Deforestation in Amazonia impacts riverine carbon dynamics
... and transpiration, which are directly linked to abiotic and biotic properties. In each grid cell LPJmL calculates the performance of nine plant functional types, which represent an assortment of species classified as being functionally similar. In the Amazon basin primarily three of these types are ...
... and transpiration, which are directly linked to abiotic and biotic properties. In each grid cell LPJmL calculates the performance of nine plant functional types, which represent an assortment of species classified as being functionally similar. In the Amazon basin primarily three of these types are ...
Saturation of the terrestrial carbon sink
... to ambient levels (Jasoni et al. 2005). These examples illustrate that a variety of responses of NEP to CO2 can occur in different ecosystems. In summary, ecosystem responses to large step increases of CO2 concentration can show a strong saturation behavior driven by resource limitation. Plant growt ...
... to ambient levels (Jasoni et al. 2005). These examples illustrate that a variety of responses of NEP to CO2 can occur in different ecosystems. In summary, ecosystem responses to large step increases of CO2 concentration can show a strong saturation behavior driven by resource limitation. Plant growt ...
The Changing Climate and Adaptation Strategies for the Mississippi
... on agricultural activities. Strategies of adaptation vary widely and need to be flexible to facilitate adjustment to the future changes. One of these adaptation strategies includes the activities of think-tanks and new networks that have an interest in climate change and its relation to agriculture. ...
... on agricultural activities. Strategies of adaptation vary widely and need to be flexible to facilitate adjustment to the future changes. One of these adaptation strategies includes the activities of think-tanks and new networks that have an interest in climate change and its relation to agriculture. ...
Climate Change in Nuiqsut, Alaska
... boat as early as May and as late as November. At the National Weather Service station in Barrow, the average annual temperature has increased by 4.9 degrees Fahrenheit (1949-2012). The biggest increase has occurred during the winter, 7.3 degrees compared with the (still large) increase of 3.2 degree ...
... boat as early as May and as late as November. At the National Weather Service station in Barrow, the average annual temperature has increased by 4.9 degrees Fahrenheit (1949-2012). The biggest increase has occurred during the winter, 7.3 degrees compared with the (still large) increase of 3.2 degree ...
The EU Climate Change Strategy under the Lens of Multi
... policy develops along two lines: the domestic performance and policy instruments, and the international commitments. The answer to the first research question boils down to the estimation that the EU climate change policy represents a hybrid policy issue, where the distinction between the ‘high’ and ...
... policy develops along two lines: the domestic performance and policy instruments, and the international commitments. The answer to the first research question boils down to the estimation that the EU climate change policy represents a hybrid policy issue, where the distinction between the ‘high’ and ...
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... in the midst of vulgaries associated with climate change. Due to the increasingly high poverty levels of small scale farmers in most developing countries including Zambia (whose poverty level stands at about 60% of total population, World Bank, 2014), policy makers have placed great emphasis on the ...
... in the midst of vulgaries associated with climate change. Due to the increasingly high poverty levels of small scale farmers in most developing countries including Zambia (whose poverty level stands at about 60% of total population, World Bank, 2014), policy makers have placed great emphasis on the ...
migratory species and climate change
... average temperatures and increases in frequency and severity of extreme events, droughts and floods, are already affecting human well-being, biodiversity and ecosystems, economies and societies worldwide. The scientific evidence on Climate Change and its impacts is rapidly becoming clearer and more ...
... average temperatures and increases in frequency and severity of extreme events, droughts and floods, are already affecting human well-being, biodiversity and ecosystems, economies and societies worldwide. The scientific evidence on Climate Change and its impacts is rapidly becoming clearer and more ...
American Teens` Knowledge of Climate Change
... Yale University. New Haven, CT: Yale Project on Climate Change Communication. http://environment.yale.edu/uploads/american-teens-knowledge-of-climate-change.pdf Acknowledgements: Thank you to Jennifer Gaddis, Lisa Fernandez, and Daniel Read (Yale University), Ann Bostrom (University of Washington), ...
... Yale University. New Haven, CT: Yale Project on Climate Change Communication. http://environment.yale.edu/uploads/american-teens-knowledge-of-climate-change.pdf Acknowledgements: Thank you to Jennifer Gaddis, Lisa Fernandez, and Daniel Read (Yale University), Ann Bostrom (University of Washington), ...
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... Empirical approaches have been applied to explore the relationship between the natural environment and human behavior (An, 2012). However, econometric models do not capture the dynamics of coupled human and natural systems at a process level and thus provide an incomplete basis for projecting the ad ...
... Empirical approaches have been applied to explore the relationship between the natural environment and human behavior (An, 2012). However, econometric models do not capture the dynamics of coupled human and natural systems at a process level and thus provide an incomplete basis for projecting the ad ...
KLEINER 2009 The bright prospect of biochar
... applied to soil on a large scale. “I think there’s potential that this could backfire and worsen the climate situation,” she says. Alan Robock, a climate scientist at Rutgers University, also worries that methods to sequester carbon, including biochar production, could distract attention from the ne ...
... applied to soil on a large scale. “I think there’s potential that this could backfire and worsen the climate situation,” she says. Alan Robock, a climate scientist at Rutgers University, also worries that methods to sequester carbon, including biochar production, could distract attention from the ne ...
tackling the double injustice of climate change and gender inequality
... addressing the impacts of climatic shocks and shifts. Again, there is no ‘one size fits all’ approach. Gender inequalities are pervasive, but also dynamic and different in each context. Gender, climate, food security and agriculture. Changes in climate directly and indirectly affect the food securit ...
... addressing the impacts of climatic shocks and shifts. Again, there is no ‘one size fits all’ approach. Gender inequalities are pervasive, but also dynamic and different in each context. Gender, climate, food security and agriculture. Changes in climate directly and indirectly affect the food securit ...
tackling the double injustice of climate change and gender inequality
... addressing the impacts of climatic shocks and shifts. Again, there is no ‘one size fits all’ approach. Gender inequalities are pervasive, but also dynamic and different in each context. Gender, climate, food security and agriculture. Changes in climate directly and indirectly affect the food securit ...
... addressing the impacts of climatic shocks and shifts. Again, there is no ‘one size fits all’ approach. Gender inequalities are pervasive, but also dynamic and different in each context. Gender, climate, food security and agriculture. Changes in climate directly and indirectly affect the food securit ...
The Indian monsoon and climate change
... Indian summer monsoon affects the lives of more than 2 billion people across South Asia, and provides more than 75% of total annual rainfall. Agricultural and industrial consumers require reliable source of water, together with an appropriate forecast on seasonal and intraseasonal timescales. How mo ...
... Indian summer monsoon affects the lives of more than 2 billion people across South Asia, and provides more than 75% of total annual rainfall. Agricultural and industrial consumers require reliable source of water, together with an appropriate forecast on seasonal and intraseasonal timescales. How mo ...
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... willing to pay to mitigate climate change. Yet, uncertainty about the effects of climate change caused individuals to be less willing to support policies. We hypothesize that if people have the perception that climate change affects sea level rise and that sea level rise is a threat to respondents, ...
... willing to pay to mitigate climate change. Yet, uncertainty about the effects of climate change caused individuals to be less willing to support policies. We hypothesize that if people have the perception that climate change affects sea level rise and that sea level rise is a threat to respondents, ...
Abstract Key words - OpenDocs Home
... economic disparities, is one of the reasons for the delays that have occurred in fighting climate change.7 However, the Montreal Protocol regime, which deals with ozone layer depletion, is considered by many as a breakthrough in many respects, partially because it managed to balance and reconcile th ...
... economic disparities, is one of the reasons for the delays that have occurred in fighting climate change.7 However, the Montreal Protocol regime, which deals with ozone layer depletion, is considered by many as a breakthrough in many respects, partially because it managed to balance and reconcile th ...
Africa
... their ability to identify, asses and report greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from their agriculture, forestry and other land use activities, in a manner that is consistent with international climate agreements and national data development goals. A key component of the project is capacity development ...
... their ability to identify, asses and report greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from their agriculture, forestry and other land use activities, in a manner that is consistent with international climate agreements and national data development goals. A key component of the project is capacity development ...
Impacts of climate change on disadvantaged UK coastal communities
... other issues that need attention and funding, such as regeneration and housing needs, which means that there are limited resources to be spent on climate change adaptation. The lack of effective communication of climate change impacts leads to low levels of awareness and understanding of the risk in ...
... other issues that need attention and funding, such as regeneration and housing needs, which means that there are limited resources to be spent on climate change adaptation. The lack of effective communication of climate change impacts leads to low levels of awareness and understanding of the risk in ...
Minutes - Transcript - Appendix 1
... our fair share of extreme weather incidents in the last decade or so? It seems that we have had an awful lot of events in the last decade or so, given the overall frequencies which you spoke about earlier, Dr Huddleston. It has been a very eventful decade. Dr Matt Huddleston (Met Office Climate Scie ...
... our fair share of extreme weather incidents in the last decade or so? It seems that we have had an awful lot of events in the last decade or so, given the overall frequencies which you spoke about earlier, Dr Huddleston. It has been a very eventful decade. Dr Matt Huddleston (Met Office Climate Scie ...
Noctilucent Clouds
... •The increase in humidity and decrease in temperature is consistent with increases in methane and carbon dioxide •Thus, it appears that NLCs are another indication of climate change ...
... •The increase in humidity and decrease in temperature is consistent with increases in methane and carbon dioxide •Thus, it appears that NLCs are another indication of climate change ...
The future of the Covenant of Mayors
... in the medium term, suggests to set a target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50% compared with 1990; in the long term, suggests that the signatories set a target of at least 95% reduction by 2050; encourages the European Commission to promote the successful principles and good pract ...
... in the medium term, suggests to set a target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50% compared with 1990; in the long term, suggests that the signatories set a target of at least 95% reduction by 2050; encourages the European Commission to promote the successful principles and good pract ...
Perception of Climate Change Among Egyptians Living in Egypt and
... the Canadian dataset such as access to information about climate change, socio-economic conditions and belief in self-responsibility. Results show that the Egyptian population has a significantly higher risk perception of climate change than the Egyptian Canadian population. Also there are significa ...
... the Canadian dataset such as access to information about climate change, socio-economic conditions and belief in self-responsibility. Results show that the Egyptian population has a significantly higher risk perception of climate change than the Egyptian Canadian population. Also there are significa ...
The Effects of Climate Change and Urbanization on
... development. Changes in either or both of these factors can significantly alter the volume and timing of runoff throughout the watershed. It follows that research attempting to assess the future availability of regional water resources would incorporate both aspects into their modeling methods. The ...
... development. Changes in either or both of these factors can significantly alter the volume and timing of runoff throughout the watershed. It follows that research attempting to assess the future availability of regional water resources would incorporate both aspects into their modeling methods. The ...
Modeling the Effects of Climate Change on the Supply of Phosphate
... process-oriented models include the Soil Water Assessment Tool (SWAT Arnold et al., 1998), the Hydrologic Simulation Program Fortran (HSPF Bicknell et al., 1997), the Netherlands model (NL-CAT/AMINO Schoumans and Silgram, 2003), and the INCA-P model (Wade et al., 2002; Whitehead et al., 2007). These ...
... process-oriented models include the Soil Water Assessment Tool (SWAT Arnold et al., 1998), the Hydrologic Simulation Program Fortran (HSPF Bicknell et al., 1997), the Netherlands model (NL-CAT/AMINO Schoumans and Silgram, 2003), and the INCA-P model (Wade et al., 2002; Whitehead et al., 2007). These ...
Component:
... countries most impacted by climate change, especially due to sea level rise. Anticipating a sea level rise of 1 m, it is estimated that the economic losses would amount to 10% of GDP. That would mean a serious blow to Vietnam’s strategy of sustained economic growth as the main mechanism for poverty ...
... countries most impacted by climate change, especially due to sea level rise. Anticipating a sea level rise of 1 m, it is estimated that the economic losses would amount to 10% of GDP. That would mean a serious blow to Vietnam’s strategy of sustained economic growth as the main mechanism for poverty ...
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.