CMIP5 Projections of Arctic Amplification, of the North American
... guess a priori, because increasing greenhouse gas concentrations over the twenty-first century are projected to cause significant changes in the global climate at all latitudes, altitudes, and scales (Stocker et al. 2013). For instance, while the lower-tropospheric temperature gradient is projected ...
... guess a priori, because increasing greenhouse gas concentrations over the twenty-first century are projected to cause significant changes in the global climate at all latitudes, altitudes, and scales (Stocker et al. 2013). For instance, while the lower-tropospheric temperature gradient is projected ...
Oregon`s Fish and Wildlife in a Changing Climate
... and various kinds of sea life in estuaries and coastal ocean. Of great cultural and economic value, this immense biodiversity—some of which is already threatened or endangered— inhabits complex and dynamic ecosystems we have only begun to understand, let alone examine in terms of climate change. How ...
... and various kinds of sea life in estuaries and coastal ocean. Of great cultural and economic value, this immense biodiversity—some of which is already threatened or endangered— inhabits complex and dynamic ecosystems we have only begun to understand, let alone examine in terms of climate change. How ...
task force on climate remediation research
... The Bipartisan Policy Center would like to thank its funders for their strong support. Additionally, BPC’s Task Force on Climate Remediation Research wishes to express gratitude for the substantial guidance and support provided by Timothy J. Mealey, Samuel Thernstrom, and Josh Trapani. ...
... The Bipartisan Policy Center would like to thank its funders for their strong support. Additionally, BPC’s Task Force on Climate Remediation Research wishes to express gratitude for the substantial guidance and support provided by Timothy J. Mealey, Samuel Thernstrom, and Josh Trapani. ...
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... and another, dealing with Price Volatility and Food Security. These reports nourished the policy debates at the 37th CFS meeting in October 2011. They were highly commended with reference to their contemporary relevance and feasibility of implementation. At its meeting held in October 2010, the CFS ...
... and another, dealing with Price Volatility and Food Security. These reports nourished the policy debates at the 37th CFS meeting in October 2011. They were highly commended with reference to their contemporary relevance and feasibility of implementation. At its meeting held in October 2010, the CFS ...
Troubled Waters: Climate Change, Hydropolitics
... The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) was formally established in 1974 in New Delhi with the purpose of tackling the acute problems that mankind is likely to face in the years ahead resulting from the depletion of the Earth’s energy resources and the pollution their unsustainable use causes. Th ...
... The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) was formally established in 1974 in New Delhi with the purpose of tackling the acute problems that mankind is likely to face in the years ahead resulting from the depletion of the Earth’s energy resources and the pollution their unsustainable use causes. Th ...
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... 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 ...
GEF Investment in Climate Change Mitigation and Sound Chemicals
... 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 ...
Changing Nature of Flooding
... Sea levels are rising and we are experiencing extreme weather conditions more regularly. The evidence suggests these trends are likely to continue. Increased flooding is the most visible result of our changing climate. Even minor events can have significant impacts on people and businesses. At its w ...
... Sea levels are rising and we are experiencing extreme weather conditions more regularly. The evidence suggests these trends are likely to continue. Increased flooding is the most visible result of our changing climate. Even minor events can have significant impacts on people and businesses. At its w ...
Climate feedback efficiency and synergy - MPG.PuRe - Max
... positive. The cause of the large inter-model spread was not so much due to variation in the snow albedo feedback itself, but rather due to the interactions with clouds, water vapor and temperature feedbacks (Randall et al. 1994). Apart from this early model intercomparison study, most other studies ...
... positive. The cause of the large inter-model spread was not so much due to variation in the snow albedo feedback itself, but rather due to the interactions with clouds, water vapor and temperature feedbacks (Randall et al. 1994). Apart from this early model intercomparison study, most other studies ...
Torres Strait Regional Adaptation and Resilience Plan
... wellbeing, culture and environment. It is timely to take serious action to address the impacts that climate change will continue to bring to the Torres Strait. This Plan considers those impacts and proposes a number of strategies and actions that will prepare the region for the future. Climate chang ...
... wellbeing, culture and environment. It is timely to take serious action to address the impacts that climate change will continue to bring to the Torres Strait. This Plan considers those impacts and proposes a number of strategies and actions that will prepare the region for the future. Climate chang ...
ACIA Ch01 Final - Arctic Climate Impact Assessment
... scientific synthesis of available information about observed and projected changes in climate and UV radiation and the impacts of those changes on ecosystems and human activities in the Arctic. The synthesis also reviews gaps in knowledge and the research required to fill those gaps.The intended aud ...
... scientific synthesis of available information about observed and projected changes in climate and UV radiation and the impacts of those changes on ecosystems and human activities in the Arctic. The synthesis also reviews gaps in knowledge and the research required to fill those gaps.The intended aud ...
Ecosystem Services for Climate change Adaptation in Agricultural
... on both expert judgement and consistency with other global climate models, some changes in future UK climate have been assigned a higher confidence than others, ranging from high to low. When using the UKCIP02 climate change scenarios, regardless of the level of detail, it is important to understand ...
... on both expert judgement and consistency with other global climate models, some changes in future UK climate have been assigned a higher confidence than others, ranging from high to low. When using the UKCIP02 climate change scenarios, regardless of the level of detail, it is important to understand ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES Yongyang Cai Kenneth L. Judd
... One dimension of realism is the intrinsically uncertain nature of future states of the economy. Analyses of any climate policy should account for its possible impacts on economic decision makers who face economic risks. Many issues, such as how GHG policies should react to economic fluctuations, can ...
... One dimension of realism is the intrinsically uncertain nature of future states of the economy. Analyses of any climate policy should account for its possible impacts on economic decision makers who face economic risks. Many issues, such as how GHG policies should react to economic fluctuations, can ...
The Carbon the World Forgot - Boreal Songbird Initiative
... if we act swiftly and strategically on a global scale. First and foremost is, of course, a drastic reduction in industrial emissions of carbon from the burning of fossil fuels. Without real and substantial cuts in the amount of carbon we are putting into the atmosphere, the ecological foundations up ...
... if we act swiftly and strategically on a global scale. First and foremost is, of course, a drastic reduction in industrial emissions of carbon from the burning of fossil fuels. Without real and substantial cuts in the amount of carbon we are putting into the atmosphere, the ecological foundations up ...
Evidence and Implications of Dangerous Climate Change in the Arctic
... radiation back into space. Since seawater absorbs more heat from the sun than ice does, once the permanent sea ice begins melting the warming effect increases. On land, warming over Greenland will lead to substantial melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet, contributing to an increase in sea levels aroun ...
... radiation back into space. Since seawater absorbs more heat from the sun than ice does, once the permanent sea ice begins melting the warming effect increases. On land, warming over Greenland will lead to substantial melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet, contributing to an increase in sea levels aroun ...
Working Paper 235 - Watkiss and Cimato (opens in new window)
... scales. There are also approaches for assessing socio-institutional and organisational options, though most of the literature applies qualitative assessments. A review of the case studies and the wider literature has found a number of good practice examples. These show that appraisal is possible, an ...
... scales. There are also approaches for assessing socio-institutional and organisational options, though most of the literature applies qualitative assessments. A review of the case studies and the wider literature has found a number of good practice examples. These show that appraisal is possible, an ...
Temperate Grassland Responses to Climate
... NPP is the sum of the above and belowground litter inputs to the soil (plus animal intake in grazed systems) and is exactly balanced by soil respiration. In the model, a step increase in temperature always increased soil respiration more than NPP, even at high LAI. The result was a net loss of soil ...
... NPP is the sum of the above and belowground litter inputs to the soil (plus animal intake in grazed systems) and is exactly balanced by soil respiration. In the model, a step increase in temperature always increased soil respiration more than NPP, even at high LAI. The result was a net loss of soil ...
Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution. (2010) Adapting Institutions to Climate Change, Twenty-eighth report. David Stainforth is acknowledged in the report as a key contributor
... of our lives in the UK. For example, there is a greater threat of both drought and floods, with extreme weather events becoming more frequent. Sea levels will rise, some familiar species will disappear and new alien species will arrive – for better or worse. These changes will only emerge erraticall ...
... of our lives in the UK. For example, there is a greater threat of both drought and floods, with extreme weather events becoming more frequent. Sea levels will rise, some familiar species will disappear and new alien species will arrive – for better or worse. These changes will only emerge erraticall ...
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... (Government of Kenya, 2005). The rainfall is highly variable, with an annual rainfall ranging between 250 and 700 ...
... (Government of Kenya, 2005). The rainfall is highly variable, with an annual rainfall ranging between 250 and 700 ...
MODULE 2 (EARTH SCIENCE)
... Be able to identify climate as a complex system: it is made up of many parts which are highly interconnected and interacting, there are feedback loops, there are non-linearities (evaporation, condensation), there are chaotic dynamics (small changes in initial conditions lead to large differences in ...
... Be able to identify climate as a complex system: it is made up of many parts which are highly interconnected and interacting, there are feedback loops, there are non-linearities (evaporation, condensation), there are chaotic dynamics (small changes in initial conditions lead to large differences in ...
iudf urban risk draft - Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
... Where they occur, they are tremendously costly. Disasters result in human losses, destroy livelihoods and infrastructure and erode developmental gains, undermining fundamentally sustainable urban development. The stakes are especially high in light of anticipated global environmental change, which s ...
... Where they occur, they are tremendously costly. Disasters result in human losses, destroy livelihoods and infrastructure and erode developmental gains, undermining fundamentally sustainable urban development. The stakes are especially high in light of anticipated global environmental change, which s ...
Inuit and Scientific Perspectives on the Relationship Between Sea
... efforts are considered essential background upon which to develop more accurate assessments of community vulnerability to climate, and resulting sea ice, change. Inuit and scientific perspectives may indeed be the ideal complement when investigating the links between sea ice and climate change, but ...
... efforts are considered essential background upon which to develop more accurate assessments of community vulnerability to climate, and resulting sea ice, change. Inuit and scientific perspectives may indeed be the ideal complement when investigating the links between sea ice and climate change, but ...