Reliable Science: Overcoming Public Doubts in the Climate Change
... encompasses separate components, which include distinct elements and so on and so forth.32 For example, human systems encompass various economic, political and cultural subsystems.3 3 The climate's behavior reflects the collective interactions of these systems and subsystems, but not always in a lin ...
... encompasses separate components, which include distinct elements and so on and so forth.32 For example, human systems encompass various economic, political and cultural subsystems.3 3 The climate's behavior reflects the collective interactions of these systems and subsystems, but not always in a lin ...
unhedgeable risk: how climate change sentiment impacts investment
... across regions, industry sectors, and different asset classes, and models the estimated change in value for different portfolios and asset classes. In principle, the financial impacts resulting from different forms of risk exposure can be hedged through strategic asset allocation and portfolio const ...
... across regions, industry sectors, and different asset classes, and models the estimated change in value for different portfolios and asset classes. In principle, the financial impacts resulting from different forms of risk exposure can be hedged through strategic asset allocation and portfolio const ...
Climate Change in the African Small Island Developing States: From
... The African Small Island Developing States (SIDS) comprise Cabo Verde, the Comoros, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritius, Sao Tome and Principe, and Seychelles. In its Fifth Assessment Report, published in 2014, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change underscored that small island States will continue to ...
... The African Small Island Developing States (SIDS) comprise Cabo Verde, the Comoros, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritius, Sao Tome and Principe, and Seychelles. In its Fifth Assessment Report, published in 2014, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change underscored that small island States will continue to ...
View/Open
... could suggest that it would be appropriate to estimate the parameters of our regression equations with a fixed effect model (FE). However, agricultural production is strongly related to the local climatic conditions, and the climatic variations have been small during our sample period. Temperature a ...
... could suggest that it would be appropriate to estimate the parameters of our regression equations with a fixed effect model (FE). However, agricultural production is strongly related to the local climatic conditions, and the climatic variations have been small during our sample period. Temperature a ...
Climate Change and Human Mobility in Indigenous Communities of
... This paper explores the effects of climate change on human mobility (displacement, migration, and planned relocations) in the Russian part of northern Eurasia,1 with a particular emphasis on indigenous communities. The paper is based on almost twenty years of longitudinal research with Viliui Sakha, ...
... This paper explores the effects of climate change on human mobility (displacement, migration, and planned relocations) in the Russian part of northern Eurasia,1 with a particular emphasis on indigenous communities. The paper is based on almost twenty years of longitudinal research with Viliui Sakha, ...
Detectability of Anthropogenic Changes in Annual Temperature and
... means, which have longer length scales and are often available as gridded data (e.g., Jones et al. 1999b; Xie et al. 2003). We therefore investigate whether projected changes in extreme precipitation and temperature are significantly different from projected changes in their seasonal and annual mean ...
... means, which have longer length scales and are often available as gridded data (e.g., Jones et al. 1999b; Xie et al. 2003). We therefore investigate whether projected changes in extreme precipitation and temperature are significantly different from projected changes in their seasonal and annual mean ...
Make YorkU a Climate Leader: The Case for Fossil Fuel Divestment
... Under the Paris Agreement signed during the 2015 United Nations climate negotiations, the world’s governments agreed to constrain globally averaged temperature rise to “well below 2˚C” relative to preindustrial times with an aspirational goal of 1.5˚C. Only a very limited amount of carbon can sti ...
... Under the Paris Agreement signed during the 2015 United Nations climate negotiations, the world’s governments agreed to constrain globally averaged temperature rise to “well below 2˚C” relative to preindustrial times with an aspirational goal of 1.5˚C. Only a very limited amount of carbon can sti ...
Promising Practices on cLimate cHange in UrBan sUB
... is not just the Millennium Development Goals, poverty reduction or food security that are now coming under threat, but also the foundations of socio-economic development. However, alongside these threats is an equally compelling set of opportunities. Although urban areas, with their high concentrati ...
... is not just the Millennium Development Goals, poverty reduction or food security that are now coming under threat, but also the foundations of socio-economic development. However, alongside these threats is an equally compelling set of opportunities. Although urban areas, with their high concentrati ...
the heat is on
... ‘The Heat is On’ initiative What is the initiative about? Limiting the rise in global mean temperature to 2 °C above pre-industrial levels will imply significant changes both for fossil fuel industries and for economies that consume and produce fossil fuels. Meeting this target will result inevitab ...
... ‘The Heat is On’ initiative What is the initiative about? Limiting the rise in global mean temperature to 2 °C above pre-industrial levels will imply significant changes both for fossil fuel industries and for economies that consume and produce fossil fuels. Meeting this target will result inevitab ...
How Climate Change Uniquely Impacts the Physical, Social and
... communities around the world, depend on the environment for subsistence, maintenance of culture, and other important aspects of their livelihoods. Studies of the developing world have reported that vulnerability and limited capacity to adapt to environmental situations such as climate change have be ...
... communities around the world, depend on the environment for subsistence, maintenance of culture, and other important aspects of their livelihoods. Studies of the developing world have reported that vulnerability and limited capacity to adapt to environmental situations such as climate change have be ...
GCC Institutional Capacity Assessment Tool v1.0
... The tool is designed to measure the progress of formal organizations, including government ministries, nongovernmental organizations (NGO), and civil society organizations (CSO) at the regional, national or sub-national level. It is not designed for informal groups, such as village development commi ...
... The tool is designed to measure the progress of formal organizations, including government ministries, nongovernmental organizations (NGO), and civil society organizations (CSO) at the regional, national or sub-national level. It is not designed for informal groups, such as village development commi ...
UKCP09: Probabilistic projections of wind speed
... of the change is negative in some ensemble members, and uncertainties are augmented considerably by the influence of natural climate variability, which is larger than the spread of forced changes. The corresponding ensemble of 12 alternative climate models shows a similar large-scale pattern of chan ...
... of the change is negative in some ensemble members, and uncertainties are augmented considerably by the influence of natural climate variability, which is larger than the spread of forced changes. The corresponding ensemble of 12 alternative climate models shows a similar large-scale pattern of chan ...
Post-2012 Climate Change
... party. Being aware of the alternatives and comparing it with BATNA prevents negotiators from accepting an agreement that is worse than not reaching any agreement, or rejecting an agreement that is a better outcome than that could be achieved on their own. Negotiators should not accept less than thei ...
... party. Being aware of the alternatives and comparing it with BATNA prevents negotiators from accepting an agreement that is worse than not reaching any agreement, or rejecting an agreement that is a better outcome than that could be achieved on their own. Negotiators should not accept less than thei ...
Methane as a Greenhouse Gas: Why the EPA Should Regulate Emissions
... waste. As a result, the waste sits in the storage lagoons for extended periods of time.48 Fermentation in these lagoons has generated most of the increase in animal agriculture methane emissions over the past two decades.49 Since 1990, the methane emitted from lagoons has increased nearly 31 percent ...
... waste. As a result, the waste sits in the storage lagoons for extended periods of time.48 Fermentation in these lagoons has generated most of the increase in animal agriculture methane emissions over the past two decades.49 Since 1990, the methane emitted from lagoons has increased nearly 31 percent ...
... When lands are cultivated, natural sinks are destroyed and large amounts of carbon dioxide are released.51 Agricultural conservation practices not only aid in reducing global warming, but also encourage the conservation and protection of the environment.52 Additionally, carbon sequestration in agric ...
Module 5
... transparent, complete, accurate and timely manner, taking into account specific national and domestic circumstances; – To enable enhanced reporting by NAI Parties on mitigation actions and their effects, needs and support received, in accordance with their national circumstances, capacities and resp ...
... transparent, complete, accurate and timely manner, taking into account specific national and domestic circumstances; – To enable enhanced reporting by NAI Parties on mitigation actions and their effects, needs and support received, in accordance with their national circumstances, capacities and resp ...
Global warming as an asymmetric public bad
... a market failure – the free-riding problem – while adaptation is a private, efficient response to the consequences of the market failure – excessive warming. In this view, mitigation provides first-order benefits and adaptation is only second-order. Some nuances however motivate a closer look at ada ...
... a market failure – the free-riding problem – while adaptation is a private, efficient response to the consequences of the market failure – excessive warming. In this view, mitigation provides first-order benefits and adaptation is only second-order. Some nuances however motivate a closer look at ada ...
Changes in El Niño and La Niña teleconnections over North Pacific
... response in the tropical Pacific, thus indicating that SST over the central and eastern equatorial Pacific warms more than western equatorial and off equatorial Pacific, with a corresponding mean eastward shift of precipitation (e.g. Knutson and Manabe 1995, 1998; Meehl and Washington 1996; Cane et ...
... response in the tropical Pacific, thus indicating that SST over the central and eastern equatorial Pacific warms more than western equatorial and off equatorial Pacific, with a corresponding mean eastward shift of precipitation (e.g. Knutson and Manabe 1995, 1998; Meehl and Washington 1996; Cane et ...
Tropospheric adjustment induces a cloud component in
... Special treatments have been developed for these and other cases, in order to include in F those effects which are considered to be part of the forcing. This is done partly because the resulting values for F are more nearly model-independent and hence useful for comparative studies of the climatic e ...
... Special treatments have been developed for these and other cases, in order to include in F those effects which are considered to be part of the forcing. This is done partly because the resulting values for F are more nearly model-independent and hence useful for comparative studies of the climatic e ...
Forests synchronize their growth in contrasting Eurasian regions in
... (SI Appendix, Tables S2 and S3), indicating that the increasing synchrony in tree growth is a widespread ecological phenomenon, although regionally dependent. Synchrony estimates could be sensitive to the number of available chronologies, a number that has decreased progressively in the most recent ...
... (SI Appendix, Tables S2 and S3), indicating that the increasing synchrony in tree growth is a widespread ecological phenomenon, although regionally dependent. Synchrony estimates could be sensitive to the number of available chronologies, a number that has decreased progressively in the most recent ...
Predicting population consequences of ocean climate
... changing climate conditions. Highly productive coastal upwelling systems are predicted to experience substantial effects from climate change, making them priorities for ecological forecasting. We used a population modeling approach to examine the consequences of ocean climate change in the Californi ...
... changing climate conditions. Highly productive coastal upwelling systems are predicted to experience substantial effects from climate change, making them priorities for ecological forecasting. We used a population modeling approach to examine the consequences of ocean climate change in the Californi ...
2010_09_icao_grounded PDF, 750.6 KByte
... the sector. ICAO now favours „aspirational‟ goals instead of binding measures, offsetting of excess emissions in other industries (but not before 2020), reliance at an unspecified point in the future on unproven biofuels and avoidance of any action affecting industry growth. None of these goals will ...
... the sector. ICAO now favours „aspirational‟ goals instead of binding measures, offsetting of excess emissions in other industries (but not before 2020), reliance at an unspecified point in the future on unproven biofuels and avoidance of any action affecting industry growth. None of these goals will ...
Background paper Africa WS
... pastureland in Africa are affected by degradation with consequent decline in crop yields and chronic food insecurity. It is also estimated that 14 percent of degraded soil result from vegetation removal, 13 percent from over-exploitation, 49 percent from overgrazin g and 24 percent from agricultura ...
... pastureland in Africa are affected by degradation with consequent decline in crop yields and chronic food insecurity. It is also estimated that 14 percent of degraded soil result from vegetation removal, 13 percent from over-exploitation, 49 percent from overgrazin g and 24 percent from agricultura ...
