Climate change impacts in Sub-Saharan Africa
... Hemisphere. In the low-emission scenario RCP2.6 (representing a 2 C world), African summer temperatures increase until 2050 at about 1.5 C above the 1951–1980 baseline and remain at this level until the end of the century. In the high-emission scenario RCP8.5 (representing a 4 C world), warming c ...
... Hemisphere. In the low-emission scenario RCP2.6 (representing a 2 C world), African summer temperatures increase until 2050 at about 1.5 C above the 1951–1980 baseline and remain at this level until the end of the century. In the high-emission scenario RCP8.5 (representing a 4 C world), warming c ...
COP15 side event
... • Favour adaptation strategies which will yield benefits (for other, less uncertain, policy concerns) regardless of whether or not climate impacts will occur. ...
... • Favour adaptation strategies which will yield benefits (for other, less uncertain, policy concerns) regardless of whether or not climate impacts will occur. ...
Framing Strategies to Minimize Impacts on Pennsylvania
... gases due to human activity. The time to take action to mitigate and adapt to climate change is now. The observable effects of climate change vary from place to place. In regions with more extreme climates—for example, the Arctic region and the arid lands of Mongolia—the impacts of climate change ar ...
... gases due to human activity. The time to take action to mitigate and adapt to climate change is now. The observable effects of climate change vary from place to place. In regions with more extreme climates—for example, the Arctic region and the arid lands of Mongolia—the impacts of climate change ar ...
Northern Hemisphere glaciation and the evolution of Plio
... [1] Deterministic orbital controls on climate variability are commonly inferred to dominate across timescales of 104–106 years, although some studies have suggested that stochastic processes may be of equal or greater importance. Here we explicitly quantify changes in deterministic orbital processes ...
... [1] Deterministic orbital controls on climate variability are commonly inferred to dominate across timescales of 104–106 years, although some studies have suggested that stochastic processes may be of equal or greater importance. Here we explicitly quantify changes in deterministic orbital processes ...
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... et al. (2001)]. Mendelsohn (2007) addresses the absence of research in past climate change impact on global agriculture over the last 40 years. Mendelsohn (2005) especially stresses that there is very little empirical research on Asia in spite of the general interest in the economic impact of climat ...
... et al. (2001)]. Mendelsohn (2007) addresses the absence of research in past climate change impact on global agriculture over the last 40 years. Mendelsohn (2005) especially stresses that there is very little empirical research on Asia in spite of the general interest in the economic impact of climat ...
PREPARING FOR CLIMATIC CHANGE: THE WATER, SALMON, AND
... more credibility. Parts of this work, undertaken by the interdisciplinary Climate Impacts Group at the University of Washington, have previously been reported elsewhere (Mote et al., 1999b; Parson et al., 2001). This paper extends these earlier efforts in several ways, including by introducing commo ...
... more credibility. Parts of this work, undertaken by the interdisciplinary Climate Impacts Group at the University of Washington, have previously been reported elsewhere (Mote et al., 1999b; Parson et al., 2001). This paper extends these earlier efforts in several ways, including by introducing commo ...
corporate conquistadors - Corporate Europe Observatory
... after the process of hydraulic fracturing used to extract it). Natural gas is often touted as an ideal transition energy source (or “bridge fuel”) in the move towards renewable energy because it releases less carbon dioxide than coal and oil. However, the fracking extraction technique leaks methane ...
... after the process of hydraulic fracturing used to extract it). Natural gas is often touted as an ideal transition energy source (or “bridge fuel”) in the move towards renewable energy because it releases less carbon dioxide than coal and oil. However, the fracking extraction technique leaks methane ...
Nature template
... The ability of each taxonomic group to cope with temperature increase (and hence, the potential mismatch between groups) should also depend on the biogeographic, socioeconomic and conservation context. When calculated at the country-level, we found that the temporal trend in CTI was positive and hig ...
... The ability of each taxonomic group to cope with temperature increase (and hence, the potential mismatch between groups) should also depend on the biogeographic, socioeconomic and conservation context. When calculated at the country-level, we found that the temporal trend in CTI was positive and hig ...
Climate Change and Invasive Alien Species
... greater use of marginal land for crop production, will render crops more prone to IAS. Climate change and IAS will therefore interact synergistically, greatly threatening food security in the poorer tropical countries. With limited resources, understanding the interactive effects of climate change a ...
... greater use of marginal land for crop production, will render crops more prone to IAS. Climate change and IAS will therefore interact synergistically, greatly threatening food security in the poorer tropical countries. With limited resources, understanding the interactive effects of climate change a ...
Differences between carbon budget estimates
... The ultimate objective of the international climate negotiations is to prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system1. Since 2010, this objective has been interpreted as limiting global-mean temperature increase to below 2°C relative to preindustrial levels2, although discussi ...
... The ultimate objective of the international climate negotiations is to prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system1. Since 2010, this objective has been interpreted as limiting global-mean temperature increase to below 2°C relative to preindustrial levels2, although discussi ...
Climate Change and the Monterey Bay Shoreline
... future climate variations and the level of fluctuation that might be considered statistically normal given historical trends. Significant changes in global climate patterns have recently been associated with global warming, an average increase in the temperature of the atmosphere near the Earth’s su ...
... future climate variations and the level of fluctuation that might be considered statistically normal given historical trends. Significant changes in global climate patterns have recently been associated with global warming, an average increase in the temperature of the atmosphere near the Earth’s su ...
Effects of systematic biases in the stratosphere on the tropospheric
... Climate science makes use of observations, theory, and modelling to understand better the functioning of the climate system on Earth in present and past conditions, and to explore possible future climates. Comprehensive climate models developed for this purpose integrate the knowledge on the process ...
... Climate science makes use of observations, theory, and modelling to understand better the functioning of the climate system on Earth in present and past conditions, and to explore possible future climates. Comprehensive climate models developed for this purpose integrate the knowledge on the process ...
Queensland Climate Adaptation Directions Statement
... Queensland Government Adaptation Action Plan The Queensland Government is responsible for maintaining and delivering an array of assets, services and functions, from national parks to public transport, schools to trade-promotion, land-use regulation to healthcare. The Queensland Government is commi ...
... Queensland Government Adaptation Action Plan The Queensland Government is responsible for maintaining and delivering an array of assets, services and functions, from national parks to public transport, schools to trade-promotion, land-use regulation to healthcare. The Queensland Government is commi ...
Wine Grape Suitability and Quality in a Changing Climate
... it was not until Pennsylvania passed the Farm Winery Act of 1968 that grape growing and the wine industry really began to make a recovery (Pennsylvania Wine Grape Growers Network, Penn State Cooperative Extension 2012). Currently, Pennsylvania ranks 7th in the country in wine grape production, with ...
... it was not until Pennsylvania passed the Farm Winery Act of 1968 that grape growing and the wine industry really began to make a recovery (Pennsylvania Wine Grape Growers Network, Penn State Cooperative Extension 2012). Currently, Pennsylvania ranks 7th in the country in wine grape production, with ...
Elizabeth Marino - Initiative on Climate Adaptation Research and
... Early rational for why the island was chosen as a village site is unclear, but it is reasonable to assume that because winter settlements tended to be more densely populated than other seasonally settled areas and because the Kigiqitamiut would have been gathered on the island when outsiders first ...
... Early rational for why the island was chosen as a village site is unclear, but it is reasonable to assume that because winter settlements tended to be more densely populated than other seasonally settled areas and because the Kigiqitamiut would have been gathered on the island when outsiders first ...
K Eʻ P AI
... interrupting their train of thought and should never be interrogated with closed-questions, such as those which could be answered with a “yes” or “no”. Interviewees should also never be “led”. This can give the interviewee a sense of what the interviewer might be “looking for” leading them to give t ...
... interrupting their train of thought and should never be interrogated with closed-questions, such as those which could be answered with a “yes” or “no”. Interviewees should also never be “led”. This can give the interviewee a sense of what the interviewer might be “looking for” leading them to give t ...
2012 Gulf Coast Climate Change Survey
... To begin the survey, we asked respondents how much their local climate had changed over recent years. The specific question wording was as follows: Overall, would you say the climate in your local community is very different than it was in the past, somewhat different, or pretty much the same? In Fi ...
... To begin the survey, we asked respondents how much their local climate had changed over recent years. The specific question wording was as follows: Overall, would you say the climate in your local community is very different than it was in the past, somewhat different, or pretty much the same? In Fi ...
Telling the Weather Story - Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction
... insurers about regional changes to the climate: How have weather patterns changed over the past 40 years, and how are they expected to change in the future? Little research has yet been undertaken to investigate regional changes in severe weather patterns and projected changes. The purpose of this r ...
... insurers about regional changes to the climate: How have weather patterns changed over the past 40 years, and how are they expected to change in the future? Little research has yet been undertaken to investigate regional changes in severe weather patterns and projected changes. The purpose of this r ...
cc-impact-by-State_FWS
... are gradually beginning to nest earlier each season -- a potential indication of this iconic species’ response to changes in climate in the upper Midwest. // More recently, Dave Best, fish and wildlife biologist at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (Service) East Lansing Ecological Services Fiel ...
... are gradually beginning to nest earlier each season -- a potential indication of this iconic species’ response to changes in climate in the upper Midwest. // More recently, Dave Best, fish and wildlife biologist at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (Service) East Lansing Ecological Services Fiel ...
Telling the Weather Story - IBC Public Assets
... insurers about regional changes to the climate: How have weather patterns changed over the past 40 years, and how are they expected to change in the future? Little research has yet been undertaken to investigate regional changes in severe weather patterns and projected changes. The purpose of this r ...
... insurers about regional changes to the climate: How have weather patterns changed over the past 40 years, and how are they expected to change in the future? Little research has yet been undertaken to investigate regional changes in severe weather patterns and projected changes. The purpose of this r ...
Have the Tropical Pacific Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions
... ENSO variability was conducted by examining fossil corals. Tudhope et al. (2001) used fossil massive Porites corals of eight different ages from Huon, Papua New Guinea (Fig. 1), to investigate annual variability in ENSO during the last glacial-interglacial cycle. Coral skeletal δ18O value is a good ...
... ENSO variability was conducted by examining fossil corals. Tudhope et al. (2001) used fossil massive Porites corals of eight different ages from Huon, Papua New Guinea (Fig. 1), to investigate annual variability in ENSO during the last glacial-interglacial cycle. Coral skeletal δ18O value is a good ...
Long-term natural variability and 20th century climate change
... ratio of inter-decadal to inter-annual variability, in keeping with our desire to understand the decadal-to-century scale variability in the global mean surface temperatures. Prior results suggest the leading linear discriminant RASST contains the bulk of the anthropogenic forced climate signal (a m ...
... ratio of inter-decadal to inter-annual variability, in keeping with our desire to understand the decadal-to-century scale variability in the global mean surface temperatures. Prior results suggest the leading linear discriminant RASST contains the bulk of the anthropogenic forced climate signal (a m ...
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... affects the poorest and most food insecure through a combination of decreasing crop production, and changes in the frequency and intensity of climate-related hazards, all of which can result in more humanitarian and food security crises. Climate change affects the different dimensions of food securi ...
... affects the poorest and most food insecure through a combination of decreasing crop production, and changes in the frequency and intensity of climate-related hazards, all of which can result in more humanitarian and food security crises. Climate change affects the different dimensions of food securi ...
Authoritarian environmentalism and China`s response to climate
... and implementation of policies. Doyle and Simpson (2006), meanwhile, show how authoritarian environmentalism in Iran involves the mobilisation of society to support state policies. Thus authoritarian environmentalism can be provisionally defined as a public policy model that concentrates authority in ...
... and implementation of policies. Doyle and Simpson (2006), meanwhile, show how authoritarian environmentalism in Iran involves the mobilisation of society to support state policies. Thus authoritarian environmentalism can be provisionally defined as a public policy model that concentrates authority in ...
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.