Forests, Agriculture, and Climate: Economics and
... recycling, rainfall generation and disease regulation that all will be negatively affected by the recent global deforestation and forest degradation trends.” (Parker et al. 2008). The total economic value of forests includes all these services, as well as other benefits such as recreation opportunit ...
... recycling, rainfall generation and disease regulation that all will be negatively affected by the recent global deforestation and forest degradation trends.” (Parker et al. 2008). The total economic value of forests includes all these services, as well as other benefits such as recreation opportunit ...
PMIP
... Past climate simulations also allow us to test the simulated climate sensitivity. AGCM parameterizations are developed and validated by using present-day observations. However, current data cannot ensure that these parameterizations will produce a correct sensitivity of the climate. Past climates of ...
... Past climate simulations also allow us to test the simulated climate sensitivity. AGCM parameterizations are developed and validated by using present-day observations. However, current data cannot ensure that these parameterizations will produce a correct sensitivity of the climate. Past climates of ...
Attribution of the record high Central England temperature of
... ‘weather@home’ setup (Massey et al 2014) which harnesses volunteers’ computers to generate tens of thousands of simulations. Examples include analyses of heavy snowfall in the Pyrennes (Añel et al 2014) and heavy rainfall in the Danube and Elbe basins (Schaller et al 2014). The model-based component ...
... ‘weather@home’ setup (Massey et al 2014) which harnesses volunteers’ computers to generate tens of thousands of simulations. Examples include analyses of heavy snowfall in the Pyrennes (Añel et al 2014) and heavy rainfall in the Danube and Elbe basins (Schaller et al 2014). The model-based component ...
Defenders of Wildlife Merritt island CCP comments
... Florida scrub- jay populations. Global warming could further endanger Florida scrubjays with increased storm intensity and frequency. In wild areas without supplemented human food sources, scrub- jays eat many energy rich acorns (Fleischer et al 2003). Fleischer et al 2003 hypothesize that individua ...
... Florida scrub- jay populations. Global warming could further endanger Florida scrubjays with increased storm intensity and frequency. In wild areas without supplemented human food sources, scrub- jays eat many energy rich acorns (Fleischer et al 2003). Fleischer et al 2003 hypothesize that individua ...
United Nations Climate Summit 2014 Agriculture Action Area One
... agricultural and forestry groups and value chain partners that participate in the Alliance and its work programme through government data which tracks productivity and net income; the adoption of Climate Smart Agriculture practices; and the number of participating organizations, states and provinces ...
... agricultural and forestry groups and value chain partners that participate in the Alliance and its work programme through government data which tracks productivity and net income; the adoption of Climate Smart Agriculture practices; and the number of participating organizations, states and provinces ...
International Workshop on Mainstreaming Adaptation to Climate
... governance, culture, etc., they would apply as well. Which means this is an issue of aid effectiveness. There is not really a need to harmonise tools but rather harmonise approaches of donors.” ...
... governance, culture, etc., they would apply as well. Which means this is an issue of aid effectiveness. There is not really a need to harmonise tools but rather harmonise approaches of donors.” ...
Climate Change in the American Mind: October 2014
... A plurality of Americans (44%) says humans could reduce global warming, but it’s unclear at this point whether we will do what’s necessary. Among the balance of Americans, the pessimists outnumber the optimists. Whereas only 7% say humans can reduce global warming and will do so successfully, about ...
... A plurality of Americans (44%) says humans could reduce global warming, but it’s unclear at this point whether we will do what’s necessary. Among the balance of Americans, the pessimists outnumber the optimists. Whereas only 7% say humans can reduce global warming and will do so successfully, about ...
Climate Change Impacts and Vulnerability in the Eastern Himalayas
... Little is known in detail about the vulnerability of mountain ecosystems to climate change. Intuitively it seems plausible that these regions, where small changes in temperature can turn ice and snow to water, and where extreme slopes lead to rapid changes in climatic zones over small distances, wil ...
... Little is known in detail about the vulnerability of mountain ecosystems to climate change. Intuitively it seems plausible that these regions, where small changes in temperature can turn ice and snow to water, and where extreme slopes lead to rapid changes in climatic zones over small distances, wil ...
What do stakeholders need to manage for climate change
... context of planning for future resource management in the face of change at multiple timescales. As we will describe next, data and information needs were often expressed in terms informing warning systems, evaluating impacts or planning for uncertain or very different, unpredictable futures. Second ...
... context of planning for future resource management in the face of change at multiple timescales. As we will describe next, data and information needs were often expressed in terms informing warning systems, evaluating impacts or planning for uncertain or very different, unpredictable futures. Second ...
How to Avoid Dangerous Climate Change
... global average temperature will rise with increasing atmospheric concentrations of heat-trapping gases. There are a number of natural “feedback” mechanisms built into the climate system that can amplify or dampen warming trends, and many of these are not yet fully understood. The likely range of cli ...
... global average temperature will rise with increasing atmospheric concentrations of heat-trapping gases. There are a number of natural “feedback” mechanisms built into the climate system that can amplify or dampen warming trends, and many of these are not yet fully understood. The likely range of cli ...
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... temporally distant for most Americans, and, as discussed below, its signals are hard to detect (NRC, 2009; Moser, 2009). Unlike a heat wave or a hurricane, climate change is not a single hazard. A small number of climate “drivers”—fossil fuel consumption being by far the most important—can cause a m ...
... temporally distant for most Americans, and, as discussed below, its signals are hard to detect (NRC, 2009; Moser, 2009). Unlike a heat wave or a hurricane, climate change is not a single hazard. A small number of climate “drivers”—fossil fuel consumption being by far the most important—can cause a m ...
of babies and bathwater: why the clean air act`s cooperative
... costs of controlling emissions “among different economic sectors, different nations, or even different business units of the same company.”23 Finally, GHG emissions, because they are an inevitable product of fossil fuel consumption, can be estimated fairly reliably and inexpensively by using fuel co ...
... costs of controlling emissions “among different economic sectors, different nations, or even different business units of the same company.”23 Finally, GHG emissions, because they are an inevitable product of fossil fuel consumption, can be estimated fairly reliably and inexpensively by using fuel co ...
KWP 1808
... share of future emissions is expected to come from developing countries. Already, developing countries account for more than half of the global CO2 emissions (Peters et al., 2012), while China is the largest global CO2 emitter since 2006. China’s average per capita CO2 emissions have increased signi ...
... share of future emissions is expected to come from developing countries. Already, developing countries account for more than half of the global CO2 emissions (Peters et al., 2012), while China is the largest global CO2 emitter since 2006. China’s average per capita CO2 emissions have increased signi ...
Mediterranean climate
... (2000). He found a significant warming trend of 0.75°C per century, mostly from contributions in the early and late decades of the century. Slightly higher values were observed for winter and summer. Based on the same data, Jacobeit et al. (2003) found a distinct summer warming for the 1969-1998 per ...
... (2000). He found a significant warming trend of 0.75°C per century, mostly from contributions in the early and late decades of the century. Slightly higher values were observed for winter and summer. Based on the same data, Jacobeit et al. (2003) found a distinct summer warming for the 1969-1998 per ...
Australians` views of climate change
... human causes appears to have led to much higher agreement, and the Thermometer surveys, although undertaken in different calendar years, were administered only six months apart, which is judged to be too close to show a trend. Newspoll shows an 11% drop in belief in climate change from 2008 to 2010 ...
... human causes appears to have led to much higher agreement, and the Thermometer surveys, although undertaken in different calendar years, were administered only six months apart, which is judged to be too close to show a trend. Newspoll shows an 11% drop in belief in climate change from 2008 to 2010 ...
Inaugural Lecture
... • Using models and observations to establish that: – 20th century climate change is likely to be human driven with greenhouse gas warming being offset by natural and other human drivers – That external drivers are an important driver of natural climate variability – That humans might have affected 1 ...
... • Using models and observations to establish that: – 20th century climate change is likely to be human driven with greenhouse gas warming being offset by natural and other human drivers – That external drivers are an important driver of natural climate variability – That humans might have affected 1 ...
Ecological and Evolutionary Responses to Recent Climate Change
... By far, most observations of climate-change responses have involved alterations of species’ phenologies. This is partly a result of the tight links between the seasons and agriculture: Planting and harvest dates (and associated climatic events such as day of last frost) have been well recorded, dati ...
... By far, most observations of climate-change responses have involved alterations of species’ phenologies. This is partly a result of the tight links between the seasons and agriculture: Planting and harvest dates (and associated climatic events such as day of last frost) have been well recorded, dati ...
Uganda Climate Change Profile General Climate
... The combination of loss of habitat and increasing stress of climate change will put Uganda’s rich biodiversity at greater risk. The country has lost at least 7 percent of its wetland, for example, which have been converted to other uses. Wetlands (excluding open water) currently cover around 13 perc ...
... The combination of loss of habitat and increasing stress of climate change will put Uganda’s rich biodiversity at greater risk. The country has lost at least 7 percent of its wetland, for example, which have been converted to other uses. Wetlands (excluding open water) currently cover around 13 perc ...
Integration_of_Inter..
... environment should be handled in a cooperative spirit by all countries, big and small, on an equal footing. Cooperation through multilateral or bilateral arrangements or other appropriate means is essential to effectively control, prevent, reduce and eliminate adverse environmental effects resulting ...
... environment should be handled in a cooperative spirit by all countries, big and small, on an equal footing. Cooperation through multilateral or bilateral arrangements or other appropriate means is essential to effectively control, prevent, reduce and eliminate adverse environmental effects resulting ...
John Holdren: The Scientist Who Cried Wolf
... even be possible to require pregnant single women to marry or have abortions, perhaps as an alternative to placement for adoption, depending on the society.” In reality, none of Holdren’s dire warnings have come to pass (though they did help to inspire campaigns of forced sterilization and abortion ...
... even be possible to require pregnant single women to marry or have abortions, perhaps as an alternative to placement for adoption, depending on the society.” In reality, none of Holdren’s dire warnings have come to pass (though they did help to inspire campaigns of forced sterilization and abortion ...
NAME - UW Atmospheric Sciences
... related with the prediction of hydrological impacts due climate variability and change. The plan includes (including development of climate and hydrologic scenarios for the Basin in the context of climate change, coordination, integration, and improvement of the operative systems for atmospheric and ...
... related with the prediction of hydrological impacts due climate variability and change. The plan includes (including development of climate and hydrologic scenarios for the Basin in the context of climate change, coordination, integration, and improvement of the operative systems for atmospheric and ...
Policy makers lament women`s vulnerablity to HIV infection, yet for
... fossil fuels are largely those that will, initially, suffer least from the effects of climate shift. The rise in global average temperatures is playing out differently over the poles, the tropics, the seas, and the big land masses. In the temperate zones, for instance, rich countries are buffered by ...
... fossil fuels are largely those that will, initially, suffer least from the effects of climate shift. The rise in global average temperatures is playing out differently over the poles, the tropics, the seas, and the big land masses. In the temperate zones, for instance, rich countries are buffered by ...
Ecological and Evolutionary Responses to Recent Climate Change
... By far, most observations of climate-change responses have involved alterations of species’ phenologies. This is partly a result of the tight links between the seasons and agriculture: Planting and harvest dates (and associated climatic events such as day of last frost) have been well recorded, dati ...
... By far, most observations of climate-change responses have involved alterations of species’ phenologies. This is partly a result of the tight links between the seasons and agriculture: Planting and harvest dates (and associated climatic events such as day of last frost) have been well recorded, dati ...
Perceptions of Climate Change Adaptation from the Great Lakes
... source managers, conservation practitioners, planners, researchers, and others in the region. This article reports on two components of this survey: ~1! stakeholders’ concept of the definition of adaptation, and ~2! how they operationalize the concept in terms of describing adaptation actions. To pr ...
... source managers, conservation practitioners, planners, researchers, and others in the region. This article reports on two components of this survey: ~1! stakeholders’ concept of the definition of adaptation, and ~2! how they operationalize the concept in terms of describing adaptation actions. To pr ...