The IPCC Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources
... (The case of Germany) GHG emissions in the FRG in 2000 Share of GHGs in the FRG in 2000: ...
... (The case of Germany) GHG emissions in the FRG in 2000 Share of GHGs in the FRG in 2000: ...
Attribution of Weather and Climate-Related Extreme Events
... underlying the event and by asking how external anthropogenic and natural drivers have contributed to the probability of the event occurring, quantitative statements can be made about the role of different factors in contributing to the magnitude of and the probability of occurrence of individual ev ...
... underlying the event and by asking how external anthropogenic and natural drivers have contributed to the probability of the event occurring, quantitative statements can be made about the role of different factors in contributing to the magnitude of and the probability of occurrence of individual ev ...
Full list of `Environment` briefings - European Parliament
... Canada, Australia and Russia — which took advantage of their position to obtain concessions in order to minimise their commitments, maximise the freedom to use flexibility mechanisms including carbon sinks, and protect themselves from the enforcement actions should they be unable to meet their targe ...
... Canada, Australia and Russia — which took advantage of their position to obtain concessions in order to minimise their commitments, maximise the freedom to use flexibility mechanisms including carbon sinks, and protect themselves from the enforcement actions should they be unable to meet their targe ...
Works Cited - Institute for Domestic and International Affairs, Inc.
... projected to lose tourists as climate change progresses.20 Countries in Central America and Africa are most effected; at the same time, these nations need tourism the most enliven in their economies. The progressive use of technology is needed not to control the weather, but help countries adapt to ...
... projected to lose tourists as climate change progresses.20 Countries in Central America and Africa are most effected; at the same time, these nations need tourism the most enliven in their economies. The progressive use of technology is needed not to control the weather, but help countries adapt to ...
PowerPoint **** - UCLA Land Surface Hydrology Research Group
... We used the DHSVM-RBM model to simulate streamflow and stream temperature at 150 m spatial resolution and sub-daily timescale. DHSVM-RBM (Sun et al., 2014) integrates the Distributed Hydrology-Soil-Vegetation Model, a semi-Lagrangian stream temperature model RBM (Yearsley, 2009), and a riparian shad ...
... We used the DHSVM-RBM model to simulate streamflow and stream temperature at 150 m spatial resolution and sub-daily timescale. DHSVM-RBM (Sun et al., 2014) integrates the Distributed Hydrology-Soil-Vegetation Model, a semi-Lagrangian stream temperature model RBM (Yearsley, 2009), and a riparian shad ...
John Holdren: The Scientist Who Cried Wolf
... even be possible to require pregnant single women to marry or have abortions, perhaps as an alternative to placement for adoption, depending on the society.” In reality, none of Holdren’s dire warnings have come to pass (though they did help to inspire campaigns of forced sterilization and abortion ...
... even be possible to require pregnant single women to marry or have abortions, perhaps as an alternative to placement for adoption, depending on the society.” In reality, none of Holdren’s dire warnings have come to pass (though they did help to inspire campaigns of forced sterilization and abortion ...
4b. GCOS-indicators_WDAC6 - World Climate Research Programme
... Ø Planning for adaptation needs an understanding of future risk and how it may change: What would a one in a hundred-year storm look like in 100 years’ time? Ø Planning for future impacts needs an understanding now of worst-case scenarios, e.g. highest possible sea level rise, largest flood or big ...
... Ø Planning for adaptation needs an understanding of future risk and how it may change: What would a one in a hundred-year storm look like in 100 years’ time? Ø Planning for future impacts needs an understanding now of worst-case scenarios, e.g. highest possible sea level rise, largest flood or big ...
Global Warming: A White Paper on the Science, Policies
... considered by the semiconductor industry. While some scientists are skeptical about the phenomenon of global warming and its potential impact on the global climate, it is a fact that a variety of chemicals with extremely long lifetimes are being emitted into the atmosphere every year. Their respecti ...
... considered by the semiconductor industry. While some scientists are skeptical about the phenomenon of global warming and its potential impact on the global climate, it is a fact that a variety of chemicals with extremely long lifetimes are being emitted into the atmosphere every year. Their respecti ...
Misdefining ``climate change``: consequences for science and action
... 2000; Pielke et al., 2000; Hammitt, 2000). This body of work is significant because, unlike other critics of the Kyoto Protocol, it accepts the findings of the IPCC that climate change presents a problem, but finds fault in the mechanics of the proposed solution. David Victor writes that Even as it ...
... 2000; Pielke et al., 2000; Hammitt, 2000). This body of work is significant because, unlike other critics of the Kyoto Protocol, it accepts the findings of the IPCC that climate change presents a problem, but finds fault in the mechanics of the proposed solution. David Victor writes that Even as it ...
Report 4A - Land and water use options for climate change adaptation and mitigation in agriculture
... are already at the margins of production, is a centrepiece of the current post-Kyoto debate. At the same time, it is recognized that agriculture and forestry offer significant cost-effective mitigation options, since many management techniques, are required to strengthen production systems, sequeste ...
... are already at the margins of production, is a centrepiece of the current post-Kyoto debate. At the same time, it is recognized that agriculture and forestry offer significant cost-effective mitigation options, since many management techniques, are required to strengthen production systems, sequeste ...
Less Snow, Less Water: Climate Disruption in the West
... snowpacks through the winter. These snowpacks – the region’s largest reservoirs, dwarfing those people have built – conveniently delay the runoff until spring’s warmth releases it as snowmelt to flow to the lowlands, often months after it fell as snow. This essential serendipity of the West, the age ...
... snowpacks through the winter. These snowpacks – the region’s largest reservoirs, dwarfing those people have built – conveniently delay the runoff until spring’s warmth releases it as snowmelt to flow to the lowlands, often months after it fell as snow. This essential serendipity of the West, the age ...
Adaptation and mitigation: trade-offs in substance and methods Richard S.J. Tol *
... a national level would only sideways be involved. This implies that decision criteria, parameters and reporting are different for a CBA on adaptation than for one on mitigation. Again, this holds for other forms of decision support as well. The third difficulty is a mismatch of time scale. A CBA on ...
... a national level would only sideways be involved. This implies that decision criteria, parameters and reporting are different for a CBA on adaptation than for one on mitigation. Again, this holds for other forms of decision support as well. The third difficulty is a mismatch of time scale. A CBA on ...
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... Discourse analysis is a desk-based analysis method developed within the social sciences that has been adapted for communications consultancy. In academic research, discourse analysis methods are hugely varied, ranging from macro-scale cultural or historical analyses to micro-level dissection of how ...
... Discourse analysis is a desk-based analysis method developed within the social sciences that has been adapted for communications consultancy. In academic research, discourse analysis methods are hugely varied, ranging from macro-scale cultural or historical analyses to micro-level dissection of how ...
Globalisation, Inequality and Climate Change: What
... and currently working in very low-productivity activities – was in excess of 80 million. To make matters worse, an increasing number of this labour force is educated and skilled, and if that was not bad enough, by 2020, India’s labour force will exceed that of China. There are no signs of the global ...
... and currently working in very low-productivity activities – was in excess of 80 million. To make matters worse, an increasing number of this labour force is educated and skilled, and if that was not bad enough, by 2020, India’s labour force will exceed that of China. There are no signs of the global ...
Livestock and climate change
... Land use and systems changes As climate changes and becomes more variable, niches for different species alter. This may modify animal diets and compromise the ability of smallholders to manage feed deficits.8 Changes in the primary productivity of crops, forage and rangeland Effects will depend sign ...
... Land use and systems changes As climate changes and becomes more variable, niches for different species alter. This may modify animal diets and compromise the ability of smallholders to manage feed deficits.8 Changes in the primary productivity of crops, forage and rangeland Effects will depend sign ...
Does tomorrow ever come?
... considered climate change as everybody’s problem, the obligation to act falls upon politicians who are seen as having a wider scope for action than individuals. Lorenzoni et al. (in press) also found that individuals from the general public in the US and UK associate climate change with potential fa ...
... considered climate change as everybody’s problem, the obligation to act falls upon politicians who are seen as having a wider scope for action than individuals. Lorenzoni et al. (in press) also found that individuals from the general public in the US and UK associate climate change with potential fa ...
Global Warming
... agriculture, deforestation, landfills, industrial production, and mining also contribute a significant share of emissions. In 1997, the United States emitted about one-fifth of total global greenhouse gases. Estimating future emissions is difficult, because it depends on demographic, economic, techn ...
... agriculture, deforestation, landfills, industrial production, and mining also contribute a significant share of emissions. In 1997, the United States emitted about one-fifth of total global greenhouse gases. Estimating future emissions is difficult, because it depends on demographic, economic, techn ...
7. Agriculture
... the implications of climate change for agriculture and pose a reasonable concern that climate change is a threat to sustainable development, especially in countries not included in Annex I to the Convention. Identifying which regions and populations are at greatest risk from climate change (i.e., ar ...
... the implications of climate change for agriculture and pose a reasonable concern that climate change is a threat to sustainable development, especially in countries not included in Annex I to the Convention. Identifying which regions and populations are at greatest risk from climate change (i.e., ar ...
climate change urbanisation and humanitarian crises - Inter
... carrying water borne diseases such as cholera and dysentery, polluting drinking water supplies and/or leading to temporary breaks in water supply. Lack of effective zoning policies to segregate land uses produces mixed residential and industrial land uses common in many cities of the global south. T ...
... carrying water borne diseases such as cholera and dysentery, polluting drinking water supplies and/or leading to temporary breaks in water supply. Lack of effective zoning policies to segregate land uses produces mixed residential and industrial land uses common in many cities of the global south. T ...
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... An individual country’s emissions of GHGs causes a negative externality on other countries by exacerbating climate change. A country choosing its emission level non-cooperatively (i.e. maximizing its individual welfare) would, therefore, over-pollute relative to the cooperative outcome (where each c ...
... An individual country’s emissions of GHGs causes a negative externality on other countries by exacerbating climate change. A country choosing its emission level non-cooperatively (i.e. maximizing its individual welfare) would, therefore, over-pollute relative to the cooperative outcome (where each c ...
Interactive effects of multiple climate change variables on trophic
... elucidating the effects of single climate change variables on individual species. Here, we use established meta-analysis techniques to synthesize the existing literature on the interactive effects of multiple climate change variables on trophic interactions. Results: Most of the studies included in ...
... elucidating the effects of single climate change variables on individual species. Here, we use established meta-analysis techniques to synthesize the existing literature on the interactive effects of multiple climate change variables on trophic interactions. Results: Most of the studies included in ...
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... The last five years has seen a proliferation of creative responses to the environment; art and artists who are inspired to think, create and act. But often the arts infrastructure does not put climate change and sustainability at its heart. It is inherently problematic if, say, an artist is releasin ...
... The last five years has seen a proliferation of creative responses to the environment; art and artists who are inspired to think, create and act. But often the arts infrastructure does not put climate change and sustainability at its heart. It is inherently problematic if, say, an artist is releasin ...
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... Multinomial logit model was used to analyze the determinants of farmers’ choice of technologies. An attempt was made to explore how farmers would make technology choices to adapt to changes in the exogenous factors such as climate along with the endogenous factors using a multinomial logit model. Th ...
... Multinomial logit model was used to analyze the determinants of farmers’ choice of technologies. An attempt was made to explore how farmers would make technology choices to adapt to changes in the exogenous factors such as climate along with the endogenous factors using a multinomial logit model. Th ...
PAK-INDC
... and has provided a framework for its realization in a more intense manner with a long-term perspective. The global consensus on limiting temperature increase to below 2 degrees Centigrade is an endorsement of the scientific conclusions reached by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) ...
... and has provided a framework for its realization in a more intense manner with a long-term perspective. The global consensus on limiting temperature increase to below 2 degrees Centigrade is an endorsement of the scientific conclusions reached by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) ...