Climate change integrated assessment methodology for cross
... – Aim: integrated methodology to assess cross-sectoral climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability – The main product of CLIMSAVE: a user-friendly, interactive web-based tool (Integrated Assessment Platform; IAP) that will allow stakeholders to assess climate change impacts and vulnerabilit ...
... – Aim: integrated methodology to assess cross-sectoral climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability – The main product of CLIMSAVE: a user-friendly, interactive web-based tool (Integrated Assessment Platform; IAP) that will allow stakeholders to assess climate change impacts and vulnerabilit ...
Reducing Resource Consumption - Gesellschaft für wirtschaftliche
... unique qualities of particular natural resources which tend to give them their utility. Rather they tend to assume that factors of production, including natural resources, are highly substitutable for each other, an assumption which, in Solow’s words, implies that “The world can, in effect, get alon ...
... unique qualities of particular natural resources which tend to give them their utility. Rather they tend to assume that factors of production, including natural resources, are highly substitutable for each other, an assumption which, in Solow’s words, implies that “The world can, in effect, get alon ...
Ocean Extremes - A unified marine science community
... biochemistry changes or regional sea level rise which are each separate subtheme of this white paper although the strong connections with these disciplines are noted. The paper also does not deal with ...
... biochemistry changes or regional sea level rise which are each separate subtheme of this white paper although the strong connections with these disciplines are noted. The paper also does not deal with ...
"Climate Change: Moonshine, Millions of Models, Billions of Data - New Ways to Sort Fact from Fiction"
... could be performed for other climate feedbacks • Water vapor/lapse rate feedback will require latitude profile and height profile requirements for temperature and humidity. Can be extended to spectral fingerprinting. • Surface albedo (e.g. snow/ice) will require latitude ...
... could be performed for other climate feedbacks • Water vapor/lapse rate feedback will require latitude profile and height profile requirements for temperature and humidity. Can be extended to spectral fingerprinting. • Surface albedo (e.g. snow/ice) will require latitude ...
CDP and GRI to Coordinate Reporting Guidelines
... At least 2500 organizations globally use CDP’s questionnaire to report climate change data, while over 1,300 organizations from 64 countries published a GRI-based sustainability report in 2009. Because climate change reporting is becoming increasingly important, and because considerable overlap exis ...
... At least 2500 organizations globally use CDP’s questionnaire to report climate change data, while over 1,300 organizations from 64 countries published a GRI-based sustainability report in 2009. Because climate change reporting is becoming increasingly important, and because considerable overlap exis ...
CLIMATE AND DEVELOPMENT COUNTRIES
... The advantage of the environmental space concept is that it provides clarity and offers an equitable solution. Using per capita entitlements as the basis for burden sharing could eliminate the need for long and difficult negotiations about fair differentiation and suitable emission targets for each ...
... The advantage of the environmental space concept is that it provides clarity and offers an equitable solution. Using per capita entitlements as the basis for burden sharing could eliminate the need for long and difficult negotiations about fair differentiation and suitable emission targets for each ...
Global temperature change 2006;103;14288-14293; originally published online Sep 25, 2006;
... imagined,’’ specifically GHGs were assumed to stop increasing after 2000. Intermediate scenario B was described as ‘‘the most plausible.’’ Scenario B has continued moderate increase in the rate of GHG emissions and includes three large volcanic eruptions sprin- ...
... imagined,’’ specifically GHGs were assumed to stop increasing after 2000. Intermediate scenario B was described as ‘‘the most plausible.’’ Scenario B has continued moderate increase in the rate of GHG emissions and includes three large volcanic eruptions sprin- ...
When It Rains, It Pours: Future Climate Extremes and Health
... Background: The accelerating accumulation of greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere is changing global environmental conditions in unprecedented and potentially irreversible ways. Climate change poses a host of challenges to the health of populations through complex direct and indirect mechanism ...
... Background: The accelerating accumulation of greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere is changing global environmental conditions in unprecedented and potentially irreversible ways. Climate change poses a host of challenges to the health of populations through complex direct and indirect mechanism ...
Climate Change and Greenhouse Emissions Reduction Act 2007
... The Minister may from time to time vary any determination or target under this section after taking into account new or updated methodologies or advice with respect to the calculation, assessment, measurement or reporting of greenhouse gas emissions, or any other factor considered relevant by the Mi ...
... The Minister may from time to time vary any determination or target under this section after taking into account new or updated methodologies or advice with respect to the calculation, assessment, measurement or reporting of greenhouse gas emissions, or any other factor considered relevant by the Mi ...
AAAS_What We Know
... until there is a large- scale, cost-effective way to scrub carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Moreover, as emissions continue and warming increases, the risk increases. By making informed choices now, we can reduce risks for future generations and ourselves, and help communities adapt to climate ch ...
... until there is a large- scale, cost-effective way to scrub carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Moreover, as emissions continue and warming increases, the risk increases. By making informed choices now, we can reduce risks for future generations and ourselves, and help communities adapt to climate ch ...
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... weather, occurrence of pests, management changes due to changes in input prices, etc. In this study, we focus on weather-related crop yield uncertainty and we restrict ourselves to a relatively stylized approach in order to keep the model traceable. In order to explain how the yield stochasticity ca ...
... weather, occurrence of pests, management changes due to changes in input prices, etc. In this study, we focus on weather-related crop yield uncertainty and we restrict ourselves to a relatively stylized approach in order to keep the model traceable. In order to explain how the yield stochasticity ca ...
ISEES_GrandChallengeQuestions
... demand growing by ~60% over the next three decades particularly in developing and non-OECD nations (International Energy Agency 2012). Much of this growth in energy demand will be satisfied by fossil fuels, exacerbating climate change at a time when developed nations are considering how alternative ...
... demand growing by ~60% over the next three decades particularly in developing and non-OECD nations (International Energy Agency 2012). Much of this growth in energy demand will be satisfied by fossil fuels, exacerbating climate change at a time when developed nations are considering how alternative ...
Defining loss and damage: The science and politics around one of
... in recent decades, regionally and around the world. But the IPCC then expresses high confidence that “increasing exposure of people and economic assets has been the major cause of long-term increases in economic losses from weather- and climate-related disasters”. In other words, it is not that the ...
... in recent decades, regionally and around the world. But the IPCC then expresses high confidence that “increasing exposure of people and economic assets has been the major cause of long-term increases in economic losses from weather- and climate-related disasters”. In other words, it is not that the ...
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... thus, fall by 10 percent relative to the agricultural good but remain unchanged in terms of the manufactured good. The manufacturing price line and the Northern supply curve shown in figure 2 shift downward by 10 percent, leaving manufacturing output in North unchanged. Supposing for a moment that t ...
... thus, fall by 10 percent relative to the agricultural good but remain unchanged in terms of the manufactured good. The manufacturing price line and the Northern supply curve shown in figure 2 shift downward by 10 percent, leaving manufacturing output in North unchanged. Supposing for a moment that t ...
Global Warming: Scientific Basis and Christian Responses
... Each American is currently responsible for adding five to six metric tonnes of carbon to the atmosphere each year through fossil fuel use. The aggregate of all this emission ...
... Each American is currently responsible for adding five to six metric tonnes of carbon to the atmosphere each year through fossil fuel use. The aggregate of all this emission ...
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... Climate change is one of the major risks facing developing countries in Africa for which agriculture is a predominant part in the economy. Alterations in rainfall patterns and increasing temperatures will most likely translate into yield reductions in desirable crops (Gommes et al. 2009). The early ...
... Climate change is one of the major risks facing developing countries in Africa for which agriculture is a predominant part in the economy. Alterations in rainfall patterns and increasing temperatures will most likely translate into yield reductions in desirable crops (Gommes et al. 2009). The early ...
Auxiliary Bishop Dr
... well as the Arctic and its neighboring countries are affected to a much greater extent. The consequences of global climate change drastically take their toll on people there, although their per capita contribution towards the causes of global climate change are still rather negligible. Much the same ...
... well as the Arctic and its neighboring countries are affected to a much greater extent. The consequences of global climate change drastically take their toll on people there, although their per capita contribution towards the causes of global climate change are still rather negligible. Much the same ...
The contribution of Portuguese agriculture to the climate
... Abstract: - Agriculture in Portugal contributes for less than 10% of total greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions, where 34% comes from methane (CH4) in animal husbandry, 64% comes from nitrogen (N) oxides (NOx and N2O) by the intensive use of mineral fertilizers, the incomplete nitrification and denitrifi ...
... Abstract: - Agriculture in Portugal contributes for less than 10% of total greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions, where 34% comes from methane (CH4) in animal husbandry, 64% comes from nitrogen (N) oxides (NOx and N2O) by the intensive use of mineral fertilizers, the incomplete nitrification and denitrifi ...
Carbon Capture and Storage Association
... act as an enabler for future CO2 enhanced oil recovery (CO2-EOR), which could further reduce the costs of CCS and help maximise economic recovery from the UK continental shelf whilst simultaneously reducing emissions. The availability of ‘bankable’ storage (i.e. storage capacity that is appraised an ...
... act as an enabler for future CO2 enhanced oil recovery (CO2-EOR), which could further reduce the costs of CCS and help maximise economic recovery from the UK continental shelf whilst simultaneously reducing emissions. The availability of ‘bankable’ storage (i.e. storage capacity that is appraised an ...
21st century runoff sensitivities of major global river basins
... [1] River runoff is a key index of renewable water resources which affect almost all human and natural systems. Any substantial change in runoff will therefore have serious social, environmental, and ecological consequences. We estimate the runoff response to global mean temperature change implied b ...
... [1] River runoff is a key index of renewable water resources which affect almost all human and natural systems. Any substantial change in runoff will therefore have serious social, environmental, and ecological consequences. We estimate the runoff response to global mean temperature change implied b ...
Climate counseling – new governance in Swedish agriculture
... characterized by knowledge exchange and voluntarism, the dissemination of text and predominantly talk is central. Subsequently, we understand AE as a discursive activity (Hardy et al., 2000) albeit recognizing that there are non-discursive dimensions, e.g., contextual economic factors, use of techni ...
... characterized by knowledge exchange and voluntarism, the dissemination of text and predominantly talk is central. Subsequently, we understand AE as a discursive activity (Hardy et al., 2000) albeit recognizing that there are non-discursive dimensions, e.g., contextual economic factors, use of techni ...
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... It was important that, from time to time, the Council evaluate the dangers of such confrontations. The deadly competition over resources in Africa could not be glossed over; be they over water, shrinking grazing land or the inequitable distribution of oil.” L.K. Christian, Representative of Ghana, U ...
... It was important that, from time to time, the Council evaluate the dangers of such confrontations. The deadly competition over resources in Africa could not be glossed over; be they over water, shrinking grazing land or the inequitable distribution of oil.” L.K. Christian, Representative of Ghana, U ...
2014 Energy and Climate Outlook
... New in this edition of the Outlook are estimates of future water supply and use, including identification of water basins that are subject to increases in potential water stress as demands for water grow with population and economic activity while the water supplies change with climate. We also take ...
... New in this edition of the Outlook are estimates of future water supply and use, including identification of water basins that are subject to increases in potential water stress as demands for water grow with population and economic activity while the water supplies change with climate. We also take ...
http://www.fao.org/3/a-av223e.pdf
... A second research need is the elaboration of the genetic objective for adaptation. Increasing productivity and efficiency will be fundamental, but maintenance of genetic diversity will also be of importance. Having diverse AnGR will allow for more opportunities to match breeds to a changing climate ...
... A second research need is the elaboration of the genetic objective for adaptation. Increasing productivity and efficiency will be fundamental, but maintenance of genetic diversity will also be of importance. Having diverse AnGR will allow for more opportunities to match breeds to a changing climate ...
