CLIMATE CHANGE and AGRARIAN SOCIETIES IN
... Low biological production constrained by water limits the provision of basic materials for a good standard of living. This also limits the livelihood opportunities in drylands and often leads to practices, such as intensified cultivation, that cannot be serviced due to low and further impaired nutri ...
... Low biological production constrained by water limits the provision of basic materials for a good standard of living. This also limits the livelihood opportunities in drylands and often leads to practices, such as intensified cultivation, that cannot be serviced due to low and further impaired nutri ...
36 AFRICAN EAST-ASIAN AFFAIRS *Ye Yu is Assistant Director at
... lems. This is not a real issue, however, as private and innovative resources still depend on the leverage of public policies or resources, in which developed countries must play a leading role. Considering the current world economic situation and the efficiency, it is more problematic how private in ...
... lems. This is not a real issue, however, as private and innovative resources still depend on the leverage of public policies or resources, in which developed countries must play a leading role. Considering the current world economic situation and the efficiency, it is more problematic how private in ...
Vulnerability and climate change hotspots in Africa
... climate. The rainfall is highly variable in space. The coefficient of variation of rainfall is mapped in this paper and it revealed that rainfall variability is large in drought prone areas of the continent. The African rainfall is dominated by inter-annual and decadal variability for the past; howe ...
... climate. The rainfall is highly variable in space. The coefficient of variation of rainfall is mapped in this paper and it revealed that rainfall variability is large in drought prone areas of the continent. The African rainfall is dominated by inter-annual and decadal variability for the past; howe ...
Against the Grain: The United States and the Global Climate
... culture is generally averse to ‘conspicuous government intervention’.8 Potential policies to mitigate climate change, such as taxation on energy intensive goods and services, efficiency standards or regulations to promote low carbon energy, have often been interpreted as unacceptable restrictions on ...
... culture is generally averse to ‘conspicuous government intervention’.8 Potential policies to mitigate climate change, such as taxation on energy intensive goods and services, efficiency standards or regulations to promote low carbon energy, have often been interpreted as unacceptable restrictions on ...
Surveying the impact. The day after tomorrow
... perceptions, conceptual models, behavioral intentions, and political preferences. As of mid-June, approximately 21 million U.S. adults had seen The Day After Tomorrow. Demographically, moviegoers were more likely to be male (57 percent), 18 to 29 years old (38 percent), Hispanic (26 percent), and po ...
... perceptions, conceptual models, behavioral intentions, and political preferences. As of mid-June, approximately 21 million U.S. adults had seen The Day After Tomorrow. Demographically, moviegoers were more likely to be male (57 percent), 18 to 29 years old (38 percent), Hispanic (26 percent), and po ...
expedition_RSV
... Adapt association analysis to continuous data Reduce the number of redundant patterns and assess statistical significance of the identified patterns Define a new approach to association analysis that trades off completeness for a smaller, simpler set of patterns and far ...
... Adapt association analysis to continuous data Reduce the number of redundant patterns and assess statistical significance of the identified patterns Define a new approach to association analysis that trades off completeness for a smaller, simpler set of patterns and far ...
Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change
... 15. The main barrier to indigenous peoples’ coping and adaptation capacities is first and foremost the lack of recognition and promotion of their human rights. These rights are enshrined in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which would be crucial to respect and impl ...
... 15. The main barrier to indigenous peoples’ coping and adaptation capacities is first and foremost the lack of recognition and promotion of their human rights. These rights are enshrined in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which would be crucial to respect and impl ...
from the editor
... the Wisconsin Idea in the department of chemistry at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, methane, and other greenhouse gases are increasing. The well-known greenhouse effect caused by these gases traps solar energy, warming Earth’s atmosphere, land, an ...
... the Wisconsin Idea in the department of chemistry at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, methane, and other greenhouse gases are increasing. The well-known greenhouse effect caused by these gases traps solar energy, warming Earth’s atmosphere, land, an ...
Note on Access to Technology, IPR and Climate Change by Martin
... climate change is not a serious threat, as commercial profits for a few are more important on the scale of values and priorities than are the human lives that are at stake due to global warming. Technology transfer to developing countries to enable them to combat climate change should be the far hig ...
... climate change is not a serious threat, as commercial profits for a few are more important on the scale of values and priorities than are the human lives that are at stake due to global warming. Technology transfer to developing countries to enable them to combat climate change should be the far hig ...
Barriers to Acting in Time on Energy and Strategies for Overcoming
... single department is responsible for ensuring that the country is making wise decisions regarding climate change, or energy management more broadly. While we do have an Energy Department, civilian energy is a very small part of the Department’s activities. No single unit is in charge of scanning the ...
... single department is responsible for ensuring that the country is making wise decisions regarding climate change, or energy management more broadly. While we do have an Energy Department, civilian energy is a very small part of the Department’s activities. No single unit is in charge of scanning the ...
Be skeptical of Skeptic`s skepticism of skeptics
... deliberate attempt to falsify the true climate record. In 1998/9, just four years after Dr. Deming had been told that “we have to abolish the mediaeval warm period”, three paleoclimatologists (Mann, Bradley and Hughes, 1998, 1999) first published the “hockey stick” graph in the journal Nature. In 20 ...
... deliberate attempt to falsify the true climate record. In 1998/9, just four years after Dr. Deming had been told that “we have to abolish the mediaeval warm period”, three paleoclimatologists (Mann, Bradley and Hughes, 1998, 1999) first published the “hockey stick” graph in the journal Nature. In 20 ...
Robust projections of combined humidity and temperature extremes
... that joint variability should be considered in the evaluation of present-day model performance. We provide a prominent example for covariability in model biases, which may exist in numerous other sets of variables. The fact that models tend to agree on variables such as equivalent temperature that h ...
... that joint variability should be considered in the evaluation of present-day model performance. We provide a prominent example for covariability in model biases, which may exist in numerous other sets of variables. The fact that models tend to agree on variables such as equivalent temperature that h ...
- Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology
... the climate for present (1961-1990) and a future period (2071-2100) for two different socio-economic scenarios both characterized by regionally focused development but with priority to economic issues in one (A2 scenario) and to environmental issues in the other (B2 scenario). ...
... the climate for present (1961-1990) and a future period (2071-2100) for two different socio-economic scenarios both characterized by regionally focused development but with priority to economic issues in one (A2 scenario) and to environmental issues in the other (B2 scenario). ...
Comment by: Patrick J. Michaels and Paul C. Knappenberger
... in the IAMs. This was not done, despite there having been, since January 1, 2011, at least 14 new studies and 20 experiments (involving more than 45 researchers) examining the ECS, each lowering the best estimate and tightening the error distribution about that estimate. Instead, the IWG wrote in it ...
... in the IAMs. This was not done, despite there having been, since January 1, 2011, at least 14 new studies and 20 experiments (involving more than 45 researchers) examining the ECS, each lowering the best estimate and tightening the error distribution about that estimate. Instead, the IWG wrote in it ...
Contrasts and Contradictions - New Lenox School District 122
... “No one on this planet will be untouched by climate change,” the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change announced. The report warned that climate impacts are already “severe, pervasive, and irreversible.” Possible Extreme or Absolute Language: 1. “No one on this planet…” No one? How could he kn ...
... “No one on this planet will be untouched by climate change,” the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change announced. The report warned that climate impacts are already “severe, pervasive, and irreversible.” Possible Extreme or Absolute Language: 1. “No one on this planet…” No one? How could he kn ...
Interactive effects of multiple climate change variables on trophic
... elucidating the effects of single climate change variables on individual species. Here, we use established meta-analysis techniques to synthesize the existing literature on the interactive effects of multiple climate change variables on trophic interactions. Results: Most of the studies included in ...
... elucidating the effects of single climate change variables on individual species. Here, we use established meta-analysis techniques to synthesize the existing literature on the interactive effects of multiple climate change variables on trophic interactions. Results: Most of the studies included in ...
Deltas - World Water Council
... tion distinguishes four types of problems. Problems aspects, so individual assessments may need revision. The main purpose of the overview is, however, are judged minor if they are either unimportant, to show that there is a large variation between the small in magnitude or well controlled (y). A mi ...
... tion distinguishes four types of problems. Problems aspects, so individual assessments may need revision. The main purpose of the overview is, however, are judged minor if they are either unimportant, to show that there is a large variation between the small in magnitude or well controlled (y). A mi ...
Environmental Policy and Politics: Trends in Public Debate
... politics? Said another way, how often and to what extent do environmental issues penetrate the general consciousness enough to affect elections in the United States on a national level? If the focus is on the day-to-day work of an environmental practitioner or consultant, the answer to those questio ...
... politics? Said another way, how often and to what extent do environmental issues penetrate the general consciousness enough to affect elections in the United States on a national level? If the focus is on the day-to-day work of an environmental practitioner or consultant, the answer to those questio ...
Prioritizing Climate Change Adaptations in Canadian Arctic
... review and evaluation. The UKCIP wizard leads the user to use cost-benefit analysis and/or multi-criteria analysis, with criteria such as effectiveness, efficiency, equity, flexibility, sustainability, practicality, legitimacy, urgency, costs (economic, social and environmental), robustness, synergi ...
... review and evaluation. The UKCIP wizard leads the user to use cost-benefit analysis and/or multi-criteria analysis, with criteria such as effectiveness, efficiency, equity, flexibility, sustainability, practicality, legitimacy, urgency, costs (economic, social and environmental), robustness, synergi ...
Future Climate: Projected Average
... the warming tends to be slightly greater in the north, especially in the states of Nevada, Utah, and Colorado. Warming increases over time, and also increases between the high- and low-emissions scenarios for each respective period as shown in the thirty-year early-, mid-, and late-twenty-first cent ...
... the warming tends to be slightly greater in the north, especially in the states of Nevada, Utah, and Colorado. Warming increases over time, and also increases between the high- and low-emissions scenarios for each respective period as shown in the thirty-year early-, mid-, and late-twenty-first cent ...
City of Calgary - Canadian Institute of Planners
... what is happening locally and what we can do about it, instead of grappling with the monumental global challenge of greenhouse gas emissions. Community planners and municipal engineers will find themselves at the crux of local discussions, especially in relation to assessing potential impacts and de ...
... what is happening locally and what we can do about it, instead of grappling with the monumental global challenge of greenhouse gas emissions. Community planners and municipal engineers will find themselves at the crux of local discussions, especially in relation to assessing potential impacts and de ...
Karen M. Shell Associate Professor, Atmospheric Science Climate
... American Meteorological Society, student member 1999-2004, member 2004-present Earth Science Women’s Network National Association of Geoscience Educators, 2015–present Coverage including quotes from Shell, K. M., 2012 Science Perspective: • Climate Central: New Report Says Fewer Clouds and Higher Te ...
... American Meteorological Society, student member 1999-2004, member 2004-present Earth Science Women’s Network National Association of Geoscience Educators, 2015–present Coverage including quotes from Shell, K. M., 2012 Science Perspective: • Climate Central: New Report Says Fewer Clouds and Higher Te ...
Climate Change Impacts on U.S. Coastal and Marine Ecosystems
... increased mean global air and ocean temperatures. The National Assessment of Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change (NAST 2001) was based on a series of regional and sector assessments. This paper is a summary of the coastal and marine resources sector review of potential impacts o ...
... increased mean global air and ocean temperatures. The National Assessment of Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change (NAST 2001) was based on a series of regional and sector assessments. This paper is a summary of the coastal and marine resources sector review of potential impacts o ...
V. Objectives of the Inter-Regional Technical Support Component
... Least Developed Country Fund Monitoring and evaluation Millennium Development Goal Millennium Development Goal Achievement Fund Ministry of Rural Development ...
... Least Developed Country Fund Monitoring and evaluation Millennium Development Goal Millennium Development Goal Achievement Fund Ministry of Rural Development ...