Land-use and carbon cycle responses
... and indirect carbon cycle responses to climate change. So far, detailed information on climate impacts from biophysical process models has been used in economic land-use models mainly with respect to crop yields24,25, but associated carbon stock dynamics have not been addressed. With regards to land ...
... and indirect carbon cycle responses to climate change. So far, detailed information on climate impacts from biophysical process models has been used in economic land-use models mainly with respect to crop yields24,25, but associated carbon stock dynamics have not been addressed. With regards to land ...
14 Climate change: science and the precautionary principle
... The first scientifically credible early warning about the possible dangers of climate change due to carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from burning fossil fuels came in 1897. While the basic physical principles of global warming are simple, however, the more detailed science of climate change is exceedi ...
... The first scientifically credible early warning about the possible dangers of climate change due to carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from burning fossil fuels came in 1897. While the basic physical principles of global warming are simple, however, the more detailed science of climate change is exceedi ...
A Kantian approach to sustainable development indicators for
... to certain categories (driving forces, pressures, states, impacts, and responses). The framework was developed by the European Environmental Agency in the 1990‘s based on a pressure-state-response (PSR) model developed by OECD (EEA 1998, OECD 1991 and 1993). Each field should ideally include indicat ...
... to certain categories (driving forces, pressures, states, impacts, and responses). The framework was developed by the European Environmental Agency in the 1990‘s based on a pressure-state-response (PSR) model developed by OECD (EEA 1998, OECD 1991 and 1993). Each field should ideally include indicat ...
Arctic Circle - Office national du film du Canada
... suggests that our climate may be changing more rapidly than living species can adapt? 4. The narrator (in chapter 4) identifies some changes in conditions in the Arctic from 1980 to 2007. Interested in finding out more about evidence of gradual/incremental change in the Arctic? Using a variety ...
... suggests that our climate may be changing more rapidly than living species can adapt? 4. The narrator (in chapter 4) identifies some changes in conditions in the Arctic from 1980 to 2007. Interested in finding out more about evidence of gradual/incremental change in the Arctic? Using a variety ...
Can actuaries really afford to ignore climate
... Overall, we have made the following findings: We have predicted a wide range of increases in mean claim costs from bushfire, cyclones and riverine floods. This wide range reflects the uncertainty in the level of future emissions, the lack of certainty on the impact of climate change on natural per ...
... Overall, we have made the following findings: We have predicted a wide range of increases in mean claim costs from bushfire, cyclones and riverine floods. This wide range reflects the uncertainty in the level of future emissions, the lack of certainty on the impact of climate change on natural per ...
cape verde_cida_prodoc_final
... around Cape Verde. Projections in the IPCC’s Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) indicate an increase in surface air temperature of 2º-2.5º C in the eastern tropical Atlantic region over the coming century, in addition to that already experienced (Christensen et al, 2007). This is significantly less than ...
... around Cape Verde. Projections in the IPCC’s Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) indicate an increase in surface air temperature of 2º-2.5º C in the eastern tropical Atlantic region over the coming century, in addition to that already experienced (Christensen et al, 2007). This is significantly less than ...
Aalborg Universitet Uncertainty in Impact Assessment – EIA in Denmark
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Slide 1
... o Summarize at a national level, current climate, projected climate change, ongoing adaptation activities, key stakeholders and relevant country indicators. ...
... o Summarize at a national level, current climate, projected climate change, ongoing adaptation activities, key stakeholders and relevant country indicators. ...
The Psychological Distance of Climate Change
... Address correspondence to Alexa Spence, Horizon Digital Economy Research, University of Nottingham, Jubilee Campus, Nottingham, UK N67 2TU; [email protected]. ...
... Address correspondence to Alexa Spence, Horizon Digital Economy Research, University of Nottingham, Jubilee Campus, Nottingham, UK N67 2TU; [email protected]. ...
Managing climate change and overcoming poverty: facing the realities and building a global agreement (455 kB) (opens in new window)
... inaction are immense; far higher than any plausible estimates of the costs of action. We know only too well the impact of poverty around the world. But what may be less wellknown are the risks to which poor people will be most exposed and vulnerable at increases in global average temperature substan ...
... inaction are immense; far higher than any plausible estimates of the costs of action. We know only too well the impact of poverty around the world. But what may be less wellknown are the risks to which poor people will be most exposed and vulnerable at increases in global average temperature substan ...
Changing role of local institutions to enable individual and collective
... of adaptation plans at the local level (MoE 2010; Pokharel and Byrne 2009). One of the most widespread and well-established local institutions in rural Nepal are CFUGs. There are currently over 17,500 CFUGs as local institutions managing approximately 1.65 million ha of community forests (out of to ...
... of adaptation plans at the local level (MoE 2010; Pokharel and Byrne 2009). One of the most widespread and well-established local institutions in rural Nepal are CFUGs. There are currently over 17,500 CFUGs as local institutions managing approximately 1.65 million ha of community forests (out of to ...
Between Consensus and Denial: Climate Journalists - IPMZ
... as well as due to trickle-down effects between prolific and occasional climate writers, we expect an interpretive community among climate journalists which is built around the main propositions of the IPCC. We will refer to this as the IPCC consensus – knowing that in science there will never be a f ...
... as well as due to trickle-down effects between prolific and occasional climate writers, we expect an interpretive community among climate journalists which is built around the main propositions of the IPCC. We will refer to this as the IPCC consensus – knowing that in science there will never be a f ...
Assessing ``Dangerous Climate Change
... America, 3 Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement (CEA-CNRS-UVSQ), Gif-sur-Yvette, France, 4 Synapse Energy Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, 5 Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S ...
... America, 3 Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement (CEA-CNRS-UVSQ), Gif-sur-Yvette, France, 4 Synapse Energy Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, 5 Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S ...
This paper offers a unifying conceptual framework for examining the
... conceptual framework. As a result, the evidence presented has a scattershot character. AR5 itself recognizes this deficiency, noting that “despite the recognition of these complex interactions [between climate change and inequality], the literature shows no single conceptual framework that captures ...
... conceptual framework. As a result, the evidence presented has a scattershot character. AR5 itself recognizes this deficiency, noting that “despite the recognition of these complex interactions [between climate change and inequality], the literature shows no single conceptual framework that captures ...
SID5 Form - Defra Science Search
... The executive summary must not exceed 2 sides in total of A4 and should be understandable to the intelligent non-scientist. It should cover the main objectives, methods and findings of the research, together with any other significant events and options for new work. The contract provided Secretaria ...
... The executive summary must not exceed 2 sides in total of A4 and should be understandable to the intelligent non-scientist. It should cover the main objectives, methods and findings of the research, together with any other significant events and options for new work. The contract provided Secretaria ...
Shifting thresholds Climate Climate Change Effects on the
... 3. We found that the capacity of the savanna to sustain livestock grazing was strongly influenced by climate change. Increased mean annual precipitation and changes in intra-annual precipitation pattern have the potential to slightly increase carrying capacities of the system. In contrast, decreased ...
... 3. We found that the capacity of the savanna to sustain livestock grazing was strongly influenced by climate change. Increased mean annual precipitation and changes in intra-annual precipitation pattern have the potential to slightly increase carrying capacities of the system. In contrast, decreased ...
Adaptation Planning – What Other States are Doing
... The scientific community has reached a strong consensus that the climate is changing. Current projections by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) indicate the continental United State can expect temperature increases of between 5.4ºF and 12.6ºF by the year 2100.1 This warming will ha ...
... The scientific community has reached a strong consensus that the climate is changing. Current projections by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) indicate the continental United State can expect temperature increases of between 5.4ºF and 12.6ºF by the year 2100.1 This warming will ha ...
Vulnerability of biodiversity hotspots to global change
... habitat, and (3) the future suitability of distribution ranges of ‘100 of the world’s worst invasive alien species’, by characterizing the combined effects of climate and land-use changes on the future distribution ranges of these species. Results Our findings show that hotspots may experience an ave ...
... habitat, and (3) the future suitability of distribution ranges of ‘100 of the world’s worst invasive alien species’, by characterizing the combined effects of climate and land-use changes on the future distribution ranges of these species. Results Our findings show that hotspots may experience an ave ...
Using the past to understand the future
... There have been many attempts to place the present and projected global climate change into an historical context (eg Crowley32). However, most of these attempts are undertaken by palaeoclimatologists interested in the comparisons of rates and magnitudes of physical change, but not the corresponding ...
... There have been many attempts to place the present and projected global climate change into an historical context (eg Crowley32). However, most of these attempts are undertaken by palaeoclimatologists interested in the comparisons of rates and magnitudes of physical change, but not the corresponding ...
The Hartwell Paper - Eureka
... consensus.1 Yvo de Boer, the long‐serving chairman of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), who had guided the process through meeting after increasingly inconclusive meeting in recent years, has since announced his resignation and future plans to work in the priv ...
... consensus.1 Yvo de Boer, the long‐serving chairman of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), who had guided the process through meeting after increasingly inconclusive meeting in recent years, has since announced his resignation and future plans to work in the priv ...
Climate Change Scenarios for the Congo Basin
... vulnerable (Parry and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate, 2007). Every area has a specific adaptive capacity to each existing hazard. For example, country A has a high adaptive capacity, meaning solutions available, to deal with heavy rainfall, country B does not and is therefore vulnerable to flood ...
... vulnerable (Parry and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate, 2007). Every area has a specific adaptive capacity to each existing hazard. For example, country A has a high adaptive capacity, meaning solutions available, to deal with heavy rainfall, country B does not and is therefore vulnerable to flood ...
2012 Gulf Coast Climate Change Survey
... flooding) as well as long-term issues like coastal wetlands loss and erosion, these residents provide an ideal vantage point for understanding how individuals relate to environmental conditions and how they respond through local communities and individual action. With this in mind, the 2012 Gulf Coa ...
... flooding) as well as long-term issues like coastal wetlands loss and erosion, these residents provide an ideal vantage point for understanding how individuals relate to environmental conditions and how they respond through local communities and individual action. With this in mind, the 2012 Gulf Coa ...
Chapter 1: Introduction - Committee on Climate Change
... UK Climate Change Risk Assessment 2017: Evidence Report • What is the urgency of action needed for different risks and opportunities? • What are the uncertainties, limitations and confidence in the underlying evidence and analysis for different risks and opportunities? In addressing these questions ...
... UK Climate Change Risk Assessment 2017: Evidence Report • What is the urgency of action needed for different risks and opportunities? • What are the uncertainties, limitations and confidence in the underlying evidence and analysis for different risks and opportunities? In addressing these questions ...