Socio-economic implications of climate change for tea producing countries
... Evidence suggests that GHGs are causing global warming and climate change. While GHGs occur naturally, direct or indirect human activities have intensified their emission into the atmosphere. ...
... Evidence suggests that GHGs are causing global warming and climate change. While GHGs occur naturally, direct or indirect human activities have intensified their emission into the atmosphere. ...
Can terrestrial ectotherms escape the heat of climate change by
... change? Temperate areas with highly seasonal temperatures will experience the greatest warming, but climate change is expected to increase the fitness of populations in these areas (see the electronic supplementary material, figure S3). The absolute fitness advantage of movement varies little with l ...
... change? Temperate areas with highly seasonal temperatures will experience the greatest warming, but climate change is expected to increase the fitness of populations in these areas (see the electronic supplementary material, figure S3). The absolute fitness advantage of movement varies little with l ...
Will Amazonia Dry Out? Magnitude and Causes of Change from
... (SRES) A1B scenario was used to simulate twenty-first century climate. The A1B emissions scenario was selected because it is a fairly representative average of the different emission scenarios conducted by the IPCC and it is close to the current pace of anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions ( ...
... (SRES) A1B scenario was used to simulate twenty-first century climate. The A1B emissions scenario was selected because it is a fairly representative average of the different emission scenarios conducted by the IPCC and it is close to the current pace of anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions ( ...
Vulnerability of biodiversity hotspots to global change
... important efforts allocated to their preservation, but the potential effects of global changes on hotspots have so far received relatively little attention. We investigate whether hotspots are quantitatively and qualitatively threatened to the same order of magnitude by the combined effects of globa ...
... important efforts allocated to their preservation, but the potential effects of global changes on hotspots have so far received relatively little attention. We investigate whether hotspots are quantitatively and qualitatively threatened to the same order of magnitude by the combined effects of globa ...
LLoyd's Science of Risk Conference Booklet 2012
... Increases in wave height (resulting from altered storm intensity) are less significant than these factors and only noteworthy if accompanied by high sea-level rise. Possible changes in wave direction have a more noticeable influence on coastal morphology, but this does not translate into significant ...
... Increases in wave height (resulting from altered storm intensity) are less significant than these factors and only noteworthy if accompanied by high sea-level rise. Possible changes in wave direction have a more noticeable influence on coastal morphology, but this does not translate into significant ...
www.fni.no
... hand conceding that climate change has had detrimental impacts, while on the other hand expressing scepticism towards the anthropogenic nature of the problem. For example, in the 1996 negotiations in Geneva, Russia sided with OPEC countries that also held sceptical positions, but by 1998, Russia was ...
... hand conceding that climate change has had detrimental impacts, while on the other hand expressing scepticism towards the anthropogenic nature of the problem. For example, in the 1996 negotiations in Geneva, Russia sided with OPEC countries that also held sceptical positions, but by 1998, Russia was ...
CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS: AN
... Abstract. Vulnerability is an emerging concept for climate science and policy. Over the past decade, efforts to assess vulnerability to climate change triggered a process of theory development and assessment practice, which is reflected in the reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ...
... Abstract. Vulnerability is an emerging concept for climate science and policy. Over the past decade, efforts to assess vulnerability to climate change triggered a process of theory development and assessment practice, which is reflected in the reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ...
A preliminary assessment of the impact of climate change on non-life insurance demand in the BRICS economies: Working Paper 63 (379 kB) (opens in new window)
... when compared with the expected growth due to rising incomes. The scale of the impacts and their direction depend to some extent on (re)insurer responses to the challenges of climate change. We outline five actions that could pave the way for future opportunities. ...
... when compared with the expected growth due to rising incomes. The scale of the impacts and their direction depend to some extent on (re)insurer responses to the challenges of climate change. We outline five actions that could pave the way for future opportunities. ...
Vulnerability to climate change of marine and coastal fisheries in
... conditions. At industrial and small scales, fishing depends almost equally on the state of the natural populations as well as on socioeconomic and cultural conditions. Ecological conditions include from the phenology of each particular species to the functionality of the ecosystems, whereas socioeco ...
... conditions. At industrial and small scales, fishing depends almost equally on the state of the natural populations as well as on socioeconomic and cultural conditions. Ecological conditions include from the phenology of each particular species to the functionality of the ecosystems, whereas socioeco ...
PDF - Climate Diplomacy
... With regard to time, it is most common for quantitative climate-conflict researchers to use yearly observations (see Figure C), although monthly observations are increasingly used in analyses that focus on more tactical aspects of climate-related conflicts, such as the timing of particular attacks. ...
... With regard to time, it is most common for quantitative climate-conflict researchers to use yearly observations (see Figure C), although monthly observations are increasingly used in analyses that focus on more tactical aspects of climate-related conflicts, such as the timing of particular attacks. ...
ASEAN IN A CLIMATE OF CHANGE
... able to do so with financial and technical help from advanced economies. Countries are also called on to submit progressively stronger commitments, although there is no specific emissions reduction target for countries to reach by a certain year. Progress on these commitments will instead be facilit ...
... able to do so with financial and technical help from advanced economies. Countries are also called on to submit progressively stronger commitments, although there is no specific emissions reduction target for countries to reach by a certain year. Progress on these commitments will instead be facilit ...
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geneva dialogues 7.4.11[1]. - Graduate Institute of International and
... Recognising the fundamental importance of mitigation and adaptation in combating climate change and its adverse effects; Acknowledging nonetheless that if, in the near future, the international community has failed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and urgent action is needed to prevent catastrophi ...
... Recognising the fundamental importance of mitigation and adaptation in combating climate change and its adverse effects; Acknowledging nonetheless that if, in the near future, the international community has failed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and urgent action is needed to prevent catastrophi ...
China`s Growing CO2 EmissionssA Race between Increasing
... are creating serious environmental problems on both local and global scales. Understanding the key drivers behind China’s growing energy consumption and the associated CO2 emissions is critical for the development of global climate policies and provides insight into how other emerging economies may ...
... are creating serious environmental problems on both local and global scales. Understanding the key drivers behind China’s growing energy consumption and the associated CO2 emissions is critical for the development of global climate policies and provides insight into how other emerging economies may ...
Causes of the Global Warming Observed since the 19th Century
... floor in the nonpolar region. The atmosphere in each hemisphere is subdivided into the atmosphere over the ocean and the atmosphere over land, with heat exchange between them. We include the changes in carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide [17] and halocarbon [18,19] concentrations in our long-live ...
... floor in the nonpolar region. The atmosphere in each hemisphere is subdivided into the atmosphere over the ocean and the atmosphere over land, with heat exchange between them. We include the changes in carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide [17] and halocarbon [18,19] concentrations in our long-live ...
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... The evidence from the literature agrees on three points: there is a high probability of significant changes in global climate (Ito et al., 2010; IPCC, 2007); the state of environment will continue to deteriorate if the right actions are not taken (Torres, 2008); and the relative impacts of climate c ...
... The evidence from the literature agrees on three points: there is a high probability of significant changes in global climate (Ito et al., 2010; IPCC, 2007); the state of environment will continue to deteriorate if the right actions are not taken (Torres, 2008); and the relative impacts of climate c ...
Climate Impact Research in the BSR: State of the Art
... It is not a question whether, where and how large a change may be, it is only relevant that climate change comes true! On the local scale this needs an analysis of potential impacts and their associated exposure units and its vulnerability! Good policies needs a systematic analysis of decision lines ...
... It is not a question whether, where and how large a change may be, it is only relevant that climate change comes true! On the local scale this needs an analysis of potential impacts and their associated exposure units and its vulnerability! Good policies needs a systematic analysis of decision lines ...
3B.9 THE U.S. GLOBAL CLIMATE OBSERVING SYSTEM (GCOS
... known as the Climate Reference Network (CRN). The CRN is designed to answer the question: How has the U.S. climate changed over the past 50 years at national, regional, and local levels? Since 2002, 100 CRN stations have been put into operation out of a planned 115 stations in the Continental U.S. [ ...
... known as the Climate Reference Network (CRN). The CRN is designed to answer the question: How has the U.S. climate changed over the past 50 years at national, regional, and local levels? Since 2002, 100 CRN stations have been put into operation out of a planned 115 stations in the Continental U.S. [ ...
2011 CO Basin Assessment Capacity - CLIMAS
... share information, projects, lessons learned, and data. This is a crucial component to developing support at the local level and among decision makers in all sectors and levels of government. An example of this type of program is the Colorado Climate Preparedness Project, an outreach effort that aim ...
... share information, projects, lessons learned, and data. This is a crucial component to developing support at the local level and among decision makers in all sectors and levels of government. An example of this type of program is the Colorado Climate Preparedness Project, an outreach effort that aim ...
Global adaptation index - Carnegie Endowment for International
... urgency for adaptation to climate change and other global forces and for the support needed through private and public investments for developing countries. ...
... urgency for adaptation to climate change and other global forces and for the support needed through private and public investments for developing countries. ...
Winter wren populations show adaptation to local climate
... breeding and migration, which are relatively easily measured traits with some fitness consequences [14]. In this case, the majority of studies suggest that much of the phenotypic responses observed results from individual plasticity [15–18], with relatively few studies providing evidence for local a ...
... breeding and migration, which are relatively easily measured traits with some fitness consequences [14]. In this case, the majority of studies suggest that much of the phenotypic responses observed results from individual plasticity [15–18], with relatively few studies providing evidence for local a ...
Climate change. - Institut für Kommunikations
... process. Ambiguities should not be solved by coding “something or the other” but should be talked through. b) Ambiguities concerning the allocation of codes should be noted down and should be discussed with the project supervisors. If the ambiguities are of relevance for other codings as well, they ...
... process. Ambiguities should not be solved by coding “something or the other” but should be talked through. b) Ambiguities concerning the allocation of codes should be noted down and should be discussed with the project supervisors. If the ambiguities are of relevance for other codings as well, they ...
National Climate Change Response White Paper
... Climate Change Response within two years of the publication of this policy. On the basis of the outcome of these reviews, government will determine what adjustments need to be made to achieve alignment with the goals and objectives of the National Climate Change Response, and will identify any addit ...
... Climate Change Response within two years of the publication of this policy. On the basis of the outcome of these reviews, government will determine what adjustments need to be made to achieve alignment with the goals and objectives of the National Climate Change Response, and will identify any addit ...
Climate change and forced migration
... shoreline erosion, coastal flooding and agricultural disruption. Since then various analysts have tried to put numbers on future flows of climate migrants (sometimes called ‘climate refugees’)—the most widely repeated prediction being 200 million forced climate migrants by 2050. But repetition does ...
... shoreline erosion, coastal flooding and agricultural disruption. Since then various analysts have tried to put numbers on future flows of climate migrants (sometimes called ‘climate refugees’)—the most widely repeated prediction being 200 million forced climate migrants by 2050. But repetition does ...
National Climate Change Response White Paper (2011)
... Climate Change Response within two years of the publication of this policy. On the basis of the outcome of these reviews, government will determine what adjustments need to be made to achieve alignment with the goals and objectives of the National Climate Change Response, and will identify any addit ...
... Climate Change Response within two years of the publication of this policy. On the basis of the outcome of these reviews, government will determine what adjustments need to be made to achieve alignment with the goals and objectives of the National Climate Change Response, and will identify any addit ...
The Human Condition in the Anthropocene
... our emissions today. Carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases stay around in the atmosphere for quite a while (some dissipate sooner than others), and the consequences we suffer at any one point in time are the result of past emissions. Because the developed world has been responsible for most ...
... our emissions today. Carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases stay around in the atmosphere for quite a while (some dissipate sooner than others), and the consequences we suffer at any one point in time are the result of past emissions. Because the developed world has been responsible for most ...