CGE Training Materials for Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment
... national communications project team, or through an extended process using a broader group of stakeholders. Often, if such broader engagement processes are used there is wider view taken of all sectoral dependencies and interactions – rather than just between one or two sectors – and as such these p ...
... national communications project team, or through an extended process using a broader group of stakeholders. Often, if such broader engagement processes are used there is wider view taken of all sectoral dependencies and interactions – rather than just between one or two sectors – and as such these p ...
Precipitation and temperature regime over Cyprus as a result of
... annual Tmin of about 1.5 ◦ C, whereas the 2071–2100 an increase of about 4 ◦ C is noted. In both simulations the lowest increases (about 1.3 ◦ C for the 2021–2050 simulation, and about 3.1 ◦ C for the 2071–2100 simulation) of the average annual Tmin are distributed in the coastal area of the island ...
... annual Tmin of about 1.5 ◦ C, whereas the 2071–2100 an increase of about 4 ◦ C is noted. In both simulations the lowest increases (about 1.3 ◦ C for the 2021–2050 simulation, and about 3.1 ◦ C for the 2071–2100 simulation) of the average annual Tmin are distributed in the coastal area of the island ...
Osman-Elasha_IPCC_5AR_Adaptation needs
... exacerbate or multiply existing threats to human security including food, health and economic insecurity, all being of particular concern for Africa (medium confidence). A wide range of data and research gaps constrain decision making to reduce vulnerability, build resilience and plan and implement ...
... exacerbate or multiply existing threats to human security including food, health and economic insecurity, all being of particular concern for Africa (medium confidence). A wide range of data and research gaps constrain decision making to reduce vulnerability, build resilience and plan and implement ...
to review/download the Cookeville Case Study.
... processes of the planet. This 10-year window of effective mitigation assumes that all possible resources and methods will be brought to bear on the causes of climate change. Yet to date, the existing guidance documents and reports, including Preparing for Climate Change from King County, have failed ...
... processes of the planet. This 10-year window of effective mitigation assumes that all possible resources and methods will be brought to bear on the causes of climate change. Yet to date, the existing guidance documents and reports, including Preparing for Climate Change from King County, have failed ...
Impacts and adaptation of European crop production systems to
... The results show that farmers across Europe are currently adapting to climate change, in particular in terms of changing timing of cultivation and selecting other crop species and cultivars. The responses in the questionnaires show a surprisingly high proportion of negative expectations concerning t ...
... The results show that farmers across Europe are currently adapting to climate change, in particular in terms of changing timing of cultivation and selecting other crop species and cultivars. The responses in the questionnaires show a surprisingly high proportion of negative expectations concerning t ...
Technology Development and Transfer
... discussed in the negotiations are key challenges for African countries? What are the key issues Africa needs to focus on? What are the key sectors Africa needs to focus on for DTT? What can the AMCEN and for that matter AU, ECA an other regional institutions do to support actions by African Countrie ...
... discussed in the negotiations are key challenges for African countries? What are the key issues Africa needs to focus on? What are the key sectors Africa needs to focus on for DTT? What can the AMCEN and for that matter AU, ECA an other regional institutions do to support actions by African Countrie ...
The politics of accuracy in judging global warming films
... Deputy Director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, issued a statement going through the judgement point by point. He concluded that: “In no case is there a scientific “error” as such.... To refer to ‘nine scientific errors’ is therefore itself a very considerable misrepresentation of ...
... Deputy Director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, issued a statement going through the judgement point by point. He concluded that: “In no case is there a scientific “error” as such.... To refer to ‘nine scientific errors’ is therefore itself a very considerable misrepresentation of ...
Reconstructing mid- to high-latitude marine climate and ocean
... often imprecise chronologies associated with many marine-based archives, which greatly hinders singular climate comparisons (lag/lead phasing relationships) with well-dated, and/or annually-resolved archives. However, several marine archive records have excellent chronological constraint. In particu ...
... often imprecise chronologies associated with many marine-based archives, which greatly hinders singular climate comparisons (lag/lead phasing relationships) with well-dated, and/or annually-resolved archives. However, several marine archive records have excellent chronological constraint. In particu ...
Chapter 19 - The Future
... GHG emissions and a collective effort to retool the energy base of our modern economies to achieve a low-carbon or carbon-free economy. For example, the International Climate Change Task Force has called for a “transformative technological revolution”: Preventing dangerous climate change . . . must ...
... GHG emissions and a collective effort to retool the energy base of our modern economies to achieve a low-carbon or carbon-free economy. For example, the International Climate Change Task Force has called for a “transformative technological revolution”: Preventing dangerous climate change . . . must ...
The influence of constrained fossil fuel emissions scenarios on
... must consider the intrinsic or “structural” uncertainty of hydrology (and climate in general), which may be more appropriately represented by a stochastic approach. The point of structural uncertainty was also made by Koutsoyiannis (2010), who demonstrated that even a simple deterministic “toy” clim ...
... must consider the intrinsic or “structural” uncertainty of hydrology (and climate in general), which may be more appropriately represented by a stochastic approach. The point of structural uncertainty was also made by Koutsoyiannis (2010), who demonstrated that even a simple deterministic “toy” clim ...
Stakeholder perceptions
... There was generally a high awareness of the changing climate among the respondents, with 91% of them having noticed changes over the last few decades. Respondents from Africa and NGOs were the most aware of changes in climate while respondents from North America and the private sector were the least ...
... There was generally a high awareness of the changing climate among the respondents, with 91% of them having noticed changes over the last few decades. Respondents from Africa and NGOs were the most aware of changes in climate while respondents from North America and the private sector were the least ...
The Socio-Economic and Environmental Impacts of the
... needs of the developing nations (UNFCC,2004). Through CDM and compliance carbon market of the Kyoto protocol industrial countries can reach green house gas reduction targets, by purchasing carbon credits from emission reduction projects in developing countries and at the same time contribute to thei ...
... needs of the developing nations (UNFCC,2004). Through CDM and compliance carbon market of the Kyoto protocol industrial countries can reach green house gas reduction targets, by purchasing carbon credits from emission reduction projects in developing countries and at the same time contribute to thei ...
1. Climate Catastrophe - Global Commons Institute
... themselves from the report, continue to remain on the list. 12 Examples of flagrant misrepresentation in the report are rife. On the list, for instance, is “prominent scientist” Ray Kurzweil – not a scientist but an inventor. Worse, Kurzweil is not even a global warming skeptic. Rather, he argued th ...
... themselves from the report, continue to remain on the list. 12 Examples of flagrant misrepresentation in the report are rife. On the list, for instance, is “prominent scientist” Ray Kurzweil – not a scientist but an inventor. Worse, Kurzweil is not even a global warming skeptic. Rather, he argued th ...
Final Report of the Nineteenth Meeting of the Forum of Ministers of
... discrimination, and the importance of guaranteeing education, health, water and sanitation for all, and of eliminating the social consequences of climate change and natural disasters that mostly impact the poorest and most vulnerable. 30. In addition to not meeting the goals, it was noted that their ...
... discrimination, and the importance of guaranteeing education, health, water and sanitation for all, and of eliminating the social consequences of climate change and natural disasters that mostly impact the poorest and most vulnerable. 30. In addition to not meeting the goals, it was noted that their ...
Global warming under old and new scenarios using IPCC climate
... ECS is likely (greater than 66% probability12 ) in the range from 2 to 4.5 ◦ C, with a most likely value (mode) of about 3 ◦ C. Furthermore, ECS is very likely (greater than 90% probability12 ) larger than 1.5 ◦ C, and values substantially higher than 4.5 ◦ C cannot be excluded. These values seem no ...
... ECS is likely (greater than 66% probability12 ) in the range from 2 to 4.5 ◦ C, with a most likely value (mode) of about 3 ◦ C. Furthermore, ECS is very likely (greater than 90% probability12 ) larger than 1.5 ◦ C, and values substantially higher than 4.5 ◦ C cannot be excluded. These values seem no ...
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... to increase some 1 to 2.5 °C by 2030 and it is predicted that during this period, billions of people – particularly those in developing countries – will face changes in rainfall patterns and extreme events, such as severe water shortages, droughts or flooding. These events will increase the risk of ...
... to increase some 1 to 2.5 °C by 2030 and it is predicted that during this period, billions of people – particularly those in developing countries – will face changes in rainfall patterns and extreme events, such as severe water shortages, droughts or flooding. These events will increase the risk of ...
Bias corrections of global models for regional climate simulations
... important to also remember that the GCM data were generated at a coarse resolution, where local processes and terrain heterogeneity were not taken into account. It also is possible that statistical downscaling methods developed on past climate might not hold true under climate change conditions. An ...
... important to also remember that the GCM data were generated at a coarse resolution, where local processes and terrain heterogeneity were not taken into account. It also is possible that statistical downscaling methods developed on past climate might not hold true under climate change conditions. An ...
Climate Change Impacts on Marine Ecosystems
... Humans influence climate primarily through fossil-fuel, industrial, agricultural, and other landuse emissions that alter atmospheric composition. Long-lived, heat-trapping greenhouse gases (CO2 , CH4 , N2 O, tropospheric ozone, and chlorofluorocarbons) warm the planet’s surface globally, whereas short ...
... Humans influence climate primarily through fossil-fuel, industrial, agricultural, and other landuse emissions that alter atmospheric composition. Long-lived, heat-trapping greenhouse gases (CO2 , CH4 , N2 O, tropospheric ozone, and chlorofluorocarbons) warm the planet’s surface globally, whereas short ...
2014, a climate emergency
... A lecture by Paul Rogers on sustainable security [42], delivered to the Quaker yearly meeting [43] on 3 August 2011, provides an overview of the analysis that underpins his openDemocracy column. It is available in two parts and can be accessed from here [44] Related stories: The global climate cliff ...
... A lecture by Paul Rogers on sustainable security [42], delivered to the Quaker yearly meeting [43] on 3 August 2011, provides an overview of the analysis that underpins his openDemocracy column. It is available in two parts and can be accessed from here [44] Related stories: The global climate cliff ...
Understanding and predicting the combined effects of climate
... set the BBN to learn from the data with 1 000 000 iterations. The remaining 25% of the 135 sites were then used to validate the CPTs using the test-with-cases function in Netica. Prior to parameterization, all variables in the BBN were categorized into states (classes) using the 33rd and 66th percen ...
... set the BBN to learn from the data with 1 000 000 iterations. The remaining 25% of the 135 sites were then used to validate the CPTs using the test-with-cases function in Netica. Prior to parameterization, all variables in the BBN were categorized into states (classes) using the 33rd and 66th percen ...
the scientific article as a Word document here
... to be the sole motivating factor for adaptation actions in only 19% of documents, with 44% reporting climate change as a primary reason among several. Adaptation activities have, to a large extent, been purposive, reflecting explicit intent and planning for anticipated future impacts. Seventy-eight ...
... to be the sole motivating factor for adaptation actions in only 19% of documents, with 44% reporting climate change as a primary reason among several. Adaptation activities have, to a large extent, been purposive, reflecting explicit intent and planning for anticipated future impacts. Seventy-eight ...
The implications of climate change scenario selection for future
... anthropogenic climate change will change the mean and variability of streamflows and evapotranspiration (Milly et al., 2008). Global climate model (GCM) projections of future climate over a multi-decadal time frame indicate that the Colorado River Basin will become warmer. Projections of future prec ...
... anthropogenic climate change will change the mean and variability of streamflows and evapotranspiration (Milly et al., 2008). Global climate model (GCM) projections of future climate over a multi-decadal time frame indicate that the Colorado River Basin will become warmer. Projections of future prec ...
Climate Change Policies in New York State
... greenhouse gas emission. Many questions and research/information needs exist beyond these current technology and policy initiatives. The purpose of this paper is to provide a context to develop a climate change research strategy for New York State – focusing on how the States’ natural resources, eco ...
... greenhouse gas emission. Many questions and research/information needs exist beyond these current technology and policy initiatives. The purpose of this paper is to provide a context to develop a climate change research strategy for New York State – focusing on how the States’ natural resources, eco ...
Current models broadly neglect specific needs of under climate change
... Given the typically large scales associated with climatic change and species distributions, it seems reasonable to focus on more than a single protected area. However, in order to understand mechanisms of local species and community dynamics it is necessary to also examine specific protected areas o ...
... Given the typically large scales associated with climatic change and species distributions, it seems reasonable to focus on more than a single protected area. However, in order to understand mechanisms of local species and community dynamics it is necessary to also examine specific protected areas o ...