Separating Forced from Chaotic Climate Variability over the Past
... Ó 2013 American Meteorological Society ...
... Ó 2013 American Meteorological Society ...
Coastal ecosystems
... For each of these climates four ecosystem types are defined: freshwater, estuarine, coastal interface and marine. These are the ecosystems that are, or will be, affected by climate change impacts in the coastal zone. Freshwater ecosystems are included to the extent that they influence coastal ecosys ...
... For each of these climates four ecosystem types are defined: freshwater, estuarine, coastal interface and marine. These are the ecosystems that are, or will be, affected by climate change impacts in the coastal zone. Freshwater ecosystems are included to the extent that they influence coastal ecosys ...
Promoting Climate Resilient Infrastructure in
... local communities. For ethnic minorities inhabiting these areas, the difficulties are exacerbated by structural and attitudinal problems that can lead to exclusion from participation in decision making and planning for their own welfare and development. For women and girls in particular, living unde ...
... local communities. For ethnic minorities inhabiting these areas, the difficulties are exacerbated by structural and attitudinal problems that can lead to exclusion from participation in decision making and planning for their own welfare and development. For women and girls in particular, living unde ...
... been systematically destroyed and the beneficial uses and ecosystem services they provided including clean water and wildlife habitat have been lost forever. Wetlands and riparian habitats are truly among the rarest and most sensitive ecosystem types in California. These areas are critical for biodi ...
Local understanding of hydro-climate changes in Mongolia
... based analysis. However, station data are spatially limited, so local knowledge can provide finer scale information on climate and hydrology. We focus on two regions in central Mongolia: the Jinst soum in Bayankhongor aimag in the desert steppe region and the Ikh-Tamir soum in Arkhangai aimag in the ...
... based analysis. However, station data are spatially limited, so local knowledge can provide finer scale information on climate and hydrology. We focus on two regions in central Mongolia: the Jinst soum in Bayankhongor aimag in the desert steppe region and the Ikh-Tamir soum in Arkhangai aimag in the ...
PDF
... There is significant evidence that both positive and negative impacts of climate change have affected SSA. Positive effects include increased rainfall in the Sahel (the zone south of the Sahara desert), which has contributed to the regreening of the region (Olsson, Eklundh, and Ardö 2005), and the p ...
... There is significant evidence that both positive and negative impacts of climate change have affected SSA. Positive effects include increased rainfall in the Sahel (the zone south of the Sahara desert), which has contributed to the regreening of the region (Olsson, Eklundh, and Ardö 2005), and the p ...
Panama and the Specter of Climate Change
... actors within this conundrum." Some, such as small island nations and the indigenous nations of the Arctic region, may cease to exist as their habitats disappear along with their cultures, civilizations and entire way of life.'12 These nations also lack the resources to deal with storms, rising sea ...
... actors within this conundrum." Some, such as small island nations and the indigenous nations of the Arctic region, may cease to exist as their habitats disappear along with their cultures, civilizations and entire way of life.'12 These nations also lack the resources to deal with storms, rising sea ...
Global Policy Making on Climate Refugees
... implement or reverse choice. This dimension ranges from the time period of a political election cycle to a generation to the lifetime of a nation or culture. Another dimension is the cultural and political distance between parties. This can be everything from a family or a nation to cultural blocks ...
... implement or reverse choice. This dimension ranges from the time period of a political election cycle to a generation to the lifetime of a nation or culture. Another dimension is the cultural and political distance between parties. This can be everything from a family or a nation to cultural blocks ...
Climate Change and Food Security FAO Framework
... fossil fuels (coal, oil and gas) to meet increasing energy demand, and the spread of intensive agriculture to meet increasing food demand, which is often accompanied by deforestation. The process of global warming shows no signs of abating and is expected to bring about longterm changes in weather c ...
... fossil fuels (coal, oil and gas) to meet increasing energy demand, and the spread of intensive agriculture to meet increasing food demand, which is often accompanied by deforestation. The process of global warming shows no signs of abating and is expected to bring about longterm changes in weather c ...
Evaluating and prioritizing technologies for adaptation to climate
... including desalination, water reclamation and reuse rainwater harvesting from roof tops. MCA can also be used to prioritize technologies applied to solve different problems, which ideally should work towards the same objective. When assessing adaptation technologies using MCA, it usually involves co ...
... including desalination, water reclamation and reuse rainwater harvesting from roof tops. MCA can also be used to prioritize technologies applied to solve different problems, which ideally should work towards the same objective. When assessing adaptation technologies using MCA, it usually involves co ...
Climate change adaptation strategies for Australian birds
... The project would not have been possible without the decades of contribution by the birdwatchers of Australia to the distributional databases on which this report is based. Without their outstanding effort we would not be able to prepare for climate change or understand the processes that underlie b ...
... The project would not have been possible without the decades of contribution by the birdwatchers of Australia to the distributional databases on which this report is based. Without their outstanding effort we would not be able to prepare for climate change or understand the processes that underlie b ...
Hegemony – Dartmouth 2012
... illustrates that emissions of key non-CO2 greenhouse gases such as CH4 or N2O could lead to warming that both temporarily exceeds a given stabilization target (e.g., 2 °C as proposed by the G8 group of nations and in the Copenhagen goals) and remains present longer than the gas lifetimes even if emi ...
... illustrates that emissions of key non-CO2 greenhouse gases such as CH4 or N2O could lead to warming that both temporarily exceeds a given stabilization target (e.g., 2 °C as proposed by the G8 group of nations and in the Copenhagen goals) and remains present longer than the gas lifetimes even if emi ...
Pension Fund Trustees and Climate Change Research report 106
... I hope that this timely report will act as a wake-up call to trustees to put climate change, resource efficiency and social sustainability at the heart of their investment practices. Pension funds need an economic recovery that lasts. To achieve this, they must take greater responsibility as asset o ...
... I hope that this timely report will act as a wake-up call to trustees to put climate change, resource efficiency and social sustainability at the heart of their investment practices. Pension funds need an economic recovery that lasts. To achieve this, they must take greater responsibility as asset o ...
South Africa`s Second National Communication under the
... reflected in rural–urban migration trends, with negative consequences for human quality of life indicators and exposure to environmental risks in informal settlements. Health and education indices also emphasise these disparities, which are contributing factors to severe skills shortages in several ...
... reflected in rural–urban migration trends, with negative consequences for human quality of life indicators and exposure to environmental risks in informal settlements. Health and education indices also emphasise these disparities, which are contributing factors to severe skills shortages in several ...
Geoengineering the climate: science, governance
... The continuing rise in the atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases, mainly caused by the burning of fossil fuels, is driving changes in the Earth’s climate. The long-term consequences will be exceedingly threatening, especially if nations continue ‘business as usual’ in the coming decades. Mos ...
... The continuing rise in the atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases, mainly caused by the burning of fossil fuels, is driving changes in the Earth’s climate. The long-term consequences will be exceedingly threatening, especially if nations continue ‘business as usual’ in the coming decades. Mos ...
Strategies for Reducing the Impacts of Surface Transportation on
... Advanced vehicle/fuel technologies may achieve near-zero CO2/mile for LDVs by 2050 – but only if major economic and technological issues are overcome............................ 24 ...
... Advanced vehicle/fuel technologies may achieve near-zero CO2/mile for LDVs by 2050 – but only if major economic and technological issues are overcome............................ 24 ...
Climate Change The UK Programme 2006
... profound impacts on our societies and way of life, affecting agriculture and food security, leading to water shortages, triggering population movements and impacting on our economies, and our security. So action is needed now. The UK has already taken significant steps to meet this challenge. The Go ...
... profound impacts on our societies and way of life, affecting agriculture and food security, leading to water shortages, triggering population movements and impacting on our economies, and our security. So action is needed now. The UK has already taken significant steps to meet this challenge. The Go ...
Climate Change and Food Security
... fossil fuels (coal, oil and gas) to meet increasing energy demand, and the spread of intensive agriculture to meet increasing food demand, which is often accompanied by deforestation. The process of global warming shows no signs of abating and is expected to bring about longterm changes in weather c ...
... fossil fuels (coal, oil and gas) to meet increasing energy demand, and the spread of intensive agriculture to meet increasing food demand, which is often accompanied by deforestation. The process of global warming shows no signs of abating and is expected to bring about longterm changes in weather c ...
doc - Eldis
... Climate change refers to the increasingly erratic weather patterns, rising sea levels and extreme events that may be attributed to human activity and the greenhouse gas (GHG)4 emissions that have created global warming. It is often viewed as a purely scientific and technical phenomenon, and yet clim ...
... Climate change refers to the increasingly erratic weather patterns, rising sea levels and extreme events that may be attributed to human activity and the greenhouse gas (GHG)4 emissions that have created global warming. It is often viewed as a purely scientific and technical phenomenon, and yet clim ...
PDF - Florida Climate Change Task Force
... Commission. Biodiversity loss has been attributed to habitat degradation, fragmentation, destruction, overexploitation, and invasive species introduction. In addition to habitat loss and transformation, anthropogenic climate change is also a major threat to biodiversity, perhaps even more threatenin ...
... Commission. Biodiversity loss has been attributed to habitat degradation, fragmentation, destruction, overexploitation, and invasive species introduction. In addition to habitat loss and transformation, anthropogenic climate change is also a major threat to biodiversity, perhaps even more threatenin ...
UK Climate Change Programme 2006
... profound impacts on our societies and way of life, affecting agriculture and food security, leading to water shortages, triggering population movements and impacting on our economies, and our security. So action is needed now. The UK has already taken significant steps to meet this challenge. The Go ...
... profound impacts on our societies and way of life, affecting agriculture and food security, leading to water shortages, triggering population movements and impacting on our economies, and our security. So action is needed now. The UK has already taken significant steps to meet this challenge. The Go ...
Safeguarding the Arctic - Center for American Progress
... 80 percent of coal reserves.36 Experts conclude that nations could achieve the emission reductions needed to stay below the 2 degrees threshold by widely implementing a handful of affordable policies through 2030—ranging from adopting better efficiency standards for vehicles and eliminating fossil-f ...
... 80 percent of coal reserves.36 Experts conclude that nations could achieve the emission reductions needed to stay below the 2 degrees threshold by widely implementing a handful of affordable policies through 2030—ranging from adopting better efficiency standards for vehicles and eliminating fossil-f ...
Mobility Cost - Climate Change Lebanon
... Through the publications of Lebanon’s Initial and Second National Communications to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and the Technology Needs Assessment for Climate Change, the Ministry of Environment drew the large climate change picture in the country. The picture shed th ...
... Through the publications of Lebanon’s Initial and Second National Communications to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and the Technology Needs Assessment for Climate Change, the Ministry of Environment drew the large climate change picture in the country. The picture shed th ...
The implications for climate sensitivity of AR5 forcing and heat...
... Use in (1) and (2) of averages over base and final periods, rather than complete time series, captures much of the available information, since internal variability is high on sub-decadal timescales and only during the last decade or two has total forcing become reasonably large relative to its unc ...
... Use in (1) and (2) of averages over base and final periods, rather than complete time series, captures much of the available information, since internal variability is high on sub-decadal timescales and only during the last decade or two has total forcing become reasonably large relative to its unc ...
Climate Change and Displacement for Indigenous Communities in
... However, the impact of all of these factors on migration is likely to be limited simply because nonclimate factors are much more important in influencing decisions about investments in reindeer herding. Attempting to assess the impact of climate change on this complex relationship between reindeer h ...
... However, the impact of all of these factors on migration is likely to be limited simply because nonclimate factors are much more important in influencing decisions about investments in reindeer herding. Attempting to assess the impact of climate change on this complex relationship between reindeer h ...