Forests and Climate Change
... and biogeography, which feed back to affect climate. Much of the natural vegetation of the world has been cleared for agriculture (Fig. 3D), and some models also include land-use change. Tropical Forests Climate model simulations show that tropical forests maintain high rates of evapotranspiration, ...
... and biogeography, which feed back to affect climate. Much of the natural vegetation of the world has been cleared for agriculture (Fig. 3D), and some models also include land-use change. Tropical Forests Climate model simulations show that tropical forests maintain high rates of evapotranspiration, ...
Expert Consensus on the Economics of Climate Change
... of economics has developed, focusing on these issues. Many economists have developed significant expertise on a host of relevant topics, including: • The speed, severity, and regional distribution of climate change’s potential economic impacts; • The nature of low-probability climate risks with po ...
... of economics has developed, focusing on these issues. Many economists have developed significant expertise on a host of relevant topics, including: • The speed, severity, and regional distribution of climate change’s potential economic impacts; • The nature of low-probability climate risks with po ...
Climate Change Riparian Restoration
... surprises, and identifying and protecting refugia (Millar et al. 2007). Similar recommendations have been made for a wide variety of habitats (Hansen et al. 2003). We use this general framework to review five specific reasons that riparian restoration can enhance ecosystem resilience to climate chan ...
... surprises, and identifying and protecting refugia (Millar et al. 2007). Similar recommendations have been made for a wide variety of habitats (Hansen et al. 2003). We use this general framework to review five specific reasons that riparian restoration can enhance ecosystem resilience to climate chan ...
Strategies for Climate Change and Impression
... to their investors and stakeholders each year between 2003 and 2009. In order to disassociate themselves from a perception of them as polluters who affect the quality of the environment, these companies started using green communications as a valorization tool used to project an image of companies ...
... to their investors and stakeholders each year between 2003 and 2009. In order to disassociate themselves from a perception of them as polluters who affect the quality of the environment, these companies started using green communications as a valorization tool used to project an image of companies ...
INFLUENCE OF LONG- AND SHORT
... al., 2008). We will continue the discussion based on the following questions: “In what direction might the change in global climate go?” and “Is this change subordinated by trend dependence or does it occur within cyclic climatic dynamics?” (e.g., Bunyard, 2001; Lupo, 2008). It is well known that so ...
... al., 2008). We will continue the discussion based on the following questions: “In what direction might the change in global climate go?” and “Is this change subordinated by trend dependence or does it occur within cyclic climatic dynamics?” (e.g., Bunyard, 2001; Lupo, 2008). It is well known that so ...
Climate Engineering under the Paris Agreement
... “negative emissions technologies” or “NETs”) are projected to have potentially severe land use, water and biodiversity consequences, as well as uncertain ecosystem impacts. The land use impacts have implications for agriculture and food security, which carry with them human rights concerns and trade ...
... “negative emissions technologies” or “NETs”) are projected to have potentially severe land use, water and biodiversity consequences, as well as uncertain ecosystem impacts. The land use impacts have implications for agriculture and food security, which carry with them human rights concerns and trade ...
Climate change impacts on crop production in Iran`s Zayandeh
... Man-made greenhouse gas emissions as a result of industrialization and urbanization have made significant contributions to global warming and further changes in the global climate. As a result, global temperature rose by 0.74 °C from 1906 to 2005 (IPCC, 2007). Global warming also causes changes in pr ...
... Man-made greenhouse gas emissions as a result of industrialization and urbanization have made significant contributions to global warming and further changes in the global climate. As a result, global temperature rose by 0.74 °C from 1906 to 2005 (IPCC, 2007). Global warming also causes changes in pr ...
Impact of nitrogen and climate change interactions on ambient air
... Interaction of nitrogen and climate change—impact on air quality As discussed previously, meteorology and Nr both play important roles in ambient air pollution formation. In order to hypothesize about the likely impact of climate change (i.e., changing meteorological patterns) on ambient air polluti ...
... Interaction of nitrogen and climate change—impact on air quality As discussed previously, meteorology and Nr both play important roles in ambient air pollution formation. In order to hypothesize about the likely impact of climate change (i.e., changing meteorological patterns) on ambient air polluti ...
Agriculture and Climate Change in Kenya: Climate Chaos, Policy
... ahead of many other countries in developing a national climate change strategy, and agriculture is one of the key critical sectors of interest. However, there are concerns about whether policy goals may be achieved amidst the actors’ many and diverging interests. This paper sets out to map how these ...
... ahead of many other countries in developing a national climate change strategy, and agriculture is one of the key critical sectors of interest. However, there are concerns about whether policy goals may be achieved amidst the actors’ many and diverging interests. This paper sets out to map how these ...
10. Adaptive Management Framework - Weconnect
... what a social-ecological system is now and what the community desires for its future. The desired future is defined in terms of resilience in the Goulburn Broken RCS and the adaptive pathway considers how close a system is to breaching thresholds of resilience, what the future would look like (and h ...
... what a social-ecological system is now and what the community desires for its future. The desired future is defined in terms of resilience in the Goulburn Broken RCS and the adaptive pathway considers how close a system is to breaching thresholds of resilience, what the future would look like (and h ...
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... Reliability of rainfall, particularly at critical phases of crop development, can explain much of the variation in agricultural potential in tropical regions. However, relatively few studies have been made of the combined effects of possible changes in temperature and rainfall on crop yields, and th ...
... Reliability of rainfall, particularly at critical phases of crop development, can explain much of the variation in agricultural potential in tropical regions. However, relatively few studies have been made of the combined effects of possible changes in temperature and rainfall on crop yields, and th ...
False Certainty Or False Uncertainty
... US National Research Council 2010 report Advancing the Science of Climate Change (http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12782 ...
... US National Research Council 2010 report Advancing the Science of Climate Change (http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12782 ...
Temperature Change in New England: 1895-2012
... inches due to climate change and land subsidence. By 2100 it could rise another 2 to 6 feet. Boston is projected to experience coastal flooding comparable to today’s 100 year storm every two to four years by midcentury and approximately every year by the end of the century (New England Aquarium, ...
... inches due to climate change and land subsidence. By 2100 it could rise another 2 to 6 feet. Boston is projected to experience coastal flooding comparable to today’s 100 year storm every two to four years by midcentury and approximately every year by the end of the century (New England Aquarium, ...
Global Climate Change and Biodiversity
... tundra. Second, southern latitudes will become increasingly sensitive to drought stress, which is likely to be an important impact on tropical forests (in addition to anthropogenic exploitation). The modelling of actual vegetation change, taking into account land use changes and other human manageme ...
... tundra. Second, southern latitudes will become increasingly sensitive to drought stress, which is likely to be an important impact on tropical forests (in addition to anthropogenic exploitation). The modelling of actual vegetation change, taking into account land use changes and other human manageme ...
A Focus on Climate During the Past 100 Years
... The recent warming appears to be related to global warming, which is expected to be amplified in the Arctic due to feedback effects (e.g., ice-albedo feedback or cloud feedback). Due to this “polar amplification”, most climate models produce an accelerated future Arctic warming of three to four time ...
... The recent warming appears to be related to global warming, which is expected to be amplified in the Arctic due to feedback effects (e.g., ice-albedo feedback or cloud feedback). Due to this “polar amplification”, most climate models produce an accelerated future Arctic warming of three to four time ...
aberdeen beach case study
... Aberdeen beach is an important asset for the city, both as an amenity and for the protection it provides for commercial and private properties situated behind it. The beach is under pressure due to natural coastal processes, which could be enhanced by climate change in the future, according to curre ...
... Aberdeen beach is an important asset for the city, both as an amenity and for the protection it provides for commercial and private properties situated behind it. The beach is under pressure due to natural coastal processes, which could be enhanced by climate change in the future, according to curre ...
Climate Change and Children in the Brazilian Amazon Region
... Only the Brazilian Amazon forest per year delivered some 200 million tones of carbon (average for the period 1989 to 1998) of total national annual emissions of approximately 280 million tones of carbon. This analysis strengthens the evidence of the current study where the Brazilian Amazon has a cen ...
... Only the Brazilian Amazon forest per year delivered some 200 million tones of carbon (average for the period 1989 to 1998) of total national annual emissions of approximately 280 million tones of carbon. This analysis strengthens the evidence of the current study where the Brazilian Amazon has a cen ...
Climate change impacts on Australia`s alpine ecosystems
... diversity in the alpine zone (though with a likely loss of some species). Wildfires poses an additional threat to alpine plants and animals, with many species apparently vulnerable to an increase in fire frequency. However, they appear to be resilient to high wildfire intensity. Thus, while climate ...
... diversity in the alpine zone (though with a likely loss of some species). Wildfires poses an additional threat to alpine plants and animals, with many species apparently vulnerable to an increase in fire frequency. However, they appear to be resilient to high wildfire intensity. Thus, while climate ...
Climate change effects on human health
... for the North East it is 10.9°C. As cold impacts can be delayed, they were modelled using temperatures lagged by up to 28 days.9 In addition, in the summer months a separate indicator term to represent periods of exceptionally hot weather (heat-waves) was simultaneously modelled with the general hea ...
... for the North East it is 10.9°C. As cold impacts can be delayed, they were modelled using temperatures lagged by up to 28 days.9 In addition, in the summer months a separate indicator term to represent periods of exceptionally hot weather (heat-waves) was simultaneously modelled with the general hea ...
Land-use and carbon cycle responses
... deforestation in carbon pricing mechanisms, could reduce deforestation and associated CO2 emissions3. In addition to emission reductions, afforestation can enhance above- and belowground carbon stocks (hereafter summarized under the term carbon stocks unless indicated otherwise) since trees take up ...
... deforestation in carbon pricing mechanisms, could reduce deforestation and associated CO2 emissions3. In addition to emission reductions, afforestation can enhance above- and belowground carbon stocks (hereafter summarized under the term carbon stocks unless indicated otherwise) since trees take up ...
Climate-Smart Agriculture Sourcebook MODULE 14: Financing Climate-smart agriculture
... This module addresses the issue of financing climate-smart agriculture (CSA). The first part of the module looks at how climate change affects investment needs for agricultural development to support food security, poverty reduction and economic growth. The focus of the module is on the near term – ...
... This module addresses the issue of financing climate-smart agriculture (CSA). The first part of the module looks at how climate change affects investment needs for agricultural development to support food security, poverty reduction and economic growth. The focus of the module is on the near term – ...
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geneva dialogues 7.4.11[1]. - Graduate Institute of International and
... support other efforts to mitigate anthropogenic climate change (but geoengineering not a ‘magic bullet’; potential, & complementary, ‘Plan B’). Could do it, but side effects and risks. Reduce uncertainties through further R & D. • Chapter 4 addressed to Governance issues (including law) ...
... support other efforts to mitigate anthropogenic climate change (but geoengineering not a ‘magic bullet’; potential, & complementary, ‘Plan B’). Could do it, but side effects and risks. Reduce uncertainties through further R & D. • Chapter 4 addressed to Governance issues (including law) ...
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... States Parties to the World Heritage Convention need not rely solely on the World Heritage Convention process to integrate their approaches to World Heritage and climate change. They will work with the climate change policy and decision-makers within their own countries as the primary response to th ...
... States Parties to the World Heritage Convention need not rely solely on the World Heritage Convention process to integrate their approaches to World Heritage and climate change. They will work with the climate change policy and decision-makers within their own countries as the primary response to th ...
Developing a climate change analysis
... such as agriculture, transport, environment and local government. While they often have good historical records, these are not always computerised and their availability to development agencies may be limited. With the rapid increase in concern about climate change, meteorological staff already find ...
... such as agriculture, transport, environment and local government. While they often have good historical records, these are not always computerised and their availability to development agencies may be limited. With the rapid increase in concern about climate change, meteorological staff already find ...
AN EVALUATION OF FARMERS` PERCEPTIONS OF AND
... The study is grounded on the theory of induced innovation as exposited by Netra et al (2004). The theory is used to help in examining the central role that climate has as a motivator of the farmers to innovate and to eventually adapt to climate change in Kyuso District. The fundamental insight of th ...
... The study is grounded on the theory of induced innovation as exposited by Netra et al (2004). The theory is used to help in examining the central role that climate has as a motivator of the farmers to innovate and to eventually adapt to climate change in Kyuso District. The fundamental insight of th ...