Australian rangelands and climate change – invasive
... High levels of uncertainty make it difficult to predict how climate change and biological invasions will affect ecosystems, as these changes are likely to have interacting effects that compound the uncertainty associated with each driver of change (Hellman et al. 2008; Tylianakis et al. 2008). Indee ...
... High levels of uncertainty make it difficult to predict how climate change and biological invasions will affect ecosystems, as these changes are likely to have interacting effects that compound the uncertainty associated with each driver of change (Hellman et al. 2008; Tylianakis et al. 2008). Indee ...
Win-win? CDM hydropower projects and their - diss.fu
... treaty. This agreement is characterized by a strong reliance on market-based mitigation strategies; an approach that has become known as ‘cap and trade’ (Oberthür and Ott 1999). The protocol’s target to reduce the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of industrialized countries by 5.2 % below the 1990 bas ...
... treaty. This agreement is characterized by a strong reliance on market-based mitigation strategies; an approach that has become known as ‘cap and trade’ (Oberthür and Ott 1999). The protocol’s target to reduce the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of industrialized countries by 5.2 % below the 1990 bas ...
Climate Change and Migration: Improving Methodologies to
... This paper is concerned with the question of trying to further the understanding of how different types of shocks and stresses caused by climate change influence different types of migration. The relationship between climate change and migration is currently a topic of great interest as the ongoing ...
... This paper is concerned with the question of trying to further the understanding of how different types of shocks and stresses caused by climate change influence different types of migration. The relationship between climate change and migration is currently a topic of great interest as the ongoing ...
Fourth Carbon Budget Review – part 1
... that there is a new agreement by the end of 2015 to deliver deep emissions cuts compatible with limiting warming to 2°C. Given these developments, the global emissions pathways assumed when designing the fourth carbon budget remain feasible if challenging. They continue to be an appropriate basis fo ...
... that there is a new agreement by the end of 2015 to deliver deep emissions cuts compatible with limiting warming to 2°C. Given these developments, the global emissions pathways assumed when designing the fourth carbon budget remain feasible if challenging. They continue to be an appropriate basis fo ...
Working Paper No.7 - Climate Learning and Knowledge
... limited translation of research results into action. In addition, there are inadequate up to date reliable early warning systems as well as poor coordination between zonal and national meteorological ...
... limited translation of research results into action. In addition, there are inadequate up to date reliable early warning systems as well as poor coordination between zonal and national meteorological ...
Analysis of Transportation Strategies for Reducing Green House
... Strong economy-wide pricing measures added to bundles achieve additional GHG reductions • Aggressive deployment – additional fee (in current dollars) starting at the equivalent of $0.60 per gallon in 2015 and increasing to $1.25 per gallon in 2050 could result in an additional 17% reduction in GHG e ...
... Strong economy-wide pricing measures added to bundles achieve additional GHG reductions • Aggressive deployment – additional fee (in current dollars) starting at the equivalent of $0.60 per gallon in 2015 and increasing to $1.25 per gallon in 2050 could result in an additional 17% reduction in GHG e ...
European summer temperatures since Roman times
... used in an ensemble composite-plus-scale (CPS) reconstruction of mean European summer land temperature for the past two millennia. Here we build upon these results and provide new estimates of European summer temperature variability over more than the past two millennia. We present: (i) annually-res ...
... used in an ensemble composite-plus-scale (CPS) reconstruction of mean European summer land temperature for the past two millennia. Here we build upon these results and provide new estimates of European summer temperature variability over more than the past two millennia. We present: (i) annually-res ...
Contrasting responses of mean and extreme snowfall to climate
... Features of the response of snowfall extremes that would like to understand: ...
... Features of the response of snowfall extremes that would like to understand: ...
Examining climate-biome - Wildlife Conservation Society Canada
... Fig. 2 illustrates the relative distances (i.e., differences) in climate conditions between all possible pairings of cluster medoids, standardized to a range between zero and one. If the underlying assumption of the analysis holds, these differences in climate conditions provide a meaningful estimat ...
... Fig. 2 illustrates the relative distances (i.e., differences) in climate conditions between all possible pairings of cluster medoids, standardized to a range between zero and one. If the underlying assumption of the analysis holds, these differences in climate conditions provide a meaningful estimat ...
MO House Testimony May 29 2014 Final
... and substantive, were worked out in sessions that went on most of the day and sometimes through much or all of the night. Some of the government delegates are also experts, some are diplomats, and some are both. The objective of the approval process is to assure that the document not only accurately ...
... and substantive, were worked out in sessions that went on most of the day and sometimes through much or all of the night. Some of the government delegates are also experts, some are diplomats, and some are both. The objective of the approval process is to assure that the document not only accurately ...
A 10-Year Multidisciplinary Program on the Mediterranean Water
... in ecological or economic terms. domain; more details in the text). Therefore, there is a need for better understanding the social and natural dynamics of such events in order to improve regional water cycle has therefore been affected and the forecasting and warning capabilities of the exposed will ...
... in ecological or economic terms. domain; more details in the text). Therefore, there is a need for better understanding the social and natural dynamics of such events in order to improve regional water cycle has therefore been affected and the forecasting and warning capabilities of the exposed will ...
Climate Change - European Commission
... In 1994 the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) came into effect – making a large contribution towards the establishment of key principles in the international fight against climate change. In particular it defined the principle of “common but differentiated responsibiliti ...
... In 1994 the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) came into effect – making a large contribution towards the establishment of key principles in the international fight against climate change. In particular it defined the principle of “common but differentiated responsibiliti ...
Dynamic and thermodynamic changes in mean and extreme
... given w. This term can be called non-dynamic or ‘‘thermodynamic change’’ and is taken to represent the change in atmospheric moisture content. The third represents the covariation term. This approach is basically that of Bony et al. [2004] for cloud-radiation analysis over the tropics. Note, however ...
... given w. This term can be called non-dynamic or ‘‘thermodynamic change’’ and is taken to represent the change in atmospheric moisture content. The third represents the covariation term. This approach is basically that of Bony et al. [2004] for cloud-radiation analysis over the tropics. Note, however ...
Faculty of Science and Agriculture Dissertation submitted in partial
... are vulnerable to drought by using an improvised remote sensing and Geographic Information System (GIS)-based mapping approach. The research methodology was comprised of 1) assessment of vulnerability levels and 2) the calculation of established drought assessment indices comprising the Normalized D ...
... are vulnerable to drought by using an improvised remote sensing and Geographic Information System (GIS)-based mapping approach. The research methodology was comprised of 1) assessment of vulnerability levels and 2) the calculation of established drought assessment indices comprising the Normalized D ...
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... ocean chemistry and biology, and the cryosphere, components that were inadequate or nonexistent not long ago. (They are still inadequate for many problems, but progress has been impressive.) In seeking the causes of abrupt climate change, or the character of glacial–inter- ...
... ocean chemistry and biology, and the cryosphere, components that were inadequate or nonexistent not long ago. (They are still inadequate for many problems, but progress has been impressive.) In seeking the causes of abrupt climate change, or the character of glacial–inter- ...
A comparison of structural and behavioural adaptations to future
... Due to the nature of the models used to produce climate change projections there is a level of uncertainty in the possible levels of future climate change. In the UK this uncertainty has been represented in the latest set of future climate projections UKCP09 [13] released by the UK Climate Impacts ...
... Due to the nature of the models used to produce climate change projections there is a level of uncertainty in the possible levels of future climate change. In the UK this uncertainty has been represented in the latest set of future climate projections UKCP09 [13] released by the UK Climate Impacts ...
Gaurnet Review - Garnaut Climate Change Review
... The ‘hot and dry’ scenario adopts a ‘business-as-usual’ approach to greenhouse gas emissions, therefore assuming the highest level of temperature increase, along with the greatest decline in rainfall and relative humidity. With this level of emissions mainland Australia experiences a 1°C temperature ...
... The ‘hot and dry’ scenario adopts a ‘business-as-usual’ approach to greenhouse gas emissions, therefore assuming the highest level of temperature increase, along with the greatest decline in rainfall and relative humidity. With this level of emissions mainland Australia experiences a 1°C temperature ...
Costly Misinformed Diagnosis
... PREMISED ON OUTDATED CLIMATE CHANGE FEARS ―Costly Diagnosis‖ Foreward ….‖In the year 2000, I introduced a course for undergraduate medical students called Ecosystem Health. …. The course outlined how the earth had warmed considerably over the past 30 years and that this warming is not a ―normal fluc ...
... PREMISED ON OUTDATED CLIMATE CHANGE FEARS ―Costly Diagnosis‖ Foreward ….‖In the year 2000, I introduced a course for undergraduate medical students called Ecosystem Health. …. The course outlined how the earth had warmed considerably over the past 30 years and that this warming is not a ―normal fluc ...
Which of the following gases do not Melting sea ice could
... Since 1750, humans added 590 ± 75 billion tons of carbon to the atmosphere in the form of carbon dioxide. In 2012, 92 percent of all human‐produced carbon dioxide originated from burning coal, natural gas, oil and gasoline. In 1750 the Co2 concentration was c. 280 ppm. Now it is 400 ppm (i.e. a ...
... Since 1750, humans added 590 ± 75 billion tons of carbon to the atmosphere in the form of carbon dioxide. In 2012, 92 percent of all human‐produced carbon dioxide originated from burning coal, natural gas, oil and gasoline. In 1750 the Co2 concentration was c. 280 ppm. Now it is 400 ppm (i.e. a ...
A NEPA Climate Paradox: Taking Greenhouse Gases into Account
... project-related GHG emissions. In Center for Biological Diversity v. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,27 the Ninth Circuit ruled that the impact of GHG emissions on climate change is “precisely the kind of cumulative impact[] analysis that NEPA requires agencies to conduct.”28 Although ...
... project-related GHG emissions. In Center for Biological Diversity v. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,27 the Ninth Circuit ruled that the impact of GHG emissions on climate change is “precisely the kind of cumulative impact[] analysis that NEPA requires agencies to conduct.”28 Although ...
Working Group I Fifth Assessment Report
... The IPCC was set up in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme to provide governments with a clear view of the current state of knowledge about the science of climate change, potential impacts, and options for adaptation and mitigation through regul ...
... The IPCC was set up in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme to provide governments with a clear view of the current state of knowledge about the science of climate change, potential impacts, and options for adaptation and mitigation through regul ...
Dubuque, Iowa Greenhouse Gas Inventory
... Council and staff in their planning and policy efforts as well as to inform and assist Dubuque citizens in leading sustainable lifestyles. In order to guide its sustainability efforts, in 2007 Dubuque became a member of ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability. ICLEI is an international organizati ...
... Council and staff in their planning and policy efforts as well as to inform and assist Dubuque citizens in leading sustainable lifestyles. In order to guide its sustainability efforts, in 2007 Dubuque became a member of ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability. ICLEI is an international organizati ...
Town of Minetto GHG Inventory Report(Word format)
... Many local governments have decided to gain a detailed understanding of how their emissions and their community’s emissions are related to climate change and have committed to reducing GHG emissions at the local level. Local governments exercise direct control over their own operations and can lead ...
... Many local governments have decided to gain a detailed understanding of how their emissions and their community’s emissions are related to climate change and have committed to reducing GHG emissions at the local level. Local governments exercise direct control over their own operations and can lead ...
Growth of climate change commitments from HFC banks and
... G. J. M. Velders et al.: Growth of climate change commitments from HFC banks and emissions 2050 is fully saturated; i.e., the demand up to 2100 is kept constant at the 2050 level (see also Xu et al., 2013). Annual emissions are calculated as a constant fraction of the bank. These fractions (emissio ...
... G. J. M. Velders et al.: Growth of climate change commitments from HFC banks and emissions 2050 is fully saturated; i.e., the demand up to 2100 is kept constant at the 2050 level (see also Xu et al., 2013). Annual emissions are calculated as a constant fraction of the bank. These fractions (emissio ...
FORTY-FOURTH SESSION OF THE IPCC Bangkok, Thailand, 17
... In paragraph 21 of its Decision 1/CP/21, the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) invited the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) “to provide a special report in 2018 on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industria ...
... In paragraph 21 of its Decision 1/CP/21, the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) invited the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) “to provide a special report in 2018 on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industria ...