Ranking Port Cities with High Exposure and Vulnerability to Climate
... By the 2070s, total population exposed could grow more than threefold to around 150 million people due to the combined effects of climate change (sea-level rise and increased storminess), subsidence, population growth and urbanisation. The asset exposure could grow even more dramatically, reaching U ...
... By the 2070s, total population exposed could grow more than threefold to around 150 million people due to the combined effects of climate change (sea-level rise and increased storminess), subsidence, population growth and urbanisation. The asset exposure could grow even more dramatically, reaching U ...
Vienna Convention Trust Fund Advisory Committee
... their utility” for long term monitoring Develop capacity in Article -5 and EIT countries to address ORM recommendations. Foster relations with scientific community specifically IOC, SPARC and IGAC to build capacity, and infusion of knowledge. ...
... their utility” for long term monitoring Develop capacity in Article -5 and EIT countries to address ORM recommendations. Foster relations with scientific community specifically IOC, SPARC and IGAC to build capacity, and infusion of knowledge. ...
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... to climate change. Because of the global and national delay in putting into practice any effective mitigation strategies, more effort will have to be put into adaptation measures to limit the societal consequences of the changes in climate which are already occurring. I believe this first report on ...
... to climate change. Because of the global and national delay in putting into practice any effective mitigation strategies, more effort will have to be put into adaptation measures to limit the societal consequences of the changes in climate which are already occurring. I believe this first report on ...
2015 Annual Highlights
... altered fire regimes, invasive species, water scarcity, development and climate change threaten the integrity of this landscape. Several efforts are ongoing for individual species, specific threats or sub-geographies, and more than 60 existing plans and assessments have been identified for the regio ...
... altered fire regimes, invasive species, water scarcity, development and climate change threaten the integrity of this landscape. Several efforts are ongoing for individual species, specific threats or sub-geographies, and more than 60 existing plans and assessments have been identified for the regio ...
Climate-Smart Agriculture Sourcebook MODULE 14: Financing Climate-smart agriculture
... This module addresses the issue of financing climate-smart agriculture (CSA). The first part of the module looks at how climate change affects investment needs for agricultural development to support food security, poverty reduction and economic growth. The focus of the module is on the near term – ...
... This module addresses the issue of financing climate-smart agriculture (CSA). The first part of the module looks at how climate change affects investment needs for agricultural development to support food security, poverty reduction and economic growth. The focus of the module is on the near term – ...
Turning Up the Heat - Environmental Investigation Agency
... While good progress has been made to address both ozone depletion and climate change, these two issues have generally been treated as separate problems with separate solutions. This has resulted in outdated and uncoordinated policy responses. Of particular importance, and the focus of this report, i ...
... While good progress has been made to address both ozone depletion and climate change, these two issues have generally been treated as separate problems with separate solutions. This has resulted in outdated and uncoordinated policy responses. Of particular importance, and the focus of this report, i ...
Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in the Land Use Sector
... greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and increasing GHG sinks, and the more adaptation is needed to avoid such negative impacts. Adaptation deals with enhancing the adaptive capacity and/or reducing vulnerability to climate change impacts while also taking advantage of the positive opportunities resulting ...
... greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and increasing GHG sinks, and the more adaptation is needed to avoid such negative impacts. Adaptation deals with enhancing the adaptive capacity and/or reducing vulnerability to climate change impacts while also taking advantage of the positive opportunities resulting ...
emissions - Alan Robock
... the desired aerosols, another concern is the maximum concentration of sulfate aerosols through which airplanes can safely fly. In the past, noticeable damage has occurred to airplanes that fly through plumes of volcanic ash containing SO2. In June, 1982, after the eruption of Galunggung volcano in J ...
... the desired aerosols, another concern is the maximum concentration of sulfate aerosols through which airplanes can safely fly. In the past, noticeable damage has occurred to airplanes that fly through plumes of volcanic ash containing SO2. In June, 1982, after the eruption of Galunggung volcano in J ...
Climate change adaptation guidelines for arid zone aquatic
... processes that support the persistence of freshwater biota under a changing climate. These guidelines are intended to provide guidance for policy development, planning and on-ground actions. The major goal of these guidelines is to reduce the risk of the loss of aquatic habitats, deteriorating water ...
... processes that support the persistence of freshwater biota under a changing climate. These guidelines are intended to provide guidance for policy development, planning and on-ground actions. The major goal of these guidelines is to reduce the risk of the loss of aquatic habitats, deteriorating water ...
Biodiversity Climate change impacts report card Technical paper 11
... In the UK, there are a small number of species of Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) which are classified as regular migrants (Table 1); in addition there are an increasing number of species (particularly in the Crambidae and Pyralidae moth families) that occasionally occur as irruptive immigrants, ...
... In the UK, there are a small number of species of Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) which are classified as regular migrants (Table 1); in addition there are an increasing number of species (particularly in the Crambidae and Pyralidae moth families) that occasionally occur as irruptive immigrants, ...
Forcing of anthropogenic aerosols on temperature trends of the sub
... the pre-1990s IO sub-thermocline cooling is most likely due to climate change and not natural variability; ii. the models show a slowdown in the cooling trend during the 1990s; and iii. simulate a rapid warming after 2020, that lags observational estimates by approximately 30 years. The role of exte ...
... the pre-1990s IO sub-thermocline cooling is most likely due to climate change and not natural variability; ii. the models show a slowdown in the cooling trend during the 1990s; and iii. simulate a rapid warming after 2020, that lags observational estimates by approximately 30 years. The role of exte ...
Introduction
... Task 6.2.3: Design of sensitivity analyses based on existing climate projections and some initial performance tests (FUB, SYKE, ULUND, UNIK) (Completed) Task 6.2.4: Estimation of critical impacts thresholds for water resources based on historical drought and flood events (SMHI, UNIK) (Completed) Tas ...
... Task 6.2.3: Design of sensitivity analyses based on existing climate projections and some initial performance tests (FUB, SYKE, ULUND, UNIK) (Completed) Task 6.2.4: Estimation of critical impacts thresholds for water resources based on historical drought and flood events (SMHI, UNIK) (Completed) Tas ...
Fisheries-dependent indicators of climate change in Western Australia
... conditions on fisheries which then may be useful in assessing effects of climate change on fisheries. The sources of data include: (a) catch and catch rate data from monthly returns or daily logbooks; (b) research staff going onboard commercial vessels to monitor the catch retained and that returned ...
... conditions on fisheries which then may be useful in assessing effects of climate change on fisheries. The sources of data include: (a) catch and catch rate data from monthly returns or daily logbooks; (b) research staff going onboard commercial vessels to monitor the catch retained and that returned ...
Glacial unloading: Forcings, responses and processes Larsen, C.F.
... distribution of available site-occupations. No fieldwork is required for this research- all the data exist but have not yet been analyzed for sea level changes. The National Ocean Service (NOS) has been charting the waterways of SE Alaska for more than a century. Temporary tide gauges are primarily ...
... distribution of available site-occupations. No fieldwork is required for this research- all the data exist but have not yet been analyzed for sea level changes. The National Ocean Service (NOS) has been charting the waterways of SE Alaska for more than a century. Temporary tide gauges are primarily ...
Hydrological effects of the increased CO2 and climate change in the
... twentieth century. Other climate change studies on hydrology also reported likely increases in the water yield with elevated CO2 (Jha et al. 2006; Chaplot 2007; Fontaine et al. 2001). However, other research showed that leaf area may increase with rising CO2 concentration (Wand et al. 1999; Saxe et ...
... twentieth century. Other climate change studies on hydrology also reported likely increases in the water yield with elevated CO2 (Jha et al. 2006; Chaplot 2007; Fontaine et al. 2001). However, other research showed that leaf area may increase with rising CO2 concentration (Wand et al. 1999; Saxe et ...
National Climate Change Strategy
... Climate may change more rapidly than expected and is expected to have complex, long term consequences for the environment, and for our production systems. The adverse impacts of climate change are now far reaching and evident in most parts of the world. It is a serious risk to poverty reduction and ...
... Climate may change more rapidly than expected and is expected to have complex, long term consequences for the environment, and for our production systems. The adverse impacts of climate change are now far reaching and evident in most parts of the world. It is a serious risk to poverty reduction and ...
Progress in Oceanography
... only) have shown that natural rather than anthropogenic factors are responsible. Based on our model results, we can not attribute the simulated freshening to anthropogenic climate change. Crown Copyright 2007 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. ...
... only) have shown that natural rather than anthropogenic factors are responsible. Based on our model results, we can not attribute the simulated freshening to anthropogenic climate change. Crown Copyright 2007 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. ...
2 Forest soil functions
... CC0242 developed a modelling tool for estimating changes in soil carbon stocks due to changes in land use and management for the National Carbon Dioxide Inventory, although the system was also applied to possible climate impacts using UKCIP02 and HadCM3 scenario data. This showed that, assuming cons ...
... CC0242 developed a modelling tool for estimating changes in soil carbon stocks due to changes in land use and management for the National Carbon Dioxide Inventory, although the system was also applied to possible climate impacts using UKCIP02 and HadCM3 scenario data. This showed that, assuming cons ...
'A spaciotemporal analysis of U.S. station temperature trends over the last century
... anthropogenic forcing, has been, and continues to be, the subject of intensive scientific research and public debate [The Royal Society, 2010]. Due to the complex nature of climate dynamics, understanding the response of the climate system to different forcings is a challenging problem, involving ana ...
... anthropogenic forcing, has been, and continues to be, the subject of intensive scientific research and public debate [The Royal Society, 2010]. Due to the complex nature of climate dynamics, understanding the response of the climate system to different forcings is a challenging problem, involving ana ...
12 - Chinese Academy of Sciences
... impact on locust plagues, and will help to devise mitigation in warm years and warm-dry August–September years strategies in response to global warming. Given that China in the southern region (p < 0.10), while these decadal is the largest agricultural nation in the world, the findings time scale sy ...
... impact on locust plagues, and will help to devise mitigation in warm years and warm-dry August–September years strategies in response to global warming. Given that China in the southern region (p < 0.10), while these decadal is the largest agricultural nation in the world, the findings time scale sy ...
... Abstract. Aquaculture sub-sector is the largest contributor to the development of the fisheries sector in Malaysia. Due to its potential and ability to enhance the national food production and resolve social problems in Malaysia, the government allocated substantial funds and planned many programmes ...