Global Climate Change
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Reconstructing Climatic and Environmental Changes of the Past
... the 20th century warming began early in the century versus after the 1970s, as recorded by surface thermometers. This criterion is necessary in order to judge the influence of 20th century warming by anthropogenic forcing inputs such as increased atmospheric carbon dioxide content. ...
... the 20th century warming began early in the century versus after the 1970s, as recorded by surface thermometers. This criterion is necessary in order to judge the influence of 20th century warming by anthropogenic forcing inputs such as increased atmospheric carbon dioxide content. ...
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... decisions affect all other countries, and whether these countries will cooperate or remain outside the coalition. Following a presentation of WITCH’s game-theoretic framework in Section 2, Section 3 assesses the basic individual incentives for countries to participate in coalitions. Given the uncert ...
... decisions affect all other countries, and whether these countries will cooperate or remain outside the coalition. Following a presentation of WITCH’s game-theoretic framework in Section 2, Section 3 assesses the basic individual incentives for countries to participate in coalitions. Given the uncert ...
Psychology and Global Climate Change
... Although they cannot be described with certainty given current research, the cumulative and interacting psychosocial effects of climate change are likely to be profound. Heat, extreme weather events, and increased competition for scarce environmental resources, compounded by preexisting inequalities ...
... Although they cannot be described with certainty given current research, the cumulative and interacting psychosocial effects of climate change are likely to be profound. Heat, extreme weather events, and increased competition for scarce environmental resources, compounded by preexisting inequalities ...
United Nations
... • 13.3 Improve education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning • 13.a Implement the commitment undertaken by developed-country parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to a goal ...
... • 13.3 Improve education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning • 13.a Implement the commitment undertaken by developed-country parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to a goal ...
Psychology and Global Climate Change
... Although they cannot be described with certainty given current research, the cumulative and interacting psychosocial effects of climate change are likely to be profound. Heat, extreme weather events, and increased competition for scarce environmental resources, compounded by preexisting inequalities ...
... Although they cannot be described with certainty given current research, the cumulative and interacting psychosocial effects of climate change are likely to be profound. Heat, extreme weather events, and increased competition for scarce environmental resources, compounded by preexisting inequalities ...
The scientific and international context for the fifth
... The advice must take into account criteria set out in the Act. These criteria include climate science, international circumstances, and the impact of the budget on the economy, the government’s fiscal position, affordability of energy for households, security of supply and the competitiveness of bus ...
... The advice must take into account criteria set out in the Act. These criteria include climate science, international circumstances, and the impact of the budget on the economy, the government’s fiscal position, affordability of energy for households, security of supply and the competitiveness of bus ...
Public Perception of geoengineering and its consequences for
... carbon dioxide removal to tackle the cause of climate change and not its consequences. Furthermore, it was believed that using CDR would bring the environment back to its balance while SRM measures are not controllable, are likely to be irreversible, impose costs and risks onto others and may not be ...
... carbon dioxide removal to tackle the cause of climate change and not its consequences. Furthermore, it was believed that using CDR would bring the environment back to its balance while SRM measures are not controllable, are likely to be irreversible, impose costs and risks onto others and may not be ...
Restoration of peatlands and greenhouse gas balances
... Työ: 4881 Peatsland and climate change [09.05.2008 Työ: ...
... Työ: 4881 Peatsland and climate change [09.05.2008 Työ: ...
Impacts of temperature on giant panda habitat in the north Minshan
... Understanding the impacts of meteorological factors on giant pandas is necessary for future conservation measures in response to global climate change. We integrated temperature data with three main habitat parameters (elevation, vegetation type, and bamboo species) to evaluate the influence of clim ...
... Understanding the impacts of meteorological factors on giant pandas is necessary for future conservation measures in response to global climate change. We integrated temperature data with three main habitat parameters (elevation, vegetation type, and bamboo species) to evaluate the influence of clim ...
Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change
... Jaffee, Robin Mearns, and Anne Kuriakose (World Bank), Gordon Hughes (consultant) with contributions from Huynh Thuy (consultants); Tingju Zhu and Zhe Guo (IFPRI); Le Heng Nam, Nguyen Thuy Hang, Ha Le Thanh, and Thuy Dung (Institute of Water Resources Planning); Do Duc Dung (Southern Institute of Wat ...
... Jaffee, Robin Mearns, and Anne Kuriakose (World Bank), Gordon Hughes (consultant) with contributions from Huynh Thuy (consultants); Tingju Zhu and Zhe Guo (IFPRI); Le Heng Nam, Nguyen Thuy Hang, Ha Le Thanh, and Thuy Dung (Institute of Water Resources Planning); Do Duc Dung (Southern Institute of Wat ...
Suburban Climate Change Efforts: Possibilities for Small and Nimble Cities Participating in State, Regional, National, and International Networks
... tion could help guide models targeted to different types of suburbs. Second, the U.S. Congress and many state legislatures are not likely to pass legislation mandating local emissions reductions or even more comprehensive land use planning in the near term. Although making a case for this legislatio ...
... tion could help guide models targeted to different types of suburbs. Second, the U.S. Congress and many state legislatures are not likely to pass legislation mandating local emissions reductions or even more comprehensive land use planning in the near term. Although making a case for this legislatio ...
Slide 1
... Resilience is the ability of a material to absorb energy when it is deformed elastically, and release that energy upon unloading. Proof resilience is defined as the maximum energy that can be absorbed within the elastic limit, without creating a permanent distortion. The modulus of resilience is def ...
... Resilience is the ability of a material to absorb energy when it is deformed elastically, and release that energy upon unloading. Proof resilience is defined as the maximum energy that can be absorbed within the elastic limit, without creating a permanent distortion. The modulus of resilience is def ...
Banner - Indigenous Peoples` Climate Change Portal
... demonstrate the community’s memories of weather events, including occurrences of famine and floods. Emphasizing the Dayak’s desire for crop diversity over crop productivity, Rubis discussed the Dayak practices of multi-cropping, diversification of padi varieties, and rotational farming as important ...
... demonstrate the community’s memories of weather events, including occurrences of famine and floods. Emphasizing the Dayak’s desire for crop diversity over crop productivity, Rubis discussed the Dayak practices of multi-cropping, diversification of padi varieties, and rotational farming as important ...
Emerging trends in heavy precipitation and hot temperature
... climdex.pcic, which uses the resampling procedure suggested by Zhang et al. [2005] to avoid inhomogeneities in the temperature extremes. As reference period the 1961–1990 period was chosen, and only the summer months June, July, and August have been considered. Note that Rx1day, TXx, and TX90p are i ...
... climdex.pcic, which uses the resampling procedure suggested by Zhang et al. [2005] to avoid inhomogeneities in the temperature extremes. As reference period the 1961–1990 period was chosen, and only the summer months June, July, and August have been considered. Note that Rx1day, TXx, and TX90p are i ...
The colour of climate: changes in peat
... Peat has been used as an archive for climate variations for over a hundred years. Scandinavian peatlands provided the basis for the first Holocene climatostratigraphy (Chambers and Charman, 2004). The climate periods of the Holocene (Blytt, 1876; Sernander, 1908), which have become known as the Blytt ...
... Peat has been used as an archive for climate variations for over a hundred years. Scandinavian peatlands provided the basis for the first Holocene climatostratigraphy (Chambers and Charman, 2004). The climate periods of the Holocene (Blytt, 1876; Sernander, 1908), which have become known as the Blytt ...
Validation of Downscaled Climate Change Scenarios of
... Sokoine University of Agriculture. P.O. Box 3003, Morogoro, Tanzania ...
... Sokoine University of Agriculture. P.O. Box 3003, Morogoro, Tanzania ...
It Depends Which Way the Wind Blows
... There will be significant climate change impacts to both local communities and natural resources in the AW NRM region. Some social and ecological systems will become considerably more vulnerable in light of projected future climate change. Other systems that are already under threat could pass thres ...
... There will be significant climate change impacts to both local communities and natural resources in the AW NRM region. Some social and ecological systems will become considerably more vulnerable in light of projected future climate change. Other systems that are already under threat could pass thres ...
Adapting to Coastal Climate Change
... include rising sea level, increasingly intense cyclones, altered precipitation and runoff, elevated sea surface temperature, and ocean acidification. The decades ahead will witness increased numbers of people, infrastructure, and ecosystems at risk in the coastal zone. National and local leaders acr ...
... include rising sea level, increasingly intense cyclones, altered precipitation and runoff, elevated sea surface temperature, and ocean acidification. The decades ahead will witness increased numbers of people, infrastructure, and ecosystems at risk in the coastal zone. National and local leaders acr ...
Climate Change and Conflict - AFES
... Addressing key questions on climate change, environmental stress, and conflict, Hans Günter Brauch, chairman of Peace Research and European Security Studies (AFESPRESS) presented the available scientific evidence on the linkages between climate change, environmental stress, and conflict. He focussed ...
... Addressing key questions on climate change, environmental stress, and conflict, Hans Günter Brauch, chairman of Peace Research and European Security Studies (AFESPRESS) presented the available scientific evidence on the linkages between climate change, environmental stress, and conflict. He focussed ...
Committee on America's Climate Choices; National Research Council
... on key issues, and hear about relevant work carried out by others. Additional outside viewpoints and perspectives were obtained via public events and workshops, invited presentations at meetings, and comments and questions received through the study website http://americasclimatechoices.org. The Pan ...
... on key issues, and hear about relevant work carried out by others. Additional outside viewpoints and perspectives were obtained via public events and workshops, invited presentations at meetings, and comments and questions received through the study website http://americasclimatechoices.org. The Pan ...
Primer on Hydrofluorocarbons
... The IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report concludes that climate change is unequivocal, significantly caused by human activities, occurring faster than anticipated, with impacts that are more severe than predicted, and that urgent action is required to reduce climate pollutants.1 This Primer describes how ...
... The IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report concludes that climate change is unequivocal, significantly caused by human activities, occurring faster than anticipated, with impacts that are more severe than predicted, and that urgent action is required to reduce climate pollutants.1 This Primer describes how ...
Infection, Disease, and Biosocial Processes at the End of
... cemetery (H), and an ossuary (Area G) (Figure 2). This total represents all of the individuals excavated from 1923 to 1967 that have survived to date. Detailed scientific analyses have also been published on 90 additional individuals recovered from Cemetery R-37 by the HARP project and those remains ...
... cemetery (H), and an ossuary (Area G) (Figure 2). This total represents all of the individuals excavated from 1923 to 1967 that have survived to date. Detailed scientific analyses have also been published on 90 additional individuals recovered from Cemetery R-37 by the HARP project and those remains ...