The Anatomy of A Silent Crisis The Anatomy of A Silent Crisis
... outcome that is global, safe, fair and binding. Such an agreement is in the interests of every human being alive today. Achieving a just accord is also our shared responsibility. An agreement seen to be unjust would struggle to achieve worldwide ratification. We live in a global village and we each ...
... outcome that is global, safe, fair and binding. Such an agreement is in the interests of every human being alive today. Achieving a just accord is also our shared responsibility. An agreement seen to be unjust would struggle to achieve worldwide ratification. We live in a global village and we each ...
PRODUCTION FUNCTION ANALYSIS OF THE SENSITIVITY OF
... regions could increase. Research has also shown that, specifically in tropical regions (in which, incidentally, most of the poor countries are situated), impacts on agricultural productivity are expected to be harmful. Experts have also predicted major reductions in agricultural production and incre ...
... regions could increase. Research has also shown that, specifically in tropical regions (in which, incidentally, most of the poor countries are situated), impacts on agricultural productivity are expected to be harmful. Experts have also predicted major reductions in agricultural production and incre ...
The role played by social-ecological resilience as a method of
... research questions. As a result of the discussion process, we opted for social-ecological resilience (SER; Folke 2006). We considered SER to be suitable because the concept deals with global environmental change and has a systemic character. In combined social-ecological systems, the social and ecol ...
... research questions. As a result of the discussion process, we opted for social-ecological resilience (SER; Folke 2006). We considered SER to be suitable because the concept deals with global environmental change and has a systemic character. In combined social-ecological systems, the social and ecol ...
Cold induces acute stress but heat is ultimately more deleterious for
... This study investigated the effects of cooling and warming seawater on coral physiology, both of which are likely to become more frequent due to global climate change. The present study used temperature changes similar to the extreme changes experienced during the summer and winter of 201035,36, but ...
... This study investigated the effects of cooling and warming seawater on coral physiology, both of which are likely to become more frequent due to global climate change. The present study used temperature changes similar to the extreme changes experienced during the summer and winter of 201035,36, but ...
COUNCIL OF Brussels, 16 April 2013 THE EUROPEAN UNION
... However, climate change is on-going and amplifies the negative health impacts of other environmental stressors such as land degradation, soil nitrification, air pollution, depletion of freshwater stocks, ocean acidification and biodiversity loss3. Even if the available data and models are subject to ...
... However, climate change is on-going and amplifies the negative health impacts of other environmental stressors such as land degradation, soil nitrification, air pollution, depletion of freshwater stocks, ocean acidification and biodiversity loss3. Even if the available data and models are subject to ...
Insights to Key Questions about Climate Change
... were a century ago. Important conclusions from these data are that i) regional climate trends over the past 50-100 years that are consistent with theoretical expectations of an enhanced greenhouse effect (for example, higher precipitation and more heavy rainfall events in northern mid-latitudes) do ...
... were a century ago. Important conclusions from these data are that i) regional climate trends over the past 50-100 years that are consistent with theoretical expectations of an enhanced greenhouse effect (for example, higher precipitation and more heavy rainfall events in northern mid-latitudes) do ...
The Economics of Climate Change in Southeast Asia: A
... long Asian Development Bank (ADB) technical assistance project, funded by the Government of the United Kingdom, which examines climate change issues in Southeast Asia, with a particular focus on Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. The study is intended to enrich the debate on t ...
... long Asian Development Bank (ADB) technical assistance project, funded by the Government of the United Kingdom, which examines climate change issues in Southeast Asia, with a particular focus on Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. The study is intended to enrich the debate on t ...
Understanding and responding to climate change in the
... the introduction of non-native species but also, through acidification, by changes in distribution or catch potential of target species. Onshore, risks are compounded by sea level rise and extreme water levels and changes in rainfall / run off. This gives rise to threats for onshore operators such a ...
... the introduction of non-native species but also, through acidification, by changes in distribution or catch potential of target species. Onshore, risks are compounded by sea level rise and extreme water levels and changes in rainfall / run off. This gives rise to threats for onshore operators such a ...
Weather, Traffic Accidents, and Climate Change
... These results are important because the discounted accident costs alone, at $58 billion from 2010 to 2099, are on the same order of magnitude as others that have been studied earlier such as profit changes to the agriculture industry (Deschênes and Greenstone, 2007; Fisher et al., 2012), and crime ...
... These results are important because the discounted accident costs alone, at $58 billion from 2010 to 2099, are on the same order of magnitude as others that have been studied earlier such as profit changes to the agriculture industry (Deschênes and Greenstone, 2007; Fisher et al., 2012), and crime ...
Chapter12_January2013 - IARC Research
... and Recycling (ISHTAR) program. The three-dimensional (3-D) ecohydrodynamic model developed at the University of Liege was adapted to the northern Bering Sea (Nihoul et al. 1993) to assess system variability in summer. Reconstructions of the first available data fields from ISHTAR by inverse modelin ...
... and Recycling (ISHTAR) program. The three-dimensional (3-D) ecohydrodynamic model developed at the University of Liege was adapted to the northern Bering Sea (Nihoul et al. 1993) to assess system variability in summer. Reconstructions of the first available data fields from ISHTAR by inverse modelin ...
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... the Himalayan region, which is more sensitive than other land surfaces of the same latitude [1,3], is experiencing warming [4] with greater magnitude than the global average [5,6]. The Himalayan region, also known as the water tower of Asia, plays an important role in regional climate, most particul ...
... the Himalayan region, which is more sensitive than other land surfaces of the same latitude [1,3], is experiencing warming [4] with greater magnitude than the global average [5,6]. The Himalayan region, also known as the water tower of Asia, plays an important role in regional climate, most particul ...
Developing and Applying Scenarios
... This chapter examines the development and application of scenarios required for assessment of climate change impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability. Scenarios are one of the main tools for assessment of future developments in complex systems that often are inherently unpredictable, are insufficientl ...
... This chapter examines the development and application of scenarios required for assessment of climate change impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability. Scenarios are one of the main tools for assessment of future developments in complex systems that often are inherently unpredictable, are insufficientl ...
11. Minutes of the 11th meeting
... - Reported on the ongoing field campaign of German GLOBEC and on the status of the planned 2nd volume of SO GLOBEC synthesis, which will have a stronger international component than the 1st volume. - Informed of the results of the IWC-SO GLOBEC workshop (Norfolk, November 2005). In discussion the fo ...
... - Reported on the ongoing field campaign of German GLOBEC and on the status of the planned 2nd volume of SO GLOBEC synthesis, which will have a stronger international component than the 1st volume. - Informed of the results of the IWC-SO GLOBEC workshop (Norfolk, November 2005). In discussion the fo ...
Impacts of climate change on water resources
... Monthly changes in precipitation for different regions in Europe simulated by an ensemble of different RCMs in the project PRUDENCE. ....................................... 16 ...
... Monthly changes in precipitation for different regions in Europe simulated by an ensemble of different RCMs in the project PRUDENCE. ....................................... 16 ...
The Science of Geoengineering - Carnegie Department of Global
... would otherwise warm Earth or by removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Such intentional alteration of planetary-scale processes has been termed geoengineering. The first category of geoengineering method, solar geoengineering (also known as solar radiation management, or SRM), raises novel glo ...
... would otherwise warm Earth or by removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Such intentional alteration of planetary-scale processes has been termed geoengineering. The first category of geoengineering method, solar geoengineering (also known as solar radiation management, or SRM), raises novel glo ...
Chapter 11 Hunting, Herding, Fishing and Gathering
... identities, have called for the recognition of self-determination and are achieving significant levels of regional government (Nuttall 1998). For many Arctic residents, consuming food from animals is fundamentally important for personal and cultural well-being. Indigenous peoples have reported their ...
... identities, have called for the recognition of self-determination and are achieving significant levels of regional government (Nuttall 1998). For many Arctic residents, consuming food from animals is fundamentally important for personal and cultural well-being. Indigenous peoples have reported their ...
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... As local labor markets experience negative weather shocks, individuals may seek employment at other locations in order to adapt. International migration, a relatively longer-run decision, may be especially likely in the context of Mexico given its history of labor migration and status as the larges ...
... As local labor markets experience negative weather shocks, individuals may seek employment at other locations in order to adapt. International migration, a relatively longer-run decision, may be especially likely in the context of Mexico given its history of labor migration and status as the larges ...
Weather, Traffic Accidents, and Climate Change
... These results are important because the discounted accident costs alone, at $58 billion from 2010 to 2099, are on the same order of magnitude as others that have been studied earlier such as profit changes to the agriculture industry (Deschênes and Greenstone, 2007; Fisher et al., 2012), and crime ...
... These results are important because the discounted accident costs alone, at $58 billion from 2010 to 2099, are on the same order of magnitude as others that have been studied earlier such as profit changes to the agriculture industry (Deschênes and Greenstone, 2007; Fisher et al., 2012), and crime ...
Hydropower Vulnerability and Climate Change
... 50 percent by 2025, while the withdrawal rates in developed countries are projected to increase roughly 18 percent. 3 The next forty years promise to challenge energy and water resource management. Hydropower is one response to these challenges; in many areas of the world dams provide energy and reg ...
... 50 percent by 2025, while the withdrawal rates in developed countries are projected to increase roughly 18 percent. 3 The next forty years promise to challenge energy and water resource management. Hydropower is one response to these challenges; in many areas of the world dams provide energy and reg ...
Climate Change in the La Plata Basin
... the important changes that have occurred in the climate and hydrology of the La Plata basin during recent last decades. In a context of global climate change and of great regional changes, the assumption that series of climatological and hydrological observations are stationary must be regarded with ...
... the important changes that have occurred in the climate and hydrology of the La Plata basin during recent last decades. In a context of global climate change and of great regional changes, the assumption that series of climatological and hydrological observations are stationary must be regarded with ...
DRAFT (2/15/2012) – PLEASE DO NOT CITE, QUOTE OR REPRODUCE A M -D
... discussed in Part III are incompletely analyzed using the framework developed in Part I and we intend to add at least two more case studies. As a result, we are at an early step in the process of generalizing the lessons for government reorganization efforts to be drawn from the case studies, both w ...
... discussed in Part III are incompletely analyzed using the framework developed in Part I and we intend to add at least two more case studies. As a result, we are at an early step in the process of generalizing the lessons for government reorganization efforts to be drawn from the case studies, both w ...
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... cotton between April to November and winter wheat between November to March in all states. Greenstone and Deschenes (2007) use the period of April 1-September 30 to quantify growing season degree-days of corn and soybeans. Unlike these studies, this study uses a state specific growing season definit ...
... cotton between April to November and winter wheat between November to March in all states. Greenstone and Deschenes (2007) use the period of April 1-September 30 to quantify growing season degree-days of corn and soybeans. Unlike these studies, this study uses a state specific growing season definit ...
S1501174_en.pdf
... This publication was based on analysis between 2008 and 2015 within the framework of “The Economics of Climate Change in Central America Initiative”, coordinated between the Ministries of Environment, Treasury or Finance, their Ministerial Councils and Executive Secretariats of the Central American ...
... This publication was based on analysis between 2008 and 2015 within the framework of “The Economics of Climate Change in Central America Initiative”, coordinated between the Ministries of Environment, Treasury or Finance, their Ministerial Councils and Executive Secretariats of the Central American ...