Impacts of changes in land use and land cover on atmospheric
... gas concentrations and the resulting climate change may have large impacts on global land cover (Bachelet et al., 2001, 2003; Cox et al, 2000, 2004; Cramer et al., 2001, 2004). For example, increasing atmospheric CO2 concentrations may enhance vegetation growth through CO2 fertilization (Cramer et a ...
... gas concentrations and the resulting climate change may have large impacts on global land cover (Bachelet et al., 2001, 2003; Cox et al, 2000, 2004; Cramer et al., 2001, 2004). For example, increasing atmospheric CO2 concentrations may enhance vegetation growth through CO2 fertilization (Cramer et a ...
Climate change and food safety: A review
... of human salmonellosis and elevated temperature during the week preceding the onset of the disease, suggesting, that inappropriate storage temperature and food handling may be important factors in the transmission (Kovats et al., 2004). This is in accordance with modeling results of the WHO/FAO micr ...
... of human salmonellosis and elevated temperature during the week preceding the onset of the disease, suggesting, that inappropriate storage temperature and food handling may be important factors in the transmission (Kovats et al., 2004). This is in accordance with modeling results of the WHO/FAO micr ...
Farmers` perceptions of and adaptation strategies to climate change
... Despite internationally extensive research on adaptation in the agriculture sector to climate change, little work has been done so far in South Asia. Similarly in Pakistan, the scope of research linking climate change to agriculture is very restricted (TFCC, 2010). To date, studies on climate change ...
... Despite internationally extensive research on adaptation in the agriculture sector to climate change, little work has been done so far in South Asia. Similarly in Pakistan, the scope of research linking climate change to agriculture is very restricted (TFCC, 2010). To date, studies on climate change ...
Climate change, migration and critical
... It is increasingly feared that anthropogenic climate change may lead to widespread population displacements and distress migration on scales not previously seen (UNHCR, 2009a). Predictions from reputable commentators have suggested that hundreds of millions of people may become “environmental refuge ...
... It is increasingly feared that anthropogenic climate change may lead to widespread population displacements and distress migration on scales not previously seen (UNHCR, 2009a). Predictions from reputable commentators have suggested that hundreds of millions of people may become “environmental refuge ...
Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and the International Climate Change Policy Agenda
... most past and current GHG emissions. Under the principle of “common but differentiated responsibilities”, the Convention places the heaviest burden for fighting climate change on industrialized nations.9 Article 3.1 of the Convention states that “developed country Parties should take the lead in com ...
... most past and current GHG emissions. Under the principle of “common but differentiated responsibilities”, the Convention places the heaviest burden for fighting climate change on industrialized nations.9 Article 3.1 of the Convention states that “developed country Parties should take the lead in com ...
Royal Government of Cambodia Climate Change
... On behalf of National Council for Sustainable Development and the Ministry of Environment, I would like to express my profound admiration and sincere gratitude to Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo HUN SEN, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, for his full support and strong commitment to addr ...
... On behalf of National Council for Sustainable Development and the Ministry of Environment, I would like to express my profound admiration and sincere gratitude to Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo HUN SEN, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, for his full support and strong commitment to addr ...
A Method to Estimate Climate-Critical Construction Materials
... found that over US$3 trillion in port infrastructure assets in 136 of the world’s largest port cities are vulnerable to weather events and that, “ports will be affected by climate changes including higher temperatures, SLR, increasingly severe storms, and increased precipitation” (p. 67 ...
... found that over US$3 trillion in port infrastructure assets in 136 of the world’s largest port cities are vulnerable to weather events and that, “ports will be affected by climate changes including higher temperatures, SLR, increasingly severe storms, and increased precipitation” (p. 67 ...
Ethnographic Perspectives on Resilience To Climate Variability in
... change. This is recognised by both the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It is well established that island communities are extremely vulnerable to extreme events such as droughts, cyclones, floods and storm surge ...
... change. This is recognised by both the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It is well established that island communities are extremely vulnerable to extreme events such as droughts, cyclones, floods and storm surge ...
climate change in the african drylands
... increasingly degraded and unproductive. Climate change is now aggravating these challenges. However, combating climate change and adapting communities to its impacts represents an opportunity for new and more sustainable investments and management choices that can also contribute to improved livelih ...
... increasingly degraded and unproductive. Climate change is now aggravating these challenges. However, combating climate change and adapting communities to its impacts represents an opportunity for new and more sustainable investments and management choices that can also contribute to improved livelih ...
Status of the Copenhagen Climate Change Negotiations CRS Report for Congress
... established to include the United States and to address several broader commitment issues. Under the 2007 “Bali Action Plan,” all countries seek to reach agreement in Copenhagen on (1) a “shared long-term vision” (GHG targets for 2020); (2) GHG mitigation; (3) adaptation to climate change; (4) finan ...
... established to include the United States and to address several broader commitment issues. Under the 2007 “Bali Action Plan,” all countries seek to reach agreement in Copenhagen on (1) a “shared long-term vision” (GHG targets for 2020); (2) GHG mitigation; (3) adaptation to climate change; (4) finan ...
MTA Adaptations to Climate Change – A Categorical Imperative1
... Model-based climate projections for the region are derived from global climate model simulations forced with internationally agreed upon green house gas emissions scenarios (IPCC, 2000). Using a suite of models and emissions scenarios allows characterization of uncertainties and risks associated wit ...
... Model-based climate projections for the region are derived from global climate model simulations forced with internationally agreed upon green house gas emissions scenarios (IPCC, 2000). Using a suite of models and emissions scenarios allows characterization of uncertainties and risks associated wit ...
Landslide risk and climate change in the European alps
... period, but more recently we have moved from a period of natural climate variability to a period of human induced-change known as the Anthropocene (Steffen et al., 2007). From the 1970’s onwards there has been a rise in global temperatures attributed to an increase in anthropogenic CO2 emissions as ...
... period, but more recently we have moved from a period of natural climate variability to a period of human induced-change known as the Anthropocene (Steffen et al., 2007). From the 1970’s onwards there has been a rise in global temperatures attributed to an increase in anthropogenic CO2 emissions as ...
THE ROLE OF LAND - SURFACE PROCESSES IN LOCAL, REGIONAL AND
... Email correspondence from Lew Grant, Grant Family Farms, ...
... Email correspondence from Lew Grant, Grant Family Farms, ...
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... *Baseline period for sea level rise is 2000-2004. Based on 35 GCMs and two Representative Concentration Pathways. Data are from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) United States Historical Climatology Network (USHCN), Version 2 (Menne et al ...
... *Baseline period for sea level rise is 2000-2004. Based on 35 GCMs and two Representative Concentration Pathways. Data are from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) United States Historical Climatology Network (USHCN), Version 2 (Menne et al ...
T M Global Climate Change, Human Security, and Democracy Overview of Core Issues
... Ecosystems are components of biodiversity; and species and their diversity are essential components within ecosystems. Each species, and therefore biodiversity, has a fundamental role in the provision of ecosystem services (see Appendix 1). The loss of biodiversity will lead to a change in the servi ...
... Ecosystems are components of biodiversity; and species and their diversity are essential components within ecosystems. Each species, and therefore biodiversity, has a fundamental role in the provision of ecosystem services (see Appendix 1). The loss of biodiversity will lead to a change in the servi ...
White Paper on the contribution of the GFCS to Agenda 2030
... diseases, such as cardiovascular and respiratory diseases resulting from exposure to poor air quality – also cause the death and illness of many people. Furthermore, the proliferation of communicable water-borne and vector-borne diseases, due to favorable conditions particularly triggered by climate ...
... diseases, such as cardiovascular and respiratory diseases resulting from exposure to poor air quality – also cause the death and illness of many people. Furthermore, the proliferation of communicable water-borne and vector-borne diseases, due to favorable conditions particularly triggered by climate ...
Poland`s Climate Policy- The strategies for greenhouse gas
... observed may be the effect of cumulated global change in the Earth’s climate – change caused e.g. by the long-term impact of man’s activities on ecosystems. The scientific communities working for the purposes of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) are convinced that there is a depen ...
... observed may be the effect of cumulated global change in the Earth’s climate – change caused e.g. by the long-term impact of man’s activities on ecosystems. The scientific communities working for the purposes of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) are convinced that there is a depen ...
Climate change : quantifying the health impact at national
... future health gains that could be achieved by targeted protection from specific risks. To help provide a reliable source of information for policy-makers, WHO has developed methods to analyse the impacts of risks for health, and has estimated the impacts of 26 risk factors worldwide, including clima ...
... future health gains that could be achieved by targeted protection from specific risks. To help provide a reliable source of information for policy-makers, WHO has developed methods to analyse the impacts of risks for health, and has estimated the impacts of 26 risk factors worldwide, including clima ...
A comparison of structural and behavioural adaptations to future
... the case of the school (figure 1), peak temperatures are found to rise from a present day 31.9°C to 32.8°C when using the 10th percentile, to 37.3°C under the 50th percentile, to 39.5°C assuming the 90th percentile. It is clear from just these numbers that the scale of the challenge is proportional ...
... the case of the school (figure 1), peak temperatures are found to rise from a present day 31.9°C to 32.8°C when using the 10th percentile, to 37.3°C under the 50th percentile, to 39.5°C assuming the 90th percentile. It is clear from just these numbers that the scale of the challenge is proportional ...
- International Studies Association
... development, the Agenda for Sustainable Development also lists “more frequent and intense natural disasters” and “forced displacement of people” among concerns that threaten “to reverse much of the development progress made in recent decades” (United Nations General Assembly, 2015: 14). Climate chan ...
... development, the Agenda for Sustainable Development also lists “more frequent and intense natural disasters” and “forced displacement of people” among concerns that threaten “to reverse much of the development progress made in recent decades” (United Nations General Assembly, 2015: 14). Climate chan ...
Determinants of Farmers` Climate Risk Perceptions in Agriculture—A
... staff and literature [26]. 3.2. Empirical Approach of Determinants of Climate Risk Perception The linear regression analysis is used to evaluate the factors that influence farmers’ climate change risk perceptions. Climate change risk perception is the dependent dummy variable in this study. To deter ...
... staff and literature [26]. 3.2. Empirical Approach of Determinants of Climate Risk Perception The linear regression analysis is used to evaluate the factors that influence farmers’ climate change risk perceptions. Climate change risk perception is the dependent dummy variable in this study. To deter ...
Whangarei District Climate Change Constraints Report
... Climate change has long been perceived as a threat to the environment, but in recent years this threat perception has expanded to include social, cultural, security, and economic concerns. The theory underpinning anthropogenic climate change, put very simplistically, is that increased emissions of s ...
... Climate change has long been perceived as a threat to the environment, but in recent years this threat perception has expanded to include social, cultural, security, and economic concerns. The theory underpinning anthropogenic climate change, put very simplistically, is that increased emissions of s ...
Thermophilic Fungi to Dominate Aflatoxigenic/Mycotoxigenic Fungi
... increasingly is becoming more tropical. Hot and dry weather in Europe [16] contributed to a 2003 outbreak of A. flavus on crops in Italy, uncommon previously. A. flavus was able to colonize ripening maize by outcompeting the more common Fusarium species [15,34]. This caused an increase in aflatoxin ...
... increasingly is becoming more tropical. Hot and dry weather in Europe [16] contributed to a 2003 outbreak of A. flavus on crops in Italy, uncommon previously. A. flavus was able to colonize ripening maize by outcompeting the more common Fusarium species [15,34]. This caused an increase in aflatoxin ...
Central Bedfordshire Climate Change Adaptation Evidence Base
... The Council’s Climate Change Strategy acknowledges the risks of climate change to Central Bedfordshire and sets out strategic goals and targets for reducing carbon emissions and for increasing preparedness which will need to be carried through into the Climate Change Adaptation Plan. A management bo ...
... The Council’s Climate Change Strategy acknowledges the risks of climate change to Central Bedfordshire and sets out strategic goals and targets for reducing carbon emissions and for increasing preparedness which will need to be carried through into the Climate Change Adaptation Plan. A management bo ...
Assessing Dynamic Cost-Benefit Analysis of Climate Policy: the
... examples of modelling approaches used in CBA and will conclude with a discussion of assessment criteria in terms of good practice. Problematic aspects of CBA will also be addressed. The aim of this part is to set up a frame to evaluate different CBA approaches and generate critical questions about C ...
... examples of modelling approaches used in CBA and will conclude with a discussion of assessment criteria in terms of good practice. Problematic aspects of CBA will also be addressed. The aim of this part is to set up a frame to evaluate different CBA approaches and generate critical questions about C ...
Climate engineering
Climate engineering, also referred to as geoengineering or climate intervention, is the deliberate and large-scale intervention in the Earth’s climatic system with the aim of limiting adverse climate change. Climate engineering is an umbrella term for two types of measures: carbon dioxide removal and solar radiation management. Carbon dioxide removal addresses the cause of climate change by removing one of the greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide) from the atmosphere. Solar radiation management attempts to offset effects of greenhouse gases by causing the Earth to absorb less solar radiation.Climate engineering approaches are sometimes viewed as additional potential options for limiting climate change, alongside mitigation and adaptation. There is substantial agreement among scientists that climate engineering cannot substitute climate change mitigation. Some approaches might be used as accompanying measures to sharp cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. Given that all types of measures addressing climate change have economic, political or physical limitations a some climate engineering approaches might eventually be used as part of an ensemble of measures. Research on costs, benefits, and various types of risks of most climate engineering approaches is at an early stage and their understanding needs to improve to judge their adequacy and feasibility.No known large-scale climate engineering projects have taken place to date. Almost all research into solar geoengineering has consisted of computer modelling or laboratory tests, and attempts to move to real-world experimentation have proved controversial for many types of climate engineering. Some practices, such as planting of trees and whitening of surfaces as well as bio-energy with carbon capture and storage projects are underway, their scalability to effectively affect global climate is however debated. Ocean iron fertilization has been given small-scale research trials, sparking substantial controversy.Most experts and major reports advise against relying on geoengineering techniques as a simple solution to climate change, in part due to the large uncertainties over effectiveness and side effects. However, most experts also argue that the risks of such interventions must be seen in the context of risks of dangerous climate change. Interventions at large scale may run a greater risk disrupting natural systems resulting in a dilemma that those approaches that could prove highly (cost-) effective in addressing extreme climate risk, might themselves cause substantial risk. Some have suggested that the concept of geoengineering the climate presents a moral hazard because it could reduce political and public pressure for emissions reduction, which could exacerbate overall climate risks.Groups such as ETC Group and some climate researchers (such as Raymond Pierrehumbert) are in favour of a moratorium on out-of-doors testing and deployment of SRM.