Climate Intervention: Carbon Dioxide Removal and
... than the technical capacity to execute it. In fact, one serious concern is that such an action could be unilaterally undertaken by a nation or smaller entity for their own benefit without international sanction and regardless of international consequences. A research basis is currently lacking to un ...
... than the technical capacity to execute it. In fact, one serious concern is that such an action could be unilaterally undertaken by a nation or smaller entity for their own benefit without international sanction and regardless of international consequences. A research basis is currently lacking to un ...
Covenant of Mayors - Visit South Tyneside
... 24 The Sustainable Energy Action Plan demonstrates how South Tyneside is aiming to support the UK Climate Change Act 2008 and carbon reduction targets proposed in the UK Low Carbon Transition Plan (July 2009). Through these instruments, the UK has established legally binding carbon emissions targets ...
... 24 The Sustainable Energy Action Plan demonstrates how South Tyneside is aiming to support the UK Climate Change Act 2008 and carbon reduction targets proposed in the UK Low Carbon Transition Plan (July 2009). Through these instruments, the UK has established legally binding carbon emissions targets ...
climate change, sea-level rise and extreme events
... Historical sea-level reconstruction is shown by the thin black line, with grey shading indicating ±95% confidence limits. Magenta dots and arrows indicate the estimate of sea-level rise from 1842–2001 from Port Arthur, Tasmania (Hunter et al.2003). Dashed grey lines indicate the upper and lower limi ...
... Historical sea-level reconstruction is shown by the thin black line, with grey shading indicating ±95% confidence limits. Magenta dots and arrows indicate the estimate of sea-level rise from 1842–2001 from Port Arthur, Tasmania (Hunter et al.2003). Dashed grey lines indicate the upper and lower limi ...
Port of Manzanillo: Climate Risk Management
... Even if emissions of greenhouse gases are reduced dramatically, the world faces inevitable future changes. If the risks are not addressed, the implications of climate variability and change for ports and their stakeholders could be significant. ‘Adaptation’ is the general term used to describe the r ...
... Even if emissions of greenhouse gases are reduced dramatically, the world faces inevitable future changes. If the risks are not addressed, the implications of climate variability and change for ports and their stakeholders could be significant. ‘Adaptation’ is the general term used to describe the r ...
Potential Impacts of Climate Change on the Broads
... adaptation practitioners should realistically be considering, and the goal set by both the EU and UNFCCC to avoid dangerous anthropogenic influence on the climate) by looking at the RCP8.5 scenario for the 2050s (2040-‐2069). It also provides information on ...
... adaptation practitioners should realistically be considering, and the goal set by both the EU and UNFCCC to avoid dangerous anthropogenic influence on the climate) by looking at the RCP8.5 scenario for the 2050s (2040-‐2069). It also provides information on ...
international conventions, agencies, agreements and programmes
... Which international conventions, organizations and initiatives have the greatest impact on the management of peatlands? This question, relevant to all who care about responsible land use, is addressed in this document. ...
... Which international conventions, organizations and initiatives have the greatest impact on the management of peatlands? This question, relevant to all who care about responsible land use, is addressed in this document. ...
Adapting to Climate Change: Challenges for
... solar rays that reach the earth’s surface. This helps warm the planet. ...
... solar rays that reach the earth’s surface. This helps warm the planet. ...
Climate change enhances interannual variability of the Nile river flow
... The human population living in the Nile basin countries is projected to double by 2050, approaching one billion1 . The increase in water demand associated with this burgeoning population will put significant stress on the available water resources. Potential changes in the flow of the Nile River as ...
... The human population living in the Nile basin countries is projected to double by 2050, approaching one billion1 . The increase in water demand associated with this burgeoning population will put significant stress on the available water resources. Potential changes in the flow of the Nile River as ...
Chicago`s Greenhouse Gas Emissions
... umbrella strategies that could enable all of the others; thus, their emissions savings are equal to that of the whole. The mitigation of climate change will continue well beyond 2020, and will require the participation of all Chicagoans—renters, homeowners, business leaders, educators, investors, an ...
... umbrella strategies that could enable all of the others; thus, their emissions savings are equal to that of the whole. The mitigation of climate change will continue well beyond 2020, and will require the participation of all Chicagoans—renters, homeowners, business leaders, educators, investors, an ...
Queensland Climate Change Centre of
... manage risk in any area of human life influenced by climatic events. Hence, considerable resources have been devoted to climate prediction (one field of climate science). Yet even as this science continues to advance, our climate is changing and becoming less predictable. All sectors will be affecte ...
... manage risk in any area of human life influenced by climatic events. Hence, considerable resources have been devoted to climate prediction (one field of climate science). Yet even as this science continues to advance, our climate is changing and becoming less predictable. All sectors will be affecte ...
Tropical Fruit Tree Species and Climate Change
... Bioversity International is a member of the CGIAR Consortium. CGIAR is a global research partnership that unites organizations engaged in research for sustainable development. CGIAR research is dedicated to reducing rural poverty, increasing food security, improving human health and nutrition, and e ...
... Bioversity International is a member of the CGIAR Consortium. CGIAR is a global research partnership that unites organizations engaged in research for sustainable development. CGIAR research is dedicated to reducing rural poverty, increasing food security, improving human health and nutrition, and e ...
Mammalian responses to climate change at the Paleocene
... The Thanetian stage/age of the Paleocene and the Ypresian stage/age of the Eocene in Europe have long been known to contain different mammalian faunas. Similarly, the Tiffanian and Clarkforkian land-mammal ages of the Paleocene and the Wasatchian land-mammal age of the Eocene in North America have l ...
... The Thanetian stage/age of the Paleocene and the Ypresian stage/age of the Eocene in Europe have long been known to contain different mammalian faunas. Similarly, the Tiffanian and Clarkforkian land-mammal ages of the Paleocene and the Wasatchian land-mammal age of the Eocene in North America have l ...
Ecosystem Processes and Human Influences Regulate Streamflow Response to Climate Change at
... In this study, we primarily examine the relationship between climate and streamflow on the basis of energy exchange. In cases in which streamflow behavior cannot be explained purely by climate, other hydrologic processes, as well as past and present human and natural disturbance effects on ecosystem ...
... In this study, we primarily examine the relationship between climate and streamflow on the basis of energy exchange. In cases in which streamflow behavior cannot be explained purely by climate, other hydrologic processes, as well as past and present human and natural disturbance effects on ecosystem ...
FORTY-FOURTH SESSION OF THE IPCC Bangkok, Thailand, 17
... Mitigation in agriculture, food systems, forestry and land use Negative emission technologies, including carbon capture, utilization and storage Climate change mitigation and sustainable development including co-benefits and risks, equity, poverty eradication and food security Policy instrument ...
... Mitigation in agriculture, food systems, forestry and land use Negative emission technologies, including carbon capture, utilization and storage Climate change mitigation and sustainable development including co-benefits and risks, equity, poverty eradication and food security Policy instrument ...
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... is concentrated in Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean, while cooking bananas are found primarily in Asia (India, Indonesia and the Philippines) and East Africa. Other dessert bananas are found primarily in Asia and Latin America. Plantains are concentrated in West and Central Africa and Latin ...
... is concentrated in Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean, while cooking bananas are found primarily in Asia (India, Indonesia and the Philippines) and East Africa. Other dessert bananas are found primarily in Asia and Latin America. Plantains are concentrated in West and Central Africa and Latin ...
Adaptation of water resources management to climate change
... Convention, IUCN provided technical advice to Parties when they adopted their first resolution on climate change at their seventh Conference of Contracting Parties in 1999. More recently, IUCN prepared the Wetlands and Climate Change report, which provided an analysis of the linkages between the Ram ...
... Convention, IUCN provided technical advice to Parties when they adopted their first resolution on climate change at their seventh Conference of Contracting Parties in 1999. More recently, IUCN prepared the Wetlands and Climate Change report, which provided an analysis of the linkages between the Ram ...
Ecosystem Processes and Human Influences
... In this study, we primarily examine the relationship between climate and streamflow on the basis of energy exchange. In cases in which streamflow behavior cannot be explained purely by climate, other hydrologic processes, as well as past and present human and natural disturbance effects on ecosystem ...
... In this study, we primarily examine the relationship between climate and streamflow on the basis of energy exchange. In cases in which streamflow behavior cannot be explained purely by climate, other hydrologic processes, as well as past and present human and natural disturbance effects on ecosystem ...
CESD - The University of Edinburgh
... is 1.8°C (likely range is 1.1°C to 2.9°C), and for high scenario ...
... is 1.8°C (likely range is 1.1°C to 2.9°C), and for high scenario ...
CIRES-Climate Change - Colorado Water Conservation Board
... n response to the risks associated with global warming, Governor Ritter issued the Colorado Climate Action Plan (CCAP) in 2007. The CCAP sets out a goal to prepare the state to adapt to those climate changes “that cannot be avoided” (CCAP 2007, p. 3). Recommendations in the CCAP include assessing th ...
... n response to the risks associated with global warming, Governor Ritter issued the Colorado Climate Action Plan (CCAP) in 2007. The CCAP sets out a goal to prepare the state to adapt to those climate changes “that cannot be avoided” (CCAP 2007, p. 3). Recommendations in the CCAP include assessing th ...
Plankton dynamics under different climatic conditions in space and
... The seasonal dynamics of lake plankton communities just described have been partially captured in a conceptual framework, the Plankton Ecology Group (PEG) model, published in one of the most highly cited papers in plankton ecology (Sommer et al., 1986). The PEG model has a special emphasis on both p ...
... The seasonal dynamics of lake plankton communities just described have been partially captured in a conceptual framework, the Plankton Ecology Group (PEG) model, published in one of the most highly cited papers in plankton ecology (Sommer et al., 1986). The PEG model has a special emphasis on both p ...
Will groundwater ease freshwater stress under climate change?
... water that can be withdrawn from an aquifer or a well without producing unacceptable negative effects (also to surface waters—wetlands, streams, sources). The complexities of the safe yield concept were discussed by Sophocleous (1998, 2002). Thus, renewable groundwater resources can be defined as be ...
... water that can be withdrawn from an aquifer or a well without producing unacceptable negative effects (also to surface waters—wetlands, streams, sources). The complexities of the safe yield concept were discussed by Sophocleous (1998, 2002). Thus, renewable groundwater resources can be defined as be ...
Dynamics of the coupled human-climate system resulting from
... Our HadCM3L simulations involve a simple scenario of initiating SRM in year 2040 with the goal of returning the global mean temperature to 2020 levels. This is sufficient to illustrate both the ability for feedback-control to achieve the desired goal under uncertainty and the inherent trade-off betw ...
... Our HadCM3L simulations involve a simple scenario of initiating SRM in year 2040 with the goal of returning the global mean temperature to 2020 levels. This is sufficient to illustrate both the ability for feedback-control to achieve the desired goal under uncertainty and the inherent trade-off betw ...
Major Tipping Points in the Earth`s Climate System
... such assessments tend to present a gradual and smooth increase in scale and severity of impacts with increasing temperature. The reality, however, is that climate change is unlikely to be a smooth transition into the future and that there are a number of thresholds along the way that are likely to r ...
... such assessments tend to present a gradual and smooth increase in scale and severity of impacts with increasing temperature. The reality, however, is that climate change is unlikely to be a smooth transition into the future and that there are a number of thresholds along the way that are likely to r ...
Final Tanzania Report - Economics of Climate Change in Tanzania
... adaptation measure because it would produce multiple benefits even in the absence of climate change impacts. First, it would function as shoreline protective barrier, for instance, against tsunami waves. Second, it would help prevent excessive erosion by stabilizing beach sand and absorbing wave ene ...
... adaptation measure because it would produce multiple benefits even in the absence of climate change impacts. First, it would function as shoreline protective barrier, for instance, against tsunami waves. Second, it would help prevent excessive erosion by stabilizing beach sand and absorbing wave ene ...
Geoengineering Governance
... reduce GHG emissions or to find other means of countering climate change.23 Meanwhile, cessation of aerosol release after such a program had been in place for some time could cause far more rapid climate change than would have occurred in the absence of any initial geoengineering efforts.24 Furtherm ...
... reduce GHG emissions or to find other means of countering climate change.23 Meanwhile, cessation of aerosol release after such a program had been in place for some time could cause far more rapid climate change than would have occurred in the absence of any initial geoengineering efforts.24 Furtherm ...