Report of the Working Group on Climate Change
... Climate change will affect crop growth and consequently crop management. Climate change is very likely to affect future tea growth and crop management. Kenyan tea cultivations and production are likely to be faced with extreme conditions in future as a result of climate change. There are many climat ...
... Climate change will affect crop growth and consequently crop management. Climate change is very likely to affect future tea growth and crop management. Kenyan tea cultivations and production are likely to be faced with extreme conditions in future as a result of climate change. There are many climat ...
Climate Change and Paleoecology: New Contexts for Restoration
... Of particular interest is the warming of the twentieth century. During the preceding fourcentury-long Little Ice Age, temperatures in western North America were on average 1°C colder than present; glaciers in many western North American mountain ranges were at their greatest extent since the end of ...
... Of particular interest is the warming of the twentieth century. During the preceding fourcentury-long Little Ice Age, temperatures in western North America were on average 1°C colder than present; glaciers in many western North American mountain ranges were at their greatest extent since the end of ...
Transport - British Social Attitudes
... sector will need to play a major part. Although GHG emissions from the sector peaked in 2007, and have since returned to roughly their 1990 levels, there is still a long way to go. Achieving a significant transformation will require strong action to ‘decarbonise’ transport, including the further dev ...
... sector will need to play a major part. Although GHG emissions from the sector peaked in 2007, and have since returned to roughly their 1990 levels, there is still a long way to go. Achieving a significant transformation will require strong action to ‘decarbonise’ transport, including the further dev ...
Introduction The Public Trust Doctrine, Climate Change and Future Generations Table of Contents
... At a very simple level, each jurisdiction must carry out reduction of carbon pollution through a “budget” for carbon reduction over time that sets forth quantifiable mileposts. The jurisdiction must also develop an asset recovery plan containing measures calibrated to bring about such reduction. Sea ...
... At a very simple level, each jurisdiction must carry out reduction of carbon pollution through a “budget” for carbon reduction over time that sets forth quantifiable mileposts. The jurisdiction must also develop an asset recovery plan containing measures calibrated to bring about such reduction. Sea ...
Fear Won`t Do It - Center for Science and Technology Policy Research
... pre/post-test survey before and after watching the climate change disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow (Emmerich, 2004), with survey themes followed up a month later with focus groups. They found that although the majority of participants (67%) in the post-test agreed that “everybody has to do some ...
... pre/post-test survey before and after watching the climate change disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow (Emmerich, 2004), with survey themes followed up a month later with focus groups. They found that although the majority of participants (67%) in the post-test agreed that “everybody has to do some ...
Food and Agriculture on the Sidelines: A
... climate policy. On an international scale, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – which is the global leader in compiling scientific research on climate change – devotes sections of its reports to agriculture’s contribution to climate change. 3 Despite this proven scientific link, th ...
... climate policy. On an international scale, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – which is the global leader in compiling scientific research on climate change – devotes sections of its reports to agriculture’s contribution to climate change. 3 Despite this proven scientific link, th ...
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... where fire puts populations at risk (Moritz et al., 2014). However, research on climate change and wildfire risk also indicates that ‘the broad-scale increase in wildfire frequency across the western United States has been driven primarily by sensitivity of fire regimes to recent changes in climate over ...
... where fire puts populations at risk (Moritz et al., 2014). However, research on climate change and wildfire risk also indicates that ‘the broad-scale increase in wildfire frequency across the western United States has been driven primarily by sensitivity of fire regimes to recent changes in climate over ...
Sustainable Harvests: how investing in agriculture can help farmers
... traditional knowledge to build resilience to climate risks. Many activities, such as agroforestry, that conserve water resources, build soil health and uphold biodiversity, will enable adaptation to climate change and provide environmental and livelihood benefits. These activities also contribute to ...
... traditional knowledge to build resilience to climate risks. Many activities, such as agroforestry, that conserve water resources, build soil health and uphold biodiversity, will enable adaptation to climate change and provide environmental and livelihood benefits. These activities also contribute to ...
Climate change and the long-term viability of the World`s busiest
... river ice regimes. These include delayed freeze-up, advanced break-up, thinner ice and increased water temperature (Dibike et al. 2011). Borshch et al. (2001) projected that a uniform warming of 2 °C over European Russia and western Siberia would advance river ice break up by 4– 10 days and delay fr ...
... river ice regimes. These include delayed freeze-up, advanced break-up, thinner ice and increased water temperature (Dibike et al. 2011). Borshch et al. (2001) projected that a uniform warming of 2 °C over European Russia and western Siberia would advance river ice break up by 4– 10 days and delay fr ...
A Climate Risk Management Approach to Disaster Reduction
... hazard (for example, by reducing greenhouse gas emissions) and to reduce vulnerability (by increasing the social and economic resilience of vulnerable countries such as SIDS, for example). Integrated climate risk management would need to include elements of anticipatory risk management (ensuring tha ...
... hazard (for example, by reducing greenhouse gas emissions) and to reduce vulnerability (by increasing the social and economic resilience of vulnerable countries such as SIDS, for example). Integrated climate risk management would need to include elements of anticipatory risk management (ensuring tha ...
assessing trade and business groups` positions on climate change
... have different stakes in, and approaches to influencing, climate policy. As a result, it is common for associations to take policy positions on climate that may not represent all of their members’ views or even those of their boards of directors. This is especially true of umbrella groups, such as ...
... have different stakes in, and approaches to influencing, climate policy. As a result, it is common for associations to take policy positions on climate that may not represent all of their members’ views or even those of their boards of directors. This is especially true of umbrella groups, such as ...
6 Using advocacy to help protect the environment - TILZ
... whatever the advocacy looks like, there will always be a relationship at its core. Effective advocacy work requires planning. It works best when it fits around, and complements, other development work, and when it concerns an issue that is central to the entire work of an organisation or church. The ...
... whatever the advocacy looks like, there will always be a relationship at its core. Effective advocacy work requires planning. It works best when it fits around, and complements, other development work, and when it concerns an issue that is central to the entire work of an organisation or church. The ...
RI Climate Change Commission 2012 report
... Our state is beginning to discern the impacts of climate change upon Rhode Island’s economy. Rhode Island farmers are experiencing lengthened seasons but less predictable rainfall patterns. The most common fish species in Narragansett Bay are shifting from cold-water, bottom-dwelling species to warm ...
... Our state is beginning to discern the impacts of climate change upon Rhode Island’s economy. Rhode Island farmers are experiencing lengthened seasons but less predictable rainfall patterns. The most common fish species in Narragansett Bay are shifting from cold-water, bottom-dwelling species to warm ...
- Covenant University
... independence. This was considered to have served as a model for other nations under colonial rule. Other factors that informed the role conceptions by the founding fathers included Nigeria’s huge population; its wealth; and its rich cultural heritage. The perceptions of the past have been strengthe ...
... independence. This was considered to have served as a model for other nations under colonial rule. Other factors that informed the role conceptions by the founding fathers included Nigeria’s huge population; its wealth; and its rich cultural heritage. The perceptions of the past have been strengthe ...
Ecosystems – Adaptation and survival:
... it to survive in cold climates. The waxy coating of a cactus helps it to prevent water loss in hot, dry climates. For animals, adaptations also may include behaviors. For instance, wolves hunt in packs. Wolf packs can take larger prey than individual wolves, helping the wolves to survive. Living thi ...
... it to survive in cold climates. The waxy coating of a cactus helps it to prevent water loss in hot, dry climates. For animals, adaptations also may include behaviors. For instance, wolves hunt in packs. Wolf packs can take larger prey than individual wolves, helping the wolves to survive. Living thi ...
Global Warming and Climate Change - Have You Been Presented The Full Story?
... simulations of July-August 1973 with pre-1900s land cover (top), 1993 land use (middle), and the difference field for the two (bottom; 1993 minus pre-1900s case). From Marshall, C.H. Jr., R.A. Pielke Sr., L.T. Steyaert, and D.A. Willard, 2004: The impact of anthropogenic land-cover change on the Flo ...
... simulations of July-August 1973 with pre-1900s land cover (top), 1993 land use (middle), and the difference field for the two (bottom; 1993 minus pre-1900s case). From Marshall, C.H. Jr., R.A. Pielke Sr., L.T. Steyaert, and D.A. Willard, 2004: The impact of anthropogenic land-cover change on the Flo ...
Climate change and European forests: What do we
... pixels, which are far too big to make a meaningful statement about the local climate relevant to single forest stands or local management decisions (Flint and Flint, 2012). Downscaling is necessary, but adds inherent uncertainty to the values obtained from such scaling exercises (Fowler et al., 2007 ...
... pixels, which are far too big to make a meaningful statement about the local climate relevant to single forest stands or local management decisions (Flint and Flint, 2012). Downscaling is necessary, but adds inherent uncertainty to the values obtained from such scaling exercises (Fowler et al., 2007 ...
1 - EconStor
... nonmarket environmental goods to produce service flows of direct value to the household. This readily explains why, as an input to household production activities, households might have preferences over the climate. Using techniques more frequently employed to account for differences in the demograp ...
... nonmarket environmental goods to produce service flows of direct value to the household. This readily explains why, as an input to household production activities, households might have preferences over the climate. Using techniques more frequently employed to account for differences in the demograp ...
Landscape Heritage, Biosphere Change, Climate Change
... Biosphere currently functions. It has become usual in Western civilization for people to operate on the basis that these processes are normally fairly stable, constant, orderly and predictable. However, phenomena such as significant rises in Global Mean Temperature will cause life to become increasi ...
... Biosphere currently functions. It has become usual in Western civilization for people to operate on the basis that these processes are normally fairly stable, constant, orderly and predictable. However, phenomena such as significant rises in Global Mean Temperature will cause life to become increasi ...
Transformational Adaptation: Concepts, Examples, and their
... psychological barriers that make it difficult for people to imagine the possible nature and impacts of climate change. This might be addressed using analogues of future impacts based on past extreme events or conditions at other locations. Anticipatory approaches that move from incremental approache ...
... psychological barriers that make it difficult for people to imagine the possible nature and impacts of climate change. This might be addressed using analogues of future impacts based on past extreme events or conditions at other locations. Anticipatory approaches that move from incremental approache ...
August 2013 News
... Genetically modified crops, whose ecological effects are irreversible, could become a mainstay of Indian agriculture thanks to collusion between the government and the biotech industry. The final report of the Supreme Court-appointed Technical Expert Committee (TEC) on field trials of genetically m ...
... Genetically modified crops, whose ecological effects are irreversible, could become a mainstay of Indian agriculture thanks to collusion between the government and the biotech industry. The final report of the Supreme Court-appointed Technical Expert Committee (TEC) on field trials of genetically m ...
The theme of slow onset impact
... The operative provisions of the Convention begin by defining both the ‘adverse effects of climate change’ as well as the term ‘climate change’ itself. Adverse effects of climate change are …changes in the physical environment or biota resulting from climate change which have significant deleterious ...
... The operative provisions of the Convention begin by defining both the ‘adverse effects of climate change’ as well as the term ‘climate change’ itself. Adverse effects of climate change are …changes in the physical environment or biota resulting from climate change which have significant deleterious ...
LEARN ABOUT… Climate change and ozone depletion
... Principle of the mechanism leading to a cooling of the stratosphere The physics of radiation transfer within the atmosphere is relatively well known and obeys classic laws for absorption and emission of radiation by molecules. This makes it possible to measure, with a good degree of confidence, the ...
... Principle of the mechanism leading to a cooling of the stratosphere The physics of radiation transfer within the atmosphere is relatively well known and obeys classic laws for absorption and emission of radiation by molecules. This makes it possible to measure, with a good degree of confidence, the ...
Climate Models for the Layman - The Global Warming Policy
... • Social cost of carbon: the output from GCMs provides the raw data used to calculate the social cost of carbon. The specific objectives of a GCM vary with purpose of the simulation. Generally, when simulating the past climate using a GCM, the objective is to correctly simulate the spatial variation ...
... • Social cost of carbon: the output from GCMs provides the raw data used to calculate the social cost of carbon. The specific objectives of a GCM vary with purpose of the simulation. Generally, when simulating the past climate using a GCM, the objective is to correctly simulate the spatial variation ...
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... and research linkages, projects and policy recommendations. IA represents the "best available synthesis of current scientific, technical, economic, and sociopolitical knowledge" (IPCC 1995). It differs from disciplinary research as IA aims specifically to inform knowledge and policy decision making ...
... and research linkages, projects and policy recommendations. IA represents the "best available synthesis of current scientific, technical, economic, and sociopolitical knowledge" (IPCC 1995). It differs from disciplinary research as IA aims specifically to inform knowledge and policy decision making ...