Climate change in Italy indicated by agrometeorological indices over
... This asymmetric shift towards lower rainfall intensities does not necessarily mean that the quantity of rain decreased only in small rainfall events. Also the quantity in heavy rainfall events might have decreased. The asymmetric shift is a partially artificial effect resulting from the shape of the ...
... This asymmetric shift towards lower rainfall intensities does not necessarily mean that the quantity of rain decreased only in small rainfall events. Also the quantity in heavy rainfall events might have decreased. The asymmetric shift is a partially artificial effect resulting from the shape of the ...
How trees and people can co-adapt to climate change
... symbionts and wild plants and animals. Ignoring the issue or refusing to adapt to a changing climate is no longer possible for governments, communities and anyone planning investment in land-use systems. The issues are even more pronounced when considering trees because the climate in which a tree w ...
... symbionts and wild plants and animals. Ignoring the issue or refusing to adapt to a changing climate is no longer possible for governments, communities and anyone planning investment in land-use systems. The issues are even more pronounced when considering trees because the climate in which a tree w ...
NEPA, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND PUBLIC LANDS DECISION MAKING
... 3) the direct, indirect, and cumulative impacts of the proposed action on the climate. Moreover, climate change seems likely to disrupt—if it has not done so already—our most reliable tool for predicting future conditions in the natural world: the historic record of past conditions. As one article f ...
... 3) the direct, indirect, and cumulative impacts of the proposed action on the climate. Moreover, climate change seems likely to disrupt—if it has not done so already—our most reliable tool for predicting future conditions in the natural world: the historic record of past conditions. As one article f ...
Climate Change and Agricultural Vulnerability
... the next 50 years, the world population is projected to increase by some 3 billion, primarily in the developing countries. Yet, even today, some 800 million people go hungry daily, and more than a billion live on less than a dollar a day. This food insecurity and poverty affecting one-quarter of the ...
... the next 50 years, the world population is projected to increase by some 3 billion, primarily in the developing countries. Yet, even today, some 800 million people go hungry daily, and more than a billion live on less than a dollar a day. This food insecurity and poverty affecting one-quarter of the ...
Public pressure versus lobbying – how do Environmental NGOs matter most in climate negotiations? - Working Paper 70 (472 kB) (opens in new window)
... 2. Mitigation of climate change (including the roles of carbon markets and lowcarbon technologies) 3. Impacts of, and adaptation to, climate change, and its effects on development 4. Governance of climate change 5. Management of forests and ecosystems More information about the Grantham Research Ins ...
... 2. Mitigation of climate change (including the roles of carbon markets and lowcarbon technologies) 3. Impacts of, and adaptation to, climate change, and its effects on development 4. Governance of climate change 5. Management of forests and ecosystems More information about the Grantham Research Ins ...
A comprehensive review of climate adaptation in the United States
... only for energy efficiency, but also to protect against disease vectors, reduce susceptibility to heat stress, and improve protection against extreme events. Managing U.S. water resources such as the Great Lakes to address reduced lake levels, managing the Columbia River so that it can adapt to decl ...
... only for energy efficiency, but also to protect against disease vectors, reduce susceptibility to heat stress, and improve protection against extreme events. Managing U.S. water resources such as the Great Lakes to address reduced lake levels, managing the Columbia River so that it can adapt to decl ...
Russia`s Climate Policy: International Bargaining and Domestic
... support for Medvedev’s policies among significant domestic actors and shift their cost–benefit calculations, these gradual processes that have been taking place for over a decade are not sufficient to explain the sudden shift in policy priorities. The model of a two-level game introduced by Putnam provi ...
... support for Medvedev’s policies among significant domestic actors and shift their cost–benefit calculations, these gradual processes that have been taking place for over a decade are not sufficient to explain the sudden shift in policy priorities. The model of a two-level game introduced by Putnam provi ...
Potential Effects of Climate Change on Crop Pollination
... (since 1850) (IPCC 2007) provides high confidence of recent warming, which is strongly affecting terrestrial ecosystems. This includes changes such as earlier timing ...
... (since 1850) (IPCC 2007) provides high confidence of recent warming, which is strongly affecting terrestrial ecosystems. This includes changes such as earlier timing ...
Wildlife in a changing climate - Food and Agriculture Organization of
... implications are even more serious. With regard to rainfall generation, the potential impact on food security is huge because weather systems that water crops in the temperate world can be traced back to evapotranspiration in the three main tropical forest blocks (as demonstrated by precipitation si ...
... implications are even more serious. With regard to rainfall generation, the potential impact on food security is huge because weather systems that water crops in the temperate world can be traced back to evapotranspiration in the three main tropical forest blocks (as demonstrated by precipitation si ...
Climate Change and Health Communications
... Credits for cover photos: (top)Kathy Dervin, (bottom left) 350.org/People’s Climate March and (bottom right) WHO website. ...
... Credits for cover photos: (top)Kathy Dervin, (bottom left) 350.org/People’s Climate March and (bottom right) WHO website. ...
Do Americans Understand That Global Warming Is Harmful to
... The effects of global climate change are already being observed in the United States and worldwide, and are projected to increase substantially over the next century and beyond.1-3 Rising atmospheric carbon dioxide levels, warmer temperatures, and altered precipitation patterns are resulting in incr ...
... The effects of global climate change are already being observed in the United States and worldwide, and are projected to increase substantially over the next century and beyond.1-3 Rising atmospheric carbon dioxide levels, warmer temperatures, and altered precipitation patterns are resulting in incr ...
Michael E. Schlesinger, Professor of Atmospheric Sciences
... tropospheric/stratospheric/mesospheric GCMs – which can be run with and without the CRG's atmospheric photochemistry/species-transport model, either with sea surface temperature and sea ice thickness prescribed or simulated by either the CRG mixed-layer ocean model or the CRG oceanic GCM. The CRG ha ...
... tropospheric/stratospheric/mesospheric GCMs – which can be run with and without the CRG's atmospheric photochemistry/species-transport model, either with sea surface temperature and sea ice thickness prescribed or simulated by either the CRG mixed-layer ocean model or the CRG oceanic GCM. The CRG ha ...
The cost of inaction: Recognising the value at risk
... increases and thus the expected harms. Provided that warming from climate change can be kept under 2°C, the average projected losses can be cut in half, while the extreme losses, identified as tail risks, can be reduced by more than three-quarters. Although the mean projected losses are significant, ...
... increases and thus the expected harms. Provided that warming from climate change can be kept under 2°C, the average projected losses can be cut in half, while the extreme losses, identified as tail risks, can be reduced by more than three-quarters. Although the mean projected losses are significant, ...
Working Paper 192 - Waldinger (opens in new window)
... those moving for environmental reasons, for example environmental or climate refugee and environmental or climate migrant. Broadly speaking, the term ‘environmental refugee’ is used for people who “are compelled to flee by sudden, drastic environmental change that cannot be reversed,” (Keane 2004: 2 ...
... those moving for environmental reasons, for example environmental or climate refugee and environmental or climate migrant. Broadly speaking, the term ‘environmental refugee’ is used for people who “are compelled to flee by sudden, drastic environmental change that cannot be reversed,” (Keane 2004: 2 ...
A brief review of the life history of, and threats to, Burramys parvus with a prehistory-based proposal for ensuring it has a future.
... levels of predation from feral cats and foxes, especially around ski resorts where these predators concentrate. The survival of foxes and particularly cats, which probably suffer high mortality during years of very heavy snow cover, may also be increased in years with less snow. The advantages confe ...
... levels of predation from feral cats and foxes, especially around ski resorts where these predators concentrate. The survival of foxes and particularly cats, which probably suffer high mortality during years of very heavy snow cover, may also be increased in years with less snow. The advantages confe ...
Climate Change and Whitebark Pine
... frequent fire regimes that result from warming climates. And since nutcrackers may be harvesting seeds from trees that have survived blister rust, there is some chance that seeds from unclaimed nutcracker caches may become blister rust-resistant trees. Unfortunately, climate-mediated mountain pine b ...
... frequent fire regimes that result from warming climates. And since nutcrackers may be harvesting seeds from trees that have survived blister rust, there is some chance that seeds from unclaimed nutcracker caches may become blister rust-resistant trees. Unfortunately, climate-mediated mountain pine b ...
a discussion based on contributions from climate modeling
... scales. Thus, heat conduction effectively operates as a low pass filter such that low-frequency waves propagate deeper than higher frequency components. This feature considerably limits borehole reconstructions to recover higher frequency (seasonal to multi-decadal) information. Borehole climatology ...
... scales. Thus, heat conduction effectively operates as a low pass filter such that low-frequency waves propagate deeper than higher frequency components. This feature considerably limits borehole reconstructions to recover higher frequency (seasonal to multi-decadal) information. Borehole climatology ...
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... For the time being, we focus on the climate policy of a single country or region and denote this region with index 1, whereas the rest of the world is labeled country 2. Global CO2 emissions determine the well-being in the world as they are causal for climate change.3 Country 1 faces the risk of a s ...
... For the time being, we focus on the climate policy of a single country or region and denote this region with index 1, whereas the rest of the world is labeled country 2. Global CO2 emissions determine the well-being in the world as they are causal for climate change.3 Country 1 faces the risk of a s ...
F_Green_Nationally_Self_Interested_Climate_Change_Mitigation (opens in new window)
... If, as this paper concludes, the majority of mitigation action can be done in ways that are nationally net-beneficial, then one might well ask: why do we not see mitigation action commensurate with the scale of nationally net-beneficial action that is available? To borrow a phrase, why are we waitin ...
... If, as this paper concludes, the majority of mitigation action can be done in ways that are nationally net-beneficial, then one might well ask: why do we not see mitigation action commensurate with the scale of nationally net-beneficial action that is available? To borrow a phrase, why are we waitin ...
... Preface The extent and pace of climate changes will lead to potential impacts on food, water, energy and economic security. Observed change in the climate system is an issue of ongoing concern for the US. Recent unusual extreme weather phenomena worldwide, such as droughts, floods, severe storms, an ...
Climate Extremes: Recent Trends with Implications for National Security
... Preface The extent and pace of climate changes will lead to potential impacts on food, water, energy and economic security. Observed change in the climate system is an issue of ongoing concern for the US. Recent unusual extreme weather phenomena worldwide, such as droughts, floods, severe storms, an ...
... Preface The extent and pace of climate changes will lead to potential impacts on food, water, energy and economic security. Observed change in the climate system is an issue of ongoing concern for the US. Recent unusual extreme weather phenomena worldwide, such as droughts, floods, severe storms, an ...