Paris Agreement in practice: what next for Africa and developing
... social, economic and political transformation and deliver sustainable development and prosperity to citizens. However, while industrialisation is an imperative for African development, it is vital to stress that the ambition to industrialise must be based on green principles and sustainable practice ...
... social, economic and political transformation and deliver sustainable development and prosperity to citizens. However, while industrialisation is an imperative for African development, it is vital to stress that the ambition to industrialise must be based on green principles and sustainable practice ...
Tales of future weather
... School. Copyright © and Moral Rights for the papers on this site are retained by the individual authors and/or other copyright owners. Users may download and/or print one copy of any article(s) in LSE Research Online to facilitate their private study or for non-commercial research. You may not engag ...
... School. Copyright © and Moral Rights for the papers on this site are retained by the individual authors and/or other copyright owners. Users may download and/or print one copy of any article(s) in LSE Research Online to facilitate their private study or for non-commercial research. You may not engag ...
Perceptions and Adaptation Measures of Crop
... The analysis of the standardized anomalies of annual rainfall in each locality for the time series 1970-2010 (figure 1) is showing an important inter-annual rainfall variation within the same locality. The climate was especially dry in these Sudan Savannah zones and precisely between 1973 -1982 and ...
... The analysis of the standardized anomalies of annual rainfall in each locality for the time series 1970-2010 (figure 1) is showing an important inter-annual rainfall variation within the same locality. The climate was especially dry in these Sudan Savannah zones and precisely between 1973 -1982 and ...
Atmospheric composition, irreversible climate change, and
... century. The recent rates of increase in CO2, CH4, and N2O are unprecedented in at least ...
... century. The recent rates of increase in CO2, CH4, and N2O are unprecedented in at least ...
regional climate model intercomparison project for asia
... models (RCMs) that are driven by observed boundary conditions generally show area-averaged temperature biases within 2°C and precipitation biases within 50% of the observations (Giorgi et al. 2001). However, Giorgi et al. (2001) have proposed a more systematic and wider application of RCMs to adequa ...
... models (RCMs) that are driven by observed boundary conditions generally show area-averaged temperature biases within 2°C and precipitation biases within 50% of the observations (Giorgi et al. 2001). However, Giorgi et al. (2001) have proposed a more systematic and wider application of RCMs to adequa ...
Who Pays for Climate Change? U.S. Taxpayers Outspend Private Insurers NRDC
... losses and higher government food purchase costs.15 Scientists will continue to debate the roles that climate change and natural variability played in last year’s drought. Both undoubtedly contributed, but with the concentration of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere rapidly approaching 400 parts per m ...
... losses and higher government food purchase costs.15 Scientists will continue to debate the roles that climate change and natural variability played in last year’s drought. Both undoubtedly contributed, but with the concentration of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere rapidly approaching 400 parts per m ...
Modelling the Effect of Climate Change on Environmental Pollution
... There have been few studies that explore with a system-based approach the complex interactions between farm inputs, response of system components and inherent site factors that give rise to changes in productivity, environmental pollution losses and agricultural services in future scenarios. This ar ...
... There have been few studies that explore with a system-based approach the complex interactions between farm inputs, response of system components and inherent site factors that give rise to changes in productivity, environmental pollution losses and agricultural services in future scenarios. This ar ...
Climate Change and Health
... local level, many RACP Fellows and Trainees have already begun to address climate change in the public and private hospital sector and in their private practices by promoting initiatives aimed at “greening the healthcare sector” (such as the introduction of more energy efficient lighting and reducti ...
... local level, many RACP Fellows and Trainees have already begun to address climate change in the public and private hospital sector and in their private practices by promoting initiatives aimed at “greening the healthcare sector” (such as the introduction of more energy efficient lighting and reducti ...
Royal Society
... been caused largely by human activity, such as the burning of fossil fuels and changes in land use, including agriculture and deforestation. The size of future temperature increases and other aspects of climate change, especially at the regional scale, are still subject to uncertainty. Nevertheless, ...
... been caused largely by human activity, such as the burning of fossil fuels and changes in land use, including agriculture and deforestation. The size of future temperature increases and other aspects of climate change, especially at the regional scale, are still subject to uncertainty. Nevertheless, ...
Global climate change: climates of the future, choices for the present
... variability, not only because of the dependence of many of its economies on agriculture, which is strongly affected by climate, but also because of the presence of other stresses besides climate change, such as rapid population growth, land degradation, and prevalence of human diseases. Moreover, ...
... variability, not only because of the dependence of many of its economies on agriculture, which is strongly affected by climate, but also because of the presence of other stresses besides climate change, such as rapid population growth, land degradation, and prevalence of human diseases. Moreover, ...
The Annual Cycle of Atmospheric Energy Transfer
... forcing were less than half of those today. The excess in heat does several things. (i) It warms the planet, increasing temperatures that in turn increase the radiation back to space. (ii) It melts snow and ice on land, and sea ice, and melting of land ice contributes to eustatic sea level rise at a ...
... forcing were less than half of those today. The excess in heat does several things. (i) It warms the planet, increasing temperatures that in turn increase the radiation back to space. (ii) It melts snow and ice on land, and sea ice, and melting of land ice contributes to eustatic sea level rise at a ...
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... balancing its triple bottom line of social and environmental factors along with economic factors. Agricultural value chains, however, suffer from extreme weather events. These have severe consequences, not only for farmers, but also for all value chain actors. Consequently, problems related to clima ...
... balancing its triple bottom line of social and environmental factors along with economic factors. Agricultural value chains, however, suffer from extreme weather events. These have severe consequences, not only for farmers, but also for all value chain actors. Consequently, problems related to clima ...
(SPARC) (Thomas Peter, ETH Zurich)
... An issue for the WCRP? Crutzen Proposal - Should SPARC speak? Should we proceed as we would on any other scientific problem, at least for theoretical and modeling studies? • Pros: This is happening in SPARC’s backyard, we have the knowledge, we should influence the outcome, we should help with doing ...
... An issue for the WCRP? Crutzen Proposal - Should SPARC speak? Should we proceed as we would on any other scientific problem, at least for theoretical and modeling studies? • Pros: This is happening in SPARC’s backyard, we have the knowledge, we should influence the outcome, we should help with doing ...
Global Climate Change - Pearson Higher Education
... ago led to the formation of coal, oil, and natural gas in buried sediments (p. 337). In the past two centuries, we have extracted these fossil fuels from the ground and burned them in our homes, factories, and automobiles, transferring large amounts of carbon from one reservoir (the underground depo ...
... ago led to the formation of coal, oil, and natural gas in buried sediments (p. 337). In the past two centuries, we have extracted these fossil fuels from the ground and burned them in our homes, factories, and automobiles, transferring large amounts of carbon from one reservoir (the underground depo ...
ENVIRONMENT ASSESSMENT (SUMMARY)
... Fiji signed the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 1992. It affirmed this commitment to the UNFCCC by ratifying the Barbados Plan of Action, 1994, and the Mauritius Strategy, 2005–2015 to address the impacts of climate change in small island states. At a regional level ...
... Fiji signed the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 1992. It affirmed this commitment to the UNFCCC by ratifying the Barbados Plan of Action, 1994, and the Mauritius Strategy, 2005–2015 to address the impacts of climate change in small island states. At a regional level ...
Progress Report Final April 2009 - MyNPC
... C. Mitigation strategies “…signatories agree to initiate two or more of seven specified tangible actions to reduce greenhouse gases while the climate action plan is being developed. The actions should be selected within two months and implemented within two years… It is acceptable to count policies ...
... C. Mitigation strategies “…signatories agree to initiate two or more of seven specified tangible actions to reduce greenhouse gases while the climate action plan is being developed. The actions should be selected within two months and implemented within two years… It is acceptable to count policies ...
WSB 8/5/1 Task Group Climate page 1 Agenda Item: 5 Subject
... management, nature protection and spatial planning. For measures that may have an impact across national borders, for example large-scale sand extraction and suppletion, trilateral cooperation and coordination is a necessity. Priorities for integration Promote and support trilateral pilot projects ...
... management, nature protection and spatial planning. For measures that may have an impact across national borders, for example large-scale sand extraction and suppletion, trilateral cooperation and coordination is a necessity. Priorities for integration Promote and support trilateral pilot projects ...
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... tonnes, or about 2.7% of the global emissions in 2007. Carbon dioxide is the most important GHG emitted by ships. A significant potential for reduction of GHG emissions through technical and operational measures had been identified. Energy efficiency of ships could potentially be 25% to 75% be ...
... tonnes, or about 2.7% of the global emissions in 2007. Carbon dioxide is the most important GHG emitted by ships. A significant potential for reduction of GHG emissions through technical and operational measures had been identified. Energy efficiency of ships could potentially be 25% to 75% be ...
Brigita Gravitis-Bec..
... • In the Resolution, States are requested to: – develop policy actions to accelerate development, deployment and use of sustainable aviation alternative fuels and to exchange information and best practices; and – consider measures to support sustainable aviation alternative fuels research and develo ...
... • In the Resolution, States are requested to: – develop policy actions to accelerate development, deployment and use of sustainable aviation alternative fuels and to exchange information and best practices; and – consider measures to support sustainable aviation alternative fuels research and develo ...
‘Ye Olde Hot Aire’*: reporting on human tabloid press
... interactions as well as potentialities for public engagement. Keywords: climate change, anthropogenic, media, United Kingdom, content analysis, tabloids ...
... interactions as well as potentialities for public engagement. Keywords: climate change, anthropogenic, media, United Kingdom, content analysis, tabloids ...
The CCAM multi-scale variable-resolution modelling system
... Francois Engelbrecht, Willem Landman and Mary-Jane Bopape CSIR Natural Resources and the Environment Climate Studies, Modelling and Environmental Health ...
... Francois Engelbrecht, Willem Landman and Mary-Jane Bopape CSIR Natural Resources and the Environment Climate Studies, Modelling and Environmental Health ...
Responding to Threats of Climate Change Mega
... geoengineering, and (3) global-scale adaptation targeted toward reducing the impact of a climate change mega-catastrophe should one occur. Some authors have suggested that our ignorance of mega-catastrophes, coupled with the very low probability of such events and the possibility of extremely severe ...
... geoengineering, and (3) global-scale adaptation targeted toward reducing the impact of a climate change mega-catastrophe should one occur. Some authors have suggested that our ignorance of mega-catastrophes, coupled with the very low probability of such events and the possibility of extremely severe ...
Climate Justice as a Spiritual Challenge in an Oil
... literal interpretation, but underlining that this is only one of the forms of interpretation” (Schuff, 2011, 17). In the fourth century, St. John Cassian described four forms of interpretation to develop spiritual knowledge; the four forms being 1) historical, 2) allegorical, 3) anagogical and 4) tr ...
... literal interpretation, but underlining that this is only one of the forms of interpretation” (Schuff, 2011, 17). In the fourth century, St. John Cassian described four forms of interpretation to develop spiritual knowledge; the four forms being 1) historical, 2) allegorical, 3) anagogical and 4) tr ...
Detection and attribution of climate change for the
... • In case of Baltic Sea Region temperature, GHGs are positively insufficient for explaining recent warming patterns • A plausible co-driver of temperature change is regional aerosol emissions. • Conditional upon skill of regression model, the relative importance of GHG/regional aerosol forcing is ab ...
... • In case of Baltic Sea Region temperature, GHGs are positively insufficient for explaining recent warming patterns • A plausible co-driver of temperature change is regional aerosol emissions. • Conditional upon skill of regression model, the relative importance of GHG/regional aerosol forcing is ab ...