Migration, Environment and Climate Change
... context of environmental and climate change There is a growing recognition that migration can contribute to adaptation to environmental and climate change. The Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recently acknowledged that migration can be an effective ada ...
... context of environmental and climate change There is a growing recognition that migration can contribute to adaptation to environmental and climate change. The Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recently acknowledged that migration can be an effective ada ...
The intensification and shift of the annual North Atlantic Oscillation in
... centers of action is clearly found in the January 2000 to December 2049 map (Fig. 5b), and in the January 2050 to December 2099 map (Fig. 5c). It should be noted that there are SLP trends in the simulation. The shift may include two parts: the interannual variability change and the mean state change ...
... centers of action is clearly found in the January 2000 to December 2049 map (Fig. 5b), and in the January 2050 to December 2099 map (Fig. 5c). It should be noted that there are SLP trends in the simulation. The shift may include two parts: the interannual variability change and the mean state change ...
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... degradations are main concerns for the farm household in the developed counties, e.g., wheat farms in the U.S. Pacific Northwest. We need indicators to represent these economic, social and environmental outcomes, and use them to evaluate the impacts of climate change and potential adaptation strate ...
... degradations are main concerns for the farm household in the developed counties, e.g., wheat farms in the U.S. Pacific Northwest. We need indicators to represent these economic, social and environmental outcomes, and use them to evaluate the impacts of climate change and potential adaptation strate ...
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... Their respect for their ancestors and Mother Earth speaks of a unique value system different from some commonly held Western values, for example Christianity or Judaism. As researchers, we would like to show how universities can play an important role in helping indigenous communities, namely Nati ...
... Their respect for their ancestors and Mother Earth speaks of a unique value system different from some commonly held Western values, for example Christianity or Judaism. As researchers, we would like to show how universities can play an important role in helping indigenous communities, namely Nati ...
10-054a - Victorian Legislation
... relevant to the decision under consideration; and (b) the potential contribution to Victoria's greenhouse gas emissions of the decision under consideration. 9 Principle of integrated decision making A decision should integrate the competing longterm and short-term environmental, economic, health and ...
... relevant to the decision under consideration; and (b) the potential contribution to Victoria's greenhouse gas emissions of the decision under consideration. 9 Principle of integrated decision making A decision should integrate the competing longterm and short-term environmental, economic, health and ...
Media coverage of climate change: current trends, strengths
... al. 2001; IPCC WGII 2007). That adjustment can be anticipatory or reactive, planned or grassroots/spontaneous, public or private. Disaster management can be either based on preparation and prevention or relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction (recovery) (Muller and Hepburn 2006). There is much de ...
... al. 2001; IPCC WGII 2007). That adjustment can be anticipatory or reactive, planned or grassroots/spontaneous, public or private. Disaster management can be either based on preparation and prevention or relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction (recovery) (Muller and Hepburn 2006). There is much de ...
Climate Change and Extreme Events
... Climate and land-use change complicate current and future water management challenges through their complex and shifting interactions that alter space–time patterns of hydrological variability and induce uncertainty in the decision making processes. Limitations of traditional hydrological analyses a ...
... Climate and land-use change complicate current and future water management challenges through their complex and shifting interactions that alter space–time patterns of hydrological variability and induce uncertainty in the decision making processes. Limitations of traditional hydrological analyses a ...
Climate Change Financing - SÜDWIND
... committed themselves to providing USD 100 billion of “new and additional” financing annually by the year 2020 in order to address climate change needs in developing countries. However, so far, there is no internationally agreed definition of what “new and additional” actually means. While criteria f ...
... committed themselves to providing USD 100 billion of “new and additional” financing annually by the year 2020 in order to address climate change needs in developing countries. However, so far, there is no internationally agreed definition of what “new and additional” actually means. While criteria f ...
CSPR Briefing C SP R B
... establishment of vegetation, means changes in carbon stocks which alter the exchange of carbon between the terrestrial ecosystem and the atmosphere, causing emissions or removal of carbon. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) adopted the “Good Practice Guidance for Land use, Land-use ...
... establishment of vegetation, means changes in carbon stocks which alter the exchange of carbon between the terrestrial ecosystem and the atmosphere, causing emissions or removal of carbon. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) adopted the “Good Practice Guidance for Land use, Land-use ...
Education sector responses to climate change - UNESDOC
... Responsibility’, it is children who will be hardest hit by the effects of climate change. These impacts will be seen, for instance, in the direct effects on educational provision associated with increasing incidence of severe weather events (e.g. drought, flooding, cyclones, heat waves). Over the lo ...
... Responsibility’, it is children who will be hardest hit by the effects of climate change. These impacts will be seen, for instance, in the direct effects on educational provision associated with increasing incidence of severe weather events (e.g. drought, flooding, cyclones, heat waves). Over the lo ...
Chinese and Russian policies on climate change
... Adding to this difficulty is the fact that, even though average temperatures are shown to be increasing through scientific research, these average increases are being masked in the huge temperature shifts being seen all over the world. It is easy not to notice this increase when extreme temperatures ...
... Adding to this difficulty is the fact that, even though average temperatures are shown to be increasing through scientific research, these average increases are being masked in the huge temperature shifts being seen all over the world. It is easy not to notice this increase when extreme temperatures ...
The representative concentration pathways: an overview
... needed as input for climate modeling and atmospheric chemistry modeling (emissions of greenhouse gases, air pollutants and land use). Moreover, they should make such information available in a geographically explicit way; 3) The RCPs should have harmonized base year assumptions for emissions and lan ...
... needed as input for climate modeling and atmospheric chemistry modeling (emissions of greenhouse gases, air pollutants and land use). Moreover, they should make such information available in a geographically explicit way; 3) The RCPs should have harmonized base year assumptions for emissions and lan ...
CSKT Climate Change Strategic Plan
... Climate Change: any significant change in measures of climate (such as temperature, precipitation, or wind) lasting for an extended period of time (decades or longer). Climate change may result from natural factors and processes and from human activities that change the at ...
... Climate Change: any significant change in measures of climate (such as temperature, precipitation, or wind) lasting for an extended period of time (decades or longer). Climate change may result from natural factors and processes and from human activities that change the at ...
Update on CCS in the Global Climate Picture Tim Dixon 23 January 2015
... • The share of low‐carbon electricity supply (incl CCS) increases from 30% to more than 80 % by 2050, • Fossil fuel power generation without CCS is phased out by 2100. GHG emissions reduced significantly by: • Replacing average efficiency coal fired power plants with modern high efficiency natural g ...
... • The share of low‐carbon electricity supply (incl CCS) increases from 30% to more than 80 % by 2050, • Fossil fuel power generation without CCS is phased out by 2100. GHG emissions reduced significantly by: • Replacing average efficiency coal fired power plants with modern high efficiency natural g ...
How to Avoid Dangerous Climate Change
... sheets—causing global sea level to rise between 12 and 40 feet. In light of this evidence, policy makers in the European Union have committed their countries to a robust long-term target of limiting warming to 2°C above pre-industrial levels. The United States, under the United Nations Framework Con ...
... sheets—causing global sea level to rise between 12 and 40 feet. In light of this evidence, policy makers in the European Union have committed their countries to a robust long-term target of limiting warming to 2°C above pre-industrial levels. The United States, under the United Nations Framework Con ...
Climate Change Adaptation Actions for Local
... Preparing Australia for the unavoidable impacts of climate change is imperative. Australia’s climate is clearly changing and increasing temperatures, sea level rise, changing rainfall patterns and more frequent and intense extreme climatic events are likely. Many Australian sectors and systems are h ...
... Preparing Australia for the unavoidable impacts of climate change is imperative. Australia’s climate is clearly changing and increasing temperatures, sea level rise, changing rainfall patterns and more frequent and intense extreme climatic events are likely. Many Australian sectors and systems are h ...
Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Adaptation and
... While the former is mainly used by humanitarian actors, the latter stems from developmental considerations, as explained below. For the purpose of this paper, a distinction is made between the two concepts based on the level at which they address the root causes of disasters. However, it is importan ...
... While the former is mainly used by humanitarian actors, the latter stems from developmental considerations, as explained below. For the purpose of this paper, a distinction is made between the two concepts based on the level at which they address the root causes of disasters. However, it is importan ...
Northern African climate at the end of the twenty
... on Climate Change (IPCC AR4; IPCC 2007) highlights this region as exceptionally vulnerable to climate change, especially since the population depends highly on agriculture and climate change may alter the availability of water resources. The atmosphere–ocean general circulation model (AOGCM) simulat ...
... on Climate Change (IPCC AR4; IPCC 2007) highlights this region as exceptionally vulnerable to climate change, especially since the population depends highly on agriculture and climate change may alter the availability of water resources. The atmosphere–ocean general circulation model (AOGCM) simulat ...
Disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation
... While the former is mainly used by humanitarian actors, the latter stems from developmental considerations, as explained below. For the purpose of this paper, a distinction is made between the two concepts based on the level at which they address the root causes of disasters. However, it is importan ...
... While the former is mainly used by humanitarian actors, the latter stems from developmental considerations, as explained below. For the purpose of this paper, a distinction is made between the two concepts based on the level at which they address the root causes of disasters. However, it is importan ...
Potential impacts of aerosol–land–atmosphere interactions on the Indian monsoonal rainfall characteristics
... Land-use/land-cover change has been identified as a significant forcing that can impact precipitation characteristics (Pielke et al. 2006). Changes in land-surface characteristics can alter the surface Bowen ratio and have a feedback via boundary layer processes. Recent results from field measuremen ...
... Land-use/land-cover change has been identified as a significant forcing that can impact precipitation characteristics (Pielke et al. 2006). Changes in land-surface characteristics can alter the surface Bowen ratio and have a feedback via boundary layer processes. Recent results from field measuremen ...
SEA LEVEL RISE IN THE CARIBBEAN
... to the ensemble mean over much of the CARICOM area, although it does not return to current levels over most areas that would have experienced drying; however under Scenario A2 drying continues; lack of data prevented an equivalent analysis for the B1 Scenario • However, maximum and minimum rainfall ...
... to the ensemble mean over much of the CARICOM area, although it does not return to current levels over most areas that would have experienced drying; however under Scenario A2 drying continues; lack of data prevented an equivalent analysis for the B1 Scenario • However, maximum and minimum rainfall ...
Towards a Strategy on Climate Change, Ecosystem Services
... the worst-case IPCC scenario trajectories (or even worse) are being realised. For many key parameters, the climate system is already moving beyond the patterns of natural variability within which our society and economy have developed and thrived. These parameters include global mean surface tempera ...
... the worst-case IPCC scenario trajectories (or even worse) are being realised. For many key parameters, the climate system is already moving beyond the patterns of natural variability within which our society and economy have developed and thrived. These parameters include global mean surface tempera ...
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.