Climate Change Quarterly: Fall 2016
... ecosystems may contribute to the forest C sink strength. CWD may take years to centuries to degrade completely, and non-respired C from CWD may enter the forest soil directly or in the form of dissolved organic C. Although aboveground decomposition of CWD has been studied frequently, little is known ...
... ecosystems may contribute to the forest C sink strength. CWD may take years to centuries to degrade completely, and non-respired C from CWD may enter the forest soil directly or in the form of dissolved organic C. Although aboveground decomposition of CWD has been studied frequently, little is known ...
McCaffery 2010
... and lower snowpack. Climate change predictions for the Rocky Mountains suggest that snowpack will continue to decrease and snowmelt will occur at an increasingly earlier date (33). Because effects of decreased winter severity were uniformly positive, our results indicate that this climate trend will ...
... and lower snowpack. Climate change predictions for the Rocky Mountains suggest that snowpack will continue to decrease and snowmelt will occur at an increasingly earlier date (33). Because effects of decreased winter severity were uniformly positive, our results indicate that this climate trend will ...
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... This paper addresses two basic issues related to technological innovation and climate stabilisation objectives: i) Can innovation policies be effective in stabilising greenhouse gas concentrations? ii) To what extent can innovation policies complement carbon pricing (taxes or permit trading) and imp ...
... This paper addresses two basic issues related to technological innovation and climate stabilisation objectives: i) Can innovation policies be effective in stabilising greenhouse gas concentrations? ii) To what extent can innovation policies complement carbon pricing (taxes or permit trading) and imp ...
Climate change impacts in urban coastal
... rise, erosion and storm surge, may be modified to promote the biodiversity of rocky reef communities. However, little is known about how the design of these structures influences impacts to adjacent ecosystems such as subtidal sediments, tidal flats, seagrass beds, and mangrove forests. Nor has it ...
... rise, erosion and storm surge, may be modified to promote the biodiversity of rocky reef communities. However, little is known about how the design of these structures influences impacts to adjacent ecosystems such as subtidal sediments, tidal flats, seagrass beds, and mangrove forests. Nor has it ...
Making sense of the early-2000s warming slowdown
... net positive forcing of the climate system, leading to overall warming of the surface. Superimposed on this forced anthropogenic response are small signals of solar irradiance changes, cooling and recovery from volcanic eruptions and internal variability. The role of these factors is illustrated in ...
... net positive forcing of the climate system, leading to overall warming of the surface. Superimposed on this forced anthropogenic response are small signals of solar irradiance changes, cooling and recovery from volcanic eruptions and internal variability. The role of these factors is illustrated in ...
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... shed any useful light on the ideal timing or strength of a proposed response. It is this lack of a trigger mechanism or decision criterion that nullifies the utility of many such deterministic analyses. For example, building sea walls or dikes today because of expected intensification of storm surge ...
... shed any useful light on the ideal timing or strength of a proposed response. It is this lack of a trigger mechanism or decision criterion that nullifies the utility of many such deterministic analyses. For example, building sea walls or dikes today because of expected intensification of storm surge ...
karfakis
... INTRODUCTION The effects of gradual climate changes and extreme weather events in the recent past have undermined progress in the alleviation of poverty and food insecurity, while also having a negative effect on overall development efforts. Economic sectors that largely depend on weather conditions ...
... INTRODUCTION The effects of gradual climate changes and extreme weather events in the recent past have undermined progress in the alleviation of poverty and food insecurity, while also having a negative effect on overall development efforts. Economic sectors that largely depend on weather conditions ...
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... INTRODUCTION The effects of gradual climate changes and extreme weather events in the recent past have undermined progress in the alleviation of poverty and food insecurity, while also having a negative effect on overall development efforts. Economic sectors that largely depend on weather conditions ...
... INTRODUCTION The effects of gradual climate changes and extreme weather events in the recent past have undermined progress in the alleviation of poverty and food insecurity, while also having a negative effect on overall development efforts. Economic sectors that largely depend on weather conditions ...
Assessment of technological innovation for climate - unu
... especially due to the substantial challenges that climate variability imposes on agricultural production in developing countries. Indeed, while most agricultural technologies have direct linkages with climate change, there are emerging technologies that are relevant to agriculture practices in devel ...
... especially due to the substantial challenges that climate variability imposes on agricultural production in developing countries. Indeed, while most agricultural technologies have direct linkages with climate change, there are emerging technologies that are relevant to agriculture practices in devel ...
Journal of Geography Agnotology as a Teaching Tool: Learning
... agrees with this consensus (Doran and Zimmerman 2009). However, surveys of American public opinion reveal a disconnect between the strength of the scientific consensus on global warming, and the views of ordinary citizens. Leiserowitz (2007) found that 40 percent of those surveyed believed that ther ...
... agrees with this consensus (Doran and Zimmerman 2009). However, surveys of American public opinion reveal a disconnect between the strength of the scientific consensus on global warming, and the views of ordinary citizens. Leiserowitz (2007) found that 40 percent of those surveyed believed that ther ...
Disaster risk reduction or climate change adaptation: Are we
... implementation (see the approach taken by Thomalla et al., 2006; Tearfund, 2008). Whilst global policies are essential in guiding practical action, policy and action at the community level where climate change effects are being experienced are urgently required in a development context (e.g. Shea, 2 ...
... implementation (see the approach taken by Thomalla et al., 2006; Tearfund, 2008). Whilst global policies are essential in guiding practical action, policy and action at the community level where climate change effects are being experienced are urgently required in a development context (e.g. Shea, 2 ...
Models and scenarios - Nachhaltiges Landmanagement
... 3 and 4 and the regional projects on global data sets on long term and midterm scenarios. This exchange should on the one hand consist of the provision of global data sets under different scenarios from GLUES to the regional projects, whereas global data sets will be provided through the Geodata Inf ...
... 3 and 4 and the regional projects on global data sets on long term and midterm scenarios. This exchange should on the one hand consist of the provision of global data sets under different scenarios from GLUES to the regional projects, whereas global data sets will be provided through the Geodata Inf ...
Comments on EPA/NHTSA proposed rule on tailpipe standards [get
... income.”7 The assumption that higher-income lives are of greater monetary value than lowerincome ones is morally offensive; use of this assumption in data and models that form the basis for any US policy is potentially quite embarrassing. I recommend avoiding any trace of that assumption, which woul ...
... income.”7 The assumption that higher-income lives are of greater monetary value than lowerincome ones is morally offensive; use of this assumption in data and models that form the basis for any US policy is potentially quite embarrassing. I recommend avoiding any trace of that assumption, which woul ...
Paper - System Dynamics Society
... atmosphere and rising temperatures. It could also be a period in which the nations of the world adopt more stringent policies to control the emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other GHG. If emissions are cut sufficiently, it is possible to stabilize GHG within the first half of the century. The r ...
... atmosphere and rising temperatures. It could also be a period in which the nations of the world adopt more stringent policies to control the emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other GHG. If emissions are cut sufficiently, it is possible to stabilize GHG within the first half of the century. The r ...
Environmental Realpolitik - Digital Repository @ Maurer Law
... conditions against which such improvements are to be measured. If all parties to a climate change regime were assigned caps on their national emissions, these caps would constitute the baseline above which emissions would be prohibited. In the current situation, where only a limited number of partie ...
... conditions against which such improvements are to be measured. If all parties to a climate change regime were assigned caps on their national emissions, these caps would constitute the baseline above which emissions would be prohibited. In the current situation, where only a limited number of partie ...
Vol.10, No.2, 2010
... uncertainties in forcing are large, and it is unclear whether current models can actually account for the observed early 20th century warming if they are forced with realistic solar forcing. There are perhaps ways to resolve this problem, for example, if the multidecadal fluctuations in the global-m ...
... uncertainties in forcing are large, and it is unclear whether current models can actually account for the observed early 20th century warming if they are forced with realistic solar forcing. There are perhaps ways to resolve this problem, for example, if the multidecadal fluctuations in the global-m ...
Understanding complexity in savannas: climate, biodiversity and
... Mount Kilimanjaro. (g) The Cerrado of Brazil is dominated by different species than the Acacia-dominated African savannas — in this case Curatella spp. (h), Groundwater-fed swamps are a vital drought refuge for animals and people alike, increasingly these areas are the focus of agricultural encroach ...
... Mount Kilimanjaro. (g) The Cerrado of Brazil is dominated by different species than the Acacia-dominated African savannas — in this case Curatella spp. (h), Groundwater-fed swamps are a vital drought refuge for animals and people alike, increasingly these areas are the focus of agricultural encroach ...
Reducing Human Vulnerability
... climate change problem and robustness as a decision criterion implies changing decision-making strategies for long-lived investment and long-term planning. It demands rethinking traditional approaches that assume a deterministic model of the world in which the future is predictable. First, priority ...
... climate change problem and robustness as a decision criterion implies changing decision-making strategies for long-lived investment and long-term planning. It demands rethinking traditional approaches that assume a deterministic model of the world in which the future is predictable. First, priority ...
DOC version - New Zealand climate change information
... Climate change impacts How could climate change affect my region? Adapting to climate change About adapting to climate change Roles and responsibilities Climate change adaptation technical working group Adapting to sea level rise International forums and agreements New Zealand's in ...
... Climate change impacts How could climate change affect my region? Adapting to climate change About adapting to climate change Roles and responsibilities Climate change adaptation technical working group Adapting to sea level rise International forums and agreements New Zealand's in ...
IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION MEASURES ON
... society to adapt to climate change and to achieve sustainable development. They have the capacity to develop environmentally friendly technologies that can be transferred to the developing world. Developing countries, on the other hand, have neither the resources nor the socioeconomic infrastructure ...
... society to adapt to climate change and to achieve sustainable development. They have the capacity to develop environmentally friendly technologies that can be transferred to the developing world. Developing countries, on the other hand, have neither the resources nor the socioeconomic infrastructure ...
Building a Climate-Resilient City
... provided by a 42-member advisory committee and inputs from working groups. The resulting plan identified 50 strategies and 231 actions focused on four areas: buildings, natural systems, infrastructure and public services. It reflects the need to use a transformational and cross-sectoral approach to ...
... provided by a 42-member advisory committee and inputs from working groups. The resulting plan identified 50 strategies and 231 actions focused on four areas: buildings, natural systems, infrastructure and public services. It reflects the need to use a transformational and cross-sectoral approach to ...
Kyoto and Beyond - European Business Council for Sustainable
... the decisions and lifestyles choices of today’s generation will affect the decisions and lifestyle choices of future generations. It is an environmental issue, but it also a social, economic, political and ethical issue. In 1992 at the “Earth Summit” in Rio de Janeiro, the nations of the world ackno ...
... the decisions and lifestyles choices of today’s generation will affect the decisions and lifestyle choices of future generations. It is an environmental issue, but it also a social, economic, political and ethical issue. In 1992 at the “Earth Summit” in Rio de Janeiro, the nations of the world ackno ...
Advent Light
... climate]. Their wisdom is not working in the changed situation and that is putting them in a serious struggle to survive. The worst impacts of climate changes are now a reality Mitigating it or adapting are a big challenge for Bangladesh-like countries but they are not the creators of the problem – ...
... climate]. Their wisdom is not working in the changed situation and that is putting them in a serious struggle to survive. The worst impacts of climate changes are now a reality Mitigating it or adapting are a big challenge for Bangladesh-like countries but they are not the creators of the problem – ...
Working Paper 7: Climate Change and Agriculture: Analysis of
... sector to the short term climate variability (CV) and long term effects of climate change (CC). The nexus between agricultural policy and research and development in CV and CC is also explored to identify existing knowledge gaps that prevent agricultural policy development from integrating CV and CC ...
... sector to the short term climate variability (CV) and long term effects of climate change (CC). The nexus between agricultural policy and research and development in CV and CC is also explored to identify existing knowledge gaps that prevent agricultural policy development from integrating CV and CC ...