Aalborg Universitet Avoiding climate change uncertainties in Strategic Environmental Assessment
... in SEA (European Commission, 2013). It is important to note that consideration of climate change issues should cover not only the impacts of the plan or programme on climate change such as calculations of greenhouse gas emissions, but also the climate change induced impacts on the plan and programme ...
... in SEA (European Commission, 2013). It is important to note that consideration of climate change issues should cover not only the impacts of the plan or programme on climate change such as calculations of greenhouse gas emissions, but also the climate change induced impacts on the plan and programme ...
Global Warming - Department of Geology UPRM
... surface, where it is absorbed and then radiates back into the atmosphere as heat. In the atmosphere, “greenhouse” gases trap some of this heat, and the rest escapes into space. The more greenhouse gases are in the atmosphere, the more heat gets trapped.Scientists have known about the greenhouse effe ...
... surface, where it is absorbed and then radiates back into the atmosphere as heat. In the atmosphere, “greenhouse” gases trap some of this heat, and the rest escapes into space. The more greenhouse gases are in the atmosphere, the more heat gets trapped.Scientists have known about the greenhouse effe ...
Climate Choices for a Sustainable Southwest
... are pursuing energy and water efficiency, renewable energy, or sustainable agriculture for other reasons but these can also reduce emissions or assist with adaptation. This chapter features the following key findings: • The U.S. Southwest is a region with great capacity both to respond to environme ...
... are pursuing energy and water efficiency, renewable energy, or sustainable agriculture for other reasons but these can also reduce emissions or assist with adaptation. This chapter features the following key findings: • The U.S. Southwest is a region with great capacity both to respond to environme ...
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... income, physical assets, production, social relationships, anxiety about personal loss and happiness) as well as the severity of these impacts (from “not severe at all” to “extremely severe”). They found that farmers perceive a larger effect of climate change on agricultural production, than on phys ...
... income, physical assets, production, social relationships, anxiety about personal loss and happiness) as well as the severity of these impacts (from “not severe at all” to “extremely severe”). They found that farmers perceive a larger effect of climate change on agricultural production, than on phys ...
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CLIMATE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
... availability would be likely to threaten the sustainability of island agriculture and food security. In addition, the AR3 noted that most settlements and infrastructure of island states are located in coastal areas, which are highly vulnerable not only to sea-level rise but also to high energy waves ...
... availability would be likely to threaten the sustainability of island agriculture and food security. In addition, the AR3 noted that most settlements and infrastructure of island states are located in coastal areas, which are highly vulnerable not only to sea-level rise but also to high energy waves ...
Natural Variability, Anthropogenic Climate Change, and Impacts on
... strong presence in the West, but recent droughts have exhibited unusually warm temperatures, likely a harbinger of dry events in future decades when climate change threatens to make overall conditions even warmer. Other early signs of climate change that have been observed include declines of mounta ...
... strong presence in the West, but recent droughts have exhibited unusually warm temperatures, likely a harbinger of dry events in future decades when climate change threatens to make overall conditions even warmer. Other early signs of climate change that have been observed include declines of mounta ...
Changes in species` distributions during and after environmental
... change in species distribution equates to the change in location of the climate envelope. However, such an approach is only likely to have limited success for a number of reasons. One such reason is that in addition to climate change, organisms are likely to face increasing habitat degradation and f ...
... change in species distribution equates to the change in location of the climate envelope. However, such an approach is only likely to have limited success for a number of reasons. One such reason is that in addition to climate change, organisms are likely to face increasing habitat degradation and f ...
Climate Change & Resource Development Scenarios for the
... from a cultural, social, economic and environmental perspective. We thank Barry Booth, Steve Litke and Amy Greenwood for helping facilitate the workshop, Michael Allchin for creating Figure 1, and UNBC for providing the use of the Bentley Centre. This research has been made possible through funding ...
... from a cultural, social, economic and environmental perspective. We thank Barry Booth, Steve Litke and Amy Greenwood for helping facilitate the workshop, Michael Allchin for creating Figure 1, and UNBC for providing the use of the Bentley Centre. This research has been made possible through funding ...
Global Change Grand Challenge National Research Plan
... abundance of species; the cover and use of the land surface and the use of marine resources; the size, location, and resource demands of the world's human population, as well as its patterns of governance and economic activity. Mitigation has been defined as "technological change and substitution th ...
... abundance of species; the cover and use of the land surface and the use of marine resources; the size, location, and resource demands of the world's human population, as well as its patterns of governance and economic activity. Mitigation has been defined as "technological change and substitution th ...
Selecting Ensemble Members to Provide Regional Climate Change
... An approach pioneered in the United Kingdom by the Hadley Centre (Murphy et al. 2004) and climate prediction.net (Stainforth et al. 2005) has been the use of ensembles that systematically explore the implication of known uncertainties in model parameters. Parameters are identified that are known to ...
... An approach pioneered in the United Kingdom by the Hadley Centre (Murphy et al. 2004) and climate prediction.net (Stainforth et al. 2005) has been the use of ensembles that systematically explore the implication of known uncertainties in model parameters. Parameters are identified that are known to ...
The influence of dynamic vegetation on the present
... monsoon simulation is not the focus of this paper, the significant impact of the changes in dust warrants further study, perhaps with more realistic dust loading. The role of aerosols in moderating the Asian summer monsoon rainfall and circulation has been the subject of many recent studies, and it ...
... monsoon simulation is not the focus of this paper, the significant impact of the changes in dust warrants further study, perhaps with more realistic dust loading. The role of aerosols in moderating the Asian summer monsoon rainfall and circulation has been the subject of many recent studies, and it ...
Human Impacts on Weather and Climate - Recent Research Results
... other important agents and mechanisms, together with the typical geographical extent (spatial scale) of the forcing and the assessed level of scientific understanding (LOSU). The net anthropogenic radiative forcing and its range are also shown. These require summing asymmetric uncertainty estimates ...
... other important agents and mechanisms, together with the typical geographical extent (spatial scale) of the forcing and the assessed level of scientific understanding (LOSU). The net anthropogenic radiative forcing and its range are also shown. These require summing asymmetric uncertainty estimates ...
Kelsey Lahr | University of Utah
... This significant percentage of increasingly concerned citizens is an important first step toward effective policies and personal actions to curtail greenhouse gas emissions. Public lands sites can contribute to this positive shift by facilitating greater climate change education and engagement. Schw ...
... This significant percentage of increasingly concerned citizens is an important first step toward effective policies and personal actions to curtail greenhouse gas emissions. Public lands sites can contribute to this positive shift by facilitating greater climate change education and engagement. Schw ...
Brazilian Foreign Policy in the Context of Global Climate Norms
... reached a point whereby it is rapidly changing the Earth’s climate systems, with potentially devastating consequences for the future. On its Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) unequivocally shows that the current global atmospheric concentrat ...
... reached a point whereby it is rapidly changing the Earth’s climate systems, with potentially devastating consequences for the future. On its Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) unequivocally shows that the current global atmospheric concentrat ...
Communicating and Learning About Global Climate
... that citizens who understand science and its potential would be vital to addressing some of the most pressing problems facing the nation and the world.Today, we face the challenges of global climate change—understanding the evidence for it, appreciating its potential impacts, and developing new tech ...
... that citizens who understand science and its potential would be vital to addressing some of the most pressing problems facing the nation and the world.Today, we face the challenges of global climate change—understanding the evidence for it, appreciating its potential impacts, and developing new tech ...
Climate change: The investment perspective
... participate in at least one of these schemes.1 At the same time, institutional investors such as pension funds and insurers have made commitments to improve the disclosure of the carbon footprints of their investments. For example, 2014 saw the Montreal Carbon Pledge signed by 92 institutions managi ...
... participate in at least one of these schemes.1 At the same time, institutional investors such as pension funds and insurers have made commitments to improve the disclosure of the carbon footprints of their investments. For example, 2014 saw the Montreal Carbon Pledge signed by 92 institutions managi ...
... population will die or emigrate and the entire species range will shift (69). Most difficult to uncover is the first of these scenarios, where environmental conditions do not directly affect mortality but instead alter phenotypic expression of genetic traits. Although acclimatization may imply impro ...
Ch 18 Global Climate Change
... • The conveyor will decrease over the 21st century • The Achilles’ heel of our climate system: weakening of the conveyor and a changed climate • Especially in the northern latitudes ...
... • The conveyor will decrease over the 21st century • The Achilles’ heel of our climate system: weakening of the conveyor and a changed climate • Especially in the northern latitudes ...
Attributing regional trends of evapotranspiration and gross primary
... speed and raised water vapour deficit responded to the trend of ETp in the Canadian Prairies. On a large scale, precipitation is usually the principal factor determining actual ET change; for example, Qian et al. (2007) showed that an increase in ET in the Mississippi River basin followed precipitat ...
... speed and raised water vapour deficit responded to the trend of ETp in the Canadian Prairies. On a large scale, precipitation is usually the principal factor determining actual ET change; for example, Qian et al. (2007) showed that an increase in ET in the Mississippi River basin followed precipitat ...
18_Lecture_Presentation
... • The conveyor will decrease over the 21st century • The Achilles’ heel of our climate system: weakening of the conveyor and a changed climate • Especially in the northern latitudes ...
... • The conveyor will decrease over the 21st century • The Achilles’ heel of our climate system: weakening of the conveyor and a changed climate • Especially in the northern latitudes ...
CO2 as a primary driver of Phanerozoic climate: COMMENT
... Royer et al. do not dispute the existence of the CRF/temperature correlation of Shaviv and Veizer (2003), only its role relative to that of CO2. The CRF effect should therefore be incorporated as a complementary factor into the existing climate models. Once this solar amplification is included, the ...
... Royer et al. do not dispute the existence of the CRF/temperature correlation of Shaviv and Veizer (2003), only its role relative to that of CO2. The CRF effect should therefore be incorporated as a complementary factor into the existing climate models. Once this solar amplification is included, the ...
Addressing the assumption of stationarityin statistical bias correction
... bias-correct a climate model that has very strong positive biases in summer due to land-atmosphere feedbacks that take off in the warmest, say, 30 days in each summer, and small biases for other seasons (a scenario that is not uncommon for regional climate models). Further, imagine a volcanoe goes o ...
... bias-correct a climate model that has very strong positive biases in summer due to land-atmosphere feedbacks that take off in the warmest, say, 30 days in each summer, and small biases for other seasons (a scenario that is not uncommon for regional climate models). Further, imagine a volcanoe goes o ...