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... Liliendaal Declaration on Climate Change in 2009. 1 Yohe, G.W., Lasco, R.D., Ahmad, Q.K., Arnell, N.W., Cohen, S.J., Hope, C., Janetos, A.C., and Perez, R.T. 2007. Perspectives on climate change and sustainability. Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working ...
... Liliendaal Declaration on Climate Change in 2009. 1 Yohe, G.W., Lasco, R.D., Ahmad, Q.K., Arnell, N.W., Cohen, S.J., Hope, C., Janetos, A.C., and Perez, R.T. 2007. Perspectives on climate change and sustainability. Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working ...
ACIA Ch01 Final - Arctic Climate Impact Assessment
... food and income and especially for the vital social and cultural importance of traditional activities.The cultural diversity of the Arctic is already at risk (Freeman, 2000; Minority Rights Group, 1994), and this may be exacerbated by the additional challenge posed by climate change.The impacts of c ...
... food and income and especially for the vital social and cultural importance of traditional activities.The cultural diversity of the Arctic is already at risk (Freeman, 2000; Minority Rights Group, 1994), and this may be exacerbated by the additional challenge posed by climate change.The impacts of c ...
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... Finance.” The scoping process locked-in this overlapping coverage of the issue of climate finance, making the writing process more challenging for authors who had to repeatedly communicate with authors from other chapters to determine where sub-issues would be covered. It follows that this division ...
... Finance.” The scoping process locked-in this overlapping coverage of the issue of climate finance, making the writing process more challenging for authors who had to repeatedly communicate with authors from other chapters to determine where sub-issues would be covered. It follows that this division ...
Intellectual Property Rights and International Technology
... Climate Change (UNFCCC) calls for developed countries to take all practicable steps to promote, facilitate and finance, as appropriate, the transfer of, or access to, ESTs and know-how to other Parties, particularly to developing countries. The Bali Action Plan (2007) reaffirmed the centrality of th ...
... Climate Change (UNFCCC) calls for developed countries to take all practicable steps to promote, facilitate and finance, as appropriate, the transfer of, or access to, ESTs and know-how to other Parties, particularly to developing countries. The Bali Action Plan (2007) reaffirmed the centrality of th ...
A Climate Change Vulnerability and Risk Assessment
... In 2007, the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded that the planet’s climate is already changing (International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 2007). Since then, climate change response efforts have expanded beyond mitigation to include adaptation. Mitigation efforts include any act ...
... In 2007, the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded that the planet’s climate is already changing (International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 2007). Since then, climate change response efforts have expanded beyond mitigation to include adaptation. Mitigation efforts include any act ...
Executive Summary - Forest Watch
... this assessment would be significantly impacted under the scenarios of climate change presented by the models. The human health impacts - both direct (health effects of poor air quality) and indirect (warmer winters facilitating expansion of Lyme disease-carrying deer tick habitat) - of physical and ...
... this assessment would be significantly impacted under the scenarios of climate change presented by the models. The human health impacts - both direct (health effects of poor air quality) and indirect (warmer winters facilitating expansion of Lyme disease-carrying deer tick habitat) - of physical and ...
North American megadroughts in the Common Era
... interpreting and analyzing the climate dynamics associated with drought events. Finally, tree growth is highly sensitive to moisture availability over much of North America, ensuring high quality and well validated reconstructions. One of the most comprehensive reconstructions of North American hydr ...
... interpreting and analyzing the climate dynamics associated with drought events. Finally, tree growth is highly sensitive to moisture availability over much of North America, ensuring high quality and well validated reconstructions. One of the most comprehensive reconstructions of North American hydr ...
Mid- to Late Holocene climate change: an overview
... conditions of the climate system did not change dramatically (in comparison to larger glacial–interglacial changes), and because abundant, detailed regional palaeoclimatic proxy records cover this period. We use selected proxy-based reconstructions of different climate variables, together with state ...
... conditions of the climate system did not change dramatically (in comparison to larger glacial–interglacial changes), and because abundant, detailed regional palaeoclimatic proxy records cover this period. We use selected proxy-based reconstructions of different climate variables, together with state ...
Weather Files and Future Climate
... temperatures at a given location. This is partly due to the relatively small number of files available for the UK and also the locations of the weather stations used to create the CIBSE TRYs and DSYs are generally located next to cities. This may seem to be a good idea since this is where the majori ...
... temperatures at a given location. This is partly due to the relatively small number of files available for the UK and also the locations of the weather stations used to create the CIBSE TRYs and DSYs are generally located next to cities. This may seem to be a good idea since this is where the majori ...
WHAT IS WRONG WITH STERN? Peter Lilley MP The Global Warming Policy Foundation
... pear. Stern compares the cost of limiting the amount of global warming with the benefit of eliminating it entirely.8 The benefit of preventing it entirely would, on his figures, be at least 5% of GDP – but to do so would require not just stopping all further carbon emissions but removing all those a ...
... pear. Stern compares the cost of limiting the amount of global warming with the benefit of eliminating it entirely.8 The benefit of preventing it entirely would, on his figures, be at least 5% of GDP – but to do so would require not just stopping all further carbon emissions but removing all those a ...
Simulating effects of land use changes on carbon fluxes: past
... century. In combination, these products provide the opportunity to study the evolution of land use, atmospheric CO2 and climate over the industrial period and this century in a consistent way (Strengers et al., 2004). Recently, a new set of emission scenarios have become available that incorporate t ...
... century. In combination, these products provide the opportunity to study the evolution of land use, atmospheric CO2 and climate over the industrial period and this century in a consistent way (Strengers et al., 2004). Recently, a new set of emission scenarios have become available that incorporate t ...
AAWG Conference Abstracts 2014
... (Hawaii) releases far more CO2 than volcanoes at convergent plate boundaries, which produce mainly water vapour. Gases at pull-apart margins are also dominated by water vapour, but with a significant component of sulphur dioxide and carbon dioxide. Volcanoes add 130-230 million tonnes of CO2 to the ...
... (Hawaii) releases far more CO2 than volcanoes at convergent plate boundaries, which produce mainly water vapour. Gases at pull-apart margins are also dominated by water vapour, but with a significant component of sulphur dioxide and carbon dioxide. Volcanoes add 130-230 million tonnes of CO2 to the ...
Chapter 2: Climate and Air Quality of Dutchess County, NY
... Much of the precipitation in the northeastern United States comes from the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean, and is transported by major atmospheric storm systems. These systems develop less frequently during the summer, but local convective activity in the form of thunderstorms produces signif ...
... Much of the precipitation in the northeastern United States comes from the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean, and is transported by major atmospheric storm systems. These systems develop less frequently during the summer, but local convective activity in the form of thunderstorms produces signif ...
Untitled - The Pew Charitable Trusts
... counties. Additional assessments were considered but deemed not feasible in the scope of this HIA but outlined for further research. Recommendations were developed to inform decision-makers on prioritizing RCAP recommendations with an impact on health effects associated with SLR and heat waves. HIA ...
... counties. Additional assessments were considered but deemed not feasible in the scope of this HIA but outlined for further research. Recommendations were developed to inform decision-makers on prioritizing RCAP recommendations with an impact on health effects associated with SLR and heat waves. HIA ...
cliMAtE chANGE ANd cANAdA`S FOREStS
... increase in elevation but the actual movement of species will lag behind the rate of movement of climatic niches. Climate change has implications for both current and future timber supply. The net impact of climate change on timber supply will vary from location to location. The recent mountain pine ...
... increase in elevation but the actual movement of species will lag behind the rate of movement of climatic niches. Climate change has implications for both current and future timber supply. The net impact of climate change on timber supply will vary from location to location. The recent mountain pine ...
Analysis of vegetation distribution in Interior Alaska and sensitivity to
... warming is slightly higher than expected warming. Annual precipitation is expected to increase an average of 11% for the entire area 60–90 N across the 19 models (Källén et al., 2001). We included a larger range into our simulations by letting growing season precipitation increase and decrease by ...
... warming is slightly higher than expected warming. Annual precipitation is expected to increase an average of 11% for the entire area 60–90 N across the 19 models (Källén et al., 2001). We included a larger range into our simulations by letting growing season precipitation increase and decrease by ...
Climate Change Adaptation Manual
... in heavy storm events. Over time these changes will increase and the magnitude of these changes will be greater with higher global greenhouse gas emissions. UKCP09 also provides estimates that sea-level will rise between 30 and 46 cm between 1990 and 2095. Land movements mean that the actual sea-lev ...
... in heavy storm events. Over time these changes will increase and the magnitude of these changes will be greater with higher global greenhouse gas emissions. UKCP09 also provides estimates that sea-level will rise between 30 and 46 cm between 1990 and 2095. Land movements mean that the actual sea-lev ...
assessment of changes of extreme wave conditions at the
... influence of climate change on water levels (the mean sea level and extreme water levels) as well as on the local wave climate (the average and extreme events) has to be analyzed. Moreover, knowledge of the changes in near-shore wave conditions is essential for developing appropriate adaptation meas ...
... influence of climate change on water levels (the mean sea level and extreme water levels) as well as on the local wave climate (the average and extreme events) has to be analyzed. Moreover, knowledge of the changes in near-shore wave conditions is essential for developing appropriate adaptation meas ...
A tool to estimate health and adaptation costs
... • summary indicators of the economic performance of adaptation measures, in terms of either cost–effectiveness or economic benefits versus costs. These economic components can be calculated with the valuation tool described in this document. As a visual aid for application of the tool, a simple Exc ...
... • summary indicators of the economic performance of adaptation measures, in terms of either cost–effectiveness or economic benefits versus costs. These economic components can be calculated with the valuation tool described in this document. As a visual aid for application of the tool, a simple Exc ...
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... allowing for efficient determination of optimal policies, which are then subjected to sensitivity analysis in order to test their robustness to changes in model parameters. Other studies employ stochastic models (Hope, 2006), and generally do not find optimal policies, but rather provide welfare asses ...
... allowing for efficient determination of optimal policies, which are then subjected to sensitivity analysis in order to test their robustness to changes in model parameters. Other studies employ stochastic models (Hope, 2006), and generally do not find optimal policies, but rather provide welfare asses ...
Impacts of climate change on Blue Nile flows using bias
... showed a wide range of changes. While three of the models indicated increases in natural river flow at Aswan of more than 50%, the fourth model showed a 12% reduction. The study expected that the temperature rise would increase evaporation losses from Lake Nasser as well as irrigation water demands. ...
... showed a wide range of changes. While three of the models indicated increases in natural river flow at Aswan of more than 50%, the fourth model showed a 12% reduction. The study expected that the temperature rise would increase evaporation losses from Lake Nasser as well as irrigation water demands. ...
Tools and Approaches for Capacity Building for - ClimDev
... making. Basic climate products consist tables and charts showing historical climate information stemming from observed climate data along with projected mean future changes stemming from climate models. Basic climate information is used to raise awareness, scan for present and future risk as well as ...
... making. Basic climate products consist tables and charts showing historical climate information stemming from observed climate data along with projected mean future changes stemming from climate models. Basic climate information is used to raise awareness, scan for present and future risk as well as ...
The Global “Disappearing Act”: How Island States Can Maintain
... The UN created the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to “provide the world with a clear scientific view on the current state of knowledge in climate change and its potential environmental and socio-economic impacts.” 31 The IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report (Report) outlines “new evidence of ...
... The UN created the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to “provide the world with a clear scientific view on the current state of knowledge in climate change and its potential environmental and socio-economic impacts.” 31 The IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report (Report) outlines “new evidence of ...
Survival of the fittest: Pastoralism and climate change in East Africa
... Political and economic marginalisation For decades pastoralists have been side-lined in decision-making processes in East Africa. The result is chronic under-investment in pastoralist communities across the region, and the consequent increase in vulnerability. Pastoralist communities are marginalis ...
... Political and economic marginalisation For decades pastoralists have been side-lined in decision-making processes in East Africa. The result is chronic under-investment in pastoralist communities across the region, and the consequent increase in vulnerability. Pastoralist communities are marginalis ...
global temperature trends
... The GMST has risen in the past fifteen years at a rate that is only onethird to one-half of the average over the second half of the twentieth century (see, for example, refs 1–5). This hiatus is not reproduced in most simulations with present-generation climate models, which instead over the period ...
... The GMST has risen in the past fifteen years at a rate that is only onethird to one-half of the average over the second half of the twentieth century (see, for example, refs 1–5). This hiatus is not reproduced in most simulations with present-generation climate models, which instead over the period ...