How the Great Barrier Reef and its industries can adapt to climate
... changes in what they do and how they work and live, in order to better cope with external changes, like the climate. Sometimes we might follow a particular adaptation strategy that we think is useful, but which in fact does not help us to reduce negative impacts or improve our lives. We want to iden ...
... changes in what they do and how they work and live, in order to better cope with external changes, like the climate. Sometimes we might follow a particular adaptation strategy that we think is useful, but which in fact does not help us to reduce negative impacts or improve our lives. We want to iden ...
DOC 129KB - Climate Change Authority
... Why compare emissions reduction targets? An emissions reduction target is a key component of national action and provides information about the country’s contribution to global efforts to avoid dangerous climate change. Within the UNFCCC talks, post-2020 targets are known as Intended Nationally Dete ...
... Why compare emissions reduction targets? An emissions reduction target is a key component of national action and provides information about the country’s contribution to global efforts to avoid dangerous climate change. Within the UNFCCC talks, post-2020 targets are known as Intended Nationally Dete ...
A comparison of local and aggregated climate model outputs with
... evidently unjustified because one of our comparison time scales is the climatic, 30-year, scale. In order to address the objection concerning the spatial scale, we will first attempt to clear up some confusion in the literature. Von Storch et al. (1993) introduced the notion of the “skillful scale” ...
... evidently unjustified because one of our comparison time scales is the climatic, 30-year, scale. In order to address the objection concerning the spatial scale, we will first attempt to clear up some confusion in the literature. Von Storch et al. (1993) introduced the notion of the “skillful scale” ...
Slide 1
... The costs of the baseline activities: to be covered by normal development expenditures such as government budgets, bilateral aid, the private sector, NGO resources, and loans from international financial institutions, including IDA and the Multilateral Fund. The impacts of the baseline activitie ...
... The costs of the baseline activities: to be covered by normal development expenditures such as government budgets, bilateral aid, the private sector, NGO resources, and loans from international financial institutions, including IDA and the Multilateral Fund. The impacts of the baseline activitie ...
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... weather basics and explore climate change related issues close to home in the Hudson River Valley. Most of the lessons have been adapted for use from existing peer reviewed plans. The original source material is credited at the beginning of each lesson. The material presented is not designed as a cu ...
... weather basics and explore climate change related issues close to home in the Hudson River Valley. Most of the lessons have been adapted for use from existing peer reviewed plans. The original source material is credited at the beginning of each lesson. The material presented is not designed as a cu ...
Equilibrium Response of an Atmosphere–Mixed Layer Ocean Model
... The equilibrium response to various forcing agents, including CO2, solar irradiance, tropospheric ozone, black carbon, organic carbon, sulfate, and volcanic aerosols, is investigated using an atmospheric general circulation model coupled to a mixed layer ocean model. The experiments are carried out ...
... The equilibrium response to various forcing agents, including CO2, solar irradiance, tropospheric ozone, black carbon, organic carbon, sulfate, and volcanic aerosols, is investigated using an atmospheric general circulation model coupled to a mixed layer ocean model. The experiments are carried out ...
Water Scarcity, Conflict, and Security in a Climate Change World
... See Bernhard Lehner et al., Estimating The Impact of Global Change on Flood and Drought Risks in Europe: A Continental, Integrated Analysis, 75 CLIMATIC CHANGE 273, 274 (2006) (asserting that "changes in the frequencies of extreme events, such as floods and droughts, may be of the most significant c ...
... See Bernhard Lehner et al., Estimating The Impact of Global Change on Flood and Drought Risks in Europe: A Continental, Integrated Analysis, 75 CLIMATIC CHANGE 273, 274 (2006) (asserting that "changes in the frequencies of extreme events, such as floods and droughts, may be of the most significant c ...
The Impact of Climate Change on Rice Production in Nepal
... magnitude of the climate change and other factors. Increasing temperature will likely directly impact crops by affecting their physiology; it will also indirectly affect crops through changes in the water regime and the increased intensity of pests and diseases (Rosenzweig, 2000; Bale et al., 2002). ...
... magnitude of the climate change and other factors. Increasing temperature will likely directly impact crops by affecting their physiology; it will also indirectly affect crops through changes in the water regime and the increased intensity of pests and diseases (Rosenzweig, 2000; Bale et al., 2002). ...
potential economic value of carbon sequestration
... addition, the study investigated the status of the carbon stock in the forest, based on the biomass stock. The study adopted the tobit model to estimate the determinants of the total amount carbon that can be sequestered by trees in farms. The study confirms the huge atmospheric CO2 that can be offs ...
... addition, the study investigated the status of the carbon stock in the forest, based on the biomass stock. The study adopted the tobit model to estimate the determinants of the total amount carbon that can be sequestered by trees in farms. The study confirms the huge atmospheric CO2 that can be offs ...
LCCARL394_en.pdf
... conditions during the traditional tourist season (December – April) are likely to improve, which could make it more attractive for visitors from these markets to consider ‘staycations’ 1 as an alternative to overseas trips. ...
... conditions during the traditional tourist season (December – April) are likely to improve, which could make it more attractive for visitors from these markets to consider ‘staycations’ 1 as an alternative to overseas trips. ...
Climate Change Reporting Framework – Edition 1.1 October 2012
... which equity accounts are prepared. Performance: The performance of an organization is affected by the economic resources it controls, its financial structure, liquidity and solvency and its capacity to adapt to changes in the environment in which it operates. Financial performance is the ability of ...
... which equity accounts are prepared. Performance: The performance of an organization is affected by the economic resources it controls, its financial structure, liquidity and solvency and its capacity to adapt to changes in the environment in which it operates. Financial performance is the ability of ...
Summary for Policymakers
... Hazard: The potential occurrence of a natural or human-induced physical event or trend or physical impact that may cause loss of life, injury, or other health impacts, as well as damage and loss to property, infrastructure, livelihoods, service provision, ecosystems, and environmental resources. In ...
... Hazard: The potential occurrence of a natural or human-induced physical event or trend or physical impact that may cause loss of life, injury, or other health impacts, as well as damage and loss to property, infrastructure, livelihoods, service provision, ecosystems, and environmental resources. In ...
- Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme
... for this project was by a written survey using a template that included a mix of open-ended and multiple choice questions. The information provided in survey templates was supplemented by follow-up consultations with Arctic Council state and Permanent Participant project representatives identified f ...
... for this project was by a written survey using a template that included a mix of open-ended and multiple choice questions. The information provided in survey templates was supplemented by follow-up consultations with Arctic Council state and Permanent Participant project representatives identified f ...
Carbon Price Forecasts - Parliamentary Commissioner for the
... framework. Individual countries may have their own emission reduction policies on a voluntary basis, and there may be fragmented bi- or multi-lateral agreements. To encourage some adjustment to a low-carbon economy, and for presentation to the outside world, New Zealand has an emission reduction tar ...
... framework. Individual countries may have their own emission reduction policies on a voluntary basis, and there may be fragmented bi- or multi-lateral agreements. To encourage some adjustment to a low-carbon economy, and for presentation to the outside world, New Zealand has an emission reduction tar ...
Global Warming and the Free State
... a reversal in progress toward achieving air quality standards. Increased risks of pathogenic diseases may be less likely. The mortality due to vector-borne and nonvector borne diseases in the United States is low ...
... a reversal in progress toward achieving air quality standards. Increased risks of pathogenic diseases may be less likely. The mortality due to vector-borne and nonvector borne diseases in the United States is low ...
FB_CC_draft 01_Layout 1
... and one also threatened by pesticide use and habitat loss. Similarly, the destruction of wetland and floodplain habitat, vitally important as buffers from flooding, will amplify the impacts of heavy rainfall events predicted under climate change. In the Lower Mississippi River Valley over 90 percent ...
... and one also threatened by pesticide use and habitat loss. Similarly, the destruction of wetland and floodplain habitat, vitally important as buffers from flooding, will amplify the impacts of heavy rainfall events predicted under climate change. In the Lower Mississippi River Valley over 90 percent ...
The Economic Cost of Climate Change in Africa
... of the three scenarios. The report then identifies a diverse range of adaptation actions appropriate for Africa. This is followed by a review of existing research into the economic costs of climate change on the continent. The second part of the report sets out three scenarios for a possible agreed ...
... of the three scenarios. The report then identifies a diverse range of adaptation actions appropriate for Africa. This is followed by a review of existing research into the economic costs of climate change on the continent. The second part of the report sets out three scenarios for a possible agreed ...
Multi-decadal variations in Southern Hemisphere atmospheric 14C
... columns). Similar periods when the offset converged on zero have also been suggested for New Zealand during CE 1725-1795 and 1805-1865 [McCormac et al., 1998], the timing of which is consistent with our wider Southern Hemisphere results. The sustained nature of these multi-decadal fluctuations in th ...
... columns). Similar periods when the offset converged on zero have also been suggested for New Zealand during CE 1725-1795 and 1805-1865 [McCormac et al., 1998], the timing of which is consistent with our wider Southern Hemisphere results. The sustained nature of these multi-decadal fluctuations in th ...
- Wiley Online Library
... of discipline-specific differences and data limitations in ocean change research, as revealed by this review, will improve interpretation and communication of contemporary changes in marine ecosystems. No previous syntheses of marine climate impacts, to our knowledge, have examined in similar detail ...
... of discipline-specific differences and data limitations in ocean change research, as revealed by this review, will improve interpretation and communication of contemporary changes in marine ecosystems. No previous syntheses of marine climate impacts, to our knowledge, have examined in similar detail ...
Climate Change and Conservation: A Primer for Assessing Impacts
... recognize that they already have many of the methods, tools, and strategies at their disposal to mitigate to some degree the most deleterious effects of climate change, especially reducing existing stressors to ecosystems (e.g., invasive species, altered fire and flow regimes). In many cases, we ...
... recognize that they already have many of the methods, tools, and strategies at their disposal to mitigate to some degree the most deleterious effects of climate change, especially reducing existing stressors to ecosystems (e.g., invasive species, altered fire and flow regimes). In many cases, we ...
The role played by social-ecological resilience as a method of
... consider SER to be more than a system’s ability to maintain structure and function in the face of disturbance. It is the system’s ability to adapt, learn, and allow for continuous development under climate change. These principles have been largely accepted in the resilience literature. Notwithstand ...
... consider SER to be more than a system’s ability to maintain structure and function in the face of disturbance. It is the system’s ability to adapt, learn, and allow for continuous development under climate change. These principles have been largely accepted in the resilience literature. Notwithstand ...
Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation Strategies for Natural
... climate change. Analyses may include spatial models aiming to characterize the degree of landscape fragmentation or other anthropogenic impacts (such as invasive species) in the landscapes supporting a given community type. Dynamic simulations of fire regime or hydrologic regime may be used here, no ...
... climate change. Analyses may include spatial models aiming to characterize the degree of landscape fragmentation or other anthropogenic impacts (such as invasive species) in the landscapes supporting a given community type. Dynamic simulations of fire regime or hydrologic regime may be used here, no ...
Empirical evidence for Thailand surface temperature changes and
... 1970s have been in phase with the persistent and exceptionally strong warm phase of ENSO cycles. Furthermore, the EOF1 coefficient series of T min and T amin have monotonically increased at a faster rate than those of T max , and T amax since the mid 1950s that resemble the greenhouse warming finger ...
... 1970s have been in phase with the persistent and exceptionally strong warm phase of ENSO cycles. Furthermore, the EOF1 coefficient series of T min and T amin have monotonically increased at a faster rate than those of T max , and T amax since the mid 1950s that resemble the greenhouse warming finger ...
Climate change in Africa: a guidebook for journalists
... opportunities for African politicians, business leaders and communities to act in ways that bring benefits for all. It can create opportunities for new business models and innovations, new routes to sustainable development and new ways for ancient knowledge to have an impact at home and in the wider ...
... opportunities for African politicians, business leaders and communities to act in ways that bring benefits for all. It can create opportunities for new business models and innovations, new routes to sustainable development and new ways for ancient knowledge to have an impact at home and in the wider ...