before the secretary of the interior petition to list the emperor penguin
... sea ice), changes in sea ice dynamics can reduce krill populations and thus availability for predators such as emperor penguins. Containing more than half of Southern Ocean krill stocks, the southwest Atlantic sector has suffered a decline in krill density of as great as 80% since the 1970s, at leas ...
... sea ice), changes in sea ice dynamics can reduce krill populations and thus availability for predators such as emperor penguins. Containing more than half of Southern Ocean krill stocks, the southwest Atlantic sector has suffered a decline in krill density of as great as 80% since the 1970s, at leas ...
World Heritage and Tourism in a Changing Climate
... brings needed financial and social benefits, but, as this report demonstrates, rapid or unplanned tourism developments, or excessive visitor numbers, can also have a negative effect on the properties. Climate change is likely to exacerbate existing stresses and bring direct impacts of its own. Sea-l ...
... brings needed financial and social benefits, but, as this report demonstrates, rapid or unplanned tourism developments, or excessive visitor numbers, can also have a negative effect on the properties. Climate change is likely to exacerbate existing stresses and bring direct impacts of its own. Sea-l ...
climate change and water quality in the great lakes region
... Biological productivity is expected to increase with moderate temperature increases. Zoogeographical boundaries move in a changing climate. Introduction of invasive species could be exacerbated. Existing community structures and interactions may change. A changing climate is expected to lead to redu ...
... Biological productivity is expected to increase with moderate temperature increases. Zoogeographical boundaries move in a changing climate. Introduction of invasive species could be exacerbated. Existing community structures and interactions may change. A changing climate is expected to lead to redu ...
Urban Areas and Climate Change: Review of Current Issues and
... storms, droughts, heat-waves and other extreme weather events. The urban centers that will be more at risk are those where these events are already widespread. However, with the expected increase in frequency and intensity of those extremes, risks for these already threatened areas will increase sti ...
... storms, droughts, heat-waves and other extreme weather events. The urban centers that will be more at risk are those where these events are already widespread. However, with the expected increase in frequency and intensity of those extremes, risks for these already threatened areas will increase sti ...
Institutionalizing delay
... 2 Resource mobilization of the U.S. climate change counter-movement This enumeration of the specific organizations that make up the CCCM allows for an analysis of the second question: How are these institutions maintained? One of the major influences on the institutional capacity of movement organiz ...
... 2 Resource mobilization of the U.S. climate change counter-movement This enumeration of the specific organizations that make up the CCCM allows for an analysis of the second question: How are these institutions maintained? One of the major influences on the institutional capacity of movement organiz ...
SADC Policy paper on Climate Change
... (about 1750), have contributed to changes in Earth’s atmosphere in the amounts of greenhouse gases, dust and aerosols (small particles). The increase in concentrations of atmospheric gases (carbon dioxide, and other gases) lead to a change in the energy balance of the atmosphere as the gases and aer ...
... (about 1750), have contributed to changes in Earth’s atmosphere in the amounts of greenhouse gases, dust and aerosols (small particles). The increase in concentrations of atmospheric gases (carbon dioxide, and other gases) lead to a change in the energy balance of the atmosphere as the gases and aer ...
Detection and Attribution of Observed Impacts
... There is emerging literature on the impact of climate change on poverty, working conditions, violent conflict, migration, and economic growth from various parts of the world, but evidence for detection or attribution to climate change remains limited. {18.4} Regional impacts of climate change have n ...
... There is emerging literature on the impact of climate change on poverty, working conditions, violent conflict, migration, and economic growth from various parts of the world, but evidence for detection or attribution to climate change remains limited. {18.4} Regional impacts of climate change have n ...
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... outcomes. Indeed his axioms are often considered to be synonymous with rational choice. Nevertheless, Savage himself took a cautious approach to his theory, suggesting that it should only be applied in small worlds, in which it is possible to ‘look before you leap’, i.e. imagine every possible conti ...
... outcomes. Indeed his axioms are often considered to be synonymous with rational choice. Nevertheless, Savage himself took a cautious approach to his theory, suggesting that it should only be applied in small worlds, in which it is possible to ‘look before you leap’, i.e. imagine every possible conti ...
vii. annexes
... national government organizations, depending on the size of the country involved (e.g. Parish councils in Jamaica, municipalities in Republica Dominicana) and serves as a part of a national network. The centres would be established in several islands and would inter alia carry out local assessments ...
... national government organizations, depending on the size of the country involved (e.g. Parish councils in Jamaica, municipalities in Republica Dominicana) and serves as a part of a national network. The centres would be established in several islands and would inter alia carry out local assessments ...
The State of Marine and Coastal Adaptation in North America: A
... and describe potential consequences for natural and human systems. We also list some of the compounding physical and anthropogenic factors that may complicate the effects of climate change. This last category underscores the potential synergistic effects between global climate change and changes in ...
... and describe potential consequences for natural and human systems. We also list some of the compounding physical and anthropogenic factors that may complicate the effects of climate change. This last category underscores the potential synergistic effects between global climate change and changes in ...
Food security and adaptation in the context of potential CSA
... • Climatic shock variables significantly change the impacts of practices • Rainfall variability drives yield effects: In high variability areas… • Crop rotation has positive effects • Inorganic fertilizer & hybrids not effective ...
... • Climatic shock variables significantly change the impacts of practices • Rainfall variability drives yield effects: In high variability areas… • Crop rotation has positive effects • Inorganic fertilizer & hybrids not effective ...
Deglacial impact of the Scandinavian Ice Sheet on the North Atlantic climate system Francesco Muschitiello
... The long warming transition from the Last Ice Age into the present Interglacial period, the last deglaciation, holds the key to our understanding of future abrupt climate change. In the last decades, a great effort has been put into deciphering the linkage between freshw ...
... The long warming transition from the Last Ice Age into the present Interglacial period, the last deglaciation, holds the key to our understanding of future abrupt climate change. In the last decades, a great effort has been put into deciphering the linkage between freshw ...
unlocking ambition - The Climate Group
... the lead as a world-class, sustainable city by setting ambitious, but achievable, GHG reduction goals of 20% by 2020, retrofitting city facilities for energy and water efficiency and adding EV cars to our fleet. With the support of partners like the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, cities are meeting thei ...
... the lead as a world-class, sustainable city by setting ambitious, but achievable, GHG reduction goals of 20% by 2020, retrofitting city facilities for energy and water efficiency and adding EV cars to our fleet. With the support of partners like the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, cities are meeting thei ...
Analysis of vegetation distribution in Interior Alaska and sensitivity to
... Climate change scenarios For all climate and fire interval change simulations, input predictors were altered homogeneously, before the model simulated potential equilibrium vegetation under these new conditions in a total of 23 scenarios (Table 1). To be specific, the logistic regression equations a ...
... Climate change scenarios For all climate and fire interval change simulations, input predictors were altered homogeneously, before the model simulated potential equilibrium vegetation under these new conditions in a total of 23 scenarios (Table 1). To be specific, the logistic regression equations a ...
climate change - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
... While China is the biggest and India the third biggest GHG emitter today, they also constitute more than a third of the world’s population. In per capita emissions they rank far lower. A comparison of GHG emissions per capita shows how emissions continue to be very unequally distributed between the ...
... While China is the biggest and India the third biggest GHG emitter today, they also constitute more than a third of the world’s population. In per capita emissions they rank far lower. A comparison of GHG emissions per capita shows how emissions continue to be very unequally distributed between the ...
Climate Change and Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in Virginia
... be influenced by climate change. Climate change may have significant impacts on SAV through increases in temperature, atmospheric and weather changes, and sea level rise. Based on extensive knowledge obtained on SAV over the last three decades, the following scenarios related to climate change impac ...
... be influenced by climate change. Climate change may have significant impacts on SAV through increases in temperature, atmospheric and weather changes, and sea level rise. Based on extensive knowledge obtained on SAV over the last three decades, the following scenarios related to climate change impac ...
Impacts of climate change on Blue Nile flows using bias
... draining a large area of highlands in western Ethiopia. The elevation of the basin varies greatly from over 4000 m in the headwaters of some tributaries (e.g. the Little Abbay) to 700 m at the foot of the plateau. The flow analysis has been performed for the Diem station, the outlet of the upper Blu ...
... draining a large area of highlands in western Ethiopia. The elevation of the basin varies greatly from over 4000 m in the headwaters of some tributaries (e.g. the Little Abbay) to 700 m at the foot of the plateau. The flow analysis has been performed for the Diem station, the outlet of the upper Blu ...
Simulating the Impact of Climate Change on Rice
... is the result of spikelet sterility due to the negative effect on pollination processes (Krishnan et al. 2011). The climate in central Asia is continental and arid (Kottek et al. 2006), with short, hot summers and long, cold, dry winters. Under such climatic conditions, rice cultivation is only poss ...
... is the result of spikelet sterility due to the negative effect on pollination processes (Krishnan et al. 2011). The climate in central Asia is continental and arid (Kottek et al. 2006), with short, hot summers and long, cold, dry winters. Under such climatic conditions, rice cultivation is only poss ...
Climate Change and Submerged Aquatic Vegetation
... be influenced by climate change. Climate change may have significant impacts on SAV through increases in temperature, atmospheric and weather changes, and sea level rise. Based on extensive knowledge obtained on SAV over the last three decades, the following scenarios related to climate change impac ...
... be influenced by climate change. Climate change may have significant impacts on SAV through increases in temperature, atmospheric and weather changes, and sea level rise. Based on extensive knowledge obtained on SAV over the last three decades, the following scenarios related to climate change impac ...
Canada`s Mixed Record on Ozone Depletion and Climate Change
... Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. Canadian governments, both federal and provincial, passed strong and effective laws that ensured we met our international commitments. Canadian consumption of ozone-depleting chemicals has fallen an impressive 95% since 1987. In contrast, with res ...
... Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. Canadian governments, both federal and provincial, passed strong and effective laws that ensured we met our international commitments. Canadian consumption of ozone-depleting chemicals has fallen an impressive 95% since 1987. In contrast, with res ...
Participatory scenario planning for community
... children’s wellbeing. This resource explains what participatory scenario planning is and suggests the benefits for development programming. It offers detailed guidance on how to run participatory scenario planning and provides an example of World Vision’s experience of its development programmes in ...
... children’s wellbeing. This resource explains what participatory scenario planning is and suggests the benefits for development programming. It offers detailed guidance on how to run participatory scenario planning and provides an example of World Vision’s experience of its development programmes in ...
Air pollution and associated human mortality: the role of air pollutant
... tions for tropospheric chemistry calculations. Anthropogenic emissions (including from energy production, industry, land transport, maritime transport, aviation, residential and commercial sectors, solvents, agriculture, agriculture waste burning on fields, and waste) and biomass burning emissions ( ...
... tions for tropospheric chemistry calculations. Anthropogenic emissions (including from energy production, industry, land transport, maritime transport, aviation, residential and commercial sectors, solvents, agriculture, agriculture waste burning on fields, and waste) and biomass burning emissions ( ...
Primary impacts of climate change on the cryosphere
... In its Fourth Assessment Report published in 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) confirmed and strengthened earlier scientific findings about key aspects of climate change. Increased monitoring and improved research have enhanced understanding of climate change, recent and pro ...
... In its Fourth Assessment Report published in 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) confirmed and strengthened earlier scientific findings about key aspects of climate change. Increased monitoring and improved research have enhanced understanding of climate change, recent and pro ...
complete collection in -format
... the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer was adopted based on the Precautionary Principle, followed by the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer two years later. This is the first time in an international convention the Precautionary Principle was adopted in ...
... the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer was adopted based on the Precautionary Principle, followed by the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer two years later. This is the first time in an international convention the Precautionary Principle was adopted in ...
How to Avoid Dangerous Climate Change
... in the European Union have committed their countries to a robust long-term target of limiting warming to 2°C above pre-industrial levels. The United States, under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, is committed to working with more than 180 other nations to bring about the “s ...
... in the European Union have committed their countries to a robust long-term target of limiting warming to 2°C above pre-industrial levels. The United States, under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, is committed to working with more than 180 other nations to bring about the “s ...