India - Met Office
... available to the researchers in the project was used, unless there were good scientific reasons for not doing so. For example, some impacts areas were omitted, such as many of those associated with human health. In this case, these impacts are strongly dependant on local factors and do not easily le ...
... available to the researchers in the project was used, unless there were good scientific reasons for not doing so. For example, some impacts areas were omitted, such as many of those associated with human health. In this case, these impacts are strongly dependant on local factors and do not easily le ...
Opportunities to Reduce Tasmania`s Greenhouse Gas Emissions
... combustion and industrial processing at the State’s six largest industrial facilities. This presents a significant challenge but also a unique opportunity for reducing Tasmania’s emissions. The Council recommends that the Government develops individual emissions reduction ‘partnerships’ with the Sta ...
... combustion and industrial processing at the State’s six largest industrial facilities. This presents a significant challenge but also a unique opportunity for reducing Tasmania’s emissions. The Council recommends that the Government develops individual emissions reduction ‘partnerships’ with the Sta ...
rapid evolution in the face of climate change
... tolerance in Drosophila melanogaster and to discuss the implications for this variation to allow adaptation by natural selection to occur, thus facilitating persistence of the species despite a changing climate. Possible topics of discussion that can be used in conjunction with this activity include ...
... tolerance in Drosophila melanogaster and to discuss the implications for this variation to allow adaptation by natural selection to occur, thus facilitating persistence of the species despite a changing climate. Possible topics of discussion that can be used in conjunction with this activity include ...
Projections of Future Climate Change in the 21st Century
... out that the DRF of carbonaceous aerosols may be as large as that of sulfate, and there are a number of related studies (Haywood and Ramaswamy, 1998; Penner et al., 1998; Grant et al., 1999; Cooke et al., 1999). According to Penner et al. (1998), for example, the estimated DRF of black carbon (BC) a ...
... out that the DRF of carbonaceous aerosols may be as large as that of sulfate, and there are a number of related studies (Haywood and Ramaswamy, 1998; Penner et al., 1998; Grant et al., 1999; Cooke et al., 1999). According to Penner et al. (1998), for example, the estimated DRF of black carbon (BC) a ...
The Land Use Model Intercomparison Project (LUMIP) contribution
... D. M. Lawrence et al.: The LUMIP contribution to CMIP6 ide concentration (Ciais et al., 2014), but the LULCC flux remains one of the most uncertain terms in the global carbon budget (Houghton et al., 2012). As on the biogeophysical side, models show a wide range of estimates for historic and future ...
... D. M. Lawrence et al.: The LUMIP contribution to CMIP6 ide concentration (Ciais et al., 2014), but the LULCC flux remains one of the most uncertain terms in the global carbon budget (Houghton et al., 2012). As on the biogeophysical side, models show a wide range of estimates for historic and future ...
The Critical Decade 2013
... Critical Decade it is clear: some progress is being made globally to reduce emissions. However, far more will need to be done to stabilise the climate. The decisions we make from now to 2020 will largely determine the severity of climate change our children and grandchildren experience. ›› There has ...
... Critical Decade it is clear: some progress is being made globally to reduce emissions. However, far more will need to be done to stabilise the climate. The decisions we make from now to 2020 will largely determine the severity of climate change our children and grandchildren experience. ›› There has ...
Needs Assessment: Cayman Islands
... This report forms one of a suite of 16 individual needs assessments of the UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs) produced as part of the process of developing a DFID/FCO led cross HMG programme design to address climate change by promoting low carbon climate resilient development in the UKOTs. The purpose ...
... This report forms one of a suite of 16 individual needs assessments of the UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs) produced as part of the process of developing a DFID/FCO led cross HMG programme design to address climate change by promoting low carbon climate resilient development in the UKOTs. The purpose ...
Hoopa Valley Housing Authority Climate Action Plan
... A greenhouse gas emissions inventory was conducted for HVHA business and resident activities for the year 2013, and a forecast was made out to 2050 assuming an additional 150 homes are built between 2015 and 2050. This inventory informed the development the Hoopa Valley Housing Authority Climate Act ...
... A greenhouse gas emissions inventory was conducted for HVHA business and resident activities for the year 2013, and a forecast was made out to 2050 assuming an additional 150 homes are built between 2015 and 2050. This inventory informed the development the Hoopa Valley Housing Authority Climate Act ...
National baseline and INDC scenarios for Parties
... mitigation scenario. The mitigation measures proposed by the Ethiopian government include protection of forest areas, re-establishment of forests, and an increase of carbon stocks. Ethiopia’s INDC indicates that the net LULUCF emissions in 2010 were around 55 Mt CO2e yr-1. The BAU scenario assumes a ...
... mitigation scenario. The mitigation measures proposed by the Ethiopian government include protection of forest areas, re-establishment of forests, and an increase of carbon stocks. Ethiopia’s INDC indicates that the net LULUCF emissions in 2010 were around 55 Mt CO2e yr-1. The BAU scenario assumes a ...
Malawi`s Strategy on Climate Change Learning
... comprising human and institutional capacity building, financing, and cross-cutting issues. These pillars are critical to the promotion of awareness about climate change in Malawi and also essential for the development of appropriate anticipatory adaptation and mitigation options to avert adverse imp ...
... comprising human and institutional capacity building, financing, and cross-cutting issues. These pillars are critical to the promotion of awareness about climate change in Malawi and also essential for the development of appropriate anticipatory adaptation and mitigation options to avert adverse imp ...
Climate Change Adaptation for Natural World Heritage Sites A
... how they are likely to influence management objectives. It should enable site managers to factor climate change into management and action planning and feed into an existing management plan where one is already in place (e.g. as an appendix). Alternatively, it might provide the starting point for pr ...
... how they are likely to influence management objectives. It should enable site managers to factor climate change into management and action planning and feed into an existing management plan where one is already in place (e.g. as an appendix). Alternatively, it might provide the starting point for pr ...
Energy Partisanship - Scholarship Repository
... minimal common ground. For example, officials favoring robust action on climate change are charged with engaging in a “War on Coal.” Those opposed are labeled “members of the Flat Earth Society.” Set against these dysfunctional climate and energy politics, how can progress be made? For people who ac ...
... minimal common ground. For example, officials favoring robust action on climate change are charged with engaging in a “War on Coal.” Those opposed are labeled “members of the Flat Earth Society.” Set against these dysfunctional climate and energy politics, how can progress be made? For people who ac ...
What`s In A Name? Global Warming vs. Climate Change
... lines. In several cases, the differences in the effect of the two terms are large. For example, African Americans (+20 percentage points) and Hispanics (+22) are much more likely to rate global warming as a “very bad thing” than climate change. Generation X (+21) and liberals (+19) are much more lik ...
... lines. In several cases, the differences in the effect of the two terms are large. For example, African Americans (+20 percentage points) and Hispanics (+22) are much more likely to rate global warming as a “very bad thing” than climate change. Generation X (+21) and liberals (+19) are much more lik ...
and Aquaculture Projects
... The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoev ...
... The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoev ...
The Pacific Experience in Developing Policy and Legislation on
... 1. Easing the burden of programming development assistance. 2. Minimising duplication of effort and redundancies. 3. Reducing potential conflicts in policy development. 4. Making efficient use of scarce resources. 5. The increasing recognition, especially at community level, that there is littl ...
... 1. Easing the burden of programming development assistance. 2. Minimising duplication of effort and redundancies. 3. Reducing potential conflicts in policy development. 4. Making efficient use of scarce resources. 5. The increasing recognition, especially at community level, that there is littl ...
Singapore`s Second National Climate Change Study Climate
... Asia. For each of the nine selected global climate models, two future simulations were carried out based on different greenhouse gas Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs), RCP4.5 and RCP8.5. The different RCPs are labelled by the change in the approximate total radiative forcing in the year 2 ...
... Asia. For each of the nine selected global climate models, two future simulations were carried out based on different greenhouse gas Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs), RCP4.5 and RCP8.5. The different RCPs are labelled by the change in the approximate total radiative forcing in the year 2 ...
Buds, Leaves, and Global Warming – the Harvard Forest Project
... across from each other. If there is a side branch on your main branch before you reach #6, use the tip bud on the side branch as the next # and continue using buds down the side branch until you reach #6 or, if necessary, return to leaves on the main branch. (Note, you do use the tip bud on side bra ...
... across from each other. If there is a side branch on your main branch before you reach #6, use the tip bud on the side branch as the next # and continue using buds down the side branch until you reach #6 or, if necessary, return to leaves on the main branch. (Note, you do use the tip bud on side bra ...
Wildlife in a changing climate - Food and Agriculture Organization of
... water is available in sufficient quantity. In drier tropical areas, however, forests are projected to decline (Seppäla, Buck and Katila, 2009). Major impacts are also predicted elsewhere, particularly in polar ecosystems, inland waters, grasslands and in the oceans, where climate-driven acidificatio ...
... water is available in sufficient quantity. In drier tropical areas, however, forests are projected to decline (Seppäla, Buck and Katila, 2009). Major impacts are also predicted elsewhere, particularly in polar ecosystems, inland waters, grasslands and in the oceans, where climate-driven acidificatio ...
uganda`s economic development - Konrad-Adenauer
... of the global atmosphere and that is in addition to natural climate variability observed over comparable time periods2. However, it is equally vital to point out that there are many other major factors that bring about climate change such as solar output, tectonic movements and earth’s orbit pattern ...
... of the global atmosphere and that is in addition to natural climate variability observed over comparable time periods2. However, it is equally vital to point out that there are many other major factors that bring about climate change such as solar output, tectonic movements and earth’s orbit pattern ...
Sustainability Plan
... RPDB provided services to this project under the auspices of the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Climate Showcase Communities Program and the New York State Climate Smart Communities Program. The purpose of this document is to (1) gather information on emission reduction projects and ...
... RPDB provided services to this project under the auspices of the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Climate Showcase Communities Program and the New York State Climate Smart Communities Program. The purpose of this document is to (1) gather information on emission reduction projects and ...
Working Paper 192 - Waldinger (opens in new window)
... income or their living standards climate change may affect people’s decision to migrate. Generally speaking, one would expect that decreases in income lead to increases in migration. In the context of developing countries, however, where financial markets work imperfectly, decreases in income may im ...
... income or their living standards climate change may affect people’s decision to migrate. Generally speaking, one would expect that decreases in income lead to increases in migration. In the context of developing countries, however, where financial markets work imperfectly, decreases in income may im ...
Texas Coastal Bend Regional Climate Change Vulnerability
... Over the next century, the climate in Texas is expected to experience additional changes. For example, based on projections made by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and results from the United Kingdom Hadley Centre’s climate model (HadCM2), a model that accounts for both greenhou ...
... Over the next century, the climate in Texas is expected to experience additional changes. For example, based on projections made by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and results from the United Kingdom Hadley Centre’s climate model (HadCM2), a model that accounts for both greenhou ...
Impacts of future deforestation and climate change on the hydrology
... culation model (GCM) output. Because of the long transit times of water moving from soil to the mouth of the Amazon, to simulate discharge requires LSMs to be coupled to a river routing scheme (Biemans et al., 2009; Guimberteau et al., 2012; Langerwisch et al., 2013). The climate of the Amazon Basin ...
... culation model (GCM) output. Because of the long transit times of water moving from soil to the mouth of the Amazon, to simulate discharge requires LSMs to be coupled to a river routing scheme (Biemans et al., 2009; Guimberteau et al., 2012; Langerwisch et al., 2013). The climate of the Amazon Basin ...
- SEA START RC
... Are design concepts that emerge from planning design charrettes with local citizens congruent with other stakeholders that are key to the local economy and livelihoods (tourists)? Can coastal protection designs pass ‘market test’ with residents and non-residents (tourists)? If coastal protection is ...
... Are design concepts that emerge from planning design charrettes with local citizens congruent with other stakeholders that are key to the local economy and livelihoods (tourists)? Can coastal protection designs pass ‘market test’ with residents and non-residents (tourists)? If coastal protection is ...
Australian rangelands and climate change – dust
... dust storms to local blowing dust. The intensity of these event types can be approximated by the extent to which they reduce visibility. DSI is a composite measure of the weighted contributions of local dust events, moderate dust storms and severe dust storms. Values calculated by Griffith Universit ...
... dust storms to local blowing dust. The intensity of these event types can be approximated by the extent to which they reduce visibility. DSI is a composite measure of the weighted contributions of local dust events, moderate dust storms and severe dust storms. Values calculated by Griffith Universit ...
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.