Has the grand idea of geoengineering as Plan B
... being described as having great potential or as a necessary emergency option if climate tipping points are crossed leading to abrupt, nonlinear and irreversible climate change, or as ‘Plan B’ as an alternative if mitigation fails (e.g. Harnisch et al, 2015; Horton 2015; Huttunen et al 2014; Loukkan ...
... being described as having great potential or as a necessary emergency option if climate tipping points are crossed leading to abrupt, nonlinear and irreversible climate change, or as ‘Plan B’ as an alternative if mitigation fails (e.g. Harnisch et al, 2015; Horton 2015; Huttunen et al 2014; Loukkan ...
BASE Evaluation Criteria for Climate Adaptation (BECCA)
... This also means considering the context specificity of adaptation and also policy coherence in the way it is experienced at ‘street’ and/or actor level. Criteria must be chosen based on the relationship between planned adaptation activities and the socio-economic, political, environmental and climat ...
... This also means considering the context specificity of adaptation and also policy coherence in the way it is experienced at ‘street’ and/or actor level. Criteria must be chosen based on the relationship between planned adaptation activities and the socio-economic, political, environmental and climat ...
Urban resilience: A framework for empowering cities in face of
... greenhouse gases will cause further warming and changes in all components of the climate system. Limiting climate change will require substantial and sustained reductions of greenhouse gas emissions” (IPCC, 2013). Climate change results in a large set of phenomena: from the slowmoving ones, such as ...
... greenhouse gases will cause further warming and changes in all components of the climate system. Limiting climate change will require substantial and sustained reductions of greenhouse gas emissions” (IPCC, 2013). Climate change results in a large set of phenomena: from the slowmoving ones, such as ...
O'Reilly et al (2010)
... parameters combined with Monte-Carlo analysis.61,62 Conflict uncertainty refers to the fact that, even when presented with the same information, experts may come to different conclusions about its significance, placing experts into conflict with each other. (Experts may also find themselves in confl ...
... parameters combined with Monte-Carlo analysis.61,62 Conflict uncertainty refers to the fact that, even when presented with the same information, experts may come to different conclusions about its significance, placing experts into conflict with each other. (Experts may also find themselves in confl ...
Winners and losers: Ecological and biogeochemical changes in a
... trade-offs are imposed: Phytoplankton in the large size class are distinguished by higher intrinsic maximum growth rates, faster sinking speeds, and higher half-saturation constants. This trade-off allows for the crude separation of the large “opportunists” adapted to highly seasonal, highnutrient r ...
... trade-offs are imposed: Phytoplankton in the large size class are distinguished by higher intrinsic maximum growth rates, faster sinking speeds, and higher half-saturation constants. This trade-off allows for the crude separation of the large “opportunists” adapted to highly seasonal, highnutrient r ...
multiple demands on water and needs for adaptation to climate
... Temperature exhibits a slight rising trend since 1975. This increasing trend for temperature is expected to continue during the 21st century. Precipitation is expected to decrease, although some regional models claim the opposite. Considering the relationship between precipitation and runoff, correl ...
... Temperature exhibits a slight rising trend since 1975. This increasing trend for temperature is expected to continue during the 21st century. Precipitation is expected to decrease, although some regional models claim the opposite. Considering the relationship between precipitation and runoff, correl ...
Do Not Cite, Quote, or Distribute IPCC WGII AR5 Chapter 7
... The chapter presents a very interesting analysis of likely climate change effecst on various food production systems. The discussion of literature on direct effects of climate change on crop yields and other food production systems is extensive and covers all important crops and regions. In contrast ...
... The chapter presents a very interesting analysis of likely climate change effecst on various food production systems. The discussion of literature on direct effects of climate change on crop yields and other food production systems is extensive and covers all important crops and regions. In contrast ...
Powerpoint - Faiths for Green Africa
... Linking Land Degradation and Attainment of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Land degradation directly linked to: MDG1 – Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger – Target 2: halve, between 19902015, the proportion of people who suffer ...
... Linking Land Degradation and Attainment of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Land degradation directly linked to: MDG1 – Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger – Target 2: halve, between 19902015, the proportion of people who suffer ...
Collapse Informatics - Donald Bren School of Information and
... resource that makes our current ways of living possible. The term “peak oil” has entered popular parlance to describe the point at which global oil production reaches its highest point and then enters a period of decline. There is some debate over the timing of this phenomenon; some researchers say ...
... resource that makes our current ways of living possible. The term “peak oil” has entered popular parlance to describe the point at which global oil production reaches its highest point and then enters a period of decline. There is some debate over the timing of this phenomenon; some researchers say ...
T M Climate Negotiations After the Copenhagen Overview of Emissions Targets
... maintains that a global climate goal should be expressed only in terms of a limit in global temperature increase – and not in terms of quantified emissions reduction targets that could result in a binding commitment for developing countries. In effect, India is promising to commit nothing to mitigat ...
... maintains that a global climate goal should be expressed only in terms of a limit in global temperature increase – and not in terms of quantified emissions reduction targets that could result in a binding commitment for developing countries. In effect, India is promising to commit nothing to mitigat ...
Slide 1
... be covered by normal development expenditures such as government budgets, bilateral aid, the private sector, NGO resources, and loans from international financial institutions, including IDA and the Multilateral Fund. The impacts of the baseline activities (GHG emissions and global environmental b ...
... be covered by normal development expenditures such as government budgets, bilateral aid, the private sector, NGO resources, and loans from international financial institutions, including IDA and the Multilateral Fund. The impacts of the baseline activities (GHG emissions and global environmental b ...
WWF Global 200 Reportfinal
... climate and vegetation change to investigate three important global warming-induced threats to the terrestrial Global 200 ecoregions: 1) Invasions by new habitat types (and corresponding loss of original habitat types) 2) Local changes of habitat types 3) High rates of required species migration. Se ...
... climate and vegetation change to investigate three important global warming-induced threats to the terrestrial Global 200 ecoregions: 1) Invasions by new habitat types (and corresponding loss of original habitat types) 2) Local changes of habitat types 3) High rates of required species migration. Se ...
Climate change impacts on mean wind speeds in South Africa
... the ERA-Interim run shows that these winds range from 3m.s-1 to 5m.s-1, while the RCA4 RCM ensemble run shows it could range from 3.5m.s-1 to 6m.s-1. Finally, in the SON-season lower wind speeds in the southeastern tip of the country are once more not well captured by the RCA4 RCM, nor is it represe ...
... the ERA-Interim run shows that these winds range from 3m.s-1 to 5m.s-1, while the RCA4 RCM ensemble run shows it could range from 3.5m.s-1 to 6m.s-1. Finally, in the SON-season lower wind speeds in the southeastern tip of the country are once more not well captured by the RCA4 RCM, nor is it represe ...
Full Report - A New Climate for Peace
... most vulnerable groups within those countries — are the most threatened. In places affected by fragility and conflict, people face especially challenging obstacles to successful adaptation. If they fail to adapt to the effects of climate change, the risk of instability will increase, trapping them i ...
... most vulnerable groups within those countries — are the most threatened. In places affected by fragility and conflict, people face especially challenging obstacles to successful adaptation. If they fail to adapt to the effects of climate change, the risk of instability will increase, trapping them i ...
A Realist Review of Climate Change Adaptation Programme
... ignoring the importance of the context. A realist approach, on the other hand, pays utmost attention to the contextual conditions. CMO configurations are a conceptual matrix through which selected programme theories are expressed. Programmes work (i.e. have successful outcomes) only when programme a ...
... ignoring the importance of the context. A realist approach, on the other hand, pays utmost attention to the contextual conditions. CMO configurations are a conceptual matrix through which selected programme theories are expressed. Programmes work (i.e. have successful outcomes) only when programme a ...
Reducing the Social and Economic Impact of Climate Change and
... natural disasters in Europe caused by Climate Change (Member States in the South and East of the EU in which there is added exposure to the seismic risk on the one hand and the Netherlands on the other hand, because of the very high proportion of the country exposed to the risk of submersion, with S ...
... natural disasters in Europe caused by Climate Change (Member States in the South and East of the EU in which there is added exposure to the seismic risk on the one hand and the Netherlands on the other hand, because of the very high proportion of the country exposed to the risk of submersion, with S ...
Climate change impacts on mean wind speeds in South Africa
... the ERA-Interim run shows that these winds range from 3m.s-1 to 5m.s-1, while the RCA4 RCM ensemble run shows it could range from 3.5m.s-1 to 6m.s-1. Finally, in the SON-season lower wind speeds in the southeastern tip of the country are once more not well captured by the RCA4 RCM, nor is it represe ...
... the ERA-Interim run shows that these winds range from 3m.s-1 to 5m.s-1, while the RCA4 RCM ensemble run shows it could range from 3.5m.s-1 to 6m.s-1. Finally, in the SON-season lower wind speeds in the southeastern tip of the country are once more not well captured by the RCA4 RCM, nor is it represe ...
Climate Guide - Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre
... changes in the range of vector-borne diseases, and decreases in water quality, air quality and food security. Small islands face long-term sea-level rise and will also be affected by increasing storm surges and cyclones long before they are actually submerged. Densely populated river deltas in Asia ...
... changes in the range of vector-borne diseases, and decreases in water quality, air quality and food security. Small islands face long-term sea-level rise and will also be affected by increasing storm surges and cyclones long before they are actually submerged. Densely populated river deltas in Asia ...
- Deltas in Times of Climate Change
... home to many millions of people. However, deltas also face problems. Sea levels are rising and land is subsiding. As floods become more frequent, as salt water intrudes more aggressively and as heat waves become routine, these dangers combined with increasing populations put larger numbers of people ...
... home to many millions of people. However, deltas also face problems. Sea levels are rising and land is subsiding. As floods become more frequent, as salt water intrudes more aggressively and as heat waves become routine, these dangers combined with increasing populations put larger numbers of people ...
Small global-mean cooling due to volcanic radiative forcing
... Abstract In both the observational record and atmosphere-ocean general circulation model (AOGCM) simulations of the last ∼150 years, short-lived negative radiative forcing due to volcanic aerosol, following explosive eruptions, causes sudden global-mean cooling of up to ∼0.3 K. This is about five t ...
... Abstract In both the observational record and atmosphere-ocean general circulation model (AOGCM) simulations of the last ∼150 years, short-lived negative radiative forcing due to volcanic aerosol, following explosive eruptions, causes sudden global-mean cooling of up to ∼0.3 K. This is about five t ...
Climate trends in the Arctic as observed from space
... Changes in the sea ice cover garnered significant attention when the perennial ice was first reported to be declining rapidly from the 1980s to the 1990s,27 leading to concerns that in the foreseeable future, the Arctic Ocean would become a blue (ice free) ocean29 in the summer. There was even great ...
... Changes in the sea ice cover garnered significant attention when the perennial ice was first reported to be declining rapidly from the 1980s to the 1990s,27 leading to concerns that in the foreseeable future, the Arctic Ocean would become a blue (ice free) ocean29 in the summer. There was even great ...
