Download: ACI2015 - Summary for Policy-makers
... Tropospheric ozone from anthropogenic precursors has a smaller impact on Arctic temperature than either methane or black carbon. Ozone also raises different concerns depending on its altitude. Surface levels appear to be influenced primarily by pollution from Europe. Ozone higher up in the troposphe ...
... Tropospheric ozone from anthropogenic precursors has a smaller impact on Arctic temperature than either methane or black carbon. Ozone also raises different concerns depending on its altitude. Surface levels appear to be influenced primarily by pollution from Europe. Ozone higher up in the troposphe ...
Climate Action Team Report to Governor Schwarzenegger and the California Legislature December 2010
... Promoting Action Regionally, Nationally and Globally Reducing the risks of climate change requires effective action among all the world’s major greenhouse gas emitters. While global efforts are necessary, local governments have critical roles in reducing climate change risks. In the United States an ...
... Promoting Action Regionally, Nationally and Globally Reducing the risks of climate change requires effective action among all the world’s major greenhouse gas emitters. While global efforts are necessary, local governments have critical roles in reducing climate change risks. In the United States an ...
Can actuaries really afford to ignore climate
... Our goal has been to make use of the most reliable and most up to date climate science available, and to avoid conclusions that are not supported by the majority of climate scientists. In order to achieve this, we have collaborated with Professor Andy Pitman, Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence ...
... Our goal has been to make use of the most reliable and most up to date climate science available, and to avoid conclusions that are not supported by the majority of climate scientists. In order to achieve this, we have collaborated with Professor Andy Pitman, Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence ...
Net primary production of terrestrial ecosystems in China
... evapotranspiration. The flux PET is calculated as a function of mean air temperature and solar radiation (Jensen and Haise, 1963). The flux EET is equal to PET in wet months but is modeled as a function of rainfall, snowmelt recharge and a change of soil moisture in dry months (Vorosmarty, et al., 1 ...
... evapotranspiration. The flux PET is calculated as a function of mean air temperature and solar radiation (Jensen and Haise, 1963). The flux EET is equal to PET in wet months but is modeled as a function of rainfall, snowmelt recharge and a change of soil moisture in dry months (Vorosmarty, et al., 1 ...
Audubon`s Birds and Climate Change Report
... Models were built with bird observations and climate data from 2000-2009 and evaluated with data from 1980-1999. Evaluation criteria included AUC and deviance explained. AUC quantifies the model’s ability to accurately predict historical presence and absence of a species across its range, and devian ...
... Models were built with bird observations and climate data from 2000-2009 and evaluated with data from 1980-1999. Evaluation criteria included AUC and deviance explained. AUC quantifies the model’s ability to accurately predict historical presence and absence of a species across its range, and devian ...
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... in many nations and within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. To help provide objective and comprehensive analyses in support of this process, we have developed a model of the global climate system consisting of coupled sub-models of economic growth and associated emissions, ...
... in many nations and within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. To help provide objective and comprehensive analyses in support of this process, we have developed a model of the global climate system consisting of coupled sub-models of economic growth and associated emissions, ...
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... means certain that climate change will result in increased methane emissions from wetlands, particularly in any locality experiencing seasonal decreases in rainfall – as projected for the summer in Wales. vi) Wetland methane emissions in the context of their restoration and management Changes in la ...
... means certain that climate change will result in increased methane emissions from wetlands, particularly in any locality experiencing seasonal decreases in rainfall – as projected for the summer in Wales. vi) Wetland methane emissions in the context of their restoration and management Changes in la ...
Institutional Arrangements for Adaptation Fund: World Bank
... Pilot Adaptation in Coastal areas of Dominica, St. Lucia ...
... Pilot Adaptation in Coastal areas of Dominica, St. Lucia ...
The Environmental Turning Point
... champions causes and attempt to resolves problematic conditions, it has also become a global momentum affecting almost every sector of our society, while challenging humans very conception of their world and relationship with that world (Shabecoff, 2003). However, some have come to question in recen ...
... champions causes and attempt to resolves problematic conditions, it has also become a global momentum affecting almost every sector of our society, while challenging humans very conception of their world and relationship with that world (Shabecoff, 2003). However, some have come to question in recen ...
Simulating effects of land use changes on carbon fluxes: past
... sink capacity reduced compared to area covered by forests (Gitz and Ciais, 2004). This limitation can be overcome by endogenous modelling of LULUC processes based on spatially explicit land use maps. Previous global studies taking this approach used terrestrial models either forced by prescribed cli ...
... sink capacity reduced compared to area covered by forests (Gitz and Ciais, 2004). This limitation can be overcome by endogenous modelling of LULUC processes based on spatially explicit land use maps. Previous global studies taking this approach used terrestrial models either forced by prescribed cli ...
Hydrological Cycle in the Danube basin in present
... atmospheric, oceanic, and coupled physical processes. On the other side their outputs, especially in ...
... atmospheric, oceanic, and coupled physical processes. On the other side their outputs, especially in ...
PDF Format - Department of Environmental Sciences
... Erb, M. P., C. S. Jackson, and A. J. Broccoli, 2015: Using single-forcing GCM simulations to reconstruct and interpret Quaternary climate change, J. Climate, 28, 9746-9767, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0329.1. Erb, M. P., A. J. Broccoli, N. Graham, A. C. Clement, A. T. Wittenberg, and G. A. Vecchi, 2015: R ...
... Erb, M. P., C. S. Jackson, and A. J. Broccoli, 2015: Using single-forcing GCM simulations to reconstruct and interpret Quaternary climate change, J. Climate, 28, 9746-9767, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0329.1. Erb, M. P., A. J. Broccoli, N. Graham, A. C. Clement, A. T. Wittenberg, and G. A. Vecchi, 2015: R ...
Estimating intensive and extensive margin adaptation to climate
... location of the household is often masked for privacy reasons. Our approach circumvents this data limitation, which would be very costly to overcome, by relying on observed electricity consumption from billing data and weather only. The approach outlined here can be adopted ...
... location of the household is often masked for privacy reasons. Our approach circumvents this data limitation, which would be very costly to overcome, by relying on observed electricity consumption from billing data and weather only. The approach outlined here can be adopted ...
climate change in afghanistan
... between the field of disaster risk reduction (which traditionally focuses on the physical occurrence of climate hazards) and that of livelihoods and food security analysis (which focuses on what people do for a living and how they obtain their food), in order to understand how specific climate risks ...
... between the field of disaster risk reduction (which traditionally focuses on the physical occurrence of climate hazards) and that of livelihoods and food security analysis (which focuses on what people do for a living and how they obtain their food), in order to understand how specific climate risks ...
UNFCCC First Ten Years
... third of which in 2001 noted that over the past 200 years the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere had increased from 280 to 368 parts per million and, while emphasizing the inevitable uncertainty involved, the Panel, based on various scenarios, estimated that due to human activities by ...
... third of which in 2001 noted that over the past 200 years the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere had increased from 280 to 368 parts per million and, while emphasizing the inevitable uncertainty involved, the Panel, based on various scenarios, estimated that due to human activities by ...
The effects of climate changes on aquifer storage
... The three (one present, two future) annual series of smoothed daily recharge estimates for the Chalk and Triassic sandstone aquifers are shown in Fig. 6(a) and (b), expressed in dimensionless form. Assuming that the proportion of excess rainfall going to recharge remains constant, the percentage cha ...
... The three (one present, two future) annual series of smoothed daily recharge estimates for the Chalk and Triassic sandstone aquifers are shown in Fig. 6(a) and (b), expressed in dimensionless form. Assuming that the proportion of excess rainfall going to recharge remains constant, the percentage cha ...
DOC - Climate Change Authority
... Future levels of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere will depend largely on the effectiveness of policies to reduce emissions, and on changes in population and technology. The precise temperature response to future greenhouse gas concentrations is also uncertain; climate models project f ...
... Future levels of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere will depend largely on the effectiveness of policies to reduce emissions, and on changes in population and technology. The precise temperature response to future greenhouse gas concentrations is also uncertain; climate models project f ...
An updated view of tipping points and the relevance for long
... diverse). Nonetheless, these systems, together, represent substantial potential risks that need ongoing study. The paleoclimate evidence for threshold behaviour in the deep past remains strong. This shows that the earth can exhibit thresholds, although it is hard to interpret in terms of the likelih ...
... diverse). Nonetheless, these systems, together, represent substantial potential risks that need ongoing study. The paleoclimate evidence for threshold behaviour in the deep past remains strong. This shows that the earth can exhibit thresholds, although it is hard to interpret in terms of the likelih ...
LCCARL395_en.pdf
... In general, the Caribbean has limited capacity to rebuild after extreme weather events; if the subregion were to be affected regularly, it would not have enough time to rebuild between events, and could end up in a state of permanent reconstruction, with all resources devoted to repairs instead of t ...
... In general, the Caribbean has limited capacity to rebuild after extreme weather events; if the subregion were to be affected regularly, it would not have enough time to rebuild between events, and could end up in a state of permanent reconstruction, with all resources devoted to repairs instead of t ...
Slide 1
... Vetting of RL and modalities by SFDs, civil society and Central Government A nationwide campaign through assistance of civil society needed for capacity building of forest field staff, local communities ...
... Vetting of RL and modalities by SFDs, civil society and Central Government A nationwide campaign through assistance of civil society needed for capacity building of forest field staff, local communities ...
Climate Resilient Floodplains
... management as a means for addressing challenges related to development, flood risk management, and salmon recovery. Several programs have been initiated to help identify management solutions that satisfy the multiple objectives of diverse floodplain interests in Puget Sound watersheds. These program ...
... management as a means for addressing challenges related to development, flood risk management, and salmon recovery. Several programs have been initiated to help identify management solutions that satisfy the multiple objectives of diverse floodplain interests in Puget Sound watersheds. These program ...
T M Climate Negotiations After the Copenhagen Overview of Emissions Targets
... ppm CO2e would more or less guarantee that global average temperature rise would be limited to 2°C. The IPCC claims that a concentration of 450 ppm CO2e (400 ppm CO2) would only provide approximately a 50% chance (within a probability distribution of 26 – 78%) of remaining below a dangerous global a ...
... ppm CO2e would more or less guarantee that global average temperature rise would be limited to 2°C. The IPCC claims that a concentration of 450 ppm CO2e (400 ppm CO2) would only provide approximately a 50% chance (within a probability distribution of 26 – 78%) of remaining below a dangerous global a ...
SUBREGIONAL CLIMATE ACTION PLAN ADAPTATION AND
... and other hazards, and to guide staff response once a disaster occurs. These plans can include General Plan Safety Elements, LHMPs, and EOPs, among others. Climate change-related emergencies can pose threats to human health and property, and should be included in public safety documents. Communities ...
... and other hazards, and to guide staff response once a disaster occurs. These plans can include General Plan Safety Elements, LHMPs, and EOPs, among others. Climate change-related emergencies can pose threats to human health and property, and should be included in public safety documents. Communities ...
A review of ENSO and Climate Change
... • The tropical easterly trade winds are likely to weaken • Models show SSTs warm more on the equator than off • The equatorial thermocline shoals and the stratification of the thermocline increases • Upwelling weakens Variability • ENSO variability is controlled by a delicate balance of amplifying a ...
... • The tropical easterly trade winds are likely to weaken • Models show SSTs warm more on the equator than off • The equatorial thermocline shoals and the stratification of the thermocline increases • Upwelling weakens Variability • ENSO variability is controlled by a delicate balance of amplifying a ...