and everyone else along the development continuum will have to deal with. As the health sector knows better than others, prevention is better than cure. It may be worthwhile to contemplate this axiom in light with climate change and nutrition by acting on the ...
Emerging trends in heavy precipitation and hot temperature
... sampling uncertainties inherent to daily percentiles [Mahlstein et al., 2015] and can be motivated by an only moderate seasonal cycle in Switzerland for daily precipitation. The 99th percentile threshold of daily precipitation varies between less than 25 mm d 1 in northern Switzerland and more than ...
... sampling uncertainties inherent to daily percentiles [Mahlstein et al., 2015] and can be motivated by an only moderate seasonal cycle in Switzerland for daily precipitation. The 99th percentile threshold of daily precipitation varies between less than 25 mm d 1 in northern Switzerland and more than ...
Climate Change and Restoration of Degraded Land
... include many of the world’s poorest, most marginalized, and politically weak citizens. Land degradation issue for world food security and the quality of the environment land surface can be considered as prime or Class I land, and this must feed the 6.3 billion people today and the 8.2 billion expect ...
... include many of the world’s poorest, most marginalized, and politically weak citizens. Land degradation issue for world food security and the quality of the environment land surface can be considered as prime or Class I land, and this must feed the 6.3 billion people today and the 8.2 billion expect ...
Climate change vulnerability in South East Queensland: a spatial
... Human settlements, infrastructure, unique ecosystems, and primary industries all face threats from more extreme weather events, increased temperatures and altered rainfall patterns as a result of increased greenhouse gas emissions. Despite these risks and challenges, climate change may also bring so ...
... Human settlements, infrastructure, unique ecosystems, and primary industries all face threats from more extreme weather events, increased temperatures and altered rainfall patterns as a result of increased greenhouse gas emissions. Despite these risks and challenges, climate change may also bring so ...
Arctic Climate Impact Science – an update since ACIA
... With an ice volume of about 2.9 million km , the Greenland Ice Sheet has the potential to contribute much more to global sea-level rise than all of the other glaciers and ice caps combined (excluding the Antarctic Ice Sheet). If the entire Greenland Ice Sheet were to melt, sea level would rise by ab ...
... With an ice volume of about 2.9 million km , the Greenland Ice Sheet has the potential to contribute much more to global sea-level rise than all of the other glaciers and ice caps combined (excluding the Antarctic Ice Sheet). If the entire Greenland Ice Sheet were to melt, sea level would rise by ab ...
national adaptation strategy and plan of action on climate change for
... Executive Summary 1. Introduction Climate change is the latest challenge to sustainable human development. The scientific “The potential for climate change to bring evidence is clear: climate change is likely to have about damaging and irrecoverable effects negative impacts on efforts to achieve Ni ...
... Executive Summary 1. Introduction Climate change is the latest challenge to sustainable human development. The scientific “The potential for climate change to bring evidence is clear: climate change is likely to have about damaging and irrecoverable effects negative impacts on efforts to achieve Ni ...
- The Climate Institute
... an ominous backdrop for conducting this year’s research. Some were quick to blame the resultant price spike on the state’s surging renewable energy and the closure of its coal-fired power stations. Yet, our research shows this “crisis” didn’t affect the continued growth in enthusiasm for renewable e ...
... an ominous backdrop for conducting this year’s research. Some were quick to blame the resultant price spike on the state’s surging renewable energy and the closure of its coal-fired power stations. Yet, our research shows this “crisis” didn’t affect the continued growth in enthusiasm for renewable e ...
5.5.1 Introduction - Eionet Forum
... This report is an update and extension of the 2004 EEA report “Impacts of Europe’s changing climate”. Since 2004, much progress has been made in monitoring and assessing the impacts of climate change in Europe. The objectives of this report are to present this new information on past and projected c ...
... This report is an update and extension of the 2004 EEA report “Impacts of Europe’s changing climate”. Since 2004, much progress has been made in monitoring and assessing the impacts of climate change in Europe. The objectives of this report are to present this new information on past and projected c ...
CCS Resource Economics Model
... operational ones 7 : since today’s CCS use indirectly affects CCS’s unit operational cost in the future (since cheaper reservoirs are exploited first), CCS use entails shadow prices, which could push up the social costs. This factor could substantially influence dynamic characters of CCS’s rate of u ...
... operational ones 7 : since today’s CCS use indirectly affects CCS’s unit operational cost in the future (since cheaper reservoirs are exploited first), CCS use entails shadow prices, which could push up the social costs. This factor could substantially influence dynamic characters of CCS’s rate of u ...
Improving Societal Outcomes of Extreme Weather in a Changing
... back many years (36, 38, 53). The most vulnerable populations then become even more vulnerable to future extreme weather, as well as to other political and economic shocks. Extreme weather can redistribute losses and gains among regions and individuals; for example, property losses create a need for ...
... back many years (36, 38, 53). The most vulnerable populations then become even more vulnerable to future extreme weather, as well as to other political and economic shocks. Extreme weather can redistribute losses and gains among regions and individuals; for example, property losses create a need for ...
overflow: climate change, heavy rain, and sewage
... 1950-2015. These state averages are based on area-weighting of local rain gauges, but because intense bouts of rain can be highly localized, there are some areas that have seen even more dramatic increases in these downpours over this 65-year period. As temperatures warm, the air can hold more water ...
... 1950-2015. These state averages are based on area-weighting of local rain gauges, but because intense bouts of rain can be highly localized, there are some areas that have seen even more dramatic increases in these downpours over this 65-year period. As temperatures warm, the air can hold more water ...
14. impacts on the tourism sector
... outlining the features of these environments, is climate, in first place, which gives peculiarity and diversity to them. The result is the identification of four environments which constitute an initial tourist zoning system: the coastal area, the mountain area, the rural area and the urban area (Ló ...
... outlining the features of these environments, is climate, in first place, which gives peculiarity and diversity to them. The result is the identification of four environments which constitute an initial tourist zoning system: the coastal area, the mountain area, the rural area and the urban area (Ló ...
Divestment in Fossil Fuels
... The risks outlined above suggest that it is financially imprudent to invest in fossil fuel assets that can never safely be extracted if the world is to limit warming to two degrees Celsius. By divesting, organisations send a message to financial institutions and the wider community about the enviro ...
... The risks outlined above suggest that it is financially imprudent to invest in fossil fuel assets that can never safely be extracted if the world is to limit warming to two degrees Celsius. By divesting, organisations send a message to financial institutions and the wider community about the enviro ...
Pre-Feasibility Analysis for the Conversion of Landfill Gas to
... policy developments could have on the transportation sector, specifically Texas. GHGs have long been suspected to contribute to the deterioration of air quality and human health as well as cause adverse changes to the earth’s climate. Globally, transportation accounts for 19 percent of global energy ...
... policy developments could have on the transportation sector, specifically Texas. GHGs have long been suspected to contribute to the deterioration of air quality and human health as well as cause adverse changes to the earth’s climate. Globally, transportation accounts for 19 percent of global energy ...