Observed and Projected Ecological Response to Climate Change in
... Executive Summary Climate change is having significant effects on organisms and ecosystems worldwide, but changes in the western United States have been particularly rapid over the last 30 years. Resource managers in the West are being asked to manage for ecological responses to climate, but they ...
... Executive Summary Climate change is having significant effects on organisms and ecosystems worldwide, but changes in the western United States have been particularly rapid over the last 30 years. Resource managers in the West are being asked to manage for ecological responses to climate, but they ...
Manuscript - CSIRO Research Publications Repository
... Adaptive capacity greatly influences the vulnerability status of communities and regions to climate change (Adger et al., 2005; Adger, 2006). Capacity to adapt includes not only the preconditions necessary to enable adaptation, including social and physical elements, but also the ability to mobilize ...
... Adaptive capacity greatly influences the vulnerability status of communities and regions to climate change (Adger et al., 2005; Adger, 2006). Capacity to adapt includes not only the preconditions necessary to enable adaptation, including social and physical elements, but also the ability to mobilize ...
Climate Change Youth Guide to Action
... On September 24, 2007, Catherine Gauthier, 18, addressed over 80 Heads of State at the United Nations special high-level event on climate change, The Future In Our Hands: Addressing the Leadership Challenge of Climate Change. Excerpts from her speech are below. ...
... On September 24, 2007, Catherine Gauthier, 18, addressed over 80 Heads of State at the United Nations special high-level event on climate change, The Future In Our Hands: Addressing the Leadership Challenge of Climate Change. Excerpts from her speech are below. ...
Deliverable 2F3 Full Costs of Climate Change WP 2F
... types (MA 2005). Naturally, these biomes not only differ in their primary production (e.g. low productivity in tundras vs. high productivity in tropical rainforests), but also provide different ecosystem services. For example, water regulation functions of forests differ greatly from those of grassl ...
... types (MA 2005). Naturally, these biomes not only differ in their primary production (e.g. low productivity in tundras vs. high productivity in tropical rainforests), but also provide different ecosystem services. For example, water regulation functions of forests differ greatly from those of grassl ...
Stockholm University
... prevent the model from drifting away from the real state of the atmosphere, while the model provides a global data set that includes a temporal and three-dimensionally spatial development of a multitude of variables for more than four decades. Of special interest for such comparisons is the fact tha ...
... prevent the model from drifting away from the real state of the atmosphere, while the model provides a global data set that includes a temporal and three-dimensionally spatial development of a multitude of variables for more than four decades. Of special interest for such comparisons is the fact tha ...
Modeling the Effects of Climate Change on the Supply of Phosphate
... 1997), the Netherlands model (NL-CAT/AMINO Schoumans and Silgram, 2003), and the INCA-P model (Wade et al., 2002; Whitehead et al., 2007). These models rely on a combination of empirical, semi-empirical and process-based relationships to simulate some aspects of the phosphorus cycle, often with more ...
... 1997), the Netherlands model (NL-CAT/AMINO Schoumans and Silgram, 2003), and the INCA-P model (Wade et al., 2002; Whitehead et al., 2007). These models rely on a combination of empirical, semi-empirical and process-based relationships to simulate some aspects of the phosphorus cycle, often with more ...
The Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture in Guyana
... Climate change is anticipated to have potentially disastrous impacts on the economic viability of the agricultural sector, insomuch as traditional agricultural practices render the agricultural sector climate-dependent. Increased temperatures and increased intensity, timing and occurrence of hydro e ...
... Climate change is anticipated to have potentially disastrous impacts on the economic viability of the agricultural sector, insomuch as traditional agricultural practices render the agricultural sector climate-dependent. Increased temperatures and increased intensity, timing and occurrence of hydro e ...
National Capacity Self Assessment
... basic stuff for planning, evaluation, reporting, learning, accountability, transparency and governance. Egypt’s additional Needs Regarding UNFCCC activities and other capacity dimensions The needs may include, but are not limited to, the following proposed points: ...
... basic stuff for planning, evaluation, reporting, learning, accountability, transparency and governance. Egypt’s additional Needs Regarding UNFCCC activities and other capacity dimensions The needs may include, but are not limited to, the following proposed points: ...
Impact of climate change on waterborne diseases
... tropical areas, while others like Cryptosporidium and Campylobacter are more diffused [22]. Heavy rainfall and floods More frequent and intense heavy rainfall/floods will cause higher pathogen concentrations in natural waters which will generally be reflected in worse quality of drinking and bathing ...
... tropical areas, while others like Cryptosporidium and Campylobacter are more diffused [22]. Heavy rainfall and floods More frequent and intense heavy rainfall/floods will cause higher pathogen concentrations in natural waters which will generally be reflected in worse quality of drinking and bathing ...
Which of the following gases do not Melting sea ice could
... Climate sensitivity is the equilibrium temperature change in response to changes of the radiative forcing (or CO2 concentrations). The climate sensitivity depends on the initial climate state. It can be inferred from palaeo-climate data, observed temperature change and climate models. Slow feedbacks ...
... Climate sensitivity is the equilibrium temperature change in response to changes of the radiative forcing (or CO2 concentrations). The climate sensitivity depends on the initial climate state. It can be inferred from palaeo-climate data, observed temperature change and climate models. Slow feedbacks ...
Primer on Short-Lived Climate Pollutants
... • Second is the recognition that in addition to being climate forcers, three of the four SLCPs are also air pollutants that damage public health and ecosystems. Reducing them will prevent millions of premature deaths every year, protect tens of millions of tonnes of crops, and contribute to sustain ...
... • Second is the recognition that in addition to being climate forcers, three of the four SLCPs are also air pollutants that damage public health and ecosystems. Reducing them will prevent millions of premature deaths every year, protect tens of millions of tonnes of crops, and contribute to sustain ...
A Critical Analysis of the Kyoto Protocol using Monte Carlo
... 1990 and 2009, found to have been reduced by approximately 18 percent of base year levels. Using IPCC Special Report Emissions Scenarios (SRES) as a practicable baseline for non-mitigation, three distinct intervention scenarios were constructed from target and observed emissions reductions under the ...
... 1990 and 2009, found to have been reduced by approximately 18 percent of base year levels. Using IPCC Special Report Emissions Scenarios (SRES) as a practicable baseline for non-mitigation, three distinct intervention scenarios were constructed from target and observed emissions reductions under the ...
Climate
... Wisconsin’s geographical setting gives rise to a rich set of climatic conditions that help shape our state’s environmental, social and economic resources. In the coming decades, we can anticipate that these influences on state resources will be affected in both expected and unexpected ways as our cl ...
... Wisconsin’s geographical setting gives rise to a rich set of climatic conditions that help shape our state’s environmental, social and economic resources. In the coming decades, we can anticipate that these influences on state resources will be affected in both expected and unexpected ways as our cl ...
126 Montevideo, Uruguay
... quantifying emissions associated with human activity. Drawing upon this information, policy-makers can use this tool to develop and implement strategies and policies for emission reductions and climate action plans. Although Uruguay does not contribute significantly to global warming, it is vulnerab ...
... quantifying emissions associated with human activity. Drawing upon this information, policy-makers can use this tool to develop and implement strategies and policies for emission reductions and climate action plans. Although Uruguay does not contribute significantly to global warming, it is vulnerab ...
Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services, and Climate Change
... biodiversity is climate regulation. One effect of the conversion of forests to agricultural production, for example, is an increase in carbon emissions from land clearance and a decrease in sequestered carbon. Both effects increase the rate of climate change. At the same time, our ability to adapt t ...
... biodiversity is climate regulation. One effect of the conversion of forests to agricultural production, for example, is an increase in carbon emissions from land clearance and a decrease in sequestered carbon. Both effects increase the rate of climate change. At the same time, our ability to adapt t ...
The Bottom Line on Climate Change: A Manitoba Business Guide
... Your initiatives will only sustain themselves and grow within a company when they deliver specific, measurable business benefits, particularly with regard to a company’s core business functions. ...
... Your initiatives will only sustain themselves and grow within a company when they deliver specific, measurable business benefits, particularly with regard to a company’s core business functions. ...
Assessing potential climate change effects on loblolly pine growth: A
... Most models of the potential effects of climate change on forest growth have produced deterministic predictions. However, there are large uncertainties in data on regional forest condition, estimates of future climate, and quantitative relationships between environmental conditions and forest growth ...
... Most models of the potential effects of climate change on forest growth have produced deterministic predictions. However, there are large uncertainties in data on regional forest condition, estimates of future climate, and quantitative relationships between environmental conditions and forest growth ...
Climate change impacts on the waters around the UK and Ireland
... been steady for the last decade. In the northern North Sea (Region 1) the salinity is heavily influenced by inflowing North Atlantic water and has become more saline since the 1970s, though the trend is not clear. The salinity of the southern North Sea (Region 2) is dominated by river run-off balanc ...
... been steady for the last decade. In the northern North Sea (Region 1) the salinity is heavily influenced by inflowing North Atlantic water and has become more saline since the 1970s, though the trend is not clear. The salinity of the southern North Sea (Region 2) is dominated by river run-off balanc ...
Adaptation Finance - Center For Global Development
... In fact these lessons from the aid system apply equally to mitigation financing, and we recognize that it is not always easy to distinguish between “adaptation” programs and “mitigation” programs; assistance to farmers to adapt to increasing risk of drought can reduce incentives to move into foreste ...
... In fact these lessons from the aid system apply equally to mitigation financing, and we recognize that it is not always easy to distinguish between “adaptation” programs and “mitigation” programs; assistance to farmers to adapt to increasing risk of drought can reduce incentives to move into foreste ...
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... general scientific consensus. Specifically, when asked to estimate the appropriate value for the global SCC, respondents provided a median estimate of $50; the 2010 IWG used a central estimate of $21. This reveals an incongruity between the views of the overall economic community and the opinions of ...
... general scientific consensus. Specifically, when asked to estimate the appropriate value for the global SCC, respondents provided a median estimate of $50; the 2010 IWG used a central estimate of $21. This reveals an incongruity between the views of the overall economic community and the opinions of ...
Tipping elements and climate-economic shocks: Pathways toward
... Interglacial suggests that the committed response to 2°C global warming above pre-Industrial temperatures may be about 6–9 m of GMSL rise [Kopp et al., 2009], but if these 6–9 m were to take millennia to be realized, humans and ecosystems might readily adapt to them at minimal cost – in which case t ...
... Interglacial suggests that the committed response to 2°C global warming above pre-Industrial temperatures may be about 6–9 m of GMSL rise [Kopp et al., 2009], but if these 6–9 m were to take millennia to be realized, humans and ecosystems might readily adapt to them at minimal cost – in which case t ...
Project Document for CEO Approval (Revised)
... Institutionalize and mainstream climate change preparations: Discussions during preparation of the Initial National Communication gave high priority to low cost initiatives to institutionalize and mainstream climate change, and to increasing national capacity to prepare for and adapt to climate cha ...
... Institutionalize and mainstream climate change preparations: Discussions during preparation of the Initial National Communication gave high priority to low cost initiatives to institutionalize and mainstream climate change, and to increasing national capacity to prepare for and adapt to climate cha ...
Responses of runoff to historical and future climate variability over
... precipitation (P) elasticity (from 1.2 to 3.3) and potential evaporation (PET) elasticity (from -2.3 to -0.2) across China. The P elasticity is larger in northeast and western China than in southern China, while the opposite occurs for PET elasticity. The catchment properties elasticity of R appears ...
... precipitation (P) elasticity (from 1.2 to 3.3) and potential evaporation (PET) elasticity (from -2.3 to -0.2) across China. The P elasticity is larger in northeast and western China than in southern China, while the opposite occurs for PET elasticity. The catchment properties elasticity of R appears ...
The Effect of Potential Future Climate Change on the Marine
... values chosen to be most representative of the global average for continental shelves. The default geothermal gradient used in the following discussion is 40°C km⫺1, although identical experiments have been performed with a global geothermal gradient of 60°C km⫺1, which results in shallower BHSZs. A ...
... values chosen to be most representative of the global average for continental shelves. The default geothermal gradient used in the following discussion is 40°C km⫺1, although identical experiments have been performed with a global geothermal gradient of 60°C km⫺1, which results in shallower BHSZs. A ...
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... Swaziland’s sustainable development is threatened by climate change, through adverse effects in the environment, health, food security, economic activities and physical infrastructure. Climate change is characterised by changes in precipitation patterns, rainfall variability, and temperatures, which ...
... Swaziland’s sustainable development is threatened by climate change, through adverse effects in the environment, health, food security, economic activities and physical infrastructure. Climate change is characterised by changes in precipitation patterns, rainfall variability, and temperatures, which ...