Full Report - Evans School of Public Policy and Governance
... Climate change will affect agriculture through a variety of physiological, environmental, and behavioral pathways.58 Impacts related to plant physiology tend to be direct responses to changes in temperature and precipitation (e.g. plant fitness and the regions suitable for growing particular crops), ...
... Climate change will affect agriculture through a variety of physiological, environmental, and behavioral pathways.58 Impacts related to plant physiology tend to be direct responses to changes in temperature and precipitation (e.g. plant fitness and the regions suitable for growing particular crops), ...
Mapping South African Farming
... al. 1993; Du Toit et al. 2002; Kiker 2002; Kiker et al. 2002) and the economic impacts derived from yields losses (Erasmus et al. 2000; Poonyth et al. 2002). Other studies develop a more comprehensive analysis of the economic impacts by including adaptation options (Deressa 2003; Gbetibouo 2004; Gbe ...
... al. 1993; Du Toit et al. 2002; Kiker 2002; Kiker et al. 2002) and the economic impacts derived from yields losses (Erasmus et al. 2000; Poonyth et al. 2002). Other studies develop a more comprehensive analysis of the economic impacts by including adaptation options (Deressa 2003; Gbetibouo 2004; Gbe ...
Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
... throughout the world. Nearly half of all drinking water in the world1 and about 43% of all water effectively consumed in irrigation2 is sourced from groundwater. Groundwater is vital for sustaining many streams, lakes, wetlands, and other dependent ecosystems3. However, global groundwater resources ...
... throughout the world. Nearly half of all drinking water in the world1 and about 43% of all water effectively consumed in irrigation2 is sourced from groundwater. Groundwater is vital for sustaining many streams, lakes, wetlands, and other dependent ecosystems3. However, global groundwater resources ...
Anchoring amid uncertainty - Personal Page: Prof. Dr. Jeroen van
... Over the past few decades, several attempts have been made to assess to what extent man-made emissions of greenhouse gases may change the Earth’s climate. This thesis consists mainly of a critical analysis of the processes by which the climate issue has been assessed over that period. We focus parti ...
... Over the past few decades, several attempts have been made to assess to what extent man-made emissions of greenhouse gases may change the Earth’s climate. This thesis consists mainly of a critical analysis of the processes by which the climate issue has been assessed over that period. We focus parti ...
AN ASSESSMEN T OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CLIMATE LIMITED
... Climate change is a naturally occurring phenomenon in which the earth‘s climate goes through cycles of warming and cooling; these changes usually take place incrementally over millennia. Over the past century, there has been an anomalous increase in global temperature, giving rise to accelerated cli ...
... Climate change is a naturally occurring phenomenon in which the earth‘s climate goes through cycles of warming and cooling; these changes usually take place incrementally over millennia. Over the past century, there has been an anomalous increase in global temperature, giving rise to accelerated cli ...
State of Climate Change Science in the Great Lakes Basin
... • The consideration of impacts of climate change on the local scale, including micro-climate niches is limited. • Research is limited on the impacts of climate change on coastal ecosystems. • Monitoring of species and community-level changes is necessary to refine hybrid models, which could lead ...
... • The consideration of impacts of climate change on the local scale, including micro-climate niches is limited. • Research is limited on the impacts of climate change on coastal ecosystems. • Monitoring of species and community-level changes is necessary to refine hybrid models, which could lead ...
SECOND-ORDER DRAFT IPCC WGII AR5 Chapter 24 Do Not Cite
... during the 20th century, with the warming trend continuing into the new millennium. Annual mean precipitation trends are characterized by strong variability, with both increasing and decreasing trends observed in different parts of Asia. Water scarcity is expected to be a major challenge for most of ...
... during the 20th century, with the warming trend continuing into the new millennium. Annual mean precipitation trends are characterized by strong variability, with both increasing and decreasing trends observed in different parts of Asia. Water scarcity is expected to be a major challenge for most of ...
ABSTRACT - Coastal Environmental Change Lab
... produce a convergence of sediment flux, and therefore deposition of sand from updrift, relative to what would occur in the absence of stabilization. How far updrift and downdrift the effects of the localized stabilization extend depend on the large-scale coastline morphology (as well as the length o ...
... produce a convergence of sediment flux, and therefore deposition of sand from updrift, relative to what would occur in the absence of stabilization. How far updrift and downdrift the effects of the localized stabilization extend depend on the large-scale coastline morphology (as well as the length o ...
Project Document Programme on Integrated Adaptation Strategies
... Research into crops that adapt to climate variability and change for farmers in rural communities Strengthen skills and experiences of youth in leading community actions and forming community groups that can support and advance adaptation, including youth involvement in community initiatives, Pa ...
... Research into crops that adapt to climate variability and change for farmers in rural communities Strengthen skills and experiences of youth in leading community actions and forming community groups that can support and advance adaptation, including youth involvement in community initiatives, Pa ...
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... This paper contributes to the existing literature examining the impacts of climate change on crop yields in six major aspects. First, we estimate the impact of climate change on corn and soybean yields in China using a detailed county-level panel on crop yields and climate variables rather than exp ...
... This paper contributes to the existing literature examining the impacts of climate change on crop yields in six major aspects. First, we estimate the impact of climate change on corn and soybean yields in China using a detailed county-level panel on crop yields and climate variables rather than exp ...
Endangered Quino checkerspot butterfly and climate change: Short
... with discrete populations and metapopulations distributed across the western USA, northern Baja California (Mexico), and southern regions of British Columbia and Alberta (Canada). Currently, three sub-species of Edith’s checkerspot (Quino, Bay checkerspot and Taylor’s checkerspot) are Federally list ...
... with discrete populations and metapopulations distributed across the western USA, northern Baja California (Mexico), and southern regions of British Columbia and Alberta (Canada). Currently, three sub-species of Edith’s checkerspot (Quino, Bay checkerspot and Taylor’s checkerspot) are Federally list ...
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... become less productive, or even disappear. Some of these impacts can be easily predicted, like the direct impact of a heat wave on a specific plant at a specific moment of its growth (provided that it has been well studied enough). Others are more complex to predict, like the effect of a certain cli ...
... become less productive, or even disappear. Some of these impacts can be easily predicted, like the direct impact of a heat wave on a specific plant at a specific moment of its growth (provided that it has been well studied enough). Others are more complex to predict, like the effect of a certain cli ...
Effects of UV radiation on aquatic ecosystems and interactions with
... after being acted upon by UV radiation and microbes. This DOM is highly photoreactive so exposure to solar UV radiation and visible light accelerate its breakdown and release it to the atmosphere as CO2.30 When permafrost thaws, as much as one third of the organic residues can be converted to CO2 wi ...
... after being acted upon by UV radiation and microbes. This DOM is highly photoreactive so exposure to solar UV radiation and visible light accelerate its breakdown and release it to the atmosphere as CO2.30 When permafrost thaws, as much as one third of the organic residues can be converted to CO2 wi ...
We Have Been Conned - The Science and Public Policy Institute
... politics it has abandoned the "scientific method" and replaced it with a desperate search for data and other material that might support a specific hypothesis. Its reports are not an honest assessment of climate because they omit, dismiss or distort research findings that do not conform to a certain ...
... politics it has abandoned the "scientific method" and replaced it with a desperate search for data and other material that might support a specific hypothesis. Its reports are not an honest assessment of climate because they omit, dismiss or distort research findings that do not conform to a certain ...
Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for the Treaty of Olympia
... A report to the Quinault Indian Nation, Hoh Tribe, and Quileute Tribe ...
... A report to the Quinault Indian Nation, Hoh Tribe, and Quileute Tribe ...
Hosed vs. unhosed: interruptions of the Atlantic Meridional
... What is more, the arrival of ice-rafted detritus does not seem to precede changes in the AMOC, where the two are recorded together. An analysis of Heinrich event 2 in the NW Atlantic showed that weakening of the AMOC preceded the widespread deposition of ice-rafted detritus by approximately 2 kyr (G ...
... What is more, the arrival of ice-rafted detritus does not seem to precede changes in the AMOC, where the two are recorded together. An analysis of Heinrich event 2 in the NW Atlantic showed that weakening of the AMOC preceded the widespread deposition of ice-rafted detritus by approximately 2 kyr (G ...
Infection, Disease, and Biosocial Processes at the End of
... provided research support. We examined 160 individuals (67% of the total number excavated) from three main burial areas at Harappa: an urban period cemetery (R-37), a post-urban cemetery (H), and an ossuary (Area G) (Figure 2). This total represents all of the individuals excavated from 1923 to 1967 ...
... provided research support. We examined 160 individuals (67% of the total number excavated) from three main burial areas at Harappa: an urban period cemetery (R-37), a post-urban cemetery (H), and an ossuary (Area G) (Figure 2). This total represents all of the individuals excavated from 1923 to 1967 ...
Atlantic National Seashores in Peril
... medium-high level of future emissions. While even higher pollutants and the other with medium-high emissions. emissions are certainly possible and in fact consistent with Projected changes in year-round average temperatures recent trends, it also is true that future emissions can be with lower futur ...
... medium-high level of future emissions. While even higher pollutants and the other with medium-high emissions. emissions are certainly possible and in fact consistent with Projected changes in year-round average temperatures recent trends, it also is true that future emissions can be with lower futur ...
What is causing rapid change in the Arctic at the moment?
... hence deposited on snow and ice, could decrease albedo and speed up melting. A study led by researchers at the University of Leeds brought together Arctic shipping inventories for 2004, projected inventories for 2050 and a global aerosol model and found that 2050 emissions will contribute less than ...
... hence deposited on snow and ice, could decrease albedo and speed up melting. A study led by researchers at the University of Leeds brought together Arctic shipping inventories for 2004, projected inventories for 2050 and a global aerosol model and found that 2050 emissions will contribute less than ...
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... after being acted upon by UV radiation and microbes. This DOM is highly photoreactive so exposure to solar UV radiation and visible light accelerate its breakdown and release it to the atmosphere as CO2.30 When permafrost thaws, as much as one third of the organic residues can be converted to CO2 wi ...
... after being acted upon by UV radiation and microbes. This DOM is highly photoreactive so exposure to solar UV radiation and visible light accelerate its breakdown and release it to the atmosphere as CO2.30 When permafrost thaws, as much as one third of the organic residues can be converted to CO2 wi ...
Climate Threatens TI - northwesterndebateinstitute2012
... transportation systems face many daunting concerns, not the least of which is funding to maintain and improve the country’s infrastructure and competitiveness. To these concerns is now added climate change or global warming. This paper does not address the science of climate change or the issue of m ...
... transportation systems face many daunting concerns, not the least of which is funding to maintain and improve the country’s infrastructure and competitiveness. To these concerns is now added climate change or global warming. This paper does not address the science of climate change or the issue of m ...
Agriculture and Future Climate Dynamics in Africa: Impacts and Adaptation Options
... model, the study predicts future impacts under various climate scenarios. In addition to estimating impacts on mixed crop−livestock farms, the study also measures and compares impacts on specialised crop and livestock farms. Responses of different production systems are analysed under irrigation and ...
... model, the study predicts future impacts under various climate scenarios. In addition to estimating impacts on mixed crop−livestock farms, the study also measures and compares impacts on specialised crop and livestock farms. Responses of different production systems are analysed under irrigation and ...
Course on review of higher tiers non
... Alternative common metrics and shortcomings of GWPs are still being assessed by the IPCC in the context of the AR5; GWPs are a well-defined metric based on radiative forcing that continues to be useful in a multigas approach; GWPs were not designed with a particular policy goal in mind and, de ...
... Alternative common metrics and shortcomings of GWPs are still being assessed by the IPCC in the context of the AR5; GWPs are a well-defined metric based on radiative forcing that continues to be useful in a multigas approach; GWPs were not designed with a particular policy goal in mind and, de ...
Sociological Perspectives on Global Climate Change
... and consequences of climate change have become increasingly apparent, social scientists have found themselves called on to contribute to the scientific understanding of the role of humans in global climate change. The opportunities for social science at the international climate change table have te ...
... and consequences of climate change have become increasingly apparent, social scientists have found themselves called on to contribute to the scientific understanding of the role of humans in global climate change. The opportunities for social science at the international climate change table have te ...
Climate Change and Tourism - Sustainable Development of Tourism
... was a consensus that the primary issue relates to travellers' consumption of transport services, notably road and air transport. In the former case, there is clear evidence from major tourism destinations such as France, that the use of road transport by travellers contributes significantly to green ...
... was a consensus that the primary issue relates to travellers' consumption of transport services, notably road and air transport. In the former case, there is clear evidence from major tourism destinations such as France, that the use of road transport by travellers contributes significantly to green ...
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.