Impacts of future deforestation and climate change on the hydrology
... Intercomparison Project) assessment. This disparity questions the realism of the globally projected rates of deforestation when considering the regional scales (Soares-Filho et al., 2006; Kay et al., 2013). For instance, the previous decade witnessed a drastic change in the deforestation dynamics in ...
... Intercomparison Project) assessment. This disparity questions the realism of the globally projected rates of deforestation when considering the regional scales (Soares-Filho et al., 2006; Kay et al., 2013). For instance, the previous decade witnessed a drastic change in the deforestation dynamics in ...
City of Tshwane Vulnerability Assessment to Climate Change
... Figure 1. Location of CoT (Source CoT IDP, 2014)................................................................................. 11 Figure 2. Administrative regions of Tshwane (Source CoT, 2013a) ...................................................... 12 Figure 3: Population distribution across the ...
... Figure 1. Location of CoT (Source CoT IDP, 2014)................................................................................. 11 Figure 2. Administrative regions of Tshwane (Source CoT, 2013a) ...................................................... 12 Figure 3: Population distribution across the ...
heat waves, floods and the health impacts of climate change
... the capactities of the health sector and its partners on three key points: understanding climate change, understanding how it impacts health, and developing means of adapting to climate change to avert or minimize its health effects. This training package, which targets city officials as its primary ...
... the capactities of the health sector and its partners on three key points: understanding climate change, understanding how it impacts health, and developing means of adapting to climate change to avert or minimize its health effects. This training package, which targets city officials as its primary ...
Loss and Damage: The Role of Ecosystem Services
... Loss and damage refers to the adverse effects of climate-related stressors on natural and human systems that cannot be, or have not been, avoided through mitigation or managed through adaptation efforts. Climate change is increasing the risk of loss and damage from extreme weather and slow onset eve ...
... Loss and damage refers to the adverse effects of climate-related stressors on natural and human systems that cannot be, or have not been, avoided through mitigation or managed through adaptation efforts. Climate change is increasing the risk of loss and damage from extreme weather and slow onset eve ...
The economics of climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean
... Executive Secretary Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) ...
... Executive Secretary Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) ...
Transformational Adaptation: Concepts, Examples, and their
... can then be targeted for the monitoring of trends in climatic conditions and agricultural performance, to further clarify the extent to which transformational adaptation is desirable. Transformational adaptation can also be promoted through policy changes that consider existing social and economic t ...
... can then be targeted for the monitoring of trends in climatic conditions and agricultural performance, to further clarify the extent to which transformational adaptation is desirable. Transformational adaptation can also be promoted through policy changes that consider existing social and economic t ...
Climate Change and Switzerland 2050
... (CH2050) deals with these questions. The IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) 2001 and 2007 reports serve as the scientific basis. The research reports available today with their scientific data and facts prove what has been evident for years: With a probability of more than 90 per cent, ...
... (CH2050) deals with these questions. The IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) 2001 and 2007 reports serve as the scientific basis. The research reports available today with their scientific data and facts prove what has been evident for years: With a probability of more than 90 per cent, ...
Abstract Book The Human Side of Climate Change Bergen 16
... of WG1 these were condensed into a series of headline statements - communicating (with government approval of the text) what the authors (natural scientists) believe best summarise the most policy relevant aspects of the 1000+ page document which references 10.000 peer reviewed papers. Through this ...
... of WG1 these were condensed into a series of headline statements - communicating (with government approval of the text) what the authors (natural scientists) believe best summarise the most policy relevant aspects of the 1000+ page document which references 10.000 peer reviewed papers. Through this ...
Climate Change, coral bleaching and the future of the
... consequences for coral reefs everywhere. Arguments that corals will acclimate to predicted patterns of temperature change are unsubstantiated and evidence suggests that the genetic ability of corals to acclimate is already being exceeded. Corals may also adapt in evolutionary time, but such changes ...
... consequences for coral reefs everywhere. Arguments that corals will acclimate to predicted patterns of temperature change are unsubstantiated and evidence suggests that the genetic ability of corals to acclimate is already being exceeded. Corals may also adapt in evolutionary time, but such changes ...
Summary for Policymakers
... The ocean continues to acidify at an unprecedented rate in Earth’s history. Latest research indicates the rate of change may be faster than at any time in the last 300 million years. As ocean acidity increases, its capacity to absorb CO2 from the atmosphere decreases. This decreases the ocean’s ...
... The ocean continues to acidify at an unprecedented rate in Earth’s history. Latest research indicates the rate of change may be faster than at any time in the last 300 million years. As ocean acidity increases, its capacity to absorb CO2 from the atmosphere decreases. This decreases the ocean’s ...
Tracking phenological shifts and evolutionary impacts related to
... seasons of the year; the principles that will show how this association accords with the “eternal fitness of things.” (Clarke 1893) p769 “The most obvious character of the dates of flowering in 1921 is their remarkable earliness’ Francis Darwin writing in the UK 1921, a year when Sir Napier Shaw rep ...
... seasons of the year; the principles that will show how this association accords with the “eternal fitness of things.” (Clarke 1893) p769 “The most obvious character of the dates of flowering in 1921 is their remarkable earliness’ Francis Darwin writing in the UK 1921, a year when Sir Napier Shaw rep ...
Challenges to adaptation - National Center for Atmospheric Research
... factors that render adaptation ineffective.” They used the terms barriers and limits somewhat interchangeably, discussing physical, ecological, and technological limits alongside financial, informational, cognitive, social, and cultural barriers. Subsequent scholarship has explored these ideas furth ...
... factors that render adaptation ineffective.” They used the terms barriers and limits somewhat interchangeably, discussing physical, ecological, and technological limits alongside financial, informational, cognitive, social, and cultural barriers. Subsequent scholarship has explored these ideas furth ...
Ocean Acidification Summary for Policymakers
... The ocean continues to acidify at an unprecedented rate in Earth’s history. Latest research indicates the rate of change may be faster than at any time in the last 300 million years. As ocean acidity increases, its capacity to absorb CO2 from the atmosphere decreases. This decreases the ocean’s ...
... The ocean continues to acidify at an unprecedented rate in Earth’s history. Latest research indicates the rate of change may be faster than at any time in the last 300 million years. As ocean acidity increases, its capacity to absorb CO2 from the atmosphere decreases. This decreases the ocean’s ...
Aalborg Universitet Avoiding climate change uncertainties in Strategic Environmental Assessment
... social, economic, environmental, and policy development. All of these factors combine to yield a number of possible outcomes within the complex system under assessment (Zhu et al. 2011). Apart from considering the question of uncertainty in impact predictions, handling uncertainties also involves pr ...
... social, economic, environmental, and policy development. All of these factors combine to yield a number of possible outcomes within the complex system under assessment (Zhu et al. 2011). Apart from considering the question of uncertainty in impact predictions, handling uncertainties also involves pr ...
WORD - UNCTAD Virtual Institute
... Figure 7: IPAT: The impact of projected population growth on CO2 emissions.................... 17 Figure 8: IPAT: The impact of projected GDP per capita growth on CO2 emissions ............ 18 Figure 9: Trade openness and CO2 emissions, 1960–2014..................................................... ...
... Figure 7: IPAT: The impact of projected population growth on CO2 emissions.................... 17 Figure 8: IPAT: The impact of projected GDP per capita growth on CO2 emissions ............ 18 Figure 9: Trade openness and CO2 emissions, 1960–2014..................................................... ...
SCOR (2013)
... The ocean continues to acidify at an unprecedented rate in Earth’s history. Latest research indicates the rate of change may be faster than at any time in the last 300 million years. As ocean acidity increases, its capacity to absorb CO2 from the atmosphere decreases. This decreases the ocean’s ...
... The ocean continues to acidify at an unprecedented rate in Earth’s history. Latest research indicates the rate of change may be faster than at any time in the last 300 million years. As ocean acidity increases, its capacity to absorb CO2 from the atmosphere decreases. This decreases the ocean’s ...
UNEP YEar Book 2013
... (Figure 5). By mid-July 2012, the melting area covered an estimated 97 per cent of total surface area (NASA 2012b). These trends suggest that current predictions of Greenland’s future snow and ice cover are conservative (Wang and Overland 2012). The loss of ice in Greenland and the shrinking of glac ...
... (Figure 5). By mid-July 2012, the melting area covered an estimated 97 per cent of total surface area (NASA 2012b). These trends suggest that current predictions of Greenland’s future snow and ice cover are conservative (Wang and Overland 2012). The loss of ice in Greenland and the shrinking of glac ...
Climate Impacts in Europe The JRC PESETA II Project
... JRC/IPTS on 1 June 2012 with the aim to discuss the potential consequences of selected climate tipping points with a direct impact on Europe. The following experts participated in the workshop: T. Payne (U of Bristol), J. Lowe (Hadley Centre, Met Office), L.H. Smedsrud (U.of Bergen), W. Haeberli (U ...
... JRC/IPTS on 1 June 2012 with the aim to discuss the potential consequences of selected climate tipping points with a direct impact on Europe. The following experts participated in the workshop: T. Payne (U of Bristol), J. Lowe (Hadley Centre, Met Office), L.H. Smedsrud (U.of Bergen), W. Haeberli (U ...
A Stitch in Time: Lessons for Climate Change Adaptation from the
... achievements and stall progress toward important goals. Adaptation can reduce these threats. In turn, development, if appropriately planned, can help to enable climate change adaptation. Integrating adaptation with development planning and actions can exploit the complementarities to advance both ad ...
... achievements and stall progress toward important goals. Adaptation can reduce these threats. In turn, development, if appropriately planned, can help to enable climate change adaptation. Integrating adaptation with development planning and actions can exploit the complementarities to advance both ad ...
Ocean dynamics determine the response of oceanic CO2 uptake to
... The terrestrial carbon cycle is simulated by the land surface scheme JSBACH. This is based on the Biosphere Energy Transfer and Hydrology scheme (BETHY, Knorr 2000), which includes photosynthesis for C3 and C4 plants, depending on atmospheric CO2 concentration. Furthermore, stomatal conductance and ...
... The terrestrial carbon cycle is simulated by the land surface scheme JSBACH. This is based on the Biosphere Energy Transfer and Hydrology scheme (BETHY, Knorr 2000), which includes photosynthesis for C3 and C4 plants, depending on atmospheric CO2 concentration. Furthermore, stomatal conductance and ...
Tree growth and climate in the Pacific Northwest, North America: a
... along elevation and east–west/north–south sampling transects (Tables 2–4). The climate of individual cells provides insight into local responses to growth environments, and cells grouped by geographical location provide insight into trends of species responses across climatic gradients. Inferences r ...
... along elevation and east–west/north–south sampling transects (Tables 2–4). The climate of individual cells provides insight into local responses to growth environments, and cells grouped by geographical location provide insight into trends of species responses across climatic gradients. Inferences r ...
Children and Climate Change
... ccording to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2015—with an average global temperature 1.6° Fahrenheit warmer than the twentieth-century average—was Earth’s warmest year since record keeping began in 1880, continuing a half-century-long trend of rising temperatures. The debate a ...
... ccording to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2015—with an average global temperature 1.6° Fahrenheit warmer than the twentieth-century average—was Earth’s warmest year since record keeping began in 1880, continuing a half-century-long trend of rising temperatures. The debate a ...
A Review of Downscaling Methods for Climate
... Land-sea contrast: Difference in pressure and other atmospheric characteristics that arises between the land and ocean, caused by the difference in the rate of cooling/warming of their respective surfaces. Large-scale climate information: Atmospheric characteristics (e.g., temperature, precipitation ...
... Land-sea contrast: Difference in pressure and other atmospheric characteristics that arises between the land and ocean, caused by the difference in the rate of cooling/warming of their respective surfaces. Large-scale climate information: Atmospheric characteristics (e.g., temperature, precipitation ...
An Inconvenient Trial - Digital Commons @ Liberty University
... no court has authority to enforce remedies, then there is little motivation to expend resources to support this effort. If climate-change proponents are able to prove their case, but the court does not have the authority to enforce remedies, then you might ask why even bother with this proposal. The ...
... no court has authority to enforce remedies, then there is little motivation to expend resources to support this effort. If climate-change proponents are able to prove their case, but the court does not have the authority to enforce remedies, then you might ask why even bother with this proposal. The ...
climate change and water quality in the great lakes region
... Figure 2.1: Departures from the long-term mean for area-average mean temperature in oC, 1900-1994 for the United States........................................................................5 Figure 2-2: Departures from the 1961-1990 mean of area-average mean temperature (oC), 1900-1999 for souther ...
... Figure 2.1: Departures from the long-term mean for area-average mean temperature in oC, 1900-1994 for the United States........................................................................5 Figure 2-2: Departures from the 1961-1990 mean of area-average mean temperature (oC), 1900-1999 for souther ...
Instrumental temperature record
The instrumental temperature record shows fluctuations of the temperature of earth's climate system. Initially the instrumental temperature record only documented land and sea surface temperature, but in recent decades instruments have also begun recording ocean temperature. Data is collected from thousands of meteorological stations around the globe and through satellite observations. The longest-running temperature record is the Central England temperature data series, that starts in 1659. The longest-running quasi-global record starts in 1850.