the climate technology program
... Inclusive innovation in climate technologies is also particularly central to meeting the needs of the poor and marginalized. Women and girls’ contributions to climate sectors remain a vast untapped resource in terms of development. Moreover innovation has an important multiplier effect. Investing ...
... Inclusive innovation in climate technologies is also particularly central to meeting the needs of the poor and marginalized. Women and girls’ contributions to climate sectors remain a vast untapped resource in terms of development. Moreover innovation has an important multiplier effect. Investing ...
352,98 kB - Statutární město Liberec
... Local and regional authorities, in all socio-economic situations and geographical locations, stand at the frontline of reducing the vulnerability of their territory to the various impacts of climate change. Although emission reduction efforts are already underway, adaptation remains therefore a nece ...
... Local and regional authorities, in all socio-economic situations and geographical locations, stand at the frontline of reducing the vulnerability of their territory to the various impacts of climate change. Although emission reduction efforts are already underway, adaptation remains therefore a nece ...
3. Adaptation of EU agriculture to climatic changes
... coming two or three decades will not be threatened and is expected to keep pace with the increasing food demand of the growing world population. However, existing projections do not always fully account for some of the risks of extreme climate events and outbreaks of pests and diseases, which could ...
... coming two or three decades will not be threatened and is expected to keep pace with the increasing food demand of the growing world population. However, existing projections do not always fully account for some of the risks of extreme climate events and outbreaks of pests and diseases, which could ...
Climate change and the groundwater
... greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere such as CO2, CH4, N2O, water vapour, ozone and chlorofluorocarbon. These GHGs absorb 95% of the longwave back radiations emitted from the surface, thus making the Earth warmer. Except CO2, the effects of other GHGs are minor because of their low concentratio ...
... greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere such as CO2, CH4, N2O, water vapour, ozone and chlorofluorocarbon. These GHGs absorb 95% of the longwave back radiations emitted from the surface, thus making the Earth warmer. Except CO2, the effects of other GHGs are minor because of their low concentratio ...
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... – Human health (more heat stress, worse smog, changes to water quality/supply, impacts from severe storms, changes in vector borne diseases) – More intense storms – Rising sea levels – More floods and droughts – Ocean acidification (i.e., coral and the fish that depend on them) – Stress to other bio ...
... – Human health (more heat stress, worse smog, changes to water quality/supply, impacts from severe storms, changes in vector borne diseases) – More intense storms – Rising sea levels – More floods and droughts – Ocean acidification (i.e., coral and the fish that depend on them) – Stress to other bio ...
The Culture and Discourse of Climate Skepticism Andrew J
... emitter (at 16%) of global emissions (China currently emits 17%) – this phenomenon is not restricted to the U.S. We observed a wide range of nationalities represented at the most recent climate skeptics conference, with a large number of representatives from New Zealand and Australia (although a ...
... emitter (at 16%) of global emissions (China currently emits 17%) – this phenomenon is not restricted to the U.S. We observed a wide range of nationalities represented at the most recent climate skeptics conference, with a large number of representatives from New Zealand and Australia (although a ...
venezuela - World Bank Group
... in some areas, while 35,000 hectares of cropland remained flooded. It was estimated that up to 3,600 rural families have been affected by these floods, with 15% of the total population in shelters being composed of children under 5 years of age and the rest of 85% of women, largely3. ...
... in some areas, while 35,000 hectares of cropland remained flooded. It was estimated that up to 3,600 rural families have been affected by these floods, with 15% of the total population in shelters being composed of children under 5 years of age and the rest of 85% of women, largely3. ...
... 4. Terrestrial and inland water systems • Diversity of world ecosystems and their sensitivities to climate change: from the mountains to the coast, from the tropics to the poles o Intensively managed systems: forestry, fiber, and fuel production o Wildlands and extensively managed systems o Protecte ...
Climate Variability and Weather
... Certain changes become more (or less) likely when either warming or cooling occurs (Box 1). ENSO is even large enough to change globally averaged temperature. During an El Niño episode energy moves from the ocean to the atmosphere, and the globally averaged temperature of the lower atmosphere tends ...
... Certain changes become more (or less) likely when either warming or cooling occurs (Box 1). ENSO is even large enough to change globally averaged temperature. During an El Niño episode energy moves from the ocean to the atmosphere, and the globally averaged temperature of the lower atmosphere tends ...
Puerto Rico`s State of the Climate EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
... will be amplified by the short-term impacts of storm surges. Projected climate change for the second half of this century depends on the level of future heat-trapping emissions. The risk of large sea-level rise already in the 21st century is now estimated to be much greater than the IPCC estimates o ...
... will be amplified by the short-term impacts of storm surges. Projected climate change for the second half of this century depends on the level of future heat-trapping emissions. The risk of large sea-level rise already in the 21st century is now estimated to be much greater than the IPCC estimates o ...
Status of the project implementation in Cambodia
... government (>85% of the total national energy supply is from RE). A draft Renewable Energy Action Plan is under preparation ...
... government (>85% of the total national energy supply is from RE). A draft Renewable Energy Action Plan is under preparation ...
Public understanding of science is critical for a society increasingly
... the long-term possibilities of climate change, bringing the reality into peoples’ living rooms. The combination of maps, graphics, and pictures result in a powerful and persuasive medium, whose suitability to communicate uncertain science is unknown. To what extent does visual representation create ...
... the long-term possibilities of climate change, bringing the reality into peoples’ living rooms. The combination of maps, graphics, and pictures result in a powerful and persuasive medium, whose suitability to communicate uncertain science is unknown. To what extent does visual representation create ...
2017 MCC Earth Day handbook - Metropolitan Community Churches
... 130 to 200 million gallons of crude oil across 87 days before it was capped (Smithsonian Institution Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative). Clean ups cost a fortune, and most of the time the company responsible for the spill avoids a full clean up. In Alaska, 25 years later, only 13 of 32 monitored wi ...
... 130 to 200 million gallons of crude oil across 87 days before it was capped (Smithsonian Institution Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative). Clean ups cost a fortune, and most of the time the company responsible for the spill avoids a full clean up. In Alaska, 25 years later, only 13 of 32 monitored wi ...
Federal Adaptation Policy Framework
... of climate change, as they are experiencing changes that are more extreme and occurring at a faster rate than the rest of Canada. The impacts of many recent severe weather events demonstrate that Canadian communities, critical infrastructure and human health are vulnerable to climate change. Some of ...
... of climate change, as they are experiencing changes that are more extreme and occurring at a faster rate than the rest of Canada. The impacts of many recent severe weather events demonstrate that Canadian communities, critical infrastructure and human health are vulnerable to climate change. Some of ...
... of “human responsibility to nature” wherein every individual, firm and Government has a right to a clean and safe environment and a responsibility to protect the environment. At a time of crisis, there is a tendency for Governments to postpone some of their long-term investment initiatives, such as ...
A call to insect scientists: challenges and opportunities of managing
... long-term population viability [10]. In 2016, for example, a late-spring snow storm may have killed larger numbers of overwintering adults. Simply restoring overwintering habitat where it has historically occurred is unlikely to overcome emerging threats of climate change, be those steady climatic c ...
... long-term population viability [10]. In 2016, for example, a late-spring snow storm may have killed larger numbers of overwintering adults. Simply restoring overwintering habitat where it has historically occurred is unlikely to overcome emerging threats of climate change, be those steady climatic c ...
Climate Services - American Meteorological Society
... • Monitors, collects and integrates Information on the key indicators of climate and develops credible, usable, accessible and timely assessments and predictions of climate, • Assesses climate trends, conditions, projections and impacts • Works with user communities to develop and transfer informati ...
... • Monitors, collects and integrates Information on the key indicators of climate and develops credible, usable, accessible and timely assessments and predictions of climate, • Assesses climate trends, conditions, projections and impacts • Works with user communities to develop and transfer informati ...
A “wedge” - The NEED Project
... What are Synfuels? • Coal is heated and combined with steam and oxygen • Carbon monoxide and hydrogen are released and can be processed to make a ...
... What are Synfuels? • Coal is heated and combined with steam and oxygen • Carbon monoxide and hydrogen are released and can be processed to make a ...
Climate projections for ecologists
... • capturing climatic variability such as extreme events • downscaling projections from monthly to daily and sub-daily time scales. ...
... • capturing climatic variability such as extreme events • downscaling projections from monthly to daily and sub-daily time scales. ...
Vegetation Responses to Rapid Climate Change at the Late
... ecological and evolutionary time-scales is to rely on modelling. These models focus on future spatial distributions of species and assemblages under climate change rather than the ecological responses to climate change. Many crippling assumptions and serious problems of scale. Strongly dismissed by ...
... ecological and evolutionary time-scales is to rely on modelling. These models focus on future spatial distributions of species and assemblages under climate change rather than the ecological responses to climate change. Many crippling assumptions and serious problems of scale. Strongly dismissed by ...
4. Climate Change Scenarios
... variables, such as temperature and precipitation. An example is combinations of 1°, 2° and 4° increases in temperature combined with no change and increases and decreases of 10% and 20% in precipitation. Different changes can be assumed for different seasons. These scenarios are most useful for test ...
... variables, such as temperature and precipitation. An example is combinations of 1°, 2° and 4° increases in temperature combined with no change and increases and decreases of 10% and 20% in precipitation. Different changes can be assumed for different seasons. These scenarios are most useful for test ...
Climate Change
... control the nature and distribution of sea ice and polar ice sheets, the structure and movement of high-latitude oceans, and the interactions between air, sea, ice and biota. The Center has made major contributions to the understanding of how the arctic system ...
... control the nature and distribution of sea ice and polar ice sheets, the structure and movement of high-latitude oceans, and the interactions between air, sea, ice and biota. The Center has made major contributions to the understanding of how the arctic system ...