What Is El Niño? - Institute For Global Environmental Strategies
... water—a few inches high and a thousand miles wide. If it reaches the South American coast, we know it as El Niño. ...
... water—a few inches high and a thousand miles wide. If it reaches the South American coast, we know it as El Niño. ...
Climate Change - Bermuda National Trust
... Because these changes are believed to be caused by our increasing production of greenhouse gases, the sooner we start taking action the better. Many people think that because Bermuda is so small, what we do doesn’t make a difference. Think again! Because of our relatively wealthy life style, the ave ...
... Because these changes are believed to be caused by our increasing production of greenhouse gases, the sooner we start taking action the better. Many people think that because Bermuda is so small, what we do doesn’t make a difference. Think again! Because of our relatively wealthy life style, the ave ...
Petition - Center for Biological Diversity
... The Clean Air Act provides the tools necessary for the U.S. to commit to the deep and rapid greenhouse emissions reductions—on the order of 45% or more below 1990 levels by 2020—needed to avert the worst impacts of climate change. National pollution caps for greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act ...
... The Clean Air Act provides the tools necessary for the U.S. to commit to the deep and rapid greenhouse emissions reductions—on the order of 45% or more below 1990 levels by 2020—needed to avert the worst impacts of climate change. National pollution caps for greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act ...
The Emissions Gap Report 2016
... compared to mitigation scenarios that are constructed to meet different goals for greenhouse gas emissions, atmospheric concentrations or temperature change. The term ‘baseline scenario’ is used interchangeably with ‘reference scenario’ and ‘no policy scenario’. In much of the literature the term is ...
... compared to mitigation scenarios that are constructed to meet different goals for greenhouse gas emissions, atmospheric concentrations or temperature change. The term ‘baseline scenario’ is used interchangeably with ‘reference scenario’ and ‘no policy scenario’. In much of the literature the term is ...
Equilibrium Response of an Atmosphere–Mixed Layer Ocean Model
... forcing agent separately. Realistic spatial patterns of forcing constituents are applied but the magnitude of the forcing is adjusted so that each forcing constituent yields approximately the same strength of radiative forcing. It is demonstrated that the global mean temperature response depends on ...
... forcing agent separately. Realistic spatial patterns of forcing constituents are applied but the magnitude of the forcing is adjusted so that each forcing constituent yields approximately the same strength of radiative forcing. It is demonstrated that the global mean temperature response depends on ...
Sector Study: Agriculture and Natural Resources Building
... important to increase the incomes of family and peasant farms through directed innovation and extension, better access to credit, and improved land tenure. Cash income transfers, when necessary, should be delinked from production parameters. Mitigation should be strengthened through innovation and e ...
... important to increase the incomes of family and peasant farms through directed innovation and extension, better access to credit, and improved land tenure. Cash income transfers, when necessary, should be delinked from production parameters. Mitigation should be strengthened through innovation and e ...
Beyond Known Worlds: Climate Change Governance by Arbitral
... between climate change and foreign direct investments. Despite the upsurge in arbitrations at the crossroads between investment and climate change, the interplay between climate change and foreign direct investments remains underexplored and in need of systematization. Climate change has introduced ...
... between climate change and foreign direct investments. Despite the upsurge in arbitrations at the crossroads between investment and climate change, the interplay between climate change and foreign direct investments remains underexplored and in need of systematization. Climate change has introduced ...
Climate Change and Himalayan Cold Deserts
... conditions allow a very short growing season. Water resources are minimal with glacier-fed streams being the only source of irrigation. In terms of habitation, they are usually sparsely inhabited, although this is now changing. Development and modernisation is stepping in. With the growing attractio ...
... conditions allow a very short growing season. Water resources are minimal with glacier-fed streams being the only source of irrigation. In terms of habitation, they are usually sparsely inhabited, although this is now changing. Development and modernisation is stepping in. With the growing attractio ...
Namakwa District Municipality
... Figure 39: Priority areas identified in the National Freshwater Ecosystem Priority Area Project ..... 47 Figure 40: Priority areas identified in the Namakwa District Biodiversity Sector Plan .......................... 47 Figure 41: Commonage areas in the Namakwa District ............................ ...
... Figure 39: Priority areas identified in the National Freshwater Ecosystem Priority Area Project ..... 47 Figure 40: Priority areas identified in the Namakwa District Biodiversity Sector Plan .......................... 47 Figure 41: Commonage areas in the Namakwa District ............................ ...
Cusk (Brosme brosme) and climate change: assessing the threat to
... fewer observations earlier in the series, so a weighted mean was used to calculate the climatological value of bottom temperature; equal weights were assigned per decade (1977 – 1986; 1987 – 1996; 1997 – 2009) to ensure that the climatology represented observations over the entire time series and no ...
... fewer observations earlier in the series, so a weighted mean was used to calculate the climatological value of bottom temperature; equal weights were assigned per decade (1977 – 1986; 1987 – 1996; 1997 – 2009) to ensure that the climatology represented observations over the entire time series and no ...
7 Managing the Risks: International Level and Integration across Scales
... disaster risk reduction remains relatively low as compared to the scale of spending on international humanitarian response. [7.4.2] Governments have committed to mobilize greater amounts of funding for climate change adaptation and this may also help to support the longer-term investments necessary ...
... disaster risk reduction remains relatively low as compared to the scale of spending on international humanitarian response. [7.4.2] Governments have committed to mobilize greater amounts of funding for climate change adaptation and this may also help to support the longer-term investments necessary ...
Climate Change in the Hindu Kush-Himalayas - HimalDoc
... assessments have been useful in pointing out shortcomings and in indicating what measures need to be taken locally. Most of the countries have now developed national-level adaptation plans and strategies and are implementing them. Climate change transcends national boundaries, however, and plans on ...
... assessments have been useful in pointing out shortcomings and in indicating what measures need to be taken locally. Most of the countries have now developed national-level adaptation plans and strategies and are implementing them. Climate change transcends national boundaries, however, and plans on ...
Climate Change and its Health Implications
... increase in storms, which are not at present thought be related to human-induced global warming. The relationship between human activities and global warming is now beyond scientific doubt – although there are still several vocal cynics and the Royal Society in London produced a guide to ‘Climate Ch ...
... increase in storms, which are not at present thought be related to human-induced global warming. The relationship between human activities and global warming is now beyond scientific doubt – although there are still several vocal cynics and the Royal Society in London produced a guide to ‘Climate Ch ...
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... put it, “Climate helps you decide what clothes to buy, weather helps you decide what clothes to wear.” Scientists rely on large amounts of data over long timeframes to establish if the current weather patterns are usual. As weather measurements have been made for only 100-200 years, scientists look ...
... put it, “Climate helps you decide what clothes to buy, weather helps you decide what clothes to wear.” Scientists rely on large amounts of data over long timeframes to establish if the current weather patterns are usual. As weather measurements have been made for only 100-200 years, scientists look ...
Sweden in a World of Growing Uncertainties
... Building resilience in the face of uncertain world development 1. A substantial and growing body of evidence shows that the world’s political, financial and ecological systems are coming under increasing pressure in a world of growing uncertainties, and are increasingly dominated – even dictated – b ...
... Building resilience in the face of uncertain world development 1. A substantial and growing body of evidence shows that the world’s political, financial and ecological systems are coming under increasing pressure in a world of growing uncertainties, and are increasingly dominated – even dictated – b ...
Relationship with United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
... The Executive Committee of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage associate with Climate Change Impacts (ExCom) ...
... The Executive Committee of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage associate with Climate Change Impacts (ExCom) ...
About this Sourcebook - Stockholm Environment Institute
... Part 2: Climate Change Science - What are climate variability and climate change? Part 2 of this Sourcebook provides basic background material on the science of climate change. Climate-proofing ongoing and future projects and policies requires a strong understanding of climate science. This Part re ...
... Part 2: Climate Change Science - What are climate variability and climate change? Part 2 of this Sourcebook provides basic background material on the science of climate change. Climate-proofing ongoing and future projects and policies requires a strong understanding of climate science. This Part re ...
Upper bounds on twenty-first-century Antarctic ice loss assessed
... sea level, whereas upper-bound EISs assume a marked, sustained, step change in discharge. Here, we develop probabilistic projections of Antarctica’s mass balance (and thus its contribution to global mean sea level) in a Bayesian framework (schematically illustrated in Fig. 1) that combines expert-in ...
... sea level, whereas upper-bound EISs assume a marked, sustained, step change in discharge. Here, we develop probabilistic projections of Antarctica’s mass balance (and thus its contribution to global mean sea level) in a Bayesian framework (schematically illustrated in Fig. 1) that combines expert-in ...
Confronting Climate Change in the US Northeast
... twentieth century.”1 Thus, the Northeast and the rest of the world face continued warming and more extensive climate-related changes to come—changes that could dramatically alter the region’s economy, landscape, character, and quality of life. In October 2006, the Northeast Climate Impacts Assessm ...
... twentieth century.”1 Thus, the Northeast and the rest of the world face continued warming and more extensive climate-related changes to come—changes that could dramatically alter the region’s economy, landscape, character, and quality of life. In October 2006, the Northeast Climate Impacts Assessm ...
Methods of assessing human health vulnerability and public health
... Environmental changes are now affecting the whole planet and disrupting earth’s life-supporting mechanisms, but the extent to which this affects human well-being and health varies substantially in different parts of the world. Many research activities have been carried out in recent years to improve ...
... Environmental changes are now affecting the whole planet and disrupting earth’s life-supporting mechanisms, but the extent to which this affects human well-being and health varies substantially in different parts of the world. Many research activities have been carried out in recent years to improve ...
Recent Changes in Arctic Vegetation
... Eurasia regionally using the divisions of Treshnikov (1985) (Fig. 2.3) and for the total Eurasian domain. NDVI and summer warmth index (SWI – sum of mean monthly temperatures >0◦ C) time series were constructed for the tundra between treeline and 72◦ N (the position of the discontinuity in the NDVI ...
... Eurasia regionally using the divisions of Treshnikov (1985) (Fig. 2.3) and for the total Eurasian domain. NDVI and summer warmth index (SWI – sum of mean monthly temperatures >0◦ C) time series were constructed for the tundra between treeline and 72◦ N (the position of the discontinuity in the NDVI ...
Recent Changes in Arctic Vegetation
... Eurasia regionally using the divisions of Treshnikov (1985) (Fig. 2.3) and for the total Eurasian domain. NDVI and summer warmth index (SWI – sum of mean monthly temperatures >0◦ C) time series were constructed for the tundra between treeline and 72◦ N (the position of the discontinuity in the NDVI ...
... Eurasia regionally using the divisions of Treshnikov (1985) (Fig. 2.3) and for the total Eurasian domain. NDVI and summer warmth index (SWI – sum of mean monthly temperatures >0◦ C) time series were constructed for the tundra between treeline and 72◦ N (the position of the discontinuity in the NDVI ...
Climate Change, Vulnerability and Health: A Guide to Assessing
... decade it is estimated that, each year, between 100,000 and 200,000 deaths worldwide were attributable to the effects of climate change. Due to their unique geography, topography and climate, each country is likely to have sections of the community that are more vulnerable to the impacts of climate ...
... decade it is estimated that, each year, between 100,000 and 200,000 deaths worldwide were attributable to the effects of climate change. Due to their unique geography, topography and climate, each country is likely to have sections of the community that are more vulnerable to the impacts of climate ...
MURARI LAL (INDIA), HIDEO HARASAWA (JAPAN), AND DANIEL
... low-probability/high-consequence events vs. high-probability/ high-consequence events, risk perceptions). To understand which adaptation opportunities will be most cost-effective and have the greatest value, emphasis must be given to characteristics of system vulnerability such as resilience, critic ...
... low-probability/high-consequence events vs. high-probability/ high-consequence events, risk perceptions). To understand which adaptation opportunities will be most cost-effective and have the greatest value, emphasis must be given to characteristics of system vulnerability such as resilience, critic ...