Climate Change in the Midwest - Climate Adaptation Knowledge
... Executive Summary The diverse landscapes of the U.S. Midwest, and the natural processes, livelihoods, and infrastructure associated with them, are vulnerable to climate change. This report, prepared as a contribution to the Third National Climate Assessment, addresses the potential impacts of clima ...
... Executive Summary The diverse landscapes of the U.S. Midwest, and the natural processes, livelihoods, and infrastructure associated with them, are vulnerable to climate change. This report, prepared as a contribution to the Third National Climate Assessment, addresses the potential impacts of clima ...
Full Report
... and some results have yet to be published. While some countries have produced assessments of the impact of climate change on their economic, industrial and social structure, there has not been a comprehensive assessment on a global scale. In the preparation of the Assessment, many of the active scie ...
... and some results have yet to be published. While some countries have produced assessments of the impact of climate change on their economic, industrial and social structure, there has not been a comprehensive assessment on a global scale. In the preparation of the Assessment, many of the active scie ...
GCF Project Toolkit 2017 - Acclimatise
... Investment criteria: six investment criteria adopted by the Board, namely impact potential, paradigm shift potential, sustainable development potential, needs of the recipient, country ownership and efficiency and effectiveness. There are coverage areas, activity-specific subcriteria, and indicative ...
... Investment criteria: six investment criteria adopted by the Board, namely impact potential, paradigm shift potential, sustainable development potential, needs of the recipient, country ownership and efficiency and effectiveness. There are coverage areas, activity-specific subcriteria, and indicative ...
Drought in the Sahel - Lund University Publications
... Due to the large variability in precipitation, the vegetation underwent considerable changes in the 20th century. After substantial declines it recovered again in the 1990s along with rising precipitation values. The effect of humans through demographic and agricultural pressures has been found to b ...
... Due to the large variability in precipitation, the vegetation underwent considerable changes in the 20th century. After substantial declines it recovered again in the 1990s along with rising precipitation values. The effect of humans through demographic and agricultural pressures has been found to b ...
Reconstructing Climatic and Environmental Changes of the Past
... Are the Little Ice Age and Medieval Warm Period widespread climatic anomalies? Nearly four decades ago, H. H. Lamb (1965, pp. 14-15) wrote, “[M]ultifarious evidence of a meteorological nature from historical records, as well as archaeological, botanical and glaciological evidence in various parts of ...
... Are the Little Ice Age and Medieval Warm Period widespread climatic anomalies? Nearly four decades ago, H. H. Lamb (1965, pp. 14-15) wrote, “[M]ultifarious evidence of a meteorological nature from historical records, as well as archaeological, botanical and glaciological evidence in various parts of ...
Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea Sixth National
... meet the medium term goals already established and their full implementation will ensure the respect of such goals while putting the country on the right path towards the decarbonisation. There are also clear evidences that there is a need to adapt to climate change impacts: a process to elaborate t ...
... meet the medium term goals already established and their full implementation will ensure the respect of such goals while putting the country on the right path towards the decarbonisation. There are also clear evidences that there is a need to adapt to climate change impacts: a process to elaborate t ...
ENSO and greenhouse warming
... El Niño and La Niña events are not symmetric in spatial pattern22–24,59 or temporal evolution13,60,61. Extreme El Niño features disproportionately warm maximum SST anomalies in the eastern equatorial Pacific, but the anomaly centres of weak El Niño and extreme La Niña events are situated in the cent ...
... El Niño and La Niña events are not symmetric in spatial pattern22–24,59 or temporal evolution13,60,61. Extreme El Niño features disproportionately warm maximum SST anomalies in the eastern equatorial Pacific, but the anomaly centres of weak El Niño and extreme La Niña events are situated in the cent ...
The impact of urban heat islands: assessing vulnerability in
... combustion and industrial processes, the conduction of heat through building walls or emitted directly into the atmosphere by air-conditioning systems, and the metabolic heat produced by humans all combine to cause local air temperatures to rise, especially in urban areas. This phenomenon is known a ...
... combustion and industrial processes, the conduction of heat through building walls or emitted directly into the atmosphere by air-conditioning systems, and the metabolic heat produced by humans all combine to cause local air temperatures to rise, especially in urban areas. This phenomenon is known a ...
Impact of anthropogenic absorbing aerosols on clouds and
... absorbing aerosols and their large forcing gradient (e.g., Matsui and Pielke, 2006), both differing the cases of long-lived greenhouse gasses, such an effort is still up to thorough assessments from long integrations of coupled models under different forcing and feedback configurations. Rapid advanc ...
... absorbing aerosols and their large forcing gradient (e.g., Matsui and Pielke, 2006), both differing the cases of long-lived greenhouse gasses, such an effort is still up to thorough assessments from long integrations of coupled models under different forcing and feedback configurations. Rapid advanc ...
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... necessary to assure reliable ski seasons every year. However, not all ski resorts will be able to offset or attenuate their vulnerability by means of snowmaking, either due to economic constraints or due to the severe environmental impacts related to this adaptation strategy. Moreover, a future risi ...
... necessary to assure reliable ski seasons every year. However, not all ski resorts will be able to offset or attenuate their vulnerability by means of snowmaking, either due to economic constraints or due to the severe environmental impacts related to this adaptation strategy. Moreover, a future risi ...
Curriculum Vitae - CHG - University of California, Santa Barbara
... USGS Fact Sheet on Senegal trends and climate adaptation: FS 2012/3123 USGS Fact Sheet on Mali trends and climate adaptation: FS 2012/3105 USGS Fact Sheet on Burkina Faso trends and climate adaptation: FS 2012/3084 USGS Fact Sheet on Niger trends and climate adaptation: FS 2012/3080 USGS topline sto ...
... USGS Fact Sheet on Senegal trends and climate adaptation: FS 2012/3123 USGS Fact Sheet on Mali trends and climate adaptation: FS 2012/3105 USGS Fact Sheet on Burkina Faso trends and climate adaptation: FS 2012/3084 USGS Fact Sheet on Niger trends and climate adaptation: FS 2012/3080 USGS topline sto ...
Uncertainty contributions to low
... for selected future period and simulated future river flows are compared to model simulations in the reference period 1976–2008. The relative changes of Q95 and SI values between reference and future periods are estimated for 4 selected climate scenarios, 11 variants of model calibration and 3 selec ...
... for selected future period and simulated future river flows are compared to model simulations in the reference period 1976–2008. The relative changes of Q95 and SI values between reference and future periods are estimated for 4 selected climate scenarios, 11 variants of model calibration and 3 selec ...
The Effects of Climate Change on Agriculture, Land Resources,
... • What factors influencing agriculture, land resources, water resources, and biodiversity in the United States are sensitive to climate and climate change? • How could changes in climate exacerbate or ameliorate stresses on agriculture, land resources, water resources, and biodiversity? What are t ...
... • What factors influencing agriculture, land resources, water resources, and biodiversity in the United States are sensitive to climate and climate change? • How could changes in climate exacerbate or ameliorate stresses on agriculture, land resources, water resources, and biodiversity? What are t ...
Climate Change in the Northwest: Implications for Our Landscapes
... a wealth of additional literature and research prior to and after these state assessments. As an assessment, this report aims to be representative (though not exhaustive) of the key climate change issues as reflected in the growing body of Northwest climate change science, impacts, and adaptation li ...
... a wealth of additional literature and research prior to and after these state assessments. As an assessment, this report aims to be representative (though not exhaustive) of the key climate change issues as reflected in the growing body of Northwest climate change science, impacts, and adaptation li ...
The Precautionary Principle: Relevance in International Law
... regulatory policies. In a nutshell, it means that if there is threat or risk of serious or irreversible damage to human health or the environment, precautionary actions must be taken even though there is lack of full certainty surrounding the issue. This paper looks at the concept of precaution in t ...
... regulatory policies. In a nutshell, it means that if there is threat or risk of serious or irreversible damage to human health or the environment, precautionary actions must be taken even though there is lack of full certainty surrounding the issue. This paper looks at the concept of precaution in t ...
http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i2146e/i2146e.pdf
... The capacity for implementation of adaptation strategies in the Mediterranean ......................... 15 The capacity for implementation of adaptation strategies in the Atlantic ................................... 15 The capacity for implementation of adaptation strategies in the RECOFI and RESG ...
... The capacity for implementation of adaptation strategies in the Mediterranean ......................... 15 The capacity for implementation of adaptation strategies in the Atlantic ................................... 15 The capacity for implementation of adaptation strategies in the RECOFI and RESG ...
Young Voices in Research for Health 2008: Climate
... change and health and to invigorate the research for health community with fresh perspectives and idealistic visions regarding research challenges for vulnerable populations. There is irrefutable proof of climate change as a result of human activity, most notably caused by the release of greenhouse ...
... change and health and to invigorate the research for health community with fresh perspectives and idealistic visions regarding research challenges for vulnerable populations. There is irrefutable proof of climate change as a result of human activity, most notably caused by the release of greenhouse ...
climate change adaptation (CCA) toolkit
... ocean currents and rainfall patterns including the amount of rainfall; global warming/increasing air temperature; changes to the intensity and frequency of extreme events such as storms, droughts, and floods; increasing sea-surface temperature; sea-level rise; and ocean acidification – all of these ...
... ocean currents and rainfall patterns including the amount of rainfall; global warming/increasing air temperature; changes to the intensity and frequency of extreme events such as storms, droughts, and floods; increasing sea-surface temperature; sea-level rise; and ocean acidification – all of these ...
climate change and african forest and wildlife resources
... atmosphere, which, in turn, may reduce global warming. In other words, the forests, by regulating the carbon cycle, play vital roles in climatic change and variability. Climate, on the other hand, affects the function and structure of forests. Understanding this vital relation is critical in develop ...
... atmosphere, which, in turn, may reduce global warming. In other words, the forests, by regulating the carbon cycle, play vital roles in climatic change and variability. Climate, on the other hand, affects the function and structure of forests. Understanding this vital relation is critical in develop ...
The anatomy of a climatic oscillation: vegetation change in eastern
... by today’s standards, are available through the NOAA World Data Center for Paleoclimatology and can serve as an illustrative example. They show that close to the North Atlantic, the colder-than-previous sea-surface temperatures likely had a direct cooling effect on both summer and winter temperature ...
... by today’s standards, are available through the NOAA World Data Center for Paleoclimatology and can serve as an illustrative example. They show that close to the North Atlantic, the colder-than-previous sea-surface temperatures likely had a direct cooling effect on both summer and winter temperature ...
Zero poverty, zero emissions - Overseas Development Institute
... The eradication of extreme poverty is the minimum ethical floor of the global development agenda. With projections suggesting eradication is possible by 2030, the goal of ‘zero extreme poverty1 by 2030’ is a compelling objective. It has become a central target underpinning the Sustainable Developmen ...
... The eradication of extreme poverty is the minimum ethical floor of the global development agenda. With projections suggesting eradication is possible by 2030, the goal of ‘zero extreme poverty1 by 2030’ is a compelling objective. It has become a central target underpinning the Sustainable Developmen ...
Regional Climate Projections
... The annual mean warming is likely to be similar to the global mean warming in southern South America but larger than the global mean warming in the rest of the area. Annual precipitation is likely to decrease in most of Central America and in the southern Andes, although changes in atmospheric circu ...
... The annual mean warming is likely to be similar to the global mean warming in southern South America but larger than the global mean warming in the rest of the area. Annual precipitation is likely to decrease in most of Central America and in the southern Andes, although changes in atmospheric circu ...
Enabling the Transition report
... Explore and implement the most efficient policy vehicles (e.g. energy-efficiency standards, feed-in tariffs and tax incentives) as a key government contribution towards accelerated domestic and foreign direct investments in climate innovations. Institutionalize support for climate innovations ...
... Explore and implement the most efficient policy vehicles (e.g. energy-efficiency standards, feed-in tariffs and tax incentives) as a key government contribution towards accelerated domestic and foreign direct investments in climate innovations. Institutionalize support for climate innovations ...
EuTRACE - IASS Potsdam
... systems. The likely harmful impacts on societies and ecosystems, along with possibilities for mitigation and adaptation, have been documented in the assessment reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). In this context, various researchers, policy makers, and other stakeholders ...
... systems. The likely harmful impacts on societies and ecosystems, along with possibilities for mitigation and adaptation, have been documented in the assessment reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). In this context, various researchers, policy makers, and other stakeholders ...