Meeting the Challenge of Climate Change
... These benefits, however, would likely be offset by associated increases in moisture stress, ecosystem instability, and increases in the frequency and intensity of forest fires, insect outbreaks (shorter, warmer winters translate into increased persistence of insects that would normally die off durin ...
... These benefits, however, would likely be offset by associated increases in moisture stress, ecosystem instability, and increases in the frequency and intensity of forest fires, insect outbreaks (shorter, warmer winters translate into increased persistence of insects that would normally die off durin ...
Climate: Observations, projections and impacts
... • The potential impacts of climate change, based on results from the UK’s Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change programme (AVOID) and supporting literature. For details visit: http://www.avoid.uk.net The assessment of impacts at the national level, both for the AVOID programme results and the cited supp ...
... • The potential impacts of climate change, based on results from the UK’s Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change programme (AVOID) and supporting literature. For details visit: http://www.avoid.uk.net The assessment of impacts at the national level, both for the AVOID programme results and the cited supp ...
2007 August, Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Policy and Economics
... While Kansas is just one state and climate change is a global problem, it is important not to understate the significance of Kansas as an emitter of greenhouse gases. To put it into a global perspective, if Kansas were an independent nation, it would rank as the 44th largest emitter of carbon into t ...
... While Kansas is just one state and climate change is a global problem, it is important not to understate the significance of Kansas as an emitter of greenhouse gases. To put it into a global perspective, if Kansas were an independent nation, it would rank as the 44th largest emitter of carbon into t ...
National Security Accelerating Risks of Climate Change
... robust capability, including significant elements of our National Power here at home. Even though we may not have 100 percent certainty as to the cause or even the exact magnitude of the impacts, the risks associated with projected climate change warrant taking action today to plan and prepare for c ...
... robust capability, including significant elements of our National Power here at home. Even though we may not have 100 percent certainty as to the cause or even the exact magnitude of the impacts, the risks associated with projected climate change warrant taking action today to plan and prepare for c ...
Read More... - Greater Sudbury Climate Change Consortium
... Prepared By: Dr.Liette Vasseur and Emily McMillan ...
... Prepared By: Dr.Liette Vasseur and Emily McMillan ...
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... On the one hand, cities have a good reason to take climate protection activities because they will be directly affected by the adverse effects of climate change. Urban infrastructure and services are vulnerable to climate change effects, such as changes in rain fall patterns and extreme weather even ...
... On the one hand, cities have a good reason to take climate protection activities because they will be directly affected by the adverse effects of climate change. Urban infrastructure and services are vulnerable to climate change effects, such as changes in rain fall patterns and extreme weather even ...
I G S M
... emissions, natural fluxes, atmospheric chemistry, climate, and natural terrestrial ecosystems. The framework of this Integrated Global System Model is described and the results of sample runs and a sensitivity analysis are presented. This multi-component model addresses most of the major anthropogen ...
... emissions, natural fluxes, atmospheric chemistry, climate, and natural terrestrial ecosystems. The framework of this Integrated Global System Model is described and the results of sample runs and a sensitivity analysis are presented. This multi-component model addresses most of the major anthropogen ...
Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment
... Table 4a: Projected Changes in Temperature Extremes, Western Dak Lak Site Table 4b: Projected Changes in Temperature Extremes, Eastern Dak Lak Site Table 5a: Projected Changes in Temperature Extremes, Western Dak Nong Site Table 5b: Projected Changes in Temperature Extremes, Eastern Dak Nong Site Ta ...
... Table 4a: Projected Changes in Temperature Extremes, Western Dak Lak Site Table 4b: Projected Changes in Temperature Extremes, Eastern Dak Lak Site Table 5a: Projected Changes in Temperature Extremes, Western Dak Nong Site Table 5b: Projected Changes in Temperature Extremes, Eastern Dak Nong Site Ta ...
Shifting plant phenology in response to global change
... resolution show promise in scaling phenological observations from local to regional scales. For instance, Fisher et al. [49] have shown that Landsat measures of spring leafout correlate well with photographs taken on the ground, and that small-scale topography resulting in cold-air drainages drives ...
... resolution show promise in scaling phenological observations from local to regional scales. For instance, Fisher et al. [49] have shown that Landsat measures of spring leafout correlate well with photographs taken on the ground, and that small-scale topography resulting in cold-air drainages drives ...
WWF Global 200 Reportfinal
... Some of the most unique and diverse natural ecosystems may lose more than 70 percent of the habitats upon which their plant and animal species depend. Many habitats will change at a rate approximately ten times faster than the rapid changes during the recent postglacial period, causing extinctions a ...
... Some of the most unique and diverse natural ecosystems may lose more than 70 percent of the habitats upon which their plant and animal species depend. Many habitats will change at a rate approximately ten times faster than the rapid changes during the recent postglacial period, causing extinctions a ...
Impact of climate change on ozone related mortality and morbidity in
... Ozone is one of the most important air pollutants. Ozone is formed in photochemical reactions, with concentrations affected by weather and the supply of chemical precursors, including nitrogen oxides (NOX), volatile organic compounds (VOCs), methane (CH4) and carbon monoxide (CO). Climate change ...
... Ozone is one of the most important air pollutants. Ozone is formed in photochemical reactions, with concentrations affected by weather and the supply of chemical precursors, including nitrogen oxides (NOX), volatile organic compounds (VOCs), methane (CH4) and carbon monoxide (CO). Climate change ...
Linköping University Postprint Technology obscuring equity
... Is the distinction between Annex 1 and non-Annex 1 parties, then, based on historical responsibility? In talks regarding the future commitments of the South, this seems not to have been the case. For example: according to Pinguelli Rosa and others, as of 1990 the relative share of energy sector CO2 ...
... Is the distinction between Annex 1 and non-Annex 1 parties, then, based on historical responsibility? In talks regarding the future commitments of the South, this seems not to have been the case. For example: according to Pinguelli Rosa and others, as of 1990 the relative share of energy sector CO2 ...
Proposal for funding for the Preparation of
... the UNFCCC National Focal Point position, indicating the government’s recognition of the seriousness of climate change issues at quite a high level. MoE also has a crucial role to implement international conventions, protocols, and agreement related to environment and natural resources sectors. Asid ...
... the UNFCCC National Focal Point position, indicating the government’s recognition of the seriousness of climate change issues at quite a high level. MoE also has a crucial role to implement international conventions, protocols, and agreement related to environment and natural resources sectors. Asid ...
Permafrost-and-Climate
... However the resource, where specified below, contains other 3rd party materials under their own licenses. The licenses and attributions are outlined below: 1. From Slide 11 – Illustration of permafrost migration in response to climate change from: French, H.M. 2007. The Periglacial Environment (3rd ...
... However the resource, where specified below, contains other 3rd party materials under their own licenses. The licenses and attributions are outlined below: 1. From Slide 11 – Illustration of permafrost migration in response to climate change from: French, H.M. 2007. The Periglacial Environment (3rd ...
Regional Climate Change Curriculum Development ToT Report
... One of the questions that posed to the LELUP team at the beginning and end of the TOT was: “Would you feel comfortable teaching this right now?” Initially we received a full spectrum of feedback from the participants, such as: “This is all new stuff for us.” “I ...
... One of the questions that posed to the LELUP team at the beginning and end of the TOT was: “Would you feel comfortable teaching this right now?” Initially we received a full spectrum of feedback from the participants, such as: “This is all new stuff for us.” “I ...
Climate change and the marine ecosystem of the western Antarctic
... Peninsula has been increasing over the past 50 years, in the absence of a firm understanding of the mechanism, we cannot predict future climate with any degree of certainty. There are two opposing hypotheses as to the cause of the recent warming, namely that the observed warming is a response to cha ...
... Peninsula has been increasing over the past 50 years, in the absence of a firm understanding of the mechanism, we cannot predict future climate with any degree of certainty. There are two opposing hypotheses as to the cause of the recent warming, namely that the observed warming is a response to cha ...
ENG - UN CC:Learn
... knowledge of a diversity of stakeholders Key stakeholders may include community members, policymakers, researchers, experts, civil society and nongovernmental organizations Stakeholders’ involvement also helps in empowering local communities and decision makers as they can see decision themselves as ...
... knowledge of a diversity of stakeholders Key stakeholders may include community members, policymakers, researchers, experts, civil society and nongovernmental organizations Stakeholders’ involvement also helps in empowering local communities and decision makers as they can see decision themselves as ...
LCARL362_en.pdf
... and coastal ecosystems. While climate change is expected to negatively affect the Caribbean, a key question faced by policy makers is “how large are the costs of climate change?” To provide an estimate, the authors put forward a two-step methodology. First, forecasts of real GDP under the aforementi ...
... and coastal ecosystems. While climate change is expected to negatively affect the Caribbean, a key question faced by policy makers is “how large are the costs of climate change?” To provide an estimate, the authors put forward a two-step methodology. First, forecasts of real GDP under the aforementi ...
EGT applying urban warming REVISIONS.docx
... issues, the development of new research programs, and the development of a national comprehensive climate adaptation strategy, the adaptation discourse took off and efforts to go beyond flooding were proliferating. This period can be understood as a second moment of transformation. The reification o ...
... issues, the development of new research programs, and the development of a national comprehensive climate adaptation strategy, the adaptation discourse took off and efforts to go beyond flooding were proliferating. This period can be understood as a second moment of transformation. The reification o ...
We Have Been Conned - The Science and Public Policy Institute
... other material that might support a specific hypothesis. Its reports are not an honest assessment of climate because they omit, dismiss or distort research findings that do not conform to a certain belief, and if those reports are supposed to focus only on any possible human influence on climate the ...
... other material that might support a specific hypothesis. Its reports are not an honest assessment of climate because they omit, dismiss or distort research findings that do not conform to a certain belief, and if those reports are supposed to focus only on any possible human influence on climate the ...
Variability and Trends of Air Temperature and Pressure in the
... Center (DAAC) at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), the University of Colorado, the Meteorological Service of Canada, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Institute for Space Studies provided monthly air temperatures for Europe, Greenland, the Canadian Nor ...
... Center (DAAC) at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), the University of Colorado, the Meteorological Service of Canada, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Institute for Space Studies provided monthly air temperatures for Europe, Greenland, the Canadian Nor ...
Biodiversity and biomes under climatic change
... parameters, Table 1) affecting plant growth, life history, and eco-physiology. Each plant functional trait is associated with a model function that determines the costs and benefits associated to living in a certain climate. For example, under limited water availability, plants benefit from increase ...
... parameters, Table 1) affecting plant growth, life history, and eco-physiology. Each plant functional trait is associated with a model function that determines the costs and benefits associated to living in a certain climate. For example, under limited water availability, plants benefit from increase ...
Global warming controversy
The global warming controversy concerns the public debate over whether global warming is occurring, how much has occurred in modern times, what has caused it, what its effects will be, whether any action should be taken to curb it, and if so what that action should be. In the scientific literature, there is a strong consensus that global surface temperatures have increased in recent decades and that the trend is caused primarily by human-induced emissions of greenhouse gases. No scientific body of national or international standing disagrees with this view, though a few organizations with members in extractive industries hold non-committal positions. Disputes over the key scientific facts of global warming are now more prevalent in the popular media than in the scientific literature, where such issues are treated as resolved, and more in the United States than globally.Political and popular debate concerning the existence and cause of climate change includes the reasons for the increase seen in the instrumental temperature record, whether the warming trend exceeds normal climatic variations, and whether human activities have contributed significantly to it. Scientists have resolved many of these questions decisively in favour of the view that the current warming trend exists and is ongoing, that human activity is the primary cause, and that it is without precedent in at least 2000 years. Disputes that also reflect scientific debate include estimates of how responsive the climate system might be to any given level of greenhouse gases (climate sensitivity), and what the consequences of global warming will be.Global warming remains an issue of widespread political debate, often split along party political lines, especially in the United States. Many of the largely settled scientific issues, such as the human responsibility for global warming, remain the subject of politically or economically motivated attempts to downplay, dismiss or deny them – an ideological phenomenon categorised by academics and scientists as climate change denial. The sources of funding for those involved with climate science – both supporting and opposing mainstream scientific positions – have been questioned by both sides. There are debates about the best policy responses to the science, their cost-effectiveness and their urgency. Climate scientists, especially in the United States, have reported official and oil-industry pressure to censor or suppress their work and hide scientific data, with directives not to discuss the subject in public communications. Legal cases regarding global warming, its effects, and measures to reduce it have reached American courts. The fossil fuels lobby and free market think tanks have often been identified as overtly or covertly supporting efforts to undermine or discredit the scientific consensus on global warming.