Climate Change Scenarios for the Congo Basin
... Vulnerability is the combination of impacts and adaptive capacity (Figure 1). So vulnerability can be high because of high impacts and / or low adaptive capacity. If an area is impacted by a certain hazard, and it is able to respond successfully to this by adjusting behaviour, resources or technolog ...
... Vulnerability is the combination of impacts and adaptive capacity (Figure 1). So vulnerability can be high because of high impacts and / or low adaptive capacity. If an area is impacted by a certain hazard, and it is able to respond successfully to this by adjusting behaviour, resources or technolog ...
A plants perspective of extremes: terrestrial plant responses to
... *Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Telegrafenberg, PO Box 601203, Potsdam, 14412, Germany, †School of Applied Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand, ‡Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems ITES, ETH Zürich, Universitätstrasse 16, Zürich, CH-8092, Switz ...
... *Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Telegrafenberg, PO Box 601203, Potsdam, 14412, Germany, †School of Applied Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand, ‡Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems ITES, ETH Zürich, Universitätstrasse 16, Zürich, CH-8092, Switz ...
A plant`s perspective of extremes: terrestrial plant responses to
... *Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Telegrafenberg, PO Box 601203, Potsdam, 14412, Germany, †School of Applied Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand, ‡Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems ITES, ETH Zürich, Universitätstrasse 16, Zürich, CH-8092, Switz ...
... *Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Telegrafenberg, PO Box 601203, Potsdam, 14412, Germany, †School of Applied Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand, ‡Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems ITES, ETH Zürich, Universitätstrasse 16, Zürich, CH-8092, Switz ...
use of regional climate for hydrological simulations for the
... Pakistan future water resources estimation under climate change is important for planning and operation of hydrological installations. To investigate the impact of climate change on future water resources a hydrological model can be driven with the output from a general circulation model (GCM) (Wats ...
... Pakistan future water resources estimation under climate change is important for planning and operation of hydrological installations. To investigate the impact of climate change on future water resources a hydrological model can be driven with the output from a general circulation model (GCM) (Wats ...
Introducing the Transnational Climate Impacts Index
... Climate change mitigation is widely seen as a global problem, but until now, climate impacts and adaptation have been treated mostly as regional or even local issues. For instance, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), in its latest report, refers to “localized adaptation and the lon ...
... Climate change mitigation is widely seen as a global problem, but until now, climate impacts and adaptation have been treated mostly as regional or even local issues. For instance, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), in its latest report, refers to “localized adaptation and the lon ...
Effect of climate change on air quality
... GCM–CTM studies find that climate change alone will increase summertime surface ozone in polluted regions by 1–10 ppb over the coming decades, with the largest effects in urban areas and during pollution episodes. This climate penalty means that stronger emission controls will be needed to meet a giv ...
... GCM–CTM studies find that climate change alone will increase summertime surface ozone in polluted regions by 1–10 ppb over the coming decades, with the largest effects in urban areas and during pollution episodes. This climate penalty means that stronger emission controls will be needed to meet a giv ...
Using Marginal Abatement Cost Curves (MACC) to realize the economic appraisal of Climate Smart Agriculture policy options
... The following approach could allow countries to switch directly from NAMAs to a set of AFOLU actions assessed and prioritized on the environmental impact, for example via the support from tools such as EX-ACT, measuring the carbon balance, but also the economical impact, e.g. via MACC. (cf. figure 3 ...
... The following approach could allow countries to switch directly from NAMAs to a set of AFOLU actions assessed and prioritized on the environmental impact, for example via the support from tools such as EX-ACT, measuring the carbon balance, but also the economical impact, e.g. via MACC. (cf. figure 3 ...
A simple object-oriented and open-source model for scientific and
... FUND, and MERGE have a highly simplified carbon/climate system (Nordhaus, 2008; Anthoff and Tol, 2014; Manne and Richels, 2005). IAMs focusing more on the physical processes of the natural system and the economy employ more complex representations of the climate/carbon system. Models like GCAM (Glob ...
... FUND, and MERGE have a highly simplified carbon/climate system (Nordhaus, 2008; Anthoff and Tol, 2014; Manne and Richels, 2005). IAMs focusing more on the physical processes of the natural system and the economy employ more complex representations of the climate/carbon system. Models like GCAM (Glob ...
Climate Change Adaptation Position Paper
... landscape governing issues relating to climatic events are ever changing. New Australian standards are being developed, the International Panel on Climate Change will provide updated analysis on climate change in 2014, and the Productivity Commission However the global scientific community is clear ...
... landscape governing issues relating to climatic events are ever changing. New Australian standards are being developed, the International Panel on Climate Change will provide updated analysis on climate change in 2014, and the Productivity Commission However the global scientific community is clear ...
Effect of climate change on air quality
... GCM–CTM studies find that climate change alone will increase summertime surface ozone in polluted regions by 1–10 ppb over the coming decades, with the largest effects in urban areas and during pollution episodes. This climate penalty means that stronger emission controls will be needed to meet a giv ...
... GCM–CTM studies find that climate change alone will increase summertime surface ozone in polluted regions by 1–10 ppb over the coming decades, with the largest effects in urban areas and during pollution episodes. This climate penalty means that stronger emission controls will be needed to meet a giv ...
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... profound consequences for ecosystems. Paleolimnological investigations of remote mountain lakes can provide details of past environmental change, especially where monitoring data are absent. Here, we reconstruct fossil diatom and chironomid communities spanning the last several hundred years from an ...
... profound consequences for ecosystems. Paleolimnological investigations of remote mountain lakes can provide details of past environmental change, especially where monitoring data are absent. Here, we reconstruct fossil diatom and chironomid communities spanning the last several hundred years from an ...
Assessing the effects of climate and volcanism on diatom and
... profound consequences for ecosystems. Paleolimnological investigations of remote mountain lakes can provide details of past environmental change, especially where monitoring data are absent. Here, we reconstruct fossil diatom and chironomid communities spanning the last several hundred years from an ...
... profound consequences for ecosystems. Paleolimnological investigations of remote mountain lakes can provide details of past environmental change, especially where monitoring data are absent. Here, we reconstruct fossil diatom and chironomid communities spanning the last several hundred years from an ...
Climate Change Detection and Attribution: Beyond Mean
... 1979, 1997; Allen and Tett 1999) to estimate the amplitude of externally forced signals in observations. The regression model attempts to represent the observed record y, organized as a vector in space and time, from a set of n response (signal) patterns that are concatenated in a matrix X using the ...
... 1979, 1997; Allen and Tett 1999) to estimate the amplitude of externally forced signals in observations. The regression model attempts to represent the observed record y, organized as a vector in space and time, from a set of n response (signal) patterns that are concatenated in a matrix X using the ...
Effect of climate change on air quality
... GCM–CTM studies find that climate change alone will increase summertime surface ozone in polluted regions by 1–10 ppb over the coming decades, with the largest effects in urban areas and during pollution episodes. This climate penalty means that stronger emission controls will be needed to meet a giv ...
... GCM–CTM studies find that climate change alone will increase summertime surface ozone in polluted regions by 1–10 ppb over the coming decades, with the largest effects in urban areas and during pollution episodes. This climate penalty means that stronger emission controls will be needed to meet a giv ...
Environmentally Induced Population Displacements
... predictor since population mobility as response requires resources. Overall, in situ adaptation may be more likely in developed regions while displacement may be more likely in developing areas. However, it could be the case that a household or individual is too poor to “invest” in migration, being ...
... predictor since population mobility as response requires resources. Overall, in situ adaptation may be more likely in developed regions while displacement may be more likely in developing areas. However, it could be the case that a household or individual is too poor to “invest” in migration, being ...
11th Scientific Statement: Air Pollution
... emissions scenario projection. Time-slice years are taken for 2006, 2050 and 2100. Colour bar on left-hand side represents temperature for 2006, while upper-right colour bar represents temperature change for 2050 and 2100 relative to 2006. Lower-right colour bar represents sulphate (PM2.5) mass (μg ...
... emissions scenario projection. Time-slice years are taken for 2006, 2050 and 2100. Colour bar on left-hand side represents temperature for 2006, while upper-right colour bar represents temperature change for 2050 and 2100 relative to 2006. Lower-right colour bar represents sulphate (PM2.5) mass (μg ...
An India That Can Say Yes - Indian Network on Ethics and Climate
... decades. These are very serious problems, but I think two most serious and immediate threats in which are largely in more India in media and in public perception are the rapid melting of the Himalayan glaciers. This is an in controversial scientific fact. The IPCC report confirmed it in 2007 in fact ...
... decades. These are very serious problems, but I think two most serious and immediate threats in which are largely in more India in media and in public perception are the rapid melting of the Himalayan glaciers. This is an in controversial scientific fact. The IPCC report confirmed it in 2007 in fact ...
Technological Challenges Nigeria
... Climate change impacts depend on a range of the climate parameters' changes and on the country's social, cultural, geographical and economic backgrounds. The location and size of, and the characteristics relief in Nigeria especially Enugu state give rise to a variety of climates ranging from tropica ...
... Climate change impacts depend on a range of the climate parameters' changes and on the country's social, cultural, geographical and economic backgrounds. The location and size of, and the characteristics relief in Nigeria especially Enugu state give rise to a variety of climates ranging from tropica ...
AHEAD OF THE STORM…. Preparing Toronto for Climate Change
... The most recent reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2007) provide a clear message that global climate is changing in many ways. Many of these changes are having a direct impact on Toronto and will continue into the foreseeable future. This section outlines a number of t ...
... The most recent reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2007) provide a clear message that global climate is changing in many ways. Many of these changes are having a direct impact on Toronto and will continue into the foreseeable future. This section outlines a number of t ...
Effective media reporting of sea level rise projections: 1989–2009
... data. In addition, any numbers reported for only one part of the world oceans (e.g. Chesapeake Bay) were not included. We acknowledge that this search methodology would exclude media reports that, for example, use the term ‘ocean levels’ or some other phrase for sea level rise, but in piloting the s ...
... data. In addition, any numbers reported for only one part of the world oceans (e.g. Chesapeake Bay) were not included. We acknowledge that this search methodology would exclude media reports that, for example, use the term ‘ocean levels’ or some other phrase for sea level rise, but in piloting the s ...
interspecific interactions exceed climate effects
... et al., 2012). Competitive exclusions among mountain ungulate species are thought to have caused local extinctions in the past (Mishra et al., 2006). Understanding the influence of interspecific interactions on daily patterns of altitude use could greatly improve future projections of range-shifts i ...
... et al., 2012). Competitive exclusions among mountain ungulate species are thought to have caused local extinctions in the past (Mishra et al., 2006). Understanding the influence of interspecific interactions on daily patterns of altitude use could greatly improve future projections of range-shifts i ...
Towards Critical Studies of Climate Adaptation - diss.fu
... Westaway, and Yuen 2011). Conversely, the global South often argues for the “right to development” as a way to raise individual adaptive capacity (Ayers and Dodman 2010). Such efforts promote community-based and pro-poor adaptation actions that tackle underlying drivers of vulnerability, including p ...
... Westaway, and Yuen 2011). Conversely, the global South often argues for the “right to development” as a way to raise individual adaptive capacity (Ayers and Dodman 2010). Such efforts promote community-based and pro-poor adaptation actions that tackle underlying drivers of vulnerability, including p ...
Prospering in a Changing Climate
... changing climate. They will be integrated into established planning, decision-making and risk management systems, and help build recognition of the interconnections between social, environmental and economic systems. Adaptation actions should be prioritised through assessment of risks, costs and equ ...
... changing climate. They will be integrated into established planning, decision-making and risk management systems, and help build recognition of the interconnections between social, environmental and economic systems. Adaptation actions should be prioritised through assessment of risks, costs and equ ...
Have the Tropical Pacific Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions
... Marine cores are widely used for paleoclimatic reconstruction, but in most cases they are useful only for reconstructing the mean state of ENSO. Varved sediments, corals, ice cores and trees are useful for reconstructing the frequency and amplitude of ENSO in distinct time intervals, but their recor ...
... Marine cores are widely used for paleoclimatic reconstruction, but in most cases they are useful only for reconstructing the mean state of ENSO. Varved sediments, corals, ice cores and trees are useful for reconstructing the frequency and amplitude of ENSO in distinct time intervals, but their recor ...