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... climatic and biophysical conditions. To cope with increasing unprecedented incidents of shifting in precipitation patterns and rising temperatures some farm households undertake different adaptation strategies whereas some others do not take any action. As a result some households suffer more freque ...
... climatic and biophysical conditions. To cope with increasing unprecedented incidents of shifting in precipitation patterns and rising temperatures some farm households undertake different adaptation strategies whereas some others do not take any action. As a result some households suffer more freque ...
Impacts of climate change on disadvantaged UK coastal communities
... having experienced recent severe events such as storms or flooding. Focus-group participants in areas where no recent events had been experienced were less likely to be aware of the risks of climate change for their areas. For those who were aware, the perception of climate change was often limited ...
... having experienced recent severe events such as storms or flooding. Focus-group participants in areas where no recent events had been experienced were less likely to be aware of the risks of climate change for their areas. For those who were aware, the perception of climate change was often limited ...
Climate Change and Food In/Security: A Critical Nexus
... to achieve food security amidst climate changes will emerge. Though there are many ways to examine climate change, this paper would pay close attention to anthropogenic drivers of climate change. 2. Materials and Methods This paper utilizes various qualitative approaches in understanding the relatio ...
... to achieve food security amidst climate changes will emerge. Though there are many ways to examine climate change, this paper would pay close attention to anthropogenic drivers of climate change. 2. Materials and Methods This paper utilizes various qualitative approaches in understanding the relatio ...
Primer on Short-Lived Climate Pollutants
... • Second is the recognition that in addition to being climate forcers, three of the four SLCPs are also air pollutants that damage public health and ecosystems. Reducing them will prevent millions of premature deaths every year, protect tens of millions of tonnes of crops, and contribute to sustain ...
... • Second is the recognition that in addition to being climate forcers, three of the four SLCPs are also air pollutants that damage public health and ecosystems. Reducing them will prevent millions of premature deaths every year, protect tens of millions of tonnes of crops, and contribute to sustain ...
The Evangelical Debate Over Climate Change
... Human activities such as the burning of fossil fuels, deforestation, reforestation, urbanization and desertification can affect the climate as well.' 7 The IPCC concluded in 2007 that human activity "very likely" has caused most of the rise in temperatures since 1950.8 The effects of climate change ...
... Human activities such as the burning of fossil fuels, deforestation, reforestation, urbanization and desertification can affect the climate as well.' 7 The IPCC concluded in 2007 that human activity "very likely" has caused most of the rise in temperatures since 1950.8 The effects of climate change ...
Climate 2020, rising to the challenge
... change has been among my top priorities. From Bali to Paris, I have worked hard to elevate the issue on the global agenda and support efforts to forge a universal climate agreement. I have engaged directly with world leaders, visited some of the worst-affected parts of the world, and undertaken a wi ...
... change has been among my top priorities. From Bali to Paris, I have worked hard to elevate the issue on the global agenda and support efforts to forge a universal climate agreement. I have engaged directly with world leaders, visited some of the worst-affected parts of the world, and undertaken a wi ...
Effect of Climate Change on Invasion Risk of Giant African Snail
... in Daman and Diu (Union Territory), Bihar, Odisha, Lakshadweep Islands, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, parts of Karnataka, Jharkhand, Nagaland and Assam (Table 3). Expansion might occur in Jharkhand, Lakshadweep Islands, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Odisha, Gujarat and Karnataka under RCP 4.5 scenario ...
... in Daman and Diu (Union Territory), Bihar, Odisha, Lakshadweep Islands, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, parts of Karnataka, Jharkhand, Nagaland and Assam (Table 3). Expansion might occur in Jharkhand, Lakshadweep Islands, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Odisha, Gujarat and Karnataka under RCP 4.5 scenario ...
Expect Above Average Temperatures: Identifying the Economic
... climate change. Yet we know remarkably little about these costs, leading some economists to question the value of conventional modeling (e.g., Ackerman et al., 2009; Pindyck, 2013). The costs of climate change are hard to pin down before having lived through the climate change experiment. However, w ...
... climate change. Yet we know remarkably little about these costs, leading some economists to question the value of conventional modeling (e.g., Ackerman et al., 2009; Pindyck, 2013). The costs of climate change are hard to pin down before having lived through the climate change experiment. However, w ...
Long-Term Policy: Definition, Origin, and Responses by Detlef Sprinz
... The implication of our analysis is that policymakers should follow rules rather than have discretion. The reason that they should not have discretion is not that they are stupid or evil but, rather, that discretion implies selecting the decision which is best, given the current situation. Such behav ...
... The implication of our analysis is that policymakers should follow rules rather than have discretion. The reason that they should not have discretion is not that they are stupid or evil but, rather, that discretion implies selecting the decision which is best, given the current situation. Such behav ...
Adaptation and the Courtroom: Judging Climate Science
... promulgate a series of greenhouse gas control measures pursuant to the Clean Air Act and other authorities, each of which will most certainly rely upon the agency’s view of climate science, and each of which is likely to be challenged in court on that very basis. Regulatory decisions by other agenci ...
... promulgate a series of greenhouse gas control measures pursuant to the Clean Air Act and other authorities, each of which will most certainly rely upon the agency’s view of climate science, and each of which is likely to be challenged in court on that very basis. Regulatory decisions by other agenci ...
Curriculum vitae PDF
... School Renewable and Sustainable Energy Initiative. Proposal Review for: NSF Coupled Natural and Human Systems Panel (2011). Board Membership: Advisory Board Alaska Climate Research Center, UAF; Scientific Advisory Board Alaska Department of Interior Climate Science Center. Session Organizing for pr ...
... School Renewable and Sustainable Energy Initiative. Proposal Review for: NSF Coupled Natural and Human Systems Panel (2011). Board Membership: Advisory Board Alaska Climate Research Center, UAF; Scientific Advisory Board Alaska Department of Interior Climate Science Center. Session Organizing for pr ...
kenya national climate change policy
... Kenya requires appropriately designed legislative, policy and institutional frameworks that provide a regulatory architecture comprising the vital components of climate change governance. It is imperative to ensure compliance with the constitutional framework of public administration, especially the ...
... Kenya requires appropriately designed legislative, policy and institutional frameworks that provide a regulatory architecture comprising the vital components of climate change governance. It is imperative to ensure compliance with the constitutional framework of public administration, especially the ...
Sector Study: Agriculture and Natural Resources Building
... decision. However, there has been a surge in CC-related technical cooperation (TC) and investment grants, with TC largely funding regional knowledge products. The number of TCs doubled between 2012 and 2013, and the approved amount nearly tripled. Some of the TCs may lead to larger CC-related loans ...
... decision. However, there has been a surge in CC-related technical cooperation (TC) and investment grants, with TC largely funding regional knowledge products. The number of TCs doubled between 2012 and 2013, and the approved amount nearly tripled. Some of the TCs may lead to larger CC-related loans ...
- Europa.eu
... atural disasters and climate change are among the greatest threats to development.1 Although natural disasters have always presented risks, climate change increases those risks and compounds them by adding a greater level of uncertainty. As a result of their increased frequency, the economic and soc ...
... atural disasters and climate change are among the greatest threats to development.1 Although natural disasters have always presented risks, climate change increases those risks and compounds them by adding a greater level of uncertainty. As a result of their increased frequency, the economic and soc ...
Are there pre-Quaternary geological analogues for a future
... processes that operate today also operated in the distant past is a key principle of modern geology. The methodological significance of the principle is summarized in the statement the present is the key to the past. Uniformitarianism originated with the work of the geologist James Hutton, but was re ...
... processes that operate today also operated in the distant past is a key principle of modern geology. The methodological significance of the principle is summarized in the statement the present is the key to the past. Uniformitarianism originated with the work of the geologist James Hutton, but was re ...
Making Climate Data Relevant to Decision Making: The important
... useful for decision-makers. There is a wide variety of information needed depending on the type of issue being addressed and the level of technical ability at hand. Users of climate information will range from highly technical scientists and engineers running climate impact models to nontechnically ...
... useful for decision-makers. There is a wide variety of information needed depending on the type of issue being addressed and the level of technical ability at hand. Users of climate information will range from highly technical scientists and engineers running climate impact models to nontechnically ...
Mechanisms of the African monsoon: new insights from
... and meteorological predictions are to be found where human vulnerability, climate and weather predictability and decision-making capacity meet. The information on the forecast must correspond to a real perceived need in order to allow viable decisions to be made. This is why AMMA must now take up a ...
... and meteorological predictions are to be found where human vulnerability, climate and weather predictability and decision-making capacity meet. The information on the forecast must correspond to a real perceived need in order to allow viable decisions to be made. This is why AMMA must now take up a ...
Impacts of climate change on Australian marine life
... David Milton, Nadia Engstrom, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, and Richard Matear. We thank Gina Newton and Anna van Dugteren from the Australian Greenhouse Office for their helpful comments and advice on improving the report. Our appreciation to Lisa Albinsson, Sue Blackburn, Gustaaf Hallegraeff, Tony Koslow an ...
... David Milton, Nadia Engstrom, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, and Richard Matear. We thank Gina Newton and Anna van Dugteren from the Australian Greenhouse Office for their helpful comments and advice on improving the report. Our appreciation to Lisa Albinsson, Sue Blackburn, Gustaaf Hallegraeff, Tony Koslow an ...
Losing Ground - Rocky Mountain Climate Organization
... sweeping, and its full-scale impacts are hard to predict far in advance. But each year, scientists learn more about how climate change already is affecting the planet and what consequences are likely to occur if current trends continue, including: Changing temperatures will reduce snowfall and snowp ...
... sweeping, and its full-scale impacts are hard to predict far in advance. But each year, scientists learn more about how climate change already is affecting the planet and what consequences are likely to occur if current trends continue, including: Changing temperatures will reduce snowfall and snowp ...
Limited potential of no-till agriculture for climate change
... that are found to result from no-till in the soils and weather conditions of this region42. Periodic tillage also occurs in regions with wider adoption of no-till such as USA and Australia for a range of valid agronomic reasons47,48. Periodic cultivation will lead to considerable loss of any SOC acc ...
... that are found to result from no-till in the soils and weather conditions of this region42. Periodic tillage also occurs in regions with wider adoption of no-till such as USA and Australia for a range of valid agronomic reasons47,48. Periodic cultivation will lead to considerable loss of any SOC acc ...
Ensemble projections of future streamflow droughts in Europe
... recently become a great concern for the EU (EC, 2007, 2012) given the stresses being placed on water resources and the considerable economical, societal and environmental impacts. In the last two decades, the average annual economic consequences of droughts in Europe drastically increased, rising to ...
... recently become a great concern for the EU (EC, 2007, 2012) given the stresses being placed on water resources and the considerable economical, societal and environmental impacts. In the last two decades, the average annual economic consequences of droughts in Europe drastically increased, rising to ...
assessment of the vulnerability of rural livelihoods in the Pacific to
... Whilst the EVI climate change sub-index provides a comprehensive assessment of environmental vulnerability, it fails to take into account the broader economic and social capitals and interactions that are reflected in the broad range of livelihood strategies operating in the Pacific. The EVI also pr ...
... Whilst the EVI climate change sub-index provides a comprehensive assessment of environmental vulnerability, it fails to take into account the broader economic and social capitals and interactions that are reflected in the broad range of livelihood strategies operating in the Pacific. The EVI also pr ...
Border Tax Adjustments and Developing Countries
... Conventional analysis has primarily reviewed this important policy question through the lens of economic policy analysis or the legality under the WTO. Some researchers argue that BTAs are required for economic efficiency in carbon abatement.5 Others consider that such a proposal would be a nuclear ...
... Conventional analysis has primarily reviewed this important policy question through the lens of economic policy analysis or the legality under the WTO. Some researchers argue that BTAs are required for economic efficiency in carbon abatement.5 Others consider that such a proposal would be a nuclear ...
2010 - National Center for Science Education
... The Communication of Climate Science ___________________________________________ 68 45. A description of the most probable outcome best defines __________________________________ 69 46. A description of a possible outcome best defines a _______________________________________ 69 47. From the output ...
... The Communication of Climate Science ___________________________________________ 68 45. A description of the most probable outcome best defines __________________________________ 69 46. A description of a possible outcome best defines a _______________________________________ 69 47. From the output ...