The Multiple Benefits of Climate-Smart Agriculture
... http://www.usda.gov/documents/building-blocks-implementation-plan-progress-report.pdf http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentidonly=true&contentid=climate-smart.html Climate Smart Agriculture for row crops includes goals for Soil Health, Nitrogen Stewardship, and Conservation of Sensiti ...
... http://www.usda.gov/documents/building-blocks-implementation-plan-progress-report.pdf http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentidonly=true&contentid=climate-smart.html Climate Smart Agriculture for row crops includes goals for Soil Health, Nitrogen Stewardship, and Conservation of Sensiti ...
Annex I Glossary
... sinks that is additional to any that would occur in the absence of a Joint Implementation (JI) or a Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project activity as defined in the Kyoto Protocol Articles on JI and CDM. This definition may be further broadened to include financial, investment, technology, and e ...
... sinks that is additional to any that would occur in the absence of a Joint Implementation (JI) or a Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project activity as defined in the Kyoto Protocol Articles on JI and CDM. This definition may be further broadened to include financial, investment, technology, and e ...
Australias_climate_policy_options_submission_12-02
... effects – yet the maintenance of good health is the one thing that all humans strive for including our children and loved ones. Introducing health issues into climate change debates could greatly assist in persuading the community of the importance of this issue to them and their families. Whilst we ...
... effects – yet the maintenance of good health is the one thing that all humans strive for including our children and loved ones. Introducing health issues into climate change debates could greatly assist in persuading the community of the importance of this issue to them and their families. Whilst we ...
Public Perception of Climate Risk: The Case of Greece
... a volcanic eruption, is dependent not only on the emergency plan but also on the previous acquired knowledge and perception of the hazard itself. Lowe et al. [24] investigated the impact of a climate change related film to public perception in the UK. They highlighted that many people made a commitm ...
... a volcanic eruption, is dependent not only on the emergency plan but also on the previous acquired knowledge and perception of the hazard itself. Lowe et al. [24] investigated the impact of a climate change related film to public perception in the UK. They highlighted that many people made a commitm ...
publications - Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
... Cook, K.H., 2000: The South Indian Convergence Zone and interannual rainfall variability over Southern Africa. J. Climate, 13, 3789-3804. Cook, K.H., 1999: Generation of the African Easterly Jet and its role in determining West African precipitation. J. Climate,12, 1165-1184. Ringler, T.D., and K.H. ...
... Cook, K.H., 2000: The South Indian Convergence Zone and interannual rainfall variability over Southern Africa. J. Climate, 13, 3789-3804. Cook, K.H., 1999: Generation of the African Easterly Jet and its role in determining West African precipitation. J. Climate,12, 1165-1184. Ringler, T.D., and K.H. ...
AKEBE LEONARD AKOH INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SUS- TAINABILITY.
... about the planet and its climate on a global scale. These pieces of information, collected over many years, revealed the signals of a changing climate. Experiments carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), shows that the heat trapping nature of carbon dioxide and order ...
... about the planet and its climate on a global scale. These pieces of information, collected over many years, revealed the signals of a changing climate. Experiments carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), shows that the heat trapping nature of carbon dioxide and order ...
Climate Change in Central and Eastern Europe
... (AOGCMs), and others. GCMs and AOGCMs are strongly simplified but contain the most important physical processes describing our climate system. They are limited to the representation of large scale effects on the global climate due to changes in greenhouse gas concentration, eruptive volcanoes etc. T ...
... (AOGCMs), and others. GCMs and AOGCMs are strongly simplified but contain the most important physical processes describing our climate system. They are limited to the representation of large scale effects on the global climate due to changes in greenhouse gas concentration, eruptive volcanoes etc. T ...
OSS Introductory note 1 on climate change adaptation and fight against desertification, OSS and GIZ, 2007
... societies to survive over time, in particular during times of crisis. Adaptation methods vary from one society and context to another but they also depend on a community's resources and the level of development of the country in question. The UNEP and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) ...
... societies to survive over time, in particular during times of crisis. Adaptation methods vary from one society and context to another but they also depend on a community's resources and the level of development of the country in question. The UNEP and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) ...
Responses and feedbacks of coupled biogeochemical cycles to climate change:
... in the next Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, Wang and Houlton (2010) estimated that global mean temperature could be 1.2˚C greater than that ...
... in the next Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, Wang and Houlton (2010) estimated that global mean temperature could be 1.2˚C greater than that ...
Biogeophysical versus biogeochemical feedbacks of large
... In mid and high northern latitudes, however, biogeophysical processes, mainly the snow-vegetation-albedo feedback through its synergism with the sea-ice-albedo feedback, win over biogeochemical processes, thereby eventually leading to a global cooling in the case of deforestation and to a global war ...
... In mid and high northern latitudes, however, biogeophysical processes, mainly the snow-vegetation-albedo feedback through its synergism with the sea-ice-albedo feedback, win over biogeochemical processes, thereby eventually leading to a global cooling in the case of deforestation and to a global war ...
. A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON CLIMATE ... VARIABILITY: A FOCUS ON INDIA
... VulnerabilityZ6, several conflicting feedbacks can be found for the Indian region. These include possible scenarios where the region may show a positive feedback due to atmospheric changes, while considerations of additional model complexities tend to reverse the conclusions. As an example, a summar ...
... VulnerabilityZ6, several conflicting feedbacks can be found for the Indian region. These include possible scenarios where the region may show a positive feedback due to atmospheric changes, while considerations of additional model complexities tend to reverse the conclusions. As an example, a summar ...
Links between native forest and climate in Australia
... Mesoscale Model (MM5) to highlight anomalies in spatial patterns of climate for January and July over an eight-year period, backdating conditions in 1788 relative to those of 1988. Their study demonstrated a strong impact on surface temperatures in southwest Western Australia and a reduction in rain ...
... Mesoscale Model (MM5) to highlight anomalies in spatial patterns of climate for January and July over an eight-year period, backdating conditions in 1788 relative to those of 1988. Their study demonstrated a strong impact on surface temperatures in southwest Western Australia and a reduction in rain ...
Activity 5 How Do Carbon Dioxide Concentrations in the
... different position.They consider that it would be unwise to disrupt the world’s present economy.They consider the future danger to be questionable.The big problem is that no one is certain that rapid global warming will take place. If it does, it may be too late to do anything about it! Not all of t ...
... different position.They consider that it would be unwise to disrupt the world’s present economy.They consider the future danger to be questionable.The big problem is that no one is certain that rapid global warming will take place. If it does, it may be too late to do anything about it! Not all of t ...
South African Food Security and Climate Change: Agriculture Futures
... original research. It should either be dropped or greatly expanded upon, possibly by linking IMPACT to a land use change and GHG emissions module. 4. Perhaps most worrying is that the paper seems to refute its own analysis when drawing conclusions. For example, the Conclusion states that “climate ch ...
... original research. It should either be dropped or greatly expanded upon, possibly by linking IMPACT to a land use change and GHG emissions module. 4. Perhaps most worrying is that the paper seems to refute its own analysis when drawing conclusions. For example, the Conclusion states that “climate ch ...
AMS_congressional
... What is the solution? How do we keep CO2 below a dangerous level? • What level is dangerous? • We must act quickly because of long lifetime of CO2 in the atmosphere and the long lifetime of energy capital investments, particularly in ...
... What is the solution? How do we keep CO2 below a dangerous level? • What level is dangerous? • We must act quickly because of long lifetime of CO2 in the atmosphere and the long lifetime of energy capital investments, particularly in ...
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... summarises the key distinguishing features of the architectures that we compare and contrast in this paper. In Table 1, we emphasise two main features of the policy architecture that have important implications for its cost and feasibility, namely its scope and timing. Universal agreements involve a ...
... summarises the key distinguishing features of the architectures that we compare and contrast in this paper. In Table 1, we emphasise two main features of the policy architecture that have important implications for its cost and feasibility, namely its scope and timing. Universal agreements involve a ...
Adaptation Work Programme Points for Discussion
... • It will transfer existing knowledge on adaptation to assist legislators and national planners on for policy-setting on adaptation and to facilitate the integration of adaptation into relevant legislations and development planning • The Forum will strengthen the integration between national environ ...
... • It will transfer existing knowledge on adaptation to assist legislators and national planners on for policy-setting on adaptation and to facilitate the integration of adaptation into relevant legislations and development planning • The Forum will strengthen the integration between national environ ...
IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS)
... Causes of climate changes can be categorized as either ―natural‖ or ―anthropogenic 3‖ according to their sources (WMO report). But, it is to be observed here that the UNFCCC has defined climate change as a result of human activity. A survey done of more than four thousand academic papers on climate ...
... Causes of climate changes can be categorized as either ―natural‖ or ―anthropogenic 3‖ according to their sources (WMO report). But, it is to be observed here that the UNFCCC has defined climate change as a result of human activity. A survey done of more than four thousand academic papers on climate ...
SPONSORING “GREEN” SUBJECTS: THE WORLD BANK’S 2009 YOUTH ESSAY CONTEST CHAPTER 14.
... the American West. This set of associations might have suggested a jobseeker, a “maverick” personality, or both. Responding to this call likely represented an affirmation of this “hailed” identity and—to some degree—as acceptance of the terms within which that identity might be expressed. The contes ...
... the American West. This set of associations might have suggested a jobseeker, a “maverick” personality, or both. Responding to this call likely represented an affirmation of this “hailed” identity and—to some degree—as acceptance of the terms within which that identity might be expressed. The contes ...
Climate change impacts on North African countries and on some
... facing humankind in the twenty-first Century. The international consensus of scientific opinion, led by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2007), is agreed that global temperature is increasing and that the main cause is the accumulation of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases ...
... facing humankind in the twenty-first Century. The international consensus of scientific opinion, led by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2007), is agreed that global temperature is increasing and that the main cause is the accumulation of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases ...
Projected Changes in Extreme Weather and Climate Events in Europe
... Arriving at a climate projection involves several steps. Firstly scenarios of energy production are used to construct Greenhouse Gas Emission (GHGE) scenarios. These are then used as input into a carbon cycle model that provides estimates of the sinks and sources of carbon. The balance between these ...
... Arriving at a climate projection involves several steps. Firstly scenarios of energy production are used to construct Greenhouse Gas Emission (GHGE) scenarios. These are then used as input into a carbon cycle model that provides estimates of the sinks and sources of carbon. The balance between these ...
Some thoughts on a strategy for adaptation to
... Europe could be very large; the costs of “reacting” would certainly be large; the cost of seeking to limit such effects through preventive adaptation measures might also be high indeed, and unlikely to be politically acceptable, given the low probabilities involved. I raise these issues because as o ...
... Europe could be very large; the costs of “reacting” would certainly be large; the cost of seeking to limit such effects through preventive adaptation measures might also be high indeed, and unlikely to be politically acceptable, given the low probabilities involved. I raise these issues because as o ...
Implementation of UNFCCC, Kyoto Protocol and CDM in Vietnam
... Ministry of Planning and Investment Ministry of Science & Technology Ministry of Industry Ministry of Transportation Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Ministry of Training & Education Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Finance Ministry of Public Health Ministry of Justice Vietnam Un ...
... Ministry of Planning and Investment Ministry of Science & Technology Ministry of Industry Ministry of Transportation Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Ministry of Training & Education Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Finance Ministry of Public Health Ministry of Justice Vietnam Un ...
The Geoengineering Option
... is forcing change in the climate system at rates so rapid that the outcomes are extremely di⁄cult to predict. Eliminating all the risks of climate change is impossible because carbon dioxide emissions, the chief human contribution to global warming, are unlike conventional air pollutants, which stay ...
... is forcing change in the climate system at rates so rapid that the outcomes are extremely di⁄cult to predict. Eliminating all the risks of climate change is impossible because carbon dioxide emissions, the chief human contribution to global warming, are unlike conventional air pollutants, which stay ...
Effects of global climate change on freshwater biota: A review with
... Observational records and projections provide an increasing amount of evidence that at global scale climate is rapidly changing (IPCC 2007). Although the climate of our planet varies naturally in response to differences in solar radiation, volcanic eruptions and aerosol concentrations, our climate i ...
... Observational records and projections provide an increasing amount of evidence that at global scale climate is rapidly changing (IPCC 2007). Although the climate of our planet varies naturally in response to differences in solar radiation, volcanic eruptions and aerosol concentrations, our climate i ...
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.