Chapter 13 - Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
... The sharks and rays of the GBR have significant social, cultural and economic values. Sharks and rays are of great social and cultural importance to indigenous communities of the GBR coast and Torres Strait. Several indigenous groups consider sharks as cultural icons and totems, and sharks and rays ...
... The sharks and rays of the GBR have significant social, cultural and economic values. Sharks and rays are of great social and cultural importance to indigenous communities of the GBR coast and Torres Strait. Several indigenous groups consider sharks as cultural icons and totems, and sharks and rays ...
The Economic Impacts of Climate Change for Canada
... competing interests around one table to create consensus ideas and viable suggestions for sustainable development. The NRTEE focuses on sustaining Canada’s prosperity without borrowing resources from future generations or compromising their ability to live securely. The NRTEE is in the unique positi ...
... competing interests around one table to create consensus ideas and viable suggestions for sustainable development. The NRTEE focuses on sustaining Canada’s prosperity without borrowing resources from future generations or compromising their ability to live securely. The NRTEE is in the unique positi ...
a prediction market for climate outcomes
... leading to rational policy discussion. Climate scientists, not generally accustomed to the glare of public policy debate, have found themselves the targets of accusations, investigations, and sometimes death threats. 3 In this science policy discussion of supreme importance, it is painfully obvious ...
... leading to rational policy discussion. Climate scientists, not generally accustomed to the glare of public policy debate, have found themselves the targets of accusations, investigations, and sometimes death threats. 3 In this science policy discussion of supreme importance, it is painfully obvious ...
Climate Protection as a World Citizen Movement
... Climate Protection as a World Citizen Movement Special Report Climate Protection as a World Citizen Movement ...
... Climate Protection as a World Citizen Movement Special Report Climate Protection as a World Citizen Movement ...
Characterizing and attributing the warming trend in sea and land
... of the climate system. The apparent slowdown in the warming provides a good example about the need of distinguishing between observed temperature series and the underlying warming trend. Year 2015 was the warmest on record by a considerable margin, does this imply that the slowdown in the warming h ...
... of the climate system. The apparent slowdown in the warming provides a good example about the need of distinguishing between observed temperature series and the underlying warming trend. Year 2015 was the warmest on record by a considerable margin, does this imply that the slowdown in the warming h ...
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE LIMITED
... The following symbols have been used in this study: A full stop (.) is used to indicate decimals n.a. is used to indicate that data are not available The use of a hyphen (-) between years, for example, 2010-2019, signifies an annual average for the calendar years involved, including the beginning an ...
... The following symbols have been used in this study: A full stop (.) is used to indicate decimals n.a. is used to indicate that data are not available The use of a hyphen (-) between years, for example, 2010-2019, signifies an annual average for the calendar years involved, including the beginning an ...
Simulating Future Wheat Yields` Response to Climate Change and
... technological development (Moss et al. 2010). In earlier IPCC assessment reports, these scenarios started from the range of future human behaviors to derive the potential resulting GHG emissions. However, this approach has proven to be time consuming and data extensive and a simpler alternative has ...
... technological development (Moss et al. 2010). In earlier IPCC assessment reports, these scenarios started from the range of future human behaviors to derive the potential resulting GHG emissions. However, this approach has proven to be time consuming and data extensive and a simpler alternative has ...
Establishing a Climate Change Department in
... In Latin America and the Caribbean, Jamaica is listed as having the second highest economic risk exposure to two or more hazards according to the Natural Disaster Hotspot Study done by the World Bank in 2008. The impact of disasters has been significant on Jamaica’s economic progress as each impact ...
... In Latin America and the Caribbean, Jamaica is listed as having the second highest economic risk exposure to two or more hazards according to the Natural Disaster Hotspot Study done by the World Bank in 2008. The impact of disasters has been significant on Jamaica’s economic progress as each impact ...
Decision Making Framework and Tools
... Once a limited number of strategic options had been identified, a further iteration of the appraisal stage was undertaken at a more detailed spatial resolution for the Dartford ‘local’ pilot area within the wider study area (see Figure 2). This iteration included the explicit modelling of strategic ...
... Once a limited number of strategic options had been identified, a further iteration of the appraisal stage was undertaken at a more detailed spatial resolution for the Dartford ‘local’ pilot area within the wider study area (see Figure 2). This iteration included the explicit modelling of strategic ...
Pension Fund Trustees and Climate Change Research report 106
... activity, has caused global warming, with carbon emissions from the burning of fossil fuels since the industrial revolution heating the atmosphere. The IPCC, established in 1988, estimated that by the end of the 21st century, global temperatures will have risen by between 1.5 and 5.8 degrees centigr ...
... activity, has caused global warming, with carbon emissions from the burning of fossil fuels since the industrial revolution heating the atmosphere. The IPCC, established in 1988, estimated that by the end of the 21st century, global temperatures will have risen by between 1.5 and 5.8 degrees centigr ...
The effects of deforestation and climate variability on the
... differences of the 12 monthly means of discharge and precipitation in the 1970s and 1990s time series. Monthly mean precipitation data from the CRUts2.0 dataset (Mitchell et al. 2004) were used in this study for comparison with the observed and simulated discharge data. The CRU-ts2.0 is a ° 9 ° gl ...
... differences of the 12 monthly means of discharge and precipitation in the 1970s and 1990s time series. Monthly mean precipitation data from the CRUts2.0 dataset (Mitchell et al. 2004) were used in this study for comparison with the observed and simulated discharge data. The CRU-ts2.0 is a ° 9 ° gl ...
Forecasting global climate change: A scientific approach Kesten C
... By 2007, there still had been no proper validation of the IPCC’s forecasts. To generate interest in the importance of validation, one of us (Armstrong) proposed a bet to former U.S. Vice President Al Gore that a “no-change” forecast of global average temperature would be more accurate than any mode ...
... By 2007, there still had been no proper validation of the IPCC’s forecasts. To generate interest in the importance of validation, one of us (Armstrong) proposed a bet to former U.S. Vice President Al Gore that a “no-change” forecast of global average temperature would be more accurate than any mode ...
Queensland`s biodiversity under climate change:
... The series is open to researchers working with the Climate Adaptation Flagship on any topic relevant to the Flagship’s goals and scope. Copies of Climate Adaptation Flagship Working Papers can be downloaded at: www.csiro.au/resources/CAF-working-papers CSIRO initiated the National Research Flagships ...
... The series is open to researchers working with the Climate Adaptation Flagship on any topic relevant to the Flagship’s goals and scope. Copies of Climate Adaptation Flagship Working Papers can be downloaded at: www.csiro.au/resources/CAF-working-papers CSIRO initiated the National Research Flagships ...
Working Paper 12C
... The series is open to researchers working with the Climate Adaptation Flagship on any topic relevant to the Flagship’s goals and scope. Copies of Climate Adaptation Flagship Working Papers can be downloaded at: www.csiro.au/resources/CAF-working-papers CSIRO initiated the National Research Flagships ...
... The series is open to researchers working with the Climate Adaptation Flagship on any topic relevant to the Flagship’s goals and scope. Copies of Climate Adaptation Flagship Working Papers can be downloaded at: www.csiro.au/resources/CAF-working-papers CSIRO initiated the National Research Flagships ...
Application of Self-Organizing-Maps Technique in Downscaling
... horizontal resolution of between 250 and 600 km, 10 to 20 vertical layers in the atmosphere, and sometimes as many as 30 layers in the oceans (Houghton et al., 2001). Their resolution is thus quite coarse relative to the scale of exposure units in most impact studies. Downscaling techniques are comm ...
... horizontal resolution of between 250 and 600 km, 10 to 20 vertical layers in the atmosphere, and sometimes as many as 30 layers in the oceans (Houghton et al., 2001). Their resolution is thus quite coarse relative to the scale of exposure units in most impact studies. Downscaling techniques are comm ...
at least -48 - Monash University
... equitable burden sharing, developing countries – particularly major emerging emitters such as India, upon which successful global mitigation in part depends – will continue to stall the development of an effective and timely international agreement. Scientists warn that existing national pledges are ...
... equitable burden sharing, developing countries – particularly major emerging emitters such as India, upon which successful global mitigation in part depends – will continue to stall the development of an effective and timely international agreement. Scientists warn that existing national pledges are ...
Climate Change - Arab Forum for Environment and Development
... A number of recent studies suggest that the estimates of the 2007 IPCC Fourth Assessment Report were too conservative, and that projections will have to be altered to reflect stronger impacts. For example, developing world emissions have been growing much more quickly than previously thought, and th ...
... A number of recent studies suggest that the estimates of the 2007 IPCC Fourth Assessment Report were too conservative, and that projections will have to be altered to reflect stronger impacts. For example, developing world emissions have been growing much more quickly than previously thought, and th ...
Food security and adaptation in the context of potential CSA
... • Climatic shock variables significantly change the impacts of practices • Rainfall variability drives yield effects: In high variability areas… • Crop rotation has positive effects • Inorganic fertilizer & hybrids not effective ...
... • Climatic shock variables significantly change the impacts of practices • Rainfall variability drives yield effects: In high variability areas… • Crop rotation has positive effects • Inorganic fertilizer & hybrids not effective ...
THE BIG LIE - Council for American Students in International
... he reality of global warming and associated climate change is upon us. No longer is there any doubt, nor has there been among the vast majority of climate scientists for at least two decades, 2 that anthropogenic (human-caused) warming of the Earth is underway, mainly caused by the introduction into ...
... he reality of global warming and associated climate change is upon us. No longer is there any doubt, nor has there been among the vast majority of climate scientists for at least two decades, 2 that anthropogenic (human-caused) warming of the Earth is underway, mainly caused by the introduction into ...
Committee on America's Climate Choices; National Research Council
... actions to reduce domestic greenhouse gas emissions and other human drivers of climate change, such as changes in land use, but also considers the international dimensions of limiting the magnitude of climate change. The Panel on Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change was charged to describe, ana ...
... actions to reduce domestic greenhouse gas emissions and other human drivers of climate change, such as changes in land use, but also considers the international dimensions of limiting the magnitude of climate change. The Panel on Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change was charged to describe, ana ...
The Rockefeller Foundation Initiative Asian Cities Climate Change
... initiative. It has been “in the right place at the right time”, enabling, supporting and exploring approaches and methodologies to vulnerability assessment and the design of city-level resilience plans. The Foundation deserves recognition for its timely identification of this important area for inve ...
... initiative. It has been “in the right place at the right time”, enabling, supporting and exploring approaches and methodologies to vulnerability assessment and the design of city-level resilience plans. The Foundation deserves recognition for its timely identification of this important area for inve ...
Quantifying Carbon Cycle Feedbacks
... 2. Climate change and feedback In this section, we review the formalism used to quantify climate feedback, which we will compare in subsequent sections with carbon cycle feedback; Roe (2009) provides a useful and more detailed account of feedback formalism. Changes in composition of the atmosphere f ...
... 2. Climate change and feedback In this section, we review the formalism used to quantify climate feedback, which we will compare in subsequent sections with carbon cycle feedback; Roe (2009) provides a useful and more detailed account of feedback formalism. Changes in composition of the atmosphere f ...
Situation Analysis on Climate Change - 400 Bad Request
... IUCN (2012) Situation Analysis on Climate Change, Ecosystems for Life: A Bangladesh-India Initiative, IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature. ...
... IUCN (2012) Situation Analysis on Climate Change, Ecosystems for Life: A Bangladesh-India Initiative, IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature. ...
Hosted by: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the Program
... You will have access to new insights into important processes involving the atmosphere, cryosphere, land surface, and ocean, the associated hydrological and biogeochemical cycles, and the ecological and human dimensions of climate and environmental change. Our goal is to provide you a great opportun ...
... You will have access to new insights into important processes involving the atmosphere, cryosphere, land surface, and ocean, the associated hydrological and biogeochemical cycles, and the ecological and human dimensions of climate and environmental change. Our goal is to provide you a great opportun ...