Systems thinking methodology in researching the
... step to create a causal loop modelling of the whole impacts of climate change on livestock production. Indeed, the relationship between climate change and livestock industry is not only the effects of changing climate on animal production (e.g. lost live weight, heat stress or compromise reproductio ...
... step to create a causal loop modelling of the whole impacts of climate change on livestock production. Indeed, the relationship between climate change and livestock industry is not only the effects of changing climate on animal production (e.g. lost live weight, heat stress or compromise reproductio ...
A macroeconomic perspective on climate change mitigation: Meeting the financing challenge: Working Paper 122 (2 MB) (opens in new window)
... development of this research stream. More specifically, this work has two main objectives. ...
... development of this research stream. More specifically, this work has two main objectives. ...
Cultural and Economic Factors That Influence Brazilian Public
... climate change threaten not only the natural world, but also the human systems that we have established (IPCC 2014, 4). The devastating effects of climate change will not be confined to those regions of the world that have contributed the most to this problem. Already, every continent and ocean has ...
... climate change threaten not only the natural world, but also the human systems that we have established (IPCC 2014, 4). The devastating effects of climate change will not be confined to those regions of the world that have contributed the most to this problem. Already, every continent and ocean has ...
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 ...
earth friendly agriculture for soil, water, and climate
... threats might spur heavier top-down regulations and/or even the deployment of solar radiation management (SRM) techniques for which the economic cost and environmental externalities are still unknown.24 Outside of climate change discourse, 1.5°C does not have much meaning; however in the right conte ...
... threats might spur heavier top-down regulations and/or even the deployment of solar radiation management (SRM) techniques for which the economic cost and environmental externalities are still unknown.24 Outside of climate change discourse, 1.5°C does not have much meaning; however in the right conte ...
Technology Development and Transfer
... discussed in the negotiations are key challenges for African countries? What are the key issues Africa needs to focus on? What are the key sectors Africa needs to focus on for DTT? What can the AMCEN and for that matter AU, ECA an other regional institutions do to support actions by African Countrie ...
... discussed in the negotiations are key challenges for African countries? What are the key issues Africa needs to focus on? What are the key sectors Africa needs to focus on for DTT? What can the AMCEN and for that matter AU, ECA an other regional institutions do to support actions by African Countrie ...
Climatic Threat Spaces as a Tool to Assess Current and Future
... variables, and consideration should be given to the distribution (variability) of the mean. A simple approach to visualize the possible changes in variability is to suppose that the other parameters of the distribution of the data will not change and the distribution will be transposed to the new me ...
... variables, and consideration should be given to the distribution (variability) of the mean. A simple approach to visualize the possible changes in variability is to suppose that the other parameters of the distribution of the data will not change and the distribution will be transposed to the new me ...
Relationship between climate change and the full and effective
... The Government of Georgia highlighted the specific impact that natural disasters caused by climate change have on children including floods and heavy snow. During these disasters, children are often left homeless, attendance as school is markedly lower, and undue burdens are often placed on girls in ...
... The Government of Georgia highlighted the specific impact that natural disasters caused by climate change have on children including floods and heavy snow. During these disasters, children are often left homeless, attendance as school is markedly lower, and undue burdens are often placed on girls in ...
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... A key element of an agenda for farm management in the 21st Century should be productivity on farms. The gains from productivity since 1953 have been enough to offset declines in the real price of farm outputs at least in the broadacre sector. Productivity gains will remain important to the sector in ...
... A key element of an agenda for farm management in the 21st Century should be productivity on farms. The gains from productivity since 1953 have been enough to offset declines in the real price of farm outputs at least in the broadacre sector. Productivity gains will remain important to the sector in ...
Expert meeting on assessing the risk of loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change (opens in new window)
... risk. Hence, the interaction of both – the vulnerable society or economy with a hazard or extreme event – can create risk. Consequently, the frequency and magnitude of climate change and extreme weather events are characteristics of hazards and not of vulnerability. Vulnerability in this regard is u ...
... risk. Hence, the interaction of both – the vulnerable society or economy with a hazard or extreme event – can create risk. Consequently, the frequency and magnitude of climate change and extreme weather events are characteristics of hazards and not of vulnerability. Vulnerability in this regard is u ...
CLIMATE CHANGE and AGRARIAN SOCIETIES IN
... materials for a good standard of living. This also limits the livelihood opportunities in drylands and often leads to practices, such as intensified cultivation, that cannot be serviced due to low and further impaired nutrient cycling and water regulation and provision, requiring adjustments in mana ...
... materials for a good standard of living. This also limits the livelihood opportunities in drylands and often leads to practices, such as intensified cultivation, that cannot be serviced due to low and further impaired nutrient cycling and water regulation and provision, requiring adjustments in mana ...
CRS Report for Congress Global Climate Change: U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions —
... 2010 provides a basis for evaluating a relationship to the Kyoto Protocol targets. The CAR estimate for aggregate gross greenhouse emissions in 2010 is 2,213 MMTCE (see Figure 3). The President’s 2002 initiative to reduce greenhouse gas intensity proposes a series of policy initiatives that it estim ...
... 2010 provides a basis for evaluating a relationship to the Kyoto Protocol targets. The CAR estimate for aggregate gross greenhouse emissions in 2010 is 2,213 MMTCE (see Figure 3). The President’s 2002 initiative to reduce greenhouse gas intensity proposes a series of policy initiatives that it estim ...
progress toward a consensus on carbon emissions from tropical
... estimates of carbon emissions from tropical deforestation that, upon first review, seemed to differ widely.1,2 We have closely examined the differences in these estimates and conclude that there is more agreement than we realized previously. The largest differences relate primarily to definitional i ...
... estimates of carbon emissions from tropical deforestation that, upon first review, seemed to differ widely.1,2 We have closely examined the differences in these estimates and conclude that there is more agreement than we realized previously. The largest differences relate primarily to definitional i ...
Impact of Climate Change on Indian Agriculture: A Review
... 1991; Pant and Rupakumar, 1997; Pant et al., 1999; Stephenson et al., 2001), and decreasing/increasing trends in rainfall in regional basis (Chowdhury and Abhyankar, 1979; Rupa Kumar et al., 1992; Kripalani et al., 1996, 2003; Singh and Sontakke, 2002). Table I shows the silent features of the selec ...
... 1991; Pant and Rupakumar, 1997; Pant et al., 1999; Stephenson et al., 2001), and decreasing/increasing trends in rainfall in regional basis (Chowdhury and Abhyankar, 1979; Rupa Kumar et al., 1992; Kripalani et al., 1996, 2003; Singh and Sontakke, 2002). Table I shows the silent features of the selec ...
Changes in Water Use Under Regional Climate Change Scenarios
... in geographical scale. Additional bias corrections were necessary for the case studies evaluated in this study. 4. Climate projections and estimated demand impacts vary geographically. The reconnaissance-level evaluation of regional climate change vulnerabilities and statistical estimation of demand ...
... in geographical scale. Additional bias corrections were necessary for the case studies evaluated in this study. 4. Climate projections and estimated demand impacts vary geographically. The reconnaissance-level evaluation of regional climate change vulnerabilities and statistical estimation of demand ...
Read More... - Greater Sudbury Climate Change Consortium
... so can not give MNR or CA data needed in usable and reliable format (currently format is percentages over a really large area – not helpful) no staff to monitor radar to pick up local storm activity, which can develop quickly; also no groundproofing of radar system – development of future plans diff ...
... so can not give MNR or CA data needed in usable and reliable format (currently format is percentages over a really large area – not helpful) no staff to monitor radar to pick up local storm activity, which can develop quickly; also no groundproofing of radar system – development of future plans diff ...
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... over a 90-year period. The baseline climate condition is defined as the average annual climate condition for the Plainview weather station located in Hale County, Texas over the 1960 to 2009 time period. The eight potential 90-year climate change scenarios were developed by combining the quantitativ ...
... over a 90-year period. The baseline climate condition is defined as the average annual climate condition for the Plainview weather station located in Hale County, Texas over the 1960 to 2009 time period. The eight potential 90-year climate change scenarios were developed by combining the quantitativ ...
DISCUSSION PAPER International Technology-Oriented
... climate technology policies has emerged, at both national and international levels. Such policies include government funding for research, development, and demonstration of new technologies, subsidies and mandates for the production of alternative fuels and associated technologies (e.g., renewable p ...
... climate technology policies has emerged, at both national and international levels. Such policies include government funding for research, development, and demonstration of new technologies, subsidies and mandates for the production of alternative fuels and associated technologies (e.g., renewable p ...
The equilibrium sensitivity of the Earth`s temperature to radiation
... The equilibrium sensitivity of the Earth’s temperature to radiation changes The Earth’s climate is changing rapidly as a result of anthropogenic carbon emissions, and damaging impacts are expected to increase with warming. To prevent these and limit long-term global surface warming to, for example, ...
... The equilibrium sensitivity of the Earth’s temperature to radiation changes The Earth’s climate is changing rapidly as a result of anthropogenic carbon emissions, and damaging impacts are expected to increase with warming. To prevent these and limit long-term global surface warming to, for example, ...
Lindzen2014-What Catastrophe.pdf
... It is to avoid those disasters that the “alarmists” call on governments to adopt policies reducing the amounts of greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere. As a result of such policies—and a fortuitous increase in natural gas production—U.S. greenhouse emissions are at a 20-year low and falling ...
... It is to avoid those disasters that the “alarmists” call on governments to adopt policies reducing the amounts of greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere. As a result of such policies—and a fortuitous increase in natural gas production—U.S. greenhouse emissions are at a 20-year low and falling ...
PPAI Goals - US CLIVAR
... * Tasks would include studies of predictability & experimental predictions for tropical Pacific variability characteristics * Leverage ongoing decadal predictability experiments at GFDL & NCAR; experimental decadal predictions from ENSEMBLES Societally relevant question (e.g.): “ Can we expect more/ ...
... * Tasks would include studies of predictability & experimental predictions for tropical Pacific variability characteristics * Leverage ongoing decadal predictability experiments at GFDL & NCAR; experimental decadal predictions from ENSEMBLES Societally relevant question (e.g.): “ Can we expect more/ ...
CRS Report for Congress Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Conflicting Situations, Conflicting Perspectives
... by all nations) and what actions should be “differentiated” (i.e., undertaken only by developed ones). Under the UNFCCC and the subsequent Kyoto Protocol, common actions include the responsibility to monitor and report emissions; differentiated actions include the commitment to reduce emissions to a ...
... by all nations) and what actions should be “differentiated” (i.e., undertaken only by developed ones). Under the UNFCCC and the subsequent Kyoto Protocol, common actions include the responsibility to monitor and report emissions; differentiated actions include the commitment to reduce emissions to a ...
The equilibrium sensitivity of Earth`s temperature to radiation changes.
... The equilibrium sensitivity of the Earth’s temperature to radiation changes The Earth’s climate is changing rapidly as a result of anthropogenic carbon emissions, and damaging impacts are expected to increase with warming. To prevent these and limit long-term global surface warming to, for example, ...
... The equilibrium sensitivity of the Earth’s temperature to radiation changes The Earth’s climate is changing rapidly as a result of anthropogenic carbon emissions, and damaging impacts are expected to increase with warming. To prevent these and limit long-term global surface warming to, for example, ...
- UNDP Climate Change Adaptation
... technique requires researchers to acknowledge that their position is just as valid of those they are interviewing, and implies a special responsibility to look at local events and cases within their own frames of reference, minimizing researcher bias (Atkinson 1988; Martello and Jasanoff 2004). Inte ...
... technique requires researchers to acknowledge that their position is just as valid of those they are interviewing, and implies a special responsibility to look at local events and cases within their own frames of reference, minimizing researcher bias (Atkinson 1988; Martello and Jasanoff 2004). Inte ...
Guide to Climate Change Convention
... While the world’s climate has always varied naturally, the vast majority of scientists now believe that rising concentrations of “greenhouse gases” in the earth’s atmosphere, resulting from economic and demographic growth over the last two centuries since the industrial revolution, are overriding th ...
... While the world’s climate has always varied naturally, the vast majority of scientists now believe that rising concentrations of “greenhouse gases” in the earth’s atmosphere, resulting from economic and demographic growth over the last two centuries since the industrial revolution, are overriding th ...