Vegetation–climate feedbacks modulate rainfall patterns in Africa
... The RCA4-based physical component of RCA-GUESS incorporates advanced regional surface heterogeneity, such as complex topography and multi-level representations of forests and lakes, which are significant in controlling the development of weather events from the local to mesoscale (Samuelsson et al., ...
... The RCA4-based physical component of RCA-GUESS incorporates advanced regional surface heterogeneity, such as complex topography and multi-level representations of forests and lakes, which are significant in controlling the development of weather events from the local to mesoscale (Samuelsson et al., ...
3. project framework - REDD
... roadmap of prioritized and costed actions; and (iii) development of investment proposals and the identification of their financing, in the context of the strategic framework. The reason for using such a methodology is to enable policy and strategy formulation to be based on country/agro-ecological, ...
... roadmap of prioritized and costed actions; and (iii) development of investment proposals and the identification of their financing, in the context of the strategic framework. The reason for using such a methodology is to enable policy and strategy formulation to be based on country/agro-ecological, ...
Eurasian Arctic greening reveals teleconnections and the potential
... over different spatial and temporal scales, such as fluvial valleys and cryogenic landslides. Whereas fluvial landscapes are dominant west of the Urals, cryogenic landslides are the leading landscapeforming process in the continuous permafrost zone of northwestern Siberia18 . Cryogenic landslides ar ...
... over different spatial and temporal scales, such as fluvial valleys and cryogenic landslides. Whereas fluvial landscapes are dominant west of the Urals, cryogenic landslides are the leading landscapeforming process in the continuous permafrost zone of northwestern Siberia18 . Cryogenic landslides ar ...
Climate change and Health Across Africa: Issues
... ways and to varying degrees across Africa with consequences for human health. With the strong connection between a population’s health and economic and environmental health, the impact of climate change on each is one of the major ways in which climate change may impede the development of the Afr ...
... ways and to varying degrees across Africa with consequences for human health. With the strong connection between a population’s health and economic and environmental health, the impact of climate change on each is one of the major ways in which climate change may impede the development of the Afr ...
Changing Landscapes, Changing Lives
... 3. Agriculture and food security: A warming climate can increase growing seasons in more northerly latitudes; however, an increase in extreme weather events (that can spoil or damage crops and farm infrastructure) may offset these positive changes. Implications related to losses of traditional foods ...
... 3. Agriculture and food security: A warming climate can increase growing seasons in more northerly latitudes; however, an increase in extreme weather events (that can spoil or damage crops and farm infrastructure) may offset these positive changes. Implications related to losses of traditional foods ...
Final Background paper UNFCCC Latin American workshop on a…
... One such initiative is the START project (SysTem for Analysis, Research and Training). It provides an international framework for capacity-building to conduct necessary regional and local-scale research into environmental changes and to inform decision makers. Some assessments of impacts of, and ada ...
... One such initiative is the START project (SysTem for Analysis, Research and Training). It provides an international framework for capacity-building to conduct necessary regional and local-scale research into environmental changes and to inform decision makers. Some assessments of impacts of, and ada ...
The social cost of carbon: Valuation estimates and
... and risk aversion). Estimates also vary due to their coverage, and a risk matrix was developed to compare climate change effects (predictable to major events) against impacts (market, non-market and socially contingent). From several lines of evidence, the current lower SCC value is considered a rea ...
... and risk aversion). Estimates also vary due to their coverage, and a risk matrix was developed to compare climate change effects (predictable to major events) against impacts (market, non-market and socially contingent). From several lines of evidence, the current lower SCC value is considered a rea ...
Wildlife in Hot Water - National Wildlife Federation
... valued at between $67.5 and $385 million annually.18 ...
... valued at between $67.5 and $385 million annually.18 ...
Ecological and methodological drivers of species` distribution and
... methodological approaches should be explicitly considered when designing, analysing and comparing results among studies. To improve climate impact studies, we recommend that (1) reanalyses of existing time series state how the existing data sets may limit the inferences about possible climate respon ...
... methodological approaches should be explicitly considered when designing, analysing and comparing results among studies. To improve climate impact studies, we recommend that (1) reanalyses of existing time series state how the existing data sets may limit the inferences about possible climate respon ...
An intercomparison of observed and simulated extreme rainfall and
... climate. Finally, we discuss the uncertainties in the predicted extremes rainfall changes and in their potential impacts on the regional climates and society. This study is part of the CLARIS-EU project (“A Europe South America Network for Climate Change Assessment and Impact Studies”; Boulanger et ...
... climate. Finally, we discuss the uncertainties in the predicted extremes rainfall changes and in their potential impacts on the regional climates and society. This study is part of the CLARIS-EU project (“A Europe South America Network for Climate Change Assessment and Impact Studies”; Boulanger et ...
Building resilience to climate-related shocks: farmers` vulnerability to
... climate shocks as function of exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity and a Classification and Regression Tree model is used to assess its meaningfulness. Adaptive capacity is decomposed in five sub-components, which are financial capital, physical, institutional capital and technology, natural ...
... climate shocks as function of exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity and a Classification and Regression Tree model is used to assess its meaningfulness. Adaptive capacity is decomposed in five sub-components, which are financial capital, physical, institutional capital and technology, natural ...
evident - Mudanças Climáticas
... climate. Finally, we discuss the uncertainties in the predicted extremes rainfall changes and in their potential impacts on the regional climates and society. This study is part of the CLARIS-EU project (“A Europe South America Network for Climate Change Assessment and Impact Studies”; Boulanger et ...
... climate. Finally, we discuss the uncertainties in the predicted extremes rainfall changes and in their potential impacts on the regional climates and society. This study is part of the CLARIS-EU project (“A Europe South America Network for Climate Change Assessment and Impact Studies”; Boulanger et ...
Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment
... Regmi and Hanaoka (2011) conducted a survey of stakeholders to determine which impacts of climate change on road transport infrastructure are of greatest concern in Asia; and what adaptation strategies have been identified and utilized. The most significant climate change impacts on road transport s ...
... Regmi and Hanaoka (2011) conducted a survey of stakeholders to determine which impacts of climate change on road transport infrastructure are of greatest concern in Asia; and what adaptation strategies have been identified and utilized. The most significant climate change impacts on road transport s ...
The Evangelical Debate Over Climate Change
... from Calcutta and Bangladesh.2" A number of scientists ...
... from Calcutta and Bangladesh.2" A number of scientists ...
Polar amplification as a preferred response in an idealized
... dry static energy transport and an increase in the latent heat transport due to increased moisture supply from the warming low latitudes. A similar cancellation will be shown to be at the heart of the findings in the present study. The importance of increased latent heat transport relative to that o ...
... dry static energy transport and an increase in the latent heat transport due to increased moisture supply from the warming low latitudes. A similar cancellation will be shown to be at the heart of the findings in the present study. The importance of increased latent heat transport relative to that o ...
Claiming and adjudicating on Mt Kilimanjaro`s
... (Shapin, 1998). And how scientific knowledge travels within and across societies, how it is mobilised and deployed by different social actors, has a significant bearing on its status and cultural authority. This changing appreciation of the nature of science and its role in society is particularly e ...
... (Shapin, 1998). And how scientific knowledge travels within and across societies, how it is mobilised and deployed by different social actors, has a significant bearing on its status and cultural authority. This changing appreciation of the nature of science and its role in society is particularly e ...
Post-2012 Climate Change Negotiation Simulation
... difficult to reach agreement. The first principle is to separate the relationship issues from substantive negotiation issues and to deal with each separately. Negotiate interests, not positions means negotiating about the essential issues and concerns to a party, as opposed to negotiating over a pos ...
... difficult to reach agreement. The first principle is to separate the relationship issues from substantive negotiation issues and to deal with each separately. Negotiate interests, not positions means negotiating about the essential issues and concerns to a party, as opposed to negotiating over a pos ...
Climate change, migration and critical
... places as far apart as Shishmaref in Alaska, Cataret Islands in New Guinea and the Lake Chad region of Africa as being sites of the first climate change refugees (IRIN, 2008; Vidal, 2005; Willis, 2004; York 2010). Climate change-related migration is seen not only as a humanitarian threat, but also a ...
... places as far apart as Shishmaref in Alaska, Cataret Islands in New Guinea and the Lake Chad region of Africa as being sites of the first climate change refugees (IRIN, 2008; Vidal, 2005; Willis, 2004; York 2010). Climate change-related migration is seen not only as a humanitarian threat, but also a ...
How does CDP & the Climate Disclosure Standards Board drive change?
... Fiduciary duty & climate change disclosure “We are a group of companies and investors sharing a concern that financial markets do not yet take sufficient account of climate-related corporate performance, risks and opportunities relevant to future shareholder value because of a lack of comprehensive ...
... Fiduciary duty & climate change disclosure “We are a group of companies and investors sharing a concern that financial markets do not yet take sufficient account of climate-related corporate performance, risks and opportunities relevant to future shareholder value because of a lack of comprehensive ...
Rethinking Environmental Federalism in a Warming World
... We do know that the interstate compact option provided explicitly for such purpose in the U.S. Constitution is rarely used,6 which seems to imply that there are significant costs to localities in using this mechanism and that some involvement by the encompassing layer of government may generate more ...
... We do know that the interstate compact option provided explicitly for such purpose in the U.S. Constitution is rarely used,6 which seems to imply that there are significant costs to localities in using this mechanism and that some involvement by the encompassing layer of government may generate more ...
Reports of Phase 2 Activity, January 2005
... and other decision-makers must formulate their own risk management responses reflecting the risk structure of their sectors and the best science available at the time. These dynamics in the climate situation and in scientific observation and prediction emphasise how science, monitoring and risk mana ...
... and other decision-makers must formulate their own risk management responses reflecting the risk structure of their sectors and the best science available at the time. These dynamics in the climate situation and in scientific observation and prediction emphasise how science, monitoring and risk mana ...
A Logical Argument Against Man Made Global Warming for the
... In the 2001 IPCC Third Assessment Report, one of the lead authors, Michael Mann, relied heavily on his own research. Mann's research used a new statistical analysis method to analyze temperature data. His results did not show the past temperature periods known as the "medieval warm period" or the "l ...
... In the 2001 IPCC Third Assessment Report, one of the lead authors, Michael Mann, relied heavily on his own research. Mann's research used a new statistical analysis method to analyze temperature data. His results did not show the past temperature periods known as the "medieval warm period" or the "l ...
Global Warming - Department of Geology UPRM
... surface, where it is absorbed and then radiates back into the atmosphere as heat. In the atmosphere, “greenhouse” gases trap some of this heat, and the rest escapes into space. The more greenhouse gases are in the atmosphere, the more heat gets trapped.Scientists have known about the greenhouse effe ...
... surface, where it is absorbed and then radiates back into the atmosphere as heat. In the atmosphere, “greenhouse” gases trap some of this heat, and the rest escapes into space. The more greenhouse gases are in the atmosphere, the more heat gets trapped.Scientists have known about the greenhouse effe ...
The Potential Impact of Climate Change on Insurance Regulation
... Agency (FEMA) has defined mitigation of natural catastrophes as the “ongoing effort to lessen the impact disasters have on people’s lives and property through damage prevention.” When addressing climate change, the term “mitigation” would also include actions to bring about emissions reductions. Coo ...
... Agency (FEMA) has defined mitigation of natural catastrophes as the “ongoing effort to lessen the impact disasters have on people’s lives and property through damage prevention.” When addressing climate change, the term “mitigation” would also include actions to bring about emissions reductions. Coo ...
Climate change in Australia | Central Slopes cluster report
... Management Planning for Climate Change Fund. This fund has enabled significant research into the impact of the future climate on Australia’s natural resources, as well as adaptation opportunities for protecting and managing our land, soil, water, plants and animals. Australia has 54 natural resource ...
... Management Planning for Climate Change Fund. This fund has enabled significant research into the impact of the future climate on Australia’s natural resources, as well as adaptation opportunities for protecting and managing our land, soil, water, plants and animals. Australia has 54 natural resource ...