Effects of 20th Century Climate Change on Mountain Watersheds in
... What about WY 2005? Is this climate change? It would appear that 2005 has more to do with very unusual weather patterns than a systematic long-term change in the climate system. Storm track redirection, for example, is typical of warm ENSO years. That said, we show that the risk of unusually warm y ...
... What about WY 2005? Is this climate change? It would appear that 2005 has more to do with very unusual weather patterns than a systematic long-term change in the climate system. Storm track redirection, for example, is typical of warm ENSO years. That said, we show that the risk of unusually warm y ...
New Coupled Climate-carbon Simulations from the
... Monfray (2002), Effects of climate change due to CO2 increase on land and ocean carbon uptake. ...
... Monfray (2002), Effects of climate change due to CO2 increase on land and ocean carbon uptake. ...
Perceptions and Adaptation Measures of Crop
... each villages; which amounted to 100 households in the two villages. The interviewed focused on farmers’ perception of climate change and impacts by using variables such as drought, flood, migration, pasture scarcity. A Semi-Structured Key Informant Interviews (SSKI) with 25 experts in various field ...
... each villages; which amounted to 100 households in the two villages. The interviewed focused on farmers’ perception of climate change and impacts by using variables such as drought, flood, migration, pasture scarcity. A Semi-Structured Key Informant Interviews (SSKI) with 25 experts in various field ...
The Paris Agreement and the new logic of international climate politics
... distributional conflicts that were inherent in the post-Kyoto negotiations, the Paris Agreement manages to remove one of the biggest barriers to international climate cooperation. It recognizes that none of the major powers can be forced into drastic emissions cuts. However, instead of ...
... distributional conflicts that were inherent in the post-Kyoto negotiations, the Paris Agreement manages to remove one of the biggest barriers to international climate cooperation. It recognizes that none of the major powers can be forced into drastic emissions cuts. However, instead of ...
Sustainable Future
... business model are in demand, given the rising awareness of consumers. That means that Patagonia has been able to capture a large share of the market and as such, is a highly profitable company. Furthermore, the risks to businesses who are failing to tackle sustainability issues and climate change a ...
... business model are in demand, given the rising awareness of consumers. That means that Patagonia has been able to capture a large share of the market and as such, is a highly profitable company. Furthermore, the risks to businesses who are failing to tackle sustainability issues and climate change a ...
Models and scenarios - Nachhaltiges Landmanagement
... covering multiple sectors and regions has been developed. It simulates the repercussions on economic activity between the different world regions and countries and can be used to analyse the world-wide feedback effects of economic policies across different sectors and regions (see Springer 2002, Kle ...
... covering multiple sectors and regions has been developed. It simulates the repercussions on economic activity between the different world regions and countries and can be used to analyse the world-wide feedback effects of economic policies across different sectors and regions (see Springer 2002, Kle ...
Corporate Disclosure of Climate Change-Related Information
... change. Challenges include how to define materiality for climate change-related reporting purposes, which metrics or indicators to use for communicating climate change information and how they should be calculated, how to account for carbon instruments and report stranded carbon asset risks and how ...
... change. Challenges include how to define materiality for climate change-related reporting purposes, which metrics or indicators to use for communicating climate change information and how they should be calculated, how to account for carbon instruments and report stranded carbon asset risks and how ...
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... al. (2008) analyse the joint effect of adverse climate impacts on sea-level rise and tourism activity for the 12 macro-regions into which the world is divided, showing that the interactions usually tend to exacerbate the negative effects. Eboli et al. (2009), Bosello et al. (2009), Aaheim et al. (20 ...
... al. (2008) analyse the joint effect of adverse climate impacts on sea-level rise and tourism activity for the 12 macro-regions into which the world is divided, showing that the interactions usually tend to exacerbate the negative effects. Eboli et al. (2009), Bosello et al. (2009), Aaheim et al. (20 ...
Climate Threats: A More Inclusive Assessment Is Needed
... “Human-caused increases in greenhouse gases are responsible for most of the observed global average surface warming of roughly 0.8°C (1.5°F) over the past 140 years” ...
... “Human-caused increases in greenhouse gases are responsible for most of the observed global average surface warming of roughly 0.8°C (1.5°F) over the past 140 years” ...
Exxon`s Climate Footprint
... However, concentrations of carbon dioxide now are substantially higher than at any time over the last 420,000 years. The current rate of increase is also higher than at any time during the past 20,000 years.3 ...
... However, concentrations of carbon dioxide now are substantially higher than at any time over the last 420,000 years. The current rate of increase is also higher than at any time during the past 20,000 years.3 ...
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... when catastrophic consequences are possible32. Value judgements also arise in relation to many other aspects of these analyses, such as how to treat uncertain projections of the economic costs of mitigation or of the benefits of increased energy efficiency. Yet, however intense these debates, they s ...
... when catastrophic consequences are possible32. Value judgements also arise in relation to many other aspects of these analyses, such as how to treat uncertain projections of the economic costs of mitigation or of the benefits of increased energy efficiency. Yet, however intense these debates, they s ...
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... comprehensive planning framework in which the economic, social, environmental and governance aspects of national development are integrated. The Plan aims to put Jamaica in a position to achieve developed country status by 2030 and in the process, make it: “… the place of choice to live, work, raise ...
... comprehensive planning framework in which the economic, social, environmental and governance aspects of national development are integrated. The Plan aims to put Jamaica in a position to achieve developed country status by 2030 and in the process, make it: “… the place of choice to live, work, raise ...
PowerPoint Template - Nigerian Meteorological Agency
... Change (UNFCCC), is: “attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of global atmosphere and, which is, in addition to natural climate variability observed over comparable periods”. IPCC defines Climate Variability as the “variations in the mean state and other stat ...
... Change (UNFCCC), is: “attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of global atmosphere and, which is, in addition to natural climate variability observed over comparable periods”. IPCC defines Climate Variability as the “variations in the mean state and other stat ...
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... Utilities Created a down-scaling study of three potential future climate scenarios, which were then run as inputs in the ‘Distributed Hydrology, Soil-Vegetation Model’ to develop hydrologic datasets. Results lets to adaptation scenarios. ...
... Utilities Created a down-scaling study of three potential future climate scenarios, which were then run as inputs in the ‘Distributed Hydrology, Soil-Vegetation Model’ to develop hydrologic datasets. Results lets to adaptation scenarios. ...
misconceptions: barriers to improved climate literacy
... data on wind speed and direction indicate that a pronounced seasonal cycle exists and that the modal and mean patterns are quite similar. Development of models to assist in the explanation of atmospheric circulation began with Hadley’s (1735) single meridional cell based on his synthesis of surface- ...
... data on wind speed and direction indicate that a pronounced seasonal cycle exists and that the modal and mean patterns are quite similar. Development of models to assist in the explanation of atmospheric circulation began with Hadley’s (1735) single meridional cell based on his synthesis of surface- ...
Comments by: Patrick J. Michaels and Paul C. Knappenberger
... During the public comment period associated with new regulations such as this one which incorporate the SCC, a clear distinction should be made between domestic costs/benefits and foreign cost/benefits—and numerical calculations of each provided in all cost/benefits analyses included in the proposa ...
... During the public comment period associated with new regulations such as this one which incorporate the SCC, a clear distinction should be made between domestic costs/benefits and foreign cost/benefits—and numerical calculations of each provided in all cost/benefits analyses included in the proposa ...
DFAE-II WP Series - Addi - University of the Basque Country
... reasonably robust approximation in some circumstances. For example when the initial state of the system is under equilibrium (i.e., steady state) and that global warming follows a very slow pattern the transitional dynamics to the steady state can be neglected. However, this simplification has two i ...
... reasonably robust approximation in some circumstances. For example when the initial state of the system is under equilibrium (i.e., steady state) and that global warming follows a very slow pattern the transitional dynamics to the steady state can be neglected. However, this simplification has two i ...
Blowin` in the wind: Short-term weather and belief in anthropogenic
... Statewide data from 5000 random-sample telephone interviews conducted on 99 days over 2.5 yr (2010–12) are merged with temperature and precipitation indicators derived from U.S. Historical Climatology Network (USHCN) station records. The surveys carry a question designed around scientific consensus ...
... Statewide data from 5000 random-sample telephone interviews conducted on 99 days over 2.5 yr (2010–12) are merged with temperature and precipitation indicators derived from U.S. Historical Climatology Network (USHCN) station records. The surveys carry a question designed around scientific consensus ...
Rwanda-Health Review - Oxford Smith School of Enterprise and the
... our health services. If, however, climate change mostly affects diseases of only minor importance, while more important infections are refractory to climate change’s impacts, then our concerns should be tempered and our health services, especially in the developed world, may manage to take it in the ...
... our health services. If, however, climate change mostly affects diseases of only minor importance, while more important infections are refractory to climate change’s impacts, then our concerns should be tempered and our health services, especially in the developed world, may manage to take it in the ...
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... These models use as their inputs, scenarios that explore the future developments of the global population, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), energy use, land use and emissions of greenhouse gases based on a number of socio-economic and technological considerations or ‘storylines’ as specified in the Spe ...
... These models use as their inputs, scenarios that explore the future developments of the global population, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), energy use, land use and emissions of greenhouse gases based on a number of socio-economic and technological considerations or ‘storylines’ as specified in the Spe ...
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... seems to have reduced from 20 years to 12 years to two years to almost every year in the past decade. ...
... seems to have reduced from 20 years to 12 years to two years to almost every year in the past decade. ...
Projected Climate Change and the Appalachian Trail
... permanent drought for most of the A.T. Impacts on the A.T. No single climate projection can be taken as an accurate forecast of future climate. Climate models are not that precise, and even if they were, there is great uncertainty about the level of future CO2 emissions. However, both from basic cli ...
... permanent drought for most of the A.T. Impacts on the A.T. No single climate projection can be taken as an accurate forecast of future climate. Climate models are not that precise, and even if they were, there is great uncertainty about the level of future CO2 emissions. However, both from basic cli ...
2017 MCC Earth Day handbook - Metropolitan Community Churches
... variations for example, which have caused the ice ages. However, there is a strong body of evidence, based on multiple sources, documenting that the climate is now changing, in large part, due to human activity. This human activity has increased since the industrial age and includes fossil fuel comb ...
... variations for example, which have caused the ice ages. However, there is a strong body of evidence, based on multiple sources, documenting that the climate is now changing, in large part, due to human activity. This human activity has increased since the industrial age and includes fossil fuel comb ...
Mountain weather and climate: A general overview and a focus on
... the atmosphere can cover large distances, according to the type of pollutant, its chemical reactivity and the dominant airflows in which they are embedded. As a result, particulate matter or acidic compounds can be detected in remote mountain regions that are far removed from their source regions. NO ...
... the atmosphere can cover large distances, according to the type of pollutant, its chemical reactivity and the dominant airflows in which they are embedded. As a result, particulate matter or acidic compounds can be detected in remote mountain regions that are far removed from their source regions. NO ...
This paper - Brookings Institution
... the same: is there sufficient political commitment to be able to see through a climate policy into reality, given all the costs that entails? Oversimplifying considerably, the U.S. system confronts these costs up front, such that if choice is made then distribution of costs is set. The Chinese syste ...
... the same: is there sufficient political commitment to be able to see through a climate policy into reality, given all the costs that entails? Oversimplifying considerably, the U.S. system confronts these costs up front, such that if choice is made then distribution of costs is set. The Chinese syste ...