Tackling the Limits to Adaptation
... heading towards a world 4 to 6°C warmer by the end of this century compared to pre-industrial levels.” This report continues to raise the alarm, and also suggests solutions. We cannot sit idly by and watch as the world moves closer to a world where we fear for our children’s futures, a 4°C world tha ...
... heading towards a world 4 to 6°C warmer by the end of this century compared to pre-industrial levels.” This report continues to raise the alarm, and also suggests solutions. We cannot sit idly by and watch as the world moves closer to a world where we fear for our children’s futures, a 4°C world tha ...
Lawyers Write Treaties, Engineers Build Dikes, Gods of Weather
... This Article identifies and critically reviews the importance of adaptability and flexibility in treaties and institutional arrangements by providing resilience in the face of the anticipated impact of climate change on the good governance of international waters. 1 Building greater *Glen Hearns and ...
... This Article identifies and critically reviews the importance of adaptability and flexibility in treaties and institutional arrangements by providing resilience in the face of the anticipated impact of climate change on the good governance of international waters. 1 Building greater *Glen Hearns and ...
Emissions Impossible: why divest to invest?
... Whilst they have been aware of climate change since 1977,21 between 1998 and 2012 they funnelled an estimated £27 million to no less than 66 organisations in order to create a non-existent debate about the scientific evidence of global warming22 – the reason they are currently being investigated by ...
... Whilst they have been aware of climate change since 1977,21 between 1998 and 2012 they funnelled an estimated £27 million to no less than 66 organisations in order to create a non-existent debate about the scientific evidence of global warming22 – the reason they are currently being investigated by ...
COMMUNITIES AT RISK? Tool 2, Activity 8 Greenland Defends
... Shifting weather patterns have produced deep fears as well as serious immediate consequences for the Inuit. Peter Kulchyski, professor of Aboriginal Studies at the University of Manitoba, worries that the eventual environmental, economic, and cultural costs of climate change in Canada’s arctic will ...
... Shifting weather patterns have produced deep fears as well as serious immediate consequences for the Inuit. Peter Kulchyski, professor of Aboriginal Studies at the University of Manitoba, worries that the eventual environmental, economic, and cultural costs of climate change in Canada’s arctic will ...
Objective Assessment of Extratropical Weather Systems in
... assess how ‘‘storminess’’ on the one hand, or the frequency of settled spells on the other, might change under climate change scenarios. For example, Zhang and Wang (1997) documented a decrease in baroclinic eddy activity under a greenhouse warming scenario simulated by the National Center for Atmos ...
... assess how ‘‘storminess’’ on the one hand, or the frequency of settled spells on the other, might change under climate change scenarios. For example, Zhang and Wang (1997) documented a decrease in baroclinic eddy activity under a greenhouse warming scenario simulated by the National Center for Atmos ...
The Geopolitics of Climate Change
... scientific community this is a good thing since our knowledge is constantly growing. However, from the perspective of the individual researcher it is rather problematic since it is well nigh impossible to keep up with the existing state of research. As this report was being finalised, the latest Wor ...
... scientific community this is a good thing since our knowledge is constantly growing. However, from the perspective of the individual researcher it is rather problematic since it is well nigh impossible to keep up with the existing state of research. As this report was being finalised, the latest Wor ...
Climate Change Comes to the Clean Water Act
... mean “(A) ‘sewage from vessels or a discharge incidental to the normal operation of a vessel of the Armed Forces’… or (B) water, gas, or other material which is injected into a well, if the well used either to facilitate production or for disposal purposes is approved by authority of the State in wh ...
... mean “(A) ‘sewage from vessels or a discharge incidental to the normal operation of a vessel of the Armed Forces’… or (B) water, gas, or other material which is injected into a well, if the well used either to facilitate production or for disposal purposes is approved by authority of the State in wh ...
Contropedia: Case Study on Global Warming
... In the following, we focus on Wikipedia, which in addition to more traditional mass media is an important source informing the public understanding of science, and public opinion on climate change more specifically. We are interested to analyze what Wikipedia has to add to our understanding of the ...
... In the following, we focus on Wikipedia, which in addition to more traditional mass media is an important source informing the public understanding of science, and public opinion on climate change more specifically. We are interested to analyze what Wikipedia has to add to our understanding of the ...
declining mountain snowpack in western north america
... (SWE)] are conducted at roughly monthly intervals. In the last 20 or so years, automated (SNOTEL) observations, which are reported at least daily, have supplemented or replaced many manual observations. An optimal date for analysis is 1 April because it is the most frequent observation date, it is w ...
... (SWE)] are conducted at roughly monthly intervals. In the last 20 or so years, automated (SNOTEL) observations, which are reported at least daily, have supplemented or replaced many manual observations. An optimal date for analysis is 1 April because it is the most frequent observation date, it is w ...
The effects of global change upon United States air quality
... (EPA NEI2002) and projected to the future using the MARKet ALlocation (MARKAL) energy system model assuming a business as usual scenario that extends current decade emission regulations through 2050. Our results suggest that daily maximum 8 h average ozone (DM8O) concentrations will increase in a ra ...
... (EPA NEI2002) and projected to the future using the MARKet ALlocation (MARKAL) energy system model assuming a business as usual scenario that extends current decade emission regulations through 2050. Our results suggest that daily maximum 8 h average ozone (DM8O) concentrations will increase in a ra ...
A Brewing Storm: The climate change risks to
... higher than at any time for at least 800,000 years, and may double before 2100, unless emissions are cut.30 One recent two-year study suggests that extra CO2 boosts coffee yields significantly.31 It remains unclear if and to what extent the CO2 fertilisation effect might offset crop losses and littl ...
... higher than at any time for at least 800,000 years, and may double before 2100, unless emissions are cut.30 One recent two-year study suggests that extra CO2 boosts coffee yields significantly.31 It remains unclear if and to what extent the CO2 fertilisation effect might offset crop losses and littl ...
Multi-scale climate modelling over Southern Africa using a
... performed over Southern and tropical Africa using CCAM, to illustrate the capability of the model to function as a flexible downscaling tool at the climate-change time scale. In the downscaling procedure, the sea-ice and bias-corrected SSTs of 6 CGCMs (CSIRO Mk 3.5, GFDL2.1, GFDL2.0, HadCM2, ECHAM5 ...
... performed over Southern and tropical Africa using CCAM, to illustrate the capability of the model to function as a flexible downscaling tool at the climate-change time scale. In the downscaling procedure, the sea-ice and bias-corrected SSTs of 6 CGCMs (CSIRO Mk 3.5, GFDL2.1, GFDL2.0, HadCM2, ECHAM5 ...
ALLIE SALLUVINIQ - RESOLUTE I was born at lnukjuaq, Quebec in
... I was born near Arctic Bay in 1951. I do not remember the exact years although there are some things that I do remember so I probably can talk that I remember when I was a child. When I was a child we always use to live in outpost camps at Grewell Bay and near Fort Ross. We would live in either of t ...
... I was born near Arctic Bay in 1951. I do not remember the exact years although there are some things that I do remember so I probably can talk that I remember when I was a child. When I was a child we always use to live in outpost camps at Grewell Bay and near Fort Ross. We would live in either of t ...
On the relationship between personal experience, affect and risk perception: The case of climate change.
... perceived (Fischhoff, Slovic, & Lichtenstein, 1983). Climate change is mostly a statistical concept, referring to the average long-term variability in the earth’s climate (Solomon et al., 2007), and as such, it cannot be experienced directly (Swim et al., 2011). Compared with many other hazards, the ...
... perceived (Fischhoff, Slovic, & Lichtenstein, 1983). Climate change is mostly a statistical concept, referring to the average long-term variability in the earth’s climate (Solomon et al., 2007), and as such, it cannot be experienced directly (Swim et al., 2011). Compared with many other hazards, the ...
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... limate change adaptation involves active adjustment in management to reduce risk and take advantage of opportunities caused by a changing climate (Adger et al. 2007, Stein et al. 2014). Adaptation actions can be considered along a spectrum of resistance, resilience, and transformation, based on mana ...
... limate change adaptation involves active adjustment in management to reduce risk and take advantage of opportunities caused by a changing climate (Adger et al. 2007, Stein et al. 2014). Adaptation actions can be considered along a spectrum of resistance, resilience, and transformation, based on mana ...
fair shares: a civil society equity review of indcs report
... devastating impacts.3 Exceeding 1.5°C will entail unacceptable consequences for billions of people and risks crossing irreversible tipping points. We can only emit a very small amount of greenhouse gases – an amount known as the ‘global carbon budget’ – if we wish to keep overall increases below 1.5 ...
... devastating impacts.3 Exceeding 1.5°C will entail unacceptable consequences for billions of people and risks crossing irreversible tipping points. We can only emit a very small amount of greenhouse gases – an amount known as the ‘global carbon budget’ – if we wish to keep overall increases below 1.5 ...
City of Tshwane Vulnerability Assessment to Climate Change
... Table 5. The present-day climate of Tshwane: Seasonal and annual totals of rainfall (mm). .............. 32 Table 6. The present-day climate of Tshwane: Seasonal and annual averages for minimum, maximum and mean daily temperatures (°C) over Tshwane. These averages were calculated over the period 196 ...
... Table 5. The present-day climate of Tshwane: Seasonal and annual totals of rainfall (mm). .............. 32 Table 6. The present-day climate of Tshwane: Seasonal and annual averages for minimum, maximum and mean daily temperatures (°C) over Tshwane. These averages were calculated over the period 196 ...
Biogeophysical effects of historical land cover changes simulated by
... considerable limitation, since the climate changes induced by land cover changes are modified on annual to decadal time scales by feedbacks with sea surface temperature and sea ice (e.g., Delire et al. 2001), and on decadal to centennial time scales, by feedbacks with oceanic circulation. Because AGC ...
... considerable limitation, since the climate changes induced by land cover changes are modified on annual to decadal time scales by feedbacks with sea surface temperature and sea ice (e.g., Delire et al. 2001), and on decadal to centennial time scales, by feedbacks with oceanic circulation. Because AGC ...
Major Tipping Points in the Earth`s Climate System
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Climate Change Futures: Health, Ecological and Economic
... windstorms, more wildfires and more frequent “100year” floods — is indicative of a changing climate. Although the associations among greater weather volatility, natural cycles and climate change are debated, the rise in mega-catastrophes and prolonged widespread heat waves is, at the very least, a h ...
... windstorms, more wildfires and more frequent “100year” floods — is indicative of a changing climate. Although the associations among greater weather volatility, natural cycles and climate change are debated, the rise in mega-catastrophes and prolonged widespread heat waves is, at the very least, a h ...
Evaluation of FAO's contribution to climate change adaptation and mitigation
... Based on their vulnerability to climate change, size of FAO’s CCAM-related portfolio and other factors, 11 member countries were visited in the regions of: Sub-Saharan Africa (Malawi, Zambia, Kenya), Asia and the Pacific (Bangladesh, Vietnam, Philippines, Vanuatu), the Near East and North Africa (Mo ...
... Based on their vulnerability to climate change, size of FAO’s CCAM-related portfolio and other factors, 11 member countries were visited in the regions of: Sub-Saharan Africa (Malawi, Zambia, Kenya), Asia and the Pacific (Bangladesh, Vietnam, Philippines, Vanuatu), the Near East and North Africa (Mo ...
Report
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... Switzerland and Allianz SE, Munich, Germany. Any reproduction in full or in part of this publication must mention the title and credit the above-mentioned publisher as the copyrightowner. © Text (2009) WWF and Allianz SE. All rights reserved. ...
The Value of Linking Mitigation and Adaptation: A Case Study of
... prevent worse-case scenarios of global warming. Adaptation, on the other hand, has more localized and immediate implications for vulnerability reduction. This separation is reinforced in the IPCC reports, where Working Group II addresses adaptation and Working Group III addresses mitigation (Ravindr ...
... prevent worse-case scenarios of global warming. Adaptation, on the other hand, has more localized and immediate implications for vulnerability reduction. This separation is reinforced in the IPCC reports, where Working Group II addresses adaptation and Working Group III addresses mitigation (Ravindr ...