CLIVAR Research Foci Development Team ENSO in a changing
... et al. 2005; Power et al. 2006; DiNezio et al. 2012; Watanabe and Wittenberg 2012; Watanabe et al. 2012; Ogata et al. 2013; U.S. CLIVAR 2013ab). Further progress will require coordination of diverse research communities, a process recently undertaken through intercomparison of state-ofthe-art CGCMs ...
... et al. 2005; Power et al. 2006; DiNezio et al. 2012; Watanabe and Wittenberg 2012; Watanabe et al. 2012; Ogata et al. 2013; U.S. CLIVAR 2013ab). Further progress will require coordination of diverse research communities, a process recently undertaken through intercomparison of state-ofthe-art CGCMs ...
Ch4 Pre-release version - Arctic Climate Impact Assessment
... Increased atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHGs) are very likely to have a larger effect on climate in the Arctic than anywhere else on the globe. Physically based, global coupled atmosphere-land-ocean climate models are used to project possible future climate change. Given a change i ...
... Increased atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHGs) are very likely to have a larger effect on climate in the Arctic than anywhere else on the globe. Physically based, global coupled atmosphere-land-ocean climate models are used to project possible future climate change. Given a change i ...
- Konrad-Adenauer
... made in the recent CoPs and that a number of countries have started domestic and bilateral initiatives in recent years. The Green Climate Fund and the commitment by developed countries to provide USD100 billion annually from 2020 onwards will help to ameliorate the financial burden for developing co ...
... made in the recent CoPs and that a number of countries have started domestic and bilateral initiatives in recent years. The Green Climate Fund and the commitment by developed countries to provide USD100 billion annually from 2020 onwards will help to ameliorate the financial burden for developing co ...
A New Climate for Conservation: Nature Carbon and Climate
... This report was commissioned by the Working Group on Biodiversity, Forests and Climate, an alliance of Environmental Non-governmental Organizations (ENGOs) including: B.C. Spaces for Nature, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, David Suzuki Foundation, ForestEthics, Land Trust Alliance of B.C., We ...
... This report was commissioned by the Working Group on Biodiversity, Forests and Climate, an alliance of Environmental Non-governmental Organizations (ENGOs) including: B.C. Spaces for Nature, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, David Suzuki Foundation, ForestEthics, Land Trust Alliance of B.C., We ...
Jordan`s Third National
... negotiations are approaching the crunch time of developing an ambitious, fair and effective new climate agreement Jordan is committed to being an active player in the international climate efforts based on the principles of the UNFCCC. The following pages will provide all interested parties and inst ...
... negotiations are approaching the crunch time of developing an ambitious, fair and effective new climate agreement Jordan is committed to being an active player in the international climate efforts based on the principles of the UNFCCC. The following pages will provide all interested parties and inst ...
Future Climate Change: Modeling and Scenarios
... Increased atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHGs) are very likely to have a larger effect on climate in the Arctic than anywhere else on the globe. Physically based, global coupled atmosphere-land-ocean climate models are used to project possible future climate change. Given a change i ...
... Increased atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHGs) are very likely to have a larger effect on climate in the Arctic than anywhere else on the globe. Physically based, global coupled atmosphere-land-ocean climate models are used to project possible future climate change. Given a change i ...
Climate Change and the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary
... abundant. Upper trophic-level species, like cetaceans (Section 4.11) and seabirds (Section 4.9), may have some capacity to adapt to these changes by altering their feeding behavior and targeting new or more abundant species. Even in instances in which conditions during El Nino-Southern Oscillation ( ...
... abundant. Upper trophic-level species, like cetaceans (Section 4.11) and seabirds (Section 4.9), may have some capacity to adapt to these changes by altering their feeding behavior and targeting new or more abundant species. Even in instances in which conditions during El Nino-Southern Oscillation ( ...
Why Regulation of Greenhouse Gases under the Clean Air Act`s
... economic benefit rather than a loss.10 The United States, until recently, has done very little to address climate change and its role in the problem, despite being the second largest emitter of greenhouse gases.11 This path changed shortly before President Obama entered office, when the Supreme Cou ...
... economic benefit rather than a loss.10 The United States, until recently, has done very little to address climate change and its role in the problem, despite being the second largest emitter of greenhouse gases.11 This path changed shortly before President Obama entered office, when the Supreme Cou ...
Media Echo
... Climate change is altering mountain vegetation at large scale Climate change is having a more profound effect on alpine vegetation than at first anticipated, according to a study carried out by an international group of researchers and published in Nature Climate Change. The first ever pan-European ...
... Climate change is altering mountain vegetation at large scale Climate change is having a more profound effect on alpine vegetation than at first anticipated, according to a study carried out by an international group of researchers and published in Nature Climate Change. The first ever pan-European ...
Protecting Health from Climate Change
... linkages between climate and health within the assessment area, serve as a baseline analysis against which changes in disease risk and protective measures can be monitored, provide the opportunity for building capacity, and strengthen the case for investment in health protection. WHO has responded t ...
... linkages between climate and health within the assessment area, serve as a baseline analysis against which changes in disease risk and protective measures can be monitored, provide the opportunity for building capacity, and strengthen the case for investment in health protection. WHO has responded t ...
Sea-level Rise, Storm Surges, and Extreme Precipitation in Coastal
... storm tracks. The possible change in frequency particularly is far from resolved by experts. At this time the Panel concludes that there is insufficient basis to draw a specific conclusion whether larger storm surges will occur in the future but emphasize that future storm surges will occur on top o ...
... storm tracks. The possible change in frequency particularly is far from resolved by experts. At this time the Panel concludes that there is insufficient basis to draw a specific conclusion whether larger storm surges will occur in the future but emphasize that future storm surges will occur on top o ...
Atlantic Climate Adaptation Solutions
... Disclaimer: This publication is not to be used without permission, and any unauthorized use is strictly prohibited. ACASA, the authors, the provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, and the Regional Adaptation Collaborative are not responsible for any ...
... Disclaimer: This publication is not to be used without permission, and any unauthorized use is strictly prohibited. ACASA, the authors, the provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, and the Regional Adaptation Collaborative are not responsible for any ...
28 REDD+: What should come next?
... 2015). The agreement is a major diplomatic achievement. Parties with divergent views and interests were able to reach consensus, but arguably at the cost of clarity, specificity and concrete actions. Most importantly, a large-scale funding mechanism for REDD+ has yet to be established, although the ...
... 2015). The agreement is a major diplomatic achievement. Parties with divergent views and interests were able to reach consensus, but arguably at the cost of clarity, specificity and concrete actions. Most importantly, a large-scale funding mechanism for REDD+ has yet to be established, although the ...
Climate change in Strategic Environmental Assessment
... leading to a general consensus that climate change is actually happening today. Climate change, in its broadest sense, is thereby also beginning to play an increasingly important role in spatial planning globally. The issue is now landing in the area of interplay between spatial planning and environ ...
... leading to a general consensus that climate change is actually happening today. Climate change, in its broadest sense, is thereby also beginning to play an increasingly important role in spatial planning globally. The issue is now landing in the area of interplay between spatial planning and environ ...
Report of the Conference of the Parties on its twenty
... (as contained in the report of the Conference of the Parties on its twenty-first session, FCCC/CP/2015/10/Add.1) The Parties to this Agreement, Being Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, hereinafter referred to as “the Convention”, Pursuant to the Durban Platform for ...
... (as contained in the report of the Conference of the Parties on its twenty-first session, FCCC/CP/2015/10/Add.1) The Parties to this Agreement, Being Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, hereinafter referred to as “the Convention”, Pursuant to the Durban Platform for ...
Decadal climate variability and potential predictability in the nordic
... According to Hurrel (1995), NAO exhibits quite strong inter-annual variability, but also some considerable decadal to multi-decadal variability. It has been shown that decadal to multidecadal variations coherent with those in NAO can be also observed in the ocean (Curry et al. 1998), which indicates ...
... According to Hurrel (1995), NAO exhibits quite strong inter-annual variability, but also some considerable decadal to multi-decadal variability. It has been shown that decadal to multidecadal variations coherent with those in NAO can be also observed in the ocean (Curry et al. 1998), which indicates ...
NRDC: Sneezing and Wheezing - How Climate Change Could
... to pollen allergens, NRDC has identified those areas of the United States where ragweed and ozone problems intersect.27 Although ragweed is not the only source of pollen allergens, we focus on ragweed in this report due to its well-known association with allergic rhinitis.28 Using a Geographic Infor ...
... to pollen allergens, NRDC has identified those areas of the United States where ragweed and ozone problems intersect.27 Although ragweed is not the only source of pollen allergens, we focus on ragweed in this report due to its well-known association with allergic rhinitis.28 Using a Geographic Infor ...
Extreme Environmental Events Induced by Climate Change:
... Research by the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has shown that climate change will have far-reaching and severe consequences that will affect not only the earth’s physical and biological systems but also the social and economic sectors as well (IPCC, 2007B). As climate change progr ...
... Research by the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has shown that climate change will have far-reaching and severe consequences that will affect not only the earth’s physical and biological systems but also the social and economic sectors as well (IPCC, 2007B). As climate change progr ...
Assessing the impact of Laurentide Ice Sheet topography on glacial
... To test the influence of ice-sheet topography on glacial climate, two separate simulations were conducted at each time slice using two alternate reconstructions of LIS topography: one using the geophysically based ICE-5G (5G; Peltier, 2004; CMIP5 ensemble r1i1p150 for the LGM), and the other using t ...
... To test the influence of ice-sheet topography on glacial climate, two separate simulations were conducted at each time slice using two alternate reconstructions of LIS topography: one using the geophysically based ICE-5G (5G; Peltier, 2004; CMIP5 ensemble r1i1p150 for the LGM), and the other using t ...
Impacts of changes in climate, land use and land cover on
... (2000 climate þ 2050 LU&LC), (4) present-day climate and presentday land cover (with only natural vegetation) (2000 climate þ 2000 LC), (5) present-day climate and future land cover (with only natural vegetation) (2000 climate þ 2050 LC). In simulations (4) and (5), only natural vegetation is includ ...
... (2000 climate þ 2050 LU&LC), (4) present-day climate and presentday land cover (with only natural vegetation) (2000 climate þ 2000 LC), (5) present-day climate and future land cover (with only natural vegetation) (2000 climate þ 2050 LC). In simulations (4) and (5), only natural vegetation is includ ...
Global assessment of coral bleaching and required rates
... temperatures (Douglas, 2003; Hughes et al., 2003). Corals may be capable of adapting to thermal stress by shifting to symbioses with more temperature-tolerant species of Symbiodinium (Brown et al., 2002; Baker et al., 2004; Rowan, 2004), although the strength of the evidence is still a matter of deb ...
... temperatures (Douglas, 2003; Hughes et al., 2003). Corals may be capable of adapting to thermal stress by shifting to symbioses with more temperature-tolerant species of Symbiodinium (Brown et al., 2002; Baker et al., 2004; Rowan, 2004), although the strength of the evidence is still a matter of deb ...
The colour of climate: changes in peat
... 2002). Because of the importance of water in peatlands their hydrology has become an important area of study, and early studies on this subject were conducted in Russia by e.g., Romanov (1968), whose ideas have been incorporated in the present standard work on peatland hydrology (Ingram, 1983). Ingr ...
... 2002). Because of the importance of water in peatlands their hydrology has become an important area of study, and early studies on this subject were conducted in Russia by e.g., Romanov (1968), whose ideas have been incorporated in the present standard work on peatland hydrology (Ingram, 1983). Ingr ...
China in the International Politics of Climate Change
... to as ‘G77 and China’). ‘G77 and China’ have acted as a surprisingly unified block in the climate negotiations, despite being a rather heterogeneous group with largely differing interests.6 As the largest and most populous developing country, China has played a major role in forming the position of ...
... to as ‘G77 and China’). ‘G77 and China’ have acted as a surprisingly unified block in the climate negotiations, despite being a rather heterogeneous group with largely differing interests.6 As the largest and most populous developing country, China has played a major role in forming the position of ...
Climate change impacts on mass movements
... part of the record (2000–2009) when only 13 events have been recorded in the valley (Stoffel and Beniston, 2006; Bollschweiler and Stoffel, 2010c; Stoffel et al., 2011). At the meteorological station of Grächen, where daily precipitation measurements extend back to 1864, heavy precipitation events ( ...
... part of the record (2000–2009) when only 13 events have been recorded in the valley (Stoffel and Beniston, 2006; Bollschweiler and Stoffel, 2010c; Stoffel et al., 2011). At the meteorological station of Grächen, where daily precipitation measurements extend back to 1864, heavy precipitation events ( ...
Using Remote Sensing to Quantify Vegetation Change and
... herbivore-related impacts on landscape change are particularly influential at finer scales. Changes in savanna composition are occurring globally as a result of variations in the interactions of these local drivers of landscape change and changes in climate. With global climate change predictions in ...
... herbivore-related impacts on landscape change are particularly influential at finer scales. Changes in savanna composition are occurring globally as a result of variations in the interactions of these local drivers of landscape change and changes in climate. With global climate change predictions in ...