Carbon cycle implications of terrestrial weathering changes since
... carbonate minerals—it removes on an average of 0.28–0.30 Pg C per year (Amiotte Suchet and Probst 1995)—hence, the effect of atmospheric CO2 consumption by silicate weathering only becomes a significant sink of carbon on geological timescales (105 to 106+ years). For the remainder of this article, d ...
... carbonate minerals—it removes on an average of 0.28–0.30 Pg C per year (Amiotte Suchet and Probst 1995)—hence, the effect of atmospheric CO2 consumption by silicate weathering only becomes a significant sink of carbon on geological timescales (105 to 106+ years). For the remainder of this article, d ...
Water and Climate Change
... A framework for risk-based decision making for water investments................................. 90 Definitions and terminology................................................................................. 90 Risk-based decision framework.......................................................... ...
... A framework for risk-based decision making for water investments................................. 90 Definitions and terminology................................................................................. 90 Risk-based decision framework.......................................................... ...
Warming Seas in the Coral Triangle
... anomalies are calculated as the difference between the current sea surface temperature and a long-term average, and therefore indicate how much temperature departs from what is expected for a given time of year. These datasets can provide valuable information on the intensity and outcome of bleachin ...
... anomalies are calculated as the difference between the current sea surface temperature and a long-term average, and therefore indicate how much temperature departs from what is expected for a given time of year. These datasets can provide valuable information on the intensity and outcome of bleachin ...
Coastal Ecosystems Responses to Climate Change
... temporally and spatially in Australia, has declined since 1950 in eastern and southwestern Australia, but increased in the north. No significant trends in the frequency or intensity of tropical cyclones have been detected however a decline in cyclones south of 20C on the east coast has been observe ...
... temporally and spatially in Australia, has declined since 1950 in eastern and southwestern Australia, but increased in the north. No significant trends in the frequency or intensity of tropical cyclones have been detected however a decline in cyclones south of 20C on the east coast has been observe ...
Academic paper: Vulnerability: A generally applicable conceptual
... the longer term”. The third dimension, external assistance, is defined as “the degree to which a region may be assisted in its attempts to adapt to change through its allies and trading partners, diasporic communities in other regions, and international arrangements to provide aid”. In contrast to U ...
... the longer term”. The third dimension, external assistance, is defined as “the degree to which a region may be assisted in its attempts to adapt to change through its allies and trading partners, diasporic communities in other regions, and international arrangements to provide aid”. In contrast to U ...
Climate Futures for Tasmania: impacts on agriculture
... Hemisphere, Climate Futures for Tasmania has generated local climate information at a scale and level of detail not previously available. It is an essential part of the Tasmanian Government’s Framework for Action on Climate Change. Climate Futures for Tasmania is invaluable to informing evidence‑bas ...
... Hemisphere, Climate Futures for Tasmania has generated local climate information at a scale and level of detail not previously available. It is an essential part of the Tasmanian Government’s Framework for Action on Climate Change. Climate Futures for Tasmania is invaluable to informing evidence‑bas ...
UNEP Regional Office for Africa
... to multilateral environmental agreements, African governments requested that AMCEN should facilitate the provision of information to countries that would assist them towards translating available climate science and current international climate policies in their effort to move towards practical imp ...
... to multilateral environmental agreements, African governments requested that AMCEN should facilitate the provision of information to countries that would assist them towards translating available climate science and current international climate policies in their effort to move towards practical imp ...
111128 OMPO cover.psd - Oahu Metropolitan Planning Organization
... Conduct a two‐day workshop to bring together both the climate science community and key planners and engineers from the City and County of Honolulu, State of Hawaii, Federal Highway Administration, and private industry to identify a set of transportation assets that may be particularly at risk due ...
... Conduct a two‐day workshop to bring together both the climate science community and key planners and engineers from the City and County of Honolulu, State of Hawaii, Federal Highway Administration, and private industry to identify a set of transportation assets that may be particularly at risk due ...
CLIMATE CHANGE AND TOURISM
... Traveling for tourism and recreation is not a new phenomenon. From ancient Greece to the European Grand Tour in the 20th century and the development of the first coastal resorts in Europe and America, people have been traveling for recreation, culture, religion or health. These first phases of the t ...
... Traveling for tourism and recreation is not a new phenomenon. From ancient Greece to the European Grand Tour in the 20th century and the development of the first coastal resorts in Europe and America, people have been traveling for recreation, culture, religion or health. These first phases of the t ...
1-Thesis Synthesis
... recognition of the complexity surrounding human-nature interactions. This has partly resulted from the scientific burden of proof having been subject to increasing conflict in recent years (Wynne, 1992: 112), particularly concerning the recognition and interpretation of uncertainty in government pol ...
... recognition of the complexity surrounding human-nature interactions. This has partly resulted from the scientific burden of proof having been subject to increasing conflict in recent years (Wynne, 1992: 112), particularly concerning the recognition and interpretation of uncertainty in government pol ...
Human Adaptation to Stratospheric Ozone Depletion and Its
... recognition of the complexity surrounding human-nature interactions. This has partly resulted from the scientific burden of proof having been subject to increasing conflict in recent years (Wynne, 1992: 112), particularly concerning the recognition and interpretation of uncertainty in government pol ...
... recognition of the complexity surrounding human-nature interactions. This has partly resulted from the scientific burden of proof having been subject to increasing conflict in recent years (Wynne, 1992: 112), particularly concerning the recognition and interpretation of uncertainty in government pol ...
6 Assessing Transformation Pathways
... sectors contributing to mitigation, the nature of international coordination, and mitigation policies? Second, what are the key characteristics of different transformation pathways, including the rates of emissions reductions and deployment of low-carbon energy, the magnitude and timing of aggregate ...
... sectors contributing to mitigation, the nature of international coordination, and mitigation policies? Second, what are the key characteristics of different transformation pathways, including the rates of emissions reductions and deployment of low-carbon energy, the magnitude and timing of aggregate ...
INTERPRETING INDCs - World Resources Institute
... is associated with target type. Parties that put forward absolute/base-year GHG emissions targets tend to have presented them more transparently than Parties proposing other types of targets, according to the Open Book framework. The framework’s transparency requirements for absolute/base-year emiss ...
... is associated with target type. Parties that put forward absolute/base-year GHG emissions targets tend to have presented them more transparently than Parties proposing other types of targets, according to the Open Book framework. The framework’s transparency requirements for absolute/base-year emiss ...
Bill McKibben on NY Attorney General`s Exxon Investigation
... against corporate influence at the UN Climate Talks, and the drive to get cultural institutions to cut their ties with fossil fuel companies. “One of the most dynamic and creative wings of the divestment movement is the push to end oil sponsorship of museums, galleries and theatres,” said J ess Wo ...
... against corporate influence at the UN Climate Talks, and the drive to get cultural institutions to cut their ties with fossil fuel companies. “One of the most dynamic and creative wings of the divestment movement is the push to end oil sponsorship of museums, galleries and theatres,” said J ess Wo ...
The impact of urban heat islands: assessing vulnerability in
... population lives in urban areas, of which nearly half live in smaller settlements of fewer than 500,000 inhabitants (United Nations, 2014). Population growth and continued urbanisation are expected to add another 2.5 billion urban dwellers by 2050, and 90 per cent of this increase is expected to be ...
... population lives in urban areas, of which nearly half live in smaller settlements of fewer than 500,000 inhabitants (United Nations, 2014). Population growth and continued urbanisation are expected to add another 2.5 billion urban dwellers by 2050, and 90 per cent of this increase is expected to be ...
Annex 3: Key Figures Showing Climatic Trends for Guinea Bissau
... sufficiently incorporated into relevant frameworks. The proposed project will build adaptive capacity and increase the agriculture and water sector’s resilience to climate change. Financial resources from the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) will be used to address systemic, institutional and i ...
... sufficiently incorporated into relevant frameworks. The proposed project will build adaptive capacity and increase the agriculture and water sector’s resilience to climate change. Financial resources from the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) will be used to address systemic, institutional and i ...
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... other hand, in recent years and sometimes thanks to public subsidies and interventions, ski resorts are investing huge amounts of money in snowmaking infrastructures. By means of this policy, it is expected to offset the effect of climate variability and guarantee the snowpack necessary to assure re ...
... other hand, in recent years and sometimes thanks to public subsidies and interventions, ski resorts are investing huge amounts of money in snowmaking infrastructures. By means of this policy, it is expected to offset the effect of climate variability and guarantee the snowpack necessary to assure re ...
Permafrost and Changing Climate: The Russian
... of ALT that in some cases is not correlated with climatic variations, presumably due to the effects of other environmental factors. The links between changing climate and the active-layer thickness are thus far more complex than a frequently used linear regression between the depth of seasonal thawi ...
... of ALT that in some cases is not correlated with climatic variations, presumably due to the effects of other environmental factors. The links between changing climate and the active-layer thickness are thus far more complex than a frequently used linear regression between the depth of seasonal thawi ...
Building Climate Resilience in the Agriculture Sector of Asia and the
... soil organic carbon The Energy and Resources Institute United Nations Development Programme United Nations Environment Programme United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Water Financing Partnership Facility World Meteorologica ...
... soil organic carbon The Energy and Resources Institute United Nations Development Programme United Nations Environment Programme United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Water Financing Partnership Facility World Meteorologica ...
Assessing the costs of adaptation to climate
... This is an evaluation of estimates of the costs of adaptation made by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 2007 and by some preceding studies (UNFCCC, 2007; Stern, 2006; World Bank, 2006; Oxfam, 2007; UNDP, 2007). The costs have been used as the basis for discussion ...
... This is an evaluation of estimates of the costs of adaptation made by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 2007 and by some preceding studies (UNFCCC, 2007; Stern, 2006; World Bank, 2006; Oxfam, 2007; UNDP, 2007). The costs have been used as the basis for discussion ...
Cloud feedback mechanisms and their representation in global
... modeling, and observations. Rising high clouds are consistent with the Fixed Anvil Temperature (FAT) hypothesis, whereby enhanced upper-tropospheric radiative cooling causes anvil cloud tops to remain at a nearly fixed temperature as the atmosphere warms. Tropical low cloud ...
... modeling, and observations. Rising high clouds are consistent with the Fixed Anvil Temperature (FAT) hypothesis, whereby enhanced upper-tropospheric radiative cooling causes anvil cloud tops to remain at a nearly fixed temperature as the atmosphere warms. Tropical low cloud ...
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... environmental damage stock and therefore does little to decrease the need to adapt. Finally, all the aforementioned studies stress that adaptation is a more effective option to reduce climate change damage, especially if agents have a strong preference for the present (high discount rates), or early ...
... environmental damage stock and therefore does little to decrease the need to adapt. Finally, all the aforementioned studies stress that adaptation is a more effective option to reduce climate change damage, especially if agents have a strong preference for the present (high discount rates), or early ...
traditional agroecosystems and global change implications in mexico
... The CGCM2 SRES climate change model was used, which was created by the Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis (Flato et al., 2000). It is a spectral model with triangular truncation at the wave number 32 (that gives a resolution of the grid surface 3.7º x3.7º) and 10 vertical levels. In ...
... The CGCM2 SRES climate change model was used, which was created by the Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis (Flato et al., 2000). It is a spectral model with triangular truncation at the wave number 32 (that gives a resolution of the grid surface 3.7º x3.7º) and 10 vertical levels. In ...
Application for CMIP6-Endorsed MIPs
... from these so-called ongoing CMIP Diagnostic, Evaluation and Characterization of Klima (DECK) experiments and the CMIP6 Historical Simulation will be distributed for community use via the ESGF infrastructure. Other Model Intercomparison Projects (MIPs) will build on the CMIP DECK experiments and the ...
... from these so-called ongoing CMIP Diagnostic, Evaluation and Characterization of Klima (DECK) experiments and the CMIP6 Historical Simulation will be distributed for community use via the ESGF infrastructure. Other Model Intercomparison Projects (MIPs) will build on the CMIP DECK experiments and the ...
A Study of Climate Monitoring Capabilities in Newfoundland and
... well as longer-term and more research-oriented needs that focus on, for example, changes in the climate over time. Newfoundland and Labrador has a variety of climate monitoring stations and various information products, each of which may be owned and maintained by a variety of entities including gov ...
... well as longer-term and more research-oriented needs that focus on, for example, changes in the climate over time. Newfoundland and Labrador has a variety of climate monitoring stations and various information products, each of which may be owned and maintained by a variety of entities including gov ...