An Economic Analysis of Climate Change Impacts and Adaptations
... adaptation to climate change in eight major economic sectors in New York State in the ClimAID report. The goal of the study is to provide information on the economic impacts of climate change and adaptation for use by public officials, policy makers, and members of the general public. The study is a ...
... adaptation to climate change in eight major economic sectors in New York State in the ClimAID report. The goal of the study is to provide information on the economic impacts of climate change and adaptation for use by public officials, policy makers, and members of the general public. The study is a ...
PDF Format - Department of Environmental Sciences
... Erb, M. P., C. S. Jackson, and A. J. Broccoli, 2015: Using single-forcing GCM simulations to reconstruct and interpret Quaternary climate change, J. Climate, 28, 9746-9767, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0329.1. Erb, M. P., A. J. Broccoli, N. Graham, A. C. Clement, A. T. Wittenberg, and G. A. Vecchi, 2015: R ...
... Erb, M. P., C. S. Jackson, and A. J. Broccoli, 2015: Using single-forcing GCM simulations to reconstruct and interpret Quaternary climate change, J. Climate, 28, 9746-9767, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0329.1. Erb, M. P., A. J. Broccoli, N. Graham, A. C. Clement, A. T. Wittenberg, and G. A. Vecchi, 2015: R ...
Consequences of Global Warming of 1.5 °C and 2 °C for Regional
... The world leaders gathered for the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) in Paris in December 2015 agreed to take steps towards limiting the global mean annual surface air temperature (GMAT) increase to well below 2˚C above pre-industrial levels, and to pursue efforts towards a target of 1.5˚C [1]. ...
... The world leaders gathered for the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) in Paris in December 2015 agreed to take steps towards limiting the global mean annual surface air temperature (GMAT) increase to well below 2˚C above pre-industrial levels, and to pursue efforts towards a target of 1.5˚C [1]. ...
Global Concern about Climate Change, Broad Support for Limiting
... and a global median of 40% are very worried this will happen. There is general agreement about what should be done to deal with global warming. As the Paris conference approaches, majorities in 39 nations (Pakistan is the outlier) say they support their country limiting its emissions as part of a cl ...
... and a global median of 40% are very worried this will happen. There is general agreement about what should be done to deal with global warming. As the Paris conference approaches, majorities in 39 nations (Pakistan is the outlier) say they support their country limiting its emissions as part of a cl ...
Ice and Sea-level Change
... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) provides the most authoritative information on projected sealevel change. The IPCC Third Assessment Report (TAR) of 200123 projected a global averaged sea-level rise of between 20 and 70 cm (the limits of the model projections) between 1990 and 21 ...
... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) provides the most authoritative information on projected sealevel change. The IPCC Third Assessment Report (TAR) of 200123 projected a global averaged sea-level rise of between 20 and 70 cm (the limits of the model projections) between 1990 and 21 ...
A Proposed New Metric For Quantifying The Climatic Effects Of Human-Caused
... and ranges in 2005 for anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and other important agents and mechanisms, together with the typical geographical extent (spatial scale) of the forcing and the assessed level of scientific understanding (LOSU). The net anthropogenic radia ...
... and ranges in 2005 for anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and other important agents and mechanisms, together with the typical geographical extent (spatial scale) of the forcing and the assessed level of scientific understanding (LOSU). The net anthropogenic radia ...
Climate Change Adaptation in Indian Country
... climate change.4 Experts agree that climate change (also known as global warming) is caused by human behavior.' Conversations on climate change among scientists has shifted in recent years to more precisely predicting the specific impacts of climate change and dealing with its most drastic related n ...
... climate change.4 Experts agree that climate change (also known as global warming) is caused by human behavior.' Conversations on climate change among scientists has shifted in recent years to more precisely predicting the specific impacts of climate change and dealing with its most drastic related n ...
The effect of climate and climate change on ammonia emissions in
... The emission model has in this study used an input of meteorological fields of 2-m air temperature and 10-m wind speed. The data are reanalysed meteorological data from the MM5 meteorological model (Grell et al., 1995) in an identical setup as in Skjøth et al. (2011) that provides 1-h temporal resol ...
... The emission model has in this study used an input of meteorological fields of 2-m air temperature and 10-m wind speed. The data are reanalysed meteorological data from the MM5 meteorological model (Grell et al., 1995) in an identical setup as in Skjøth et al. (2011) that provides 1-h temporal resol ...
Integrated climate and land use change scenarios for California
... the San Francisco Bay area (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 2009; Jongsomjit et al. 2013). While these projections address residential growth, in California, high-resolution future projections of rangeland conversion to intensive agriculture have not been available, despite its large impact on ...
... the San Francisco Bay area (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 2009; Jongsomjit et al. 2013). While these projections address residential growth, in California, high-resolution future projections of rangeland conversion to intensive agriculture have not been available, despite its large impact on ...
The influence of constrained fossil fuel emissions scenarios on
... Given the dominance of model uncertainty in long-term precipitation uncertainty (Hawkins and Sutton, 2011) in most studies of projected climate change impacts on water resources, the influence of the emissions scenario (or scenario uncertainty) is not the focus of the investigation. Rather, these st ...
... Given the dominance of model uncertainty in long-term precipitation uncertainty (Hawkins and Sutton, 2011) in most studies of projected climate change impacts on water resources, the influence of the emissions scenario (or scenario uncertainty) is not the focus of the investigation. Rather, these st ...
Atmospheric moisture transport: the bridge between ocean
... FLEXPART (Bintanja and Selten, 2014; Stohl and James, 2004), using data from 1979 to 2013 obtained from the ERAInterim reanalysis of the ECMWF (Dee et al., 2011), which can be considered the state-of-the-art reanalysis in terms of the hydrological cycle (Trenberth et al., 2011; Lorenz and Kunstmann, ...
... FLEXPART (Bintanja and Selten, 2014; Stohl and James, 2004), using data from 1979 to 2013 obtained from the ERAInterim reanalysis of the ECMWF (Dee et al., 2011), which can be considered the state-of-the-art reanalysis in terms of the hydrological cycle (Trenberth et al., 2011; Lorenz and Kunstmann, ...
UK Climate Change Risk Assessment 2017 Synthesis Report
... of the UK population will influence the scale of future impacts. The location and design of new buildings and infrastructure could either increase vulnerabilities or help to address them. • The steps already being taken, or expected to be, across the UK to adapt. Whether as part of planned, or natur ...
... of the UK population will influence the scale of future impacts. The location and design of new buildings and infrastructure could either increase vulnerabilities or help to address them. • The steps already being taken, or expected to be, across the UK to adapt. Whether as part of planned, or natur ...
Dealing with natural disasters under climate change condition in
... 3. Community Based Disaster Risk Management Program 4. National target program to respond to climate change. 5. Climate change and sea level rising scenarios 6. Action Plan Framework adapting to Climate change of Agricultural and Rural development sector in stage 2008-2020 7. Law of Disaster Managem ...
... 3. Community Based Disaster Risk Management Program 4. National target program to respond to climate change. 5. Climate change and sea level rising scenarios 6. Action Plan Framework adapting to Climate change of Agricultural and Rural development sector in stage 2008-2020 7. Law of Disaster Managem ...
Programme Plan - Norges forskningsråd
... The ozone layer research is retained in the programme, though is now considered as an integrated part of the overall set of climate problems. This is in accordance with the latest report from the WMO/UNEP on the ozone layer, which concludes that climate and ozone layer problems are linked together. ...
... The ozone layer research is retained in the programme, though is now considered as an integrated part of the overall set of climate problems. This is in accordance with the latest report from the WMO/UNEP on the ozone layer, which concludes that climate and ozone layer problems are linked together. ...
MNP Report 500116002/2007 Local air pollution and global climate
... of fossil fuels contribute significantly to both GCC and LAP. Options to mitigate these environmental problems are typically chosen to address each exclusively. For example, to achieve emission reductions of SO2, NOx, or particulates, one typically uses end-of-pipe abatement techniques specifically ...
... of fossil fuels contribute significantly to both GCC and LAP. Options to mitigate these environmental problems are typically chosen to address each exclusively. For example, to achieve emission reductions of SO2, NOx, or particulates, one typically uses end-of-pipe abatement techniques specifically ...
Programme plan - Norges forskningsråd
... The ozone layer research is retained in the programme, though is now considered as an integrated part of the overall set of climate problems. This is in accordance with the latest report from the WMO/UNEP on the ozone layer, which concludes that climate and ozone layer problems are linked together. ...
... The ozone layer research is retained in the programme, though is now considered as an integrated part of the overall set of climate problems. This is in accordance with the latest report from the WMO/UNEP on the ozone layer, which concludes that climate and ozone layer problems are linked together. ...
Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution. (2010) Adapting Institutions to Climate Change, Twenty-eighth report. David Stainforth is acknowledged in the report as a key contributor
... of our lives in the UK. For example, there is a greater threat of both drought and floods, with extreme weather events becoming more frequent. Sea levels will rise, some familiar species will disappear and new alien species will arrive – for better or worse. These changes will only emerge erraticall ...
... of our lives in the UK. For example, there is a greater threat of both drought and floods, with extreme weather events becoming more frequent. Sea levels will rise, some familiar species will disappear and new alien species will arrive – for better or worse. These changes will only emerge erraticall ...
Similar estimates of temperature impacts on global wheat
... average N fertilizer application, which could explain why the gridbased model ensemble simulated generally lower yields compared with the point-based simulations (Supplementary Table 3). Another important factor possibly contributing to yield differences between the grid-based and point-based simula ...
... average N fertilizer application, which could explain why the gridbased model ensemble simulated generally lower yields compared with the point-based simulations (Supplementary Table 3). Another important factor possibly contributing to yield differences between the grid-based and point-based simula ...
Africa and Climate: Report
... weakest link, and only after appropriate integration with other pertinent non-climate factors. The prime focus is on activities that may provide policy benefits over a few years. As stressed earlier, whether these proposals directly address climate variability or climate change is immaterial – they ...
... weakest link, and only after appropriate integration with other pertinent non-climate factors. The prime focus is on activities that may provide policy benefits over a few years. As stressed earlier, whether these proposals directly address climate variability or climate change is immaterial – they ...
Vulnerability of Fraser River Sockeye salmon to climate change
... the warmest on record and climate models predict even warmer peak temperatures in the near future, with a 2-4°C average warming of the Fraser River over the next few decades and peak summer temperatures occurring earlier (Morrison et al. 2002). Most of the 150 stocks in the Fraser (i.e. populations) ...
... the warmest on record and climate models predict even warmer peak temperatures in the near future, with a 2-4°C average warming of the Fraser River over the next few decades and peak summer temperatures occurring earlier (Morrison et al. 2002). Most of the 150 stocks in the Fraser (i.e. populations) ...
Buds, Leaves, and Global Warming – the Harvard Forest Project
... across from each other. If there is a side branch on your main branch before you reach #6, use the tip bud on the side branch as the next # and continue using buds down the side branch until you reach #6 or, if necessary, return to leaves on the main branch. (Note, you do use the tip bud on side bra ...
... across from each other. If there is a side branch on your main branch before you reach #6, use the tip bud on the side branch as the next # and continue using buds down the side branch until you reach #6 or, if necessary, return to leaves on the main branch. (Note, you do use the tip bud on side bra ...
Implication of Climate Change on Crop Yield and Food Accessibility
... accessibility, as both are important for policy making in our time. The world has enough food supply but there are about a billion people who are not able to access this food supply. It is also worthwhile to mention that the three pillars of food security are hierarchical: food avai ...
... accessibility, as both are important for policy making in our time. The world has enough food supply but there are about a billion people who are not able to access this food supply. It is also worthwhile to mention that the three pillars of food security are hierarchical: food avai ...
- Center for Large Landscape Conservation
... Little doubt remains among scientists that humans are changing the global climate system, and that these changes will have farreaching and fundamental impacts on ecosystems and biodiversity (Solomon et al. 2007). Even if atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations were stabilized at year 2000 levels, ...
... Little doubt remains among scientists that humans are changing the global climate system, and that these changes will have farreaching and fundamental impacts on ecosystems and biodiversity (Solomon et al. 2007). Even if atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations were stabilized at year 2000 levels, ...
2015-02-05-Zero-Carbon-Zero-Poverty-the-Climate-Justice-Way
... and nations – especially but not only the poorest – to achieve the overall level of welfare or resources needed to secure and protect other essential human rights. Most directly, the increase in energy costs due to the foreclosing of fossil-fuel driven industrialisation may adversely affect poor cou ...
... and nations – especially but not only the poorest – to achieve the overall level of welfare or resources needed to secure and protect other essential human rights. Most directly, the increase in energy costs due to the foreclosing of fossil-fuel driven industrialisation may adversely affect poor cou ...
Paris`s adaptation strategy
... Climate change is a global phenomenon that threatens the overall balance of our planet, with impacts that differ at times from one geographical area to another. Scientific studies, summarised by the IPPC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), of which the 5th report was published in 20132014, ...
... Climate change is a global phenomenon that threatens the overall balance of our planet, with impacts that differ at times from one geographical area to another. Scientific studies, summarised by the IPPC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), of which the 5th report was published in 20132014, ...