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... Contemporary, state-of-the art general circulation models (GCM) including the Australian CSIRO 3.5, Canadian CGCM 3.1 and Japanese MIROC 3.2 models all predict that average temperature will keep rising and precipitation will have a mild change for most states in the continental United States for the ...
... Contemporary, state-of-the art general circulation models (GCM) including the Australian CSIRO 3.5, Canadian CGCM 3.1 and Japanese MIROC 3.2 models all predict that average temperature will keep rising and precipitation will have a mild change for most states in the continental United States for the ...
Contribution of overall portfolios of accredited entities to GCF
... that can be used to assess portfolios and their shift towards compatibility with a low emission and climate resilient development pathways6: 1. Green/brown share of activities financed, based on a taxonomy of activities, typically across different sectors. Such indicators give only a general qualita ...
... that can be used to assess portfolios and their shift towards compatibility with a low emission and climate resilient development pathways6: 1. Green/brown share of activities financed, based on a taxonomy of activities, typically across different sectors. Such indicators give only a general qualita ...
Integrated Climate Change Strategies for
... temperature has increased globally by 0.74 °С during the last 100 years. Various scenarios and forecasts by the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which is the most reputable international body for climate change issues (uniting over 2500 scientists from 130 countries, including Russia), ...
... temperature has increased globally by 0.74 °С during the last 100 years. Various scenarios and forecasts by the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which is the most reputable international body for climate change issues (uniting over 2500 scientists from 130 countries, including Russia), ...
implications of climate change on the hydrodynamic behaviour and
... Commission (SKM, 2007). The total maximum reduction in streamflows is predicted to occur approximately 25 years after bushfires, and provides an estimate in line with the 20-30 year timeframe considered in this study. The predicted maximum reduction in streamflows was estimated at 24%. The Brodribb ...
... Commission (SKM, 2007). The total maximum reduction in streamflows is predicted to occur approximately 25 years after bushfires, and provides an estimate in line with the 20-30 year timeframe considered in this study. The predicted maximum reduction in streamflows was estimated at 24%. The Brodribb ...
Strategies for Climate Change and Impression
... and policy debates (e.g., Kolk and Pinkse 2007; Levy and Egan 2003; MacKay and Munro 2012; Nyberg et al. 2013). It also appears that a number of companies issued official communications that misinformed stakeholders (MacKay and Munro 2012; Nyberg et al. 2013). Businesses’ selfpromotion and their lac ...
... and policy debates (e.g., Kolk and Pinkse 2007; Levy and Egan 2003; MacKay and Munro 2012; Nyberg et al. 2013). It also appears that a number of companies issued official communications that misinformed stakeholders (MacKay and Munro 2012; Nyberg et al. 2013). Businesses’ selfpromotion and their lac ...
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... conditions in any growing month affect crop yields, an argument for retaining all the growing months in the model. Furthermore, weather variables are usually highly correlated; applying statistical variable selection methods to a model with severe multicollinearity could generate unstable estimates. ...
... conditions in any growing month affect crop yields, an argument for retaining all the growing months in the model. Furthermore, weather variables are usually highly correlated; applying statistical variable selection methods to a model with severe multicollinearity could generate unstable estimates. ...
Overpeck and Cole, 2006
... Abrupt shifts between warm and cold states punctuate the interval between 20 to 75 ka) in the Greenland isotope record, with shifts of 5◦ –15◦ C occurring in decades or less (Figure 1). These alternations were identified in some of the earliest ice core isotopic studies [e.g., (22)] and were replica ...
... Abrupt shifts between warm and cold states punctuate the interval between 20 to 75 ka) in the Greenland isotope record, with shifts of 5◦ –15◦ C occurring in decades or less (Figure 1). These alternations were identified in some of the earliest ice core isotopic studies [e.g., (22)] and were replica ...
Adaptation to Climate Change in Low‐Income Countries
... to do so. Ambiguity arises in the context of the profitability of a new technology for which there are few data on returns. Given changes in climate, the new technology potentially has higher expected returns than a traditional technology for which there are extensive data on returns. The example E& ...
... to do so. Ambiguity arises in the context of the profitability of a new technology for which there are few data on returns. Given changes in climate, the new technology potentially has higher expected returns than a traditional technology for which there are extensive data on returns. The example E& ...
Climate Change and Pacific Island Countries
... islands, rendering many of these less sustainable than in the past. In addition, within recent decades, Pacific Island countries have become part of the global community, now focused on development and economic growth, dependent on trade with other countries, and aid from these for most initiatives ...
... islands, rendering many of these less sustainable than in the past. In addition, within recent decades, Pacific Island countries have become part of the global community, now focused on development and economic growth, dependent on trade with other countries, and aid from these for most initiatives ...
climate change WG II
... hazardous climate events occurring within a specific time period and the vulnerability of an exposed society or system. Impacts are also referred to as consequences and outcomes. The impacts of climate change on geophysical systems, including floods, droughts, and sea level rise, are a subset of imp ...
... hazardous climate events occurring within a specific time period and the vulnerability of an exposed society or system. Impacts are also referred to as consequences and outcomes. The impacts of climate change on geophysical systems, including floods, droughts, and sea level rise, are a subset of imp ...
600 words - School of Psychology
... We focus here on the UK, which has taken the lead at a national level in setting mitigation targets. The UK Climate Change Bill calls for an 80% GHG emissions reduction by 2050 relative to 1990 (HM Government, 2008). This level of response to climate change has profound implications for individual c ...
... We focus here on the UK, which has taken the lead at a national level in setting mitigation targets. The UK Climate Change Bill calls for an 80% GHG emissions reduction by 2050 relative to 1990 (HM Government, 2008). This level of response to climate change has profound implications for individual c ...
Impact of climate change on freshwater ecosystems: a global
... Döll et al. (2009) found that river flow regime alterations are strongest in semi-arid regions with extensive irrigation but also downstream of large dams. In these regions, river flow alterations can be expected to be a major cause of biodiversity decline. Investigating human impacts on river flow ...
... Döll et al. (2009) found that river flow regime alterations are strongest in semi-arid regions with extensive irrigation but also downstream of large dams. In these regions, river flow alterations can be expected to be a major cause of biodiversity decline. Investigating human impacts on river flow ...
Securing the Fresh Water Systems of the Nepal Himalaya
... revealed by the rapid melting of glaciers, formation of new supraglacial lakes, expansion of existing lakes, and disappearing of some small lakes. The accelerating melting rate of snow and glacier will have an impact, for example, on water flows in rivers, health of the people and food and biomass p ...
... revealed by the rapid melting of glaciers, formation of new supraglacial lakes, expansion of existing lakes, and disappearing of some small lakes. The accelerating melting rate of snow and glacier will have an impact, for example, on water flows in rivers, health of the people and food and biomass p ...
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... internalize the environmental and technology externalities globally, but only within the boundary of each given region.1 At the core of the adaptation module introduced in the WITCH model there are three control variables that broadly represent different forms of adaptation strategies. For the sake ...
... internalize the environmental and technology externalities globally, but only within the boundary of each given region.1 At the core of the adaptation module introduced in the WITCH model there are three control variables that broadly represent different forms of adaptation strategies. For the sake ...
Global Climatic Variation and Energy Use
... times and a high of 300 ppm during warm interglacial periods. However, over the past century, it rapidly increased to 379 ppm. In comparison, the 80 ppm rise in CO2 concentration at the end of the past ice age generally took over 5,000 years to occur. The higher values than at present have only occ ...
... times and a high of 300 ppm during warm interglacial periods. However, over the past century, it rapidly increased to 379 ppm. In comparison, the 80 ppm rise in CO2 concentration at the end of the past ice age generally took over 5,000 years to occur. The higher values than at present have only occ ...
4. impacts on marine ecosystems and the fisheries sector
... The Spanish coastline, including the archipelagos, measures around 7,880 km, which is quite an appreciable figure. It is washed by the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, an ocean and sea, respectively, of very different characteristics. The continental margin are generally narrow, as the coastal waters ...
... The Spanish coastline, including the archipelagos, measures around 7,880 km, which is quite an appreciable figure. It is washed by the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, an ocean and sea, respectively, of very different characteristics. The continental margin are generally narrow, as the coastal waters ...
Summary for Policymakers
... hazardous climate events occurring within a specific time period and the vulnerability of an exposed society or system. Impacts are also referred to as consequences and outcomes. The impacts of climate change on geophysical systems, including floods, droughts, and sea level rise, are a subset of imp ...
... hazardous climate events occurring within a specific time period and the vulnerability of an exposed society or system. Impacts are also referred to as consequences and outcomes. The impacts of climate change on geophysical systems, including floods, droughts, and sea level rise, are a subset of imp ...
CLIMATE AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE SUB~ANTARCTIC
... MF-Meteo France; NIWA-New Zealand National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research; SAWS-South Mrican Weather Service; SMN-Servicio Meteorologico Nacional (Argentina); TT-TuTiempo (2007), note that data are very limited; UKMO-United Kingdom Met Office. ...
... MF-Meteo France; NIWA-New Zealand National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research; SAWS-South Mrican Weather Service; SMN-Servicio Meteorologico Nacional (Argentina); TT-TuTiempo (2007), note that data are very limited; UKMO-United Kingdom Met Office. ...
Greenhouse Gases and Global Warming
... is the state of the atmosphere (temperature, humidity, precipitation, wind, cloud cover, etc.) in a particular location at a particular time; it fluctuates greatly and is notoriously difficult to predict. Climate is the time-averaged weather in a given geographical region. Climate is a temporal and ...
... is the state of the atmosphere (temperature, humidity, precipitation, wind, cloud cover, etc.) in a particular location at a particular time; it fluctuates greatly and is notoriously difficult to predict. Climate is the time-averaged weather in a given geographical region. Climate is a temporal and ...
How Do Recent Population Trends Matter to Climate Change?
... climate change resilience and within adaptation strategies. This paper explores how global population dynamics affect carbon emissions and climate systems, how recent demographic trends matter to worldwide efforts to adapt to climate change, and how population policies could make differences for cli ...
... climate change resilience and within adaptation strategies. This paper explores how global population dynamics affect carbon emissions and climate systems, how recent demographic trends matter to worldwide efforts to adapt to climate change, and how population policies could make differences for cli ...
Vulnerability to climate change in the Arctic: A case study from Arctic
... Thomas and Twyman, 2005). In the Arctic, there have been dramatic changes in livelihoods in the latter half of the 20th century (Condon et al., 1995; Nuttall, 2000; Csonka and Schweitzer, 2004), which have affected many of the mechanisms by which Inuit communities manage climatic conditions. Livelih ...
... Thomas and Twyman, 2005). In the Arctic, there have been dramatic changes in livelihoods in the latter half of the 20th century (Condon et al., 1995; Nuttall, 2000; Csonka and Schweitzer, 2004), which have affected many of the mechanisms by which Inuit communities manage climatic conditions. Livelih ...
Governing the future under climate change: contested visions of
... Besides economists, the partial repair approach is also promoted by those concerned to ensure that, in a situation of choices and trade‐offs, those groups who are most vulnerable receive targeted adaptation attention. As noted above, however, a limitation of such a quest ...
... Besides economists, the partial repair approach is also promoted by those concerned to ensure that, in a situation of choices and trade‐offs, those groups who are most vulnerable receive targeted adaptation attention. As noted above, however, a limitation of such a quest ...
Communicating climate change: history, challenges, process and
... Basic understanding of the problem thus remains superficial and vulnerable to frequent revision.26–28 Today, after more than 20 years of scientific progress and a much greater scientific consensus,29,30 public climate change communication is no longer just a match between ‘dueling experts.’ Media pr ...
... Basic understanding of the problem thus remains superficial and vulnerable to frequent revision.26–28 Today, after more than 20 years of scientific progress and a much greater scientific consensus,29,30 public climate change communication is no longer just a match between ‘dueling experts.’ Media pr ...
one planet – one Future
... The pathway to sustainable development Today our planet is home to more than seven billion people and will be home to two billion more by 2050.1 At the same time, economic and social inequality and environmental degradation are increasingly contributing to complex global crises. Growing global consu ...
... The pathway to sustainable development Today our planet is home to more than seven billion people and will be home to two billion more by 2050.1 At the same time, economic and social inequality and environmental degradation are increasingly contributing to complex global crises. Growing global consu ...
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... WITCH is an economic model with an in-built representation of the energy sector, thus belonging to the class of fully integrated (hard link) hybrid models. It is a global model divided into 12 macro-regions. The model has two main distinguishing features in the context of the present analysis. The ...
... WITCH is an economic model with an in-built representation of the energy sector, thus belonging to the class of fully integrated (hard link) hybrid models. It is a global model divided into 12 macro-regions. The model has two main distinguishing features in the context of the present analysis. The ...