A Discussion Paper on Climate Change and Forestry in Nova Scotia
... averages fall within the range of what is tolerable for most species, the widening of the extreme ends of the spectrum will cause problems. The weather only needs to deviate outside a species’ normal range once for that organism to become stressed (Canadian Forest Service, 1999). Increased energy fr ...
... averages fall within the range of what is tolerable for most species, the widening of the extreme ends of the spectrum will cause problems. The weather only needs to deviate outside a species’ normal range once for that organism to become stressed (Canadian Forest Service, 1999). Increased energy fr ...
THE ACHILLES` HEELS OF THE EARTH SYSTEM
... below will demonstrate, changes are now occurring in Earth System functioning that appear rapid even from the perspective of one human lifetime. Such changes are especially significant, because they may prove difficult or impossible for human societies to adapt to. From a more technical perspective ...
... below will demonstrate, changes are now occurring in Earth System functioning that appear rapid even from the perspective of one human lifetime. Such changes are especially significant, because they may prove difficult or impossible for human societies to adapt to. From a more technical perspective ...
US Rejection of the Kyoto Protocol: the impact
... Note that the countries belonging to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (Regions 1 through 4) together with the economies in transition (Region 5) constitute Annex B of the Kyoto Protocol. a Each of the model’s regions maximizes the discounted utility of its consumptio ...
... Note that the countries belonging to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (Regions 1 through 4) together with the economies in transition (Region 5) constitute Annex B of the Kyoto Protocol. a Each of the model’s regions maximizes the discounted utility of its consumptio ...
Investigating climate change vulnerability and planning for adaptation
... driving them derive from a population artificially restricted to higher elevations due to loss of habitat from land use change. Primatologists considered SDM outputs driven by Net Primary Productivity (NPP) to be more realistic. These model outputs even predicted that some lower elevation areas adja ...
... driving them derive from a population artificially restricted to higher elevations due to loss of habitat from land use change. Primatologists considered SDM outputs driven by Net Primary Productivity (NPP) to be more realistic. These model outputs even predicted that some lower elevation areas adja ...
SENSING AND RESPONDING TO A CLIMATE CHANGE
... Farmers' associations are essential cooperation organizations in rural Taiwan. They provide farming input goods and advisory services to farmers and improve their economic situation and livelihoods. During the time of global warming, farmers' associations, on the one hand, encounter great uncertaint ...
... Farmers' associations are essential cooperation organizations in rural Taiwan. They provide farming input goods and advisory services to farmers and improve their economic situation and livelihoods. During the time of global warming, farmers' associations, on the one hand, encounter great uncertaint ...
Agricultural technologies for climate change in developing
... innovations climate change would ultimately cause a 4% and 5% decrease in (baseline scenario) GDP for Africa and India, respectively. While climate change may reduce global agricultural production by 6% by 2080 from what would otherwise occur, Africa and India are projected to see reductions of agri ...
... innovations climate change would ultimately cause a 4% and 5% decrease in (baseline scenario) GDP for Africa and India, respectively. While climate change may reduce global agricultural production by 6% by 2080 from what would otherwise occur, Africa and India are projected to see reductions of agri ...
MNP Report 500116002/2007 Local air pollution and global climate
... transboundary aspects, are global climate change (GCC) and local air pollution (LAP). Both are extensively discussed in the international political arena: the first, notably, in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the second in, for example, the United Nations Econ ...
... transboundary aspects, are global climate change (GCC) and local air pollution (LAP). Both are extensively discussed in the international political arena: the first, notably, in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the second in, for example, the United Nations Econ ...
Adaptation behavior in the face of global climate change: Survey
... the U.S. could face annual costs of $123 billion by 2050 and up to $782 billion by 2100, with Florida accounting for 20% of these costs (Ackerman and Stanton, 2008). Titus et al., 2009 calculate that more than 80% of land below 1-m in Florida is developed or intermediate (places with existing low-de ...
... the U.S. could face annual costs of $123 billion by 2050 and up to $782 billion by 2100, with Florida accounting for 20% of these costs (Ackerman and Stanton, 2008). Titus et al., 2009 calculate that more than 80% of land below 1-m in Florida is developed or intermediate (places with existing low-de ...
Synthesis paper: Perspectives on Loss and Damage
... attribute these to recent changes in climate. In some cases, there are recent decadal trends that can be picked through observations, e.g. increases in annual temperature rise, or early sea level rise signals. In many qualitative national studies, these have then been highlighted ...
... attribute these to recent changes in climate. In some cases, there are recent decadal trends that can be picked through observations, e.g. increases in annual temperature rise, or early sea level rise signals. In many qualitative national studies, these have then been highlighted ...
Working Paper Series - Griffith University
... The future of global wellbeing will be most influenced by developments in climate. Reports demonstrate accelerating carbon emissions and their damaging impact on sea levels: the effects of climate change would be ‘severe, far reaching, and…affect the most physically and economically vulnerable dispr ...
... The future of global wellbeing will be most influenced by developments in climate. Reports demonstrate accelerating carbon emissions and their damaging impact on sea levels: the effects of climate change would be ‘severe, far reaching, and…affect the most physically and economically vulnerable dispr ...
Aghion_et_al_policy_paper_Nov2014 (opens in new window)
... The analysis in this paper focuses mainly on the importance of path dependence in innovation processes. First, scientists work in areas that are well funded and where other good scientists work: research and knowledge production are path-dependent. Second, deployment of innovations is path-dependent ...
... The analysis in this paper focuses mainly on the importance of path dependence in innovation processes. First, scientists work in areas that are well funded and where other good scientists work: research and knowledge production are path-dependent. Second, deployment of innovations is path-dependent ...
Integrating Climate Change Adaptation into Coastal Zone Management
... investments in the tourism, agriculture, aquaculture and maritime sectors, all of which depend on a healthy coastal environment. Policies to reduce greenhouse gases could lead to the development of alternative renewable energy sources some of which could be generated along the coast from tides, wave ...
... investments in the tourism, agriculture, aquaculture and maritime sectors, all of which depend on a healthy coastal environment. Policies to reduce greenhouse gases could lead to the development of alternative renewable energy sources some of which could be generated along the coast from tides, wave ...
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
... transient alterations in an organism’s neurophysiological and somatovisceral state that represent its immediate relationship to the flow of changing events… in a sense, core affect is a neurophysiologic barometer of the individual’s relationship to an environment at a given point in time. To the ext ...
... transient alterations in an organism’s neurophysiological and somatovisceral state that represent its immediate relationship to the flow of changing events… in a sense, core affect is a neurophysiologic barometer of the individual’s relationship to an environment at a given point in time. To the ext ...
Do people “personally experience” global warming, and if so how
... scientists, with their access to long-term datasets, statistical analytic techniques, and computer models. Even if individuals can detect a signal for climatic changes within weather fluctuations, there are other challenges that they face in doing so. Changes manifest differently in different places ...
... scientists, with their access to long-term datasets, statistical analytic techniques, and computer models. Even if individuals can detect a signal for climatic changes within weather fluctuations, there are other challenges that they face in doing so. Changes manifest differently in different places ...
Managing Climate Change: The Africa Group in Multilateral
... The notion of the north-south divide is more than a binary distinction between haves and have nots. The south wishes to not only have economic development but also a say in political decisions that affect its future. This is especially true in the case of multilateral negotiations; the notion of nor ...
... The notion of the north-south divide is more than a binary distinction between haves and have nots. The south wishes to not only have economic development but also a say in political decisions that affect its future. This is especially true in the case of multilateral negotiations; the notion of nor ...
Global Climate Risk Index 2015
... occur if no action towards limiting global temperatures to 2°C is taken, with many of these events affecting developing countries whose vulnerability to climate change is particularly high. There is still time to achieve the 2°C goal and minimalize the consequences of climate change; however, if mit ...
... occur if no action towards limiting global temperatures to 2°C is taken, with many of these events affecting developing countries whose vulnerability to climate change is particularly high. There is still time to achieve the 2°C goal and minimalize the consequences of climate change; however, if mit ...
Highlights Brochure - Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme
... These climate changes are being experienced particularly intensely in the Arctic. Arctic average temperature has risen at almost twice the rate as the rest of the world in the past few decades. Widespread melting of glaciers and sea ice and rising permafrost temperatures present additional evidence ...
... These climate changes are being experienced particularly intensely in the Arctic. Arctic average temperature has risen at almost twice the rate as the rest of the world in the past few decades. Widespread melting of glaciers and sea ice and rising permafrost temperatures present additional evidence ...
Interpreting bargaining strategies of developing countries in climate
... only step ahead is given by the agreement signed by COP20 (Lima 2014), where the Parties agreed on the basic rules to be adopted in order to facilitate the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) that will form the foundation for climate action post 2020 when the new agreement expected ...
... only step ahead is given by the agreement signed by COP20 (Lima 2014), where the Parties agreed on the basic rules to be adopted in order to facilitate the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) that will form the foundation for climate action post 2020 when the new agreement expected ...
Chapter 2 - UCLA: Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
... Sensible heat: contact between molecules, subsequent upward transfer by parcels of hotter air (e.g. hot plumes known as thermals; dry convection). Evaporation more effective means of cooling the surface; stores energy as latent heat. Latent heat subsequently released when water vapor condenses ...
... Sensible heat: contact between molecules, subsequent upward transfer by parcels of hotter air (e.g. hot plumes known as thermals; dry convection). Evaporation more effective means of cooling the surface; stores energy as latent heat. Latent heat subsequently released when water vapor condenses ...
How uncertainties in future climate change predictions translate into
... model, SLAVE (Friedlingstein et al., 1995), is driven by different scenarios of climate change produced in the context of CMIP2 (Meehl et al., 2000; Covey et al., 2003). Our objective is to examine how uncertainties in future climate change predictions translate into uncertainties in future carbon f ...
... model, SLAVE (Friedlingstein et al., 1995), is driven by different scenarios of climate change produced in the context of CMIP2 (Meehl et al., 2000; Covey et al., 2003). Our objective is to examine how uncertainties in future climate change predictions translate into uncertainties in future carbon f ...
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... partnerships will be appropriate for an island economy are questions that Hawaii policy-makers face. A 10member Task Force was created as a result of ACT 234 to develop the work plan for reaching the target reduction. This briefing is designed to help the Task Force and others to better understand w ...
... partnerships will be appropriate for an island economy are questions that Hawaii policy-makers face. A 10member Task Force was created as a result of ACT 234 to develop the work plan for reaching the target reduction. This briefing is designed to help the Task Force and others to better understand w ...
Here - Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci.
... local hydrological processes these gradients are very important, and therefore further downscaling of climate projections is necessary (Buytaert et al., 2009). The need for downscaling is particularly urgent for mountainous regions. Mountain regions provide important environmental services, such as ...
... local hydrological processes these gradients are very important, and therefore further downscaling of climate projections is necessary (Buytaert et al., 2009). The need for downscaling is particularly urgent for mountainous regions. Mountain regions provide important environmental services, such as ...
Our options for global C02 drawdown
... Proponents say that if pyrolysis of crops, forestry and other waste was in worldwide use by 2030, 9 gigatonnes of CO2 per annum could be drawn out of the atmosphere and sequestered long term. Biochar was recognised by the Garnaut Review7 for the role it has to play in a net-negative emissions proces ...
... Proponents say that if pyrolysis of crops, forestry and other waste was in worldwide use by 2030, 9 gigatonnes of CO2 per annum could be drawn out of the atmosphere and sequestered long term. Biochar was recognised by the Garnaut Review7 for the role it has to play in a net-negative emissions proces ...
Toward Integrated Historical Climate Research
... social responses to these events. These are central to understanding the nature of the changes that might take place in the future and their impacts.3,13 This area of research is undergoing something of a re-emergence. There was of course much interest in this latter topic in the late nineteenth and ...
... social responses to these events. These are central to understanding the nature of the changes that might take place in the future and their impacts.3,13 This area of research is undergoing something of a re-emergence. There was of course much interest in this latter topic in the late nineteenth and ...
The Obama Administration`s Clean Air Act Legacy and the UNFCC
... did not pass in the Senate.16 In 2009, on the international stage, President Obama pledged the U.S. would cut GHG emissions by 17 percent below 2005 levels by the year 2020.17 Yet his first major public foray into climate change negotiations, at the 2009 Conference of the Parties in Copenhagen, Denm ...
... did not pass in the Senate.16 In 2009, on the international stage, President Obama pledged the U.S. would cut GHG emissions by 17 percent below 2005 levels by the year 2020.17 Yet his first major public foray into climate change negotiations, at the 2009 Conference of the Parties in Copenhagen, Denm ...