Climate change - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
... and traditions than those of the country of which they now form a part (also referred to as ’native’ ‘aboriginal’ or ’tribal’ peoples) (Source: 7). Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) The IPCC is the leading international body for the assessment of climate change. It was established by ...
... and traditions than those of the country of which they now form a part (also referred to as ’native’ ‘aboriginal’ or ’tribal’ peoples) (Source: 7). Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) The IPCC is the leading international body for the assessment of climate change. It was established by ...
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... mitigation” (FEM) is introduced as a tool to make statements about how to attain desired levels of agricultural mitigation in the most efficient manner in terms of food security. It is applied to a range of policy scenarios which contrast a climate policy regime with full global collaboration to sce ...
... mitigation” (FEM) is introduced as a tool to make statements about how to attain desired levels of agricultural mitigation in the most efficient manner in terms of food security. It is applied to a range of policy scenarios which contrast a climate policy regime with full global collaboration to sce ...
ILEAPS presentation
... L-A coupling, Europe: present / future • Strong soil moisture-temperature coupling for the Mediterranean region in the CTL time period (≠GLACE) • Shift of region of strong soil moisture-temperature coupling to Central and Eastern Europe in future climate (transitional climate zone) • Qualitative ag ...
... L-A coupling, Europe: present / future • Strong soil moisture-temperature coupling for the Mediterranean region in the CTL time period (≠GLACE) • Shift of region of strong soil moisture-temperature coupling to Central and Eastern Europe in future climate (transitional climate zone) • Qualitative ag ...
Relative importance between biogeochemical and
... water cycles [Bonan, 2008; Zhang et al., 2014]. To appropriately quantify terrestrial feedback to the atmosphere, both biogeochemical and biogeophysical impacts should be included. Many previous ecosystemclimate feedback studies explored either terrestrial biogeochemical [e.g., Friedlingstein et al. ...
... water cycles [Bonan, 2008; Zhang et al., 2014]. To appropriately quantify terrestrial feedback to the atmosphere, both biogeochemical and biogeophysical impacts should be included. Many previous ecosystemclimate feedback studies explored either terrestrial biogeochemical [e.g., Friedlingstein et al. ...
Axiological Aspects of Proximization
... know the precise effects, the exact costs or the definite dates of how climate change will affect security. But we already know enough to start taking action. This is my first point: either we start to pay now, or we will pay much more later. ...
... know the precise effects, the exact costs or the definite dates of how climate change will affect security. But we already know enough to start taking action. This is my first point: either we start to pay now, or we will pay much more later. ...
A comprehensive set of high-resolution grids of monthly climate for
... The SRES report (IPCC, 2000) provides a comprehensive set of 40 socio-economic futures, and details their consequences for anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases and other pollutants. The full set is too large for our purpose, so we adopt four of the six illustrative scenarios (A1FI, A2, B2, B1 ...
... The SRES report (IPCC, 2000) provides a comprehensive set of 40 socio-economic futures, and details their consequences for anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases and other pollutants. The full set is too large for our purpose, so we adopt four of the six illustrative scenarios (A1FI, A2, B2, B1 ...
North East England Greenhouse Gas Emissions Baselines and
... • ‘Other transport’ CO 2 emissions are projected to increase dramatically over the period 2005 to 2020 due to the significant growth of port facilities in the North East ; and • By 2020, there is expected to be little change in total CO 2 equivalent compared to 2005 because reductions from the res ...
... • ‘Other transport’ CO 2 emissions are projected to increase dramatically over the period 2005 to 2020 due to the significant growth of port facilities in the North East ; and • By 2020, there is expected to be little change in total CO 2 equivalent compared to 2005 because reductions from the res ...
Changing Risk Perceptions Policy Brief
... dairy products. These and other climate impacts have the potential to substantially affect key economic sectors and the quality of life for vulnerable populations in the state. California’s policy makers have recognized the risks posed by climate change, and have become courageous first-movers in ad ...
... dairy products. These and other climate impacts have the potential to substantially affect key economic sectors and the quality of life for vulnerable populations in the state. California’s policy makers have recognized the risks posed by climate change, and have become courageous first-movers in ad ...
What is the Price of Carbon? Five definitions - SAPIEN.S
... costs increase very steeply. However, this result arises from the assumptions in most of the models. In point of fact, the object is not to reduce emissions by 30-40% instantaneously, but to achieve this by a gradual effort over time through a portfolio of policies including regulation as well as a ...
... costs increase very steeply. However, this result arises from the assumptions in most of the models. In point of fact, the object is not to reduce emissions by 30-40% instantaneously, but to achieve this by a gradual effort over time through a portfolio of policies including regulation as well as a ...
noaa climate program
... context of the overall vision vis a vis implementation. The overall strategy for promoting new priorities at the expense of established successful programs was questioned. Is the present approach undermining the base? This all depends on whether or not the future requested increases are actual ...
... context of the overall vision vis a vis implementation. The overall strategy for promoting new priorities at the expense of established successful programs was questioned. Is the present approach undermining the base? This all depends on whether or not the future requested increases are actual ...
Climate change and impacts in the Eastern Mediterranean and the
... derived from natural archives and documentary evidence (Brázdil et al. 2005). The Mediterranean is a region with a broad spectrum of proxy data, both in time and space that allow climate reconstructions over the past centuries. Figure 2 shows the locations for which marine and terrestrial proxies fr ...
... derived from natural archives and documentary evidence (Brázdil et al. 2005). The Mediterranean is a region with a broad spectrum of proxy data, both in time and space that allow climate reconstructions over the past centuries. Figure 2 shows the locations for which marine and terrestrial proxies fr ...
Traditional Livelihoods and Mining in Mongolia`s Changing Climate
... dependent on suitable environmental conditions for their longterm viability. Mongolia’s mining sector has grown significantly in the past decade due to intense national and international investment in resource development activities and the recent global commodity boom. It is widely recognised as a ...
... dependent on suitable environmental conditions for their longterm viability. Mongolia’s mining sector has grown significantly in the past decade due to intense national and international investment in resource development activities and the recent global commodity boom. It is widely recognised as a ...
Climate change and food security in regional Inuit centers
... to the negative effects of climate change. Using in-depth case studies, this project has identified and characterized the vulnerability and resilience of food systems in four regional Inuit centers to climate change (RICs) (Iqaluit, Arviat, Inuvik and Kuujjuak). Given the limited work on food system ...
... to the negative effects of climate change. Using in-depth case studies, this project has identified and characterized the vulnerability and resilience of food systems in four regional Inuit centers to climate change (RICs) (Iqaluit, Arviat, Inuvik and Kuujjuak). Given the limited work on food system ...
Coupled Simulations of the 20th-Century including External Forcing
... et al., 1999), which are shown in their annual range. These time series are anomalies to their 1961-90 average. They overlay the ± 2σ range from CON shown in the gray shaded horizontal bar. Without forcing, the simulation would be expected to remain within this region. The simulation and observation ...
... et al., 1999), which are shown in their annual range. These time series are anomalies to their 1961-90 average. They overlay the ± 2σ range from CON shown in the gray shaded horizontal bar. Without forcing, the simulation would be expected to remain within this region. The simulation and observation ...
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... 1999; Swart, 1996). There has been some speculation about the ways that climate change may increase the risk of violent conflict (Brauch, 2002; Gleick, 1992; Homer-Dixon, 1991; van Ireland, Klaassen, Nierop, & van der Wusten, 1996). There are two broad ways in which conflict might be stimulated by c ...
... 1999; Swart, 1996). There has been some speculation about the ways that climate change may increase the risk of violent conflict (Brauch, 2002; Gleick, 1992; Homer-Dixon, 1991; van Ireland, Klaassen, Nierop, & van der Wusten, 1996). There are two broad ways in which conflict might be stimulated by c ...
04 Morlot.P65
... change. Limiting climate change impacts in the short term will require adaptations to address current (socio-economic) vulnerabilities and efforts to avoid mal-adaptations to climate change (OECD, 2003a–d, 2004a–b; Klein, 2001). Policymakers could make better use of the climate change impacts litera ...
... change. Limiting climate change impacts in the short term will require adaptations to address current (socio-economic) vulnerabilities and efforts to avoid mal-adaptations to climate change (OECD, 2003a–d, 2004a–b; Klein, 2001). Policymakers could make better use of the climate change impacts litera ...
WEATHERING CHANGE
... met in Denver to talk about how changing weather patterns and climate trends are already beginning to affect their enterprises, and what the state should be doing now to protect its economy in the face of these challenges. Farmers and ranchers sat down with real estate developers, energy executives ...
... met in Denver to talk about how changing weather patterns and climate trends are already beginning to affect their enterprises, and what the state should be doing now to protect its economy in the face of these challenges. Farmers and ranchers sat down with real estate developers, energy executives ...
Activity 2.2: Historical Climate Cycles
... atmospheric CO2 increases, the interaction with the surface ocean will change the chemistry of the seawater, resulting in ocean acidification. Evidence suggests that the past and current ocean uptake of human-derived (anthropogenic) CO2 is primarily a physical response to rising atmospheric CO2 conc ...
... atmospheric CO2 increases, the interaction with the surface ocean will change the chemistry of the seawater, resulting in ocean acidification. Evidence suggests that the past and current ocean uptake of human-derived (anthropogenic) CO2 is primarily a physical response to rising atmospheric CO2 conc ...
Chapter 9 Climate Research and Climate Politics in Germany
... to be prepared for problems which may threaten their legitimacy and also actively explore new issues for what appear to be promising candidates for new areas of political activity. This prospecting for and acquisition of new political agendas is an important part of politics. Second, politics also ...
... to be prepared for problems which may threaten their legitimacy and also actively explore new issues for what appear to be promising candidates for new areas of political activity. This prospecting for and acquisition of new political agendas is an important part of politics. Second, politics also ...
Massachusetts v. EPA, 127 S.Ct. 1438 (2007)
... EPA to propose to Congress a "coordinated national policy on global climate change...Congress emphasized that "ongoing pollution and deforestation may be contributing now to an irreversible process" and that "[n]ecessary actions must be identified and implemented in time to protect the climate." ...
... EPA to propose to Congress a "coordinated national policy on global climate change...Congress emphasized that "ongoing pollution and deforestation may be contributing now to an irreversible process" and that "[n]ecessary actions must be identified and implemented in time to protect the climate." ...
SMC MS Guide - Science.indd - San Mateo County Office of Education
... atmosphere. Students then use their understanding of how the atmosphere works, in light of these trends, to determine whether or not humans should be concerned about climate change. ...
... atmosphere. Students then use their understanding of how the atmosphere works, in light of these trends, to determine whether or not humans should be concerned about climate change. ...
Micro-level Practices to Adapt to Climate Change for African Small
... undermine communities’ ability to adapt to climate change. Effects of climate change and climate variability will continue to challenge vulnerable people. Droughts and dry spells will be more frequent, rain more inconsistent, and torrential downpours heavier, all phenomena that increase the risk of ...
... undermine communities’ ability to adapt to climate change. Effects of climate change and climate variability will continue to challenge vulnerable people. Droughts and dry spells will be more frequent, rain more inconsistent, and torrential downpours heavier, all phenomena that increase the risk of ...
How limiting factors drive agricultural adaptation to climate change.
... a history of drought, and the prevalence of sheep/beef systems that lack irrigation and water infrastructure. We compare these two farm system types across both regions using quantitative data from a comparative survey to develop statistical models (multiple mediation models, a form of path analysis ...
... a history of drought, and the prevalence of sheep/beef systems that lack irrigation and water infrastructure. We compare these two farm system types across both regions using quantitative data from a comparative survey to develop statistical models (multiple mediation models, a form of path analysis ...
Investing for the climate in Asia
... Paris Climate Agreement was a landmark deal in the fight against climate change. The nations of the world came together to state their commitments to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. These two forces (the physical effects of climate change and the policy measures taken to mitigate it) are changing ...
... Paris Climate Agreement was a landmark deal in the fight against climate change. The nations of the world came together to state their commitments to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. These two forces (the physical effects of climate change and the policy measures taken to mitigate it) are changing ...
CIAS
... The advance that CIAS approach makes over existing integrated modelling approaches is that it is designed to test the robustness of the outputs of integrated assessment models to the use of different component modules, as well as to the values of uncertain parameters within the modules.. The princip ...
... The advance that CIAS approach makes over existing integrated modelling approaches is that it is designed to test the robustness of the outputs of integrated assessment models to the use of different component modules, as well as to the values of uncertain parameters within the modules.. The princip ...