Deep South Challenge Research and Business Plan
... way New Zealanders adapt, manage risk, and thrive in a changing climate. To help achieve this, we will develop a world-class numerical earth system model to predict New Zealand’s future climate. The model will identify the impacts of a changing climate on our key climatesensitive economic sectors, i ...
... way New Zealanders adapt, manage risk, and thrive in a changing climate. To help achieve this, we will develop a world-class numerical earth system model to predict New Zealand’s future climate. The model will identify the impacts of a changing climate on our key climatesensitive economic sectors, i ...
Draft Final Report - South Tyneside Council
... 18. Such a policy statement was adopted by Borough Council at its meeting of 24th February 2006 and was subsequently restated when Council adopted the updated Coastal Management Strategy in September 2007. That policy statement has been submitted to Defra and the Environment Agency. 19. Further emph ...
... 18. Such a policy statement was adopted by Borough Council at its meeting of 24th February 2006 and was subsequently restated when Council adopted the updated Coastal Management Strategy in September 2007. That policy statement has been submitted to Defra and the Environment Agency. 19. Further emph ...
A brief description of models used in this staff working document
... is a possible extension for a number of other air pollutants (NOx, SO2, VOC, NH3, and PM10). There are three mechanisms for emission reductions: (i) substitution between fuels and between energetic and non-energetic inputs, (ii) emission reduction due to less production and consumption, and (iii) pu ...
... is a possible extension for a number of other air pollutants (NOx, SO2, VOC, NH3, and PM10). There are three mechanisms for emission reductions: (i) substitution between fuels and between energetic and non-energetic inputs, (ii) emission reduction due to less production and consumption, and (iii) pu ...
Republican and Democratic Views on Climate Change
... the general public. What had been a modest, but significant, difference in Republican and Democratic levels of pro-environmental voting in Congress since 1970 has grown over time, especially after the Republican takeover of the U.S. House of Representatives in 1994.7 In the past decade, it has becom ...
... the general public. What had been a modest, but significant, difference in Republican and Democratic levels of pro-environmental voting in Congress since 1970 has grown over time, especially after the Republican takeover of the U.S. House of Representatives in 1994.7 In the past decade, it has becom ...
Better Growth, Better Climate: The New Climate Economy Report
... import dependence and rising air pollution. Rapidly falling costs, particularly of wind and solar power, could lead renewable and other low-carbon energy sources to account for more than half of all new electricity generation over the next 15 years. Greater investment in energy efficiency – in busin ...
... import dependence and rising air pollution. Rapidly falling costs, particularly of wind and solar power, could lead renewable and other low-carbon energy sources to account for more than half of all new electricity generation over the next 15 years. Greater investment in energy efficiency – in busin ...
Noctilucent Clouds
... The upper atmosphere is becoming more humid Approximately 30% of the water vapor increase can be accounted for by the anthropogenic increase in CH4 Balloon-borne frost point hygrometer measurements from Boulder, Colorado ...
... The upper atmosphere is becoming more humid Approximately 30% of the water vapor increase can be accounted for by the anthropogenic increase in CH4 Balloon-borne frost point hygrometer measurements from Boulder, Colorado ...
Pension Fund Trustees and Climate Change Research report 106
... I hope that this timely report will act as a wake-up call to trustees to put climate change, resource efficiency and social sustainability at the heart of their investment practices. Pension funds need an economic recovery that lasts. To achieve this, they must take greater responsibility as asset o ...
... I hope that this timely report will act as a wake-up call to trustees to put climate change, resource efficiency and social sustainability at the heart of their investment practices. Pension funds need an economic recovery that lasts. To achieve this, they must take greater responsibility as asset o ...
Sensitivity of burned area in Europe to climate change, atmospheric
... from climate forcing), and human population density (provided as external forcing). A limited set of global parameters were derived by inversion of SIMFIRE against global multiyear satellite-observed burned area [Knorr et al., 2014]. When using only European burned area data for the optimization, it ...
... from climate forcing), and human population density (provided as external forcing). A limited set of global parameters were derived by inversion of SIMFIRE against global multiyear satellite-observed burned area [Knorr et al., 2014]. When using only European burned area data for the optimization, it ...
Global Meteorological Drought: A Synthesis of Current
... drought, although some attention is also paid to other drivers as well as temperature anomalies. Furthermore, some of our discussion will focus more generally on seasonal-scale precipitation deficits, given that meteorological droughts can be considered extreme manifestations of such deficits; indee ...
... drought, although some attention is also paid to other drivers as well as temperature anomalies. Furthermore, some of our discussion will focus more generally on seasonal-scale precipitation deficits, given that meteorological droughts can be considered extreme manifestations of such deficits; indee ...
Document
... Why is an El Niño year a bad year for most people across the globe? Farmers depend on the weather and have learned to adapt to normal climate variations. They choose certain crops and plant at certain seasons, according to their knowledge of local weather patterns. In an El Niño year, the weather ma ...
... Why is an El Niño year a bad year for most people across the globe? Farmers depend on the weather and have learned to adapt to normal climate variations. They choose certain crops and plant at certain seasons, according to their knowledge of local weather patterns. In an El Niño year, the weather ma ...
Ontario Climate Change and Health Vulnerability and
... Annual mean temperature is projected to increase in the future, with the magnitude of projected increase largely dependent on future emissions of greenhouse gases. For example, by the middle of the 21st Century, winter (December–February) average temperature in Ontario is projected to increase by 3 ...
... Annual mean temperature is projected to increase in the future, with the magnitude of projected increase largely dependent on future emissions of greenhouse gases. For example, by the middle of the 21st Century, winter (December–February) average temperature in Ontario is projected to increase by 3 ...
Adaptation to Climate Change - Global Environment Facility
... 1. To reduce the vulnerability of people, livelihoods, physical assets and natural systems to the adverse effects of climate change; 2. To strengthen institutional and technical capacities for effective climate change adaptation; and 3. To integrate climate change adaptation into relevant policies, ...
... 1. To reduce the vulnerability of people, livelihoods, physical assets and natural systems to the adverse effects of climate change; 2. To strengthen institutional and technical capacities for effective climate change adaptation; and 3. To integrate climate change adaptation into relevant policies, ...
Urbanisation Challenges in the Himalayan Region in the Context of
... India has made efforts to set up disaster response infrastructure by way of setting up National Disaster Response Force (NDRF). However, th size of NDRF (8-10 Battalions of paramilitary forces) is way too small for a country of India’s size and diversity. States need to be mandated to set up their o ...
... India has made efforts to set up disaster response infrastructure by way of setting up National Disaster Response Force (NDRF). However, th size of NDRF (8-10 Battalions of paramilitary forces) is way too small for a country of India’s size and diversity. States need to be mandated to set up their o ...
2 Methods and Data - Santa Clara University
... being E for the early period. The model median in the late period is then M 0L.5 , and we are ...
... being E for the early period. The model median in the late period is then M 0L.5 , and we are ...
A hydrogeologic framework for characterizing summer streamflow
... This sensitivity assessment can then be integrated with climate scenario data to produce regional-scale summer streamflow vulnerability maps. We present an example of how this type of spatial analysis might be applied to National Forest lands in the Pacific Northwest. Land and water managers can tun ...
... This sensitivity assessment can then be integrated with climate scenario data to produce regional-scale summer streamflow vulnerability maps. We present an example of how this type of spatial analysis might be applied to National Forest lands in the Pacific Northwest. Land and water managers can tun ...
Climate-Related Disasters in Asia and the Pacific
... The frequency of intense natural disasters resulting from floods and storms as well as droughts and heat waves has been on the rise in the Asia and Pacific region. At the same time, the climate in the region is observed to be changing. Three disaster risk factors—rising population exposure, greater ...
... The frequency of intense natural disasters resulting from floods and storms as well as droughts and heat waves has been on the rise in the Asia and Pacific region. At the same time, the climate in the region is observed to be changing. Three disaster risk factors—rising population exposure, greater ...
Hybrid statistical–dynamic seasonal streamflow forecasting method
... Objective 4: Assessment of atmospheric predictors that drive modelled runoff in the SEACI region and relative importance of the atmospheric predictors and antecedent runoff, and assess seasonal forecast skill An assessment of the variability in relationship between antecedent runoff/atmospheric pre ...
... Objective 4: Assessment of atmospheric predictors that drive modelled runoff in the SEACI region and relative importance of the atmospheric predictors and antecedent runoff, and assess seasonal forecast skill An assessment of the variability in relationship between antecedent runoff/atmospheric pre ...
A Review of Drought in the Middle East and Southwest Asia
... copyedited, formatted, or processed by AMS Publications. This preliminary version of the manuscript may be downloaded, distributed, and cited, but please be aware that there will be visual differences and possibly some content differences between this version and the final published version. The DOI ...
... copyedited, formatted, or processed by AMS Publications. This preliminary version of the manuscript may be downloaded, distributed, and cited, but please be aware that there will be visual differences and possibly some content differences between this version and the final published version. The DOI ...
Draft African Union Strategy on Climate Change (2015)
... The fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) explicitly shows the world is warming faster than estimated before and that humans caused most of that change over the last decades. It is also clear that climate change will continue, at a pace determined by past, p ...
... The fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) explicitly shows the world is warming faster than estimated before and that humans caused most of that change over the last decades. It is also clear that climate change will continue, at a pace determined by past, p ...
Climate-Smart Agriculture: A Call for Action
... will increase hunger and malnutrition, and worsen the living conditions of rural communities that are wholly dependent on natural resources for their livelihoods. Superimposing this on a future scenario where the world’s population is expected to reach 9 billion by 2050 brings about a worrisome situ ...
... will increase hunger and malnutrition, and worsen the living conditions of rural communities that are wholly dependent on natural resources for their livelihoods. Superimposing this on a future scenario where the world’s population is expected to reach 9 billion by 2050 brings about a worrisome situ ...
Effects of sea surface warming on marine plankton
... phytoplankton have been largely explored in isolation and it remains unclear how they might interact, and what their cumulative effects on marine plankton communities may be. The physical effects of warming on stratification, nutrient supply and plankton abundance are typically explored at large sca ...
... phytoplankton have been largely explored in isolation and it remains unclear how they might interact, and what their cumulative effects on marine plankton communities may be. The physical effects of warming on stratification, nutrient supply and plankton abundance are typically explored at large sca ...
Ecosystems, their properties, goods and services
... likely to become a net source of carbon during the course of this century (medium confidence), possibly earlier than projected by the IPCC Third Assessment Report (TAR) (low confidence) [4.1, Figure 4.2]. Methane emissions from tundra frozen loess (‘yedoma’, comprising about 500 Pg C) and permafrost ...
... likely to become a net source of carbon during the course of this century (medium confidence), possibly earlier than projected by the IPCC Third Assessment Report (TAR) (low confidence) [4.1, Figure 4.2]. Methane emissions from tundra frozen loess (‘yedoma’, comprising about 500 Pg C) and permafrost ...
Facing an uncertain future : how forests and people can adapt to
... (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol, many carbon markets reward tropical forestry activities, and the inclusion of avoided tropical deforestation in a future international agreement is being discussed. While tropical forests are an important component of mitigation science and policy, their role in adaptati ...
... (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol, many carbon markets reward tropical forestry activities, and the inclusion of avoided tropical deforestation in a future international agreement is being discussed. While tropical forests are an important component of mitigation science and policy, their role in adaptati ...
Attributing mortality from extreme temperatures to climate change in
... climate change not considering adaptation may not significantly overestimate mortality impacts. There was a declining trend in the RR of mortality due to both cold and hot extremes on a decadal basis from 1901 until 2009, with a levelling off during the past three decades. This decline was probably ...
... climate change not considering adaptation may not significantly overestimate mortality impacts. There was a declining trend in the RR of mortality due to both cold and hot extremes on a decadal basis from 1901 until 2009, with a levelling off during the past three decades. This decline was probably ...
What Antarctic Science is Funded by National Antarctic Programs?
... stewardship, and/or collaboration and partnerships through science. Security-related motivations include those focused on economic security such as the pursuit of opportunities arising from fisheries, bioprospecting, tourism, other forms of resource exploitation (i.e., oil, gas and minerals), the de ...
... stewardship, and/or collaboration and partnerships through science. Security-related motivations include those focused on economic security such as the pursuit of opportunities arising from fisheries, bioprospecting, tourism, other forms of resource exploitation (i.e., oil, gas and minerals), the de ...