Emergent Properties of Scale in Global Environmental Modeling
... into their logical contexts (scales) so that the observer=modeler can see structures arise from them for the first time. The stochastic interaction among low-level elements that gives rise to emergent properties may be part of a larger process of self-organization in hierarchical systems. Self-organ ...
... into their logical contexts (scales) so that the observer=modeler can see structures arise from them for the first time. The stochastic interaction among low-level elements that gives rise to emergent properties may be part of a larger process of self-organization in hierarchical systems. Self-organ ...
HFA 2 Priorities from Nepal National and local governments, NGOs
... How can these targets and indicators be monitored and measured? - The targets and the indicators will be monitored through the CNDRC, the existing monitoring framework(updated Monitoring and Evaluation Guidelines of NPC) and MOFALD. This will be further strengthened through harmonization. Key Area 2 ...
... How can these targets and indicators be monitored and measured? - The targets and the indicators will be monitored through the CNDRC, the existing monitoring framework(updated Monitoring and Evaluation Guidelines of NPC) and MOFALD. This will be further strengthened through harmonization. Key Area 2 ...
Towards a typology for constrained climate model forecasts
... the hope of providing more robust and reproducible estimates of forecast uncertainty. However, the results of these studies are very difficult to compare, because as well as using different models, ensemble designs and observational constraints, they often rely on fundamentally different assumptions reg ...
... the hope of providing more robust and reproducible estimates of forecast uncertainty. However, the results of these studies are very difficult to compare, because as well as using different models, ensemble designs and observational constraints, they often rely on fundamentally different assumptions reg ...
understanding climate science - Garnaut Climate Change Review
... stratosphere—have the most influence on the climate system. The troposphere extends from the surface of the earth to an altitude of between 10 and 16 km. Clouds and weather phenomena occur in the troposphere, and greenhouse gases absorb heat radiated from the earth. The stratosphere, which extends ...
... stratosphere—have the most influence on the climate system. The troposphere extends from the surface of the earth to an altitude of between 10 and 16 km. Clouds and weather phenomena occur in the troposphere, and greenhouse gases absorb heat radiated from the earth. The stratosphere, which extends ...
2015 End-user workshop report (1.4 MB, pdf)
... The WaterRain-Him project aims to assess the impact of climate change, land use and population dynamics on water fluxes in the Indian-Himalayan basins. Based on modelling exercises and in-depth end-user dialogs, robust and holistic adaptation strategies are being developed to drive planning for eff ...
... The WaterRain-Him project aims to assess the impact of climate change, land use and population dynamics on water fluxes in the Indian-Himalayan basins. Based on modelling exercises and in-depth end-user dialogs, robust and holistic adaptation strategies are being developed to drive planning for eff ...
How Does Climate Change Affect Agricultural Stability in Southeast
... Global environmental climate change is a growing concern for coastal communities and island nations in particular. One region of the world where the effects of climate change are being felt particularly hard is southeast and equatorial Africa. Because of inadequate economic, development, and institu ...
... Global environmental climate change is a growing concern for coastal communities and island nations in particular. One region of the world where the effects of climate change are being felt particularly hard is southeast and equatorial Africa. Because of inadequate economic, development, and institu ...
What is climate change?
... The approaches employed include: • Climate change Scenarios: These involve projections of what values climate parameters may assume in the future and how agriculture might fare in the new circumstances. This approach addresses the question: “What will agriculture be like in a given changed climate. ...
... The approaches employed include: • Climate change Scenarios: These involve projections of what values climate parameters may assume in the future and how agriculture might fare in the new circumstances. This approach addresses the question: “What will agriculture be like in a given changed climate. ...
Global Climate Change
... • Forcing: How well do we understand past history of emissions and forcing? Future? Aerosol effects on precip? Role of soot? Land use? Stabilization of GHG (if governments so decide) is linked to understanding of forcing/feedback relationships (esp. carbon). • Beyond global warming: The AR5 will lik ...
... • Forcing: How well do we understand past history of emissions and forcing? Future? Aerosol effects on precip? Role of soot? Land use? Stabilization of GHG (if governments so decide) is linked to understanding of forcing/feedback relationships (esp. carbon). • Beyond global warming: The AR5 will lik ...
The Northern Edge Study Guide: Climate Change
... Conference. They defend the interests of Inuit living in Canada, Alaska, Greenland and Russia. Ken: What did she say? Jim: I took some notes when I read her speech. Ms.Watt-Cloutier says we are at a key moment in the history of the planet. She says the earth is melting and we must come together and ...
... Conference. They defend the interests of Inuit living in Canada, Alaska, Greenland and Russia. Ken: What did she say? Jim: I took some notes when I read her speech. Ms.Watt-Cloutier says we are at a key moment in the history of the planet. She says the earth is melting and we must come together and ...
Good Living for Whom? Bolivia`s Climate Justice Movement and the
... indigeneity, frozen in time and space, to make specific political claims about their rights in relationship to the environment. In turn, these movement activists have proposed alternatives to the capitalist model of development, which they see as causing the ecological problems of our century. Impor ...
... indigeneity, frozen in time and space, to make specific political claims about their rights in relationship to the environment. In turn, these movement activists have proposed alternatives to the capitalist model of development, which they see as causing the ecological problems of our century. Impor ...
Read the complete document. - The Carbon Sense Coalition
... the recent GW trend is due primarily to natural causes, with little impact by man-made causes, as the tens of scientists involved in IPCC believe. This is not consensus. To me the key issues/questions to be resolved (as an independent scientist) are: 1. Has there been a GW trend in the recent past? ...
... the recent GW trend is due primarily to natural causes, with little impact by man-made causes, as the tens of scientists involved in IPCC believe. This is not consensus. To me the key issues/questions to be resolved (as an independent scientist) are: 1. Has there been a GW trend in the recent past? ...
Climate change and journalistic norms: A case - UNC
... E-mail addresses: [email protected] (M.T. BoykoV), [email protected] (J.M. BoykoV). ...
... E-mail addresses: [email protected] (M.T. BoykoV), [email protected] (J.M. BoykoV). ...
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... equilibrium effects of climate change can have surprising effects on economic production which cannot be found in one-sector growth models, partial equilibrium models or static general equilibrium models with incomplete intertemporal optimization. Two findings are of particular relevance: (i) Under ...
... equilibrium effects of climate change can have surprising effects on economic production which cannot be found in one-sector growth models, partial equilibrium models or static general equilibrium models with incomplete intertemporal optimization. Two findings are of particular relevance: (i) Under ...
Climate change and journalistic norms: A case-study of US mass-media coverage V
... E-mail addresses: [email protected] (M.T. BoykoV), [email protected] (J.M. BoykoV). ...
... E-mail addresses: [email protected] (M.T. BoykoV), [email protected] (J.M. BoykoV). ...
Cross-pressuring conservative Catholics? Effects of Pope Francis
... reported believing in climate change, which is on par with the general public (Pew Research 2015a). Catholics’ views on the topic broadly reflect the partisan split that exists within the public. Whereas 62 % of Catholic Democrats believe in climate change and attribute it to human causes, only 24 % ...
... reported believing in climate change, which is on par with the general public (Pew Research 2015a). Catholics’ views on the topic broadly reflect the partisan split that exists within the public. Whereas 62 % of Catholic Democrats believe in climate change and attribute it to human causes, only 24 % ...
Resurrection ecology and global climate change research in
... 4. Methods problems associated with field studies limit our ability to attribute observed changes unambiguously to global warming. Variables other than climate can easily confound the effects of climate change (Hughes 2000). The degree of certainty with which we can predict how biological systems in ...
... 4. Methods problems associated with field studies limit our ability to attribute observed changes unambiguously to global warming. Variables other than climate can easily confound the effects of climate change (Hughes 2000). The degree of certainty with which we can predict how biological systems in ...
Climate changes and animal health and food safety
... • Use of historical data in the context of climate change – to improve our knowledge about how climate may influence animal health and food safety, historical data should be analyzed with the aim to obtain quantitative estimates how different climate parameters has influenced the occurrence of anim ...
... • Use of historical data in the context of climate change – to improve our knowledge about how climate may influence animal health and food safety, historical data should be analyzed with the aim to obtain quantitative estimates how different climate parameters has influenced the occurrence of anim ...
Assessing the impact of late Pleistocene megafaunal extinctions on
... Climate–vegetation interactions have also been investigated with higher resolution regional climate models, with somewhat differing results. For example, a simulation of deforestation in Europe (Chalita and Le Treut, 1994) yielded a wet spring followed by a dry summer, a seasonal spread of precipita ...
... Climate–vegetation interactions have also been investigated with higher resolution regional climate models, with somewhat differing results. For example, a simulation of deforestation in Europe (Chalita and Le Treut, 1994) yielded a wet spring followed by a dry summer, a seasonal spread of precipita ...
Chapter 1
... “Viet Nam special report on managing the risks of extreme events and disasters to advance climate change adaptation” (SREX Vietnam) was prepared based on the framework of “Special Report of Intergovernmental Panel on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change (SREX, ...
... “Viet Nam special report on managing the risks of extreme events and disasters to advance climate change adaptation” (SREX Vietnam) was prepared based on the framework of “Special Report of Intergovernmental Panel on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change (SREX, ...
Urban Development and Climate Change in China`s Pearl River Delta
... of global climate change. Delta cities, in particular, have long been recognized as being extremely vulnerable because they are located where the stresses on natural systems coincide with intense human activity. A number of climate change impacts may affect delta cities, including rising sea lev ...
... of global climate change. Delta cities, in particular, have long been recognized as being extremely vulnerable because they are located where the stresses on natural systems coincide with intense human activity. A number of climate change impacts may affect delta cities, including rising sea lev ...
Climate Actions in EU and Globally
... guarantee environmental objectives • Offsets should be seen in this context, while recognizing the role they can play in cost containment and leveraging reductions in sectors outside the cap • EPA advocated a top-down performance standard approach for the CDM during early negotiations • Redirection ...
... guarantee environmental objectives • Offsets should be seen in this context, while recognizing the role they can play in cost containment and leveraging reductions in sectors outside the cap • EPA advocated a top-down performance standard approach for the CDM during early negotiations • Redirection ...
... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its Fourth Assessment Report (IPCC, 2007) provided conclusive scientific evidence that human activity in the form of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) is responsible for many observed climate changes, but noted that use of this knowledge to suppor ...