A few things before we (really) start
... We assume a direct, causal relationship between climate change and migration. We expect that these displacements will be forced and international. We assume that the nature and extent of the migration flows will depend upon the impacts of climate change. ...
... We assume a direct, causal relationship between climate change and migration. We expect that these displacements will be forced and international. We assume that the nature and extent of the migration flows will depend upon the impacts of climate change. ...
Global Climate Change
... especially the one surrounding the earth, and retained by the celestial body's gravitational field. f. Biosphere - The part of the earth and its atmosphere in which living organisms exist or that is capable of supporting life. g. Geologic Time - The period of time covering the physical formation and ...
... especially the one surrounding the earth, and retained by the celestial body's gravitational field. f. Biosphere - The part of the earth and its atmosphere in which living organisms exist or that is capable of supporting life. g. Geologic Time - The period of time covering the physical formation and ...
Forests and Climate Change
... including refuges for biodiversity, provision of food, medicinal, and forest products, regulation of the hydrologic cycle, protection of soil resources, recreational uses, spiritual needs, and aesthetic values. Additionally, forests influence climate through exchanges of energy, water, carbon dioxid ...
... including refuges for biodiversity, provision of food, medicinal, and forest products, regulation of the hydrologic cycle, protection of soil resources, recreational uses, spiritual needs, and aesthetic values. Additionally, forests influence climate through exchanges of energy, water, carbon dioxid ...
Slide 1
... Provides Easy Technical Reference • Flagship Report covered only main policy messages • Sector volumes bring together all material for technical specialists • Data Annexes provide useful reference for all sectoral indicators ...
... Provides Easy Technical Reference • Flagship Report covered only main policy messages • Sector volumes bring together all material for technical specialists • Data Annexes provide useful reference for all sectoral indicators ...
Adapting portfolios to climate change
... A tide of new regulations to combat climate change is rising. The risks are underappreciated, yet could soon start to unfold. Significant spending on sustainable infrastructure and government incentives are needed to meet emissions-reduction targets. These present large investment risks and opportun ...
... A tide of new regulations to combat climate change is rising. The risks are underappreciated, yet could soon start to unfold. Significant spending on sustainable infrastructure and government incentives are needed to meet emissions-reduction targets. These present large investment risks and opportun ...
Ruti et al. BAMS - Med
... considered as particularly vulnerable to climate variability and change, in particular because of the sensitivity of its environment to changes in the water cycle. The areas surrounding the Mediterranean basin have quite a unique character that results both from their complex morphology and socio-ec ...
... considered as particularly vulnerable to climate variability and change, in particular because of the sensitivity of its environment to changes in the water cycle. The areas surrounding the Mediterranean basin have quite a unique character that results both from their complex morphology and socio-ec ...
On the Catallactics of Global Warming and Environmental Futurism
... different numbers and radically different opinions of the proper course of action. The primary point of contestation concerns the appropriate social discount rate. The Stern Review utilized a discount rate of zero percent, meaning that the speculative climate damages to the civilization of year 2200 ...
... different numbers and radically different opinions of the proper course of action. The primary point of contestation concerns the appropriate social discount rate. The Stern Review utilized a discount rate of zero percent, meaning that the speculative climate damages to the civilization of year 2200 ...
Greenhouse Gas Removal
... in the UK and globally that could be achieved from afforestation are given in Table 1. Afforestation is thought to have few negative effects on other sectors,4 but there are factors that may limit its effectiveness: Once a forest matures it is saturated as a carbon store, so there is a limit to th ...
... in the UK and globally that could be achieved from afforestation are given in Table 1. Afforestation is thought to have few negative effects on other sectors,4 but there are factors that may limit its effectiveness: Once a forest matures it is saturated as a carbon store, so there is a limit to th ...
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... agricultural region to these changes. First, we identified changes in agroclimatic regions. Second, we developed statistical models of crop yield response based on process-based crop models, linking productivity, management and climate variables, as detailed below; livestock production is not consid ...
... agricultural region to these changes. First, we identified changes in agroclimatic regions. Second, we developed statistical models of crop yield response based on process-based crop models, linking productivity, management and climate variables, as detailed below; livestock production is not consid ...
What`s New in TerrSet
... used to determine changes in greenhouse-gas concentrations and global-mean surface air temperature (the graph) using the A1BAIM scenario. SCENGEN was then used to generate an ensemble forecast for January 2100 based on 20 atmosphere/ocean general circulation models. ...
... used to determine changes in greenhouse-gas concentrations and global-mean surface air temperature (the graph) using the A1BAIM scenario. SCENGEN was then used to generate an ensemble forecast for January 2100 based on 20 atmosphere/ocean general circulation models. ...
The Problem - CLIMsystems
... protected areas such as the Border Ranges. Prolonged drought increases the risk of fire. Forest fires are more likely when the soil is dry and when a lot of forest fuel (e.g. tonnes of wood per square km) is available. Once a fire has started (e.g. by lightning), the main atmospheric variables that ...
... protected areas such as the Border Ranges. Prolonged drought increases the risk of fire. Forest fires are more likely when the soil is dry and when a lot of forest fuel (e.g. tonnes of wood per square km) is available. Once a fire has started (e.g. by lightning), the main atmospheric variables that ...
Pacific Ecosystem-based Adaptation to Climate Change
... climate. These days, you don’t need to move somewhere far away to experience a different climate: a new climate is moving to you. In today’s warming world, adapting to climate change is a necessity facing every family, community, industry and nation. Climate change is already affecting where and how ...
... climate. These days, you don’t need to move somewhere far away to experience a different climate: a new climate is moving to you. In today’s warming world, adapting to climate change is a necessity facing every family, community, industry and nation. Climate change is already affecting where and how ...
Smurfit-Stone Container Enterprises, Inc
... are still largely under development, the specific impacts to Smurfit-Stone and the pulp and paper industry are difficult to predict as any single variable can vastly alter the scope of such impacts considerably. For example, a study done by National Economic Research Associates (“NERA”) suggests tha ...
... are still largely under development, the specific impacts to Smurfit-Stone and the pulp and paper industry are difficult to predict as any single variable can vastly alter the scope of such impacts considerably. For example, a study done by National Economic Research Associates (“NERA”) suggests tha ...
GLOBAL WARMING AND CARBON
... To explore the impact of carbon-negative solutions, we employ as reference cases two scenarios from the IPCC Special Report on Emissions Scenarios of 2000 [1]. We use the scenarios to define a range of futures preserving robust economic growth, while transitioning to a far less fossil-fuel-intensive ...
... To explore the impact of carbon-negative solutions, we employ as reference cases two scenarios from the IPCC Special Report on Emissions Scenarios of 2000 [1]. We use the scenarios to define a range of futures preserving robust economic growth, while transitioning to a far less fossil-fuel-intensive ...
O 3 Environmental Advocacy in the Obama Years
... power plants, waged grassroots pressure to shut them down, and funded electoral campaigns to elect Democrats supportive of action on climate change. “The national environmental groups said, ‘We need to do more in-your-face activism,’” Gene Karpinski, president of the League of Conservation Voters, t ...
... power plants, waged grassroots pressure to shut them down, and funded electoral campaigns to elect Democrats supportive of action on climate change. “The national environmental groups said, ‘We need to do more in-your-face activism,’” Gene Karpinski, president of the League of Conservation Voters, t ...
extremes
... The countries with the highest shares of populations entering poverty in the wake of these extreme events include Bangladesh, Mexico, Mozambique, Malawi, Tanzania, and Zambia (Figure 1). In Malawi and Zambia, simulated grains productivity declines of about 75 percent cause the poverty headcount in ...
... The countries with the highest shares of populations entering poverty in the wake of these extreme events include Bangladesh, Mexico, Mozambique, Malawi, Tanzania, and Zambia (Figure 1). In Malawi and Zambia, simulated grains productivity declines of about 75 percent cause the poverty headcount in ...
Metamorphosis of Religious and Visual Signs in the Context of
... quantity of precipitation increases, which enlarges the number and scope of natural disasters. The summer of 2003 was the warmest in the Alps during the last 2.5 thousand years, which may be a sign of considerable change in the future. As the fatal effects of climate change determine human world out ...
... quantity of precipitation increases, which enlarges the number and scope of natural disasters. The summer of 2003 was the warmest in the Alps during the last 2.5 thousand years, which may be a sign of considerable change in the future. As the fatal effects of climate change determine human world out ...
Climate Disclosure Standards Board guidance on UK mandatory GHG emissions reporting
... questionnaire. In some cases, such as ‘governance’ and ‘future prospects and past performance’ requirements under ‘1. Strategy, review of business & governance’, the disclosures may appear to be an additional request by the CDSB Framework. However, the CDSB Framework adopts relevant principles from ...
... questionnaire. In some cases, such as ‘governance’ and ‘future prospects and past performance’ requirements under ‘1. Strategy, review of business & governance’, the disclosures may appear to be an additional request by the CDSB Framework. However, the CDSB Framework adopts relevant principles from ...
The International Climate Change Negotiations
... “many” industrialized countries that stabilization should be achieved “as a first step at the latest by the year 2000.”15 The same battle was fought again two years later during the negotiation of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC),16 with a similar result. The European Communi ...
... “many” industrialized countries that stabilization should be achieved “as a first step at the latest by the year 2000.”15 The same battle was fought again two years later during the negotiation of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC),16 with a similar result. The European Communi ...
Ecological responses to recent climate change
... recent climate change7,8. Common changes in the timing of spring activities include earlier breeding or ®rst singing of birds, earlier arrival of migrant birds, earlier appearance of butter¯ies, earlier choruses and spawning in amphibians and earlier shooting and ¯owering of plants (Fig. 2). In gene ...
... recent climate change7,8. Common changes in the timing of spring activities include earlier breeding or ®rst singing of birds, earlier arrival of migrant birds, earlier appearance of butter¯ies, earlier choruses and spawning in amphibians and earlier shooting and ¯owering of plants (Fig. 2). In gene ...
Recycling HFC Refrigerants Delivers Immediate, Cost
... • comfort cooling for automobiles, homes, office buildings, schools, and hospitals; • industrial and commercial applications such as food manufacturing, processing and transport, pharmaceutical and chemical production, oil refining, aerospace and defense technologies, data servers, and ice rinks; • ...
... • comfort cooling for automobiles, homes, office buildings, schools, and hospitals; • industrial and commercial applications such as food manufacturing, processing and transport, pharmaceutical and chemical production, oil refining, aerospace and defense technologies, data servers, and ice rinks; • ...
Ecological responses to recent climate change review article
... recent climate change7,8. Common changes in the timing of spring activities include earlier breeding or ®rst singing of birds, earlier arrival of migrant birds, earlier appearance of butter¯ies, earlier choruses and spawning in amphibians and earlier shooting and ¯owering of plants (Fig. 2). In gene ...
... recent climate change7,8. Common changes in the timing of spring activities include earlier breeding or ®rst singing of birds, earlier arrival of migrant birds, earlier appearance of butter¯ies, earlier choruses and spawning in amphibians and earlier shooting and ¯owering of plants (Fig. 2). In gene ...
Infosylva Special COP 17
... A patch of rainforest in Rwanda that served as a refuge during the country's genocide has been all but destroyed. Saving what remains could depend on the outcome of climate talks in Durban. Climate targets 'risk' from Brazil's forest changes BBC, 07/12/11 Brazil's new Forest Code means it will strug ...
... A patch of rainforest in Rwanda that served as a refuge during the country's genocide has been all but destroyed. Saving what remains could depend on the outcome of climate talks in Durban. Climate targets 'risk' from Brazil's forest changes BBC, 07/12/11 Brazil's new Forest Code means it will strug ...
Ten Overlooked Issues in Climate Change Science Roger A. Pielke Sr.
... 1. Past climate is a useful guide to the future - Assessing past climate conditions provides a very effective analysis tool to assess societal and environmental vulnerability to future climate, regardless of the extent the future climate is altered by human activity. Our current and future vulnerabi ...
... 1. Past climate is a useful guide to the future - Assessing past climate conditions provides a very effective analysis tool to assess societal and environmental vulnerability to future climate, regardless of the extent the future climate is altered by human activity. Our current and future vulnerabi ...
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.