Confronting Climate Change in the US Northeast
... of New Hampshire), Stephen D. McCormick (USGS, Turners Falls, MA), Sarah Nicholls (Michigan State University), Alan Nogee (Union of Concerned Scientists), David A. Orwig (Harvard Forest, Harvard University), Bart Ostro (CalEPA), Yude Pan (USDA Forest Service), Mark Pelling (King’s College, London), ...
... of New Hampshire), Stephen D. McCormick (USGS, Turners Falls, MA), Sarah Nicholls (Michigan State University), Alan Nogee (Union of Concerned Scientists), David A. Orwig (Harvard Forest, Harvard University), Bart Ostro (CalEPA), Yude Pan (USDA Forest Service), Mark Pelling (King’s College, London), ...
Assessing the Determinants Facilitating Local Vulnerabilities and
... inception through to fruition. I am deeply appreciative of the University of Montana and the College of Forestry and Conservation for providing me with the resources, funding and support throughout the lifespan of this project. Foremost amongst these ranks is my eternal gratitude to my advisor, Dr. ...
... inception through to fruition. I am deeply appreciative of the University of Montana and the College of Forestry and Conservation for providing me with the resources, funding and support throughout the lifespan of this project. Foremost amongst these ranks is my eternal gratitude to my advisor, Dr. ...
Corporate Air Quality and Climate Change Strategic Plan
... Air quality has been an issue in cities since the Industrial revolution. A number of municipalities have begun to recognize and undertake comprehensive strategies to address poor air quality. The City of Hamilton has addressed a range of air quality issues since the mid 1990s. Through the support of ...
... Air quality has been an issue in cities since the Industrial revolution. A number of municipalities have begun to recognize and undertake comprehensive strategies to address poor air quality. The City of Hamilton has addressed a range of air quality issues since the mid 1990s. Through the support of ...
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... and recent warming is contributing to a world out of balance. Alaska is among the most rapidly warming places globally, with the Interior experiencing the most pronounced warming statewide, and with significant regional-scale ecosystem services disruptions affecting subsistence hunting and harvest s ...
... and recent warming is contributing to a world out of balance. Alaska is among the most rapidly warming places globally, with the Interior experiencing the most pronounced warming statewide, and with significant regional-scale ecosystem services disruptions affecting subsistence hunting and harvest s ...
Good-Bye Kyoto - Carbon Market Watch
... laudable step forward in ambition. Yet, if emission reductions from such jurisdictions are counted towards national targets and sold as CDM offset credits at the same time, these reductions are counted towards multiple reduction goals. This means that the actual global emissions could be higher than ...
... laudable step forward in ambition. Yet, if emission reductions from such jurisdictions are counted towards national targets and sold as CDM offset credits at the same time, these reductions are counted towards multiple reduction goals. This means that the actual global emissions could be higher than ...
appendix - UA Atmospheric Sciences
... (ii) Major Community Support: Participated in two NASA-led field missions; Member, Science Definition team for the Phase 1 of NASA Carbon Monitoring System (CMS) (iii) Major Teaching Innovation: Developed a new course on data assimilation for students in Earth sciences; Taught an online course on re ...
... (ii) Major Community Support: Participated in two NASA-led field missions; Member, Science Definition team for the Phase 1 of NASA Carbon Monitoring System (CMS) (iii) Major Teaching Innovation: Developed a new course on data assimilation for students in Earth sciences; Taught an online course on re ...
UNESCO Chapter - F.Gemenne
... the following year (McLeman and Smit 2004). The authors noted that ‘the consequent displacement [to the impacts of climate change] of large numbers of people causes substantial disruption in the source area, but also places stress on areas that receive the unexpected migrants’ and concluded that ‘se ...
... the following year (McLeman and Smit 2004). The authors noted that ‘the consequent displacement [to the impacts of climate change] of large numbers of people causes substantial disruption in the source area, but also places stress on areas that receive the unexpected migrants’ and concluded that ‘se ...
Central Mekong Delta Region Connectivity Project
... Climate change is a maturing science. Efforts over the last two decades have built understanding and confidence of how climate is changing and more importantly the science behind it. We now have evidence that temperatures are becoming hotter and more variable, rainfall in t ...
... Climate change is a maturing science. Efforts over the last two decades have built understanding and confidence of how climate is changing and more importantly the science behind it. We now have evidence that temperatures are becoming hotter and more variable, rainfall in t ...
pLAnnIng fOR cLIMATE chAngE
... help those facing the challenge of developing and implementing their climate change adaptation initiatives, this guide is organized around four key planning themes: ✗✗ Strategic: All planning – physical, spatial, land use, environmental, economic – is more effective if it is strategic. Whatever the ...
... help those facing the challenge of developing and implementing their climate change adaptation initiatives, this guide is organized around four key planning themes: ✗✗ Strategic: All planning – physical, spatial, land use, environmental, economic – is more effective if it is strategic. Whatever the ...
Annex 3: Key Figures Showing Climatic Trends for Guinea Bissau
... climate change is required. The likely impacts of climate change are still poorly understood and the need for adaptation not sufficiently incorporated into relevant frameworks. The proposed project will build adaptive capacity and increase the agriculture and water sector’s resilience to climate cha ...
... climate change is required. The likely impacts of climate change are still poorly understood and the need for adaptation not sufficiently incorporated into relevant frameworks. The proposed project will build adaptive capacity and increase the agriculture and water sector’s resilience to climate cha ...
Indices for monitoring changes in extremes based on daily
... places where day-to-day variability in temperature is very small, such as tropical regions, and a more flexible indicator of heat waves has therefore been proposed.34 ETCCDI adopted most of the ECA indices,29 but modified those that appeared problematic when applied to a wide range of areas. In tota ...
... places where day-to-day variability in temperature is very small, such as tropical regions, and a more flexible indicator of heat waves has therefore been proposed.34 ETCCDI adopted most of the ECA indices,29 but modified those that appeared problematic when applied to a wide range of areas. In tota ...
climate change - Centre for Science and Policy
... while increasing the risk of flooding. On a high emissions pathway, what is now a ‘30-year flood’ could become three times more frequent in the Yellow River and Indus basins, and six times more frequent in the Ganges basin, over the course of the century, on a central estimate. In the worst case for ...
... while increasing the risk of flooding. On a high emissions pathway, what is now a ‘30-year flood’ could become three times more frequent in the Yellow River and Indus basins, and six times more frequent in the Ganges basin, over the course of the century, on a central estimate. In the worst case for ...
climate change - Centre for Science and Policy
... while increasing the risk of flooding. On a high emissions pathway, what is now a ‘30-year flood’ could become three times more frequent in the Yellow River and Indus basins, and six times more frequent in the Ganges basin, over the course of the century, on a central estimate. In the worst case for ...
... while increasing the risk of flooding. On a high emissions pathway, what is now a ‘30-year flood’ could become three times more frequent in the Yellow River and Indus basins, and six times more frequent in the Ganges basin, over the course of the century, on a central estimate. In the worst case for ...
8. equal per capita entitlements
... expansion of the global economy and attendant GHG emissions into the globally common atmosphere. This realization stimulated the associated debate on the sharing of scarce atmospheric resources, that is, establishing equitable access to this limited space, as the right to emit implies scarcity, and ...
... expansion of the global economy and attendant GHG emissions into the globally common atmosphere. This realization stimulated the associated debate on the sharing of scarce atmospheric resources, that is, establishing equitable access to this limited space, as the right to emit implies scarcity, and ...
Final Consultants Report
... be slightly warmer, but the daily and seasonal warm periods will become much longer in the future, especially in the latter half of the century. Both daily maximum temperature and daily minimum temperatures will increase. In addition, the hot season will become longer, and expand to a wider area of ...
... be slightly warmer, but the daily and seasonal warm periods will become much longer in the future, especially in the latter half of the century. Both daily maximum temperature and daily minimum temperatures will increase. In addition, the hot season will become longer, and expand to a wider area of ...
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... Our results suggest, in the context of the LQ model, strategies regarding the expected behavior of noncooperating asymmetric countries in terms of mitigation and SRM activities, and provide insights regarding the possible existence of a tradeo¤ between mitigation and SRM. In particular when the soc ...
... Our results suggest, in the context of the LQ model, strategies regarding the expected behavior of noncooperating asymmetric countries in terms of mitigation and SRM activities, and provide insights regarding the possible existence of a tradeo¤ between mitigation and SRM. In particular when the soc ...
Chapter 11 Hunting, Herding, Fishing and Gathering
... of different forces that threaten to restrict harvesting activities and sever these relationships. The Arctic regions are tightly tied politically, economically and socially to the national mainstream and are inextricably linked to the global economy (Caulfield 2000, Nuttall 1998). Rapid social, eco ...
... of different forces that threaten to restrict harvesting activities and sever these relationships. The Arctic regions are tightly tied politically, economically and socially to the national mainstream and are inextricably linked to the global economy (Caulfield 2000, Nuttall 1998). Rapid social, eco ...
Responses of terrestrial ecosystems to temperature and
... from additive, single-factor effects, though low statistical power limits the strength of these conclusions. New experiments with combined temperature and precipitation manipulations are needed to conclusively determine the importance of temperature–precipitation interactions on the C balance of ter ...
... from additive, single-factor effects, though low statistical power limits the strength of these conclusions. New experiments with combined temperature and precipitation manipulations are needed to conclusively determine the importance of temperature–precipitation interactions on the C balance of ter ...
Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States
... from the atmosphere. The second involves “adaptation” measures to improve our ability to cope with or avoid harmful impacts and take advantage of beneficial ones, now and in the future. Both of these are necessary elements of an effective response strategy. These two types of responses are linked in ...
... from the atmosphere. The second involves “adaptation” measures to improve our ability to cope with or avoid harmful impacts and take advantage of beneficial ones, now and in the future. Both of these are necessary elements of an effective response strategy. These two types of responses are linked in ...
Scientific Facts on Arctic Climate Change
... as the burning of fossil fuels and the clearing of land. Continuing greenhouse gas releases are projected to cause significant changes in climatic conditions: an increase of 1.4 to 5.8°C (2.5-10.4°F) in global average temperature between 2000 and 2100, as well as changes in ocean currents, sea level ...
... as the burning of fossil fuels and the clearing of land. Continuing greenhouse gas releases are projected to cause significant changes in climatic conditions: an increase of 1.4 to 5.8°C (2.5-10.4°F) in global average temperature between 2000 and 2100, as well as changes in ocean currents, sea level ...
Ch12 Pre-Release - Arctic Climate Impact Assessment
... This chapter discusses the present economic, social, and cultural importance of harvesting renewable resources for indigenous peoples, provides an assessment of how climate change has affected, and is affecting, harvesting activities in the past and in the present, and considers what some of the fut ...
... This chapter discusses the present economic, social, and cultural importance of harvesting renewable resources for indigenous peoples, provides an assessment of how climate change has affected, and is affecting, harvesting activities in the past and in the present, and considers what some of the fut ...
Breaking down the tropospheric circulation response by forcing
... used SSTs from observations or other models, while McLandress et al. (2011) exclusively performed coupled simulations. The former may thus have SSTs that are inconsistent with the model, while the latter cannot explicitly separate the direct radiative effects of the different forcings from the indir ...
... used SSTs from observations or other models, while McLandress et al. (2011) exclusively performed coupled simulations. The former may thus have SSTs that are inconsistent with the model, while the latter cannot explicitly separate the direct radiative effects of the different forcings from the indir ...
Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States
... from the atmosphere. The second involves “adaptation” measures to improve our ability to cope with or avoid harmful impacts and take advantage of beneficial ones, now and in the future. Both of these are necessary elements of an effective response strategy. These two types of responses are linked in ...
... from the atmosphere. The second involves “adaptation” measures to improve our ability to cope with or avoid harmful impacts and take advantage of beneficial ones, now and in the future. Both of these are necessary elements of an effective response strategy. These two types of responses are linked in ...
New York City Begins Planning for Climate
... from the atmosphere. The second involves “adaptation” measures to improve our ability to cope with or avoid harmful impacts and take advantage of beneficial ones, now and in the future. Both of these are necessary elements of an effective response strategy. These two types of responses are linked in ...
... from the atmosphere. The second involves “adaptation” measures to improve our ability to cope with or avoid harmful impacts and take advantage of beneficial ones, now and in the future. Both of these are necessary elements of an effective response strategy. These two types of responses are linked in ...
Shifting plant phenology in response to global change
... recent advances across the disciplines that contribute to phenology research. Comparing the findings of multiple approaches is necessary to understand how phenology will shift in response to different aspects of global change, and to identify the processes that scale between species and ecosystem ph ...
... recent advances across the disciplines that contribute to phenology research. Comparing the findings of multiple approaches is necessary to understand how phenology will shift in response to different aspects of global change, and to identify the processes that scale between species and ecosystem ph ...