Indigenous knowledge about climate change
... labour and tractor, sale of irrigation water, charcoal making and other non-farm activities. Availability of credit eases the cash constraints and allows farmers to buy high value inputs like fertilizers. But only 55 % of the sampled farmers were able to access institutional credit in the study area ...
... labour and tractor, sale of irrigation water, charcoal making and other non-farm activities. Availability of credit eases the cash constraints and allows farmers to buy high value inputs like fertilizers. But only 55 % of the sampled farmers were able to access institutional credit in the study area ...
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... people. Most of the studies conclude that in many instances, agriculture will be disadvantaged and some predict unequal impacts of global warming on agriculture across regions. Climate change, although a global phenomenon, will have serious implications for the poor in India, making them more vulner ...
... people. Most of the studies conclude that in many instances, agriculture will be disadvantaged and some predict unequal impacts of global warming on agriculture across regions. Climate change, although a global phenomenon, will have serious implications for the poor in India, making them more vulner ...
A new feedback on climate change from the hydrological cycle
... negative feedback to anthropogenic climate change. Our proposed feedback might play a role not only in the response to future global warming but also on palaeoclimatic time scales in the past, when hydrological cycle variations have exceeded those projected for this century. [20] We call our effect ...
... negative feedback to anthropogenic climate change. Our proposed feedback might play a role not only in the response to future global warming but also on palaeoclimatic time scales in the past, when hydrological cycle variations have exceeded those projected for this century. [20] We call our effect ...
Adapting social safety net programs to climate change shocks
... microfinance activities for future saving to promote adaptive capacity which would enhance their resiliencies to cope with climate change. ...
... microfinance activities for future saving to promote adaptive capacity which would enhance their resiliencies to cope with climate change. ...
Estimating Regions` Relative Vulnerability to Climate Damages in
... floods, famine and disease. While some regions will adapt to extreme weather occurrences and longterm climate change, others will suffer serious damages, even in the face of the least severe climate change still thought possible. In general, richer regions – where a broad set of adaptation measures ...
... floods, famine and disease. While some regions will adapt to extreme weather occurrences and longterm climate change, others will suffer serious damages, even in the face of the least severe climate change still thought possible. In general, richer regions – where a broad set of adaptation measures ...
Winter wren populations show adaptation to local climate
... Projected impacts of climate change upon species’ extinction risk [10–12] have stimulated much interest in the potential for populations to exhibit evolutionary responses to climate change [13]. To date, this has particularly focused on phenological responses to changing environmental conditions, su ...
... Projected impacts of climate change upon species’ extinction risk [10–12] have stimulated much interest in the potential for populations to exhibit evolutionary responses to climate change [13]. To date, this has particularly focused on phenological responses to changing environmental conditions, su ...
First edition of the WHO Health and Climate Adaptation Bulletin pdf
... does not regularly occur such as the Nandi Hills and central Kenya have been a subject of concern. Will this project introduce anything new in terms of dealing with the spread of diseases resulting from climate change? A: Yes, this project specifically addresses the concern of malaria spreading to t ...
... does not regularly occur such as the Nandi Hills and central Kenya have been a subject of concern. Will this project introduce anything new in terms of dealing with the spread of diseases resulting from climate change? A: Yes, this project specifically addresses the concern of malaria spreading to t ...
CLIMATE WORLDWIDE
... 1. Read, listen to your partners and agree on the title for your text. Write it on the heading line. ...
... 1. Read, listen to your partners and agree on the title for your text. Write it on the heading line. ...
Flood hazard maps in Matucana village under climate change
... Model) and HADCM3 (Hadley Centre Coupled Model 3) models, which have the highest spatial resolution and the A1FI emission scenario (the last part of its name “FI” is by “fossil intensive”). This emission scenario was selected because it shows the most critical projections (Ruostenoja et al. 2003, IP ...
... Model) and HADCM3 (Hadley Centre Coupled Model 3) models, which have the highest spatial resolution and the A1FI emission scenario (the last part of its name “FI” is by “fossil intensive”). This emission scenario was selected because it shows the most critical projections (Ruostenoja et al. 2003, IP ...
The Perils of Modelling How Migration Responds to Climate Change
... 1895.1 Global warming has accelerated in the most recent decade, with the highest average global temperature ever recorded being in 2015. Extreme weather conditions including intense heat waves, flooding, hurricanes and severe storms, are expected to increase in frequency due to climate change, affe ...
... 1895.1 Global warming has accelerated in the most recent decade, with the highest average global temperature ever recorded being in 2015. Extreme weather conditions including intense heat waves, flooding, hurricanes and severe storms, are expected to increase in frequency due to climate change, affe ...
Report 4A - Land and water use options for climate change adaptation and mitigation in agriculture
... cropland and food security may be reduced by the introduction of second-generation liquid biofuels, derived from biomass waste, which may constitute a quarter of biofuels supply by the next decade [1.4]. Several integrated assessment studies have focused on quantifying the key impacts of climate ch ...
... cropland and food security may be reduced by the introduction of second-generation liquid biofuels, derived from biomass waste, which may constitute a quarter of biofuels supply by the next decade [1.4]. Several integrated assessment studies have focused on quantifying the key impacts of climate ch ...
Ruddell et al. 2006
... policies. As a practical matter, and as a member of the UNFCCC, any U.S. GHG mitigation program and policies will be influenced by the international negotiations that surround the Kyoto Protocol; therefore it seems to be in the best interest of the U.S. to develop a national program that is consiste ...
... policies. As a practical matter, and as a member of the UNFCCC, any U.S. GHG mitigation program and policies will be influenced by the international negotiations that surround the Kyoto Protocol; therefore it seems to be in the best interest of the U.S. to develop a national program that is consiste ...
hot air - United Nations Interpreters
... period ranging between 30 and 200 days. Bacteria produce methane in the absence of oxygen while breaking down waste. Organism that does not need oxygen to stay alive. The ancillary, or side effects, of policies aimed exclusively at climate change mitigation. Such policies have an impact not only on ...
... period ranging between 30 and 200 days. Bacteria produce methane in the absence of oxygen while breaking down waste. Organism that does not need oxygen to stay alive. The ancillary, or side effects, of policies aimed exclusively at climate change mitigation. Such policies have an impact not only on ...
IIIS Discussion Paper Rescaling climate justice: sub-national issues and
... climate change are not just social and environmental. The 2006 Stern Review on the economics of climate change projects that, in the long term, climate change could cut global gross domestic product (GDP) each year by between 5% and as much as 20%. The cost of addressing climate change now could be ...
... climate change are not just social and environmental. The 2006 Stern Review on the economics of climate change projects that, in the long term, climate change could cut global gross domestic product (GDP) each year by between 5% and as much as 20%. The cost of addressing climate change now could be ...
First International Workshop on the “Responses of Marine Hazards
... The First IOC/WESTPAC International Scientific Workshop on the Responses of Marine Hazards to Climate Change in the Western Pacific took place in Qingdao, China during November 23‐24, 2008, with the generous host of the First Institute of Oceanography, SOA. Twenty‐two Scientists attend ...
... The First IOC/WESTPAC International Scientific Workshop on the Responses of Marine Hazards to Climate Change in the Western Pacific took place in Qingdao, China during November 23‐24, 2008, with the generous host of the First Institute of Oceanography, SOA. Twenty‐two Scientists attend ...
Superannuation Trustees and Climate Change Report
... The 2011 floods in Queensland, for example, not only had an impact on insurance earnings,19 but also reduced production for some miners20 and forced up global coal prices, which has flow on effects for companies relying on cheap coal for profitability.21 The insurance and mining industries factor in ...
... The 2011 floods in Queensland, for example, not only had an impact on insurance earnings,19 but also reduced production for some miners20 and forced up global coal prices, which has flow on effects for companies relying on cheap coal for profitability.21 The insurance and mining industries factor in ...
the factsheet
... of Aquatic Science and Technology.1 The study only measured methane bubbles at the reservoir surface: Actual emissions may be several times higher due to the degassing of methane at the dam’s turbines and spillway, and in the river downstream. It has usually been assumed that methane emissions are n ...
... of Aquatic Science and Technology.1 The study only measured methane bubbles at the reservoir surface: Actual emissions may be several times higher due to the degassing of methane at the dam’s turbines and spillway, and in the river downstream. It has usually been assumed that methane emissions are n ...
univERsity oF copEnhAGEn
... At first sight, it may seem preferable to have a complex computer model that represents many aspects of the climate instead of simpler models. But, when working with complex models, there is a level of uncertainty associated with each process, which when added together increases the uncertainty of ...
... At first sight, it may seem preferable to have a complex computer model that represents many aspects of the climate instead of simpler models. But, when working with complex models, there is a level of uncertainty associated with each process, which when added together increases the uncertainty of ...
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... expected to increase plant productivity (Kimball, 2007) so including carbon fertilization would likely increase net benefits. The Ricardian model includes farmer adaptation but it does not take into account transition costs. The model is intended for comparative static analysis, not year by year dyn ...
... expected to increase plant productivity (Kimball, 2007) so including carbon fertilization would likely increase net benefits. The Ricardian model includes farmer adaptation but it does not take into account transition costs. The model is intended for comparative static analysis, not year by year dyn ...
Individual consumers and climate change: searching for a new moral compass - Working Paper 81 (358 kB) (opens in new window)
... people do not want to be associated with behaviours they find morally wrong. In economic terms, one might say that, ceteris paribus, the greater the moral cost of a behaviour the less likely that behaviour (Levitt and List, 2007). There is a wealth of empirical evidence indicating that moral concern ...
... people do not want to be associated with behaviours they find morally wrong. In economic terms, one might say that, ceteris paribus, the greater the moral cost of a behaviour the less likely that behaviour (Levitt and List, 2007). There is a wealth of empirical evidence indicating that moral concern ...
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... Gt of carbon is stored in permafrost soils worldwide. This large carbon pool represents more carbon than currently exists in all living things and twice as much carbon as exists in the atmosphere (Tarnocai et al. (2009)). Thawing of permafrost caused by polar amplification is expected to bring wides ...
... Gt of carbon is stored in permafrost soils worldwide. This large carbon pool represents more carbon than currently exists in all living things and twice as much carbon as exists in the atmosphere (Tarnocai et al. (2009)). Thawing of permafrost caused by polar amplification is expected to bring wides ...
Climate sCienCe
... act to trap heat and keep the planet warm. Without them Earth would be frozen and lifeless. But you can have too much of a good thing. Since the Industrial Revolution, humans have been emitting large quantities of greenhouse gases, mainly by burning fossil fuels and turning forests into farmland. Th ...
... act to trap heat and keep the planet warm. Without them Earth would be frozen and lifeless. But you can have too much of a good thing. Since the Industrial Revolution, humans have been emitting large quantities of greenhouse gases, mainly by burning fossil fuels and turning forests into farmland. Th ...
FiELDiNG CLiMATE CHANGE iN CULTURAL
... with the harvest, chatting with mothers outside the primary school, attending a wedding celebration or school graduation. None of these methods and data sources would have been sufficient on their own to understand the full complexity of the farmers’ vulnerability.” Accordingly, most chapters in her ...
... with the harvest, chatting with mothers outside the primary school, attending a wedding celebration or school graduation. None of these methods and data sources would have been sufficient on their own to understand the full complexity of the farmers’ vulnerability.” Accordingly, most chapters in her ...
comment_response_final_061109
... cover.” The section also states that “The feedback process in this case is much more complicated than with snow and ice cover because clouds both reflect solar radiation (so they cool the system) and at the same time absorb longwave radiation (so they enhance the greenhouse effect and warm the syste ...
... cover.” The section also states that “The feedback process in this case is much more complicated than with snow and ice cover because clouds both reflect solar radiation (so they cool the system) and at the same time absorb longwave radiation (so they enhance the greenhouse effect and warm the syste ...
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.