World Heritage and Climate Change
... Scientists tell us that even under the most ambitious current reduction scenarios for greenhouse gas emissions, 70% of corals worldwide are projected to suffer from long-term degradation by 2030, and, accordingly, limiting warming to 1.5°C or less is essential for the survival of coral reefs and ma ...
... Scientists tell us that even under the most ambitious current reduction scenarios for greenhouse gas emissions, 70% of corals worldwide are projected to suffer from long-term degradation by 2030, and, accordingly, limiting warming to 1.5°C or less is essential for the survival of coral reefs and ma ...
CURRICULUM VITAE
... Uncertainty: Weather Information, Economic Planning and Business Management. In Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 52:326-328. 13. Easterling, W. E., N. J. Rosenberg, M. S. McKenney and C. A. Jones. 1992. An Introduction to the Methodology, the Region of the Study, and a Historical Analog of Clima ...
... Uncertainty: Weather Information, Economic Planning and Business Management. In Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 52:326-328. 13. Easterling, W. E., N. J. Rosenberg, M. S. McKenney and C. A. Jones. 1992. An Introduction to the Methodology, the Region of the Study, and a Historical Analog of Clima ...
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... Wachsmuth, J., A. Blohm, S. Gössling-Reisemann, T. Eickemeier, M. Ruth, R. Gasper and S. Stürmann, 2013. How will renewable power generation be affected by climate change? The case of a metropolitan region in Northwest Germany, Energy, Volume 58, Vol. 1, pp. ...
... Wachsmuth, J., A. Blohm, S. Gössling-Reisemann, T. Eickemeier, M. Ruth, R. Gasper and S. Stürmann, 2013. How will renewable power generation be affected by climate change? The case of a metropolitan region in Northwest Germany, Energy, Volume 58, Vol. 1, pp. ...
Climate Threatens TI - northwesterndebateinstitute2012
... infrastructure at risk, especially along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and Alaska. Coupled with land subsidence, prevalent in many areas such as the Gulf Coast, the impacts will be felt tens of miles inland. More intense hurricanes packing higher wind speeds coming on shore on higher sea levels are a ...
... infrastructure at risk, especially along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and Alaska. Coupled with land subsidence, prevalent in many areas such as the Gulf Coast, the impacts will be felt tens of miles inland. More intense hurricanes packing higher wind speeds coming on shore on higher sea levels are a ...
Working Paper 214 - Waldinger (opens in new window)
... 7. International environmental negotiations 8. Modelling and decision making 9. Private sector adaptation, risk and insurance More information about the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment can be found at: http://www.lse.ac.uk/grantham. ...
... 7. International environmental negotiations 8. Modelling and decision making 9. Private sector adaptation, risk and insurance More information about the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment can be found at: http://www.lse.ac.uk/grantham. ...
Climate Change Scenarios for the Congo Basin
... intense, which is also inline with the projected intensification of heavy rainfall events. In general, our analyses shows that more water will be available for hydropower in the future. So on average, climate change will have a positive impact on potential electricity production. However, the rainfa ...
... intense, which is also inline with the projected intensification of heavy rainfall events. In general, our analyses shows that more water will be available for hydropower in the future. So on average, climate change will have a positive impact on potential electricity production. However, the rainfa ...
The implications of climate change for biodiversity conservation and
... values, then derive conservation objectives and programs that preserve ecological processes while allowing or even facilitating changes in biodiversity states. We need to increase the efficiency of limited conservation resources by focusing investment on those places or species that achieve the “gre ...
... values, then derive conservation objectives and programs that preserve ecological processes while allowing or even facilitating changes in biodiversity states. We need to increase the efficiency of limited conservation resources by focusing investment on those places or species that achieve the “gre ...
KNMI`14: Climate Change scenarios for the 21st Century – A
... projections. In separate reports the IPCC assesses the impacts of climate change (Working Group report II) and mitigation options (Working Group III). ...
... projections. In separate reports the IPCC assesses the impacts of climate change (Working Group report II) and mitigation options (Working Group III). ...
Modelling forest growth and carbon storage in response to
... greater increases in dry years. In contrast, when water supply was adequate, but nutrients were limiting, growth increases were smaller, with an initial increase of about 15% during the first year after CO was doubled. This growth increase diminished further over subsequent years so ...
... greater increases in dry years. In contrast, when water supply was adequate, but nutrients were limiting, growth increases were smaller, with an initial increase of about 15% during the first year after CO was doubled. This growth increase diminished further over subsequent years so ...
The sun responsible for climate change!
... physics, and paleo-climatology. Their message: When changes are gradual, man has an almost infinite ability to adapt and evolve. The fearmongers of global warming base their case on the correlation between CO2 and global temperature, even though we cannot be sure which is cause and which is effect. ...
... physics, and paleo-climatology. Their message: When changes are gradual, man has an almost infinite ability to adapt and evolve. The fearmongers of global warming base their case on the correlation between CO2 and global temperature, even though we cannot be sure which is cause and which is effect. ...
Climate Change and Biodiversity
... also been affected by changes in regional climatic factors. Climate change is projected to affect all aspects of biodiversity; however, the projected changes have to take into account the impacts from other past, present, and future human activities, including increasing atmospheric concentrations o ...
... also been affected by changes in regional climatic factors. Climate change is projected to affect all aspects of biodiversity; however, the projected changes have to take into account the impacts from other past, present, and future human activities, including increasing atmospheric concentrations o ...
PDF - World Agroforestry Centre
... The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau covers the Chinese provinces of Tibet A.R. and Qinghai, and parts of Gansu, northwest Sichuan and northwest Yunnan. The total land area of the Plateau is around 2.5 million km2, accounting for about 26% of China’s land area (Zhang et al. 2002). The average altitude of the P ...
... The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau covers the Chinese provinces of Tibet A.R. and Qinghai, and parts of Gansu, northwest Sichuan and northwest Yunnan. The total land area of the Plateau is around 2.5 million km2, accounting for about 26% of China’s land area (Zhang et al. 2002). The average altitude of the P ...
Long-Term Climate Change Commitment and Reversibility: An EMIC Intercomparison Please share
... This paper summarizes the results of a model intercomparison project undertaken in support of the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Fifteen groups running Earth System Models of Intermediate Complexity (EMICs) participated in the intercomparison. ...
... This paper summarizes the results of a model intercomparison project undertaken in support of the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Fifteen groups running Earth System Models of Intermediate Complexity (EMICs) participated in the intercomparison. ...
Climate Change Effects and Adaptation Approaches in Marine and
... Storm intensity and extreme wave heights are projected to increase. Off the Oregon and Washington coasts, the heights of extreme storm waves increased as much as eight feet since the mid-1980s and deliver 65% more force when they come ashore.42 During the 21st century, extratropical storms are likel ...
... Storm intensity and extreme wave heights are projected to increase. Off the Oregon and Washington coasts, the heights of extreme storm waves increased as much as eight feet since the mid-1980s and deliver 65% more force when they come ashore.42 During the 21st century, extratropical storms are likel ...
Corporate Climate Action Strategy
... services that meet the needs of the community. In addition to reducing operational contributions to climate change, the CRD can also enable emissions reductions and climate action on a broader scale through procurement of goods and services and through engagement programs with staff, committees and ...
... services that meet the needs of the community. In addition to reducing operational contributions to climate change, the CRD can also enable emissions reductions and climate action on a broader scale through procurement of goods and services and through engagement programs with staff, committees and ...
Outline for Inter-Mountain West Report - City of Flagstaff
... The life cycles of greenhouse gasses are lengthy and complex. Throughout the next decades, there will continue to be impacts of heat-trapping gas emissions from years past, even if present day concentrations of greenhouse gases do not increase. However, greenhouse gas emissions and concentrations co ...
... The life cycles of greenhouse gasses are lengthy and complex. Throughout the next decades, there will continue to be impacts of heat-trapping gas emissions from years past, even if present day concentrations of greenhouse gases do not increase. However, greenhouse gas emissions and concentrations co ...
Rapid response of silicate weathering rates to climate change in the
... result highlights runoff and physical erosion as major controls on chemical weathering in the Himalayan region for the last 25 ka, climate warming playing a secondary role at this timescale. It has been proposed that a significant increase in erosion rates accompanied monsoon intensification in the ...
... result highlights runoff and physical erosion as major controls on chemical weathering in the Himalayan region for the last 25 ka, climate warming playing a secondary role at this timescale. It has been proposed that a significant increase in erosion rates accompanied monsoon intensification in the ...
Climate Change Adaptation Strategy and Programme of Action for the Palestinian Authority PDF
... high-resolution regional climate models give clear scientific backing to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) projections for the region. In its Fourth Assessment Report, the IPCC predicts that, for the southern and eastern Mediterranean, warming over the 21st century will be larger ...
... high-resolution regional climate models give clear scientific backing to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) projections for the region. In its Fourth Assessment Report, the IPCC predicts that, for the southern and eastern Mediterranean, warming over the 21st century will be larger ...
Potential mitigation of and adaptation to climate-driven
... 2008, Pierce et al. 2008, Bonfils et al. 2008, Das et al. 2009, Hidalgo et al. 2009). As a result, the State’s snowpacks are melting earlier (Kapnick and Hall 2009), and winter precipitation is falling increasingly as rain rather than snow (Hayhoe et al. 2004, Cayan et al. 2008). Several groups in t ...
... 2008, Pierce et al. 2008, Bonfils et al. 2008, Das et al. 2009, Hidalgo et al. 2009). As a result, the State’s snowpacks are melting earlier (Kapnick and Hall 2009), and winter precipitation is falling increasingly as rain rather than snow (Hayhoe et al. 2004, Cayan et al. 2008). Several groups in t ...
Decadal climate variability and potential predictability in the nordic
... to some extent and therefore decadal climate variability can also be estimated based on climate model simulations. There are several studies that have investigated the contribution of AMOC to climate variability. For example, Latif et al. (2006a) investigated AMOC by analysing relationship between A ...
... to some extent and therefore decadal climate variability can also be estimated based on climate model simulations. There are several studies that have investigated the contribution of AMOC to climate variability. For example, Latif et al. (2006a) investigated AMOC by analysing relationship between A ...
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... To understand the influence of LUC, numerical climate models are generally employed [15]. Usually, two simulations, with and without LUC, are performed with global or regional climate model to assess the impact of LUC. Using this methodology, past studies have shown that LUC induces a cooling at the ...
... To understand the influence of LUC, numerical climate models are generally employed [15]. Usually, two simulations, with and without LUC, are performed with global or regional climate model to assess the impact of LUC. Using this methodology, past studies have shown that LUC induces a cooling at the ...
UNITED UNTIIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME ( UNEP)
... an ongoing discussion for the establishment of National Climate Change Committee (NCCC). This committee will be mandated to coordinate all climate change activities such as policy and enabling activity projects, and other public awareness activities. The Meteorological Department of the Ministry of ...
... an ongoing discussion for the establishment of National Climate Change Committee (NCCC). This committee will be mandated to coordinate all climate change activities such as policy and enabling activity projects, and other public awareness activities. The Meteorological Department of the Ministry of ...