CHAPTER 2 OUR CHANGING CLIMATE Climate Change Impacts in the United States
... global warming of the past 50 years is primarily due to human activities. 2. Global climate is projected to continue to change over this century and beyond. The magnitude of climate change beyond the next few decades depends primarily on the amount of heat- trapping gases emitted globally, and ...
... global warming of the past 50 years is primarily due to human activities. 2. Global climate is projected to continue to change over this century and beyond. The magnitude of climate change beyond the next few decades depends primarily on the amount of heat- trapping gases emitted globally, and ...
Climate Change and Conflict: Findings and Lessons Learned from
... defined social roles are stabilizing forces that provide both security and meaning for individuals and communities. Threats to group identity and social values (e.g., ethnicity or religion) are well-known factors contributing to conflict, especially in Africa. Traditionally, elders made group decisi ...
... defined social roles are stabilizing forces that provide both security and meaning for individuals and communities. Threats to group identity and social values (e.g., ethnicity or religion) are well-known factors contributing to conflict, especially in Africa. Traditionally, elders made group decisi ...
Climate Change Adaptation and the Australian Urban Water Industry
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s report, Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to advance Climate Change Adaptation which states that "where extreme weather events become more intense and/or more frequent, the economic and social costs of those events will increase, and these ...
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s report, Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to advance Climate Change Adaptation which states that "where extreme weather events become more intense and/or more frequent, the economic and social costs of those events will increase, and these ...
Adaptation to Climate Change: Historical Evidence from the Indian Monsoon Vis Taraz
... impacts of climate change vary widely, in large part due to uncertainty about adaptation (Mendelsohn et al., 1994; Adams et al., 1998; Schlenker et al., 2005; Deschênes et al., 2007; Schlenker and Roberts, 2009; Tol, 2014). Rapid adaptation may curb economic damages, but slower adaptation will lik ...
... impacts of climate change vary widely, in large part due to uncertainty about adaptation (Mendelsohn et al., 1994; Adams et al., 1998; Schlenker et al., 2005; Deschênes et al., 2007; Schlenker and Roberts, 2009; Tol, 2014). Rapid adaptation may curb economic damages, but slower adaptation will lik ...
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... emissions make up almost half of New Zealand‟s gross emissions: at current targets, with a conservative carbon price of NZ$25, by 2020 New Zealand agricultural emissions will have an annual opportunity cost of $1 billion11. If New Zealanders could even halve emissions from agriculture we would benef ...
... emissions make up almost half of New Zealand‟s gross emissions: at current targets, with a conservative carbon price of NZ$25, by 2020 New Zealand agricultural emissions will have an annual opportunity cost of $1 billion11. If New Zealanders could even halve emissions from agriculture we would benef ...
A New Approach to Climate Change: A Consideration of Ancillary
... To better understand present efforts on climate change, it’s important to follow the broader historical development of action on climate change, and efforts on addressing other environmental problems, especially those related to air pollution. One of the first global environmental movements to addre ...
... To better understand present efforts on climate change, it’s important to follow the broader historical development of action on climate change, and efforts on addressing other environmental problems, especially those related to air pollution. One of the first global environmental movements to addre ...
Author`s personal copy
... responses to past climate change (Peng and Apps, 1997); interannual climate variability (Cao et al., 2003; Piao et al., 2003, 2005) and future climate change (Xiao et al., 1998; Gao et al., 2000; Ni et al., 2001). Recent estimates of forest biomass carbon in China suggested that Chinese forest ecosy ...
... responses to past climate change (Peng and Apps, 1997); interannual climate variability (Cao et al., 2003; Piao et al., 2003, 2005) and future climate change (Xiao et al., 1998; Gao et al., 2000; Ni et al., 2001). Recent estimates of forest biomass carbon in China suggested that Chinese forest ecosy ...
A review of the history of safety
... However, some of Bismarck’s conservative political allies baulked at this proposed state expenditure and they made it a condition of their support that the insurance costs would be covered by German employers. So by chance, the cost of accidents was partially internalised for German companies. The h ...
... However, some of Bismarck’s conservative political allies baulked at this proposed state expenditure and they made it a condition of their support that the insurance costs would be covered by German employers. So by chance, the cost of accidents was partially internalised for German companies. The h ...
CRISIS IN THE SAHEL - The Bixby Center for Population, Health
... The following report documents how, over the next 30 to 40 years in parts of subSaharan Africa, between 100 million and 200 million people are likely to be without sustainable food supplies. This was the conclusion of a multidisciplinary group of experts from Africa and North America, who asked what ...
... The following report documents how, over the next 30 to 40 years in parts of subSaharan Africa, between 100 million and 200 million people are likely to be without sustainable food supplies. This was the conclusion of a multidisciplinary group of experts from Africa and North America, who asked what ...
Spatial Planning in Coastal Regions
... practice among practitioners as one of the key strategies for the development of sustainable coastal adaptation. Based on this, the report addresses technical problems on the topic through the use of 15 sets of technical and analytical case studies as examples of best practice. The report covers a w ...
... practice among practitioners as one of the key strategies for the development of sustainable coastal adaptation. Based on this, the report addresses technical problems on the topic through the use of 15 sets of technical and analytical case studies as examples of best practice. The report covers a w ...
Delhi Ministerial Declaration on Climate Change and Sustainable Development
... Technological Advice of the implications of this report, Noting that mitigation actions are now taking place both in Annex I and non-Annex I countries and emphasizing that mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions to combat climate change continues to have high priority under the provisions of the Conv ...
... Technological Advice of the implications of this report, Noting that mitigation actions are now taking place both in Annex I and non-Annex I countries and emphasizing that mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions to combat climate change continues to have high priority under the provisions of the Conv ...
The Long-Run Effects of Climate Change on Conflict
... for several decades in the United States. Similarly, Hsiang and Jina (2014) find that the occurrence of tropical cyclones reduces growth for at least two decades into the future. Since cyclones are believed to be increasing in frequency due to global warming, these estimates imply that global warmin ...
... for several decades in the United States. Similarly, Hsiang and Jina (2014) find that the occurrence of tropical cyclones reduces growth for at least two decades into the future. Since cyclones are believed to be increasing in frequency due to global warming, these estimates imply that global warmin ...
Food Security and Climate Change Assessment: Sudan
... Food security is tightly linked to agricultural production. However, as 60-75% of households (WFP, 2011; WFP, 2012; WFP, 2013) are reliant on food purchase, and fragmented markets being noted as a key issue in trade within Sudan (FEWS NET, 2015), physical and economic access to food and the trading ...
... Food security is tightly linked to agricultural production. However, as 60-75% of households (WFP, 2011; WFP, 2012; WFP, 2013) are reliant on food purchase, and fragmented markets being noted as a key issue in trade within Sudan (FEWS NET, 2015), physical and economic access to food and the trading ...
reportedly biased - Galileo Movement
... Since the report was effectively merely a survey of anti-government policy bias and factual accuracy and truth were not considered, the results could be used to enforce government media compliance (ie elimination of anti-government ‘negative bias’). 3. Failure to Release Part 2 of the Report concern ...
... Since the report was effectively merely a survey of anti-government policy bias and factual accuracy and truth were not considered, the results could be used to enforce government media compliance (ie elimination of anti-government ‘negative bias’). 3. Failure to Release Part 2 of the Report concern ...
Future wet grasslands: ecological implications of climate change
... wetland types are generally not well understood (Erwin 2009). Wet grasslands, in common with other wetlands, are located across numerous biomes and there is no single climatic template. Regional predictions of the consequences of climate change are complicated by the distribution of wet grasslands o ...
... wetland types are generally not well understood (Erwin 2009). Wet grasslands, in common with other wetlands, are located across numerous biomes and there is no single climatic template. Regional predictions of the consequences of climate change are complicated by the distribution of wet grasslands o ...
prize winning finalists - School of Geography and the Environment
... the island, local diurnal heating and synoptic scale pressure systems. This involved learning to track helium-filled balloons with a theodolite as they were carried away by the wind, a technique known as pibal. The sunny seaside setting made up for the early starts! More generally, this was an excel ...
... the island, local diurnal heating and synoptic scale pressure systems. This involved learning to track helium-filled balloons with a theodolite as they were carried away by the wind, a technique known as pibal. The sunny seaside setting made up for the early starts! More generally, this was an excel ...
- American Meteorological Society
... Rasmussen et al. 2011). These climate change impacts can be considered predictable, at least to some extent, because of growing confidence that temperatures will increase throughout much of the globe in the coming decades (e.g., Meehl et al. 2007). The relatively high confidence that we have in the ...
... Rasmussen et al. 2011). These climate change impacts can be considered predictable, at least to some extent, because of growing confidence that temperatures will increase throughout much of the globe in the coming decades (e.g., Meehl et al. 2007). The relatively high confidence that we have in the ...
The Longest Conflict - Centre for Policy Development
... to a close – the period from the early 1900s to the present when average temperatures increased less than 1 degree Celsius, and which brought incremental impact. As we finally start to see momentum to address climate change far more robustly, we also enter the second phase, where the average tempera ...
... to a close – the period from the early 1900s to the present when average temperatures increased less than 1 degree Celsius, and which brought incremental impact. As we finally start to see momentum to address climate change far more robustly, we also enter the second phase, where the average tempera ...
Climate Change Issues and Impacts in the Wet Tropics
... substantiated by published sources. Each key message is followed by a brief explanation of the underlying scientific support with a small number of key citations to the relevant literature. In most cases there is a fair amount of uncertainty associated with the key messages and they should be unders ...
... substantiated by published sources. Each key message is followed by a brief explanation of the underlying scientific support with a small number of key citations to the relevant literature. In most cases there is a fair amount of uncertainty associated with the key messages and they should be unders ...
Hydrology - Tufts University School of Engineering
... First ISLSCPField Experiment(FIFE); 4, ISLSCP(La Crau); 5, ISLSCP(LOTREX-HIBE88);6, ISLSCP (Greenland); 7, ISLSCP (Niger); 8, SEBEX;9, ISLSCP(Botswana); 10, HAPEX (Heiheriver); 1I, ISLSCP (Sudan); adapted from Shuttleworth, 1993). greenhouse gases are complex and poorly understood phenomena. How do ...
... First ISLSCPField Experiment(FIFE); 4, ISLSCP(La Crau); 5, ISLSCP(LOTREX-HIBE88);6, ISLSCP (Greenland); 7, ISLSCP (Niger); 8, SEBEX;9, ISLSCP(Botswana); 10, HAPEX (Heiheriver); 1I, ISLSCP (Sudan); adapted from Shuttleworth, 1993). greenhouse gases are complex and poorly understood phenomena. How do ...
Everybody`s Movement: Environmental Justice and Climate Change
... The Earth’s climate is changing in dramatic fashion, according to a nearly universal consensus among scientists, and concentrations of carbon in the atmosphere have already reached dangerous levels. ¹ This month representatives from over 192 countries will attend the United Nations Climate Change co ...
... The Earth’s climate is changing in dramatic fashion, according to a nearly universal consensus among scientists, and concentrations of carbon in the atmosphere have already reached dangerous levels. ¹ This month representatives from over 192 countries will attend the United Nations Climate Change co ...
The Effects of Climate Change and Variation in New Zealand
... CLIMPACTS system), M. Camillieri and J. de Ruiter. In addition, there have been a number of external individuals and organisations, while not formally part of CLIMPACTS, have graciously contributed their time, ideas, models and/or data to its development, including: T.M.L. Wigley (National Centre fo ...
... CLIMPACTS system), M. Camillieri and J. de Ruiter. In addition, there have been a number of external individuals and organisations, while not formally part of CLIMPACTS, have graciously contributed their time, ideas, models and/or data to its development, including: T.M.L. Wigley (National Centre fo ...
... The Earth’s climate is changing in dramatic fashion, according to a nearly universal consensus among scientists, and concentrations of carbon in the atmosphere have already reached dangerous levels. ¹ This month representatives from over 192 countries will attend the United Nations Climate Change co ...
Promoting Climate Resilient Infrastructure in
... of the first projects in northern mountainous Vietnam to undertake adaptation measures, it has a strong emphasis on learning and knowledge management. The entire project approach is one of ‘capacity development by doing’; in this national and provincial level capacity will be developed by involving ...
... of the first projects in northern mountainous Vietnam to undertake adaptation measures, it has a strong emphasis on learning and knowledge management. The entire project approach is one of ‘capacity development by doing’; in this national and provincial level capacity will be developed by involving ...
Impact of climate change on tropospheric ozone
... Four 2100 calculations assess model responses to projected changes of anthropogenic emissions (SRES A2), climate change (due to doubling CO2 ), and idealised climate change-associated changes in biogenic emissions (i.e. 50% increase of isoprene emission and doubling emissions of soilNOx ). The globa ...
... Four 2100 calculations assess model responses to projected changes of anthropogenic emissions (SRES A2), climate change (due to doubling CO2 ), and idealised climate change-associated changes in biogenic emissions (i.e. 50% increase of isoprene emission and doubling emissions of soilNOx ). The globa ...