MeetingReport-CC_and_Displacement
... the past. It was also noted that, due to the lack of reliable scientific evidence on the timing and numbers likely to be affected, planning should focus on worst-case scenarios to ensure that adequate response mechanisms were in place. Particular attention needs to be placed on findings in the Maldi ...
... the past. It was also noted that, due to the lack of reliable scientific evidence on the timing and numbers likely to be affected, planning should focus on worst-case scenarios to ensure that adequate response mechanisms were in place. Particular attention needs to be placed on findings in the Maldi ...
Understanding Climate Variability : Implications for Water Resources
... what is the risk for water supply under climate change? can management mitigate? What is the probability distribution of 'optimal yield' from the flow scenarios (climate change) given the system capacity and constraints ? ensemble of streamflow sequences PDF of yield, storage mean & std dev ...
... what is the risk for water supply under climate change? can management mitigate? What is the probability distribution of 'optimal yield' from the flow scenarios (climate change) given the system capacity and constraints ? ensemble of streamflow sequences PDF of yield, storage mean & std dev ...
Adaptation planning for climate change
... adaptation. First of all, anthropogenic greenhouse gas and aerosol emissions, are already affecting average climate conditions and climate extremes (Hegerl and Zwiers 2007). For example, eleven of the twelve warmest years globally occurred between 1995 and 2006 (Trenberth and Jones 2007). Even the r ...
... adaptation. First of all, anthropogenic greenhouse gas and aerosol emissions, are already affecting average climate conditions and climate extremes (Hegerl and Zwiers 2007). For example, eleven of the twelve warmest years globally occurred between 1995 and 2006 (Trenberth and Jones 2007). Even the r ...
Student Conceptions about Global Warming and Climate Change
... Climate is a component of the National Research Council’s (NRC, 1996) science education standards and just about every science textbook from fourth grade on addresses climate. Yet, these textbooks appear to be designed with little consideration of students’ conceptions and in fact may reinforce cert ...
... Climate is a component of the National Research Council’s (NRC, 1996) science education standards and just about every science textbook from fourth grade on addresses climate. Yet, these textbooks appear to be designed with little consideration of students’ conceptions and in fact may reinforce cert ...
Earth System interactions
... encompass the key climate processes pertaining to the Nordic and Arctic regions; (iii) include an improved description of processes that are presently considered to be highly uncertain; (iv) are computationally efficient; (v) possess advanced diagnostic tools for a detailed evaluation of model compo ...
... encompass the key climate processes pertaining to the Nordic and Arctic regions; (iii) include an improved description of processes that are presently considered to be highly uncertain; (iv) are computationally efficient; (v) possess advanced diagnostic tools for a detailed evaluation of model compo ...
Danish Climate Centre Report 07-02 Regional climate change
... 2. Model configuration and experimental setup There are several kinds of uncertainties related to climate projections using simulations with coupled atmosphere-ocean GCMs. Apart from uncertainties in future greenhouse gas and aerosol emissions and their conversion to radiative forcings (which will n ...
... 2. Model configuration and experimental setup There are several kinds of uncertainties related to climate projections using simulations with coupled atmosphere-ocean GCMs. Apart from uncertainties in future greenhouse gas and aerosol emissions and their conversion to radiative forcings (which will n ...
NATURAL CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND GLOBAL WARMING
... foundations (AUP episodes: abrupt, unprecedented [in magnitude/duration], and persistent). One of the best documented examples is from Quintana Roo (Yucatan Peninsula), Mexico where there were a series of AUP droughts between ca. ad 800 and ad 1000. These were accompanied by severe economic and soci ...
... foundations (AUP episodes: abrupt, unprecedented [in magnitude/duration], and persistent). One of the best documented examples is from Quintana Roo (Yucatan Peninsula), Mexico where there were a series of AUP droughts between ca. ad 800 and ad 1000. These were accompanied by severe economic and soci ...
Poverty - International Policy Centre for inclusive Growth
... Ghana and Zambia among the newest Middle Income Countries, an estimated 800 million people still live in low-income countries. Of these, half live in just five countries, three of which are in sub-Saharan Africa. In these least-developed countries (LDCs), conflict, disaster and broader human insecur ...
... Ghana and Zambia among the newest Middle Income Countries, an estimated 800 million people still live in low-income countries. Of these, half live in just five countries, three of which are in sub-Saharan Africa. In these least-developed countries (LDCs), conflict, disaster and broader human insecur ...
Climate Impacts on Arctic Lake Ecosystems
... and animals, many of which are specialized towards extreme cold, low energy supply, and oligotrophy. There is now compelling evidence of rising atmospheric temperatures at a planetary scale, and the greatest amplitude of change has been recorded at high northern latitudes (IPCC 2007). While global a ...
... and animals, many of which are specialized towards extreme cold, low energy supply, and oligotrophy. There is now compelling evidence of rising atmospheric temperatures at a planetary scale, and the greatest amplitude of change has been recorded at high northern latitudes (IPCC 2007). While global a ...
Climate change science and the climate change scare Contents
... The climate is always changing. It has been changing since the Earth was born, about 4.5 billion years ago. Given changes in the Sun, changes in the Earth’s orbit, changes in the Earth’s continents, changes in the Earth’s geology, and the Earth’s continual rotation, it cannot be otherwise. CO2 is al ...
... The climate is always changing. It has been changing since the Earth was born, about 4.5 billion years ago. Given changes in the Sun, changes in the Earth’s orbit, changes in the Earth’s continents, changes in the Earth’s geology, and the Earth’s continual rotation, it cannot be otherwise. CO2 is al ...
Sahelian climate
... to the late 1980s, with partial recovery through 2003, although the rainfall deficit has not ended (Nicholson et al., 2000; Biasutti and Giannini, 2006; Dai et al., 2004). In addition, West Afica has been identified as a “hot spot” where the land-atmosphere coupling could play an important role, thr ...
... to the late 1980s, with partial recovery through 2003, although the rainfall deficit has not ended (Nicholson et al., 2000; Biasutti and Giannini, 2006; Dai et al., 2004). In addition, West Afica has been identified as a “hot spot” where the land-atmosphere coupling could play an important role, thr ...
Aalborg Universitet Uncertainty in Impact Assessment – EIA in Denmark
... impacts of plans, programmes or projects – we do per definition not know the exact impacts before they unfold. Also, there is an increasing focus on integration of impacts such as climate ...
... impacts of plans, programmes or projects – we do per definition not know the exact impacts before they unfold. Also, there is an increasing focus on integration of impacts such as climate ...
The Influence of Climate Change on Winter Wheat during 2012
... 2100, respectively. The results indicate that the growth of winter wheat would be strongly influenced by climate change in future. The average flowering and maturity dates of winter wheat would advance by 26 and 27 days under scenario A2, and by 23 and 24 days respectively under scenario A1B from 20 ...
... 2100, respectively. The results indicate that the growth of winter wheat would be strongly influenced by climate change in future. The average flowering and maturity dates of winter wheat would advance by 26 and 27 days under scenario A2, and by 23 and 24 days respectively under scenario A1B from 20 ...
The Surveyor’s Role in Monitoring, Mitigating, and Adapting to Climate Change FIG REPORT
... 2. The administration and use of rural areas. Land use is responsible for more than 30% of all greenhouse gas emissions. Changes in land use (such as re-forestation) can thus have special importance in mitigating climate change both by lowering emissions and by removing such gases from the atmosphe ...
... 2. The administration and use of rural areas. Land use is responsible for more than 30% of all greenhouse gas emissions. Changes in land use (such as re-forestation) can thus have special importance in mitigating climate change both by lowering emissions and by removing such gases from the atmosphe ...
Can sense-making tools inform adaptation policy?
... et al. 2004; K. Brown, unpublished manuscript, http://www. youtube.com/watch?v=FdnJ52VkQLQ). If we reduce climate adaptation to the mere study of climate hazards, we may miss the important cultural and social change elements that adaptation requires (Eakin et al. 2009, Kennedy et al. 2010). As compl ...
... et al. 2004; K. Brown, unpublished manuscript, http://www. youtube.com/watch?v=FdnJ52VkQLQ). If we reduce climate adaptation to the mere study of climate hazards, we may miss the important cultural and social change elements that adaptation requires (Eakin et al. 2009, Kennedy et al. 2010). As compl ...
Request for an Online Accreditation System
... Climate Change. In the context of sustainable development, the Fund will promote the paradigm shift towards low emission and climate-resilient development pathways by providing support to developing countries to limit or reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and to adapt to the impacts of climate ch ...
... Climate Change. In the context of sustainable development, the Fund will promote the paradigm shift towards low emission and climate-resilient development pathways by providing support to developing countries to limit or reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and to adapt to the impacts of climate ch ...
The impact of climate change and weather on transport - MOWE-IT
... higher when going from the tropics to the polar region in the Northern Hemisphere. The potential consequences of climate change for precipitation patterns are more complex, and depend largely on continental geometry (vicinity of water) but also on the vicinity and shape of mountains and on wind flow ...
... higher when going from the tropics to the polar region in the Northern Hemisphere. The potential consequences of climate change for precipitation patterns are more complex, and depend largely on continental geometry (vicinity of water) but also on the vicinity and shape of mountains and on wind flow ...
Impacts of climate change on Australia`s World Heritage properties
... Australia is one of the oldest continents on earth, and it is unique in terms of its cultural, geographical and biological diversity. There are currently 17 sites in Australia recognised by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as possessing characteristics consid ...
... Australia is one of the oldest continents on earth, and it is unique in terms of its cultural, geographical and biological diversity. There are currently 17 sites in Australia recognised by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as possessing characteristics consid ...
Present and future responses of growing degree days for
... is validated by the current research which adds the fact that these favourable thermal conditions will increase in the future. In summary, the main cultivation period could be reduced and shifted from April–October to April–September, especially in the 1-year cultivations of the current study. This ...
... is validated by the current research which adds the fact that these favourable thermal conditions will increase in the future. In summary, the main cultivation period could be reduced and shifted from April–October to April–September, especially in the 1-year cultivations of the current study. This ...
The Need for (and Obstacles to) Regional Collective Action in Climate Adaptation
... Climate Change and Sustainable Development issued at COP8, climate adaptation was of “high priority” and required “urgent attention and action on the part of all countries.” To help promote climate adaptation, COP7 created three funds to support adaptation: the Adaptation Fund (AF), the Least Develo ...
... Climate Change and Sustainable Development issued at COP8, climate adaptation was of “high priority” and required “urgent attention and action on the part of all countries.” To help promote climate adaptation, COP7 created three funds to support adaptation: the Adaptation Fund (AF), the Least Develo ...
Climate Programme for Finnish Agriculture - Maa
... Efficient manure handling and treatment methods and efficient nutrient recycling contribute to reducing ammonia and methane emissions from manure and to substituting for the use of nitrogen fertiliser produced by means of fossil energy, thus mitigating the greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture. ...
... Efficient manure handling and treatment methods and efficient nutrient recycling contribute to reducing ammonia and methane emissions from manure and to substituting for the use of nitrogen fertiliser produced by means of fossil energy, thus mitigating the greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture. ...
Vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in water hazard assessments using regional
... be used as the benchmark (control) with which dynamic downscaling would have to improve on. An excellent example of this type of testing is given in the paper Landsea, C.W., Knaff, J.A., 2000: “How much skill was there in forecasting the very strong 1997-98 El Niño?” Bulletin of the American Meteoro ...
... be used as the benchmark (control) with which dynamic downscaling would have to improve on. An excellent example of this type of testing is given in the paper Landsea, C.W., Knaff, J.A., 2000: “How much skill was there in forecasting the very strong 1997-98 El Niño?” Bulletin of the American Meteoro ...
Memorandum to the Government of India on the UNFCCC`s 15th
... They need to commit to necessary and binding reduction targets along with sharp cuts by Annex 1 countries. India should take the lead in building a consensus among developing economies to commit to mitigation targets, which should be binding through national legislation. In this context, the Governm ...
... They need to commit to necessary and binding reduction targets along with sharp cuts by Annex 1 countries. India should take the lead in building a consensus among developing economies to commit to mitigation targets, which should be binding through national legislation. In this context, the Governm ...
Variation in the sensitivity of organismal body and geographic scales
... intertidal animals showed an 88% reduction in Ta sensitivity relative to upper intertidal animals. The magnitude of the influence of Tw on body temperature at the upper limit of the mussel bed (0.39–0.44) is surprisingly large given that these animals reach DBTM during periods of aerial exposure. M. ...
... intertidal animals showed an 88% reduction in Ta sensitivity relative to upper intertidal animals. The magnitude of the influence of Tw on body temperature at the upper limit of the mussel bed (0.39–0.44) is surprisingly large given that these animals reach DBTM during periods of aerial exposure. M. ...
Will the Paris agreement save the world?
... way forward to achieve emissions reductions. First, the pre-conference national pledges for climate action are predicated on a goal of 2 degree warming and while the agreement includes a commitment to update pledges and make them more progressive, the text is vague on the overall ambition and it doe ...
... way forward to achieve emissions reductions. First, the pre-conference national pledges for climate action are predicated on a goal of 2 degree warming and while the agreement includes a commitment to update pledges and make them more progressive, the text is vague on the overall ambition and it doe ...