Impacts of Chinese reactive nitrogen on climate change
... stay below given values at a particular time in the future13. Soon after, Shine et al.13 ...
... stay below given values at a particular time in the future13. Soon after, Shine et al.13 ...
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... emission reduction strategy. Economic efficiency - economically efficient climate policies meet a given environmental objective at a lower cost than policies that are not. Technology will play a key role in achieving the most cost effective outcome. Given the correlation between economic growth and ...
... emission reduction strategy. Economic efficiency - economically efficient climate policies meet a given environmental objective at a lower cost than policies that are not. Technology will play a key role in achieving the most cost effective outcome. Given the correlation between economic growth and ...
Population Engineering and the Fight against Climate Change
... mitigating dangerous climate change is layered with assumptions and uncertainties that should give pause. The first thing to note is that there are live controversies about, first, whether restricting average global temperature increases to 2°C is enough to avoid the more dangerous effects of climat ...
... mitigating dangerous climate change is layered with assumptions and uncertainties that should give pause. The first thing to note is that there are live controversies about, first, whether restricting average global temperature increases to 2°C is enough to avoid the more dangerous effects of climat ...
Status of the Copenhagen Climate Change Negotiations CRS Report for Congress
... Two Tracks on the Way to Copenhagen: One Agreement or Two? The negotiations currently are running on two tracks, one under the Kyoto Protocol and the other under the UNFCCC’s “Bali Action Plan” of 2007. The Kyoto Protocol’s first commitment period runs from 2008 to 2012, during which wealthier (“Ann ...
... Two Tracks on the Way to Copenhagen: One Agreement or Two? The negotiations currently are running on two tracks, one under the Kyoto Protocol and the other under the UNFCCC’s “Bali Action Plan” of 2007. The Kyoto Protocol’s first commitment period runs from 2008 to 2012, during which wealthier (“Ann ...
Flood hazard maps in Matucana village under climate change
... FLO2D was used for simulations with a grid size of 20 × 20 m. These include the occurrence of debris flow in the Paihua ravine, which dams the Rimac River. Sediment concentration was assumed distributed from 22% to 35% in Paihua (Castillo 2006) with clean water in Rimac. The results are summarised i ...
... FLO2D was used for simulations with a grid size of 20 × 20 m. These include the occurrence of debris flow in the Paihua ravine, which dams the Rimac River. Sediment concentration was assumed distributed from 22% to 35% in Paihua (Castillo 2006) with clean water in Rimac. The results are summarised i ...
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... that, because the stories are developed by individuals who are familiar with the system, the stories reflect local experiences, become more believable, and are accepted by the participants. A powerful learning moment occurs when stories are shared and workshop participants recognize how simple ...
... that, because the stories are developed by individuals who are familiar with the system, the stories reflect local experiences, become more believable, and are accepted by the participants. A powerful learning moment occurs when stories are shared and workshop participants recognize how simple ...
Climate Leadership report to minister executive summary
... Alberta is already part of a global movement of jurisdictions that are taking action on climate change. The upcoming COP21 World Summit on Climate Change in Paris in December 2015 will bring nations from around the world together to agree on a common framework to achieved further reductions in green ...
... Alberta is already part of a global movement of jurisdictions that are taking action on climate change. The upcoming COP21 World Summit on Climate Change in Paris in December 2015 will bring nations from around the world together to agree on a common framework to achieved further reductions in green ...
Sustainability Insight
... • In February 2009 there were 38 signatories of the UCCCfS, constituting 60% of universities and colleges in Scotland • Each has committed to preparing and publishing a 5 year Climate Change Action Plan with targets and timescales to achieve significant reduction in emissions from all business activ ...
... • In February 2009 there were 38 signatories of the UCCCfS, constituting 60% of universities and colleges in Scotland • Each has committed to preparing and publishing a 5 year Climate Change Action Plan with targets and timescales to achieve significant reduction in emissions from all business activ ...
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... coastal countries of the EU27. The authors use the DIVA model to project the impacts of various sea-level rise and socio-economic scenarios on the countries first without any adaptation (potential impacts) and then with an adaptation strategy (residual impacts) that raises dikes to protect against c ...
... coastal countries of the EU27. The authors use the DIVA model to project the impacts of various sea-level rise and socio-economic scenarios on the countries first without any adaptation (potential impacts) and then with an adaptation strategy (residual impacts) that raises dikes to protect against c ...
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... indeed occurring, and that human activities are the primary driver. An increasingly resource and carbon constrained world will continue to pose formidable challenges to major industries, including mining. Understanding the implications of climate change mitigation for the mining industry, however, r ...
... indeed occurring, and that human activities are the primary driver. An increasingly resource and carbon constrained world will continue to pose formidable challenges to major industries, including mining. Understanding the implications of climate change mitigation for the mining industry, however, r ...
Impacts of Climate Change on Marine Organisms and Ecosystems
... regimes, and many Southern Ocean species evolved subsequently in isolation [28]. Seawater that is cooled around Antarctica is a major driver of today’s global thermohaline circulation. Contemporary climate change has the potential to perturb ocean circulation on a time-scale far shorter than that of ...
... regimes, and many Southern Ocean species evolved subsequently in isolation [28]. Seawater that is cooled around Antarctica is a major driver of today’s global thermohaline circulation. Contemporary climate change has the potential to perturb ocean circulation on a time-scale far shorter than that of ...
carbon dioxide emission and maximum warming
... the timing of maximum warming, however, was not considered in the uncertainty analysis: the size of the CO2 emission pulse. As the pulse size increases, the CO2 decline from peak levels slows [4]. The decline in radiative forcing slows even more due to its logarithmic dependence on atmospheric CO2. ...
... the timing of maximum warming, however, was not considered in the uncertainty analysis: the size of the CO2 emission pulse. As the pulse size increases, the CO2 decline from peak levels slows [4]. The decline in radiative forcing slows even more due to its logarithmic dependence on atmospheric CO2. ...
Impacts of Climate Change for the State of Indiana
... B. Likely Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources in Indiana Keith Cherkauer, Dept. of Agricultural and Biological Engineering Annual and seasonal precipitation While precipitation is likely to increase on an annual average basis, there is likely to be a shift in the seasonality of that precip ...
... B. Likely Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources in Indiana Keith Cherkauer, Dept. of Agricultural and Biological Engineering Annual and seasonal precipitation While precipitation is likely to increase on an annual average basis, there is likely to be a shift in the seasonality of that precip ...
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... played a reserved role in the negotiations leading up to the Kyoto Protocol, on the one hand conceding that climate change has had detrimental impacts, while on the other hand expressing scepticism towards the anthropogenic nature of the problem. For example, in the 1996 negotiations in Geneva, Russ ...
... played a reserved role in the negotiations leading up to the Kyoto Protocol, on the one hand conceding that climate change has had detrimental impacts, while on the other hand expressing scepticism towards the anthropogenic nature of the problem. For example, in the 1996 negotiations in Geneva, Russ ...
NAF Public Consultation
... structured programme of action on adaptation. The current Framework requires the development and implementation of sectoral and local adaptation plans which will form part of the national response to the impacts of climate change. Sectors have been requested to prepare their sectoral plans according ...
... structured programme of action on adaptation. The current Framework requires the development and implementation of sectoral and local adaptation plans which will form part of the national response to the impacts of climate change. Sectors have been requested to prepare their sectoral plans according ...
- UNDP Climate Change Adaptation
... Infrastructure Development (installing observation networks), Improving the Quality of Governance (fostering environmental governance) and Balanced and Sustainable Development pillar (managing natural disasters and risks). ...
... Infrastructure Development (installing observation networks), Improving the Quality of Governance (fostering environmental governance) and Balanced and Sustainable Development pillar (managing natural disasters and risks). ...
What is climate change?
... department within the council will have to respond to either adapt to changes or to help mitigate future effects. Policy Context 1.14 Every tier of government has made a commitment to take action on climate change and it is important that this strategy is set in the context of these over-arching pol ...
... department within the council will have to respond to either adapt to changes or to help mitigate future effects. Policy Context 1.14 Every tier of government has made a commitment to take action on climate change and it is important that this strategy is set in the context of these over-arching pol ...
Explaining Ocean Warming - Observatoire Océanologique de
... living resources, habitat destruction and pollution. This opens the perspective of significant disruption to job markets, international fishing agreements, geopolitics, etc., as mentioned above. In addition, given the extent of the expected changes, it must be acknowledged that no country is immune ...
... living resources, habitat destruction and pollution. This opens the perspective of significant disruption to job markets, international fishing agreements, geopolitics, etc., as mentioned above. In addition, given the extent of the expected changes, it must be acknowledged that no country is immune ...
An ecohydrological sketch of climate change impacts on water and
... with deep groundwater tables, such as Pleistocene hills and coastal dunes. For those areas it is predicted that the fraction of bare soil and non-rooting species (lichens and mosses) in the vegetation will increase when summers become drier (Kamps et al., 2008; Wegehenkel, 2009; Witte et al., 2008a) ...
... with deep groundwater tables, such as Pleistocene hills and coastal dunes. For those areas it is predicted that the fraction of bare soil and non-rooting species (lichens and mosses) in the vegetation will increase when summers become drier (Kamps et al., 2008; Wegehenkel, 2009; Witte et al., 2008a) ...
The Climate and Cryosphere
... The term “cryosphere” collectively describes the portions of the Earth's surface where water is in a solid form and describes the elements of the earth system containing water in its frozen state and includes sea ice, lake and river ice, snow cover, solid precipitation, glaciers, ice caps, ice sheet ...
... The term “cryosphere” collectively describes the portions of the Earth's surface where water is in a solid form and describes the elements of the earth system containing water in its frozen state and includes sea ice, lake and river ice, snow cover, solid precipitation, glaciers, ice caps, ice sheet ...
Tree-species range shifts in a changing climate
... review two broad categories of methods, focused on the spatial domain, for modeling potential range shifts and future suitable habitat: empirical species-distribution models and more process-based simulations. We propose long-term demography studies as a complementary approach in the time domain whe ...
... review two broad categories of methods, focused on the spatial domain, for modeling potential range shifts and future suitable habitat: empirical species-distribution models and more process-based simulations. We propose long-term demography studies as a complementary approach in the time domain whe ...
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... changes that results from climate change, but also on the cost of production and products’ market prices (Lobell et al. 2008). The economies of scale has led to an overall expansion tendency in agricultural production (Easterling 1996), which can benefit from lower costs of production, potentially m ...
... changes that results from climate change, but also on the cost of production and products’ market prices (Lobell et al. 2008). The economies of scale has led to an overall expansion tendency in agricultural production (Easterling 1996), which can benefit from lower costs of production, potentially m ...
China`s Climate- and Energy-security Dilemma
... strategies for achieving climate security rest heavily on global or multilateral institutions and are highly dependent on international cooperation. Still, individual countries can and must act to strengthen climate security by limiting the potential damage from climate change impacts through nation ...
... strategies for achieving climate security rest heavily on global or multilateral institutions and are highly dependent on international cooperation. Still, individual countries can and must act to strengthen climate security by limiting the potential damage from climate change impacts through nation ...
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... of climate change was debated by many earth’s troposphere, more heat is trapped scientists around the world. The possible within the earth’s atmosphere. impact of global climate change was first This leads to an increase in energy discussed in the 1968 at the first meeting of content in the a ...
... of climate change was debated by many earth’s troposphere, more heat is trapped scientists around the world. The possible within the earth’s atmosphere. impact of global climate change was first This leads to an increase in energy discussed in the 1968 at the first meeting of content in the a ...