Biogeophysical versus biogeochemical feedbacks of large
... subsequently, precipitation, thereby warming the deforested region [Henderson-Sellers et al., 1993], [Polcher and Laval, 1993]. Global cooling owing to biogeophysical effects of tropical deforestation arises because of the reduction in evaporation and subsequent reduction in atmospheric water vapor a ...
... subsequently, precipitation, thereby warming the deforested region [Henderson-Sellers et al., 1993], [Polcher and Laval, 1993]. Global cooling owing to biogeophysical effects of tropical deforestation arises because of the reduction in evaporation and subsequent reduction in atmospheric water vapor a ...
The effect of development on the climate sensitivity of agriculture
... There are many assumptions in the Ricardian approach. Perhaps the strongest assumption is that output prices would remain constant as climate changes. If this assumption of constant output prices is relaxed, crops that face a supply increase would have falling prices and crops that face a supply red ...
... There are many assumptions in the Ricardian approach. Perhaps the strongest assumption is that output prices would remain constant as climate changes. If this assumption of constant output prices is relaxed, crops that face a supply increase would have falling prices and crops that face a supply red ...
English - Global Environment Facility
... Adaptation Economics To advance the understanding of climate risks and responses, the GEF has co-financed a study with McKinsey & Company to investigate the economics of climate adaptation (the ECA study), in partnership with UNEP, Swiss Re, and the Rockefeller Foundation. An analytical framework, d ...
... Adaptation Economics To advance the understanding of climate risks and responses, the GEF has co-financed a study with McKinsey & Company to investigate the economics of climate adaptation (the ECA study), in partnership with UNEP, Swiss Re, and the Rockefeller Foundation. An analytical framework, d ...
APH-13 - Laboratory for Remote Sensing Hydrology and Spatial
... gases" emitted into atmosphere by human activities. ...
... gases" emitted into atmosphere by human activities. ...
Introduction - San Jose State University
... So, aerosols (with both natural and anthropogenic origin) – may serve as cloud condensation nuclei. MET 112 Global Climate Change ...
... So, aerosols (with both natural and anthropogenic origin) – may serve as cloud condensation nuclei. MET 112 Global Climate Change ...
A decade of weather extremes - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact
... But 2011 was not unique: the past decade as a whole has seen an exceptional number of unprecedented extreme weather events, some causing major human suffering and economic damage4 (Table 1 and Fig. 1). In August 2010, the World Meteorological Organization issued a statement on the “unprecedented se ...
... But 2011 was not unique: the past decade as a whole has seen an exceptional number of unprecedented extreme weather events, some causing major human suffering and economic damage4 (Table 1 and Fig. 1). In August 2010, the World Meteorological Organization issued a statement on the “unprecedented se ...
Climate and Development Economics: Balancing Science, Politics
... 2007 report projected only modest sea-level rise, likely to be less than one meter by 2100 – but this was based on excluding the uncertain (but non-zero) contribution of ice-sheet melting. Detailed research by Stefan Rahmstorf, published just after the IPCC deadline for the 2007 assessment, adjusts ...
... 2007 report projected only modest sea-level rise, likely to be less than one meter by 2100 – but this was based on excluding the uncertain (but non-zero) contribution of ice-sheet melting. Detailed research by Stefan Rahmstorf, published just after the IPCC deadline for the 2007 assessment, adjusts ...
uk.dimmock.10Oct07 - Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide
... submissions of Mr Chamberlain. The statute cannot possibly mean that s406 is breached whenever a partisan political film is shown to pupils in school time. Mr Downes has to assert that there is, depending on the context, an exception that can be made in respect of the teaching of history, but I cann ...
... submissions of Mr Chamberlain. The statute cannot possibly mean that s406 is breached whenever a partisan political film is shown to pupils in school time. Mr Downes has to assert that there is, depending on the context, an exception that can be made in respect of the teaching of history, but I cann ...
Resource Scarcity, Climate Change and the Risk of
... rapid melting of polar ice sheets or glaciers (which would result in higher sea levels);26 or ...
... rapid melting of polar ice sheets or glaciers (which would result in higher sea levels);26 or ...
donald trump (r) - League of Conservation Voters
... in his first 100 days in office, he would “cancel the Paris Climate Agreement and stop all payments of U.S. tax dollars to U.N. global warming programs.” The New York Times reported, “In his speech, he complained, inaccurately: ‘This agreement gives foreign bureaucrats control over how much energy ...
... in his first 100 days in office, he would “cancel the Paris Climate Agreement and stop all payments of U.S. tax dollars to U.N. global warming programs.” The New York Times reported, “In his speech, he complained, inaccurately: ‘This agreement gives foreign bureaucrats control over how much energy ...
Can Climate Change Be Good for Greenland? An Arctic Island`s
... Greenland centers upon the current melting rate of its ice sheets and scientists’ predictions of how much global sea level would rise if all of the ice sheets were to melt. However, little is written about how climate change will affect those who live there. Despite its location, Greenland shares so ...
... Greenland centers upon the current melting rate of its ice sheets and scientists’ predictions of how much global sea level would rise if all of the ice sheets were to melt. However, little is written about how climate change will affect those who live there. Despite its location, Greenland shares so ...
stoten2014a
... could potentially represent a source of economic opportunity, for example through the development of hydropower as a source of foreign revenue, but also a risk in view of the political instability and rivalries between different independent states of former USSR (Sorg et al., 2014). Other research-s ...
... could potentially represent a source of economic opportunity, for example through the development of hydropower as a source of foreign revenue, but also a risk in view of the political instability and rivalries between different independent states of former USSR (Sorg et al., 2014). Other research-s ...
More than Meets the Eye: The Social Cost of Carbon in U.S. Climate
... on weighing the relative costs and benefits of different options and making a choice entirely based on these values (other relevant values reflecting other perspectives might include ethics, science, or political feasibility). Thus, they ask: what is the optimal price to change behavior—the rate tha ...
... on weighing the relative costs and benefits of different options and making a choice entirely based on these values (other relevant values reflecting other perspectives might include ethics, science, or political feasibility). Thus, they ask: what is the optimal price to change behavior—the rate tha ...
Reconsidering the Climate Change Act
... 4. The claims that the earth has been warming, that there is a greenhouse effect, and that man’s activities have contributed to warming, are trivially true and essentially meaningless in terms of alarm. Nonetheless, they are frequently trotted out as evidence for alarm. For example, here is the res ...
... 4. The claims that the earth has been warming, that there is a greenhouse effect, and that man’s activities have contributed to warming, are trivially true and essentially meaningless in terms of alarm. Nonetheless, they are frequently trotted out as evidence for alarm. For example, here is the res ...
An Abrupt Climate Change Scenario and Its
... and new pests are likely to spread in fruit-growing areas. Additionally, such conditions are projected to lead to 10% less water for drinking. Based on model projections of coming change conditions such as these could occur in several food producing regions around the world at the same time within t ...
... and new pests are likely to spread in fruit-growing areas. Additionally, such conditions are projected to lead to 10% less water for drinking. Based on model projections of coming change conditions such as these could occur in several food producing regions around the world at the same time within t ...
POSTER 2-12-1231073_a
... The key to understanding the local climatic effect of land cover/land use characteristics is to classify the settlement area according to their key climate-influencing features. a Site selection using the LCZ approach The following steps were performed to determine the dominant LCZ classes in the GC ...
... The key to understanding the local climatic effect of land cover/land use characteristics is to classify the settlement area according to their key climate-influencing features. a Site selection using the LCZ approach The following steps were performed to determine the dominant LCZ classes in the GC ...
Carbon Finance: Emerging Opportunities for for Biosphere
... Tenure is reasonably clear but carbon ownership not clear Biosphere reserve consisting of core areas and buffer zones under forest cover, and transition area of different land uses REDD emissions reduction of 9.3 million tCO2 over 20 years. Estimate USD 2.3 million annual revenue over 20 year contra ...
... Tenure is reasonably clear but carbon ownership not clear Biosphere reserve consisting of core areas and buffer zones under forest cover, and transition area of different land uses REDD emissions reduction of 9.3 million tCO2 over 20 years. Estimate USD 2.3 million annual revenue over 20 year contra ...
Storch_bornhom.vs
... Finally, there was also the idea of “climatic determinism” (see Stehr and von Storch, 1999; Hulme, 2008), which can be traced back to classical Greek literature and was widely accepted in western thinking in the 18 century up to the middle of the 20th century. Some elements of this school of thought ...
... Finally, there was also the idea of “climatic determinism” (see Stehr and von Storch, 1999; Hulme, 2008), which can be traced back to classical Greek literature and was widely accepted in western thinking in the 18 century up to the middle of the 20th century. Some elements of this school of thought ...
Climate Change Processes ATM 494/694 and GEOG 494/694 (4 credits)
... Students who are successful in this class will learn these things: The climate history of Earth as we now understand it, with particular emphasis on the last 2 million years. They will gain a basic understanding of how the atmosphere, ocean, cryosphere, and biosphere interacted in the course of ...
... Students who are successful in this class will learn these things: The climate history of Earth as we now understand it, with particular emphasis on the last 2 million years. They will gain a basic understanding of how the atmosphere, ocean, cryosphere, and biosphere interacted in the course of ...
EPA Research - 2014 Call Technical Description
... Non-forest wooded areas, including hedgerows and isolated clumps of trees, form an integral part of agricultural land and are a distinctive feature of the Irish landscape. These are important corridors for biodiversity and provide a range of other ecosystem services. Analysis of data from the recent ...
... Non-forest wooded areas, including hedgerows and isolated clumps of trees, form an integral part of agricultural land and are a distinctive feature of the Irish landscape. These are important corridors for biodiversity and provide a range of other ecosystem services. Analysis of data from the recent ...
Running to stand still: adaptation and the response of
... rate at which warming is predicted to occur will outstrip the potential rate of adaptive evolution in this species. Adaptation to future climates may require the simultaneous evolution of a number of different traits that may be constrained by correlations between them (Lynch & Lande 1993; Etterson ...
... rate at which warming is predicted to occur will outstrip the potential rate of adaptive evolution in this species. Adaptation to future climates may require the simultaneous evolution of a number of different traits that may be constrained by correlations between them (Lynch & Lande 1993; Etterson ...
Folie 1
... Greening the labour market: Combating climate change and ensuring global competitive advantages Number of jobs ...
... Greening the labour market: Combating climate change and ensuring global competitive advantages Number of jobs ...
Environment and Natural Resources Services
... Tech has built local ownership of results by pairing Tetra Tech international experts with local technical institutions from government and civil society. This approach provides cost-effective, quality assurance and mentorship. ...
... Tech has built local ownership of results by pairing Tetra Tech international experts with local technical institutions from government and civil society. This approach provides cost-effective, quality assurance and mentorship. ...
Transitioning to a Low-Carbon Economy
... Canada is making its contribution with ambitious GHG reduction targets, advances in adapting to the impacts of climate change, and contributions to climate change action in developing countries. First Ministers launched under the Vancouver Declaration a nationwide process with the objective of devel ...
... Canada is making its contribution with ambitious GHG reduction targets, advances in adapting to the impacts of climate change, and contributions to climate change action in developing countries. First Ministers launched under the Vancouver Declaration a nationwide process with the objective of devel ...