a guidebook on climate scenarios
... information can be presented to decision-makers, such as planners, engineers, resource managers, and goverment. Finally, a third section outlines key climate modeling concepts that support a good understanding of climate information in general. This document is not detailed enough to inform users on ...
... information can be presented to decision-makers, such as planners, engineers, resource managers, and goverment. Finally, a third section outlines key climate modeling concepts that support a good understanding of climate information in general. This document is not detailed enough to inform users on ...
Global warming and 21st century drying - Lamont
... Abstract Global warming is expected to increase the frequency and intensity of droughts in the twenty-first century, but the relative contributions from changes in moisture supply (precipitation) versus evaporative demand (potential evapotranspiration; PET) have not been comprehensively assessed. Us ...
... Abstract Global warming is expected to increase the frequency and intensity of droughts in the twenty-first century, but the relative contributions from changes in moisture supply (precipitation) versus evaporative demand (potential evapotranspiration; PET) have not been comprehensively assessed. Us ...
Significant decrease in yield under future climate conditions
... and [O3 ] to increase by 25% compared to the concentrations experienced today (32–62 ppb). The latest assessment report of IPCC, working group I, also considered three other climate scenarios with lower increase in the anthropogenic emission of greenhouse gases leading to less elevated temperature, ...
... and [O3 ] to increase by 25% compared to the concentrations experienced today (32–62 ppb). The latest assessment report of IPCC, working group I, also considered three other climate scenarios with lower increase in the anthropogenic emission of greenhouse gases leading to less elevated temperature, ...
Workstream I: Scope, guiding principles, and cross-cutting
... the carbon markets are essential to address climate change, but public funding should have a prevailing role over the other income sources. The architecture of this Fund should be equitable and effective to ensure that the financial mechanism governance does not replicate the financial access limita ...
... the carbon markets are essential to address climate change, but public funding should have a prevailing role over the other income sources. The architecture of this Fund should be equitable and effective to ensure that the financial mechanism governance does not replicate the financial access limita ...
ities` action on climate change in South West England.
... In order to answer some of these questions it seemed appropriate to investigate what local authorities in my own part of the UK were doing to respond to the then government’s policy on climate change mitigation to deliver the reductions in greenhouse emissions required by the Climate Change Act 200 ...
... In order to answer some of these questions it seemed appropriate to investigate what local authorities in my own part of the UK were doing to respond to the then government’s policy on climate change mitigation to deliver the reductions in greenhouse emissions required by the Climate Change Act 200 ...
The Response of Precipitation Minus Evapotranspiration to Climate
... and Soden to be 7%K−1 , but we calculate α at each latitude and longitude and for each climatological month using α = L/Rv Ts2 (e.g., Held and Soden 2006), where L is the latent heat of vaporization and Rv is the gas constant for water vapor. Under global warming, this simple scaling suggests an enh ...
... and Soden to be 7%K−1 , but we calculate α at each latitude and longitude and for each climatological month using α = L/Rv Ts2 (e.g., Held and Soden 2006), where L is the latent heat of vaporization and Rv is the gas constant for water vapor. Under global warming, this simple scaling suggests an enh ...
Tree Species Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change
... is based on potential for genetic adaptation, physiological adjustment, migration, etc. For human systems, adaptive capacity is determined by such factors as access to technology, availability of resources, social and human capital and management of information (Moser et al. 2008). Vulnerability can ...
... is based on potential for genetic adaptation, physiological adjustment, migration, etc. For human systems, adaptive capacity is determined by such factors as access to technology, availability of resources, social and human capital and management of information (Moser et al. 2008). Vulnerability can ...
Lenachuru_colostate_0053A_13620 - DSpace Home
... are more educated more often use formal sources of information. Ilchamus IK is passed from parents to children though daily interactions and folklore, and is shared within the community through social networks and organizational structures. Although there are many social structures through which kno ...
... are more educated more often use formal sources of information. Ilchamus IK is passed from parents to children though daily interactions and folklore, and is shared within the community through social networks and organizational structures. Although there are many social structures through which kno ...
DRAFT P W
... Shortage costs include a loss of consumer surplus experienced by residents from a forced decline in water usage. The size of residential shortage costs in that region is dependent upon the source of other, non-SWP imported water supplies in Southern California. If non-SWP supplies are not vulnerable ...
... Shortage costs include a loss of consumer surplus experienced by residents from a forced decline in water usage. The size of residential shortage costs in that region is dependent upon the source of other, non-SWP imported water supplies in Southern California. If non-SWP supplies are not vulnerable ...
Yes Impact – Water Wars
... percent per year until the country reaches high-income status, which the World Bank defines as above $12,276 gross national income per capita. (China is currently uppermiddle income with $4,260 GNI per capita.) Maintaining that growth rate will require a huge amount of energy. Chinese energy demand ...
... percent per year until the country reaches high-income status, which the World Bank defines as above $12,276 gross national income per capita. (China is currently uppermiddle income with $4,260 GNI per capita.) Maintaining that growth rate will require a huge amount of energy. Chinese energy demand ...
Equator Principles and Climate Change Issues
... Climate change is a global environmental issue that adversely affects economic activities; on the other hand, economic activities, in particular infrastructure project financing, are one of the main drivers of current increases in atmospheric greenhouses gas (GHG) concentrations. Accordingly, based ...
... Climate change is a global environmental issue that adversely affects economic activities; on the other hand, economic activities, in particular infrastructure project financing, are one of the main drivers of current increases in atmospheric greenhouses gas (GHG) concentrations. Accordingly, based ...
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... Thailand and Viet Nam. It is estimated that 50 percent of the world’s rice production is affected to a greater or lesser extent by drought (Bouman et al., 2005). Drought stress is severely damaging during reproductive stages of the rice crop, especially during flowering, although drought in other ...
... Thailand and Viet Nam. It is estimated that 50 percent of the world’s rice production is affected to a greater or lesser extent by drought (Bouman et al., 2005). Drought stress is severely damaging during reproductive stages of the rice crop, especially during flowering, although drought in other ...
Evaluation of CMIP5 continental precipitation simulations relative to
... Generally, climate model simulations are known for poor representation of frontal, convective, and mesoscale processes [Van Weverberg et al., 2013]. Numerous studies have evaluated various aspects of precipitation in the CMIP3 model simulations. Phillips and Gleckler [2006], for example, evaluated C ...
... Generally, climate model simulations are known for poor representation of frontal, convective, and mesoscale processes [Van Weverberg et al., 2013]. Numerous studies have evaluated various aspects of precipitation in the CMIP3 model simulations. Phillips and Gleckler [2006], for example, evaluated C ...
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... Thailand and Viet Nam. It is estimated that 50 percent of the world’s rice production is affected to a greater or lesser extent by drought (Bouman et al., 2005). Drought stress is severely damaging during reproductive stages of the rice crop, especially during flowering, although drought in other ...
... Thailand and Viet Nam. It is estimated that 50 percent of the world’s rice production is affected to a greater or lesser extent by drought (Bouman et al., 2005). Drought stress is severely damaging during reproductive stages of the rice crop, especially during flowering, although drought in other ...
Climate Change in the American Mind: March, 2016
... Inland cities near large rivers also experience more flooding, especially in the Midwest and Northeast. Insurance rates are rising in some vulnerable locations, and insurance is no longer available in others. Hotter and drier weather and earlier snow melt mean that wildfires in the West start earlie ...
... Inland cities near large rivers also experience more flooding, especially in the Midwest and Northeast. Insurance rates are rising in some vulnerable locations, and insurance is no longer available in others. Hotter and drier weather and earlier snow melt mean that wildfires in the West start earlie ...
Statistical methods for the analysis of simulated and observed
... planning, nature conservation, water management, energy supply and tourism for example. Climate change impacts can already be observed at many places and they will inevitably be felt more in the future (see for example: DAS, 2008, Chmielewski et al. 2009, Henson, 2011, Jendritzky, 2007, Zebisch et a ...
... planning, nature conservation, water management, energy supply and tourism for example. Climate change impacts can already be observed at many places and they will inevitably be felt more in the future (see for example: DAS, 2008, Chmielewski et al. 2009, Henson, 2011, Jendritzky, 2007, Zebisch et a ...
On welfare frameworks and catastrophic climate risks
... that such fat-tailed risks are an inescapable consequence of bayesian statistics, and our ‘structural’ uncertainty about the response of the climate system to increases in greenhouse gas concentrations. It argues that such risks can swamp all other effects on welfare, including those that arise from ...
... that such fat-tailed risks are an inescapable consequence of bayesian statistics, and our ‘structural’ uncertainty about the response of the climate system to increases in greenhouse gas concentrations. It argues that such risks can swamp all other effects on welfare, including those that arise from ...
Including land use, land-use change, and forestry in future climate
... additional options for including land-use, landuse change, and forestry (LULUCF) in future climate change agreements Negotiating the current international agreement on climate change took over a decade. As part of this process, intensive negotiations on the rules for implementing the Kyoto Protocol’ ...
... additional options for including land-use, landuse change, and forestry (LULUCF) in future climate change agreements Negotiating the current international agreement on climate change took over a decade. As part of this process, intensive negotiations on the rules for implementing the Kyoto Protocol’ ...
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... monoculture-dominated agriculture. Raising awareness and increasing communication on the method among farmers, researchers, farm advisors and other rural stakeholders can help assess the associated benefits and risks and encourage the development of innovative intercropping solutions [20]. Farmers i ...
... monoculture-dominated agriculture. Raising awareness and increasing communication on the method among farmers, researchers, farm advisors and other rural stakeholders can help assess the associated benefits and risks and encourage the development of innovative intercropping solutions [20]. Farmers i ...
The Climate and Development Challenge for Latin America
... changes in rainfall patterns...........................................................................................................20 Impacts on coastal and marine zones caused by increased sea levels and increased sea surface temperature.......................................................... ...
... changes in rainfall patterns...........................................................................................................20 Impacts on coastal and marine zones caused by increased sea levels and increased sea surface temperature.......................................................... ...
Why the United States did not become a party to the Kyoto Protocol
... passed by a 95–0 vote. Thus, to achieve ratification, the US administration would have had to change the minds of at least 67 senators ― a formidable task. Unsurprisingly, President Bush, when repudiating Kyoto in February 2001, echoed the requirements of Byrd–Hagel: ‘I oppose the Kyoto Protocol bec ...
... passed by a 95–0 vote. Thus, to achieve ratification, the US administration would have had to change the minds of at least 67 senators ― a formidable task. Unsurprisingly, President Bush, when repudiating Kyoto in February 2001, echoed the requirements of Byrd–Hagel: ‘I oppose the Kyoto Protocol bec ...
Global Warming Index - Debate Central
... These figures amply illustrate how Western Europe and the United States are by far largely responsible for the effects of global warming we are seeing today. Contrastingly the regions least responsible are the ones that will bear the brunt of those effects (initially at any rate, until such time tha ...
... These figures amply illustrate how Western Europe and the United States are by far largely responsible for the effects of global warming we are seeing today. Contrastingly the regions least responsible are the ones that will bear the brunt of those effects (initially at any rate, until such time tha ...
Alberta`s Natural Subregions Under a Changing Climate
... Temperatures in Alberta have been both far colder and far hotter than those we currently experience. The warm climate of the Hypsithermal period (4,000-8,000 years ago) is of particular interest because the ecological patterns of that time can be reconstructed using sediments from lakes and ponds ac ...
... Temperatures in Alberta have been both far colder and far hotter than those we currently experience. The warm climate of the Hypsithermal period (4,000-8,000 years ago) is of particular interest because the ecological patterns of that time can be reconstructed using sediments from lakes and ponds ac ...
3.6 Greenhouse Gas Emissions
... with localized air quality effects have relatively short atmospheric lifetimes (about one day), GHGs have long atmospheric lifetimes (one year to several thousand years). GHGs persist in the atmosphere for long enough time periods to be dispersed around the globe. Although the exact lifetime of any ...
... with localized air quality effects have relatively short atmospheric lifetimes (about one day), GHGs have long atmospheric lifetimes (one year to several thousand years). GHGs persist in the atmosphere for long enough time periods to be dispersed around the globe. Although the exact lifetime of any ...
Coastal Ecosystems Responses to Climate Change
... amongst Australian coastal ecosystems. In particular, primary productivity and food web connections are tightly linked between habitats across all coastal realms. Terrestrially derived sediments and nutrients also play a significant role in all coastal ecosystems considered here. Furthermore, marine ...
... amongst Australian coastal ecosystems. In particular, primary productivity and food web connections are tightly linked between habitats across all coastal realms. Terrestrially derived sediments and nutrients also play a significant role in all coastal ecosystems considered here. Furthermore, marine ...