Towards Climate-Friendly Farming
... seek delays or exemptions to climate policies that reward innovation and drive the investment needed to prosper in a rapidly changing world. This is as true for agriculture as it is for any other sector. Agriculture is the country’s second largest source of emissions after electricity generation. Pr ...
... seek delays or exemptions to climate policies that reward innovation and drive the investment needed to prosper in a rapidly changing world. This is as true for agriculture as it is for any other sector. Agriculture is the country’s second largest source of emissions after electricity generation. Pr ...
Climate change: The investment perspective
... would be accretive thereafter.6 Of course, the precise balance of investment risks and opportunities will depend on future climate scenarios, and what investment decisions will be made — whether through conventional means, e.g., coal-fired power stations, which add to global warming and climate chan ...
... would be accretive thereafter.6 Of course, the precise balance of investment risks and opportunities will depend on future climate scenarios, and what investment decisions will be made — whether through conventional means, e.g., coal-fired power stations, which add to global warming and climate chan ...
PDF - ECC Platform Library
... framework is crucial. It is imperative that a robust and reliable mechanism for exchange of data (e.g. on water flows generally considered as ‘sensitive data’, temperature shifts, etc.) is established between the three countries – which could possibly serve as an early warning system for mitigation ...
... framework is crucial. It is imperative that a robust and reliable mechanism for exchange of data (e.g. on water flows generally considered as ‘sensitive data’, temperature shifts, etc.) is established between the three countries – which could possibly serve as an early warning system for mitigation ...
Evidence for carbon dioxide and moisture interactions from the leaf
... “CO2–water synergy”. Synergy indicates a result which is contributed solely by the joint action of two or more factors. In addition, particularly these CO2–water synergies may emerge at different spatial scales. GCMs rely on a relatively coarse grid-interval of the order of 100-km, which necessitate ...
... “CO2–water synergy”. Synergy indicates a result which is contributed solely by the joint action of two or more factors. In addition, particularly these CO2–water synergies may emerge at different spatial scales. GCMs rely on a relatively coarse grid-interval of the order of 100-km, which necessitate ...
Pinus halepensis Plasticity in Dendroclimatic Response across the )
... of Aleppo pine in response to different climatic conditions. These results do not resolve the source of response variability as being due to either genetic variation in provenance, to phenotypic plasticity, or a combination of factors. However, as current growth responses to inter-annual climate var ...
... of Aleppo pine in response to different climatic conditions. These results do not resolve the source of response variability as being due to either genetic variation in provenance, to phenotypic plasticity, or a combination of factors. However, as current growth responses to inter-annual climate var ...
Adaptation to Climate Change - Global Environment Facility
... food production, infrastructure, public health, and vital ecosystem services. There is no doubt that if the direst consequences of climate change are to be averted, present investments in adaptation must be accelerated and scaled up dramatically. The World Bank (2010) estimates that the global cost ...
... food production, infrastructure, public health, and vital ecosystem services. There is no doubt that if the direst consequences of climate change are to be averted, present investments in adaptation must be accelerated and scaled up dramatically. The World Bank (2010) estimates that the global cost ...
Setting a long-term climate objective
... Members of the International Taskforce on Climate Change agreed at their meeting in Windsor UK in March 2004 that the Taskforce should make a recommendation on a global, long-term objective to guide action on climate change. The case for doing so is persuasive. Each of the countries that have ratifi ...
... Members of the International Taskforce on Climate Change agreed at their meeting in Windsor UK in March 2004 that the Taskforce should make a recommendation on a global, long-term objective to guide action on climate change. The case for doing so is persuasive. Each of the countries that have ratifi ...
S1_Ammann_WIPS_Modeling – ppt
... A modern science revolution with Models as Partners in Earth System Analysis: What important answers do we need from the past! • What can be learned about sensitivity of polar ice sheets? • How quickly can sea level rise? ...
... A modern science revolution with Models as Partners in Earth System Analysis: What important answers do we need from the past! • What can be learned about sensitivity of polar ice sheets? • How quickly can sea level rise? ...
Sára Hrabovszky-Horváth The climate strategy aspects of the energy
... adaptation to the changing meteorological and environmental conditions [Láng et al, 2007], [IPCC, 2007]. With mitigation in mind we have to investigate how to reduce harmful emissions by both new and existing buildings throughout their entire lifecycle – from construction to operation and to demolit ...
... adaptation to the changing meteorological and environmental conditions [Láng et al, 2007], [IPCC, 2007]. With mitigation in mind we have to investigate how to reduce harmful emissions by both new and existing buildings throughout their entire lifecycle – from construction to operation and to demolit ...
climate change and the hydrological cycle
... (ibid.). Although generally neglected in the past, the IPCC reports that stratospheric effects “can have a detectable and perhaps significant influence on tropospheric climate” (Stocker et al. 2001: 433). The climate varies naturally, but the current changes in the climate system result from anthro ...
... (ibid.). Although generally neglected in the past, the IPCC reports that stratospheric effects “can have a detectable and perhaps significant influence on tropospheric climate” (Stocker et al. 2001: 433). The climate varies naturally, but the current changes in the climate system result from anthro ...
pdf - Green Alliance
... communication strategy should focus on the signals it sends out through visible action and policy choices, as well as through what it says. Many politicians feel that they do not have the public support they need to introduce climate change policies, particularly those that will affect people’s life ...
... communication strategy should focus on the signals it sends out through visible action and policy choices, as well as through what it says. Many politicians feel that they do not have the public support they need to introduce climate change policies, particularly those that will affect people’s life ...
Climate change mitigation related to Tanzanian forests Key factors
... below the flight corridors, one would be able to give a national biomass estimate for the whole of Tanzania in less than one year (given that field data are measured during the same period). We may even be able to break the estimate down into regional partial estimates. 2. In addition we should se ...
... below the flight corridors, one would be able to give a national biomass estimate for the whole of Tanzania in less than one year (given that field data are measured during the same period). We may even be able to break the estimate down into regional partial estimates. 2. In addition we should se ...
GOVERNMENT OF NIUE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT
... The National Portfolio Formulation Exercise (NPFE) serves as a priority setting tool to identify and describe the national strategic priorities under each of the GEF focal areas of biodiversity, climate change ...
... The National Portfolio Formulation Exercise (NPFE) serves as a priority setting tool to identify and describe the national strategic priorities under each of the GEF focal areas of biodiversity, climate change ...
Climate Change and Nutrition Security
... SHARED VISION - Climate change directly affects food and nutrition security of millions of people, undermining current efforts to address undernutrition, one of the world’s most serious but least addressed socioeconomic and health problems. The shared vision section of the AWG-LCA should recognize t ...
... SHARED VISION - Climate change directly affects food and nutrition security of millions of people, undermining current efforts to address undernutrition, one of the world’s most serious but least addressed socioeconomic and health problems. The shared vision section of the AWG-LCA should recognize t ...
MIGRATION AS AN ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE 1
... of approximately 300,000 people out of the US southwest and thousands more displaced within the region (Gregory, 1989). Research in Africa in recent decades shows that populations in rural areas have adopted strategies to cope with recurring drought that incorporate migration. In Western Sudan, for ...
... of approximately 300,000 people out of the US southwest and thousands more displaced within the region (Gregory, 1989). Research in Africa in recent decades shows that populations in rural areas have adopted strategies to cope with recurring drought that incorporate migration. In Western Sudan, for ...
Regional coordination and support for the EU
... Climate change, population growth, industrialisation, urbanisation and deforestation are creating a huge burden on the water resources of the region, with potentially devastating consequences, in particular for the more vulnerable parts of the population. Addressing these challenges requires improve ...
... Climate change, population growth, industrialisation, urbanisation and deforestation are creating a huge burden on the water resources of the region, with potentially devastating consequences, in particular for the more vulnerable parts of the population. Addressing these challenges requires improve ...
Agreeing on Robust Decisions
... maladaptation, where the intervention subsequently leads to responses that increase vulnerability to climate threats. For instance, building dikes may encourage settlement and investment in the protected area, potentially exposing people to high flood risk if sea level rise is higher than expected ...
... maladaptation, where the intervention subsequently leads to responses that increase vulnerability to climate threats. For instance, building dikes may encourage settlement and investment in the protected area, potentially exposing people to high flood risk if sea level rise is higher than expected ...
Natural Disaster, Risk and Catastrophic Scenarios: a Review.
... assessment model used (called PAGE2002) has been involved in many other papers also covering different environmental fields (an example could be Alberth and Hope (2007)). The PAGE2002 is able to follow all the damages caused by climate change as it has been described by the third IPCC Report (UNFCCC ...
... assessment model used (called PAGE2002) has been involved in many other papers also covering different environmental fields (an example could be Alberth and Hope (2007)). The PAGE2002 is able to follow all the damages caused by climate change as it has been described by the third IPCC Report (UNFCCC ...
here - Snowchange Cooperative
... research projects as the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment, ACIA [Arctic Council, November 2004] and the International Governmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC confirm that the Arctic ecosystems and human societies face immense challenges in the near future. At the same time around the Circumpolar ...
... research projects as the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment, ACIA [Arctic Council, November 2004] and the International Governmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC confirm that the Arctic ecosystems and human societies face immense challenges in the near future. At the same time around the Circumpolar ...
Chapter 18 - Santa Rosa Home
... • Private emails seemed to show questionable behavior by a few scientists in using data • Climate deniers accused the entire scientific establishment of wrongdoing and conspiracy - The story was widely told in the news • Investigations showed no evidence of wrongdoing - Media accounts misrepresented ...
... • Private emails seemed to show questionable behavior by a few scientists in using data • Climate deniers accused the entire scientific establishment of wrongdoing and conspiracy - The story was widely told in the news • Investigations showed no evidence of wrongdoing - Media accounts misrepresented ...
What is climate change?
... • Private emails seemed to show questionable behavior by a few scientists in using data • Climate deniers accused the entire scientific establishment of wrongdoing and conspiracy - The story was widely told in the news • Investigations showed no evidence of wrongdoing - Media accounts misrepresented ...
... • Private emails seemed to show questionable behavior by a few scientists in using data • Climate deniers accused the entire scientific establishment of wrongdoing and conspiracy - The story was widely told in the news • Investigations showed no evidence of wrongdoing - Media accounts misrepresented ...
Mao et al., 2016. - Site BU
... exhibited higher LAI trends than those lacking explicit nitrogen cycles, reflecting in part a human influence from increased nitrogen deposition (Supplementary Fig. 7a,b). Consistent with the results of offline land surface models including carbon–nitrogen dynamics (for example, Fig. 4c in ref. 4), ...
... exhibited higher LAI trends than those lacking explicit nitrogen cycles, reflecting in part a human influence from increased nitrogen deposition (Supplementary Fig. 7a,b). Consistent with the results of offline land surface models including carbon–nitrogen dynamics (for example, Fig. 4c in ref. 4), ...
Facing the Climate Change Challenge in a Global Economy
... our action (or inaction) today, while potentially significant, will only fully emerge over an intergenerational time span. This makes it difficult for democratic political systems with relatively short decision ...
... our action (or inaction) today, while potentially significant, will only fully emerge over an intergenerational time span. This makes it difficult for democratic political systems with relatively short decision ...
Economics of Climate Change Kenya
... The project has been funded by the Royal Danish Embassy (DANIDA) and DFID (UK Department for International Development). Additional resources on the economics of climate adaptation and low carbon growth in Africa were provided under the AdaptCost project from UNEP and the EC ClimateCost project. We ...
... The project has been funded by the Royal Danish Embassy (DANIDA) and DFID (UK Department for International Development). Additional resources on the economics of climate adaptation and low carbon growth in Africa were provided under the AdaptCost project from UNEP and the EC ClimateCost project. We ...
Philippine businesses’ response to climate
... In the Climate Change & Sustainability Survey 2011, we delve into what Philippine businesses are doing to take action on the effects of climate change. We have benchmarked survey results with available PwC surveys on climate change and business practices to enable us to assess how the private organi ...
... In the Climate Change & Sustainability Survey 2011, we delve into what Philippine businesses are doing to take action on the effects of climate change. We have benchmarked survey results with available PwC surveys on climate change and business practices to enable us to assess how the private organi ...