A Conceptual Tool for Climate Change Risk Assessment
... fishing, hunting, or manufacturing food). Thus, the societal consequence of climate change as mediated by agricultural impacts will depend on how climate changes, the sensitivity of agricultural systems to climate change, and human dependence on agriculture. Similarly, the three broad contributing f ...
... fishing, hunting, or manufacturing food). Thus, the societal consequence of climate change as mediated by agricultural impacts will depend on how climate changes, the sensitivity of agricultural systems to climate change, and human dependence on agriculture. Similarly, the three broad contributing f ...
pdf - The Paleoindian Database of the Americas
... Warm Period, a time of slightly warmer than average Holocene temperature that occurred from ca. AD 800 to 1200 (ca. 1200–800 cal yr BP) (e.g., Broecker, 2001). Current projections for global climate around ca. AD 2100, based on a doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide, foresee average global surface ...
... Warm Period, a time of slightly warmer than average Holocene temperature that occurred from ca. AD 800 to 1200 (ca. 1200–800 cal yr BP) (e.g., Broecker, 2001). Current projections for global climate around ca. AD 2100, based on a doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide, foresee average global surface ...
Climate change and ecosystems of the Mid
... Freshwater resources have multiple, sometimes conflicting, values. These include fishing, swimming, boating, water supply, beauty, flood control, navigation and transportation, and hydropower. Freshwater ecosystems support aquatic plants and animals, as well as organisms in wetland and terrestrial e ...
... Freshwater resources have multiple, sometimes conflicting, values. These include fishing, swimming, boating, water supply, beauty, flood control, navigation and transportation, and hydropower. Freshwater ecosystems support aquatic plants and animals, as well as organisms in wetland and terrestrial e ...
Atmosphere and Climate Change Section 1
... • At a solar maximum, the sun emits an increased amount of ultraviolet (UV) radiation. UV radiation produces more ozone, which warms the stratosphere. • The increased solar radiation can also warm the lower atmosphere and surface of the Earth a little. ...
... • At a solar maximum, the sun emits an increased amount of ultraviolet (UV) radiation. UV radiation produces more ozone, which warms the stratosphere. • The increased solar radiation can also warm the lower atmosphere and surface of the Earth a little. ...
Terms of Reference for the Climate Support Facility under the GCCA
... Change Alliance (GCCA) was set in motion by the adoption of the Communication on Building a Global Climate Change Alliance between the European Union and poor developing countries most vulnerable to climate change. The joint Africa/EU Strategy and first Action Plan (2008-2010) endorsed by the Lisbon ...
... Change Alliance (GCCA) was set in motion by the adoption of the Communication on Building a Global Climate Change Alliance between the European Union and poor developing countries most vulnerable to climate change. The joint Africa/EU Strategy and first Action Plan (2008-2010) endorsed by the Lisbon ...
PDF - Climate Diplomacy
... working with one another, cities have been addressing and tackling some climate-related challenges at the local level. One of the reasons is that land-use planning, waste management, transportation issues and energy consumption are local in nature and have to be addressed at this level. A large numb ...
... working with one another, cities have been addressing and tackling some climate-related challenges at the local level. One of the reasons is that land-use planning, waste management, transportation issues and energy consumption are local in nature and have to be addressed at this level. A large numb ...
NGOs in Economic Diplomacy
... ‘go global’. Not all such networks have their origins, like Oxfam, in the North. Via Campesina links together peasant and landless movements around the world, while Social Watch, an international NGO watchdog, links national citizens’ groups from 50 countries. Based in Uruguay, Social Watch monitors ...
... ‘go global’. Not all such networks have their origins, like Oxfam, in the North. Via Campesina links together peasant and landless movements around the world, while Social Watch, an international NGO watchdog, links national citizens’ groups from 50 countries. Based in Uruguay, Social Watch monitors ...
Observed coherent changes in climatic
... ABSTRACT: A new global dataset of derived indicators has been compiled to clarify whether frequency and/or severity of climatic extremes changed during the second half of the 20th century. This period provides the best spatial coverage of homogenous daily series, which can be used for calculating th ...
... ABSTRACT: A new global dataset of derived indicators has been compiled to clarify whether frequency and/or severity of climatic extremes changed during the second half of the 20th century. This period provides the best spatial coverage of homogenous daily series, which can be used for calculating th ...
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... of agricultural and food systems to adapt to climate change, and seek opportunities to reduce and remove GHGs in order to meet their national food security and development goals. CSA is site specific and takes into consideration the synergies and tradeoffs between multiple objectives that are set in ...
... of agricultural and food systems to adapt to climate change, and seek opportunities to reduce and remove GHGs in order to meet their national food security and development goals. CSA is site specific and takes into consideration the synergies and tradeoffs between multiple objectives that are set in ...
CLIMATE CHANGE Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change: Outlook for Knowledge,Tools and Action
... could be with relatively modest additional effort. New approaches are emerging to tailor agricultural climateimpact predictions to the needs of decision-makers at household, district and national levels. One example is the Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP), based at ...
... could be with relatively modest additional effort. New approaches are emerging to tailor agricultural climateimpact predictions to the needs of decision-makers at household, district and national levels. One example is the Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP), based at ...
The Impact of Climate Change on Natural Disasters
... Another example that demonstrates how natural hazards can turn into disasters is the Hurricane Katrina that devastated New Orleans in 2005. The hurricane itself was considered a natural hazard, the flooding of the ninth ward (a neighborhood of New Orleans) however led to a disaster but arguably not ...
... Another example that demonstrates how natural hazards can turn into disasters is the Hurricane Katrina that devastated New Orleans in 2005. The hurricane itself was considered a natural hazard, the flooding of the ninth ward (a neighborhood of New Orleans) however led to a disaster but arguably not ...
An Initial Look at DoD`s Activities Toward Climate Change Resiliency
... is structured particularly well and includes an implementation plan that identifies actionable items, responsibilities, and time frames (an example is presented later in this report). Yet much work remains to adapt to and mitigate both short- and long-term effects of climate change on the Department ...
... is structured particularly well and includes an implementation plan that identifies actionable items, responsibilities, and time frames (an example is presented later in this report). Yet much work remains to adapt to and mitigate both short- and long-term effects of climate change on the Department ...
SEA LEVEL RISE IN THE CARIBBEAN
... the past decade. In 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in their Fourth Assessment Report (AR4)1 concluded, with very high confidence, that climate change would impede the ability of many nations to achieve sustainable development by mid-century and become a security risk that ...
... the past decade. In 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in their Fourth Assessment Report (AR4)1 concluded, with very high confidence, that climate change would impede the ability of many nations to achieve sustainable development by mid-century and become a security risk that ...
Will moist convection be stronger in a warmer climate?
... fire activity and burned area in the western U.S. and Canada have increased in recent decades due to climate warming and drying [Gillett et al., 2004; Westerling et al., 2006]. Do climate changes in lightning, the primary ignition source for wildfires, play a role? [13] Figure 3 shows frequency dist ...
... fire activity and burned area in the western U.S. and Canada have increased in recent decades due to climate warming and drying [Gillett et al., 2004; Westerling et al., 2006]. Do climate changes in lightning, the primary ignition source for wildfires, play a role? [13] Figure 3 shows frequency dist ...
Detection of intensification of the global water cycle: the potential
... Based on plausible scenarios of atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases and aerosols, the mean annual global surface temperature is projected to increase 1–3.5°C by 2100 (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2000). Two fundamental questions related to global warming are: (a) will the gl ...
... Based on plausible scenarios of atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases and aerosols, the mean annual global surface temperature is projected to increase 1–3.5°C by 2100 (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2000). Two fundamental questions related to global warming are: (a) will the gl ...
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... IPCC 2014 WGIII Figure SPM.1. Total annual GHG emissions by groups of gases 1970-2010: CO2 from fossil fuel combustion and industrial processes (yellow); CO2 from Forestry and Other Land Use (FOLU; orange); CH4 (light blue); N2O (blue); fluorinated gases (F-gases, dark blue). All emissions are repor ...
... IPCC 2014 WGIII Figure SPM.1. Total annual GHG emissions by groups of gases 1970-2010: CO2 from fossil fuel combustion and industrial processes (yellow); CO2 from Forestry and Other Land Use (FOLU; orange); CH4 (light blue); N2O (blue); fluorinated gases (F-gases, dark blue). All emissions are repor ...
Rapid Climate Change Science Plan
... projected rate of climate change over western Europe. Furthermore, it is possible that the changes in the strength of the THC could occur rapidly, perhaps over just 10-20 years. Such large, rapid climate change would make adaptation to, and mitigation of, the impacts exceedingly difficult for the af ...
... projected rate of climate change over western Europe. Furthermore, it is possible that the changes in the strength of the THC could occur rapidly, perhaps over just 10-20 years. Such large, rapid climate change would make adaptation to, and mitigation of, the impacts exceedingly difficult for the af ...
The new climate message
... and sell the solutions we already have. And if you’ve ever worked in sales, then you know how hard that is. That’s where the idea for this guide came from. As the ultimate salesman Elmer Wheeler taught in the 1950’s the big secret to selling is that you don’t sell the sausage – you sell the sizzle. ...
... and sell the solutions we already have. And if you’ve ever worked in sales, then you know how hard that is. That’s where the idea for this guide came from. As the ultimate salesman Elmer Wheeler taught in the 1950’s the big secret to selling is that you don’t sell the sausage – you sell the sizzle. ...
Close Examination of the Principle of Global Per
... We will therefore assume the target to be 500 ppm CO2-e, suggesting that emissions must peak in less than ten years.5 Reaching this target would incur significant costs, on the order of two percent of the global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per year, assuming globally efficient abatement policies. P ...
... We will therefore assume the target to be 500 ppm CO2-e, suggesting that emissions must peak in less than ten years.5 Reaching this target would incur significant costs, on the order of two percent of the global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per year, assuming globally efficient abatement policies. P ...
Constraints on radiative forcing and future climate change from
... recently presented probabilities for the future warming by performing ensemble simulations with a simplified model calibrated to the same three-dimensional (3D) ocean–atmosphere models as used in the IPCC Third Assessment Report1 . The combination of ensemble simulations that take into account uncer ...
... recently presented probabilities for the future warming by performing ensemble simulations with a simplified model calibrated to the same three-dimensional (3D) ocean–atmosphere models as used in the IPCC Third Assessment Report1 . The combination of ensemble simulations that take into account uncer ...
u.s.climate.US position paper
... Second, whether a State is a party to the Kyoto Protocol does not equate, as the petitioners argue, to a reduction in alleged harmful emissions. In some cases, States that have ratified Kyoto show tremendous trends of increased emissions, while some non-Party States demonstrate a more positive emiss ...
... Second, whether a State is a party to the Kyoto Protocol does not equate, as the petitioners argue, to a reduction in alleged harmful emissions. In some cases, States that have ratified Kyoto show tremendous trends of increased emissions, while some non-Party States demonstrate a more positive emiss ...
Managing water in the MDB under a variable and changing climate
... volume of the surface water resource falling by 11% by 2030, surface water use falling by 4%, and flows at the Murray Mouth falling by 24% (CSIRO, 2008). Furthermore, the relative impact of climate change on surface water use would be much greater in dry years. The project concluded that the hydrolo ...
... volume of the surface water resource falling by 11% by 2030, surface water use falling by 4%, and flows at the Murray Mouth falling by 24% (CSIRO, 2008). Furthermore, the relative impact of climate change on surface water use would be much greater in dry years. The project concluded that the hydrolo ...
Debate Capitalism and Climate Change: Can the Invisible Hand
... its causes and its effects. Even if we stopped emitting GHGs today, atmospheric CO 2 stocks would fall only very slowly, because the residence time in the atmosphere of emitted gases is measured in centuries and millennia and climate systems respond slowly (Archer, 2009). This inertia built into the ...
... its causes and its effects. Even if we stopped emitting GHGs today, atmospheric CO 2 stocks would fall only very slowly, because the residence time in the atmosphere of emitted gases is measured in centuries and millennia and climate systems respond slowly (Archer, 2009). This inertia built into the ...
Even several of the wetter runs yield increasing drought due to the
... During the 95-year reference period, annual PDSI explains 63 percent of the annual river flow variations at Lees Ferry. Post-1989 data offer an independent period to confirm applicability of the above relation for predicting Lees Ferry flow. This period is one of warming temperatures, allowing us to ...
... During the 95-year reference period, annual PDSI explains 63 percent of the annual river flow variations at Lees Ferry. Post-1989 data offer an independent period to confirm applicability of the above relation for predicting Lees Ferry flow. This period is one of warming temperatures, allowing us to ...