Climate change prediction over complex areas: spatial variability of
... B2 (Nakicénovic et al., 1998; IPCC, 2001). The resolution of these RCMs was close to 50 km (grid spacing of 0.44–0.5 degrees resolution). Related information and used datasets can be freely downloaded from the web site of the PRUDENCE project- http://prudence.dmi.dk. The outputs of the ICTP and UCM ...
... B2 (Nakicénovic et al., 1998; IPCC, 2001). The resolution of these RCMs was close to 50 km (grid spacing of 0.44–0.5 degrees resolution). Related information and used datasets can be freely downloaded from the web site of the PRUDENCE project- http://prudence.dmi.dk. The outputs of the ICTP and UCM ...
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 ...
- UNDP Climate Change Adaptation
... Question: Suppose we have someone who is successful with adapting, I believe this adaptation must be constant, so is this a permanent exercise? Reply: Yes, it is a process, give people the capacity to know what’s coming and help them manage themselves over the long term. Industrialized countries are ...
... Question: Suppose we have someone who is successful with adapting, I believe this adaptation must be constant, so is this a permanent exercise? Reply: Yes, it is a process, give people the capacity to know what’s coming and help them manage themselves over the long term. Industrialized countries are ...
Climate change prediction over complex areas: spatial variability of
... B2 (Nakicénovic et al., 1998; IPCC, 2001). The resolution of these RCMs was close to 50 km (grid spacing of 0.44–0.5 degrees resolution). Related information and used datasets can be freely downloaded from the web site of the PRUDENCE project- http://prudence.dmi.dk. The outputs of the ICTP and UCM ...
... B2 (Nakicénovic et al., 1998; IPCC, 2001). The resolution of these RCMs was close to 50 km (grid spacing of 0.44–0.5 degrees resolution). Related information and used datasets can be freely downloaded from the web site of the PRUDENCE project- http://prudence.dmi.dk. The outputs of the ICTP and UCM ...
Mid-21st century projections in temperature extremes in
... Following exactly the same method as for the NCEPforced runs, we also computed biases in Tmin and Tmax for the RCM experiments forced by different GCMs (Figs. 2b, 3b). We examine the influence of inherent biases in different RCMs, as found in Figs. 2a and 3a, on RCM projections when forced with diff ...
... Following exactly the same method as for the NCEPforced runs, we also computed biases in Tmin and Tmax for the RCM experiments forced by different GCMs (Figs. 2b, 3b). We examine the influence of inherent biases in different RCMs, as found in Figs. 2a and 3a, on RCM projections when forced with diff ...
http://en.openei.org/w/images/2/29/GhanaGreen.pdf
... Ghana stands at a crossroads. We have only recently become a net emitter of greenhouse gases, but our economic growth requires modernisation, particularly in the agricultural sector. This requires investment in infrastructure and will increase demand for energy, which is likely to result in higher e ...
... Ghana stands at a crossroads. We have only recently become a net emitter of greenhouse gases, but our economic growth requires modernisation, particularly in the agricultural sector. This requires investment in infrastructure and will increase demand for energy, which is likely to result in higher e ...
Climate Change Adaptation Position Paper
... There is some debate as to whether recent events such as the Queensland floods, Cyclone Yasi, the 2009 Victorian heatwaves are a result of global warming. The policy and regulatory landscape governing issues relating to climatic events are ever changing. New Australian standards are being developed, ...
... There is some debate as to whether recent events such as the Queensland floods, Cyclone Yasi, the 2009 Victorian heatwaves are a result of global warming. The policy and regulatory landscape governing issues relating to climatic events are ever changing. New Australian standards are being developed, ...
Kocornick Mina and Fankhauser 2015 (opens in new window)
... other development objectives are viable under current and projected future climate conditions (OECD, 2014). Rather than a series of bespoke response measures aimed at particular climate risks (flood defences, drought plans, etc.), adaptation must become an integral part of development planning and e ...
... other development objectives are viable under current and projected future climate conditions (OECD, 2014). Rather than a series of bespoke response measures aimed at particular climate risks (flood defences, drought plans, etc.), adaptation must become an integral part of development planning and e ...
Ted Hamilton∗ - Vermont Journal of Environmental Law
... article divides the law of climate change into legal action that takes place at its “core” and at its “periphery.” The climate core is where global warming’s causes and effects are directly confronted, in the sense that the science, economics, and politics of climate change provide the factual mater ...
... article divides the law of climate change into legal action that takes place at its “core” and at its “periphery.” The climate core is where global warming’s causes and effects are directly confronted, in the sense that the science, economics, and politics of climate change provide the factual mater ...
Risk perception and commitment to reduce global climate change in
... Many different factors determine the resulting choices, including emotions, positive and negative feelings, past experiences and cognition (Peters and Slovic 1996; Finucane et al. 2000a; Loewestein et al. 2001). Global Climate Change is a reality that has been acknowledged by scientists for several ...
... Many different factors determine the resulting choices, including emotions, positive and negative feelings, past experiences and cognition (Peters and Slovic 1996; Finucane et al. 2000a; Loewestein et al. 2001). Global Climate Change is a reality that has been acknowledged by scientists for several ...
Financing climate change - Department of Environmental Affairs
... This report, prepared by the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), synthesizes research that was conducted in order to strengthen the financing component of the National Climate Change Response White Paper. It is based on three separate studies. These included a desktop study of climate change ...
... This report, prepared by the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), synthesizes research that was conducted in order to strengthen the financing component of the National Climate Change Response White Paper. It is based on three separate studies. These included a desktop study of climate change ...
Lecture 1 CIP Module Montreal Conference Draft
... When scientists speak of climate change, they are referring simply to the warming of the Earth’s surface, including the oceans and the atmosphere, and to the many consequences flowing from that global warmingi. A warming trend has been observed in recent decades and is reflected in a rise in the glo ...
... When scientists speak of climate change, they are referring simply to the warming of the Earth’s surface, including the oceans and the atmosphere, and to the many consequences flowing from that global warmingi. A warming trend has been observed in recent decades and is reflected in a rise in the glo ...
Does extreme precipitation intensity depend on the emissions
... using epoch differences between the last ten years of the historical simulations and the last ten years of the RCP scenarios and defining extreme precipitation as the 99.9th percentile precipitation rate (following Pendergrass and Hartmann [2014a]); our conclusions are robust to these variations in an ...
... using epoch differences between the last ten years of the historical simulations and the last ten years of the RCP scenarios and defining extreme precipitation as the 99.9th percentile precipitation rate (following Pendergrass and Hartmann [2014a]); our conclusions are robust to these variations in an ...
IMPACT OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY ON COFFEE PRODUCTION
... world‟s staple food is produced (FAOSTAT, 2005; Bhattacharya, 2008). ...
... world‟s staple food is produced (FAOSTAT, 2005; Bhattacharya, 2008). ...
now - Melton Borough Council
... blockages and significant power failures. There was substantial damage to infrastructure and much economic disruption, with early estimates of losses exceeding £450 million. According to a recent report from the Association of British Insurers “Climate change could increase the annual costs of flood ...
... blockages and significant power failures. There was substantial damage to infrastructure and much economic disruption, with early estimates of losses exceeding £450 million. According to a recent report from the Association of British Insurers “Climate change could increase the annual costs of flood ...
Special Interests and the Media: Theory and an Application to Climate Change Seminar is joint with Political Economy.
... is not informative about the true state. A non-captured journalist therefore maximizes the market value of her future reports by minimizing the perception that she is captured. Together, these two frictions create a bias towards reporting that the evidence is ambiguous even when it is not. A capture ...
... is not informative about the true state. A non-captured journalist therefore maximizes the market value of her future reports by minimizing the perception that she is captured. Together, these two frictions create a bias towards reporting that the evidence is ambiguous even when it is not. A capture ...
Combat vs. Climate - Institute for Policy Studies
... security spending to align it with the magnitude of the threat, by reapportioning security resources within the Department of Defense and beyond it to the other federal agencies responsible for managing a clean energy and transportation transition. While the military will have to deal with many of t ...
... security spending to align it with the magnitude of the threat, by reapportioning security resources within the Department of Defense and beyond it to the other federal agencies responsible for managing a clean energy and transportation transition. While the military will have to deal with many of t ...
Effects of climate extremes on the terrestrial carbon cycle: concepts
... Received 6 September 2013 and accepted 24 January 2015 ...
... Received 6 September 2013 and accepted 24 January 2015 ...
Sample pages 1 PDF
... radiation) cause a cooling effect on climate. Taking this effect into consideration, there has been a counterintuitive conclusion, that if leading world emitters (e.g., the USA, China, India) reduce their particulate emissions in the near future as planned, it would actually contribute to global war ...
... radiation) cause a cooling effect on climate. Taking this effect into consideration, there has been a counterintuitive conclusion, that if leading world emitters (e.g., the USA, China, India) reduce their particulate emissions in the near future as planned, it would actually contribute to global war ...
Special Interests and the Media
... is not informative about the true state. A non-captured journalist therefore maximizes the market value of her future reports by minimizing the perception that she is captured. Together, these two frictions create a bias towards reporting that the evidence is ambiguous even when it is not. A capture ...
... is not informative about the true state. A non-captured journalist therefore maximizes the market value of her future reports by minimizing the perception that she is captured. Together, these two frictions create a bias towards reporting that the evidence is ambiguous even when it is not. A capture ...
chisoro elizabeth - Midlands State University
... parts of the word. In view of climate change and gender it can be noted that it has contributed immensely to change in carrying out of masculine livelihood strategies by men in rural communities. This is so because most men are usually bread winners of families, and the effects are more pronounced i ...
... parts of the word. In view of climate change and gender it can be noted that it has contributed immensely to change in carrying out of masculine livelihood strategies by men in rural communities. This is so because most men are usually bread winners of families, and the effects are more pronounced i ...
Challenges to adaptation - National Center for Atmospheric Research
... In Chapter 17 of AR4, Adger et al. (2007 p. 733) defined limits as “the conditions or factors that render adaptation ineffective.” They used the terms barriers and limits somewhat interchangeably, discussing physical, ecological, and technological limits alongside financial, informational, cognitive ...
... In Chapter 17 of AR4, Adger et al. (2007 p. 733) defined limits as “the conditions or factors that render adaptation ineffective.” They used the terms barriers and limits somewhat interchangeably, discussing physical, ecological, and technological limits alongside financial, informational, cognitive ...
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... Holladay et al. (2009) conducted a survey of economists who had published articles on climate change in leading economic journals, and found some evidence of this potential disparity between IAMs and general scientific consensus. Specifically, when asked to estimate the appropriate value for the glo ...
... Holladay et al. (2009) conducted a survey of economists who had published articles on climate change in leading economic journals, and found some evidence of this potential disparity between IAMs and general scientific consensus. Specifically, when asked to estimate the appropriate value for the glo ...
Hydrological Climate Change Impact Assessment at Small and
... made, there is today a rather standardized procedure for hydrological CC impact assessment in this context, including the following steps: 1) RCM downscaling of Atmospheric-Ocean General Circulation Model (AOGCM) output over a regional domain, 2) extraction of RCM output on basin scale, 3) RCM data ...
... made, there is today a rather standardized procedure for hydrological CC impact assessment in this context, including the following steps: 1) RCM downscaling of Atmospheric-Ocean General Circulation Model (AOGCM) output over a regional domain, 2) extraction of RCM output on basin scale, 3) RCM data ...
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.