The Blueprint for Coffee in a Changing Climate
... to greatly reduce the volume of water needed for washing coffee, but the costs to obtain and ...
... to greatly reduce the volume of water needed for washing coffee, but the costs to obtain and ...
task force on climate remediation research
... CDR approaches. Those studies include efforts to understand the effects of changes in agricultural practices (e.g., no-till agriculture) and the effects of land-use changes (e.g., reforestation). In reports by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (e.g., IPCC’s 2007 report) and in the ...
... CDR approaches. Those studies include efforts to understand the effects of changes in agricultural practices (e.g., no-till agriculture) and the effects of land-use changes (e.g., reforestation). In reports by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (e.g., IPCC’s 2007 report) and in the ...
Climate Change Riparian Restoration
... of precipitation and run-off (Milly et al. 2002, Barnett et al. 2005, Palmer et al. 2008). For example, in California’s Central Valley, summer stream flows are projected to decline as annual snowpacks diminish and melt earlier in the spring (Hayhoe et al. 2004, Vicuna and Dracup 2007). Riparian vege ...
... of precipitation and run-off (Milly et al. 2002, Barnett et al. 2005, Palmer et al. 2008). For example, in California’s Central Valley, summer stream flows are projected to decline as annual snowpacks diminish and melt earlier in the spring (Hayhoe et al. 2004, Vicuna and Dracup 2007). Riparian vege ...
Paper 10: Climate Change Impacts on Coastal
... University of Southampton, United Kingdom University of Wollongong, Australia ABSTRACT: The physical configuration of coastal ecosystems is determined by a combination of marine, terrestrial, and atmospheric processes that shape the land/ocean interface. As the world’s present coastlines evolved ove ...
... University of Southampton, United Kingdom University of Wollongong, Australia ABSTRACT: The physical configuration of coastal ecosystems is determined by a combination of marine, terrestrial, and atmospheric processes that shape the land/ocean interface. As the world’s present coastlines evolved ove ...
Prospect Theory, Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change
... Secondly and more fundamentally, it is a debatable question in how far collective decisions follow normatively consistent and socially optimal patterns (such as decisions grounded in EUT would do) or whether they should rather be oriented to the preferences of the individuals. Note that – at least i ...
... Secondly and more fundamentally, it is a debatable question in how far collective decisions follow normatively consistent and socially optimal patterns (such as decisions grounded in EUT would do) or whether they should rather be oriented to the preferences of the individuals. Note that – at least i ...
The study - WWF
... Australia does not have to stay within the long-term carbon budget through domestic abatement alone. Indeed, Ecofys found that even if emissions were reduced by 4 per cent each year (assumed to be the upper limit of what is currently possible) Australia would still significantly exceed its emission ...
... Australia does not have to stay within the long-term carbon budget through domestic abatement alone. Indeed, Ecofys found that even if emissions were reduced by 4 per cent each year (assumed to be the upper limit of what is currently possible) Australia would still significantly exceed its emission ...
126 Montevideo, Uruguay
... that two-thirds of the city’s emissions stem from the burning of fossil fuels. The inventory enables the city’s Climate Change Work group to propose policies that promote a low-carbon economy and more efficient use of energy. ...
... that two-thirds of the city’s emissions stem from the burning of fossil fuels. The inventory enables the city’s Climate Change Work group to propose policies that promote a low-carbon economy and more efficient use of energy. ...
S TAT E O F T H E WO R... Into a Warming World 2 0
... threats, and diversity is a key element for both types of system too. As shocks and stresses create changes from the norm, a capacity for learning (to deal with novel threats) and innovation (coming up with new solutions) are also important. At a practical level, people rely on a variety of assets a ...
... threats, and diversity is a key element for both types of system too. As shocks and stresses create changes from the norm, a capacity for learning (to deal with novel threats) and innovation (coming up with new solutions) are also important. At a practical level, people rely on a variety of assets a ...
From science to policy: developing responses to climate change
... on the best way to promote the public’s health and how to weigh individual liberties against the welfare of the whole. Decision-makers outside the public health community are faced with similar challenges. Climate change affects multiple sectors and resources including (but not limited to) agricultu ...
... on the best way to promote the public’s health and how to weigh individual liberties against the welfare of the whole. Decision-makers outside the public health community are faced with similar challenges. Climate change affects multiple sectors and resources including (but not limited to) agricultu ...
A severe centennial-scale drought in mid
... temporally with the rapid increase in moisture documented at South Rhody Peatland after the drought (Figure 2). Drought-induced aeolian activity in many currently stabilized dune systems across the mid-continent (Forman et al., 2001) provides additional information on the magnitude and extent of the ...
... temporally with the rapid increase in moisture documented at South Rhody Peatland after the drought (Figure 2). Drought-induced aeolian activity in many currently stabilized dune systems across the mid-continent (Forman et al., 2001) provides additional information on the magnitude and extent of the ...
Interactions Between State and Federal Climate Change Policies
... achieved under the national program alone. In this case, emissions sources must surrender both state and federal allowances to comply with the two jurisdictions. If a source only needed to surrender to one jurisdiction, it would choose abatement levels such that marginal abatement costs equaled the ...
... achieved under the national program alone. In this case, emissions sources must surrender both state and federal allowances to comply with the two jurisdictions. If a source only needed to surrender to one jurisdiction, it would choose abatement levels such that marginal abatement costs equaled the ...
The Role of Developing Countries in the Continuation of the Kyoto
... According to Burton et. al (2006), “human induced climate change presents societies for the first time with the challenge of adapting to climatic changes forecast but not yet experienced.” As a result of the non-linear and temporally delayed nature of climate change, the development of an effective ...
... According to Burton et. al (2006), “human induced climate change presents societies for the first time with the challenge of adapting to climatic changes forecast but not yet experienced.” As a result of the non-linear and temporally delayed nature of climate change, the development of an effective ...
EIB Climate Strategy - European Investment Bank
... (ETS), Adaptation Strategy or the 2030 Climate and Energy package are integrated into operationally relevant practices and procedures which guide financing decisions, alongside long-term visions such as the EU Energy Union or the IPCC decarbonisation path by which global greenhouse gas emissions nee ...
... (ETS), Adaptation Strategy or the 2030 Climate and Energy package are integrated into operationally relevant practices and procedures which guide financing decisions, alongside long-term visions such as the EU Energy Union or the IPCC decarbonisation path by which global greenhouse gas emissions nee ...
Impact of extreme weather on critical infrastructure Deliverable D2.1
... Meteorology (JCOMM) have developed tools for the analysis of computed statistics (indices). Moreover, the Experts of CCl/CLIVAR/JCOMM Team on Climate Change Detection and Indices (ETCCDI) has provided a core set of 27 extreme indices for temperature and precipitation, to assess changes in extreme cl ...
... Meteorology (JCOMM) have developed tools for the analysis of computed statistics (indices). Moreover, the Experts of CCl/CLIVAR/JCOMM Team on Climate Change Detection and Indices (ETCCDI) has provided a core set of 27 extreme indices for temperature and precipitation, to assess changes in extreme cl ...
PNNL-director-vist - Civil, Environmental and Architectural
... Risk increases dramatically by about 7 times in the three decades thereafter (bad news) ...
... Risk increases dramatically by about 7 times in the three decades thereafter (bad news) ...
Use of models in detection and attribution of climate change
... uncertainty. Forcing uncertainty is generally understood to be small in the case of well-mixed greenhouse gases10 that have well understood effects on the planet’s radiative balance. Uncertainties are larger for other types of anthropogenic forcing, including aerosol forcing and forcing from land-us ...
... uncertainty. Forcing uncertainty is generally understood to be small in the case of well-mixed greenhouse gases10 that have well understood effects on the planet’s radiative balance. Uncertainties are larger for other types of anthropogenic forcing, including aerosol forcing and forcing from land-us ...
21st century climate change in the European Alps—A review
... importance of perennial snow and ice cover in the upper reaches as well as the existence of various orographically triggered flow phenomena. Due to various factors including the high population density, the pronounced susceptibility to climate-related hazards, the importance of Alpine water resources ...
... importance of perennial snow and ice cover in the upper reaches as well as the existence of various orographically triggered flow phenomena. Due to various factors including the high population density, the pronounced susceptibility to climate-related hazards, the importance of Alpine water resources ...
Climate Change - cloudfront.net
... [International Panel on Climate Change, April 7-11, 2014; Summary for Policymakers; Final Draft; Working Group III; PDF; http://report.mitigation2014.org/spm/ipcc_wg3_ar5_summary-for-policymakers_approved.pdf; accessed 17 May 2014; AC] ...
... [International Panel on Climate Change, April 7-11, 2014; Summary for Policymakers; Final Draft; Working Group III; PDF; http://report.mitigation2014.org/spm/ipcc_wg3_ar5_summary-for-policymakers_approved.pdf; accessed 17 May 2014; AC] ...
now - Melton Borough Council
... winters to become wetter and summers to become drier. The insurance industry has warned that premiums could rise as flood prone properties become more difficult to protect, and some properties may be unable to obtain insurance against flood altogether. Climate change effects could mean that extreme ...
... winters to become wetter and summers to become drier. The insurance industry has warned that premiums could rise as flood prone properties become more difficult to protect, and some properties may be unable to obtain insurance against flood altogether. Climate change effects could mean that extreme ...
Effects on Ecosystems
... important in and/semi and and infertile areas However there is great uncertainty about whethei 01 not these mechanisms operate for prolonged periods in natural ecosystems For example there are no field data from whole ecosystem studies of forests that demonstrate a ' CO2 feitilization etlect It elev ...
... important in and/semi and and infertile areas However there is great uncertainty about whethei 01 not these mechanisms operate for prolonged periods in natural ecosystems For example there are no field data from whole ecosystem studies of forests that demonstrate a ' CO2 feitilization etlect It elev ...
Download: ACI2015 - Summary for Policy-makers
... Tropospheric ozone from anthropogenic precursors has a smaller impact on Arctic temperature than either methane or black carbon. Ozone also raises different concerns depending on its altitude. Surface levels appear to be influenced primarily by pollution from Europe. Ozone higher up in the troposphe ...
... Tropospheric ozone from anthropogenic precursors has a smaller impact on Arctic temperature than either methane or black carbon. Ozone also raises different concerns depending on its altitude. Surface levels appear to be influenced primarily by pollution from Europe. Ozone higher up in the troposphe ...
The CC-Bio Project: Studying the Effects of Climate Change
... of continuous presence bordered by an abrupt transition to species absence. These presence/absence range maps exclude information about variations in abundance. If species show a long tail of low abundance as their range limit is approached, delimitation of range limits may be arbitrary and, counter ...
... of continuous presence bordered by an abrupt transition to species absence. These presence/absence range maps exclude information about variations in abundance. If species show a long tail of low abundance as their range limit is approached, delimitation of range limits may be arbitrary and, counter ...
Does adaptation to climate change provide food security? A micro-perspective from Ethiopia: Working Paper 19 (334 kB) (opens in new window)
... technologies and adaptation strategies are vital to support food crops yield. These strategies can indeed buffer against climate change and play a crucial role in reducing the food insecurity of farmers. The links between climate change and food security have largely been explored focusing on the re ...
... technologies and adaptation strategies are vital to support food crops yield. These strategies can indeed buffer against climate change and play a crucial role in reducing the food insecurity of farmers. The links between climate change and food security have largely been explored focusing on the re ...
Climate change and geomorphological hazards in the eastern
... indirect effects on geomorphological processes and on sedimentary systems are less well known. Based on records of past events, alpine geomorphological hazards such as landslides, debris flows, mudflows and other expressions of slope instability can result from aspects of human activity and climate va ...
... indirect effects on geomorphological processes and on sedimentary systems are less well known. Based on records of past events, alpine geomorphological hazards such as landslides, debris flows, mudflows and other expressions of slope instability can result from aspects of human activity and climate va ...
Assessing the Effect of Rising Temperatures
... range of weather conditions. As climate change begins to move these weather conditions—in particular temperature—outside the bounds of our historical experience, the electric power system becomes increasingly vulnerable to reduced performance and disruption. In this report we assess the risk of clim ...
... range of weather conditions. As climate change begins to move these weather conditions—in particular temperature—outside the bounds of our historical experience, the electric power system becomes increasingly vulnerable to reduced performance and disruption. In this report we assess the risk of clim ...
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.