Investigation of the effects of increases in agricultural productivity
... agriculture. To the contrary increasing input use is more a question of intensification of production. With a productivity increase there is a shift in the frontier of the most efficient technologies but it also an overall shift at the aggregated level. An increase in productivity does not imply inc ...
... agriculture. To the contrary increasing input use is more a question of intensification of production. With a productivity increase there is a shift in the frontier of the most efficient technologies but it also an overall shift at the aggregated level. An increase in productivity does not imply inc ...
Full Presentation Zanzibar notes and extrapolation
... • Use metaphors and analogies to help describe ideas and concepts For example : – Its like a tree that needs to grow ……. – Its like a blockage in the traffic …….. – Its like Galileo and his telescope ……… ...
... • Use metaphors and analogies to help describe ideas and concepts For example : – Its like a tree that needs to grow ……. – Its like a blockage in the traffic …….. – Its like Galileo and his telescope ……… ...
global_cooling_ESS_analysis_final
... likely, to have a period as long as a decade or two of 'cooling' or no warming superimposed on a longer-term warming trend." These temperature plateaus, or cooling spells, can be attributed to natural climate variability, explains Josh Willis, a climate scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory ...
... likely, to have a period as long as a decade or two of 'cooling' or no warming superimposed on a longer-term warming trend." These temperature plateaus, or cooling spells, can be attributed to natural climate variability, explains Josh Willis, a climate scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory ...
Direct and Indirect Effects of Climate Change on Amphibian
... precipitation will influence the physiology, behavior, and ecology of many amphibian species. Although the effects of climate change on amphibians are likely to be complex, it is possible to offer some predictions about the direct effects of these changes on amphibians. Alterations to temperature an ...
... precipitation will influence the physiology, behavior, and ecology of many amphibian species. Although the effects of climate change on amphibians are likely to be complex, it is possible to offer some predictions about the direct effects of these changes on amphibians. Alterations to temperature an ...
Impacts of climate change on stratospheric ozone
... simulations of the Goddard Earth Observing System Chemistry-Climate Model. In this model, GHG-induced climate change has a large impact on the ozone evolution and when O3 recovery milestones are reached. The two distinct milestones of ‘‘O3 returning to historical values’’ and ‘‘O3 being no longer si ...
... simulations of the Goddard Earth Observing System Chemistry-Climate Model. In this model, GHG-induced climate change has a large impact on the ozone evolution and when O3 recovery milestones are reached. The two distinct milestones of ‘‘O3 returning to historical values’’ and ‘‘O3 being no longer si ...
Population–Environment Interactions: European Migration
... occurs then the African population will increase from 1bn now to 2bn by 2050 and 3.5bn by the end of the century. However TFR still remains above 4 in many countries. As a consequence if TFR reduction stalls and remains at its current 5.5 for the region, then SSA’s population will reach just under 3 ...
... occurs then the African population will increase from 1bn now to 2bn by 2050 and 3.5bn by the end of the century. However TFR still remains above 4 in many countries. As a consequence if TFR reduction stalls and remains at its current 5.5 for the region, then SSA’s population will reach just under 3 ...
Policy indexes – what do they tell us and what are their applications? The case of climate policy and business planning in emerging markets: Working Paper 88 (678 kB) (opens in new window)
... intangibles such as wellbeing or trust, and measuring non-monetized societal benefits such as eco-system services. This paper does not intend to add to the continuously growing literature (see for example Pearce, Atkinson, & Mourato 2006) on this. We rather use this as the background to a related to ...
... intangibles such as wellbeing or trust, and measuring non-monetized societal benefits such as eco-system services. This paper does not intend to add to the continuously growing literature (see for example Pearce, Atkinson, & Mourato 2006) on this. We rather use this as the background to a related to ...
Building Resilient Communities in Maryland: A Stakeholder Forum
... Summertime Asthma Hospitalization Rate by County ...
... Summertime Asthma Hospitalization Rate by County ...
Monitoring and evaluating climate change adaptation and
... other development agencies such as United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance (ACCRA) and selected Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) that are currently working closely with government on adaptation and DRR initiatives were also gathered into a one day ...
... other development agencies such as United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance (ACCRA) and selected Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) that are currently working closely with government on adaptation and DRR initiatives were also gathered into a one day ...
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... draws on these simulated yield relationships at each location and is used to determine a farmer’s optimal investment in crop sowing work rate capacity under current and projected climate regimes. The key finding is that at most locations the projected change in climate has marked impacts on profit d ...
... draws on these simulated yield relationships at each location and is used to determine a farmer’s optimal investment in crop sowing work rate capacity under current and projected climate regimes. The key finding is that at most locations the projected change in climate has marked impacts on profit d ...
Bolivia: Climate change, poverty and adaptation
... highlands, valleys and lowlands – which are already experiencing climate change in different ways. Testimonies collected during the research for this report reveal the widespread perception from local women and men that the climate is changing in terms of the unpredictability of the rains, the warme ...
... highlands, valleys and lowlands – which are already experiencing climate change in different ways. Testimonies collected during the research for this report reveal the widespread perception from local women and men that the climate is changing in terms of the unpredictability of the rains, the warme ...
The Arab Spring and Climate Change
... engagement from the very outset of her tenure. The first Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review in 2010 sought to develop and institutionalize new organizational structures and policy tools specifically designed to engage societies, as well as governments. Consider the creation of an under sec ...
... engagement from the very outset of her tenure. The first Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review in 2010 sought to develop and institutionalize new organizational structures and policy tools specifically designed to engage societies, as well as governments. Consider the creation of an under sec ...
Follow-up Report - Ministry of Tourism
... A: Fisheries regulations allow fishing from house reefs, including those of resort islands, that tourism operators make efforts to conserve. This is one of the apparent examples of regulations with conflicting objectives. The issue of conflicting use of resources by multiple stakeholders has already ...
... A: Fisheries regulations allow fishing from house reefs, including those of resort islands, that tourism operators make efforts to conserve. This is one of the apparent examples of regulations with conflicting objectives. The issue of conflicting use of resources by multiple stakeholders has already ...
CLIMATE CHANGE and AGRARIAN SOCIETIES IN
... Advance regional cooperation to help scale up successful initiatives in drylands Support to developing country governments in dryland regions to engage effectively with the Climate Change negotiation process, ensuring they shape the post-2012 agreement Focus on water resources and river basin manage ...
... Advance regional cooperation to help scale up successful initiatives in drylands Support to developing country governments in dryland regions to engage effectively with the Climate Change negotiation process, ensuring they shape the post-2012 agreement Focus on water resources and river basin manage ...
Detection and Attribution of Temperature Changes in the
... which are frequently used for the systematic experimentation that we cannot conduct in the real world. However, all models have errors in both the forcings they are run with and the climate responses to those forcings. Over the topographically complex western United States, for example, there are sm ...
... which are frequently used for the systematic experimentation that we cannot conduct in the real world. However, all models have errors in both the forcings they are run with and the climate responses to those forcings. Over the topographically complex western United States, for example, there are sm ...
Assessment of climate change impact on hydrological extremes in
... et al., 2009). The studies used different methods for translating specified changes in climatic inputs into changes in hydrological regimes. Bias correction and applying monthly changes were among some of the methods used to generate the climate series. Afterwards, hydrological models were used to g ...
... et al., 2009). The studies used different methods for translating specified changes in climatic inputs into changes in hydrological regimes. Bias correction and applying monthly changes were among some of the methods used to generate the climate series. Afterwards, hydrological models were used to g ...
Young People`s Burden: Requirement of Negative CO2 Emissions
... allowed sea level to be stable for the past several millennia in which civilization developed. This goal leads to a CO2 target of 350 ppm, which can be adjusted as CO2 declines and empirical climate data accumulates (Hansen et al 2008, 2013, 2016). Either target, 1.5°C or 350 ppm, requires rapid pha ...
... allowed sea level to be stable for the past several millennia in which civilization developed. This goal leads to a CO2 target of 350 ppm, which can be adjusted as CO2 declines and empirical climate data accumulates (Hansen et al 2008, 2013, 2016). Either target, 1.5°C or 350 ppm, requires rapid pha ...
elg15f15 - University of Oregon
... teachers, what data literacy means in the 21st century has changed radically. Teachers have been prepared for the past 30 years to focus predominantly on small, student-collected data sets designed to solve well-defined problems. What is required today, particularly for environmental data, is a syn ...
... teachers, what data literacy means in the 21st century has changed radically. Teachers have been prepared for the past 30 years to focus predominantly on small, student-collected data sets designed to solve well-defined problems. What is required today, particularly for environmental data, is a syn ...
Slide 1
... – Need to simplify radiation calculations into relatively small number of broad bands and assume radiation only goes up and down. Can verify calculations through comparison with line-by-line calculations. – Friction… ...
... – Need to simplify radiation calculations into relatively small number of broad bands and assume radiation only goes up and down. Can verify calculations through comparison with line-by-line calculations. – Friction… ...
The Community Climate System Model
... modate an active program of simulations and evaluations, evolving so as to address scientific issues and problems of national being transferred to NCAR, the model was endowed and international policy interest. The Community Cli- with an NCAR-developed radiation parameterization, mate System Model (C ...
... modate an active program of simulations and evaluations, evolving so as to address scientific issues and problems of national being transferred to NCAR, the model was endowed and international policy interest. The Community Cli- with an NCAR-developed radiation parameterization, mate System Model (C ...
Japan`s private climate finance support
... only part of the picture. There may, for example, be demonstration effects (and others) of flows 1 to 3 that are not so attributable, directly, to a given contributor country. Finance may also be provided to support the enactment of enabling policies that drive investment in climate compatible devel ...
... only part of the picture. There may, for example, be demonstration effects (and others) of flows 1 to 3 that are not so attributable, directly, to a given contributor country. Finance may also be provided to support the enactment of enabling policies that drive investment in climate compatible devel ...
decadal climate variability, predictability and prediction
... however, and in recent years many studies have documented decadal and longer-term variability of ENSO and Pacific climate in general [5]. Decadal to inter-decadal variability in the atmospheric circulation is especially prominent in the North Pacific [6] where fluctuations in the strength of the win ...
... however, and in recent years many studies have documented decadal and longer-term variability of ENSO and Pacific climate in general [5]. Decadal to inter-decadal variability in the atmospheric circulation is especially prominent in the North Pacific [6] where fluctuations in the strength of the win ...
Transient responses to increasing CO2 and climate change in an
... 1995) and thus play an important role in the terrestrial carbon (C) cycle. Assessing possible responses of grasslands to climate change is therefore an important step towards identifying adaptation needs to secure grassland services. Free-air carbon dioxide enrichment (FACE) experiments (e.g. Schnei ...
... 1995) and thus play an important role in the terrestrial carbon (C) cycle. Assessing possible responses of grasslands to climate change is therefore an important step towards identifying adaptation needs to secure grassland services. Free-air carbon dioxide enrichment (FACE) experiments (e.g. Schnei ...
THE PLEDGE PROJECT Overview - Red Cross Red Crescent
... climate is changing, in part due to human influences. And what matters most to us is that disaster risks are rising, not only due to changes in weather extremes, but also population growth, urbanization and other factors. To help people most affected by disasters, the Pledge Project wanted to achieve ...
... climate is changing, in part due to human influences. And what matters most to us is that disaster risks are rising, not only due to changes in weather extremes, but also population growth, urbanization and other factors. To help people most affected by disasters, the Pledge Project wanted to achieve ...
Author`s personal copy - Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange
... and increase adaptive capacity. In doing so we build upon completed community-based vulnerability assessments and take the next step, using understanding of how Inuit are experiencing and responding to climate change to identify and examine policy entry points. Specifically, we analyze how multiple ...
... and increase adaptive capacity. In doing so we build upon completed community-based vulnerability assessments and take the next step, using understanding of how Inuit are experiencing and responding to climate change to identify and examine policy entry points. Specifically, we analyze how multiple ...