Methods of assessing human health vulnerability and public health
... our planet.These changes reflect the overload of several of the Earth’s biophysical and ecological systems caused by the combined impact of growing human population and economic activities. Environmental changes are now affecting the whole planet and disrupting earth’s life-supporting mechanisms, bu ...
... our planet.These changes reflect the overload of several of the Earth’s biophysical and ecological systems caused by the combined impact of growing human population and economic activities. Environmental changes are now affecting the whole planet and disrupting earth’s life-supporting mechanisms, bu ...
Climate Change Associated Sediment Yield Changes on the Rio
... spring melting of the snowpack. These changes may not only impact surface water flows, but the interaction between surface water and ground water as well. Warmer temperatures are anticipated to both drive up evaporation rates and increase the length of the growing season, contributing to lower overa ...
... spring melting of the snowpack. These changes may not only impact surface water flows, but the interaction between surface water and ground water as well. Warmer temperatures are anticipated to both drive up evaporation rates and increase the length of the growing season, contributing to lower overa ...
Climate change adaptation guidelines for arid zone aquatic
... to changing water availability, especially increasing water stress. This stress will occur in conjunction with elevated temperatures, an increasing frequency of extreme events and pre-existing environmental impacts, including land degradation and invasive species. A portfolio of adaptation approache ...
... to changing water availability, especially increasing water stress. This stress will occur in conjunction with elevated temperatures, an increasing frequency of extreme events and pre-existing environmental impacts, including land degradation and invasive species. A portfolio of adaptation approache ...
Methane - Clean Air Task Force
... let alone the next 20 years. The longevity of CO2 (extending anywhere from several hundred to 2000 years), which is dependent on ocean uptake, means that the hangover effect from past emissions is essentially permanent. With the Arctic heating up at twice the rate of the rest of the globe, there is ...
... let alone the next 20 years. The longevity of CO2 (extending anywhere from several hundred to 2000 years), which is dependent on ocean uptake, means that the hangover effect from past emissions is essentially permanent. With the Arctic heating up at twice the rate of the rest of the globe, there is ...
"Evolving Comparative Advantage and the Impact of Climate Change in Agricultural Markets: Evidence from a 9 Million-Field Partition of the Earth"
... second counterfactual scenario in which countries can trade, but farmers cannot reallocate production within each field. Under this scenario, we find that the adverse welfare consequences of climate change are significantly larger than in the previous scenario. For the world as a whole, the loss wou ...
... second counterfactual scenario in which countries can trade, but farmers cannot reallocate production within each field. Under this scenario, we find that the adverse welfare consequences of climate change are significantly larger than in the previous scenario. For the world as a whole, the loss wou ...
PDF - World Agroforestry Centre
... grassland management policies and practices must contend with competing objectives. In many recent discussions among scholars and decision makers in China, one recurring issue has been whether large areas of the Plateau should be rezoned to reflect a prioritization of their ecosystem functions over ...
... grassland management policies and practices must contend with competing objectives. In many recent discussions among scholars and decision makers in China, one recurring issue has been whether large areas of the Plateau should be rezoned to reflect a prioritization of their ecosystem functions over ...
ocean-climate.org - Plateforme Océan et Climat
... Everything cannot be assessed here, and new documents will progressively complete the set of topics that we believe are relevant, such as issues related to the anoxia of marine waters, to the Arctic and Polar Regions, to coastal waters which have only been discussed here for island environments, and ...
... Everything cannot be assessed here, and new documents will progressively complete the set of topics that we believe are relevant, such as issues related to the anoxia of marine waters, to the Arctic and Polar Regions, to coastal waters which have only been discussed here for island environments, and ...
Climate Change Effects on Forest and Alpine (and Western Prairie
... return to the primary sources utilized in those synthesis reports for more information. In cases where we accepted the interpretation of primary information as it was stated in a secondary source, we have provided the following note in the footnote: “Information as cited in *secondary source+.” As w ...
... return to the primary sources utilized in those synthesis reports for more information. In cases where we accepted the interpretation of primary information as it was stated in a secondary source, we have provided the following note in the footnote: “Information as cited in *secondary source+.” As w ...
GEF Investment in Climate Change Mitigation and Sound Chemicals
... sector, NGO resources, and loans from international financial institutions, including IDA and the Multilateral Fund. The impacts of the baseline activities (GHG emissions and global environmental benefits): to be estimated through historical projects and/or trend analyses ...
... sector, NGO resources, and loans from international financial institutions, including IDA and the Multilateral Fund. The impacts of the baseline activities (GHG emissions and global environmental benefits): to be estimated through historical projects and/or trend analyses ...
Climate Change and its Health Implications
... with the term ‘global warming’, referring to the confirmed increase in the Earth’s mean surface temperature over the last 200 years, although it involves several other variables (Box 1.1). An important point, and one that causes endless confusion in debates about climate, is that change not attribut ...
... with the term ‘global warming’, referring to the confirmed increase in the Earth’s mean surface temperature over the last 200 years, although it involves several other variables (Box 1.1). An important point, and one that causes endless confusion in debates about climate, is that change not attribut ...
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... sector, NGO resources, and loans from international financial institutions, including IDA and the Multilateral Fund. The impacts of the baseline activities (GHG emissions and global environmental benefits): to be estimated through historical projects and/or trend analyses ...
... sector, NGO resources, and loans from international financial institutions, including IDA and the Multilateral Fund. The impacts of the baseline activities (GHG emissions and global environmental benefits): to be estimated through historical projects and/or trend analyses ...
Climate Change Adaptation in Indian Country
... Climate change is defined as the warming of the earth due to a sharp increase of greenhouse gases, primarily caused by human activity.23 Greenhouse gases act "like the ceiling of a greenhouse, h ,24 trapping solar energy and retarding the escape of reflected heat." In 2009, the United States Environ ...
... Climate change is defined as the warming of the earth due to a sharp increase of greenhouse gases, primarily caused by human activity.23 Greenhouse gases act "like the ceiling of a greenhouse, h ,24 trapping solar energy and retarding the escape of reflected heat." In 2009, the United States Environ ...
Longterm climate forcings to assess vulnerability in North Africa dry
... climate, we used species distribution modelling (SDM) to estimate its potential range. Then, SDM was used to estimate its potential distribution during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM; 21,000 BP) and the Middle Holocene (Mid-Holocene; 6,000 BP). Model predictions for past scenarios were compared with ...
... climate, we used species distribution modelling (SDM) to estimate its potential range. Then, SDM was used to estimate its potential distribution during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM; 21,000 BP) and the Middle Holocene (Mid-Holocene; 6,000 BP). Model predictions for past scenarios were compared with ...
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... 2.22 The EAA planning and implementation process ......................................................................... 49 2.23 Main issues relating to aquaculture impacts on the ecosystem.................................................... 52 2.24 Ecological issues relating to aquaculture feed . ...
... 2.22 The EAA planning and implementation process ......................................................................... 49 2.23 Main issues relating to aquaculture impacts on the ecosystem.................................................... 52 2.24 Ecological issues relating to aquaculture feed . ...
Climate Extremes: Challenges in Estimating
... discusses some aspects of projections for the twenty-first century, although this is not its primary focus. Extremes are not discussed on paleo time scales, in the context of the present (i.e., short term forecasting), or in the context of climate surprises (tipping points). These choices reflect ou ...
... discusses some aspects of projections for the twenty-first century, although this is not its primary focus. Extremes are not discussed on paleo time scales, in the context of the present (i.e., short term forecasting), or in the context of climate surprises (tipping points). These choices reflect ou ...
Climate Change in the Caribbean and the Challenge of Adaptation
... temperature5 (since 1850). The total temperature increase between 1850–1899 and 2001–2005 reached 0.76°C. The temperature of the world’s oceans has also been rising, and mountain glaciers and snow cover have declined in both hemispheres. All these phenomena contribute to an average global sea level ...
... temperature5 (since 1850). The total temperature increase between 1850–1899 and 2001–2005 reached 0.76°C. The temperature of the world’s oceans has also been rising, and mountain glaciers and snow cover have declined in both hemispheres. All these phenomena contribute to an average global sea level ...
climate change and education maldives
... depend upon a country’s financial ability, political will and level of awareness. it is important to study the implications of Ca, Cm and Ci (Figure below) in a particular country vulnerable to climate change. this will help in planning for its target towards climate change which is a trade off (ada ...
... depend upon a country’s financial ability, political will and level of awareness. it is important to study the implications of Ca, Cm and Ci (Figure below) in a particular country vulnerable to climate change. this will help in planning for its target towards climate change which is a trade off (ada ...
Autonomous Adaptation to Climate Change: A Literature Review*
... (autonomous adaptation) and government research institutes developing new heat resistant seeds (planned adaptation): farmers’ willingness and ability to adopt the new seeds increase the marginal benefit of the research, and the availability of more varieties increases the marginal benefit for far ...
... (autonomous adaptation) and government research institutes developing new heat resistant seeds (planned adaptation): farmers’ willingness and ability to adopt the new seeds increase the marginal benefit of the research, and the availability of more varieties increases the marginal benefit for far ...
2. The impacts of climate change on the benthos
... there is also evidence of local and regional heterogeneity within biogeographic ranges, with infilling of gaps or loss of site occupancy away from range limits. Living close to their physiological tolerance limits, being sessile or sedentary, having typically short life spans and being from lower t ...
... there is also evidence of local and regional heterogeneity within biogeographic ranges, with infilling of gaps or loss of site occupancy away from range limits. Living close to their physiological tolerance limits, being sessile or sedentary, having typically short life spans and being from lower t ...
PRODUCTION FUNCTION ANALYSIS OF THE SENSITIVITY OF
... maize crop to climate changes, include extensive conservation soil tillage farming practices which could be applied to optimise soil infiltration rates whilst minimising evaporation rates, thus reducing soil erosion. The above results highlight the need for investments in improving the adaptive capa ...
... maize crop to climate changes, include extensive conservation soil tillage farming practices which could be applied to optimise soil infiltration rates whilst minimising evaporation rates, thus reducing soil erosion. The above results highlight the need for investments in improving the adaptive capa ...
S1501144_en.pdf
... the British Government (UKAID) and the Subregional Headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Mexico City, and the Agreement between the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) and ECLAC as part of the “The Economics of Climate Change in Central A ...
... the British Government (UKAID) and the Subregional Headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Mexico City, and the Agreement between the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) and ECLAC as part of the “The Economics of Climate Change in Central A ...
ocean governance for the 21st century: making marine zoning
... marine spatial planning: Australia. Finally, the Article explores how marine spatial planning could become flexible enough to adapt to the changes that climate change will bring to the world’s oceans, focusing on anticipatory zoning. Governments, of course, can establish marine zoning governance reg ...
... marine spatial planning: Australia. Finally, the Article explores how marine spatial planning could become flexible enough to adapt to the changes that climate change will bring to the world’s oceans, focusing on anticipatory zoning. Governments, of course, can establish marine zoning governance reg ...
... To use accumulation rates of sediment as a proxy for erosion rates, obviously accumulation rates must be quantified. Yet, several obstacles make such quantification difficult. Geologists have a long tradition of measuring sedimentary sections, either from exposures in the field or from drill holes t ...
V0.17 (February 12, 2015) - Mitigation and Adaptation Research
... communities in Hampton Roads and beyond need to cope with the unprecedented challenges posed by changing climate and rising sea levels as well as the threats of extreme weather events. Hampton Roads is experiencing one of the highest sea-level rise rates in the U.S. This implies that problems will ...
... communities in Hampton Roads and beyond need to cope with the unprecedented challenges posed by changing climate and rising sea levels as well as the threats of extreme weather events. Hampton Roads is experiencing one of the highest sea-level rise rates in the U.S. This implies that problems will ...
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.