A Brewing Storm - The Climate Institute
... Today, the CO2 concentration in the air is 40 per cent higher than at any time for at least 800,000 years, and may double before 2100, unless emissions are cut.30 One recent two-year study suggests that extra CO2 boosts coffee yields significantly.31 It remains unclear if and to what extent the CO2 ...
... Today, the CO2 concentration in the air is 40 per cent higher than at any time for at least 800,000 years, and may double before 2100, unless emissions are cut.30 One recent two-year study suggests that extra CO2 boosts coffee yields significantly.31 It remains unclear if and to what extent the CO2 ...
Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation A Literature Review
... towards climate adaptation. Communities are not yet at the adaptation implementation stage. Adaptation on a farm level is occurring mostly due to non-climate conditions (economic, political, etc) pressures. In a report released in 2010, Ontario’s Expert Panel on Climate Change Adaptation developed a ...
... towards climate adaptation. Communities are not yet at the adaptation implementation stage. Adaptation on a farm level is occurring mostly due to non-climate conditions (economic, political, etc) pressures. In a report released in 2010, Ontario’s Expert Panel on Climate Change Adaptation developed a ...
Climate Change, its Consequences on Employment and Trade
... Latin America and the Caribbean. The Manual is elaborated for women and men, workers, who are in industry, agriculture, government and other public or private sectors, to enable them carefully consider the potential risks and opportunities of climate change as regards employment, and take appropriat ...
... Latin America and the Caribbean. The Manual is elaborated for women and men, workers, who are in industry, agriculture, government and other public or private sectors, to enable them carefully consider the potential risks and opportunities of climate change as regards employment, and take appropriat ...
Tackling the Limits to Adaptation
... and disregard these obligations, imperilling the very well-being of other nation states who have often contributed so little to the problem of climate change. The UNFCCC has established clear obligations for developed countries, both to lead on efforts to reduce global emissions and to provide suppo ...
... and disregard these obligations, imperilling the very well-being of other nation states who have often contributed so little to the problem of climate change. The UNFCCC has established clear obligations for developed countries, both to lead on efforts to reduce global emissions and to provide suppo ...
Regional projections of climate change effects on thermal habitat
... To better understand the effects of projected changes in climate on suitable habitat space for fish in Ontario’s inland lakes, models for ice break-up and freeze-up dates and for seasonal open water temperature profiles were joined to project future thermal regimes in a representative stratified lak ...
... To better understand the effects of projected changes in climate on suitable habitat space for fish in Ontario’s inland lakes, models for ice break-up and freeze-up dates and for seasonal open water temperature profiles were joined to project future thermal regimes in a representative stratified lak ...
Key Steps: Mitigation
... To build strategies to deal with climate change To create a coherent base of information of climate change impacts on and opportunities in key sectors These points are addressed in the project ...
... To build strategies to deal with climate change To create a coherent base of information of climate change impacts on and opportunities in key sectors These points are addressed in the project ...
Curriculum vitae PDF
... Sciences and Assessment (RISA) Programs nation-wide. ACCP’s mission is to improve the link between climate science and society – not only through better communication of climate science, but also by partnering with stakeholder organizations so that scientific research is designed and conducted with ...
... Sciences and Assessment (RISA) Programs nation-wide. ACCP’s mission is to improve the link between climate science and society – not only through better communication of climate science, but also by partnering with stakeholder organizations so that scientific research is designed and conducted with ...
The Carbon the World Forgot - Boreal Songbird Initiative
... Industrial emissions of greenhouse gases are moving the world into an uncertain future where climate change will dominate environmental, political, and economic issues. Solutions to slow negative impacts of rapid and large changes are still possible, if we act swiftly and strategically on a global s ...
... Industrial emissions of greenhouse gases are moving the world into an uncertain future where climate change will dominate environmental, political, and economic issues. Solutions to slow negative impacts of rapid and large changes are still possible, if we act swiftly and strategically on a global s ...
Phasing Down the Use of Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)
... Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) are the fastest-growing type of GHG in much of the world, with emissions of HFCs increasing at a rate of 10–15% per year.1 HFCs were developed to replace chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) – ozone-depleting substances that are being phased out u ...
... Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) are the fastest-growing type of GHG in much of the world, with emissions of HFCs increasing at a rate of 10–15% per year.1 HFCs were developed to replace chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) – ozone-depleting substances that are being phased out u ...
ICT research for Climate Change
... 3. At least 149 multi-million dollar tourism resorts damaged or lost, with beach assets lost or greatly degraded at many more tourism resorts (33% T&T). 4. Damage or loss of 5 power plants (0% T&T) 5. Over 1% agricultural land lost, with implications for food supply and rural livelihoods (e.g., 5% i ...
... 3. At least 149 multi-million dollar tourism resorts damaged or lost, with beach assets lost or greatly degraded at many more tourism resorts (33% T&T). 4. Damage or loss of 5 power plants (0% T&T) 5. Over 1% agricultural land lost, with implications for food supply and rural livelihoods (e.g., 5% i ...
IOSR Journal of Mathematics (IOSR-JM)
... the environment by emitting the GHGs and discharging other pollutants. Crude oil production, fuel combustion accounts for the high amount of CO2 emission. Most devastating is the burning of gas by flaring that leads to the emission of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas. These gases released dur ...
... the environment by emitting the GHGs and discharging other pollutants. Crude oil production, fuel combustion accounts for the high amount of CO2 emission. Most devastating is the burning of gas by flaring that leads to the emission of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas. These gases released dur ...
Central Bedfordshire Climate Change Adaptation Evidence Base
... Records of weather related incidents and impacts on local authority services are maintained and used to supplement the local evidence base The local evidence base is taken into account when the Council is designing projects, programmes and plans across all services, strategic partners and the Lo ...
... Records of weather related incidents and impacts on local authority services are maintained and used to supplement the local evidence base The local evidence base is taken into account when the Council is designing projects, programmes and plans across all services, strategic partners and the Lo ...
Changing
... In Section 1 the potential impacts of climate change on economic sectors in the UK are considered and adaptation is introduced as a way to manage the risks and opportunities brought about by these climate impacts. In Section 2 the consequences of climate change on UK society and people at work are c ...
... In Section 1 the potential impacts of climate change on economic sectors in the UK are considered and adaptation is introduced as a way to manage the risks and opportunities brought about by these climate impacts. In Section 2 the consequences of climate change on UK society and people at work are c ...
Advancing climate ambition: How city-scale actions can contribute to
... both local and national levels, often with shared responsibility for achieving targets or standards. There are also policies and measures that have historically been pursued largely at the national or, in some cases, state or provincial levels (e.g. those aiming to affect the fuel mix of electricity ...
... both local and national levels, often with shared responsibility for achieving targets or standards. There are also policies and measures that have historically been pursued largely at the national or, in some cases, state or provincial levels (e.g. those aiming to affect the fuel mix of electricity ...
TAMK - University of Applied Sciences Tampere, Finland
... Tampere (UTA), in which different political and social approaches to climate change, development strategies and mitigation options were presented, my personal interest concerning climate related issues emerged and I intensified my studies in these fields. In spite of the fact that assessments of int ...
... Tampere (UTA), in which different political and social approaches to climate change, development strategies and mitigation options were presented, my personal interest concerning climate related issues emerged and I intensified my studies in these fields. In spite of the fact that assessments of int ...
Aalborg Universitet Uncertainty in Impact Assessment – EIA in Denmark
... authors in a Norwegian context, where Tennøy, Kværner and Gjerstad (2006) have pointed out problems with the lack of focus on uncertainty in EIA. The question is what this difference in resu ...
... authors in a Norwegian context, where Tennøy, Kværner and Gjerstad (2006) have pointed out problems with the lack of focus on uncertainty in EIA. The question is what this difference in resu ...
2014 DOE Climate Change Adaptation Plan
... average sea level, and more frequent severe weather events. 1 The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recognizes that changes in the global climate system could have a profound impact on the Department’s mission activities. DOE is committed to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and mitigating clima ...
... average sea level, and more frequent severe weather events. 1 The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recognizes that changes in the global climate system could have a profound impact on the Department’s mission activities. DOE is committed to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and mitigating clima ...
Moral intensity and climate-friendly food choices
... since the social consensus dimension in PMIS focuses on the consequences on people and society in a general and abstract sense, we developed two new items measuring the effect of climate change on meaningful others, such as friends (SC01 and SC17), because ‘‘meaningful others’’ have been found to be ...
... since the social consensus dimension in PMIS focuses on the consequences on people and society in a general and abstract sense, we developed two new items measuring the effect of climate change on meaningful others, such as friends (SC01 and SC17), because ‘‘meaningful others’’ have been found to be ...
Case Study: Climate Change Resilience of Melbourne
... occurring.26 Climate change therefore represents global risk, and urgent global response is required.27 The high uncertainty in the range of possible outcomes of climate change stresses the need for climate change action, which should focus on both adaptation and mitigation measures. 28 Whilst inter ...
... occurring.26 Climate change therefore represents global risk, and urgent global response is required.27 The high uncertainty in the range of possible outcomes of climate change stresses the need for climate change action, which should focus on both adaptation and mitigation measures. 28 Whilst inter ...
Simulated Global-Mean Sea Level Changes over the Last Half
... their sum falls short of the observed rate of sea level rise. This discrepancy has been discussed by previous authors; a completely satisfactory explanation of twentieth-century sea level rise is lacking. The model suggests that the apparent onset of sea level rise and glacier retreat during the fir ...
... their sum falls short of the observed rate of sea level rise. This discrepancy has been discussed by previous authors; a completely satisfactory explanation of twentieth-century sea level rise is lacking. The model suggests that the apparent onset of sea level rise and glacier retreat during the fir ...
The Impact of Climate Change and Human Activity on Net Primary
... However, human activity and its effect on vegetation dynamics under the impact of climate change should not be ignored [20], as the vegetation often serves as the primary source of livelihood in many regions [21]. Population expansion and overgrazing may be the cause of the variation in vegetation. ...
... However, human activity and its effect on vegetation dynamics under the impact of climate change should not be ignored [20], as the vegetation often serves as the primary source of livelihood in many regions [21]. Population expansion and overgrazing may be the cause of the variation in vegetation. ...
Aviation`s Contribution to Climate Change
... In 2006, IPCC issued its guidelines for the national greenhouse gas inventories (2006 IPCC guidelines ) 8 in order to assist countries in compiling complete, national inventories of greenhouse gases, including those from aviation. According to the guidelines, emissions from international and domesti ...
... In 2006, IPCC issued its guidelines for the national greenhouse gas inventories (2006 IPCC guidelines ) 8 in order to assist countries in compiling complete, national inventories of greenhouse gases, including those from aviation. According to the guidelines, emissions from international and domesti ...
The Detection and Attribution Model Intercomparison Project
... et al., 2010). This research is key for our understanding of anthropogenic climate change, as evidenced by a dedicated chapter in every assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) since the first report published in 1990. Over this time the resources available to this a ...
... et al., 2010). This research is key for our understanding of anthropogenic climate change, as evidenced by a dedicated chapter in every assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) since the first report published in 1990. Over this time the resources available to this a ...