extreme events and climate change
... Group I: incontestable evidence of climate change and its attribution to human intervention linking greenhouse gases to climate change. Group II: Impacts are undeniable and can be traced as additional stress sustainable development. Local impacts are aggravated by development, physical and structura ...
... Group I: incontestable evidence of climate change and its attribution to human intervention linking greenhouse gases to climate change. Group II: Impacts are undeniable and can be traced as additional stress sustainable development. Local impacts are aggravated by development, physical and structura ...
Toward Climate Resilience - Union of Concerned Scientists
... open to potentially harmful impacts (see the figure).1 Responding effectively to climate change requires us to narrow the climate resilience gap through aggressive action on both climate mitigation and adaptation. Nearly all countries have agreed on a science-based goal of climate change mitigation, ...
... open to potentially harmful impacts (see the figure).1 Responding effectively to climate change requires us to narrow the climate resilience gap through aggressive action on both climate mitigation and adaptation. Nearly all countries have agreed on a science-based goal of climate change mitigation, ...
plattnerMSUslides
... the 21st century is likely to exceed 1.5°C relative to 1850−1900 for all scenarios except RCP2.6. ...
... the 21st century is likely to exceed 1.5°C relative to 1850−1900 for all scenarios except RCP2.6. ...
Resource Scarcity, Climate Change and the Risk of
... Overall, even stringent global mitigation action may not be enough to avoid a 2.0° Celsius increase on pre-industrial temperatures. Even if the 2009 Copenhagen summit had agreed that global emissions would peak in 2015 and decline by 3% a year thereafter, this would still have left the world with an ...
... Overall, even stringent global mitigation action may not be enough to avoid a 2.0° Celsius increase on pre-industrial temperatures. Even if the 2009 Copenhagen summit had agreed that global emissions would peak in 2015 and decline by 3% a year thereafter, this would still have left the world with an ...
New Coupled Climate-carbon Simulations from the
... Monfray (2002), Effects of climate change due to CO2 increase on land and ocean carbon uptake. ...
... Monfray (2002), Effects of climate change due to CO2 increase on land and ocean carbon uptake. ...
RI Climate Change Commission 2012 report
... Sea level rise, warming air and water and increased storminess have distinct and multiple consequences depending upon which facet of society, environment, and economy one looks at. The Commission has identified four major risk categories as top concerns for Rhode Island: 1) wastewater infrastructure ...
... Sea level rise, warming air and water and increased storminess have distinct and multiple consequences depending upon which facet of society, environment, and economy one looks at. The Commission has identified four major risk categories as top concerns for Rhode Island: 1) wastewater infrastructure ...
Optimal Global Dynamic Carbon Abatement
... It is almost a commonplace in the economics of climate change that a good response to the challenges posed by global warming would be a harmonized, global tax on greenhouse gas emissions that increases over time, roughly with the discount rate (e.g. Nordhaus, 2007). Many details of such a proposal a ...
... It is almost a commonplace in the economics of climate change that a good response to the challenges posed by global warming would be a harmonized, global tax on greenhouse gas emissions that increases over time, roughly with the discount rate (e.g. Nordhaus, 2007). Many details of such a proposal a ...
Public Health: Adapting to Climate Change
... Climate change is projected to have sweeping adverse effects on the Earth, imposing diverse threats to ecosystems and people. The threats extend to the health of the public, with warming of the planet projected to have positive and negative consequences that will vary temporally and spatially. Al ...
... Climate change is projected to have sweeping adverse effects on the Earth, imposing diverse threats to ecosystems and people. The threats extend to the health of the public, with warming of the planet projected to have positive and negative consequences that will vary temporally and spatially. Al ...
Tierney 1..8 - Science Advances
... famine, threatening food security in an already vulnerable region. Some attribute this decline to anthropogenic forcing, whereas others maintain that it is a feature of internal climate variability. We show that the rate of drying in the Horn of Africa during the 20th century is unusual in the conte ...
... famine, threatening food security in an already vulnerable region. Some attribute this decline to anthropogenic forcing, whereas others maintain that it is a feature of internal climate variability. We show that the rate of drying in the Horn of Africa during the 20th century is unusual in the conte ...
climate change adaptation in nigeria
... Appraisal of Climate Change Adaptation in Nigeria Olumide David Onafeso Department of Geography, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Nigeria ...
... Appraisal of Climate Change Adaptation in Nigeria Olumide David Onafeso Department of Geography, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Nigeria ...
IOSR Journal Of Environmental Science, Toxicology And Food Technology (IOSR-JESTFT)
... oxide, particularly the concentration of CO2 and CH4 have increased by 36% and 14.8% respectively since 17508. These levels are much higher than at any time during the last 650000 years , the period for which reliable data has been extracted from ice cores. Fossil fuel burning has produced about thr ...
... oxide, particularly the concentration of CO2 and CH4 have increased by 36% and 14.8% respectively since 17508. These levels are much higher than at any time during the last 650000 years , the period for which reliable data has been extracted from ice cores. Fossil fuel burning has produced about thr ...
b) To build capacity to reduce vulnerability to
... end the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has agreed a 5-year global programme of work on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change, in particular to support the most vulnerable nations in making informed decisions for adaptation. As reflected in the DFID W ...
... end the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has agreed a 5-year global programme of work on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change, in particular to support the most vulnerable nations in making informed decisions for adaptation. As reflected in the DFID W ...
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
... deficiencies (2.4 million deaths); insufficient fruit and vegetable intake (2.7 million deaths); urban air pollution (0.8 million deaths); and lead exposure (0.23 million deaths). Climate change is clearly not today’s most important environmental or public health problem. However, would its future i ...
... deficiencies (2.4 million deaths); insufficient fruit and vegetable intake (2.7 million deaths); urban air pollution (0.8 million deaths); and lead exposure (0.23 million deaths). Climate change is clearly not today’s most important environmental or public health problem. However, would its future i ...
Marine Board-ESF Response to the European Commission DG
... and storms will become more intense. The Stern Review (2006) estimates the social and economic cost of climate change to the global economy at € 5,500 billion by 2050. The Stern Review concludes that, provided we take strong action now, there is still time to avoid the worst impacts of climate chang ...
... and storms will become more intense. The Stern Review (2006) estimates the social and economic cost of climate change to the global economy at € 5,500 billion by 2050. The Stern Review concludes that, provided we take strong action now, there is still time to avoid the worst impacts of climate chang ...
Climate Change and Mortality: Feedback from Populations Issues
... of risk fueled by exposure and socio-economic vulnerability”. It is the current scientific consensus that climate change has occurred since the industrial revolution began and will continue to affect the atmosphere and oceans over the next several centuries. This has primarily been due to an increas ...
... of risk fueled by exposure and socio-economic vulnerability”. It is the current scientific consensus that climate change has occurred since the industrial revolution began and will continue to affect the atmosphere and oceans over the next several centuries. This has primarily been due to an increas ...
Arid and Semi-Arid Regions
... challenge to the well-being of all countries, with potential of being the most harsh on countries already suffering from water scarcity. Water scarcity is a well-established context for development in arid and semi-arid countries. A recent IPCC report (IPCC, 2008) predicts that climate change over t ...
... challenge to the well-being of all countries, with potential of being the most harsh on countries already suffering from water scarcity. Water scarcity is a well-established context for development in arid and semi-arid countries. A recent IPCC report (IPCC, 2008) predicts that climate change over t ...
The contribution of Portuguese agriculture to the climate
... aestivum L.) yields have markedly increased since the early 1960s, but rates of increase have been slower in southern countries (e.g. Portugal and Spain) when compared with the United Kingdom and France reflecting the impact of the warming and drought since the 1990s (Schär et al., 2004; Brouder and ...
... aestivum L.) yields have markedly increased since the early 1960s, but rates of increase have been slower in southern countries (e.g. Portugal and Spain) when compared with the United Kingdom and France reflecting the impact of the warming and drought since the 1990s (Schär et al., 2004; Brouder and ...
Climate Change Impacts in Hawai`i - Hawaii Sea Grant
... Hawai‘i has seen an overall decline in rainfall in the last 30 years, with widely varying precipitation patterns on each island. It is projected that Hawai‘i will see more drought and heavy rains causing more flash flooding, harm to infrastructure, runoff, and sedimentation. Declining precipitation ...
... Hawai‘i has seen an overall decline in rainfall in the last 30 years, with widely varying precipitation patterns on each island. It is projected that Hawai‘i will see more drought and heavy rains causing more flash flooding, harm to infrastructure, runoff, and sedimentation. Declining precipitation ...
Energy Balance
... of radiation decreases until balance is restored. At this point, cooling stops and equilibrium is restored. ...
... of radiation decreases until balance is restored. At this point, cooling stops and equilibrium is restored. ...
What`s New in TerrSet
... parameters such as price elasticity of demand for agriculture on newly deforested land. GeOSIRIS empirically determines the effective opportunity cost based on a set of environmental variables and a provided map of potential agricultural revenue. Outputs include maps of expected carbon emissions wit ...
... parameters such as price elasticity of demand for agriculture on newly deforested land. GeOSIRIS empirically determines the effective opportunity cost based on a set of environmental variables and a provided map of potential agricultural revenue. Outputs include maps of expected carbon emissions wit ...
Greenhouse-gas emission targets for limiting global warming to 2 °C
... particular, multiple uncertainties in the historical temperature observations9 are treated separately for the first time; new ocean heat uptake estimates are incorporated10; a constraint on changes in effective climate sensitivity is introduced; and the most recent radiative forcing uncertainty esti ...
... particular, multiple uncertainties in the historical temperature observations9 are treated separately for the first time; new ocean heat uptake estimates are incorporated10; a constraint on changes in effective climate sensitivity is introduced; and the most recent radiative forcing uncertainty esti ...
Draft Terms of Reference for an International Consultant for
... 6. As it is indicated in Turkey's 10th Development Plan (2014 - 2018) rapid population increase, urbanization, economic activities, diversified consumption patterns increase the pressure on environment and natural resources. Environmental pollution, climate change, desertification, deforestation, wa ...
... 6. As it is indicated in Turkey's 10th Development Plan (2014 - 2018) rapid population increase, urbanization, economic activities, diversified consumption patterns increase the pressure on environment and natural resources. Environmental pollution, climate change, desertification, deforestation, wa ...
Turning points in climate change adaptation
... in conditions that society perceives as undesirable (e.g., O’Brien and Wolf 2010, Dow et al. 2013). If such a situation is conceivable, next to knowing the extent of the threat, at least equally important is to know when and how likely it is that the situation will occur. Reframing climate impacts i ...
... in conditions that society perceives as undesirable (e.g., O’Brien and Wolf 2010, Dow et al. 2013). If such a situation is conceivable, next to knowing the extent of the threat, at least equally important is to know when and how likely it is that the situation will occur. Reframing climate impacts i ...