International Geographical Union Regional Conference, Chile 2011
... According to economist Nicolas Stern, biodiversity loss is attributed to climate change. Climate change is impacting all natural ecosystems as well as socio economic systems. Another force behind biodiversity loss is human population growth. Human population has increased fourfold during the 20th c ...
... According to economist Nicolas Stern, biodiversity loss is attributed to climate change. Climate change is impacting all natural ecosystems as well as socio economic systems. Another force behind biodiversity loss is human population growth. Human population has increased fourfold during the 20th c ...
Climate Change in Levelock, Alaska
... Annual average temperature at the regional weather station at Illiamna has been increasing since the early 1940s (Alaska Climate Research Center). Extreme temperature events have also been increasing with more really hot days and fewer really cold days, especially in the spring and winter (Stewart ...
... Annual average temperature at the regional weather station at Illiamna has been increasing since the early 1940s (Alaska Climate Research Center). Extreme temperature events have also been increasing with more really hot days and fewer really cold days, especially in the spring and winter (Stewart ...
Mountains and Climate Change: A Global Concern
... According to the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report [3], the globe will warm between 1.5 °C and 4.5 °C by the period of 2085–2100, depending on the prevailing emissions scenario (Figure 1.1). Similar to the previous century, future temperature increases are expected to be stronger over land than over the ...
... According to the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report [3], the globe will warm between 1.5 °C and 4.5 °C by the period of 2085–2100, depending on the prevailing emissions scenario (Figure 1.1). Similar to the previous century, future temperature increases are expected to be stronger over land than over the ...
The Promises and Perils of Geoengineering
... A straightforward deinition of geoengineeering comes might get desperate enough to want to use it.”4 from an inluential report issued by the United KingDreams of weather and climate control are dom’s Royal Society in 2009. Geoengineering, says the report, is any “deliberate large-scale manipulation ...
... A straightforward deinition of geoengineeering comes might get desperate enough to want to use it.”4 from an inluential report issued by the United KingDreams of weather and climate control are dom’s Royal Society in 2009. Geoengineering, says the report, is any “deliberate large-scale manipulation ...
Ontario Climate Change and Health Vulnerability and
... The Environmental Health Climate Change Framework for Action has been developed by the Population and Public Health Division of the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to meet the public health challenges of a changing climate in Ontario. This framework is designed to support an adaptive and resil ...
... The Environmental Health Climate Change Framework for Action has been developed by the Population and Public Health Division of the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to meet the public health challenges of a changing climate in Ontario. This framework is designed to support an adaptive and resil ...
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... Agricultural production has always been closely linked with, and vulnerable to, trends in weather. As a result, agricultural production enterprises and practices have adapted to local climatic conditions, and farmers have developed strategies for responding to local weather variability. Corn farmers ...
... Agricultural production has always been closely linked with, and vulnerable to, trends in weather. As a result, agricultural production enterprises and practices have adapted to local climatic conditions, and farmers have developed strategies for responding to local weather variability. Corn farmers ...
Climate-driven expansion of blanket bogs in Britain during the
... Keatinge and Dickson, 1979; Tallis, 1991). Soil-forming processes, including leaching of base cations and consequent acidification and podsolization of soils, were also proposed to have been influential (Bennett et al., 1992; Charman, 1992; Smith and Green, 1995), giving rise to the term “pedogenic ...
... Keatinge and Dickson, 1979; Tallis, 1991). Soil-forming processes, including leaching of base cations and consequent acidification and podsolization of soils, were also proposed to have been influential (Bennett et al., 1992; Charman, 1992; Smith and Green, 1995), giving rise to the term “pedogenic ...
ESPON Climate: Climate Change and Territorial Effects on Regions
... this area for domestic and international tourists. Therefore, climate change must necessarily be an issue of concern for the tourist sector and, more generally, for the well-being of the population. One of the most important challenges faced by Mediterranean societies during the last millennia is ho ...
... this area for domestic and international tourists. Therefore, climate change must necessarily be an issue of concern for the tourist sector and, more generally, for the well-being of the population. One of the most important challenges faced by Mediterranean societies during the last millennia is ho ...
Mangrove ecosystem under climate change conditions
... level, hydrology (tidal and fresh water flows within mangroves), high water events, storms, precipitation, temperature, atmospheric CO2 concentration, ocean circulation patterns, health and functionally linked neighboring ecosystems, as well as human responses to climate change. The changes of those ...
... level, hydrology (tidal and fresh water flows within mangroves), high water events, storms, precipitation, temperature, atmospheric CO2 concentration, ocean circulation patterns, health and functionally linked neighboring ecosystems, as well as human responses to climate change. The changes of those ...
US Climate Change Policy Under President Clinton
... at Al (Clinton administration's tax and deficit reduction bill held up by demands from conservative and moderate Democrats); Eric Pianin and David Hilzenrath, Clinton Visits Congress to Press Economic Goals; Budget Negotiators Given 'Macro' Advice, WASH. POST, July 16, 1993, at A4 (Clinton goes to H ...
... at Al (Clinton administration's tax and deficit reduction bill held up by demands from conservative and moderate Democrats); Eric Pianin and David Hilzenrath, Clinton Visits Congress to Press Economic Goals; Budget Negotiators Given 'Macro' Advice, WASH. POST, July 16, 1993, at A4 (Clinton goes to H ...
OECD Environmental Outlook to 2050
... above the concentration level of 450 ppm required to have at least a 50% chance of stabilising the climate at a 2-degree (2 °C) global average temperature increase, the goal set at the 2010 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference in Cancún. Under the Baseline projec ...
... above the concentration level of 450 ppm required to have at least a 50% chance of stabilising the climate at a 2-degree (2 °C) global average temperature increase, the goal set at the 2010 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference in Cancún. Under the Baseline projec ...
Tropospheric adjustment induces a cloud component in
... alter the occurrence and optical properties of clouds, which in turn have an “indirect” radiative effect, but these changes are not instantaneous. Special treatments have been developed for these and other cases, in order to include in F those effects which are considered to be part of the forcing. ...
... alter the occurrence and optical properties of clouds, which in turn have an “indirect” radiative effect, but these changes are not instantaneous. Special treatments have been developed for these and other cases, in order to include in F those effects which are considered to be part of the forcing. ...
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... uncertainties. As such, there is a wide range of SCC estimates in the economic literature. Several key economic relationships – most importantly the inter-generational discount rate and climate damage function(s) – are still actively debated in the literature, such that multiple divergent opinions a ...
... uncertainties. As such, there is a wide range of SCC estimates in the economic literature. Several key economic relationships – most importantly the inter-generational discount rate and climate damage function(s) – are still actively debated in the literature, such that multiple divergent opinions a ...
Modelling the effects of climate and land cover change on
... temperature increased by +6.4 ◦ C and rainfall decreased by 20 percent annually, stream flow increased by 5.7 percent. Legesse et al. (2003) used the PRMS model and found that, in a tropical catchment in Ethiopia, a decrease in rainfall of 10 percent led to a reduction in stream flow of 30 percent, ...
... temperature increased by +6.4 ◦ C and rainfall decreased by 20 percent annually, stream flow increased by 5.7 percent. Legesse et al. (2003) used the PRMS model and found that, in a tropical catchment in Ethiopia, a decrease in rainfall of 10 percent led to a reduction in stream flow of 30 percent, ...
international, national, and state responses to climate change
... to inevitable environmental changes will require coordinated and aggressive efforts on the international, national, and local levels. In response to the global challenge of climate change, many nations have committed to binding greenhouse gas emission reduction requirements under the Kyoto Protocol. ...
... to inevitable environmental changes will require coordinated and aggressive efforts on the international, national, and local levels. In response to the global challenge of climate change, many nations have committed to binding greenhouse gas emission reduction requirements under the Kyoto Protocol. ...
Reports of Phase 2 Activity, January 2005
... change in south-west Western Australia were large scale regional and global phenomena. Stage 2 also provided much more substantive evidence that the Enhanced Greenhouse Effect was a primary, if not the only significant, cause of rainfall decrease. In 2006, the State is considering embarking on a Sta ...
... change in south-west Western Australia were large scale regional and global phenomena. Stage 2 also provided much more substantive evidence that the Enhanced Greenhouse Effect was a primary, if not the only significant, cause of rainfall decrease. In 2006, the State is considering embarking on a Sta ...
El Niño Southern Oscillation
... to an overall reduction in the intensity of the Leeuwin Current in the future climate. In contrast, there is no consensus across AR4 models regarding changes in ENSO-event frequency or amplitude, and hence we are unable to provide any assessment of future changes in ENSO variability on Australia’s m ...
... to an overall reduction in the intensity of the Leeuwin Current in the future climate. In contrast, there is no consensus across AR4 models regarding changes in ENSO-event frequency or amplitude, and hence we are unable to provide any assessment of future changes in ENSO variability on Australia’s m ...
Understanding the Social Cost of Carbon
... Why Should We Care? • SCC is an estimate of the damages to society from CO2 • SCC is in use broadly in USG rulemakings (going back to 2008) – states and others using as well • For foreseeable future, CO2 (all GHGs) will be regulated under the Clean Air Act and efficiency policies • USG legally obli ...
... Why Should We Care? • SCC is an estimate of the damages to society from CO2 • SCC is in use broadly in USG rulemakings (going back to 2008) – states and others using as well • For foreseeable future, CO2 (all GHGs) will be regulated under the Clean Air Act and efficiency policies • USG legally obli ...
A review of Uganda`s national policies relevant to climate change
... rainfall will have significant and widespread impacts on livelihoods and on the ecosystem services that they rely upon. Anticipating and adapting to these impacts in order to minimize their human and environmental consequences are major challenges. Adaptation is frequently presented as a process or ...
... rainfall will have significant and widespread impacts on livelihoods and on the ecosystem services that they rely upon. Anticipating and adapting to these impacts in order to minimize their human and environmental consequences are major challenges. Adaptation is frequently presented as a process or ...
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... discount rate therefore can be important in making recommendations about current climate policy. The discount rates for utility (the pure rate of time preference) and for consumption (the social discount rate) are different, but related, objects. I recognize this difference where it is important, but ...
... discount rate therefore can be important in making recommendations about current climate policy. The discount rates for utility (the pure rate of time preference) and for consumption (the social discount rate) are different, but related, objects. I recognize this difference where it is important, but ...
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... Chamber of Commerce). Ironically, some of these groups have also helped fund research to argue that there is no scientific consensus on global climate change (e.g. Exxon Mobil, Environmental Defence Fund, 2005) while arguing that science can and will provide answers to climate change in the future. ...
... Chamber of Commerce). Ironically, some of these groups have also helped fund research to argue that there is no scientific consensus on global climate change (e.g. Exxon Mobil, Environmental Defence Fund, 2005) while arguing that science can and will provide answers to climate change in the future. ...
UNDP Project Document - Global Environment Facility
... without taking into account land use and environmental considerations at municipal level. Driven by “municipalization”, the increased participation of mayor groups of civil representatives without political affiliation in comparison to representatives of political parties in the decision spheres of ...
... without taking into account land use and environmental considerations at municipal level. Driven by “municipalization”, the increased participation of mayor groups of civil representatives without political affiliation in comparison to representatives of political parties in the decision spheres of ...
Effects of Climate Change in Amphibians and Reptiles
... pletodontid salamanders of the central highlands of Mexico Pseudoricea leprosa and P. cefalica could face important levels of habitat loss for the increased rise of temperature. Models predict that P. leprosa could possible loss the 75% of its distribution range for the year 2050 (Parra-Olea et al., ...
... pletodontid salamanders of the central highlands of Mexico Pseudoricea leprosa and P. cefalica could face important levels of habitat loss for the increased rise of temperature. Models predict that P. leprosa could possible loss the 75% of its distribution range for the year 2050 (Parra-Olea et al., ...
Riedy CAGs-AUS-ED_accepted - OPUS at UTS
... advocate for stronger political action on climate change. These self-organised, voluntary groups, made up of like-minded people with a shared concern about climate change, do ...
... advocate for stronger political action on climate change. These self-organised, voluntary groups, made up of like-minded people with a shared concern about climate change, do ...