1 CV KAREN L. O`BRIEN Department of Sociology and Human
... change impacts and adaptation. Nature Climate Change, 3: 112–117. O’Brien, K. (2013). Global Environmental Change (3): Closing the Gap between Knowledge and Action. Progress in Human Geography, 37(4): 587-596 O’Brien, K., Reams, J., Caspari, A., Dugmore, A., Faghihimani, M., Fazey, I., Hackmann, H., ...
... change impacts and adaptation. Nature Climate Change, 3: 112–117. O’Brien, K. (2013). Global Environmental Change (3): Closing the Gap between Knowledge and Action. Progress in Human Geography, 37(4): 587-596 O’Brien, K., Reams, J., Caspari, A., Dugmore, A., Faghihimani, M., Fazey, I., Hackmann, H., ...
53 CHAPTER 5. THE UNBUILT ENVIRONMENT
... factors, including the ways that private interests or institutions might respond to the new opportunitiesandrisksthatcomewithwarmer,wetter,ordrierweather. Adaptationwillbeessentialnotonlytoprotectthepoorestbutalsotorealizepotentialbenefits. However, adaptat ...
... factors, including the ways that private interests or institutions might respond to the new opportunitiesandrisksthatcomewithwarmer,wetter,ordrierweather. Adaptationwillbeessentialnotonlytoprotectthepoorestbutalsotorealizepotentialbenefits. However, adaptat ...
Building Climate Resilience in the Blue Nile/Abay Highlands: A Role
... From a technical ESS perspective, a recent study on drought in the United States by Strzepek et al. [26] provides an informative example of research results applied in a risk characterization framework. The authors of the study note that previous analyses of climate change impacts on U.S. drought, t ...
... From a technical ESS perspective, a recent study on drought in the United States by Strzepek et al. [26] provides an informative example of research results applied in a risk characterization framework. The authors of the study note that previous analyses of climate change impacts on U.S. drought, t ...
personal-use pdf file - Climate Research Division
... from historic hydrologic regimes may also change as a function of shifts in land cover brought about by changing temperature and precipitation patterns and as a function of changes in land use related to future population growth and development. The logical conclusion is that water resource systems ...
... from historic hydrologic regimes may also change as a function of shifts in land cover brought about by changing temperature and precipitation patterns and as a function of changes in land use related to future population growth and development. The logical conclusion is that water resource systems ...
population dynamics and climate change - 12
... Population trends are intimately interacting with environmental sustainability and the need for development in order to sustain or increase people’s quality of life. This interaction has become a major factor in the process of development planning and implementation on all levels; global, regional, ...
... Population trends are intimately interacting with environmental sustainability and the need for development in order to sustain or increase people’s quality of life. This interaction has become a major factor in the process of development planning and implementation on all levels; global, regional, ...
Reducing Risks, Enhancing Resilience
... disasters, and children form a disproportionate percentage of those affected. Climate change, population growth and urban migration will exacerbate the risks children face, with Save the Children estimating that at least 175 million children will be affected annually by 2015.3 Reducing risk and buil ...
... disasters, and children form a disproportionate percentage of those affected. Climate change, population growth and urban migration will exacerbate the risks children face, with Save the Children estimating that at least 175 million children will be affected annually by 2015.3 Reducing risk and buil ...
Natural hazards and farmers experience of climate change on highly
... There have always been variations in day to day or season to season weather, and for centuries human societies have been able to adapt to climate variation occurring in their region (Houghton 2009) But today frequencies of extreme climate events such as tropical cyclones, windstorms, floods, tornado ...
... There have always been variations in day to day or season to season weather, and for centuries human societies have been able to adapt to climate variation occurring in their region (Houghton 2009) But today frequencies of extreme climate events such as tropical cyclones, windstorms, floods, tornado ...
Climate change and human health: Spatial modeling of water
... alleviating future malnutrition need to strategically invest beyond areas of current vulnerability, to areas where climate change is projected to shift livelihood zones e in other words, a focus on the moving ‘front-line’ of vulnerability is necessary to mitigate future food insecurity as places tra ...
... alleviating future malnutrition need to strategically invest beyond areas of current vulnerability, to areas where climate change is projected to shift livelihood zones e in other words, a focus on the moving ‘front-line’ of vulnerability is necessary to mitigate future food insecurity as places tra ...
Carbon-Pipelines-Affirmative---Supplement---NDI-2012
... could be used. A single network is, however, believed to have an upper capacity limit This is not because of technical limitations but due to that single storage regions will have upper limits in receiving rate. If several power stations can use a coordinated network, the transportation costs are lo ...
... could be used. A single network is, however, believed to have an upper capacity limit This is not because of technical limitations but due to that single storage regions will have upper limits in receiving rate. If several power stations can use a coordinated network, the transportation costs are lo ...
Report on climate change and migration scenario
... rough guess. He highlights the factors that affect the interaction of migration and climate processes such as sea-level rise and events such a floods that combine with human factors such as governance to increase vulnerability. Adaptation measures are needed globally: the problem needs to be recogni ...
... rough guess. He highlights the factors that affect the interaction of migration and climate processes such as sea-level rise and events such a floods that combine with human factors such as governance to increase vulnerability. Adaptation measures are needed globally: the problem needs to be recogni ...
Climate Change
... at a given location over time. People know when they go to New York City in winter, they should take a coat. When they visit the Pacific Northwest, they take an umbrella. Climate can be measured at many geographic scales—for example, cities, countries, or the entire globe—by such statistics as avera ...
... at a given location over time. People know when they go to New York City in winter, they should take a coat. When they visit the Pacific Northwest, they take an umbrella. Climate can be measured at many geographic scales—for example, cities, countries, or the entire globe—by such statistics as avera ...
The Impacts of Climate Change on London
... The Changing Climate in London In the UK there has been a string of unusually warm and dry summers in 1976, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1990, 1994 and 1995 that has no modern close parallel. Winter rainfall has steadily increased, resulting in a greater contrast between winter and summer rainfall over the Tha ...
... The Changing Climate in London In the UK there has been a string of unusually warm and dry summers in 1976, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1990, 1994 and 1995 that has no modern close parallel. Winter rainfall has steadily increased, resulting in a greater contrast between winter and summer rainfall over the Tha ...
PROGRAMME APPROVAL FORM: TAUGHT PROGRAMMES – THE PROGRAMME SPECIFICATION SECTION 1
... of climate, how people evaluate such evidence and how/why they act upon it To enable students to understand why different people in different cultures assess the evidence for, risks of, and responses to climate change in different ways To encourage students to critically assess the range of poss ...
... of climate, how people evaluate such evidence and how/why they act upon it To enable students to understand why different people in different cultures assess the evidence for, risks of, and responses to climate change in different ways To encourage students to critically assess the range of poss ...
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... The impact of land-atmosphere interactions on the current and future temperature extremes over North America as simulated by the Canadian RCM (CRCM5) Gulilat Tefera Diro University of Quebec at Montreal, Canada [email protected] Land-atmosphere interactions play an important role in the climate syste ...
... The impact of land-atmosphere interactions on the current and future temperature extremes over North America as simulated by the Canadian RCM (CRCM5) Gulilat Tefera Diro University of Quebec at Montreal, Canada [email protected] Land-atmosphere interactions play an important role in the climate syste ...
Climate Change - NAS
... at a given location over time. People know when they go to New York City in winter, they should take a coat. When they visit the Pacific Northwest, they take an umbrella. Climate can be measured at many geographic scales—for example, cities, countries, or the entire globe—by such statistics as avera ...
... at a given location over time. People know when they go to New York City in winter, they should take a coat. When they visit the Pacific Northwest, they take an umbrella. Climate can be measured at many geographic scales—for example, cities, countries, or the entire globe—by such statistics as avera ...
Climate Change and Children`s Health—A Call for Research
... Human-induced climate change is one of the biggest social, environmental and public health challenges we face in this century [1]. Groups such as children, the elderly and people with low socioeconomic status are particularly vulnerable to the effects resulting from such change [2]. Climate change p ...
... Human-induced climate change is one of the biggest social, environmental and public health challenges we face in this century [1]. Groups such as children, the elderly and people with low socioeconomic status are particularly vulnerable to the effects resulting from such change [2]. Climate change p ...
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... and uncertain. Also, information on climate trends is barely in the public domain and there is little awareness of local implications. Institutional arrangements for vector disease control in Colombia are relatively weak. The Colombian health sector has responded to the need for timely, locally adap ...
... and uncertain. Also, information on climate trends is barely in the public domain and there is little awareness of local implications. Institutional arrangements for vector disease control in Colombia are relatively weak. The Colombian health sector has responded to the need for timely, locally adap ...
An overview of climate change impacts on European viticulture
... accepted as a central aspect in determining wine quality and typicity (van Leeuwen et al. 2004). Nowadays, viticulture faces new challenges and threats, some of the most important being related to climate change. Therefore, a discussion on the interconnections between vine physiology and climate is ...
... accepted as a central aspect in determining wine quality and typicity (van Leeuwen et al. 2004). Nowadays, viticulture faces new challenges and threats, some of the most important being related to climate change. Therefore, a discussion on the interconnections between vine physiology and climate is ...
High Flows and Freshet Timing in Canada: Observed Trends CCRR
... was mirrored by temperature trends at a regional scale. However, they noted that despite shifts to earlier timing of spawning the spring water temperatures have been rising more slowly which could have impacts on critical sex determination and pathogen resistance life stages. Moreover, in summer the ...
... was mirrored by temperature trends at a regional scale. However, they noted that despite shifts to earlier timing of spawning the spring water temperatures have been rising more slowly which could have impacts on critical sex determination and pathogen resistance life stages. Moreover, in summer the ...
Dietz et al. 2007. Support for CC Policy
... climate change are well documented. These efforts contribute to the resulting media coverage that often exhibits a pro-corporate bias and emphasizes uncertainty, leaving audiences potentially confused and apathetic about climate change (Dispensa and Brulle 2003; McCright and Dunlap 2000, 2003). The ...
... climate change are well documented. These efforts contribute to the resulting media coverage that often exhibits a pro-corporate bias and emphasizes uncertainty, leaving audiences potentially confused and apathetic about climate change (Dispensa and Brulle 2003; McCright and Dunlap 2000, 2003). The ...
It`s crops I want, not CO2
... 296 kg CO2-eqv, as it has a 296 times stronger effect on the climate than CO2. To further ease comparisons, all data presented in this illustration are expressed per kg of nitrogen applied. ...
... 296 kg CO2-eqv, as it has a 296 times stronger effect on the climate than CO2. To further ease comparisons, all data presented in this illustration are expressed per kg of nitrogen applied. ...
Assessing the potential impacts of climate change on food
... Europe; and higher overall levels of precipitation are anticipated in northern Europe, particularly during winters. In addition, higher overall temperatures are projected for all of Europe. These changes to Europe’s climate will not only impact the European environment and ecosystems but also human ...
... Europe; and higher overall levels of precipitation are anticipated in northern Europe, particularly during winters. In addition, higher overall temperatures are projected for all of Europe. These changes to Europe’s climate will not only impact the European environment and ecosystems but also human ...
Beyond collapse - Climate change and causality
... of modern human beings. Furthermore, with the exception of the mid-Pliocene period, some 3.3 million years ago, when global mean surface temperature was some 3 °C higher than today (Jansen et al., 2007), these periods of warmth occurred so far back in time that the Earth’s geography and topography ( ...
... of modern human beings. Furthermore, with the exception of the mid-Pliocene period, some 3.3 million years ago, when global mean surface temperature was some 3 °C higher than today (Jansen et al., 2007), these periods of warmth occurred so far back in time that the Earth’s geography and topography ( ...
Climate Change and the World Council of Churches
... The most direct lineage for the WCC Climate Change work comes from the work of the former WCC Church in Society which convened a pivotal consultation in Budapest in 1974 to launch a study on science and technology which culminated in a major conference at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) ...
... The most direct lineage for the WCC Climate Change work comes from the work of the former WCC Church in Society which convened a pivotal consultation in Budapest in 1974 to launch a study on science and technology which culminated in a major conference at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) ...