Modeling climate mitigation and adaptation policies to predict their effectiveness: The limits of randomized controlled trials: Working Paper 120 (327 kB) (opens in new window)
... The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment was established by the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2008 to bring together international expertise on economics, finance, geography, the environment, international development and political economy to create ...
... The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment was established by the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2008 to bring together international expertise on economics, finance, geography, the environment, international development and political economy to create ...
Effects of Global Warming on Trout and Salmon in U.S. Streams
... States. Americans devote more than 100 million persondays per year to angling in streams or lakes for these fish, which are highly valued for their contribution to the economy and culture of the United States. However, dams, water diversions, pollution, and development threaten trout and salmon, whi ...
... States. Americans devote more than 100 million persondays per year to angling in streams or lakes for these fish, which are highly valued for their contribution to the economy and culture of the United States. However, dams, water diversions, pollution, and development threaten trout and salmon, whi ...
Progress_Report_of_Mangrove_Project_
... more people in the project villages as well as outside project villages. We have not calculated / assessed the messages carried through the children to their respective villages (some are not coming under project villages). The people of project villages are also carrying the messages and spread the ...
... more people in the project villages as well as outside project villages. We have not calculated / assessed the messages carried through the children to their respective villages (some are not coming under project villages). The people of project villages are also carrying the messages and spread the ...
It is beyond cavil that climate change poses grave and irreversible
... scenario of the IPCC, leading to a significant chance of exceeding 4 (degrees) Celsius of warming”.7 The World Bank is even more pessimistic: “(...) the likelihood of 4 (degrees) C warming being reached or exceeded this century has increased, in the absence of near-term actions and further commitmen ...
... scenario of the IPCC, leading to a significant chance of exceeding 4 (degrees) Celsius of warming”.7 The World Bank is even more pessimistic: “(...) the likelihood of 4 (degrees) C warming being reached or exceeded this century has increased, in the absence of near-term actions and further commitmen ...
PBL rapport 500114012 Meeting the 2 degrees Celsius target
... The potential to increase energy efficiency is considerable, but its realisation requires ambitious standards for appliances, vehicles, and houses. There is also a large scope to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power generation. Development of a connecting super grid on a continental scale, co ...
... The potential to increase energy efficiency is considerable, but its realisation requires ambitious standards for appliances, vehicles, and houses. There is also a large scope to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power generation. Development of a connecting super grid on a continental scale, co ...
Volume 1 - Assessment Report - Caribbean Regional Fisheries
... Fisheries and aquaculture in the CARICOM region are extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and variability, and to several hazards that typically result in disasters. The concern is with hydro-meteorological and geological hazards while acknowledging interaction with technological haz ...
... Fisheries and aquaculture in the CARICOM region are extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and variability, and to several hazards that typically result in disasters. The concern is with hydro-meteorological and geological hazards while acknowledging interaction with technological haz ...
THE BIG LIE - Council for American Students in International
... fuels. The impacts on humanity will be increasingly severe, with some scientists warning that the very survival of the human species is at stake. Urgent action is needed to avoid catastrophe. Yet, the United States has still failed to take meaningful steps to mitigate GHG emissions or exercise inter ...
... fuels. The impacts on humanity will be increasingly severe, with some scientists warning that the very survival of the human species is at stake. Urgent action is needed to avoid catastrophe. Yet, the United States has still failed to take meaningful steps to mitigate GHG emissions or exercise inter ...
Fall 2013 – Imagining our Environmental Future
... topic (!) and so we will be coming at it in a variety of ways, recognizing that any inquiry into the environmental future of Vermont involves attention to economics, decision-making processes, key players, grass-roots initiatives, climate change predictions and myriad other variables. Moreover, whil ...
... topic (!) and so we will be coming at it in a variety of ways, recognizing that any inquiry into the environmental future of Vermont involves attention to economics, decision-making processes, key players, grass-roots initiatives, climate change predictions and myriad other variables. Moreover, whil ...
Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management in
... Fisheries and aquaculture in the CARICOM region are extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and variability, and to several hazards that typically result in disasters. The concern is with hydro-meteorological and geological hazards while acknowledging interaction with technological haz ...
... Fisheries and aquaculture in the CARICOM region are extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and variability, and to several hazards that typically result in disasters. The concern is with hydro-meteorological and geological hazards while acknowledging interaction with technological haz ...
A Question of Equilibrium
... The Climate, it is a-changing, driven in part by natural factors and in part by the effects of greenhouse gases emitted through human activity. About half of the global warming is currently attributed to the greenhouse gas (GHG) effect, and about a third of all human GHG emissions are currently abso ...
... The Climate, it is a-changing, driven in part by natural factors and in part by the effects of greenhouse gases emitted through human activity. About half of the global warming is currently attributed to the greenhouse gas (GHG) effect, and about a third of all human GHG emissions are currently abso ...
5.5.1 Introduction - Eionet Forum
... This report is an update and extension of the 2004 EEA report “Impacts of Europe’s changing climate”. Since 2004, much progress has been made in monitoring and assessing the impacts of climate change in Europe. The objectives of this report are to present this new information on past and projected c ...
... This report is an update and extension of the 2004 EEA report “Impacts of Europe’s changing climate”. Since 2004, much progress has been made in monitoring and assessing the impacts of climate change in Europe. The objectives of this report are to present this new information on past and projected c ...
Energy Partisanship - Scholarship Repository
... political dysfunction. Substantively, the Article argues for refocusing regulatory efforts on areas where a greater degree of consensus may be possible, such as economic development and disaster resilience. Structurally, it proposes a shift to arenas that are less gridlocked by energy partisanship t ...
... political dysfunction. Substantively, the Article argues for refocusing regulatory efforts on areas where a greater degree of consensus may be possible, such as economic development and disaster resilience. Structurally, it proposes a shift to arenas that are less gridlocked by energy partisanship t ...
Present-day and future Antarctic ice sheet climate and surface mass
... The Antarctic ice sheet (AIS) is the largest body of ice on Earth, with an ice volume equivalent to 58.3 m global mean sea level rise (Vaughan et al. 2013). Despite its remote location, being surrounded by the Southern Ocean, the ice sheet is nevertheless sensitive to recent climate change. For exam ...
... The Antarctic ice sheet (AIS) is the largest body of ice on Earth, with an ice volume equivalent to 58.3 m global mean sea level rise (Vaughan et al. 2013). Despite its remote location, being surrounded by the Southern Ocean, the ice sheet is nevertheless sensitive to recent climate change. For exam ...
Chapter 4 Hydrology and water resources
... took place a few million years ago, with mean air temperatures 3 ° C - 4 ° C above present, can be an analog of climatic conditions for the more distant future years 2040-2050. ...
... took place a few million years ago, with mean air temperatures 3 ° C - 4 ° C above present, can be an analog of climatic conditions for the more distant future years 2040-2050. ...
Global action on climate change in agriculture: Linkages to food security, markets and trade policies in developing countries
... more regarding the role of agriculture in climate change adaptation and mitigation. The report offers some answers and concrete proposals – while recognizing that much more needs to be learned, more questions formulated, and more experience gained, to build an effective strategy to support global ag ...
... more regarding the role of agriculture in climate change adaptation and mitigation. The report offers some answers and concrete proposals – while recognizing that much more needs to be learned, more questions formulated, and more experience gained, to build an effective strategy to support global ag ...
here - OHCHR
... and pose a major threat for the future. Between 2008 and 2013, on average, 23.4 million people were displaced each year by climate related disasters, and climate-related disasters could affect 375 million people in 2015, up from 263 million in 2010. And this trend will continue. Climate change is li ...
... and pose a major threat for the future. Between 2008 and 2013, on average, 23.4 million people were displaced each year by climate related disasters, and climate-related disasters could affect 375 million people in 2015, up from 263 million in 2010. And this trend will continue. Climate change is li ...
rosenberg_stormwater_cc_jan10 - UW Hydro
... artery, for four days at an estimated cost of over $18M (WSDOT 2008). The various elements of Washington’s infrastructure are not equally vulnerable to weather conditions or climate regimes, however, and several of these elements (specifically energy and water supply facilities) are the subject of o ...
... artery, for four days at an estimated cost of over $18M (WSDOT 2008). The various elements of Washington’s infrastructure are not equally vulnerable to weather conditions or climate regimes, however, and several of these elements (specifically energy and water supply facilities) are the subject of o ...
Climate –carbon cycle feedback analysis, results from the C MIP
... temperature (Q10 = 1.5). The carbon cycle within the ocean is simulated by the biogeochemistry model HAMOCC5 (Wetzel et al., 2005), which includes phyto- and zooplankton dynamics depending on temperature, solar radiation and turbulence. Nutrients (phosphate, nitrogen, iron) and the sedimentation of ...
... temperature (Q10 = 1.5). The carbon cycle within the ocean is simulated by the biogeochemistry model HAMOCC5 (Wetzel et al., 2005), which includes phyto- and zooplankton dynamics depending on temperature, solar radiation and turbulence. Nutrients (phosphate, nitrogen, iron) and the sedimentation of ...
projected to rise another 3.5 to 9 F by as early as 2070
... associated with climate change depends on the magnitude of CO2 emissions over the next century. The scenarios in this study rest on specific combinations of assumptions about population, economic activity, and fossil fuel use. Lower-emissions scenarios will produce less change in the Bay and moderat ...
... associated with climate change depends on the magnitude of CO2 emissions over the next century. The scenarios in this study rest on specific combinations of assumptions about population, economic activity, and fossil fuel use. Lower-emissions scenarios will produce less change in the Bay and moderat ...
Arctic Climate Impact Science – an update since ACIA
... positive feedback causing its ever-more rapid decline, and will contribute much more than previously estimated to global sea-level rise during the 21st century. Two issues complicate this picture and currently make it impossible to predict the short or long term future of the Greenland Ice Sheet wit ...
... positive feedback causing its ever-more rapid decline, and will contribute much more than previously estimated to global sea-level rise during the 21st century. Two issues complicate this picture and currently make it impossible to predict the short or long term future of the Greenland Ice Sheet wit ...
Ecosystem Processes and Human Influences Regulate Streamflow Response to Climate Change at
... Analyses of long-term records at 35 headwater basins in the United States and Canada indicate that climate change effects on streamflow are not as clear as might be expected, perhaps because of ecosystem processes and human influences. Evapotranspiration was higher than was predicted by temperature ...
... Analyses of long-term records at 35 headwater basins in the United States and Canada indicate that climate change effects on streamflow are not as clear as might be expected, perhaps because of ecosystem processes and human influences. Evapotranspiration was higher than was predicted by temperature ...
Ecosystem Processes and Human Influences
... Analyses of long-term records at 35 headwater basins in the United States and Canada indicate that climate change effects on streamflow are not as clear as might be expected, perhaps because of ecosystem processes and human influences. Evapotranspiration was higher than was predicted by temperature ...
... Analyses of long-term records at 35 headwater basins in the United States and Canada indicate that climate change effects on streamflow are not as clear as might be expected, perhaps because of ecosystem processes and human influences. Evapotranspiration was higher than was predicted by temperature ...
Yes Impact – Water Wars
... Increasing global temperatures are causing a broad range of changes . ...
... Increasing global temperatures are causing a broad range of changes . ...
