A Review of the Stern Review on the Economics
... Economic Growth Like many other economic studies of the economics of global warming, the Review puts policy decisions about how to balance emissions reductions with climate damages in the framework of economic growth theory. In this framework, the economies of the world begin with reference paths fo ...
... Economic Growth Like many other economic studies of the economics of global warming, the Review puts policy decisions about how to balance emissions reductions with climate damages in the framework of economic growth theory. In this framework, the economies of the world begin with reference paths fo ...
Multicentury Changes to the Global Climate and Carbon Cycle
... Their results also indicated a positive feedback to global warming from the interactive carbon cycle, with an additional increase of 90 ppmv in the atmospheric CO2, and 0.6-K additional warming. However, the changes in various carbon pools were more modest, due largely to the multiple limiting facto ...
... Their results also indicated a positive feedback to global warming from the interactive carbon cycle, with an additional increase of 90 ppmv in the atmospheric CO2, and 0.6-K additional warming. However, the changes in various carbon pools were more modest, due largely to the multiple limiting facto ...
publications - Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
... Cook, K.H., E.K. Vizy, Z.S. Launer, and C.M. Patricola, 2008: Springtime intensification of the Great Plains low-level jet and Midwest precipitation in GCM simulations of the 21st century. Submitted to J. Climate. Hsieh, J-.S. and K.H. Cook, 2008: On the Instability of the African easterly jet and t ...
... Cook, K.H., E.K. Vizy, Z.S. Launer, and C.M. Patricola, 2008: Springtime intensification of the Great Plains low-level jet and Midwest precipitation in GCM simulations of the 21st century. Submitted to J. Climate. Hsieh, J-.S. and K.H. Cook, 2008: On the Instability of the African easterly jet and t ...
Blöschl, G., A. Viglione and A. Montanari (2013)
... The ‘top-down’ approach is designed to represent the main processes causing the hazard and its consequences. In the case of climate impacts on floods (Figure 2), the ‘top-down’ approach starts at the global scale and cascades information from emission scenarios of future societies to simulated climat ...
... The ‘top-down’ approach is designed to represent the main processes causing the hazard and its consequences. In the case of climate impacts on floods (Figure 2), the ‘top-down’ approach starts at the global scale and cascades information from emission scenarios of future societies to simulated climat ...
Climate-Smart Agriculture Success Stories - CGSpace
... continue to do so for the foreseeable future, no matter what measures are now taken. For agriculture, change will also be significant, as temperatures rise, rainfall patterns change and pests and diseases find new ranges, posing new risks to food and farming. Until recently, agriculture has tended t ...
... continue to do so for the foreseeable future, no matter what measures are now taken. For agriculture, change will also be significant, as temperatures rise, rainfall patterns change and pests and diseases find new ranges, posing new risks to food and farming. Until recently, agriculture has tended t ...
Executive Report
... millennia. Other long-term changes have been observed, such as widespread changes in precipitation amounts, ocean salinity, wind patterns and aspects of extreme weather including droughts, heavy precipitation, heat waves and the intensity of tropical cyclones. This trend is projected to continue dur ...
... millennia. Other long-term changes have been observed, such as widespread changes in precipitation amounts, ocean salinity, wind patterns and aspects of extreme weather including droughts, heavy precipitation, heat waves and the intensity of tropical cyclones. This trend is projected to continue dur ...
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... “climate change.” Almost all farmers in the Tolon and Kumbungu study (n=196) said that they had not received any information about why the temperature and rainfall patterns had changed. Only four of the respondents confirmed to have received some climate-change education. They could not remember who ...
... “climate change.” Almost all farmers in the Tolon and Kumbungu study (n=196) said that they had not received any information about why the temperature and rainfall patterns had changed. Only four of the respondents confirmed to have received some climate-change education. They could not remember who ...
Common Knowledge? Public Understanding of Climate Change in
... Public understandings draw not only on scientific information, but also on local knowledges, values, and moral responsibilities for future and distant environments and societies. Section three outlines the ways in which respondents interpreted their responsibilities towards the global environment. A ...
... Public understandings draw not only on scientific information, but also on local knowledges, values, and moral responsibilities for future and distant environments and societies. Section three outlines the ways in which respondents interpreted their responsibilities towards the global environment. A ...
Print - Climate Change Knowledge Portal
... the most widely used are GCMs (Global Climate Models), RCMs (Regional Climate Models), and downscaling techniques (both empirical and statistical) and several comprehensive reviews are available on the subject. Global Climate Models (GCMs) are our primary source of information about future climate. ...
... the most widely used are GCMs (Global Climate Models), RCMs (Regional Climate Models), and downscaling techniques (both empirical and statistical) and several comprehensive reviews are available on the subject. Global Climate Models (GCMs) are our primary source of information about future climate. ...
Future Climate in the Yellowstone National Park Region and Its
... Abstract: Biotic responses to future changes in global climate are difficult to project for a particular region because the responses involve processes that operate at many spatial scales. This difficulty is exacerbated in mountainous regions, where future vegetation changes are often portrayed as s ...
... Abstract: Biotic responses to future changes in global climate are difficult to project for a particular region because the responses involve processes that operate at many spatial scales. This difficulty is exacerbated in mountainous regions, where future vegetation changes are often portrayed as s ...
South Asian Regional Study on Climate Change Impacts and
... It is now increasingly realised that even with the currently agreed regime of emissions control, concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHG) are likely to rise over the next few decades and over the millennia. Climate change is likely to threaten all life forms on earth with the extent of vulnerability ...
... It is now increasingly realised that even with the currently agreed regime of emissions control, concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHG) are likely to rise over the next few decades and over the millennia. Climate change is likely to threaten all life forms on earth with the extent of vulnerability ...
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... Yunlong, 1996). It is generally expected that climatic variability in terms of such extreme weather events will increase in the foreseeable future. In addition, mean climate conditions are also forecasted to change. On the one hand, following a gradual warming over the past five decades, East Asia ...
... Yunlong, 1996). It is generally expected that climatic variability in terms of such extreme weather events will increase in the foreseeable future. In addition, mean climate conditions are also forecasted to change. On the one hand, following a gradual warming over the past five decades, East Asia ...
Satellite Instrument Calibration for Measuring Global
... Measured by bias or systematic error ...
... Measured by bias or systematic error ...
Questionnaire design effects in climate change surveys
... “forbidding” them (Schuman and Presser 1981). One area in which the challenge of wording effects is particularly apparent is polling on topics for which no standard terminology exists to represent the issue at hand. This is the case for climate change. Various terms—including “global warming,” “cli ...
... “forbidding” them (Schuman and Presser 1981). One area in which the challenge of wording effects is particularly apparent is polling on topics for which no standard terminology exists to represent the issue at hand. This is the case for climate change. Various terms—including “global warming,” “cli ...
crTanzania - University of York File Library
... by 5-11%. Floods in Rufiji and Pangani Rivers would cause damage to major hydropower stations and human settlements found along these river basins. In response to climate variability and change, farmers have developed different farming systems finely tuned to many aspects of their environment. Adapt ...
... by 5-11%. Floods in Rufiji and Pangani Rivers would cause damage to major hydropower stations and human settlements found along these river basins. In response to climate variability and change, farmers have developed different farming systems finely tuned to many aspects of their environment. Adapt ...
China`s Policies and Actions for Addressing Climate Change
... km, China is vulnerable to the adverse effects of sea-level rise. — With a large population and a relatively low level of development, China's development task is a formidable one. The population of China’s mainland reached 1.321 billion at the end of 2007, accounting for 20% of the world's total. C ...
... km, China is vulnerable to the adverse effects of sea-level rise. — With a large population and a relatively low level of development, China's development task is a formidable one. The population of China’s mainland reached 1.321 billion at the end of 2007, accounting for 20% of the world's total. C ...
Sierra Leone INDC
... Mitigation perspectives of Sierra Leone are presented based on strategic documents developed in and for Sierra Leone which include the National Communications, the NAPA and other strategic documents. This INDC is a strategic document concretizing Sierra Leone’s shift in its development path from bro ...
... Mitigation perspectives of Sierra Leone are presented based on strategic documents developed in and for Sierra Leone which include the National Communications, the NAPA and other strategic documents. This INDC is a strategic document concretizing Sierra Leone’s shift in its development path from bro ...
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... climate is expected to continue to change in the future. A range of future scenarios, incorporating future greenhouse gas and aerosol precursor emissions based on assumptions concerning population and economic growth, land-use, technological changes, energy availability and fuel mix during the perio ...
... climate is expected to continue to change in the future. A range of future scenarios, incorporating future greenhouse gas and aerosol precursor emissions based on assumptions concerning population and economic growth, land-use, technological changes, energy availability and fuel mix during the perio ...
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... earth’s troposphere, more heat is trapped scientists around the world. The possible within the earth’s atmosphere. impact of global climate change was first This leads to an increase in energy discussed in the 1968 at the first meeting of content in the atmosphere causing long the Club of Rom ...
... earth’s troposphere, more heat is trapped scientists around the world. The possible within the earth’s atmosphere. impact of global climate change was first This leads to an increase in energy discussed in the 1968 at the first meeting of content in the atmosphere causing long the Club of Rom ...
Climate Change and Existing Law: A Survey Robert Meltz Legislative Attorney
... account of climate change and government responses thereto. At the threshold of many climate-change-related lawsuits are two barriers—whether the plaintiff has standing to sue and whether the claim being made presents a political question. Both barriers have forced courts to apply amorphous standard ...
... account of climate change and government responses thereto. At the threshold of many climate-change-related lawsuits are two barriers—whether the plaintiff has standing to sue and whether the claim being made presents a political question. Both barriers have forced courts to apply amorphous standard ...
Ensemble modeling, uncertainty and robust predictions
... In studies of future climate change, two types of ensemble are commonly distinguished: perturbed physics and multimodel. Ensembles of both types consist of multiple simulations of future climate under similar forcing conditions. They differ, however, in what is varied among the models used to genera ...
... In studies of future climate change, two types of ensemble are commonly distinguished: perturbed physics and multimodel. Ensembles of both types consist of multiple simulations of future climate under similar forcing conditions. They differ, however, in what is varied among the models used to genera ...
The Impact of CO2 Emissions on Agricultural Productivity and
... the pillar of increasing agricultural productivity and farmers’ welfare while reducing GHG emissions. Therefore, investigating the impact of GHG emissions on agricultural performance and household welfare is crucially important to support decision makers. First, it gives an insight into the signific ...
... the pillar of increasing agricultural productivity and farmers’ welfare while reducing GHG emissions. Therefore, investigating the impact of GHG emissions on agricultural performance and household welfare is crucially important to support decision makers. First, it gives an insight into the signific ...
Modalities - SPC Climate Change Projects
... The National Water Resources Policy incorporates community priorities identified as part of extensive consultations, both for the 2002 Kiribati National Consultation on Sustainable Water Management, and for the National Adaptation Program of Action, Kiribati Adaptation Project Phase I (KAP I) in 200 ...
... The National Water Resources Policy incorporates community priorities identified as part of extensive consultations, both for the 2002 Kiribati National Consultation on Sustainable Water Management, and for the National Adaptation Program of Action, Kiribati Adaptation Project Phase I (KAP I) in 200 ...
AN OVERVIEW OF GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND
... reporting are not simple, and processes are still being improved globally. Predicting the future yet more challenging; models that do so are heavily affected by assumptions to create scenarios of economic, social and policy change over time. As a result there is a wide array of visions of the future ...
... reporting are not simple, and processes are still being improved globally. Predicting the future yet more challenging; models that do so are heavily affected by assumptions to create scenarios of economic, social and policy change over time. As a result there is a wide array of visions of the future ...
Climate change adaptation strategies for marine turtles - Eco
... compounding effects are, however, very complex to predict with any confidence as yet. Logic would suggest that a future scenario in which human coastal populations were less likely or able to protect coastal natural resources due to effects of climate change on humans (e.g. droughts, flooding, alter ...
... compounding effects are, however, very complex to predict with any confidence as yet. Logic would suggest that a future scenario in which human coastal populations were less likely or able to protect coastal natural resources due to effects of climate change on humans (e.g. droughts, flooding, alter ...