Envisioning adaptive strategies to change
... 2004). In particular, in Central America region the “dry corridor”, which stretches between Mexico and Panama (WFP 2002), remains largely unstudied, despite holding 25% of the region’s population (Reynolds et al. 2005). In addition to the stress of climate change, the area’s livelihood systems are a ...
... 2004). In particular, in Central America region the “dry corridor”, which stretches between Mexico and Panama (WFP 2002), remains largely unstudied, despite holding 25% of the region’s population (Reynolds et al. 2005). In addition to the stress of climate change, the area’s livelihood systems are a ...
Finding your place on the science – advocacy continuum
... climate scientists might face along one application of the continuum, progressing from focusing on the scientific evidence for human-caused climate change to public advocacy for a particular policy solution. This example is intended as one of many possible applications of the continuum model and no ...
... climate scientists might face along one application of the continuum, progressing from focusing on the scientific evidence for human-caused climate change to public advocacy for a particular policy solution. This example is intended as one of many possible applications of the continuum model and no ...
A Self-Assessment to Address Climate Change Readiness
... cover,!and!greater!wind!speeds.!!What!do!these!changes!mean!for!our!communities!when!for! decades!we!have!been!planning,!making!decisions,!and!building!infrastructure!based!on!a! stable!climate?! This!question!led!to!the!creation!of!this!community!climate!change!readiness!self"assessment.! The!purpo ...
... cover,!and!greater!wind!speeds.!!What!do!these!changes!mean!for!our!communities!when!for! decades!we!have!been!planning,!making!decisions,!and!building!infrastructure!based!on!a! stable!climate?! This!question!led!to!the!creation!of!this!community!climate!change!readiness!self"assessment.! The!purpo ...
Cultural Response to Climate Change in the Holocene
... Mayan collapse occurred first in the southern and central Yucatan low lands and in the northern lowlands a century or more later. This is contradictory to rain patterns because the northern lowlands generally get less rainfall than the southern, but other factors must be considered. There is a natur ...
... Mayan collapse occurred first in the southern and central Yucatan low lands and in the northern lowlands a century or more later. This is contradictory to rain patterns because the northern lowlands generally get less rainfall than the southern, but other factors must be considered. There is a natur ...
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... Boreal Forests and Climate: Albedo, Carbon Cycle, and Land Use Change Pongratz et al., (2011): Quantified albedo and carbon cycle forcings from actual historical land use changes in boreal regions Findings contrast with Betts (2000); Claussen et al., (2001); Sitch et al., (2005); Bala et al., (20 ...
... Boreal Forests and Climate: Albedo, Carbon Cycle, and Land Use Change Pongratz et al., (2011): Quantified albedo and carbon cycle forcings from actual historical land use changes in boreal regions Findings contrast with Betts (2000); Claussen et al., (2001); Sitch et al., (2005); Bala et al., (20 ...
annual Greenhouse Gas Bulletin
... Since pre-industrial times (before 1750), atmospheric abundances of LLGHGs have risen considerably due to emissions related to human activity. Growing population, intensified agricultural practices, increase in land use and deforestation, industrialization and associated energy use from fossil sourc ...
... Since pre-industrial times (before 1750), atmospheric abundances of LLGHGs have risen considerably due to emissions related to human activity. Growing population, intensified agricultural practices, increase in land use and deforestation, industrialization and associated energy use from fossil sourc ...
IEAGHG Information Paper; 2013-IP31; Drawing Down N2O to Protect
... nitrous oxide emissions. Reducing N2O emissions has major cost benefits since emissions are connected to diverse economic sectors from agriculture, chemical manufacturing and electricity production to waste management, transportation and fish production. Gains from emissions reduction will include i ...
... nitrous oxide emissions. Reducing N2O emissions has major cost benefits since emissions are connected to diverse economic sectors from agriculture, chemical manufacturing and electricity production to waste management, transportation and fish production. Gains from emissions reduction will include i ...
Secondary Sample Maps
... adversely affects the environment A continued rate of global warming cannot sustain human life ...
... adversely affects the environment A continued rate of global warming cannot sustain human life ...
Climate Change and British Woodland
... the year as a result of rising temperatures during winter months. This is already evident, with the flushing of oak advanced by up to two weeks compared with the 1950s, as shown in Figure 4a. Although a lengthening of the growing season would be expected to increase productivity in most years, early ...
... the year as a result of rising temperatures during winter months. This is already evident, with the flushing of oak advanced by up to two weeks compared with the 1950s, as shown in Figure 4a. Although a lengthening of the growing season would be expected to increase productivity in most years, early ...
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... There are number of additional implications: Heterogeneity of the economic impacts of climate change among countries has been largely attributed to (i) spatially heterogeneous climate change (e.g. temperature and precipitation patterns) and (ii) heterogeneous exposure of the economy to climate chang ...
... There are number of additional implications: Heterogeneity of the economic impacts of climate change among countries has been largely attributed to (i) spatially heterogeneous climate change (e.g. temperature and precipitation patterns) and (ii) heterogeneous exposure of the economy to climate chang ...
- 1 - Transitioning to a low carbon transport system in developing
... trends of road transport energy demand are assessed. Thus, this scenario assumes the future development of transport sector in India along the conventional path, which essentially means a carbon intensive transport system for India similar to the pathway followed by the present developed countries. ...
... trends of road transport energy demand are assessed. Thus, this scenario assumes the future development of transport sector in India along the conventional path, which essentially means a carbon intensive transport system for India similar to the pathway followed by the present developed countries. ...
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... catastrophic events can be very costly, while they can be prevented more effectively by directly addressing the source of the problem, GHG emissions (Pearce et al., 1996; Posner, 2004; Guillerminet and Tol, 2008; Lenton et al,. 2008). The scientific literature has explored how uncertainty and tippin ...
... catastrophic events can be very costly, while they can be prevented more effectively by directly addressing the source of the problem, GHG emissions (Pearce et al., 1996; Posner, 2004; Guillerminet and Tol, 2008; Lenton et al,. 2008). The scientific literature has explored how uncertainty and tippin ...
Climate Change
... – reflect sunlight (negative feedback) – trap IR radiation (positive feedback) ...
... – reflect sunlight (negative feedback) – trap IR radiation (positive feedback) ...
Why do Portuguese Railways Languish? An Application of
... annual figures; nearly 20 million. The major contributors are regional services and Lisbon’s commuting lines. Despite the number of passengers in the metropolitan area of Porto remains steady while the long-distance ridership market between the two major Portuguese cities, Lisbon and Porto presents ...
... annual figures; nearly 20 million. The major contributors are regional services and Lisbon’s commuting lines. Despite the number of passengers in the metropolitan area of Porto remains steady while the long-distance ridership market between the two major Portuguese cities, Lisbon and Porto presents ...
Decision 1/CMP.6 The Cancun Agreements: Outcome of the work of
... Urges Annex I Parties to raise the level of ambition of the emission reductions to be achieved by them individually or jointly, with a view to reducing their aggregate level of emissions of greenhouse gases in accordance with the range indicated by Working Group III to the Fourth Assessment Report o ...
... Urges Annex I Parties to raise the level of ambition of the emission reductions to be achieved by them individually or jointly, with a view to reducing their aggregate level of emissions of greenhouse gases in accordance with the range indicated by Working Group III to the Fourth Assessment Report o ...
anthropogenic climate change: a reason for
... They speculated about the reasons for these changes, which had a significant impact on daily life. An obvious explanation was heavenly intervention, with God steering climate partly as a response to people’s behaviour. In Medieval times, for instance, it was proposed that climatic anomalies, or extre ...
... They speculated about the reasons for these changes, which had a significant impact on daily life. An obvious explanation was heavenly intervention, with God steering climate partly as a response to people’s behaviour. In Medieval times, for instance, it was proposed that climatic anomalies, or extre ...
2014—2015 Annual Report
... sea ice on the Arctic ocean and ice shelves disintegrating that took weeks or months to cross via ski or dogsled. News of the Antarctic’s Larsen B Ice Shelf collapse, which happened in a matter of weeks and rendered my International TransAntarctic expedition irreplicable, turned me from aware to act ...
... sea ice on the Arctic ocean and ice shelves disintegrating that took weeks or months to cross via ski or dogsled. News of the Antarctic’s Larsen B Ice Shelf collapse, which happened in a matter of weeks and rendered my International TransAntarctic expedition irreplicable, turned me from aware to act ...
The Ivory Lighthouse: communicating climate change
... Both Hoggan and Hulme view their books as illuminating the hidden and dangerous rocky waters around climate change. Both books end by presenting the need to move beyond this confusion and disagreement. How do we do this? How do we, as interdisciplinary researchers, foster this desperately needed edu ...
... Both Hoggan and Hulme view their books as illuminating the hidden and dangerous rocky waters around climate change. Both books end by presenting the need to move beyond this confusion and disagreement. How do we do this? How do we, as interdisciplinary researchers, foster this desperately needed edu ...
18 September 2008
... but does not mention human rights. The government commissioned Garnaut Review, while covering many climate impacts that would contribute to the violation of human rights, does not mention human rights either. This is despite a detailed elaboration, on for example, the impacts of sea level rise on de ...
... but does not mention human rights. The government commissioned Garnaut Review, while covering many climate impacts that would contribute to the violation of human rights, does not mention human rights either. This is despite a detailed elaboration, on for example, the impacts of sea level rise on de ...
Forecasting the combined effects of urbanization
... likely impacts. Here, we integrate a new biotic model with four previously developed physical models (downscaled climate projections, stream hydrology, geomorphology, and water temperature) to predict how stream fish growth and reproduction will most probably respond to shifts in climate and urbaniz ...
... likely impacts. Here, we integrate a new biotic model with four previously developed physical models (downscaled climate projections, stream hydrology, geomorphology, and water temperature) to predict how stream fish growth and reproduction will most probably respond to shifts in climate and urbaniz ...
How the United Nations System Supports Ambitious Action
... agencies, funds, programmes and other bodies that coordinate their respective activities on climate change. The brochure has one simple purpose: to show Governments and the public how the diverse entities of the UN system work together to support ambitious international action on climate change. It ...
... agencies, funds, programmes and other bodies that coordinate their respective activities on climate change. The brochure has one simple purpose: to show Governments and the public how the diverse entities of the UN system work together to support ambitious international action on climate change. It ...
Cap and Trade or a Carbon Tax? How to Reduce CO Emissions
... political philosophy is the idea that we cannot discount harm merely because it occurs in the future. “If we can foresee that our current actions will, in the future, cause harm to or violate the rights of some future person, or if they are highly likely to do so,” then we must refrain from engaging ...
... political philosophy is the idea that we cannot discount harm merely because it occurs in the future. “If we can foresee that our current actions will, in the future, cause harm to or violate the rights of some future person, or if they are highly likely to do so,” then we must refrain from engaging ...
How the UN System Supports Ambitious Action on Climate Change
... Under the auspices of UN-Energy, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs have worked with the Energy Commission of Ghana to explore policy options for increasing the use of low-carbon energy. The study used the IAEA energy planni ...
... Under the auspices of UN-Energy, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs have worked with the Energy Commission of Ghana to explore policy options for increasing the use of low-carbon energy. The study used the IAEA energy planni ...
The gains from trade
... would not only have environmental and economic advantages for the rest of the world; it would also have important environmental and economic advantages for the developing countries themselves. For the sake of concreteness, consider a plan under which developing countries do no more than commit to th ...
... would not only have environmental and economic advantages for the rest of the world; it would also have important environmental and economic advantages for the developing countries themselves. For the sake of concreteness, consider a plan under which developing countries do no more than commit to th ...