Ruti et al. BAMS - Med
... Eastern (e.g. Cyprus island) Mediterranean are also centers of topographically-induced intense cyclogenesis (e.g. Buzzi and Tibaldi 1978; Alpert et al. 1995). Such events dramatically influence the Mediterranean ocean circulation (Herrmann and Somot, 2008). The Mediterranean Sea is a semi-enclosed a ...
... Eastern (e.g. Cyprus island) Mediterranean are also centers of topographically-induced intense cyclogenesis (e.g. Buzzi and Tibaldi 1978; Alpert et al. 1995). Such events dramatically influence the Mediterranean ocean circulation (Herrmann and Somot, 2008). The Mediterranean Sea is a semi-enclosed a ...
Future climate change projections for the Latin American region
... extremes. The analyses will be made for the 5 regions considered on the IPCC SREX: Central AmericaMexico, West Coast of South America, Amazon, Northeast Brazil and Southeastern South America. Based on this review, we prepare summary maps to identify the observed trends and changes on extremes and th ...
... extremes. The analyses will be made for the 5 regions considered on the IPCC SREX: Central AmericaMexico, West Coast of South America, Amazon, Northeast Brazil and Southeastern South America. Based on this review, we prepare summary maps to identify the observed trends and changes on extremes and th ...
Projecting australian climate change
... in Australia, the CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology (2007) have concluded that the drought in many parts of the country is linked to, or at least exacerbated by, global warming. Drought can have many causes. For example, the drought in southwest Western Australia has been attributed to a combinati ...
... in Australia, the CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology (2007) have concluded that the drought in many parts of the country is linked to, or at least exacerbated by, global warming. Drought can have many causes. For example, the drought in southwest Western Australia has been attributed to a combinati ...
Appetite for Change - Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute
... climate, high temperatures in summer but much lower temperatures in winter, low rainfall and high evaporation. It has a highly variable climate with some very wet years leading to large-scale flooding, such as in 2010-11 and 1974-75. Temperatures in the region have increased significantly over th ...
... climate, high temperatures in summer but much lower temperatures in winter, low rainfall and high evaporation. It has a highly variable climate with some very wet years leading to large-scale flooding, such as in 2010-11 and 1974-75. Temperatures in the region have increased significantly over th ...
Chapter 7 - UCLA: Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
... • Precipitation events with higher mean moisture may act similarly • e.g., hurricane models for ~2xCO2 avg. increase ~ ½ a category on the 1-5 Saffir Simpson scale • Tendency for increase in heavy rainfall events • High natural variability in precip, implies precip effects of warming will rise above ...
... • Precipitation events with higher mean moisture may act similarly • e.g., hurricane models for ~2xCO2 avg. increase ~ ½ a category on the 1-5 Saffir Simpson scale • Tendency for increase in heavy rainfall events • High natural variability in precip, implies precip effects of warming will rise above ...
High Flows and Freshet Timing in Canada: Observed Trends CCRR
... Sustainability in a Changing Climate: An Overview of MNRF’s Climate Change Strategy (2011–2014) Climate change will affect all MNRF programs and the natural resources for which it has responsibility. This strategy confirms MNRF’s commitment to the Ontario government’s climate change initiatives suc ...
... Sustainability in a Changing Climate: An Overview of MNRF’s Climate Change Strategy (2011–2014) Climate change will affect all MNRF programs and the natural resources for which it has responsibility. This strategy confirms MNRF’s commitment to the Ontario government’s climate change initiatives suc ...
UK Climate Projections science report: Marine and coastal projections
... land. The absolute sea level rise is that averaged around the British Isles, and originates from projections made by an ensemble of international climate models from different modelling centres (known as a multi-model ensemble or MME) which gives us a measure of uncertainty. The chapter also discuss ...
... land. The absolute sea level rise is that averaged around the British Isles, and originates from projections made by an ensemble of international climate models from different modelling centres (known as a multi-model ensemble or MME) which gives us a measure of uncertainty. The chapter also discuss ...
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... Climate change refers to change in climate attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere and which is in addition to natural variability observed over comparable time periods (IPCC, 2001). People in developing countries are subject to a vari ...
... Climate change refers to change in climate attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere and which is in addition to natural variability observed over comparable time periods (IPCC, 2001). People in developing countries are subject to a vari ...
The impact of high-end climate change on agricultural welfare
... producers and consumers are calculated in this analysis based on these differences in surpluses. Three indicators are considered: change in consumer surplus, change in producer surplus, and change in total agricultural welfare (the last indicator being the sum of the first two) (Fig. 1C). The econom ...
... producers and consumers are calculated in this analysis based on these differences in surpluses. Three indicators are considered: change in consumer surplus, change in producer surplus, and change in total agricultural welfare (the last indicator being the sum of the first two) (Fig. 1C). The econom ...
Royal Society
... In view of the ongoing public and political debates about climate change, the aim of this document is to summarise the current scientific evidence on climate change and its drivers. It lays out clearly where the science is well established, where there is wide consensus but continuing debate, and wh ...
... In view of the ongoing public and political debates about climate change, the aim of this document is to summarise the current scientific evidence on climate change and its drivers. It lays out clearly where the science is well established, where there is wide consensus but continuing debate, and wh ...
Climate Change impaCts on australia
... science tells us that the impacts of climate change on Australia are likely to be severe. For the next two decades or so, the major impacts of climate change are likely to include stressed urban water supply and the effects of changes in temperature and water availability on agriculture. All major c ...
... science tells us that the impacts of climate change on Australia are likely to be severe. For the next two decades or so, the major impacts of climate change are likely to include stressed urban water supply and the effects of changes in temperature and water availability on agriculture. All major c ...
Status of the Copenhagen Climate Change Negotiations CRS Report for Congress
... and legal nature, embodied in the Bali Action Plan track, and resist any disaggregation of nonAnnex I parties. They perceive any proposal to disaggregate “developing” countries into smaller sub-groupings, based on magnitude of emissions or financial capacity, as an effort to pull additional countrie ...
... and legal nature, embodied in the Bali Action Plan track, and resist any disaggregation of nonAnnex I parties. They perceive any proposal to disaggregate “developing” countries into smaller sub-groupings, based on magnitude of emissions or financial capacity, as an effort to pull additional countrie ...
Get Real on Climate: Climate change lesson
... 1. Organize the class into “expert groups” of (preferably three to four) students per topic: • Team 1: Climate Change Basics • Team 2: Effects of Climate Change • Team 3: Taking Action on Climate Change (Industry/National/International level) • Team 4: Taking Action on Climate Change (Personal/Commu ...
... 1. Organize the class into “expert groups” of (preferably three to four) students per topic: • Team 1: Climate Change Basics • Team 2: Effects of Climate Change • Team 3: Taking Action on Climate Change (Industry/National/International level) • Team 4: Taking Action on Climate Change (Personal/Commu ...
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... 1993. Accordingly, it is very active at the international level in encouraging concrete action to mitigate climate change and has made several calls for the inclusion of high-emitting countries such as China into the UNFCCC process and the establishment of a second commitment period for the Kyoto Pr ...
... 1993. Accordingly, it is very active at the international level in encouraging concrete action to mitigate climate change and has made several calls for the inclusion of high-emitting countries such as China into the UNFCCC process and the establishment of a second commitment period for the Kyoto Pr ...
Caritas Guidelines on Environmental Justice
... not only to those alive now, but also to future generations. The global dimensions of the current environmental issues mean that local solutions will not be sufficient for vulnerable communities, now and in the future. As an organisation that can act both globally and locally, Caritas has both the c ...
... not only to those alive now, but also to future generations. The global dimensions of the current environmental issues mean that local solutions will not be sufficient for vulnerable communities, now and in the future. As an organisation that can act both globally and locally, Caritas has both the c ...
Risk communication: climate change as a human
... malaria and dengue fever. The effects of climate change on water security, food security and air quality are recognized as having the greatest effect on human health, especially in the developing world.3,4 In the knowledge that climate change is very likely anthropogenic,5 mainly due to increased gr ...
... malaria and dengue fever. The effects of climate change on water security, food security and air quality are recognized as having the greatest effect on human health, especially in the developing world.3,4 In the knowledge that climate change is very likely anthropogenic,5 mainly due to increased gr ...
KLMC Advocacy Plan - Kenya livestock Marketing Council
... Our PME approach supports learning, steering as well as accountability, and monitoring is an ongoing practise throughout the duration of the project. To allow for project-wide reporting, learning and comparison between countries and themes, a harmonised Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) framework has ...
... Our PME approach supports learning, steering as well as accountability, and monitoring is an ongoing practise throughout the duration of the project. To allow for project-wide reporting, learning and comparison between countries and themes, a harmonised Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) framework has ...
Del Protocolo de Kioto a la Cumbre de Copenhague : cobertura del
... ephemeral based on social tension, would be able to motivate society to participate from an issue which result of vital importance either at social, political, economical and environmental level (Krugman, 2010). Several studies point out that there is a wide gap between scientists and journalists ( ...
... ephemeral based on social tension, would be able to motivate society to participate from an issue which result of vital importance either at social, political, economical and environmental level (Krugman, 2010). Several studies point out that there is a wide gap between scientists and journalists ( ...
The Strategic Threat of Inevitable Climate Change
... As the debate over climate change in the US has centered on the extent to which human activity is contributing to global warming, so too has the proposed strategies to deal with the challenges climate change presents to the nation’s security and prosperity. This paper posits that climate change is o ...
... As the debate over climate change in the US has centered on the extent to which human activity is contributing to global warming, so too has the proposed strategies to deal with the challenges climate change presents to the nation’s security and prosperity. This paper posits that climate change is o ...
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... rates reach a staggering 40% of the entire population (Fischer, Shah, and van Velthuizen 2002, 1). The majority of the poor live in rural areas where agriculture is the predominant form of economic activity, and, therefore, their fate is inextricably inter-woven with that of farming. Agricultural ( ...
... rates reach a staggering 40% of the entire population (Fischer, Shah, and van Velthuizen 2002, 1). The majority of the poor live in rural areas where agriculture is the predominant form of economic activity, and, therefore, their fate is inextricably inter-woven with that of farming. Agricultural ( ...
Environmental and Climate Justice along the Brahmaputra River in
... term reduction in glacial melt by increasing annual precipitation patterns and the long-term reduction precipitation, or exacerbate the problem by decreasing in river flows pose a challenge to rain-fed floodplain agriculture in the region, making it increasingly difficult precipitation (Immerzeel et ...
... term reduction in glacial melt by increasing annual precipitation patterns and the long-term reduction precipitation, or exacerbate the problem by decreasing in river flows pose a challenge to rain-fed floodplain agriculture in the region, making it increasingly difficult precipitation (Immerzeel et ...
Drivers and impacts of seasonal weather in the
... impacts on the UK and across Europe over recent years, for example the cold winter of 2010/11, the wet summer of 2012 and the cold spring of 2013. Each of these seasons had substantial economic and social impacts in the UK. There has been public and media interest in the role of climate variability ...
... impacts on the UK and across Europe over recent years, for example the cold winter of 2010/11, the wet summer of 2012 and the cold spring of 2013. Each of these seasons had substantial economic and social impacts in the UK. There has been public and media interest in the role of climate variability ...
Global Warming Guide
... anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations3. Many other factors also interplay to determine the global heat budget, and identifying the exact extent to which global warming is anthropogenic (humanrelated) is still contentious. However, measurements of past atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations ...
... anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations3. Many other factors also interplay to determine the global heat budget, and identifying the exact extent to which global warming is anthropogenic (humanrelated) is still contentious. However, measurements of past atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations ...
Zimbabwe Capacity Development Needs Assessment Report
... countries to adapt to a new climate regime through increased investments in water security The project supports 8 African countries and 5 river basins to better cope with the impacts of climate change. In Zimbabwe, WACDEP was launched April 2013 and is being coordinated through the Ministry of Envir ...
... countries to adapt to a new climate regime through increased investments in water security The project supports 8 African countries and 5 river basins to better cope with the impacts of climate change. In Zimbabwe, WACDEP was launched April 2013 and is being coordinated through the Ministry of Envir ...
Climate change beliefs and perceptions of weather
... was referred to as “global warming.”(3) However, when asked directly about the impacts of climate change, “temperature increases/heat” was only the ninth most popular response, with participants being more likely to mention flooding. Another study that examined perceived consequences of climate chan ...
... was referred to as “global warming.”(3) However, when asked directly about the impacts of climate change, “temperature increases/heat” was only the ninth most popular response, with participants being more likely to mention flooding. Another study that examined perceived consequences of climate chan ...