Downscaling reveals diverse effects of anthropogenic
... World Climate Research Programme). These General Circulation Model (GCM) data most confidently characterize climate changes at relatively coarse spatial and temporal scales (i.e. averaged over large regions and time through sub-continental monthly and seasonal averages). They are considerably less v ...
... World Climate Research Programme). These General Circulation Model (GCM) data most confidently characterize climate changes at relatively coarse spatial and temporal scales (i.e. averaged over large regions and time through sub-continental monthly and seasonal averages). They are considerably less v ...
climate change urbanisation and humanitarian crises - Inter
... sewage from open sewers carried along by flood water constitute major health hazards, carrying water borne diseases such as cholera and dysentery, polluting drinking water supplies and/or leading to temporary breaks in water supply. Lack of effective zoning policies to segregate land uses produces ...
... sewage from open sewers carried along by flood water constitute major health hazards, carrying water borne diseases such as cholera and dysentery, polluting drinking water supplies and/or leading to temporary breaks in water supply. Lack of effective zoning policies to segregate land uses produces ...
Your opinion on climate change might not be as common as you think
... consensus effect1 (a tendency to overestimate how common one’s ‘own’ opinion is) and pluralistic ignorance2 (where most people privately reject an opinion, but assume incorrectly that most others accept it). We investigated these biases in people’s opinions about the existence and causes of climate ...
... consensus effect1 (a tendency to overestimate how common one’s ‘own’ opinion is) and pluralistic ignorance2 (where most people privately reject an opinion, but assume incorrectly that most others accept it). We investigated these biases in people’s opinions about the existence and causes of climate ...
Water and Climate in the Pacific Northwest
... questions about the response of global climate to rising greenhouse gases. For the first time, climateprediction.net will perform regional climate modeling for western North America that provides an unprecedented combination of a large ensemble of individual simulations, fine spatial detail, and man ...
... questions about the response of global climate to rising greenhouse gases. For the first time, climateprediction.net will perform regional climate modeling for western North America that provides an unprecedented combination of a large ensemble of individual simulations, fine spatial detail, and man ...
Climate change impacts on water quality outcomes
... The IPCC developed 40 different future emission scenarios as part of the fourth IPCC assessment. These were grouped into four families (A1, A2, B1, B2), with each representing a future with differing levels of human development and greenhouse gas mitigation. There are six illustrative marker scenari ...
... The IPCC developed 40 different future emission scenarios as part of the fourth IPCC assessment. These were grouped into four families (A1, A2, B1, B2), with each representing a future with differing levels of human development and greenhouse gas mitigation. There are six illustrative marker scenari ...
Hydroclimatic change and connections to aquatic ecosystem
... water available for ecosystem management (such as high flow experiments), particularly if it remains unclear how best to use that water for ecosystem support. This makes studying ecosystem responses to management actions but also understanding likely management responses to water shortages even more ...
... water available for ecosystem management (such as high flow experiments), particularly if it remains unclear how best to use that water for ecosystem support. This makes studying ecosystem responses to management actions but also understanding likely management responses to water shortages even more ...
Assets and Adaptation - Overseas Development Institute
... Department of International Development’s (DFID) portfolio of projects in Bangladesh, which led to the implementation of a number of adaptation initiatives. Based on projections of increased flooding, more variable rainfall patterns, and sea level rise in coastal regions, a number of adaptation init ...
... Department of International Development’s (DFID) portfolio of projects in Bangladesh, which led to the implementation of a number of adaptation initiatives. Based on projections of increased flooding, more variable rainfall patterns, and sea level rise in coastal regions, a number of adaptation init ...
(I) - GCMs and Climate Change Scenarios
... Also close relationship to weather forecasting models Major differences: •complexity of the climate system. •range of phenomena at different time scales. •“messier”: clouds, aerosols, vegetation, ... ...
... Also close relationship to weather forecasting models Major differences: •complexity of the climate system. •range of phenomena at different time scales. •“messier”: clouds, aerosols, vegetation, ... ...
APH-13 - Laboratory for Remote Sensing Hydrology and Spatial
... Also close relationship to weather forecasting models Major differences: •complexity of the climate system. •range of phenomena at different time scales. •“messier”: clouds, aerosols, vegetation, ... ...
... Also close relationship to weather forecasting models Major differences: •complexity of the climate system. •range of phenomena at different time scales. •“messier”: clouds, aerosols, vegetation, ... ...
Climate change: agriculture and rural development as part
... • Subsidies and green growth – Production linked support dominates (more than ¾) – Higher production may lead to higher input use with environmental effects (water, soil, biodiv, ghg) – e.g. Nitrogen efficiency about 55% (30-80) in OECD … wastefully applied overwhelming the nitrogen cycle ...
... • Subsidies and green growth – Production linked support dominates (more than ¾) – Higher production may lead to higher input use with environmental effects (water, soil, biodiv, ghg) – e.g. Nitrogen efficiency about 55% (30-80) in OECD … wastefully applied overwhelming the nitrogen cycle ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES John Whalley Working Paper 17498
... production and consumption of goods both internally and will do so globally, but these costs may be justified by the benefits of the higher emissions reduction achieved in their absence. I finally note that the unilateral commitments that have been made by both developed and developing countries, bo ...
... production and consumption of goods both internally and will do so globally, but these costs may be justified by the benefits of the higher emissions reduction achieved in their absence. I finally note that the unilateral commitments that have been made by both developed and developing countries, bo ...
Implications of the EU Climate Protection Target for Ireland
... Although every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the material contained in this publication, complete accuracy cannot be guaranteed. Neither the Environmental Protection Agency nor the author(s) accept any responsibility whatsoever for loss or damage occasioned or claimed to have been o ...
... Although every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the material contained in this publication, complete accuracy cannot be guaranteed. Neither the Environmental Protection Agency nor the author(s) accept any responsibility whatsoever for loss or damage occasioned or claimed to have been o ...
UNFCCC and Kyoto Protocol - Training for the State Negotiators on
... COP, COP/MOP, SBSTA, SBI, AWG-lCA, and AWG-KP are led by an elected bureau of officers with representatives from the five UN regional groups + AOSIS ...
... COP, COP/MOP, SBSTA, SBI, AWG-lCA, and AWG-KP are led by an elected bureau of officers with representatives from the five UN regional groups + AOSIS ...
View/Open
... 3.2.2 Climate change scenarios According to IPCC projections (1998), equatorial countries (for example, Cameroon, Uganda, and Kenya) may be about 1.4°C warmer by 2050, a rate of warming of about 0.2°C per decade. Sea surface temperatures in the open tropical oceans surrounding Africa will rise by le ...
... 3.2.2 Climate change scenarios According to IPCC projections (1998), equatorial countries (for example, Cameroon, Uganda, and Kenya) may be about 1.4°C warmer by 2050, a rate of warming of about 0.2°C per decade. Sea surface temperatures in the open tropical oceans surrounding Africa will rise by le ...
Sustainability and Risk: Climate Change and Fiduciary Duty WORKSHOP REPORT
... workshop on this issue for pension fund trustees. Participants learned about their duties to address climate risk in their portfolios from a distinguished group of experts including Harvard faculty, attorneys, and corporate and pension fund leaders. The workshop was part of an ongoing collaboration, ...
... workshop on this issue for pension fund trustees. Participants learned about their duties to address climate risk in their portfolios from a distinguished group of experts including Harvard faculty, attorneys, and corporate and pension fund leaders. The workshop was part of an ongoing collaboration, ...
Care for God`s Creation - Laboratory of Tree
... Prudence • "In other words, if enough evidence indicates that the present course of action could jeopardize humankind's well-being, prudence dictates taking mitigating or preventative action.” (emphasis added) USCCB Global Climate Change: A Plea for Dialogue, Prudence, and the Common Good ...
... Prudence • "In other words, if enough evidence indicates that the present course of action could jeopardize humankind's well-being, prudence dictates taking mitigating or preventative action.” (emphasis added) USCCB Global Climate Change: A Plea for Dialogue, Prudence, and the Common Good ...
TRADING CARBON DIOXIDE ON THE EUROPEAN CABON MARKET
... with the first phase of the Kyoto Protocol, in which commitments to reduce GHG emissions should be carried out by Member States. This also means access to the certificates (credits) from international projects carried out in accordance with Kyoto Protocol mechanisms, such as Clean Development Mechan ...
... with the first phase of the Kyoto Protocol, in which commitments to reduce GHG emissions should be carried out by Member States. This also means access to the certificates (credits) from international projects carried out in accordance with Kyoto Protocol mechanisms, such as Clean Development Mechan ...
STEP 1: Proposer Contact Information
... mitigate against, respond to and recover from disasters. Failing to incorporate climate and ...
... mitigate against, respond to and recover from disasters. Failing to incorporate climate and ...
economics of climate change: sensitivity analysis of social cost
... rising global average sea level. Each of the last three decades has been successively warmer than any preceding decade since 1850. (Cubasch et al., 2013.) During the last twenty years, the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets have been losing mass with increasing rate. Mountain glaciers have continued ...
... rising global average sea level. Each of the last three decades has been successively warmer than any preceding decade since 1850. (Cubasch et al., 2013.) During the last twenty years, the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets have been losing mass with increasing rate. Mountain glaciers have continued ...
2. Data and Methodology
... satisfactorily since the relative errors of these variables were all less than 13%, while HWDI was ...
... satisfactorily since the relative errors of these variables were all less than 13%, while HWDI was ...
A RICARDIAN ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH
... severely damaged by higher temperatures (IPCC, 2001b), but there have been very few agroeconomic studies. An economic study in Brazil indicated that farm land values would fall with warming, but the magnitude of the effects was much smaller than the previous estimates from agronomic studies (Mendels ...
... severely damaged by higher temperatures (IPCC, 2001b), but there have been very few agroeconomic studies. An economic study in Brazil indicated that farm land values would fall with warming, but the magnitude of the effects was much smaller than the previous estimates from agronomic studies (Mendels ...
Partners for Resilience
... communities and encompass disaster preparedness and early warning, livelihood security, preventing environmental degradation, poverty reduction, and the protection of water resources. 2. Empowering civil society. The PfR aim to increase the capacities of civil society organizations (CSO) working on ...
... communities and encompass disaster preparedness and early warning, livelihood security, preventing environmental degradation, poverty reduction, and the protection of water resources. 2. Empowering civil society. The PfR aim to increase the capacities of civil society organizations (CSO) working on ...
Trends Shaping the Future of Retail
... “Severe income disparity” ranked fourth in the top 10 global risks in the World ...
... “Severe income disparity” ranked fourth in the top 10 global risks in the World ...
Broader perspectives for comparing different greenhouse gases
... on further reduction of methane rather than CO2 . This may have short-term value, but is not consistent with long-term climate-change stabilization strategies. Furthermore, the use of a fixed time horizon for the GWP concept does not cover our understanding that about 20 per cent of CO2 emitted to th ...
... on further reduction of methane rather than CO2 . This may have short-term value, but is not consistent with long-term climate-change stabilization strategies. Furthermore, the use of a fixed time horizon for the GWP concept does not cover our understanding that about 20 per cent of CO2 emitted to th ...
CRS Report for Congress Climate Change: Federal Expenditures for Science and Technology
... to climate change. Direct programs have focused largely on scientific research to improve the capability to understand climate systems and/or predict climatic change and variability. Energy use has been one major focus of efforts related to possible climate change because carbon dioxide, the major “ ...
... to climate change. Direct programs have focused largely on scientific research to improve the capability to understand climate systems and/or predict climatic change and variability. Energy use has been one major focus of efforts related to possible climate change because carbon dioxide, the major “ ...