Nota di lavoro 2000.038 - Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei
... Human population is attracted to coastal zones to a greater extent than to other regions. Urbanisation and the rapid growth of coastal cities have therefore been a dominant population trend over the last decades, leading to the development of numerous megacities in all coastal regions around the wor ...
... Human population is attracted to coastal zones to a greater extent than to other regions. Urbanisation and the rapid growth of coastal cities have therefore been a dominant population trend over the last decades, leading to the development of numerous megacities in all coastal regions around the wor ...
Suitability of European climate for the Asian tiger mosquito Aedes
... are driven by the simulations of the ensemble of 10 regional climate models (RCMs) to evaluate how suitability for the mosquito might change in the near future (e.g. 2030–2050). This ensemble includes the most up-to-date RCMs that are routinely run by the biggest climate centres in Europe to study c ...
... are driven by the simulations of the ensemble of 10 regional climate models (RCMs) to evaluate how suitability for the mosquito might change in the near future (e.g. 2030–2050). This ensemble includes the most up-to-date RCMs that are routinely run by the biggest climate centres in Europe to study c ...
Global Concern about Climate Change, Broad Support for Limiting
... far.” A median of just 38% believe that “Developing countries should do just as much as rich countries because they will produce most of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions in the future.” However, in six countries, half or more say developing nations should do just as much. Half of Americans hold ...
... far.” A median of just 38% believe that “Developing countries should do just as much as rich countries because they will produce most of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions in the future.” However, in six countries, half or more say developing nations should do just as much. Half of Americans hold ...
Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change in the Biodiversity
... The regional assessments were executed over the period 2002-2005 by multidisciplinary, multiinstitutional regional teams of investigators. The teams, selected through merit review of submitted proposals, were supported by the AIACC project with funding, technical assistance, mentoring and training. ...
... The regional assessments were executed over the period 2002-2005 by multidisciplinary, multiinstitutional regional teams of investigators. The teams, selected through merit review of submitted proposals, were supported by the AIACC project with funding, technical assistance, mentoring and training. ...
Tropical Forest, Deforestation and Climate Change - Heinrich
... in the global climate system—the primary objective of the United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC, article 2)—tropical deforestation should be greatly reduced. The Kyoto Protocol, although an important step for reducing GHG emissions, has no means of addressing tropical deforest ...
... in the global climate system—the primary objective of the United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC, article 2)—tropical deforestation should be greatly reduced. The Kyoto Protocol, although an important step for reducing GHG emissions, has no means of addressing tropical deforest ...
The Community Climate System Model
... initial conditions were taken from year 15 of the 300-yr control run (shown as year 10 in Fig. 3). The CO2 concentration was held fixed at 355 ppmv for 10 yr. The CO2 was then increased at 1% per year for 115 years, at which time the concentration had increased by slightly more than a factor of thre ...
... initial conditions were taken from year 15 of the 300-yr control run (shown as year 10 in Fig. 3). The CO2 concentration was held fixed at 355 ppmv for 10 yr. The CO2 was then increased at 1% per year for 115 years, at which time the concentration had increased by slightly more than a factor of thre ...
CLIMATE CHANGE State Should Further Improve Its Reporting on Financial Support
... any process, activity, or mechanism that removes a greenhouse gas, an aerosol, or a precursor of greenhouse gas from the atmosphere. For example, preserved forests, which store carbon dioxide, serve as greenhouse gas sinks. The burning of fossil fuels for energy accounts for about two-thirds of glob ...
... any process, activity, or mechanism that removes a greenhouse gas, an aerosol, or a precursor of greenhouse gas from the atmosphere. For example, preserved forests, which store carbon dioxide, serve as greenhouse gas sinks. The burning of fossil fuels for energy accounts for about two-thirds of glob ...
Potential Climate Change Impacts on Marine Resources
... in the Gulf of Maine. Resources were not available at this time for a full set of model runs under varying emission scenarios, but we provide initial results to demonstrate proof of concept in anticipation of a more extensive effort to follow. Increased water temperatures over the last decade have b ...
... in the Gulf of Maine. Resources were not available at this time for a full set of model runs under varying emission scenarios, but we provide initial results to demonstrate proof of concept in anticipation of a more extensive effort to follow. Increased water temperatures over the last decade have b ...
Kenya National Adaptation Plan 2015-2030
... arrangements, including monitoring and evaluation processes. Priority actions are identified in 20 planning sectors for the short, medium and long term. This builds on the premise that all our socioeconomic sectors are vulnerable to climate change impacts, although the manifestation of these impacts ...
... arrangements, including monitoring and evaluation processes. Priority actions are identified in 20 planning sectors for the short, medium and long term. This builds on the premise that all our socioeconomic sectors are vulnerable to climate change impacts, although the manifestation of these impacts ...
Examining climate-biome - Wildlife Conservation Society Canada
... As in any clustering of this nature, some categories are relatively similar to one another, and some are extremely distinct. Fig. 2 illustrates the relative distances (i.e., differences) in climate conditions between all possible pairings of cluster medoids, standardized to a range between zero and ...
... As in any clustering of this nature, some categories are relatively similar to one another, and some are extremely distinct. Fig. 2 illustrates the relative distances (i.e., differences) in climate conditions between all possible pairings of cluster medoids, standardized to a range between zero and ...
Climate phoenix - Grattan Institute
... reduce emissions: if they do more of the work, the cost and disruption of reducing emissions overall will be minimised. To make this happen, baselines should be reduced more aggressively than is strictly necessary to meet Australia’s target. The government would then auction permits – the right to e ...
... reduce emissions: if they do more of the work, the cost and disruption of reducing emissions overall will be minimised. To make this happen, baselines should be reduced more aggressively than is strictly necessary to meet Australia’s target. The government would then auction permits – the right to e ...
Climate change challenges Tuvalu
... The sea is inextricably linked to Tuvalu’s natural and social system and it has always maintained life on the islands. A change in sea level is therefore not an abstract risk but a challenging task to the every day life of Tuvaluans. ...
... The sea is inextricably linked to Tuvalu’s natural and social system and it has always maintained life on the islands. A change in sea level is therefore not an abstract risk but a challenging task to the every day life of Tuvaluans. ...
Arctic greening can cause earlier seasonality of Arctic amplification
... Since the beginning of the twentieth century, Arctic surface temperature has increased at twice the rate of global mean temperature [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change AR4, 2007]. This feature, referred to as Arctic amplification, is ubiquitous in climate models and observations [e.g., Manabe ...
... Since the beginning of the twentieth century, Arctic surface temperature has increased at twice the rate of global mean temperature [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change AR4, 2007]. This feature, referred to as Arctic amplification, is ubiquitous in climate models and observations [e.g., Manabe ...
S1501144_en.pdf
... Caribbean (ECLAC) in Mexico City, and the Agreement between the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) and ECLAC as part of the “The Economics of Climate Change in Central America” initiative. The opinions expressed in this document are strictly those of the authors and do not necessarily ...
... Caribbean (ECLAC) in Mexico City, and the Agreement between the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) and ECLAC as part of the “The Economics of Climate Change in Central America” initiative. The opinions expressed in this document are strictly those of the authors and do not necessarily ...
Di Gregorio et al 2016 - Centre for Climate Change Economics and
... National Policy on Climate Change, in 2009 (Hall 2012, p.38). These regulations define climate change targets, priority sectors for mitigation and adaptation and necessary financial mechanisms. Land use systems, agriculture and forestry are at the heart of these policies, because of their vulnerabil ...
... National Policy on Climate Change, in 2009 (Hall 2012, p.38). These regulations define climate change targets, priority sectors for mitigation and adaptation and necessary financial mechanisms. Land use systems, agriculture and forestry are at the heart of these policies, because of their vulnerabil ...
Report
... atmosphere, particularly CO2, has increased exponentially due to anthropogenic activities such as fossil fuel burning and land use changes. This accumulation adversely impacts climate by increasing global temperatures. Deforestation and forest degradation contribute approximately 17% of total global ...
... atmosphere, particularly CO2, has increased exponentially due to anthropogenic activities such as fossil fuel burning and land use changes. This accumulation adversely impacts climate by increasing global temperatures. Deforestation and forest degradation contribute approximately 17% of total global ...
Adaptive Thermoregulation in Endotherms May
... conservation issues facing biologists, land stewards, and governments and has become a central topic in biological research. Considerable effort is being invested in determining the best methods to measure the current impacts of climate change and model the future effects (Chown et al. 2010). One of ...
... conservation issues facing biologists, land stewards, and governments and has become a central topic in biological research. Considerable effort is being invested in determining the best methods to measure the current impacts of climate change and model the future effects (Chown et al. 2010). One of ...
Farmer Resiliency in a Changing Climate
... climate change trends, farmers must now find ways to adapt to these changes. Agriculture is a hugely important industry, having social, economic, and ecological components that contribute largely to societies all over the world. Its widespread nature means that agriculture exists in multiple differe ...
... climate change trends, farmers must now find ways to adapt to these changes. Agriculture is a hugely important industry, having social, economic, and ecological components that contribute largely to societies all over the world. Its widespread nature means that agriculture exists in multiple differe ...
Integrating Mitigation and Adaptation in Climate and Land Use
... and adaptation are taken into account in policy formulation. The paper is based on a systematic content analysis of major federal level climate change and land use policies. The results indicate a stronger focus on climate change mitigation compared to adaptation in all land uses. Integrated approac ...
... and adaptation are taken into account in policy formulation. The paper is based on a systematic content analysis of major federal level climate change and land use policies. The results indicate a stronger focus on climate change mitigation compared to adaptation in all land uses. Integrated approac ...
Opportunities to Reduce Tasmania`s Greenhouse Gas Emissions
... assessment of Tasmania’s forestry estate (regrowth, old growth and plantation) to guide policy towards managing the forestry estate in a sustainable and profitable manner and optimising climate change outcomes. The significant potential for forestry biomass (waste or dedicated) as a renewable energy ...
... assessment of Tasmania’s forestry estate (regrowth, old growth and plantation) to guide policy towards managing the forestry estate in a sustainable and profitable manner and optimising climate change outcomes. The significant potential for forestry biomass (waste or dedicated) as a renewable energy ...
Garamvölgyi - Climate change - Applied Ecology and Environmental
... Science on Europe and boreal Eurasia and give an overview of observed and predicted changes in vegetation in these regions. The main trends include advance of the tree line, reduction of the alpine vegetation belt, drought risk, forest diebacks, a shift from coniferous forests to deciduous forests a ...
... Science on Europe and boreal Eurasia and give an overview of observed and predicted changes in vegetation in these regions. The main trends include advance of the tree line, reduction of the alpine vegetation belt, drought risk, forest diebacks, a shift from coniferous forests to deciduous forests a ...
Impacts of climate change on vegetation distribution. No. 1
... Science on Europe and boreal Eurasia and give an overview of observed and predicted changes in vegetation in these regions. The main trends include advance of the tree line, reduction of the alpine vegetation belt, drought risk, forest diebacks, a shift from coniferous forests to deciduous forests a ...
... Science on Europe and boreal Eurasia and give an overview of observed and predicted changes in vegetation in these regions. The main trends include advance of the tree line, reduction of the alpine vegetation belt, drought risk, forest diebacks, a shift from coniferous forests to deciduous forests a ...
Climate Change and Coastal Human Settlements
... various adaptation strategies. The aim is to assist Caribbean territories in developing the strategies and capacity needed to deal with the potential impact of severe weather events that are anticipated to occur with increased frequency and intensity as a result of climate change. Some of the key an ...
... various adaptation strategies. The aim is to assist Caribbean territories in developing the strategies and capacity needed to deal with the potential impact of severe weather events that are anticipated to occur with increased frequency and intensity as a result of climate change. Some of the key an ...
How should governments in Canada respond to
... environmental issues. Think about how much they affect your quality of life, and how much you think they require government regulation and monitoring. This chapter explores how decisions about environmental issues affect the development of resources, jobs and quality of life. You will investigate ho ...
... environmental issues. Think about how much they affect your quality of life, and how much you think they require government regulation and monitoring. This chapter explores how decisions about environmental issues affect the development of resources, jobs and quality of life. You will investigate ho ...
Responses of runoff to historical and future climate variability over
... with a small range in southern China, the Songhua River basin and the northwest and a large range in the Hai River basin, the Yellow River basin, and the Liao River basin. Although the aforementioned studies have certainly made advances in understanding the climate elasticity of R in China, our know ...
... with a small range in southern China, the Songhua River basin and the northwest and a large range in the Hai River basin, the Yellow River basin, and the Liao River basin. Although the aforementioned studies have certainly made advances in understanding the climate elasticity of R in China, our know ...