Quantifying climate change induced effects upon glaciers and their
... around the world, relating changes in length to changes in temperature. Although his report doesn’t specifically discuss human-induced climate change, it does highlight how closely linked glacier retreat and temperature are. An example of a study which looked at mass balance is Huss et al’s (2008) r ...
... around the world, relating changes in length to changes in temperature. Although his report doesn’t specifically discuss human-induced climate change, it does highlight how closely linked glacier retreat and temperature are. An example of a study which looked at mass balance is Huss et al’s (2008) r ...
A Greener Dragon? - Department of Defence
... As a developed economy endowed with natural resources, it is within Australia’s capacity to undertake reform and increase GHG emission reductions. The constraints for Australia implementing mitigation actions are ‘no longer technological or economic…. [t]hey are political, institutional and ideologi ...
... As a developed economy endowed with natural resources, it is within Australia’s capacity to undertake reform and increase GHG emission reductions. The constraints for Australia implementing mitigation actions are ‘no longer technological or economic…. [t]hey are political, institutional and ideologi ...
CBDAMPIC
... implementation. Decision 11 from the first Conference of the Parties (COP 1) laid out three stages of adaptation as follows: Stage I: Planning, which includes studies of possible impacts of climate change, to identify particularly vulnerable countries or regions and policy options for adaptation and ...
... implementation. Decision 11 from the first Conference of the Parties (COP 1) laid out three stages of adaptation as follows: Stage I: Planning, which includes studies of possible impacts of climate change, to identify particularly vulnerable countries or regions and policy options for adaptation and ...
climate change and the protection of guatemalan marine
... Data from EM-DAT - The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database, 2011 ...
... Data from EM-DAT - The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database, 2011 ...
Climate Change Corrections - Florida Department of Environmental
... much—that is, to what degree it will continue, how rapidly, what other climate changes will accompany the warming, and what the longterm effects of these changes will be. Florida is particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. It has over 1,200 miles of coastline, almost 4,500 square mi ...
... much—that is, to what degree it will continue, how rapidly, what other climate changes will accompany the warming, and what the longterm effects of these changes will be. Florida is particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. It has over 1,200 miles of coastline, almost 4,500 square mi ...
DECC Adaptation Strategy for Climate Change Impacts on Biodiversity
... existing plans for environmental water use, such as the NSW Wetlands Recovery Plan and NSW RiverBank. Undertaking risk assessments of projected climate change impacts, in order to quantify levels of risk and uncertainty, are also important tools to inform planning and management decisions. The dynam ...
... existing plans for environmental water use, such as the NSW Wetlands Recovery Plan and NSW RiverBank. Undertaking risk assessments of projected climate change impacts, in order to quantify levels of risk and uncertainty, are also important tools to inform planning and management decisions. The dynam ...
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... making extensive use of fish meal and fish oil produced from wild fish (Naylor et al., 2000). However, according to Brander (2007), certain positive effects are likely as well. A global warming could make it possible to set up aquaculture operations in regions that formerly were too cold or to benef ...
... making extensive use of fish meal and fish oil produced from wild fish (Naylor et al., 2000). However, according to Brander (2007), certain positive effects are likely as well. A global warming could make it possible to set up aquaculture operations in regions that formerly were too cold or to benef ...
Decline in Kelp in West Europe and Climate
... environmental factors from the expert knowledge on the ecology of L. digitata (Table 1). Temperature and bathymetry are known to be among the most important factors regulating the horizontal and the vertical distribution of the species, respectively. In our model, temperature and bathymetry were the ...
... environmental factors from the expert knowledge on the ecology of L. digitata (Table 1). Temperature and bathymetry are known to be among the most important factors regulating the horizontal and the vertical distribution of the species, respectively. In our model, temperature and bathymetry were the ...
The impact of weather shocks on trade diversification
... The consequences of climate change on economic and social development of countries have received increasing recognition. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) categorically states that aggregate economic losses accelerate with increasing temperature, but global economic impacts from c ...
... The consequences of climate change on economic and social development of countries have received increasing recognition. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) categorically states that aggregate economic losses accelerate with increasing temperature, but global economic impacts from c ...
Climate Change Impacts on Environmental Hazards on the Great
... Lóczy et al. (2012) 26.5 % of the Carpathian Basin is affected strongly or moderately by wind erosion. The spatial extension of different natural hazards has been determined in Hungary with adequate accuracy (Blanka et al. 2013; Mez} osi, Blanka, et al. 2013). However, due to the uncertainty of fut ...
... Lóczy et al. (2012) 26.5 % of the Carpathian Basin is affected strongly or moderately by wind erosion. The spatial extension of different natural hazards has been determined in Hungary with adequate accuracy (Blanka et al. 2013; Mez} osi, Blanka, et al. 2013). However, due to the uncertainty of fut ...
Texas Coastal Bend Regional Climate Change Vulnerability
... climate change in watersheds and coastal areas by coordinating with other federal agencies and external partners that work on coastal adaptation efforts. The Texas Coastal Bend area is already experiencing the effects of some of these stressors of climate change. Scenarios and findings from the SLR ...
... climate change in watersheds and coastal areas by coordinating with other federal agencies and external partners that work on coastal adaptation efforts. The Texas Coastal Bend area is already experiencing the effects of some of these stressors of climate change. Scenarios and findings from the SLR ...
Robust Adaptation to Climate Change in the Water Sector in
... on Irish water resources. The IPCC states in its Technical Report Climate Change and Water (Bates et al., 2008) that changing climate over the past several decades can be associated with changes in a number of key components of the hydrological cycle. For instance, changes in precipitation (annual a ...
... on Irish water resources. The IPCC states in its Technical Report Climate Change and Water (Bates et al., 2008) that changing climate over the past several decades can be associated with changes in a number of key components of the hydrological cycle. For instance, changes in precipitation (annual a ...
The 3D Printing Revolution, Climate Change and
... Additive manufacturing is also inherently energy efficient. Indeed, according to the U.S. Department of Energy, additive manufacturing on average uses 50% less energy and saves up to 90% on materials costs compared to traditional manufacturing.21 Because 3D printing is additive rather than subtracti ...
... Additive manufacturing is also inherently energy efficient. Indeed, according to the U.S. Department of Energy, additive manufacturing on average uses 50% less energy and saves up to 90% on materials costs compared to traditional manufacturing.21 Because 3D printing is additive rather than subtracti ...
PDF - Journal of Resources and Ecology
... Grassland phenology is affected by changes in temperature and precipitation variation (Shen et al., 2011). Precipitation plays an important role in the temperature dependency of phenology in arid and semiarid regions (Shen et al., 2015). Precipitation limits the growth and yield of grassland in arid ...
... Grassland phenology is affected by changes in temperature and precipitation variation (Shen et al., 2011). Precipitation plays an important role in the temperature dependency of phenology in arid and semiarid regions (Shen et al., 2015). Precipitation limits the growth and yield of grassland in arid ...
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
... By the time, refugees and IDPs were immediately perceived not just as people displaced, but as people lacking protection and, explicitly, without the support of their own State. The League of Nations sought to fill this gap when it created, in 1921, the High Commission for Refugees to assist refugee ...
... By the time, refugees and IDPs were immediately perceived not just as people displaced, but as people lacking protection and, explicitly, without the support of their own State. The League of Nations sought to fill this gap when it created, in 1921, the High Commission for Refugees to assist refugee ...
Climate change, migration and critical
... Christian Aid, 2007; CARE International, 2009). The popular media has identified places as far apart as Shishmaref in Alaska, Cataret Islands in New Guinea and the Lake Chad region of Africa as being sites of the first climate change refugees (IRIN, 2008; Vidal, 2005; Willis, 2004; York 2010). Clima ...
... Christian Aid, 2007; CARE International, 2009). The popular media has identified places as far apart as Shishmaref in Alaska, Cataret Islands in New Guinea and the Lake Chad region of Africa as being sites of the first climate change refugees (IRIN, 2008; Vidal, 2005; Willis, 2004; York 2010). Clima ...
WP83: The emerging geographies of climate justice
... In this paper I bring together aspects of three literatures (environmental justice, development processes and the politics of scale) to conceptualise the geographies of climate justice beyond the international scale and consider what a more spatial understanding of climate justices might offer the ...
... In this paper I bring together aspects of three literatures (environmental justice, development processes and the politics of scale) to conceptualise the geographies of climate justice beyond the international scale and consider what a more spatial understanding of climate justices might offer the ...
Phase relationships between Antarctic and Greenland
... Steig and Alley: Relationships between Antarctic and Greenland climate As would be expected from previous work (e.g. Imbrie and others, 1993), Figure 2 shows that secular variations, i.e. the lower frequencies associated with the ice-age cycles, are generally in phase in both hemispheres.This is in ...
... Steig and Alley: Relationships between Antarctic and Greenland climate As would be expected from previous work (e.g. Imbrie and others, 1993), Figure 2 shows that secular variations, i.e. the lower frequencies associated with the ice-age cycles, are generally in phase in both hemispheres.This is in ...
Anthony Patt ETH Zürich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
... Patt, Anthony, Detlef van Vuuren, Frans Berkhout, Asbjørn Aaheim, Andries Hof, Morna Isaac, and Reinhard Mechler (2010). Adaptation in integrated assessment modeling: where do we stand? Climatic Change 99: 383 – 402. Patt, Anthony, Mark Tadross, Patrick Nussbaumer, Kwabena Asante, Marc Metzger, José ...
... Patt, Anthony, Detlef van Vuuren, Frans Berkhout, Asbjørn Aaheim, Andries Hof, Morna Isaac, and Reinhard Mechler (2010). Adaptation in integrated assessment modeling: where do we stand? Climatic Change 99: 383 – 402. Patt, Anthony, Mark Tadross, Patrick Nussbaumer, Kwabena Asante, Marc Metzger, José ...
Protection and Planned Relocations in the Context of
... This paper begins by explaining why it is important to begin thinking about the issue of planned relocations as a response (or adaptation strategy) to the effects of climate change. The paper then draws some lessons from the long experience of ‘development-forced displacement and resettlement’ (DFDR ...
... This paper begins by explaining why it is important to begin thinking about the issue of planned relocations as a response (or adaptation strategy) to the effects of climate change. The paper then draws some lessons from the long experience of ‘development-forced displacement and resettlement’ (DFDR ...
Bias corrections of global models for regional climate simulations
... important to also remember that the GCM data were generated at a coarse resolution, where local processes and terrain heterogeneity were not taken into account. It also is possible that statistical downscaling methods developed on past climate might not hold true under climate change conditions. An ...
... important to also remember that the GCM data were generated at a coarse resolution, where local processes and terrain heterogeneity were not taken into account. It also is possible that statistical downscaling methods developed on past climate might not hold true under climate change conditions. An ...
Programme Booklet
... These lectures will review various aspects of climate. We begin with a description of various examples of past climate with descriptions of the likely physical causes. These will include the cycles of major glaciation of the past 2 million years, the Eocene warm period, and the temperate climate of ...
... These lectures will review various aspects of climate. We begin with a description of various examples of past climate with descriptions of the likely physical causes. These will include the cycles of major glaciation of the past 2 million years, the Eocene warm period, and the temperate climate of ...
China`s Policies and Actions for Addressing Climate Change
... period last year. However, with a vast population and a low level of economic development, China still faces a rather arduous task of development. By the end of 2008, the total population in the mainland was 1.328 billion, representing an increase of 6.73 million souls over the end of 2007, and the ...
... period last year. However, with a vast population and a low level of economic development, China still faces a rather arduous task of development. By the end of 2008, the total population in the mainland was 1.328 billion, representing an increase of 6.73 million souls over the end of 2007, and the ...
a critical look at “the moral case for fossil fuels”
... delivered enormous social benefits historically and yet reasonably ask whether the costs and risks associated with continued dependence on fossil fuels are so great that it makes sense now to shift to a cleaner energy supply. Indeed, many people, including most environmentalists, would immediately a ...
... delivered enormous social benefits historically and yet reasonably ask whether the costs and risks associated with continued dependence on fossil fuels are so great that it makes sense now to shift to a cleaner energy supply. Indeed, many people, including most environmentalists, would immediately a ...
Center for Global Environmental Research
... Historical time series of global annual mean volume mixing ratios of well-mixed GHGs: CO2, N2O, CH4, and the sum of halocarbons...............................................................12 (a) Zonal mean change in ozone (%) from the 1901-1915 mean to the 1986-2000 mean. (b) Historical time serie ...
... Historical time series of global annual mean volume mixing ratios of well-mixed GHGs: CO2, N2O, CH4, and the sum of halocarbons...............................................................12 (a) Zonal mean change in ozone (%) from the 1901-1915 mean to the 1986-2000 mean. (b) Historical time serie ...