Climate Change and Extreme Events
... events need to be understood and alternative methods explored to deal with environmental change. This volume includes a selection of papers which were presented at the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) symposium on Climate and Land Surface Changes in Hydrology, conducted in G ...
... events need to be understood and alternative methods explored to deal with environmental change. This volume includes a selection of papers which were presented at the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) symposium on Climate and Land Surface Changes in Hydrology, conducted in G ...
How much risk ought we to take? Exploring the possibilities of
... complex situations such as rapid climate change. While there exist certain irreducible issues when it comes to assessing the deontic status of acts and policies in the context of uncertainty, we hope to show that employing a multi-dimensional consequentialist framework offers very plausible and situ ...
... complex situations such as rapid climate change. While there exist certain irreducible issues when it comes to assessing the deontic status of acts and policies in the context of uncertainty, we hope to show that employing a multi-dimensional consequentialist framework offers very plausible and situ ...
Paleoclimate Implications for Human-Made Climate Change
... conclusive, are consistent with a doubling time of 10 years or less, implying the possibility of multimeter sea level rise this century. Observed accelerating ice sheet mass loss supports our conclusion that Earth’s temperature now exceeds the mean Holocene value. Rapid reduction of fossil fuel emis ...
... conclusive, are consistent with a doubling time of 10 years or less, implying the possibility of multimeter sea level rise this century. Observed accelerating ice sheet mass loss supports our conclusion that Earth’s temperature now exceeds the mean Holocene value. Rapid reduction of fossil fuel emis ...
Climate Change Impacts on Environmental Hazards on the Great
... mostly of Pleistocene fluvial, lacustrine, or eolian origin (Mez}osi 2011). More than 60 % of the area is arable land, where the vegetation cover is changing in seasonal schedules according to the agricultural crop rotation (the main crops are wheat and maize). This high share of arable land in tota ...
... mostly of Pleistocene fluvial, lacustrine, or eolian origin (Mez}osi 2011). More than 60 % of the area is arable land, where the vegetation cover is changing in seasonal schedules according to the agricultural crop rotation (the main crops are wheat and maize). This high share of arable land in tota ...
For the TransRe project, we`ve chosen to analyze “social resilience.”
... in and dominated by ecological systems thinking (Berkes et al. 2003), scholars studying social resilience have adopted an actor- and agency-oriented perspective, focusing on the capacities of social actors endowed with capital to not only absorb, cope with and adjust to adverse conditions, but also ...
... in and dominated by ecological systems thinking (Berkes et al. 2003), scholars studying social resilience have adopted an actor- and agency-oriented perspective, focusing on the capacities of social actors endowed with capital to not only absorb, cope with and adjust to adverse conditions, but also ...
Namakwa District Municipality
... Figure 35: Map indicating areas with high value for supporting ecosystem resilience ........................... 41 Figure 36: Global map of significant projected biome structural change from IPCC fourth assessment report ............................................................................... ...
... Figure 35: Map indicating areas with high value for supporting ecosystem resilience ........................... 41 Figure 36: Global map of significant projected biome structural change from IPCC fourth assessment report ............................................................................... ...
Climate change prediction over complex areas: spatial variability of
... these constitute an outstanding tool for quantifying the accuracies and uncertainties, and offer a good overview of the expected climatic change and their impacts. Several studies have focussed on assessing the accuracy of the different RCMs for a control period (1960/ 1961–1990) with regard to the ...
... these constitute an outstanding tool for quantifying the accuracies and uncertainties, and offer a good overview of the expected climatic change and their impacts. Several studies have focussed on assessing the accuracy of the different RCMs for a control period (1960/ 1961–1990) with regard to the ...
Australian rangelands and climate change – dust
... provides ground truth and valuable local context to interpolated DSI data. That is, participants on the ground can provide powerful local interpretation of significant dust events, with this evidence often supported by contributed photos and other anecdotal information. By raising awareness of the e ...
... provides ground truth and valuable local context to interpolated DSI data. That is, participants on the ground can provide powerful local interpretation of significant dust events, with this evidence often supported by contributed photos and other anecdotal information. By raising awareness of the e ...
Environment and Development Challenges
... sustainable, where the challenges such as climate change, loss of biodiversity and social inequity have been successfully addressed. This is an achievable dream, but the current system is deeply flawed and our current pathway will not realise it. Population size and growth and related consumption pa ...
... sustainable, where the challenges such as climate change, loss of biodiversity and social inequity have been successfully addressed. This is an achievable dream, but the current system is deeply flawed and our current pathway will not realise it. Population size and growth and related consumption pa ...
Particulate air pollution from wildfires in the Western US under
... characteristics are of great value to epidemiological studies. We estimated and compared smoke wave characteristics for the present day and the future. We created a Fire Smoke Risk Index (FSRI) for each county for the present day and a separate FSRI for each county for the future. The FSRI combined ...
... characteristics are of great value to epidemiological studies. We estimated and compared smoke wave characteristics for the present day and the future. We created a Fire Smoke Risk Index (FSRI) for each county for the present day and a separate FSRI for each county for the future. The FSRI combined ...
Climate change in Australia | Murray Basin cluster report
... Design and editorial support – Alicia Annable, Siobhan Duffy, Liz Butler, and Peter Van Der Merwe. We gratefully acknowledge the project funding provided by the Department of the Environment through the Regional Natural Resource Management Planning for Climate Change Fund and thank all the participa ...
... Design and editorial support – Alicia Annable, Siobhan Duffy, Liz Butler, and Peter Van Der Merwe. We gratefully acknowledge the project funding provided by the Department of the Environment through the Regional Natural Resource Management Planning for Climate Change Fund and thank all the participa ...
Climate Volatility and Change in Central Asia: Economic Impacts
... increased weather volatility. Agriculture is a key economic sector and a major source of livelihoods for Central Asia’s predominantly rural population, especially for the poor. Agricultural production, being sensitive to weather shocks and climate volatility, may suffer from climate change if no ada ...
... increased weather volatility. Agriculture is a key economic sector and a major source of livelihoods for Central Asia’s predominantly rural population, especially for the poor. Agricultural production, being sensitive to weather shocks and climate volatility, may suffer from climate change if no ada ...
Reports - The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
... But activities were not confined to school competitions. They ran the gamut of radio discussions, quiz competitions, awareness-raising among waterfowl hunters, advocacy walks and wetlands-related articles in newspapers throughout the four complexes of PWP. Sections of society as varied as government ...
... But activities were not confined to school competitions. They ran the gamut of radio discussions, quiz competitions, awareness-raising among waterfowl hunters, advocacy walks and wetlands-related articles in newspapers throughout the four complexes of PWP. Sections of society as varied as government ...
Assessing ``Dangerous Climate Change
... climate near the Holocene range. Finally, we discuss likely overshooting of target emissions, the potential for carbon extraction from the atmosphere, and implications for energy and economic policies, as well as intergenerational justice. ...
... climate near the Holocene range. Finally, we discuss likely overshooting of target emissions, the potential for carbon extraction from the atmosphere, and implications for energy and economic policies, as well as intergenerational justice. ...
http://www.undp.org/content/dam/jordan/docs/News/Climate%20change%20policy_JO.pdf
... advanced herewith, including providing access to regional and international financing resources and capacity building initiatives and programs ...
... advanced herewith, including providing access to regional and international financing resources and capacity building initiatives and programs ...
Combat vs. Climate - Institute for Policy Studies
... As the comparison of the budgets for traditional military force and for climate security make clear, climate change does not occupy space in the federal budget commensurate with the threat it poses to our security. Bringing our security policy in line with our security budget therefore requires adju ...
... As the comparison of the budgets for traditional military force and for climate security make clear, climate change does not occupy space in the federal budget commensurate with the threat it poses to our security. Bringing our security policy in line with our security budget therefore requires adju ...
PBL rapport 500114012 Meeting the 2 degrees Celsius target
... generation (by accommodating the variations in power production resulting from weather variations). This also requires the integration of storage systems, as well as the assurance of grid access. The important role of CCS in a shift towards a lowcarbon society, even only as a ‘transition technology’ ...
... generation (by accommodating the variations in power production resulting from weather variations). This also requires the integration of storage systems, as well as the assurance of grid access. The important role of CCS in a shift towards a lowcarbon society, even only as a ‘transition technology’ ...
The influence of vegetation dynamics on anthropogenic climate
... of the biosphere on the climate. Two different main effects of forests on the climate have been found depending on the region. In the tropics, forests lead to a reduced albedo and an enhanced evapotranspiration compared to bare soil. The albedo reduction is equivalent to a warming, while increased e ...
... of the biosphere on the climate. Two different main effects of forests on the climate have been found depending on the region. In the tropics, forests lead to a reduced albedo and an enhanced evapotranspiration compared to bare soil. The albedo reduction is equivalent to a warming, while increased e ...
... many and varied factors that may modify how temperatures affect people’s health in the region including high levels of poverty, high disease burden, and high vulnerability to climate extremes, as well as the spatial variability of these vulnerabilities and the spatial variability of the projected ch ...
Phoenix Islands Protected Area Climate Change Vulnerability
... • eventual relocation from the islands as a result of sea level rise that will make them uninhabitable; • decreasing availability of freshwater and ability to grow food crops, due to changing rainfall patterns, drought and salinization of groundwater; • changes in the marine environment, such as mig ...
... • eventual relocation from the islands as a result of sea level rise that will make them uninhabitable; • decreasing availability of freshwater and ability to grow food crops, due to changing rainfall patterns, drought and salinization of groundwater; • changes in the marine environment, such as mig ...
The weather@home regional climate modelling project for Australia
... well as chaotic internal variability. Meanwhile, external forcings of climate can be either natural, such as explosive volcanic eruptions, or anthropogenic, such as greenhouse gas emissions from the burning of fossil fuels. Distinguishing between the responses to internal and external climate forcin ...
... well as chaotic internal variability. Meanwhile, external forcings of climate can be either natural, such as explosive volcanic eruptions, or anthropogenic, such as greenhouse gas emissions from the burning of fossil fuels. Distinguishing between the responses to internal and external climate forcin ...
Advancing a Political Ecology of Global Environmental Discourses
... multiple levels come through the actions and practices of government agents, individuals and civil society, and the alliances formed between them. In this article we define discourses as knowledge regimes and explore the impacts of policies which are derived from these. In adopting this approach we ...
... multiple levels come through the actions and practices of government agents, individuals and civil society, and the alliances formed between them. In this article we define discourses as knowledge regimes and explore the impacts of policies which are derived from these. In adopting this approach we ...
vii. annexes
... objective for climate change is to reduce the risk that it poses to developing countries – particularly the poor – so that the MDGs may be achieved. Therefore, UNDP focuses on: (a) assessing vulnerability in key sectors; (b) integrating climate change risk considerations into development plans and ...
... objective for climate change is to reduce the risk that it poses to developing countries – particularly the poor – so that the MDGs may be achieved. Therefore, UNDP focuses on: (a) assessing vulnerability in key sectors; (b) integrating climate change risk considerations into development plans and ...
Chapter 10 - Graduate Institute of International and Development
... has been the stratospheric ozone regime, which began with the very soft Vienna Convention on the Protection of the Ozone Layer, and led to the much harder Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer, which sets forth detailed obligations to limit the use of ozonedepleting substances ...
... has been the stratospheric ozone regime, which began with the very soft Vienna Convention on the Protection of the Ozone Layer, and led to the much harder Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer, which sets forth detailed obligations to limit the use of ozonedepleting substances ...
Paleoclimate Implications for Human-Made
... than by a linear trend. Satellite gravity data, though too brief to be conclusive, are consistent with a doubling time of 10 years or less, implying the possibility of multi-meter sea level rise this century. Observed accelerating ice sheet mass loss supports our conclusion that Earth's temperature ...
... than by a linear trend. Satellite gravity data, though too brief to be conclusive, are consistent with a doubling time of 10 years or less, implying the possibility of multi-meter sea level rise this century. Observed accelerating ice sheet mass loss supports our conclusion that Earth's temperature ...