1.1 Framework 1.1.1 Climate change
... on the climate. Weather on Earth is chaotic by nature, making it impossible to predict the local weather more than two weeks in advance. However, the ...
... on the climate. Weather on Earth is chaotic by nature, making it impossible to predict the local weather more than two weeks in advance. However, the ...
GAN workshop report - Climate Technology Centre & Network
... the adaptation gap is far more challenging than calculating the emissions gap, because 1) there is no globally agreed goal or metrics for adaptation, and 2) adaptation is a response to specific climate risks and impacts that are local in nature and vary over time. However, studies highlight the role ...
... the adaptation gap is far more challenging than calculating the emissions gap, because 1) there is no globally agreed goal or metrics for adaptation, and 2) adaptation is a response to specific climate risks and impacts that are local in nature and vary over time. However, studies highlight the role ...
Efficiently Constraining Climate Sensitivity with Ensembles
... project produced a gridded SST data set which indicated an average cooling of 0.8°C in the tropics, a value which is now widely regarded as too small. The alkenone data set of Harrison (2000) has been widely used in recent years for comparison with models (Houghton et al. 2001), and so we focus prim ...
... project produced a gridded SST data set which indicated an average cooling of 0.8°C in the tropics, a value which is now widely regarded as too small. The alkenone data set of Harrison (2000) has been widely used in recent years for comparison with models (Houghton et al. 2001), and so we focus prim ...
Mainstreaming Early Warning Systems in Development
... across multiple scales of governance from local to regional, national, and international administrative units. Both Priority 2 and 3 contain general framework guidelines that could be used to infer different risk governance and mainstreaming scenarios in specific country-wide or ...
... across multiple scales of governance from local to regional, national, and international administrative units. Both Priority 2 and 3 contain general framework guidelines that could be used to infer different risk governance and mainstreaming scenarios in specific country-wide or ...
MAPPING CLIMATE CHANGE AND SECURITY IN NORTH AFRICA
... Climate change is increasingly recognized to have implications that extend beyond impacts on people’s quality of life and into the security sphere. Scholars and analysts have invoked a host of purported problems that climate change could contribute to, from armed conflict to migration flows to compl ...
... Climate change is increasingly recognized to have implications that extend beyond impacts on people’s quality of life and into the security sphere. Scholars and analysts have invoked a host of purported problems that climate change could contribute to, from armed conflict to migration flows to compl ...
Gulf Coast Wetland Sustainability in a Changing Climate
... more frequent and larger low-oxygen “dead zone” events that damage fisheries and diminish tourist appeal. These authors are leading thinkers and practitioners in their respective fields and provide authoritative views on what must be done to adapt to climate change and diminish the threats to our en ...
... more frequent and larger low-oxygen “dead zone” events that damage fisheries and diminish tourist appeal. These authors are leading thinkers and practitioners in their respective fields and provide authoritative views on what must be done to adapt to climate change and diminish the threats to our en ...
Greenwashing eco(?)tourism in New Zealand: What climate change?
... interrelationship with tourism and travel, but also that a long-term adaptation strategy is required to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from within the sector. The Declaration outlines firm recommendations and a clear commitment for action, by the key interest groups involved in tourism, to respond ...
... interrelationship with tourism and travel, but also that a long-term adaptation strategy is required to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from within the sector. The Declaration outlines firm recommendations and a clear commitment for action, by the key interest groups involved in tourism, to respond ...
Document
... influence of humans on natural processes (Vernadsky, 1926). We will define air (or atmospheric) chemistry as the discipline dealing with the origin, distribution, transformation, and deposition of gaseous, dissolved, and solid substances in air. This chain of matter provides the atmospheric part of ...
... influence of humans on natural processes (Vernadsky, 1926). We will define air (or atmospheric) chemistry as the discipline dealing with the origin, distribution, transformation, and deposition of gaseous, dissolved, and solid substances in air. This chain of matter provides the atmospheric part of ...
Draft Interim Climate Change Guidelines
... adequate for many applications. However, when the consequences of failure (i.e. structural failure or failure to meet operational requirements) are assessed to be high an analyst should also specifically consider the implications of plausible events that have a low probability and high impact if the ...
... adequate for many applications. However, when the consequences of failure (i.e. structural failure or failure to meet operational requirements) are assessed to be high an analyst should also specifically consider the implications of plausible events that have a low probability and high impact if the ...
Deep uncertainty in long-term hurricane risk: Scenario generation and implications for future climate experiments
... storm tracks, genesis locations, speeds, sizes and landfall locations. Knutson et al. reported that few studies have explored the affects of climate change on these characteristics and there is little consensus in projections. While it is important to continue to refine projections, some types of ada ...
... storm tracks, genesis locations, speeds, sizes and landfall locations. Knutson et al. reported that few studies have explored the affects of climate change on these characteristics and there is little consensus in projections. While it is important to continue to refine projections, some types of ada ...
Less Snow, Less Water: Climate Disruption in the West
... manifest themselves. But the degree of uncertainty varies. Most scientists believe that some predicted changes, such as temperature increases, are likely, and that others, such as projections about how precipitation may change in a particular region, are still unreliable. In the West, scientists con ...
... manifest themselves. But the degree of uncertainty varies. Most scientists believe that some predicted changes, such as temperature increases, are likely, and that others, such as projections about how precipitation may change in a particular region, are still unreliable. In the West, scientists con ...
Climate change scenarios for Peru and Ecuador
... latitude and 3.7º longitude. It has 12 unevenly spaced levels in the vertical dimension. To reduce model drift, the fluxes of heat and water are adjusted by amounts which vary seasonally and geographically, but do not change from one year to another. The model also includes a dynamic sea-ice model ( ...
... latitude and 3.7º longitude. It has 12 unevenly spaced levels in the vertical dimension. To reduce model drift, the fluxes of heat and water are adjusted by amounts which vary seasonally and geographically, but do not change from one year to another. The model also includes a dynamic sea-ice model ( ...
Climate Balloons - Development and Peace
... - Why might improvements take a long time to see? (As with negative effects, positive changes can take time to show results). - What climate-harming practices were we not able to address? (Such as Canada’s energy production, global deforestation, the transportation of international goods and women’s ...
... - Why might improvements take a long time to see? (As with negative effects, positive changes can take time to show results). - What climate-harming practices were we not able to address? (Such as Canada’s energy production, global deforestation, the transportation of international goods and women’s ...
Articles
... The ocean at Palmer Station, Antarctic. LTER investigators haveemployed an understanding of time and spacevariations in the stratosphere and Antarctic waters, radiation transfer theory, remote sensing, and sea-surfaceand hydrographic observations to provide one of the first piecesof evidenceof an ec ...
... The ocean at Palmer Station, Antarctic. LTER investigators haveemployed an understanding of time and spacevariations in the stratosphere and Antarctic waters, radiation transfer theory, remote sensing, and sea-surfaceand hydrographic observations to provide one of the first piecesof evidenceof an ec ...
The Scientific Consensus on Climate Change: How Do We Know
... causing surface air temperatures and subsurface ocean temperatures to rise’’ (National Academy of Sciences 2001, 1). The report explicitly addresses whether the IPCC assessment is a fair summary of professional scientific thinking and answers yes: ‘‘The IPCC’s conclusion that most of the observed war ...
... causing surface air temperatures and subsurface ocean temperatures to rise’’ (National Academy of Sciences 2001, 1). The report explicitly addresses whether the IPCC assessment is a fair summary of professional scientific thinking and answers yes: ‘‘The IPCC’s conclusion that most of the observed war ...
S T A ?
... Jacqueline Peel* and Hari M. Osofsky** Forthcoming in Minnesota Law Review (2015) Climate change litigation has influenced regulation substantially in the United States. Most notably, the Supreme Court’s decision in Massachusetts v. EPA serves as the basis for federal Clean Air Act regulation of gre ...
... Jacqueline Peel* and Hari M. Osofsky** Forthcoming in Minnesota Law Review (2015) Climate change litigation has influenced regulation substantially in the United States. Most notably, the Supreme Court’s decision in Massachusetts v. EPA serves as the basis for federal Clean Air Act regulation of gre ...
Health Climate Change impacts report card technical paper
... cool temperatures than exotic species. There is a good example from the field of animal disease: bluetongue, a midge-borne viral disease of ruminants, is endemic to Africa but is also transmitted in Mediterranean countries by an invasive, African midge species. It was not foreseen that indigenous mi ...
... cool temperatures than exotic species. There is a good example from the field of animal disease: bluetongue, a midge-borne viral disease of ruminants, is endemic to Africa but is also transmitted in Mediterranean countries by an invasive, African midge species. It was not foreseen that indigenous mi ...
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... The typical rainfed slash-and-burn shifting farming system in the CBF is highly vulnerable to climate change (Thornton et al., 2011; Zhang et al., 2002). Projections of temperature rise indicate that climate change may reduce crop yields by 20% by mid twenty-first century, with food prices of some g ...
... The typical rainfed slash-and-burn shifting farming system in the CBF is highly vulnerable to climate change (Thornton et al., 2011; Zhang et al., 2002). Projections of temperature rise indicate that climate change may reduce crop yields by 20% by mid twenty-first century, with food prices of some g ...
Kazakhstan
... Parts of Kazakhstan (higher latitudes) could benefit from improved climatic conditions for agriculture. However, the potential for gain is unclear, since it could be offset by increased variability and extreme events. ...
... Parts of Kazakhstan (higher latitudes) could benefit from improved climatic conditions for agriculture. However, the potential for gain is unclear, since it could be offset by increased variability and extreme events. ...
teacher pages - Lab Aids | Store
... their foundation of knowledge about Earth’s atmosphere and hydrosphere from previous chapters, this study connects them to many of the concepts covered later in the course, relating to plate tectonics and the rock cycle. ...
... their foundation of knowledge about Earth’s atmosphere and hydrosphere from previous chapters, this study connects them to many of the concepts covered later in the course, relating to plate tectonics and the rock cycle. ...
Geoengineering and the Accusation of Hubris
... for example, Preston, 2013; Svoboda et al., 2011; Goes et al., 2011; Burns, 2011; Gardiner, 2010, p. 294; Jamieson, 1996, pp. 329-331). Furthermore, several political risks of GE have been stressed. For example, Stephen Schneider (2008) emphasises that global cooperation is insufficiently stable to ...
... for example, Preston, 2013; Svoboda et al., 2011; Goes et al., 2011; Burns, 2011; Gardiner, 2010, p. 294; Jamieson, 1996, pp. 329-331). Furthermore, several political risks of GE have been stressed. For example, Stephen Schneider (2008) emphasises that global cooperation is insufficiently stable to ...
Geoengineering and the Accusation of Hubris
... for example, Preston, 2013; Svoboda et al., 2011; Goes et al., 2011; Burns, 2011; Gardiner, 2010, p. 294; Jamieson, 1996, pp. 329-331). Furthermore, several political risks of GE have been stressed. For example, Stephen Schneider (2008) emphasises that global cooperation is insufficiently stable to ...
... for example, Preston, 2013; Svoboda et al., 2011; Goes et al., 2011; Burns, 2011; Gardiner, 2010, p. 294; Jamieson, 1996, pp. 329-331). Furthermore, several political risks of GE have been stressed. For example, Stephen Schneider (2008) emphasises that global cooperation is insufficiently stable to ...
INFLUENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION ... LIVELIHOODS OF KURESOI DISTRICT COMMUNITY, NAKURU COUNTY KENYA
... This study addresses the influence of climate change mitigating strategies on rural livelihoods of Kuresoi District community, Nakuru County in Kenya. Climate change is a major challenge on livelihoods among communities living along Mau forest at Kuresoi district in Kenya. Most of the environment wa ...
... This study addresses the influence of climate change mitigating strategies on rural livelihoods of Kuresoi District community, Nakuru County in Kenya. Climate change is a major challenge on livelihoods among communities living along Mau forest at Kuresoi district in Kenya. Most of the environment wa ...
The Blueprint for Coffee in a Changing Climate
... This paper, developed by members of the Sustainability Council of the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) and allied non-profit organizations, provides an overview of some potential impacts of climate change to the coffee value chain. It also examines some of the work being done by indust ...
... This paper, developed by members of the Sustainability Council of the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) and allied non-profit organizations, provides an overview of some potential impacts of climate change to the coffee value chain. It also examines some of the work being done by indust ...
Climate Investment Funds (CIFs): An Overview CRS Report for Congress Richard K. Lattanzio
... December 16, 2009, as P.L. 111-117), and for FY2011, the Administration has requested an additional $635 million for the program. As the CIFs are just one set of financial mechanisms in a larger network of international programs designed to address the global environment, their effectiveness depends ...
... December 16, 2009, as P.L. 111-117), and for FY2011, the Administration has requested an additional $635 million for the program. As the CIFs are just one set of financial mechanisms in a larger network of international programs designed to address the global environment, their effectiveness depends ...