a case study in the Italian Alp
... logistic problems of deriving daily GCM data. The files covering years 1980–89 of HadCM2 were empty and data acquisition for years 1960–89 of ECHAM4/OPYC3 was already in process. The second period of both GCMs covers the years 2070–99 and represents climate change due to increasing greenhouse gas co ...
... logistic problems of deriving daily GCM data. The files covering years 1980–89 of HadCM2 were empty and data acquisition for years 1960–89 of ECHAM4/OPYC3 was already in process. The second period of both GCMs covers the years 2070–99 and represents climate change due to increasing greenhouse gas co ...
SNV Strategy Paper 2016-2018
... energy. We will also expand our activities into a broader range ...
... energy. We will also expand our activities into a broader range ...
All Countries Need to Take Major Steps on Climate Change: Global
... Nine out of ten say that action is necessary to address global warming. A substantial majority (65%) choose the strongest position, saying that “it is necessary to take major steps starting very soon.” The poll includes 14 of the 16 major economic powers invited by President Bush to Washington later ...
... Nine out of ten say that action is necessary to address global warming. A substantial majority (65%) choose the strongest position, saying that “it is necessary to take major steps starting very soon.” The poll includes 14 of the 16 major economic powers invited by President Bush to Washington later ...
Where are the Vulnerable Places in Africa?
... focal points around which citizens with grievances against the regime may rally (Flores and Smith 2010). While we are concerned about the potential contribution of climate change to violent conflict, our research focuses more broadly on the variety of dimensions that make a country and its people vu ...
... focal points around which citizens with grievances against the regime may rally (Flores and Smith 2010). While we are concerned about the potential contribution of climate change to violent conflict, our research focuses more broadly on the variety of dimensions that make a country and its people vu ...
Publication: Hydrologic Impacts of Climate Change on the Nile River
... humid equatorial to seasonally arid and sub-tropical Mediterranean and varying because all these climates exhibit differing degrees of temporal and spatial variability. At the sub-regional scale, Africa is vulnerable to ENSO and related extreme events (drought, floods, and changes in hydrologic patt ...
... humid equatorial to seasonally arid and sub-tropical Mediterranean and varying because all these climates exhibit differing degrees of temporal and spatial variability. At the sub-regional scale, Africa is vulnerable to ENSO and related extreme events (drought, floods, and changes in hydrologic patt ...
Building Social Resilience: Protecting and Empowering Those Most
... systems is already evident. For example, rising temperatures have caused changes in the physical ...
... systems is already evident. For example, rising temperatures have caused changes in the physical ...
insects at not so low temperature
... Climate change does not alter the rotation of the earth about its axis or the rotation of the earth about the sun. Consequently, day length on any given day at any given latitude (Fig. 1A) does not change during periods of global warming. Climate warming at temperate and more polar latitudes does am ...
... Climate change does not alter the rotation of the earth about its axis or the rotation of the earth about the sun. Consequently, day length on any given day at any given latitude (Fig. 1A) does not change during periods of global warming. Climate warming at temperate and more polar latitudes does am ...
Tanzania Environment and Climate Change Policy Brief
... growth is high, around 2.9% per year7. A quarter of the population live in urban areas, and the urbanisation rate is very high (4.2%).8 The above mentioned facts impact on Tanzania’s policymaking, which must aim for economic growth to lift millions out of poverty while simultaneously grappling with ...
... growth is high, around 2.9% per year7. A quarter of the population live in urban areas, and the urbanisation rate is very high (4.2%).8 The above mentioned facts impact on Tanzania’s policymaking, which must aim for economic growth to lift millions out of poverty while simultaneously grappling with ...
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... scenarios of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2000).2 Assuming no change in Californian population and electricity prices, these authors find that, under the A2 scenario, Californian residential electricity consumption will rise by 48% in 2080-2099 compared to 1980-2000 levels. I ...
... scenarios of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2000).2 Assuming no change in Californian population and electricity prices, these authors find that, under the A2 scenario, Californian residential electricity consumption will rise by 48% in 2080-2099 compared to 1980-2000 levels. I ...
Audubon`s Birds and Climate Change Report
... analysis of how North America’s birds may respond to future climate change. Using extensive citizen science data and detailed climate layers, we developed models that characterize the relationship between the distribution of each species and climate. Then, we used our models to forecast species dist ...
... analysis of how North America’s birds may respond to future climate change. Using extensive citizen science data and detailed climate layers, we developed models that characterize the relationship between the distribution of each species and climate. Then, we used our models to forecast species dist ...
GNLCC Pre-Implementation Plan
... were asked to complete a survey describing their science information needs and priority management issues in the GNGA. Refer to Appendix 2 (Matrix of Partnerships) for a more comprehensive list of partners and how they currently work together within an array of conservation and science oriented part ...
... were asked to complete a survey describing their science information needs and priority management issues in the GNGA. Refer to Appendix 2 (Matrix of Partnerships) for a more comprehensive list of partners and how they currently work together within an array of conservation and science oriented part ...
Year of presentation
... In collaboration with stakeholders, contribute to the definition of climate change adaptation and mitigation measures building societal resilience Our efforts during the first year of execution have been oriented towards: 1) Continuing research initiated prior to the center’s creation, and also defi ...
... In collaboration with stakeholders, contribute to the definition of climate change adaptation and mitigation measures building societal resilience Our efforts during the first year of execution have been oriented towards: 1) Continuing research initiated prior to the center’s creation, and also defi ...
1) Bad Ideas - CBC Ombudsman - Radio
... "Denialists" object to that name. They prefer to call themselves "sceptics". Znaimer calls his guests "contrarians". There was no reason for CBC to follow suit. Scientists are sceptics and contrarians. If not, they are not scientists. Why undermine the integrity of science? Why flatter denialists an ...
... "Denialists" object to that name. They prefer to call themselves "sceptics". Znaimer calls his guests "contrarians". There was no reason for CBC to follow suit. Scientists are sceptics and contrarians. If not, they are not scientists. Why undermine the integrity of science? Why flatter denialists an ...
Projected changes in US rainfall erosivity
... (Yang et al., 2003) A knowledgeable forecast of how ero- ...
... (Yang et al., 2003) A knowledgeable forecast of how ero- ...
Luiza C. Campos Senior Lecturer, University College London Geoff
... and demonstrated to be cost-beneficial. But in general there remains considerable uncertainty about the effectiveness of adaptation measures, because impacts are not fully understood (and are uncertain) and because the effectiveness of these measures has not been evaluated in detail. The main findin ...
... and demonstrated to be cost-beneficial. But in general there remains considerable uncertainty about the effectiveness of adaptation measures, because impacts are not fully understood (and are uncertain) and because the effectiveness of these measures has not been evaluated in detail. The main findin ...
Resilient Midwestern Cities - Neighborhood Solutions Inc.
... To lower energy costs further and promote sustainability, in September 2015, the Ann Arbor Housing Commission completed a 42-kilowatt solar array on its largest property, Miller Manor.29 The solar power system, which spans approximately 10,000 square feet of roof space, is expected to generate enoug ...
... To lower energy costs further and promote sustainability, in September 2015, the Ann Arbor Housing Commission completed a 42-kilowatt solar array on its largest property, Miller Manor.29 The solar power system, which spans approximately 10,000 square feet of roof space, is expected to generate enoug ...
6 Climate change and urban transportation systems
... report also notes that “two-wheeled scooters and motorcycles have played an important role in the developing world”, with a current world fleet of a few hundred million vehicles. The report further notes that buses, “though declining in importance against private cars in the industrialized world”, a ...
... report also notes that “two-wheeled scooters and motorcycles have played an important role in the developing world”, with a current world fleet of a few hundred million vehicles. The report further notes that buses, “though declining in importance against private cars in the industrialized world”, a ...
Enhanced weathering strategies for stabilizing climate and averting
... Pathway (RCP) projections of twenty-first-century climate change (RCP8.5, business-as-usual; RCP4.5, medium-level mitigation)9,10 indicates that enhanced weathering could lower atmospheric CO2 by 30–300 ppm by 2100, depending mainly on silicate rock application rate (1 kg or 5 kg m−2 yr−1 ) and comp ...
... Pathway (RCP) projections of twenty-first-century climate change (RCP8.5, business-as-usual; RCP4.5, medium-level mitigation)9,10 indicates that enhanced weathering could lower atmospheric CO2 by 30–300 ppm by 2100, depending mainly on silicate rock application rate (1 kg or 5 kg m−2 yr−1 ) and comp ...
The coupled atmosphere–chemistry–ocean model SOCOL
... LW bands covering 10–3000 cm−1 . In the computation absorption by water vapour, CO2 , ozone, N2 O, CH4 , CFC-11, CFC-12, CFC-22, aerosols, as well as clouds are considered. With the vertical resolution used in this study (39 levels up to 0.01 hPa), the model does not produce a Quasi-Biennial Oscilla ...
... LW bands covering 10–3000 cm−1 . In the computation absorption by water vapour, CO2 , ozone, N2 O, CH4 , CFC-11, CFC-12, CFC-22, aerosols, as well as clouds are considered. With the vertical resolution used in this study (39 levels up to 0.01 hPa), the model does not produce a Quasi-Biennial Oscilla ...
FACT SHEET PACKET (Executive Summary - FACT SHEET #6)
... terms of how municipal land use decisions are commonly made. In addition to the environmental and water quality benefits for which Low Impact Development (LID) is so commonly known, considerable economic, infrastructure, and adaptation planning benefits are also being realized through the incorporat ...
... terms of how municipal land use decisions are commonly made. In addition to the environmental and water quality benefits for which Low Impact Development (LID) is so commonly known, considerable economic, infrastructure, and adaptation planning benefits are also being realized through the incorporat ...
likely effects of global climate change on the purse seine fishery for
... This paper explores the possible effect that changes in global climate under a 2x atmospheric CO2 concentration may have on the fishery for Cape anchovy. Anchovy is one of the dominant small pelagic fish species in the Benguela upwelling system, and form the target of an important pelagic purse sein ...
... This paper explores the possible effect that changes in global climate under a 2x atmospheric CO2 concentration may have on the fishery for Cape anchovy. Anchovy is one of the dominant small pelagic fish species in the Benguela upwelling system, and form the target of an important pelagic purse sein ...
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... conditions. Adaptation measures are therefore important to help these communities to better face extreme weather conditions and associated climatic variations (Adger et al. 2003). Adaptation has the potential to significantly contribute to reductions in negative impacts from changes in climatic cond ...
... conditions. Adaptation measures are therefore important to help these communities to better face extreme weather conditions and associated climatic variations (Adger et al. 2003). Adaptation has the potential to significantly contribute to reductions in negative impacts from changes in climatic cond ...