Climate System Observations and Prediction Experiment (COPE)
... Developing a Coordinated Plan for Pan-WCRP Seasonal Prediction ...
... Developing a Coordinated Plan for Pan-WCRP Seasonal Prediction ...
Climate Change and the Law
... Part two delves deeply into the international framework of the climate change regime. Chapters 4 and 5 introduce the 1992 UNFCCC and the subsequent 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which requires developed countries to reduce or limit their emissions of six greenhouse gases: carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxi ...
... Part two delves deeply into the international framework of the climate change regime. Chapters 4 and 5 introduce the 1992 UNFCCC and the subsequent 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which requires developed countries to reduce or limit their emissions of six greenhouse gases: carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxi ...
Lead time = 3
... (Top) Near-surface temperature multi-model ensemble-mean correlation from CMIP5 decadal initialised predictions (1960-2005); (bottom) correlation difference with the uninitialised predictions of 2-5 year (left) and 6-9 year (right) wrt ERSST and GHCN. ...
... (Top) Near-surface temperature multi-model ensemble-mean correlation from CMIP5 decadal initialised predictions (1960-2005); (bottom) correlation difference with the uninitialised predictions of 2-5 year (left) and 6-9 year (right) wrt ERSST and GHCN. ...
The growing role of methane in anthropogenic climate change
... most other recent studies. Sinks may also be playing a role in the rapid rise in atmospheric methane over the last decade (figure 1). Using a chemistry-transport model run over 40 years, Dalsøren et al (2016) infer a stabilization of OH concentrations after 2006, in contrast to a total 3% increase si ...
... most other recent studies. Sinks may also be playing a role in the rapid rise in atmospheric methane over the last decade (figure 1). Using a chemistry-transport model run over 40 years, Dalsøren et al (2016) infer a stabilization of OH concentrations after 2006, in contrast to a total 3% increase si ...
Introduction Long-Term Environmental Policy: Definition, Knowledge
... the generation of long-term policy challenges as well as ways to respond to them. Quite often, long-term policy challenges are generated by externalizing some cost to the public, both contemporaneously as well as intertemporally. For example, if historical carbon emissions already lead to uncompensa ...
... the generation of long-term policy challenges as well as ways to respond to them. Quite often, long-term policy challenges are generated by externalizing some cost to the public, both contemporaneously as well as intertemporally. For example, if historical carbon emissions already lead to uncompensa ...
36 AFRICAN EAST-ASIAN AFFAIRS *Ye Yu is Assistant Director at
... purely public source. Equity is the basic consideration. They strongly argue that developed countries should not evade their responsibilities by privatising prob- ...
... purely public source. Equity is the basic consideration. They strongly argue that developed countries should not evade their responsibilities by privatising prob- ...
- Covenant University
... There is however a missing link here. Another role category should be “Circumstantial Roles”. ...
... There is however a missing link here. Another role category should be “Circumstantial Roles”. ...
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... response strategies for climate change. We look at two such policy areas in the Indian agriculture, namely irrigation and fertilizer, and attempt to analyse their contribution—positive or negative—to adaptation-led-mitigation between 1990 and 2010. Our study is important in light of the following. F ...
... response strategies for climate change. We look at two such policy areas in the Indian agriculture, namely irrigation and fertilizer, and attempt to analyse their contribution—positive or negative—to adaptation-led-mitigation between 1990 and 2010. Our study is important in light of the following. F ...
Re-Investigating Climate Change
... There is no doubt that human activity is damaging the environment. For example, industrial pollution and “industrialized” fishing and agricultural practices have, it is clear, destroyed habitat and caused the extinction of a number of species of flora and fauna – in various ways, and for various rea ...
... There is no doubt that human activity is damaging the environment. For example, industrial pollution and “industrialized” fishing and agricultural practices have, it is clear, destroyed habitat and caused the extinction of a number of species of flora and fauna – in various ways, and for various rea ...
Estimating intensive and extensive margin adaptation to climate
... Anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases are projected to significantly alter the global climate over the current century and beyond. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) projects that the average global surface temperature will rise by between 1 and 3.7 ◦ Celsius by the end of th ...
... Anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases are projected to significantly alter the global climate over the current century and beyond. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) projects that the average global surface temperature will rise by between 1 and 3.7 ◦ Celsius by the end of th ...
Kocornick Mina and Fankhauser 2015 (opens in new window)
... evolving, sustainable economy within an environment increasingly altered by the impacts of climate change. To meet this challenge, adaptation policy must find balance and create synergy between the two, as climate resilience and economic resilience go hand in hand. Economic development is associated ...
... evolving, sustainable economy within an environment increasingly altered by the impacts of climate change. To meet this challenge, adaptation policy must find balance and create synergy between the two, as climate resilience and economic resilience go hand in hand. Economic development is associated ...
Presentation title
... Learning objectives — Help you to understand: — the impact that weather and climate change could have on a community — the most likely impacts in your area — the range of actions communities can take to respond to risks — the opportunities to take these action through neighbourhood plans ...
... Learning objectives — Help you to understand: — the impact that weather and climate change could have on a community — the most likely impacts in your area — the range of actions communities can take to respond to risks — the opportunities to take these action through neighbourhood plans ...
AdApting to climAte chAnge: A Business ApproAch
... It is widely recognized that climate change poses potential risks and opportunities to business in the form of current and possible future greenhouse gas regulations and emissions trading systems, changing attitudes of shareholders and consumers, evolving product markets, and actions taken by compet ...
... It is widely recognized that climate change poses potential risks and opportunities to business in the form of current and possible future greenhouse gas regulations and emissions trading systems, changing attitudes of shareholders and consumers, evolving product markets, and actions taken by compet ...
Meeting Carbon Budgets – Implications of Brexit for UK climate policy
... In this note we consider the implications of leaving the EU for the UK’s emissions reduction efforts. UK policy has developed over time in an EU context. The Government has stated its intention to initially convert existing EU laws into UK legislation when the UK leaves the EU. Many aspects of EU-le ...
... In this note we consider the implications of leaving the EU for the UK’s emissions reduction efforts. UK policy has developed over time in an EU context. The Government has stated its intention to initially convert existing EU laws into UK legislation when the UK leaves the EU. Many aspects of EU-le ...
WEST AFRICA SAHEL
... fishing grounds in the world due to a large upwelling ecosystem and are commercially exploited by foreign fleets. Fisheries account for about 10 percent of Mauritania’s GDP and 50 percent of export earnings, sourced principally from cephalopods (e.g., octopus, squid, cuttlefish) and crustaceans (e.g ...
... fishing grounds in the world due to a large upwelling ecosystem and are commercially exploited by foreign fleets. Fisheries account for about 10 percent of Mauritania’s GDP and 50 percent of export earnings, sourced principally from cephalopods (e.g., octopus, squid, cuttlefish) and crustaceans (e.g ...
Quest - Academy of Science of South Africa
... crops are failing. The next good rain in these areas of the country is predicted for March 2016 – too late for many. The El Niño weather system that affects this part of the world every five years or so is cited as the main reason – but El Niño is becoming a stronger weather system as the oceans war ...
... crops are failing. The next good rain in these areas of the country is predicted for March 2016 – too late for many. The El Niño weather system that affects this part of the world every five years or so is cited as the main reason – but El Niño is becoming a stronger weather system as the oceans war ...
PwC Survey on Sustainable Development in Latin America
... droughts or floods, and will make some ecosystems and many human systems more vulnerable, as indicated by the latest IPCC report, “Climate Change 2014: Impacts, adaptation and vulnerability – Summary for Policymakers” . In this regard, the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate has concluded i ...
... droughts or floods, and will make some ecosystems and many human systems more vulnerable, as indicated by the latest IPCC report, “Climate Change 2014: Impacts, adaptation and vulnerability – Summary for Policymakers” . In this regard, the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate has concluded i ...
compilation of experiences in the field of climate change
... synonymous with land degradation and biodiversity loss through over-grazing these claims are often exaggerated and many of the assumptions behind this thinking have been successfully challenged (Behnke and Scoones 1992, Behnke and Abel 1996). Although pastoralism is a relatively recent phenomenon in ...
... synonymous with land degradation and biodiversity loss through over-grazing these claims are often exaggerated and many of the assumptions behind this thinking have been successfully challenged (Behnke and Scoones 1992, Behnke and Abel 1996). Although pastoralism is a relatively recent phenomenon in ...
Climate change, phenological shifts, eco
... Phenotypic plasticity is the ability of a genotype to produce different phenotypes in response to different environmental conditions (Pigliucci 2001; Nussey et al. 2007; Reale et al. 2003; Bradshaw 1965). Underlying plasticity is a physiological (endocrine and neurological) mechanism (Wingfield et a ...
... Phenotypic plasticity is the ability of a genotype to produce different phenotypes in response to different environmental conditions (Pigliucci 2001; Nussey et al. 2007; Reale et al. 2003; Bradshaw 1965). Underlying plasticity is a physiological (endocrine and neurological) mechanism (Wingfield et a ...
2015-02-05-Zero-Carbon-Zero-Poverty-the-Climate-Justice-Way
... and nations – especially but not only the poorest – to achieve the overall level of welfare or resources needed to secure and protect other essential human rights. Most directly, the increase in energy costs due to the foreclosing of fossil-fuel driven industrialisation may adversely affect poor cou ...
... and nations – especially but not only the poorest – to achieve the overall level of welfare or resources needed to secure and protect other essential human rights. Most directly, the increase in energy costs due to the foreclosing of fossil-fuel driven industrialisation may adversely affect poor cou ...
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... income, physical assets, production, social relationships, anxiety about personal loss and happiness) as well as the severity of these impacts (from “not severe at all” to “extremely severe”). They found that farmers perceive a larger effect of climate change on agricultural production, than on phys ...
... income, physical assets, production, social relationships, anxiety about personal loss and happiness) as well as the severity of these impacts (from “not severe at all” to “extremely severe”). They found that farmers perceive a larger effect of climate change on agricultural production, than on phys ...
Deliverable 2B.1
... several studies (Parry et al., 2004). Results show that some regions may improve production, while others suffer yield losses. This could lead to shifts of agricultural production zones around the world. Furthermore, different crops will be affected differently, leading to the need for adaptation of ...
... several studies (Parry et al., 2004). Results show that some regions may improve production, while others suffer yield losses. This could lead to shifts of agricultural production zones around the world. Furthermore, different crops will be affected differently, leading to the need for adaptation of ...
Climate Change Science - Stephen Schneider
... Human-induced warming and associated sea level rises are expected to continue through the 21st century. Secondary effects are suggested by computer model simulations and basic physical reasoning. These include increases in rainfall rates and increased susceptibility of semi-arid regions to drought. ...
... Human-induced warming and associated sea level rises are expected to continue through the 21st century. Secondary effects are suggested by computer model simulations and basic physical reasoning. These include increases in rainfall rates and increased susceptibility of semi-arid regions to drought. ...
Philosophy of Climate Science Part I: Observing
... certain set A by a finite distribution over time, assuming, say, that time is measured in days, is given by the number of days where the values are in A divided by the total number of days in the time period). Climate change then amounts to different distributions over two successive time periods. H ...
... certain set A by a finite distribution over time, assuming, say, that time is measured in days, is given by the number of days where the values are in A divided by the total number of days in the time period). Climate change then amounts to different distributions over two successive time periods. H ...
2015 Issue - Northwest Climate Science Center
... the preservation of montane landscapes, which play an integral role in the functioning of environments throughout the Pacific Northwest. “This project was such a clear example of one where we might see something proactive, on public lands, and in collaboration with agencies,” says Ryan. “It has been ...
... the preservation of montane landscapes, which play an integral role in the functioning of environments throughout the Pacific Northwest. “This project was such a clear example of one where we might see something proactive, on public lands, and in collaboration with agencies,” says Ryan. “It has been ...