SEMIQUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF REGIONAL CLIMATE
... the references therein) climate policy makers would actually be highly interested in learning from the scientific community which regions (or even sub-regions) Climatic Change (2006) 76: 265–290 DOI: 10.1007/s10584-005-9037-7 ...
... the references therein) climate policy makers would actually be highly interested in learning from the scientific community which regions (or even sub-regions) Climatic Change (2006) 76: 265–290 DOI: 10.1007/s10584-005-9037-7 ...
Climate Change and Invasive Alien Species
... Adaptive strategies need to involve international co-operation and include research and development on monitoring, prediction, outbreak triggers, risk assessment and management strategies. Such approaches need to be developed at the regional scale CABI’s farmer field schools encourage uptake of indi ...
... Adaptive strategies need to involve international co-operation and include research and development on monitoring, prediction, outbreak triggers, risk assessment and management strategies. Such approaches need to be developed at the regional scale CABI’s farmer field schools encourage uptake of indi ...
English - Inter-American Development Bank
... Quito, Ecuador; and Bogotá, Colombia—were covered with ice until approximately 12,000 years ago. And many of today’s deserts were once covered by lush forests. In these cases, transformations were due to natural phenomena. But today, climate changes aren’t just coming from natural causes; they are a ...
... Quito, Ecuador; and Bogotá, Colombia—were covered with ice until approximately 12,000 years ago. And many of today’s deserts were once covered by lush forests. In these cases, transformations were due to natural phenomena. But today, climate changes aren’t just coming from natural causes; they are a ...
Future humidity trends over the western United States in the CMIP5
... D. W. Pierce et al.: Modeled future changes in humidity over the western US In humid regions the assumption that Tmin equals Tdew is supported by observations, especially in clear and calm conditions (Brown and DeGaetano, 2009). However in arid regions (such as much of the western US), the dew poin ...
... D. W. Pierce et al.: Modeled future changes in humidity over the western US In humid regions the assumption that Tmin equals Tdew is supported by observations, especially in clear and calm conditions (Brown and DeGaetano, 2009). However in arid regions (such as much of the western US), the dew poin ...
Deepening the Food Crisis? A summary of the Study `Climate
... study was published in 2008. The study focused on the particular risks for those persons and groups who are malnourished. It systematised how the global megatrend of climate change might impact on these marginalized groups. For this purpose a cover study and regional studies in Africa, Asia and Lati ...
... study was published in 2008. The study focused on the particular risks for those persons and groups who are malnourished. It systematised how the global megatrend of climate change might impact on these marginalized groups. For this purpose a cover study and regional studies in Africa, Asia and Lati ...
Feeling the Heat - Development and Peace
... Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing our world today. The people who are doing least to cause it are suffering the most. Those with the power to address it, including our leaders here in Canada, have so far failed us. Canadians have one of the highest carbon footprints in the worl ...
... Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing our world today. The people who are doing least to cause it are suffering the most. Those with the power to address it, including our leaders here in Canada, have so far failed us. Canadians have one of the highest carbon footprints in the worl ...
The ecological citizen and climate change
... important in effecting justice could include some that are more commonly associated with being a ‘good person’ rather than a ‘good citizen’, compassion and care. As shown earlier, ecological citizenship considers the private realm as a site where citizenship activities occur. This is so because firs ...
... important in effecting justice could include some that are more commonly associated with being a ‘good person’ rather than a ‘good citizen’, compassion and care. As shown earlier, ecological citizenship considers the private realm as a site where citizenship activities occur. This is so because firs ...
Double exposure: assessing the impacts of climate change within
... and losers gloss over the real impacts, and trivialize the signi"cance for speci"c regions, sectors, or social groups. The scale of analysis thus makes a di!erence in the identi"cation of winners and losers. For example, while globalization, as manifest through the North American Free Trade Agreemen ...
... and losers gloss over the real impacts, and trivialize the signi"cance for speci"c regions, sectors, or social groups. The scale of analysis thus makes a di!erence in the identi"cation of winners and losers. For example, while globalization, as manifest through the North American Free Trade Agreemen ...
Climate change and European forests: What do we know, what are
... The knowledge about potential climate change impacts on forests is continuously expanding and some changes in growth, drought induced mortality and species distribution have been observed. However despite a significant body of research, a knowledge and communication gap exists between scientists and ...
... The knowledge about potential climate change impacts on forests is continuously expanding and some changes in growth, drought induced mortality and species distribution have been observed. However despite a significant body of research, a knowledge and communication gap exists between scientists and ...
Use of spatial analogy in analysis and valuation of climate scenarios
... The couse behind this similarity is the arable land usage, because the ratio of this land use type is higher in YU003 and RO03 and in BG and GR are lower than in Hungary. The ratio of forests are different because geographic conditions, it seen from the ratio of flat plains in the regions. About the ...
... The couse behind this similarity is the arable land usage, because the ratio of this land use type is higher in YU003 and RO03 and in BG and GR are lower than in Hungary. The ratio of forests are different because geographic conditions, it seen from the ratio of flat plains in the regions. About the ...
Climate Change Policies in New York State
... the combustion of fossil fuel and deforestation – are changing the global climate. The February 2007 assessment by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) provides the most definitive statement of the anthropogenic contribution to climate change. The potential adverse impacts of climate ...
... the combustion of fossil fuel and deforestation – are changing the global climate. The February 2007 assessment by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) provides the most definitive statement of the anthropogenic contribution to climate change. The potential adverse impacts of climate ...
Global warming in the American mind
... policies, and strong opposition to higher energy or gasoline prices to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Relatively few Americans have undertaken individual mitigation behaviors. While global warming does have negative connotations for most Americans, the thoughts and images evoked by this term prima ...
... policies, and strong opposition to higher energy or gasoline prices to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Relatively few Americans have undertaken individual mitigation behaviors. While global warming does have negative connotations for most Americans, the thoughts and images evoked by this term prima ...
city-level climate change adaptation strategies: the case of quito
... the 1950s, Quito’s area had grown 20 times and its population by a factor of six, causing deforestation, overloading of natural drainage systems and difficulties in basic services provision. New residents and migrants settling in high-risk hillside areas suffered severely from increasing floods and ...
... the 1950s, Quito’s area had grown 20 times and its population by a factor of six, causing deforestation, overloading of natural drainage systems and difficulties in basic services provision. New residents and migrants settling in high-risk hillside areas suffered severely from increasing floods and ...
Strategy for Fisheries, Aquaculture and Clilmate Change
... and rivers will be caused by changing weather patterns, weather-driven extreme natural events and sea-level rise. These will affect the safety and security of people, their homes and their means of production, including fisheries and aquaculture assets and infrastructure. ...
... and rivers will be caused by changing weather patterns, weather-driven extreme natural events and sea-level rise. These will affect the safety and security of people, their homes and their means of production, including fisheries and aquaculture assets and infrastructure. ...
Climate Action Plan
... advise elected officials and the County in the decisionmaking process. The Task Force should be comprised of County and municipal elected officials, scientists knowledgeable in the field of climate change, representatives of local Green Advisory Boards or environmental groups, regional transportatio ...
... advise elected officials and the County in the decisionmaking process. The Task Force should be comprised of County and municipal elected officials, scientists knowledgeable in the field of climate change, representatives of local Green Advisory Boards or environmental groups, regional transportatio ...
Downscaling climate change scenarios for apple pest and disease
... (Buser et al., 2009), the simulations were processed and aggregated to obtain seasonal probabilistic climate change signals of changes in temperature and precipitation for three domains in Switzerland (see Fig. 1). The spatial extent of the domains was determined semi-empirically based on the spatia ...
... (Buser et al., 2009), the simulations were processed and aggregated to obtain seasonal probabilistic climate change signals of changes in temperature and precipitation for three domains in Switzerland (see Fig. 1). The spatial extent of the domains was determined semi-empirically based on the spatia ...
On the Importance of Strengthening Moderate Beliefs in Climate
... risks from climate change [14,15,18–20], with higher risk perceptions associated with greater support for immediate action. Together, this study treats these constructs jointly as belief in climate change, which constitutes the major variable of interest. Previous research also suggests that belief ...
... risks from climate change [14,15,18–20], with higher risk perceptions associated with greater support for immediate action. Together, this study treats these constructs jointly as belief in climate change, which constitutes the major variable of interest. Previous research also suggests that belief ...
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, to marshal and assess scientific information on the subject. In 1990 the IPCC issued its First Assessment Report, which confirmed that the threat of climate change was real. The Second World Climate Conference, held in Geneva later that year, called for the ...
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, to marshal and assess scientific information on the subject. In 1990 the IPCC issued its First Assessment Report, which confirmed that the threat of climate change was real. The Second World Climate Conference, held in Geneva later that year, called for the ...
Effects of sea surface warming on marine plankton
... scales, either through compilation of shipboard sampling data (Boyce et al. 2010, 2012), satellite observations (Behrenfeld et al. 2006; Martinez et al. 2009), or model simulations (Henson et al. 2010; Hofmann et al. 2011). In contrast, the metabolic effects of warming on plankton are typically inve ...
... scales, either through compilation of shipboard sampling data (Boyce et al. 2010, 2012), satellite observations (Behrenfeld et al. 2006; Martinez et al. 2009), or model simulations (Henson et al. 2010; Hofmann et al. 2011). In contrast, the metabolic effects of warming on plankton are typically inve ...
UNFCCC: UNITING ON CLIMATE
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, to marshal and assess scientific information on the subject. In 1990 the IPCC issued its First Assessment Report, which confirmed that the threat of climate change was real. The Second World Climate Conference, held in Geneva later that year, called for the ...
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, to marshal and assess scientific information on the subject. In 1990 the IPCC issued its First Assessment Report, which confirmed that the threat of climate change was real. The Second World Climate Conference, held in Geneva later that year, called for the ...
Poverty and climate change: assessing impacts in developing
... emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group’s Fifth Report; Climate change 2001 : impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability, predicts an average global temperature increase of 13.5ºC over the next 100 years. Taken by itself this small aggre ...
... emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group’s Fifth Report; Climate change 2001 : impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability, predicts an average global temperature increase of 13.5ºC over the next 100 years. Taken by itself this small aggre ...
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... and rivers will be caused by changing weather patterns, weather-driven extreme natural events and sea-level rise. These will affect the safety and security of people, their homes and their means of production, including fisheries and aquaculture assets and infrastructure. ...
... and rivers will be caused by changing weather patterns, weather-driven extreme natural events and sea-level rise. These will affect the safety and security of people, their homes and their means of production, including fisheries and aquaculture assets and infrastructure. ...
Communicating climate change: conduits, content
... climate change coverage increased in all countries between 1996 and 2010, although there were significant differences between countries in the extent of growth and media attention.26 However, since this period there have been signs of these trends reversing, with late 2009 marking a peak in print med ...
... climate change coverage increased in all countries between 1996 and 2010, although there were significant differences between countries in the extent of growth and media attention.26 However, since this period there have been signs of these trends reversing, with late 2009 marking a peak in print med ...
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.