6. Climate change in the Arctic: A discussion of the impact on
... this is that a healthy fish stock depends on closing its life cycle geographically, a question that depends on a coincidence between where ocean currents carry larvae, nutrient availability, and other factors. There is thus little reason to rely on the basic logic that higher temperatures improve li ...
... this is that a healthy fish stock depends on closing its life cycle geographically, a question that depends on a coincidence between where ocean currents carry larvae, nutrient availability, and other factors. There is thus little reason to rely on the basic logic that higher temperatures improve li ...
- CSIRO Publishing
... released into the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels, clearing forests, cement manufacture, and by many other industrial and agricultural activities, thereby increasing the amount of radiation trapped near the Earth’s surface and driving accelerated warming. This process, called the enhanced greenho ...
... released into the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels, clearing forests, cement manufacture, and by many other industrial and agricultural activities, thereby increasing the amount of radiation trapped near the Earth’s surface and driving accelerated warming. This process, called the enhanced greenho ...
Sea Level Change in Western Australia
... climate change with an objective source of information about climate change. The IPCC does not conduct any research nor does it monitor climate related data or parameters. Its role is to assess on a comprehensive, objective, open and transparent basis the latest scientific, technical and socio-econo ...
... climate change with an objective source of information about climate change. The IPCC does not conduct any research nor does it monitor climate related data or parameters. Its role is to assess on a comprehensive, objective, open and transparent basis the latest scientific, technical and socio-econo ...
The Climate Deception Dossiers - Union of Concerned Scientists
... been a climate hoax that continues today. It is the decades’ long campaign by a handful of the world’s largest fossil fuel companies—such as Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, and Peabody Energy—to deceive the American public by distorting the realities and risks of climate change, sometimes actin ...
... been a climate hoax that continues today. It is the decades’ long campaign by a handful of the world’s largest fossil fuel companies—such as Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, and Peabody Energy—to deceive the American public by distorting the realities and risks of climate change, sometimes actin ...
It`s a Matter of Trust: American Judgments of the
... the issue, or are otherwise skeptical or unwilling to act. According to Maibach et al. (2011), moving dismissive or skeptical audiences toward concern about climate change poses difficult challenges, because these segments largely distrust official channels of communication, such as the mainstream med ...
... the issue, or are otherwise skeptical or unwilling to act. According to Maibach et al. (2011), moving dismissive or skeptical audiences toward concern about climate change poses difficult challenges, because these segments largely distrust official channels of communication, such as the mainstream med ...
Wadi Environmental Science Centre DEMENA Youth Climate
... climate hazards. Moreover, projected impacts of climate change generally are more adverse for lower latitudes, where most developing countries are located, than for higher latitudes. Because of the high level of vulnerability, there is an urgent need in the developing world to understand the threats ...
... climate hazards. Moreover, projected impacts of climate change generally are more adverse for lower latitudes, where most developing countries are located, than for higher latitudes. Because of the high level of vulnerability, there is an urgent need in the developing world to understand the threats ...
Biosphere feedbacks and climate change
... Earth system models (ESMs) are enhanced general circulation models that include some chemical and biological processes. All Earth system models include a representation of the carbon cycle, that is, carbon dioxide exchanges between ocean, atmosphere and land carbon stores and the response of these e ...
... Earth system models (ESMs) are enhanced general circulation models that include some chemical and biological processes. All Earth system models include a representation of the carbon cycle, that is, carbon dioxide exchanges between ocean, atmosphere and land carbon stores and the response of these e ...
Chapter 12 - Graduate Institute of International and Development
... domestic ratification by signatory countries. Because the Montreal Protocol and its revisions lead to frequent changes in the time frames for phasing out ODS and for encompassing new substances over time, some parties fear “obligation overload.” Therefore, the European Union suggested at the COP in ...
... domestic ratification by signatory countries. Because the Montreal Protocol and its revisions lead to frequent changes in the time frames for phasing out ODS and for encompassing new substances over time, some parties fear “obligation overload.” Therefore, the European Union suggested at the COP in ...
Non-paper Guidelines for Project Managers: Making vulnerable
... projects and more widely. They sit within the evolving policy context on adaptation in the Commission, which is seeing climate resilience being incorporated into a number of policy areas and financing instruments of relevance to asset and infrastructure (some examples are provided in Section 1.4). E ...
... projects and more widely. They sit within the evolving policy context on adaptation in the Commission, which is seeing climate resilience being incorporated into a number of policy areas and financing instruments of relevance to asset and infrastructure (some examples are provided in Section 1.4). E ...
Deliverable 2F3 Full Costs of Climate Change WP 2F
... types (MA 2005). Naturally, these biomes not only differ in their primary production (e.g. low productivity in tundras vs. high productivity in tropical rainforests), but also provide different ecosystem services. For example, water regulation functions of forests differ greatly from those of grassl ...
... types (MA 2005). Naturally, these biomes not only differ in their primary production (e.g. low productivity in tundras vs. high productivity in tropical rainforests), but also provide different ecosystem services. For example, water regulation functions of forests differ greatly from those of grassl ...
Combating Climate Change - The German Adaptation Strategy
... means that information and data must be prepared in a comprehensible form, and made readily available and accessible on a targeted basis. It should also be clear what countermeasures are possible and who is responsible in each case. In considering how the global climate will change, the Federal Gove ...
... means that information and data must be prepared in a comprehensible form, and made readily available and accessible on a targeted basis. It should also be clear what countermeasures are possible and who is responsible in each case. In considering how the global climate will change, the Federal Gove ...
Policy indexes – what do they tell us and what are their applications? The case of climate policy and business planning in emerging markets: Working Paper 88 (678 kB) (opens in new window)
... noticeable is in the field of public policy monitoring and evaluation. We have witnessed increasing efforts in recent years to quantify certain aspects of public policy performance and to compare it against a set of goals or against other governments, across countries and policy areas. This has resu ...
... noticeable is in the field of public policy monitoring and evaluation. We have witnessed increasing efforts in recent years to quantify certain aspects of public policy performance and to compare it against a set of goals or against other governments, across countries and policy areas. This has resu ...
Document
... Real Reductions – Activity must be lower aggregate emissions from an agreed-upon baseline emissions level in the past Permanence – Activity cannot be easily undone (efficiency upgrades, reforestation projects) Quantifiability and Verifiability – Detailed monitoring and verification plan specific to ...
... Real Reductions – Activity must be lower aggregate emissions from an agreed-upon baseline emissions level in the past Permanence – Activity cannot be easily undone (efficiency upgrades, reforestation projects) Quantifiability and Verifiability – Detailed monitoring and verification plan specific to ...
Climate change, plant migration, and range collapse
... a promising and robust approach for modeling species distributions under both current (Elith et al., 2006; Hernandez et al., 2006) and future environments (Hijmans & Graham, 2006). Many methods exist to model distributions of species and the statistical approach used is often an important source of ...
... a promising and robust approach for modeling species distributions under both current (Elith et al., 2006; Hernandez et al., 2006) and future environments (Hijmans & Graham, 2006). Many methods exist to model distributions of species and the statistical approach used is often an important source of ...
Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events
... Toronto, Department of Geography, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Internet: http://harvey.geog.utoronto.ca:8080/harvey/index.html) ...
... Toronto, Department of Geography, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Internet: http://harvey.geog.utoronto.ca:8080/harvey/index.html) ...
Effects of land use/land cover and climate changes on surface runoff
... frameworks for investigating the changes among various hydrological pathways that are caused by climate and human activities (Leavesley, 1994; Jiang et al., 2007; Wang et al., 2010). Distributed hydrological models, which use input parameters that directly represent land surface characteristics, hav ...
... frameworks for investigating the changes among various hydrological pathways that are caused by climate and human activities (Leavesley, 1994; Jiang et al., 2007; Wang et al., 2010). Distributed hydrological models, which use input parameters that directly represent land surface characteristics, hav ...
Growing within Limits
... that, for the energy system, the annual rate of decarbonisation needs to be increased to 5%, up from the historic average of 2%. The assessment shows that it is possible to achieve such a reduction by rapidly increasing energy efficiency, replacing fossil-fuel technologies by zero-carbon technologie ...
... that, for the energy system, the annual rate of decarbonisation needs to be increased to 5%, up from the historic average of 2%. The assessment shows that it is possible to achieve such a reduction by rapidly increasing energy efficiency, replacing fossil-fuel technologies by zero-carbon technologie ...
Safeguarding Washington`s Fish and Wildlife in an Era of Climate
... has been partnering with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife to forward a collective agenda to restore and protect Washington’s fish and wildlife in an era of climate change. There are many people in Washington State and throughout the Pacific Northwest who are committed to forwarding cli ...
... has been partnering with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife to forward a collective agenda to restore and protect Washington’s fish and wildlife in an era of climate change. There are many people in Washington State and throughout the Pacific Northwest who are committed to forwarding cli ...
Vulnerability to climate change in the Arctic: A case study from Arctic
... people spend significant time hunting and travelling on the land and rely on livelihoods that are being affected by climate change. For Inuit hunters in Canada’s Nunavut Territory, climate change has meant that their traditional knowledge, which underpins safe and successful hunting, is less dependa ...
... people spend significant time hunting and travelling on the land and rely on livelihoods that are being affected by climate change. For Inuit hunters in Canada’s Nunavut Territory, climate change has meant that their traditional knowledge, which underpins safe and successful hunting, is less dependa ...
Between Consensus and Denial: Climate Journalists - IPMZ
... as well as due to trickle-down effects between prolific and occasional climate writers, we expect an interpretive community among climate journalists which is built around the main propositions of the IPCC. We will refer to this as the IPCC consensus – knowing that in science there will never be a f ...
... as well as due to trickle-down effects between prolific and occasional climate writers, we expect an interpretive community among climate journalists which is built around the main propositions of the IPCC. We will refer to this as the IPCC consensus – knowing that in science there will never be a f ...
Modifying the 2°C Target - Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik
... their internal emissions reduction objective of 80–95 percent (compared to 1990 levels) by 2050 directly from the 2°C target, a weakening of the global climate policy target would inevitably lead in turn to a debate over the easing of EU reduction targets. This could become a highly controversial is ...
... their internal emissions reduction objective of 80–95 percent (compared to 1990 levels) by 2050 directly from the 2°C target, a weakening of the global climate policy target would inevitably lead in turn to a debate over the easing of EU reduction targets. This could become a highly controversial is ...
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI)
... Real Reductions – Activity must be lower aggregate emissions from an agreed-upon baseline emissions level in the past Permanence – Activity cannot be easily undone (efficiency upgrades, reforestation projects) Quantifiability and Verifiability – Detailed monitoring and verification plan specific to ...
... Real Reductions – Activity must be lower aggregate emissions from an agreed-upon baseline emissions level in the past Permanence – Activity cannot be easily undone (efficiency upgrades, reforestation projects) Quantifiability and Verifiability – Detailed monitoring and verification plan specific to ...
Towards Policy Integration of Disaster Risk, Climate Adaptation, and
... Goal 11 “Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable” [11.5 By 2030, significantly reduce the number of deaths and the number of people affected and substantially decrease the direct economic losses relative to global gross domestic product caused by disasters, inclu ...
... Goal 11 “Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable” [11.5 By 2030, significantly reduce the number of deaths and the number of people affected and substantially decrease the direct economic losses relative to global gross domestic product caused by disasters, inclu ...
Climate Change in Africa
... have influenced UNFCCC agreements focus on medium- to long-term projections of carbon emissions and forecasting models of global warming, and cover mainly countries and regions for which relevant data are readily available. This leaves out most developing countries and regions, particularly Africa, ...
... have influenced UNFCCC agreements focus on medium- to long-term projections of carbon emissions and forecasting models of global warming, and cover mainly countries and regions for which relevant data are readily available. This leaves out most developing countries and regions, particularly Africa, ...
Human Impacts on Climate: A Broader View than Reported in the IPCC
... (RF) estimates and ranges in 2005 for anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and other important agents and mechanisms, together with the typical geographical extent (spatial scale) of the forcing and the assessed level of scientific understanding (LOSU). The net anth ...
... (RF) estimates and ranges in 2005 for anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and other important agents and mechanisms, together with the typical geographical extent (spatial scale) of the forcing and the assessed level of scientific understanding (LOSU). The net anth ...