argue - DLR ELIB
... the Kyoto Protocol (see below) which places emissions of a sub-set of greenhouse gases onto a ‘‘CO2-equivalent’’ scale. Ideally, the same equivalent CO2 emissions should produce the same climate effect regardless of their composition. The metrics can be used in an industrial or policymaking setting ...
... the Kyoto Protocol (see below) which places emissions of a sub-set of greenhouse gases onto a ‘‘CO2-equivalent’’ scale. Ideally, the same equivalent CO2 emissions should produce the same climate effect regardless of their composition. The metrics can be used in an industrial or policymaking setting ...
on Clean Growth and Climate Change
... The Pan-Canadian Framework is both a commitment to the world that Canada will do its part on climate change, and a plan to meet the needs of Canadians. We have built on the momentum of the Paris Agreement by developing a concrete plan which, when implemented, will allow us to achieve Canada's intern ...
... The Pan-Canadian Framework is both a commitment to the world that Canada will do its part on climate change, and a plan to meet the needs of Canadians. We have built on the momentum of the Paris Agreement by developing a concrete plan which, when implemented, will allow us to achieve Canada's intern ...
Climate Change, Federalism, and the Constitution
... over interstate commerce. These markets, as well as the global web of interactions that result in climate change, will also make problematic the distinctions between local, national, and global concerns. In the meantime, problems like climate change involve a tremendous range of scales from global a ...
... over interstate commerce. These markets, as well as the global web of interactions that result in climate change, will also make problematic the distinctions between local, national, and global concerns. In the meantime, problems like climate change involve a tremendous range of scales from global a ...
Changing Climate, Changing Forests: The Impacts of Climate Change on
... and land use change are driving up concentrations of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The emissions of these gases, which are accelerating, are trapping heat and altering the Earth’s climate. Our climate shapes our basic living conditions. It controls the growth of agricu ...
... and land use change are driving up concentrations of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The emissions of these gases, which are accelerating, are trapping heat and altering the Earth’s climate. Our climate shapes our basic living conditions. It controls the growth of agricu ...
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... holder farm households. They account for about 95 percent of the national agricultural output, of which about 75 percent is consumed at the household level (World Bank 2006). With low diversified economy and reliance on rain-fed agriculture, Ethiopia’s development prospects have been thus associated ...
... holder farm households. They account for about 95 percent of the national agricultural output, of which about 75 percent is consumed at the household level (World Bank 2006). With low diversified economy and reliance on rain-fed agriculture, Ethiopia’s development prospects have been thus associated ...
An Assessment of the Foundational Assumptions in High-Resolution Climate Projections: The Case of UKCP09
... projections, UKCP09 is not an isolated phenomenon. In the UK a successor to UKCP09 is being planned, and similar projects are under consideration around the world.6 The question whether UKCP09 provides decision-relevant projections is widely debated inside the UK; this paper is intended to raise the ...
... projections, UKCP09 is not an isolated phenomenon. In the UK a successor to UKCP09 is being planned, and similar projects are under consideration around the world.6 The question whether UKCP09 provides decision-relevant projections is widely debated inside the UK; this paper is intended to raise the ...
Competing roles of rising CO2 and climate change
... to net annual carbon balance. Land use and management is especially important. Several studies have shown a negative impact of agriculture on terrestrial carbon storage. Simulations by Bondeau et al. (2007) predict that globally agriculture has decreased vegetation carbon storage by 24% and soil car ...
... to net annual carbon balance. Land use and management is especially important. Several studies have shown a negative impact of agriculture on terrestrial carbon storage. Simulations by Bondeau et al. (2007) predict that globally agriculture has decreased vegetation carbon storage by 24% and soil car ...
Mexico`s Climate Change Mid-Century Strategy
... reinventing our past, we can create our future where growth is uninhibited by fossil fuel constraints or health impacts; a future where growth does not come at the cost of future generations. Mexico assumes its responsibility as a global player. Our Mid-century Climate Change Strategy will guide our ...
... reinventing our past, we can create our future where growth is uninhibited by fossil fuel constraints or health impacts; a future where growth does not come at the cost of future generations. Mexico assumes its responsibility as a global player. Our Mid-century Climate Change Strategy will guide our ...
Changing climate, changing forests
... and land use change are driving up concentrations of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The emissions of these gases, which are accelerating, are trapping heat and altering the Earth’s climate. Our climate shapes our basic living conditions. It controls the growth of agricu ...
... and land use change are driving up concentrations of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The emissions of these gases, which are accelerating, are trapping heat and altering the Earth’s climate. Our climate shapes our basic living conditions. It controls the growth of agricu ...
Australia - Met Office
... available to the researchers in the project was used, unless there were good scientific reasons for not doing so. For example, some impacts areas were omitted, such as many of those associated with human health. In this case, these impacts are strongly dependant on local factors and do not easily le ...
... available to the researchers in the project was used, unless there were good scientific reasons for not doing so. For example, some impacts areas were omitted, such as many of those associated with human health. In this case, these impacts are strongly dependant on local factors and do not easily le ...
Seattle City Light Climate Change Analysis - CSES
... model using boundary conditions from 1) the Max Plank Institute, Hamburg, global model (ECHAM5) and 2) the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Community Climate System Model (CCSM3). The first sim ...
... model using boundary conditions from 1) the Max Plank Institute, Hamburg, global model (ECHAM5) and 2) the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Community Climate System Model (CCSM3). The first sim ...
effects of changing climate on weather and human activities
... year. The environment was ravaged in many parts of the globe. Many of these losses were caused by weird weather associated with the biggest El Niño on record in 1997–98, and they were probably exacerbated by global warming: the human-induced climate change arising from increasing carbon dioxide and ...
... year. The environment was ravaged in many parts of the globe. Many of these losses were caused by weird weather associated with the biggest El Niño on record in 1997–98, and they were probably exacerbated by global warming: the human-induced climate change arising from increasing carbon dioxide and ...
Mis - Center for International Environmental Law
... Likewise, if unanticipated, a dynamic climate change trajectory and corresponding fossil fuel over-investment threatens investors and markets. ...
... Likewise, if unanticipated, a dynamic climate change trajectory and corresponding fossil fuel over-investment threatens investors and markets. ...
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... Climate change and land degradation hinder agricultural productivity and the ability of the agricultural sector to feed the world’s increasing population. This issue is particularly felt in Niger, where the agriculture sector is characterised by land scarcity and unstable rainfall. A recent mapping ...
... Climate change and land degradation hinder agricultural productivity and the ability of the agricultural sector to feed the world’s increasing population. This issue is particularly felt in Niger, where the agriculture sector is characterised by land scarcity and unstable rainfall. A recent mapping ...
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... Arabica (Coffea arabica) and Robusta (Coffea canephora) coffees dominate production (5.1 Mt and 3.1 Mt respectively in 2011 [7]). Arabica coffee is mostly grown in tropical highlands and is used in gourmet coffees due to its higher quality, while Robusta coffee is lower quality grown at lower altitu ...
... Arabica (Coffea arabica) and Robusta (Coffea canephora) coffees dominate production (5.1 Mt and 3.1 Mt respectively in 2011 [7]). Arabica coffee is mostly grown in tropical highlands and is used in gourmet coffees due to its higher quality, while Robusta coffee is lower quality grown at lower altitu ...
Financing climate change - Department of Environmental Affairs
... Africa has a well-established development finance system across the various tiers of government that could deliver on agreed outcomes for the mainstreaming of climate change into their development mandates and for catalysing climate related investments. At present, several government climate finance ...
... Africa has a well-established development finance system across the various tiers of government that could deliver on agreed outcomes for the mainstreaming of climate change into their development mandates and for catalysing climate related investments. At present, several government climate finance ...
Science Stories - ComunicaRSE | ComunicaRSE
... These are not challenges that the IPCC can meet on its own. There are practical, political and financial barriers which limit what the IPCC can hope to achieve. But by working with a range of partners who can lend cultural credibility to the scientific consensus they convey – voices and groups from ac ...
... These are not challenges that the IPCC can meet on its own. There are practical, political and financial barriers which limit what the IPCC can hope to achieve. But by working with a range of partners who can lend cultural credibility to the scientific consensus they convey – voices and groups from ac ...
Volume 3: Climate and Global Change and Risks
... climate and ecological peculiarities, in particular, that of Siberia. It is related with the fact that, according to modern ideas, natural environment in mid- and high latitudes of the Northern hemisphere is most sensitive to the observed global climate changes. One should consider such tasks of mod ...
... climate and ecological peculiarities, in particular, that of Siberia. It is related with the fact that, according to modern ideas, natural environment in mid- and high latitudes of the Northern hemisphere is most sensitive to the observed global climate changes. One should consider such tasks of mod ...
VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN MEXICAN ARID
... Water- Sinaloa has eleven rivers with a total of twelve dams. Its currents have an annual mean of 15,169 million cubic meters of water, contributing with the 2.44% of the hydrological resources of the national GDP. Its natural mean per capita water availability is considered in medium levels, with a ...
... Water- Sinaloa has eleven rivers with a total of twelve dams. Its currents have an annual mean of 15,169 million cubic meters of water, contributing with the 2.44% of the hydrological resources of the national GDP. Its natural mean per capita water availability is considered in medium levels, with a ...
internists (american college of physicians)
... be emitted in the coming decades or how natural climate variations may affect temperature trends is difficult; however, the National Research Council states that “there are still some uncertainties, and there always will be in understanding a complex system like Earth's climate. Nevertheless, there i ...
... be emitted in the coming decades or how natural climate variations may affect temperature trends is difficult; however, the National Research Council states that “there are still some uncertainties, and there always will be in understanding a complex system like Earth's climate. Nevertheless, there i ...
Simulated versus observed patterns of warming over the
... The adjustment is based on a longer reference period: 1920–2008. The adjustment was applied only to the boreal cold-season (NDJFMA) temperatures; the dynamical contribution to warm season (MJJASO) was found to be much smaller and is ignored in this paper. In the summary statistics presented in Table ...
... The adjustment is based on a longer reference period: 1920–2008. The adjustment was applied only to the boreal cold-season (NDJFMA) temperatures; the dynamical contribution to warm season (MJJASO) was found to be much smaller and is ignored in this paper. In the summary statistics presented in Table ...
Global Warming and the Free State
... winter, but become more episodic, with more falling in extreme events. Projections of precipitation are much less certain than for temperature, but the mean projections indicated modest increases of about 10% or so are likely in the winter and spring. Because of more intermittent rainfall and increa ...
... winter, but become more episodic, with more falling in extreme events. Projections of precipitation are much less certain than for temperature, but the mean projections indicated modest increases of about 10% or so are likely in the winter and spring. Because of more intermittent rainfall and increa ...
Background paper Africa WS
... Africa is characterized by a wide variety of climate systems (Hume et al, 2000) ranging from humid equatorial systems, through seasonally-arid tropical, to sub-tropical Mediterraneantype climates. These systems are also varying because all these climates exhibit differing degrees of temporal variabi ...
... Africa is characterized by a wide variety of climate systems (Hume et al, 2000) ranging from humid equatorial systems, through seasonally-arid tropical, to sub-tropical Mediterraneantype climates. These systems are also varying because all these climates exhibit differing degrees of temporal variabi ...
Transient Earth system responses to cumulative
... and Zickfeld, 2014). However, considering the link to emissions for other variables and from the global to the regional scale appears important as many impact-relevant changes are not directly related to global mean surface air temperature. It is also important to quantify the uncertainty in these l ...
... and Zickfeld, 2014). However, considering the link to emissions for other variables and from the global to the regional scale appears important as many impact-relevant changes are not directly related to global mean surface air temperature. It is also important to quantify the uncertainty in these l ...
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... Here we present our proposed integrated modeling framework of cities, space and the world economy. It serves to investigate the interplay between the local (spatial) and the aggregate dimensions of economic activity, which include, labor and capital migration, urban dynamics, transportation, energy ...
... Here we present our proposed integrated modeling framework of cities, space and the world economy. It serves to investigate the interplay between the local (spatial) and the aggregate dimensions of economic activity, which include, labor and capital migration, urban dynamics, transportation, energy ...