PDF - Soil Not Oil
... the depths of the oceans to beautiful hidden valleys, and we know based on facts backed by new research, that life has been changing dramatically. At the same time the factors of distraction in this evolving world have become so aggressive that new generations of humans can access hundreds of times ...
... the depths of the oceans to beautiful hidden valleys, and we know based on facts backed by new research, that life has been changing dramatically. At the same time the factors of distraction in this evolving world have become so aggressive that new generations of humans can access hundreds of times ...
EPA Research - 2015 Call Technical Description
... context. Peatlands also constitute a very large store of carbon. Management of peatland is of particular interest because of the potential impact of management on this carbon store. In general, drainage of peatland leads to very significant carbon losses, in the form of emissions of carbon dioxide t ...
... context. Peatlands also constitute a very large store of carbon. Management of peatland is of particular interest because of the potential impact of management on this carbon store. In general, drainage of peatland leads to very significant carbon losses, in the form of emissions of carbon dioxide t ...
The Role of Protected Areas in Regard to Climate Change
... Georgia ratified the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 1994 and in October 1999 accessed the Kyoto Protocol (KP) to the UNFCCC, as a non-Annex I Party. In 1997-1999 Georgia prepared and submitted the Initial National Communication (INC) to UNFCCC. While preparing the INC a few ...
... Georgia ratified the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 1994 and in October 1999 accessed the Kyoto Protocol (KP) to the UNFCCC, as a non-Annex I Party. In 1997-1999 Georgia prepared and submitted the Initial National Communication (INC) to UNFCCC. While preparing the INC a few ...
Climate vulnerability of socio-economic systems
... associated with floods were deaths and injuries from drowning, infectious diseases, exposure to toxic substances, infrastructure damage, crops and livestock damage, community breakdowns, increased psychological stress, and increased demands on health systems and social security. Future projections s ...
... associated with floods were deaths and injuries from drowning, infectious diseases, exposure to toxic substances, infrastructure damage, crops and livestock damage, community breakdowns, increased psychological stress, and increased demands on health systems and social security. Future projections s ...
Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in the Land Use Sector
... Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPA) and may be managed by different institutions. In Bangladesh, for example, adaptation is handled under the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, while mitigation is administered through a high-profile Designated National Authority (DNA) (Ayers and Huq 2009). All ...
... Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPA) and may be managed by different institutions. In Bangladesh, for example, adaptation is handled under the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, while mitigation is administered through a high-profile Designated National Authority (DNA) (Ayers and Huq 2009). All ...
Interactive comment on “Was the Little Ice Age more or less El Niño
... stated explicitly in the associated publications that the recorded d18O signal was in fact a combination of SST and SSS (or SST and precipitation). Most authors also state that it is not possible to disentangle the two climate variables(McGregor & Gagan 2004, Hereid et al. 2013, Osborne et al. 2014) ...
... stated explicitly in the associated publications that the recorded d18O signal was in fact a combination of SST and SSS (or SST and precipitation). Most authors also state that it is not possible to disentangle the two climate variables(McGregor & Gagan 2004, Hereid et al. 2013, Osborne et al. 2014) ...
Climate change, food, water and population health in China
... is likely to be adversely affected by increases in air temperatures and pollution. In the medium to long term, however, the indirect impacts of climate change – e.g. changes in the availability of food, shelter and water, decreased mental health and well-being and changes in the distribution and sea ...
... is likely to be adversely affected by increases in air temperatures and pollution. In the medium to long term, however, the indirect impacts of climate change – e.g. changes in the availability of food, shelter and water, decreased mental health and well-being and changes in the distribution and sea ...
2015 Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific I
... emit 56.9 per cent of global CH4 emissions and 45.5 per cent of total global N2O emissions. However, CH4 emissions per capita in the region (50.9 kg) are on par with the global average (53.9 kg). The Asia-Pacific region is second only to Africa (43.4 kg) in that regard, followed by Europe (51.2 kg), ...
... emit 56.9 per cent of global CH4 emissions and 45.5 per cent of total global N2O emissions. However, CH4 emissions per capita in the region (50.9 kg) are on par with the global average (53.9 kg). The Asia-Pacific region is second only to Africa (43.4 kg) in that regard, followed by Europe (51.2 kg), ...
Properly designed emissions trading schemes do work!: Working
... responses, to inform decision-making in the private and public sectors. The programme is exploring, from a risk management perspective, the implications of climate change across the world, in terms of both physical impacts and regulatory responses. The programme draws on both science and economics, ...
... responses, to inform decision-making in the private and public sectors. The programme is exploring, from a risk management perspective, the implications of climate change across the world, in terms of both physical impacts and regulatory responses. The programme draws on both science and economics, ...
Climate Change and Invasive Alien Species
... geographical, seasonal and vertical patterns of atmospheric temperature, suggests a discernible human influence on global climate. There are uncertainties in key factors, including the magnitude and patterns of long-term natural variability”. The latest IPCC predictions (IPCC 2007) (Box 1) all sugge ...
... geographical, seasonal and vertical patterns of atmospheric temperature, suggests a discernible human influence on global climate. There are uncertainties in key factors, including the magnitude and patterns of long-term natural variability”. The latest IPCC predictions (IPCC 2007) (Box 1) all sugge ...
Catastrophe modelling and climate change
... published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) . Increasing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere, largely due to human activity such as combustion of fossil fuels and land use change, result in an enhancement of the planet’s natural greenhouse effect and in increased su ...
... published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) . Increasing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere, largely due to human activity such as combustion of fossil fuels and land use change, result in an enhancement of the planet’s natural greenhouse effect and in increased su ...
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... multifaceted impacts on regular natural resources. Even though Pakistan has a very limited role in causing global warming and climate change but its geographical location makes it vulnerable to these changes and there worsening impacts. The climate change is mainly caused by the emission of greenhou ...
... multifaceted impacts on regular natural resources. Even though Pakistan has a very limited role in causing global warming and climate change but its geographical location makes it vulnerable to these changes and there worsening impacts. The climate change is mainly caused by the emission of greenhou ...
Co-benefits of addressing climate change can motivate action around the... Authors: , Taciano L. Milfont , Yoshihisa Kashima
... convinced participants, unconvinced participants showed similar or stronger effects for cobenefits related to societal conditions, and similar or weaker effects for character co-benefits. Unconvinced participants seemed particularly motivated by Development co-benefits. For climate change importanc ...
... convinced participants, unconvinced participants showed similar or stronger effects for cobenefits related to societal conditions, and similar or weaker effects for character co-benefits. Unconvinced participants seemed particularly motivated by Development co-benefits. For climate change importanc ...
REDD Readiness Progress Fact Sheet COUNTRY: Guatemala
... CONAP is designing pilot activities to reduce emissions in protected areas. A subnational base line emission was finalized and other was is under preparation using a methodology of VCS. A preliminary report of emission reduction was made from one of CONAP´s pilot projects. This estimation shows a re ...
... CONAP is designing pilot activities to reduce emissions in protected areas. A subnational base line emission was finalized and other was is under preparation using a methodology of VCS. A preliminary report of emission reduction was made from one of CONAP´s pilot projects. This estimation shows a re ...
Impact of Climate Change on the Aral Sea and Its Basin
... the current trend of temperature increase in arid Central Asia is likely to continue through the entire Aral Sea Basin. Lioubimtseva and Henebry (2009) analyzed the regional scenarios derived from 23 AOGCMs using MAGICC/SCENGEN 5.3 software developed by the National Center for Atmospheric Research ( ...
... the current trend of temperature increase in arid Central Asia is likely to continue through the entire Aral Sea Basin. Lioubimtseva and Henebry (2009) analyzed the regional scenarios derived from 23 AOGCMs using MAGICC/SCENGEN 5.3 software developed by the National Center for Atmospheric Research ( ...
Beyond species distribution modeling: A
... and spatial statistics to study the effects of environmental heterogeneity on the spatial distribution of genetic variation. It can be used to quantify the effect of landscape composition, configuration, and quality on genetic connectivity and to identify barriers to gene flow and movement corridors ( ...
... and spatial statistics to study the effects of environmental heterogeneity on the spatial distribution of genetic variation. It can be used to quantify the effect of landscape composition, configuration, and quality on genetic connectivity and to identify barriers to gene flow and movement corridors ( ...
Ua `afa le Aso Stormy weather today: traditional ecological
... also extended to different phases of ENSO. Beucher found that in normal events, when the SPI is near zero, the SPCZ lies northwest and southeast along the trough where maximum rainfall anomalies are observed. During El Niño events, when the SPI is lower than −0.47, the SPCZ moves east of the 180◦ W ...
... also extended to different phases of ENSO. Beucher found that in normal events, when the SPI is near zero, the SPCZ lies northwest and southeast along the trough where maximum rainfall anomalies are observed. During El Niño events, when the SPI is lower than −0.47, the SPCZ moves east of the 180◦ W ...
F_Green_Nationally_Self_Interested_Climate_Change_Mitigation (opens in new window)
... carries an economic cost, but the benefits (in the form of reduced damages from climate change) are spread around the world … [the] public good characteristics of climate protection (non-excludability and non-rivalry) create incentives for actors to ‘free ride’ on other actors’ investments in mitiga ...
... carries an economic cost, but the benefits (in the form of reduced damages from climate change) are spread around the world … [the] public good characteristics of climate protection (non-excludability and non-rivalry) create incentives for actors to ‘free ride’ on other actors’ investments in mitiga ...
Prospect Theory, Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change
... Although rarely focussed on PT, there is a strand of literature discussing the implications of behavioural economics on environmental policy. Brekke and Johansson-Stenman discuss PT, but they focus exclusively on the role of loss aversion for the appropriate discount rate for abatement projects (Br ...
... Although rarely focussed on PT, there is a strand of literature discussing the implications of behavioural economics on environmental policy. Brekke and Johansson-Stenman discuss PT, but they focus exclusively on the role of loss aversion for the appropriate discount rate for abatement projects (Br ...
Robust spatially aggregated projections of climate
... ensemble carried out with an Earth system model shows that trends towards more intense hot and less intense cold extremes may be masked or even reversed locally for the coming three to five decades even if greenhouse gas emissions rapidly increase. Likewise, despite a long-term trend towards more in ...
... ensemble carried out with an Earth system model shows that trends towards more intense hot and less intense cold extremes may be masked or even reversed locally for the coming three to five decades even if greenhouse gas emissions rapidly increase. Likewise, despite a long-term trend towards more in ...
Modeling Climate Change Impacts on Viti Levu (Fiji) and Aitutaki
... Fig. 1.3: Aitutaki, Cook Islands....................................................................................................................................... 2 Fig. 1.4: Inter-related components of the AIACC project for Pacific islands....................................................... ...
... Fig. 1.3: Aitutaki, Cook Islands....................................................................................................................................... 2 Fig. 1.4: Inter-related components of the AIACC project for Pacific islands....................................................... ...
Quantifying Vulnerability to Climate Change: Implications for
... climate change, there are other possible explanations. The first is better coverage of extreme weather events, as registration of local weather disasters has improved. The second possible explanation is population growth, which has increased the number of people who are potentially subject to extrem ...
... climate change, there are other possible explanations. The first is better coverage of extreme weather events, as registration of local weather disasters has improved. The second possible explanation is population growth, which has increased the number of people who are potentially subject to extrem ...
Carbon Emissions and Economic Growth
... the overwhelming majority of empirical CKC studies use domestic production-based CO2 emissions data to test the Kuznets hypothesis—and hence overlook the emissions embodied in international trade and in global commodity chains. Based on IPCC (2007) guidelines, GHG emissions are counted as the nation ...
... the overwhelming majority of empirical CKC studies use domestic production-based CO2 emissions data to test the Kuznets hypothesis—and hence overlook the emissions embodied in international trade and in global commodity chains. Based on IPCC (2007) guidelines, GHG emissions are counted as the nation ...
Political Economy of Climate Change Policy
... affected by anthropogenic climate change unless worldwide emissions of greenhouse gases are cut dramatically in the next 40 years (IPCC, 2007). Although climate change has moved to the top of the global political agenda over the past two decades, national mitigation polic ...
... affected by anthropogenic climate change unless worldwide emissions of greenhouse gases are cut dramatically in the next 40 years (IPCC, 2007). Although climate change has moved to the top of the global political agenda over the past two decades, national mitigation polic ...
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... section lays out the empirical results and provides implications about near-term climate change. The final section concludes, and the appendix contains econometric results. ...
... section lays out the empirical results and provides implications about near-term climate change. The final section concludes, and the appendix contains econometric results. ...