Use of Traditional Weather/Climate Knowledge by Farmers in the
... risks” [13]. The challenge is not only to design new coping strategies, but also to bring about institutional transformations within which such strategies would become rational for farmers [38]. Vulnerability has emerged as a cross-cutting theme in research on the human dimensions of global environm ...
... risks” [13]. The challenge is not only to design new coping strategies, but also to bring about institutional transformations within which such strategies would become rational for farmers [38]. Vulnerability has emerged as a cross-cutting theme in research on the human dimensions of global environm ...
Payne and Pates 2009 Wetlands Ecology and Management
... peatlands likely to show the greatest impacts are the most marginal sites in regions which ...
... peatlands likely to show the greatest impacts are the most marginal sites in regions which ...
Agroforestry from Mediterranean Partner Countries: Report on
... Current predictions suggest that the Mediterranean region is likely to be significantly impacted by climate change (Tanasijevic et al., 2014). The projections suggest that these changes are likely to have detrimental impacts on ecosystems and agricultural production across the Mediterranean basin. N ...
... Current predictions suggest that the Mediterranean region is likely to be significantly impacted by climate change (Tanasijevic et al., 2014). The projections suggest that these changes are likely to have detrimental impacts on ecosystems and agricultural production across the Mediterranean basin. N ...
Climate Change Adaptation in Clayoquot Sound
... reduced by sea otter populations which also feed on these crab species. Other marine species, including the feather boa kelp and the Humboldt squid, appear to be moving north in response to the warming waters off the west coast of BC. Similar trends of movement northwards are predicted for terrestri ...
... reduced by sea otter populations which also feed on these crab species. Other marine species, including the feather boa kelp and the Humboldt squid, appear to be moving north in response to the warming waters off the west coast of BC. Similar trends of movement northwards are predicted for terrestri ...
North Atlantic Ocean Wave Climate Change Scenarios for the
... detailed assessment of changes in the projected wave heights. Strictly speaking, a climate change scenario refers to the difference between some plausible future climate and the current or control climate (usually as represented in a climate model). Such differences can be viewed as an interim step ...
... detailed assessment of changes in the projected wave heights. Strictly speaking, a climate change scenario refers to the difference between some plausible future climate and the current or control climate (usually as represented in a climate model). Such differences can be viewed as an interim step ...
Longterm climate forcings to assess vulnerability in North Africa dry
... Methods: To assess whether the argan woodland is in equilibrium with current climate, we used species distribution modelling (SDM) to estimate its potential range. Then, SDM was used to estimate its potential distribution during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM; 21,000 BP) and the Middle Holocene (Mid- ...
... Methods: To assess whether the argan woodland is in equilibrium with current climate, we used species distribution modelling (SDM) to estimate its potential range. Then, SDM was used to estimate its potential distribution during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM; 21,000 BP) and the Middle Holocene (Mid- ...
Climate Change Scenario Simulations over Area Climate Model:
... subdomain, is often associated with long drought episodes from which the atmospheric mechanisms are poorly understood. In an effort to improve our knowledge of weather and climate systems over this region, the PRECIS Regional Climate Model (RCM) from the United Kingdom (UK) was obtained and implemen ...
... subdomain, is often associated with long drought episodes from which the atmospheric mechanisms are poorly understood. In an effort to improve our knowledge of weather and climate systems over this region, the PRECIS Regional Climate Model (RCM) from the United Kingdom (UK) was obtained and implemen ...
Sustainable grape and wine production in the context of climate
... that could restrict adaptation. This proactive and pluridisciplinary strategy involves cooperation with French and foreign academic and socioprofessional actors. It should ensure rapid results and progress, for example in multi-criteria assessment of adaptation options. Favouring the dialogue betwee ...
... that could restrict adaptation. This proactive and pluridisciplinary strategy involves cooperation with French and foreign academic and socioprofessional actors. It should ensure rapid results and progress, for example in multi-criteria assessment of adaptation options. Favouring the dialogue betwee ...
Link-Securitization - Open Evidence Archive
... metaphor differs from the rivet and cliff metaphors in several important aspects. First, in most cases there are not limits. As threads are pulled from the tapestry, there is a continuum of degradation rather than any clear threshold. Each thread that is pulled slightly reduces the function and beau ...
... metaphor differs from the rivet and cliff metaphors in several important aspects. First, in most cases there are not limits. As threads are pulled from the tapestry, there is a continuum of degradation rather than any clear threshold. Each thread that is pulled slightly reduces the function and beau ...
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... Canada is a major breeding ground for the Pacific, Central, Mississippi and Atlantic flyways. In most North American studies of migratory waterfowl, the focus is on the value of waterfowl to U.S. hunters (e.g., Johnson et al. 1997). Neglected in studies of migratory waterfowl is the importance of wa ...
... Canada is a major breeding ground for the Pacific, Central, Mississippi and Atlantic flyways. In most North American studies of migratory waterfowl, the focus is on the value of waterfowl to U.S. hunters (e.g., Johnson et al. 1997). Neglected in studies of migratory waterfowl is the importance of wa ...
Climates of suspicion - Geoengineering Governance Research
... being of crucial importance for democratic governance in this domain (Corner et al. 2012; Macnaghten and Owen 2011; Macnaghten and Szerszynski 2013; Owen et al. 2012; Pidgeon et al. 2012), and a body of critical scholarship has sought to explore the ways in which dominant framings of the issue might ...
... being of crucial importance for democratic governance in this domain (Corner et al. 2012; Macnaghten and Owen 2011; Macnaghten and Szerszynski 2013; Owen et al. 2012; Pidgeon et al. 2012), and a body of critical scholarship has sought to explore the ways in which dominant framings of the issue might ...
Print - Science Advances
... temperature (8, 9) significantly influence sleep patterns. Regular and sufficient sleep serves a crucial role in maintaining and restoring the human body. At a physiological level, sleep loss can undercut the neural consolidation of new knowledge (10), the repair of skeletal muscles (11), and the ef ...
... temperature (8, 9) significantly influence sleep patterns. Regular and sufficient sleep serves a crucial role in maintaining and restoring the human body. At a physiological level, sleep loss can undercut the neural consolidation of new knowledge (10), the repair of skeletal muscles (11), and the ef ...
Climate Guide - Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre
... decreases in water quality, air quality and food security. Small islands face long-term sea-level rise and will also be affected by increasing storm surges and cyclones long before they are actually submerged. Densely populated river deltas in Asia are also particularly vulnerable, as are other coas ...
... decreases in water quality, air quality and food security. Small islands face long-term sea-level rise and will also be affected by increasing storm surges and cyclones long before they are actually submerged. Densely populated river deltas in Asia are also particularly vulnerable, as are other coas ...
Hydropower Vulnerability and Climate Change
... 50 percent by 2025, while the withdrawal rates in developed countries are projected to increase roughly 18 percent. 3 The next forty years promise to challenge energy and water resource management. Hydropower is one response to these challenges; in many areas of the world dams provide energy and reg ...
... 50 percent by 2025, while the withdrawal rates in developed countries are projected to increase roughly 18 percent. 3 The next forty years promise to challenge energy and water resource management. Hydropower is one response to these challenges; in many areas of the world dams provide energy and reg ...
On connecting climate change with security and armed conflicts.
... derived on the basis of the interlinkages between altered natural resources, climate change and conflicts. Thus, they have limited value in predicting what is to come in the future for security (as a result of climate change) and the parameters used are not sufficient. When future projections are ma ...
... derived on the basis of the interlinkages between altered natural resources, climate change and conflicts. Thus, they have limited value in predicting what is to come in the future for security (as a result of climate change) and the parameters used are not sufficient. When future projections are ma ...
Minnesota Climate and Health Profile 2015
... While residents are well aware of the erratic nature of Minnesota weather, extreme events have become even more frequent and precipitation patterns have become even less predictable. Already these climate changes are impacting Minnesota’s agricultural and industrial economies, natural resources, pub ...
... While residents are well aware of the erratic nature of Minnesota weather, extreme events have become even more frequent and precipitation patterns have become even less predictable. Already these climate changes are impacting Minnesota’s agricultural and industrial economies, natural resources, pub ...
Sociological Perspectives on Global Climate Change
... contribute to the scientific understanding of the role of humans in global climate change. The opportunities for social science at the international climate change table have tended not to be filled by sociologists. Sociologists have been slow to engage the topic of global climate change in their re ...
... contribute to the scientific understanding of the role of humans in global climate change. The opportunities for social science at the international climate change table have tended not to be filled by sociologists. Sociologists have been slow to engage the topic of global climate change in their re ...
Slide 1
... More than three quarters of The A List engages with policy makers on climate change, compared with just under half ...
... More than three quarters of The A List engages with policy makers on climate change, compared with just under half ...
Pre-Workshop scoping document
... The Foresight ‘Future Flooding’ report of 2004 (Evans et al. 2004a and b) in the UK is an example of scientific research being used to inform policy and decision making at a national and regional level. The approach and methodologies developed and applied in the project have elicited interest abroad ...
... The Foresight ‘Future Flooding’ report of 2004 (Evans et al. 2004a and b) in the UK is an example of scientific research being used to inform policy and decision making at a national and regional level. The approach and methodologies developed and applied in the project have elicited interest abroad ...
Modeling the Links between Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services and
... natural resources (Martens et al, 2003; Loreau et al, 2001). Nonetheless, quantifying the link between biodiversity and ecosystem services remains a major scientific challenge to date (Pereira et al., 2010), because there does not exist a general ecological relationship between ecosystem function an ...
... natural resources (Martens et al, 2003; Loreau et al, 2001). Nonetheless, quantifying the link between biodiversity and ecosystem services remains a major scientific challenge to date (Pereira et al., 2010), because there does not exist a general ecological relationship between ecosystem function an ...
Coastal and marine ecosystems in a changing climate: the case of
... coastal and marine ecosystems in Tanzania. The reviewed literature indicates that the projected climatic-induced disturbances such as rising sea level, increased temperature and enhanced extreme weather events are likely to exacerbate more pressures on coastal and marine ecosystems, such as mangrove ...
... coastal and marine ecosystems in Tanzania. The reviewed literature indicates that the projected climatic-induced disturbances such as rising sea level, increased temperature and enhanced extreme weather events are likely to exacerbate more pressures on coastal and marine ecosystems, such as mangrove ...
League of Conservation Voters 2013
... climate change and advancing clean energy solutions. These actions, along with the EPA’s Clean Power Plan, mean that the U.S. is poised to make meaningful progress to confront the climate crisis. Other major administrative progress includes the Clean Water Rule to restore pollution protections to th ...
... climate change and advancing clean energy solutions. These actions, along with the EPA’s Clean Power Plan, mean that the U.S. is poised to make meaningful progress to confront the climate crisis. Other major administrative progress includes the Clean Water Rule to restore pollution protections to th ...
Ozone hole and Southern Hemisphere climate change
... polar regions to the subtropics, remains unclear at present. This question is especially pertinent in view of the predicted recovery of stratospheric ozone [e.g., Eyring et al., 2007] which, as a result of the implementation of the Montreal Protocol, is expected to occur in the next 50– 60 years. [3 ...
... polar regions to the subtropics, remains unclear at present. This question is especially pertinent in view of the predicted recovery of stratospheric ozone [e.g., Eyring et al., 2007] which, as a result of the implementation of the Montreal Protocol, is expected to occur in the next 50– 60 years. [3 ...
mitigating climate change in the tea sector
... Sub-Saharan Africa is home to almost 900 million people, 60% of whom are dependent on agriculture for their livelihood. In Kenya, the tea sector employs more than 3 million people and smallholders account for 62% of total tea production in the country. Climate change is expected to have a significan ...
... Sub-Saharan Africa is home to almost 900 million people, 60% of whom are dependent on agriculture for their livelihood. In Kenya, the tea sector employs more than 3 million people and smallholders account for 62% of total tea production in the country. Climate change is expected to have a significan ...
The National Climate Change Programme (NCCP), a unit within the
... activities, at least in its initial stage, towards a dialogue and consultation process aimed at achieving a supportive coalition for the national participation in the CDM. This process is meant to serve several purposes: (i) a channel for information dissemination; (ii) assess the policy and legal f ...
... activities, at least in its initial stage, towards a dialogue and consultation process aimed at achieving a supportive coalition for the national participation in the CDM. This process is meant to serve several purposes: (i) a channel for information dissemination; (ii) assess the policy and legal f ...