To What Extent Are African Countries Vulnerable to Climate
... frequent event in semi-arid countries of Sub-Saharan Africa. The effects of drought are exacerbated in these regions by deep rural poverty, limited government capacity, and exposure to additional shocks (Kazianga and Udry, 2006). Such climatic risks particularly affect poor countries, and it is a gr ...
... frequent event in semi-arid countries of Sub-Saharan Africa. The effects of drought are exacerbated in these regions by deep rural poverty, limited government capacity, and exposure to additional shocks (Kazianga and Udry, 2006). Such climatic risks particularly affect poor countries, and it is a gr ...
shows
... does not allow for a transition between the different qualitative regimes of sea ice cover. Gildor and Tziperman, (2000, 2001a,b) proposed a mechanism in which sea ice acts as a “switch” of the climate system, switching it from glaciation to deglaciation. It is based on the somewhat debated (Gildor ...
... does not allow for a transition between the different qualitative regimes of sea ice cover. Gildor and Tziperman, (2000, 2001a,b) proposed a mechanism in which sea ice acts as a “switch” of the climate system, switching it from glaciation to deglaciation. It is based on the somewhat debated (Gildor ...
Climate, Carbon and Coral Reefs
... factor contributing to the loss of biological diversity, in particular since numerous species and ecosystems are unable to migrate fast enough to keep pace with the rapid changes in temperature and rainfall affecting their habitat. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, prepared by approximately 1 360 ...
... factor contributing to the loss of biological diversity, in particular since numerous species and ecosystems are unable to migrate fast enough to keep pace with the rapid changes in temperature and rainfall affecting their habitat. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, prepared by approximately 1 360 ...
PRECIS – The Hadley Centre Regional Climate Modelling system
... The boundary conditions and other Hadley Centre fields required to drive PRECIS will be supplied on tape or hard disk. Requests for these data will be made through the PRECIS web site. In order to reduce costs, Hadley Centre boundary condition data will be supplied for a limited area of the earth's ...
... The boundary conditions and other Hadley Centre fields required to drive PRECIS will be supplied on tape or hard disk. Requests for these data will be made through the PRECIS web site. In order to reduce costs, Hadley Centre boundary condition data will be supplied for a limited area of the earth's ...
Mountains and Climate Change: A global concern - EDA
... warming has not been spatially uniform. The continents have warmed faster than the oceans and higher latitudes have warmed faster than lower ones. The Arctic has warmed especially fast (Figure 1.1). Rates of temperature increase have also changed over time. The last 50 years have seen a higher rate ...
... warming has not been spatially uniform. The continents have warmed faster than the oceans and higher latitudes have warmed faster than lower ones. The Arctic has warmed especially fast (Figure 1.1). Rates of temperature increase have also changed over time. The last 50 years have seen a higher rate ...
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... disparate. Differences are not primarily due to the many uncertainties regarding what climate changes are in store; they persist even after controlling for such uncertainties. It is therefore worth starting by outlining what is involved in building scenarios of possible agricultural and food securit ...
... disparate. Differences are not primarily due to the many uncertainties regarding what climate changes are in store; they persist even after controlling for such uncertainties. It is therefore worth starting by outlining what is involved in building scenarios of possible agricultural and food securit ...
The EU Climate Change Strategy under the Lens of Multi
... participate indirectly in burden-sharing. At European level, the European Climate Change Programme (ECCP) is the main legal instrument that shapes the climate change policy. Its main objective is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in accordance with the Kyoto commitments, to promote energy efficienc ...
... participate indirectly in burden-sharing. At European level, the European Climate Change Programme (ECCP) is the main legal instrument that shapes the climate change policy. Its main objective is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in accordance with the Kyoto commitments, to promote energy efficienc ...
DOC - unece
... reduced water availability, hydropower potential, summer tourism and, in general, crop productivity. In Central and Eastern Europe, summer precipitation is projected to decrease, causing higher water stress. In Northern Europe, climate change is initially projected to bring mixed effects, including ...
... reduced water availability, hydropower potential, summer tourism and, in general, crop productivity. In Central and Eastern Europe, summer precipitation is projected to decrease, causing higher water stress. In Northern Europe, climate change is initially projected to bring mixed effects, including ...
Potential Arctic tundra vegetation shifts in
... thermokarst ponds might stimulate further soil collapse and as a consequence drastically alter hydrological and soil processes, as well as in adjacent areas (Osterkamp et al., 2009; Nauta et al., 2015; Schuur et al., 2015). The factors that drive the observed tundra vegetation composition changes, e ...
... thermokarst ponds might stimulate further soil collapse and as a consequence drastically alter hydrological and soil processes, as well as in adjacent areas (Osterkamp et al., 2009; Nauta et al., 2015; Schuur et al., 2015). The factors that drive the observed tundra vegetation composition changes, e ...
American Meteorological Society Member Survey on Global
... The aim of the survey was to answer the following five research questions: RQ1: Do AMS members feel there is unproductive conflict about climate change within AMS? If so, what do they see as ...
... The aim of the survey was to answer the following five research questions: RQ1: Do AMS members feel there is unproductive conflict about climate change within AMS? If so, what do they see as ...
Black Carbon A Review and Policy Recommendations Authors
... radiative forcing that may exceed that of methane (the second most important greenhouse gas) and may equal as much as one-third of the radiative forcing from all long-lived greenhouse gases (GHG). Because BC has a short atmospheric lifetime of less than a week, it is not well-mixed through the atmos ...
... radiative forcing that may exceed that of methane (the second most important greenhouse gas) and may equal as much as one-third of the radiative forcing from all long-lived greenhouse gases (GHG). Because BC has a short atmospheric lifetime of less than a week, it is not well-mixed through the atmos ...
Final CHNEP Vulnerability Assessment.indd
... Because much of this energy is retained in the surfaceatmosphere system, the planet is warmer than it would be if the atmosphere did not contain these gases. Without this natural “greenhouse effect” temperatures would be about 60ºF (about 33ºC) lower than they are now, and life as we know it today w ...
... Because much of this energy is retained in the surfaceatmosphere system, the planet is warmer than it would be if the atmosphere did not contain these gases. Without this natural “greenhouse effect” temperatures would be about 60ºF (about 33ºC) lower than they are now, and life as we know it today w ...
Environmental Change and Infectious Disease - ECDC
... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) states that the climate is changing; higher temperatures, sea-level rise and more extreme weather events are expected. These changes affect ecosystem, water, agriculture, socio-economic development and thus — directly or indirectly — the health of ...
... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) states that the climate is changing; higher temperatures, sea-level rise and more extreme weather events are expected. These changes affect ecosystem, water, agriculture, socio-economic development and thus — directly or indirectly — the health of ...
Sustainability goals combining social and environmental aspects
... possible to approach. These goals could trigger the profound changes needed for a sustainable and just future while remaining acceptable for the involved stakeholders. Goals are however often elusive as to what is included or not, e.g. whether emissions from trade are inc ...
... possible to approach. These goals could trigger the profound changes needed for a sustainable and just future while remaining acceptable for the involved stakeholders. Goals are however often elusive as to what is included or not, e.g. whether emissions from trade are inc ...
The Pacific Experience in Developing Policy and Legislation on
... and Cook Islands) or are currently in the process of doing so to reduce more effectively the risks to sustainable national development from multiple hazards or phenomena. An integrated approach takes into account the existing national and regional capacities to address these disaster and climate cha ...
... and Cook Islands) or are currently in the process of doing so to reduce more effectively the risks to sustainable national development from multiple hazards or phenomena. An integrated approach takes into account the existing national and regional capacities to address these disaster and climate cha ...
Mountains and Climate Change: A Global Concern
... warming has not been spatially uniform. The continents have warmed faster than the oceans and higher latitudes have warmed faster than lower ones. The Arctic has warmed especially fast (Figure 1.1). Rates of temperature increase have also changed over time. The last 50 years have seen a higher rate ...
... warming has not been spatially uniform. The continents have warmed faster than the oceans and higher latitudes have warmed faster than lower ones. The Arctic has warmed especially fast (Figure 1.1). Rates of temperature increase have also changed over time. The last 50 years have seen a higher rate ...
Climate Change and Alberta`s Forests
... The growing awareness of global climate changes and the associated increasing concentrations of atmospheric greenhouse gas emissions have raised concerns about the future welfare of Alberta’s forests and the forest land base. Forests are shaped by climate, in that climate determines what will grow, ...
... The growing awareness of global climate changes and the associated increasing concentrations of atmospheric greenhouse gas emissions have raised concerns about the future welfare of Alberta’s forests and the forest land base. Forests are shaped by climate, in that climate determines what will grow, ...
insects at not so low temperature
... now. This reliability is important. Insects cannot wait for often highly variable temperatures to change and for winter to arrive before entering dormancy or preparing for migration; rather, they use day length as an anticipatory cue to prepare for future seasonal change. Insects tend to enter diapa ...
... now. This reliability is important. Insects cannot wait for often highly variable temperatures to change and for winter to arrive before entering dormancy or preparing for migration; rather, they use day length as an anticipatory cue to prepare for future seasonal change. Insects tend to enter diapa ...
Carbon Market Crossroads
... Over the past decade global carbon markets have helped to transform the geopolitics of climate change by changing the way developing nations think about climate action. Developing countries have long seen climate change as a problem caused by developed countries and as such requiring a solution by t ...
... Over the past decade global carbon markets have helped to transform the geopolitics of climate change by changing the way developing nations think about climate action. Developing countries have long seen climate change as a problem caused by developed countries and as such requiring a solution by t ...
Governing Climate Change: Towards a New Paradigm for Risk
... system, and correspondingly creates opportunities for the integration of new information, for review and adaptation within regulation.18 Before moving on to a discussion of risk regulation as it is practiced within the EU, it should be acknowledged that this rather bloodless portrayal of the key fea ...
... system, and correspondingly creates opportunities for the integration of new information, for review and adaptation within regulation.18 Before moving on to a discussion of risk regulation as it is practiced within the EU, it should be acknowledged that this rather bloodless portrayal of the key fea ...
Expert Meeting on How to feed the world in 2050 . Critical evaluation of selected projections
... What do the EM papers imply for future levels of per capita food consumption and associated nutritional outcomes? Unfortunately, they are not very informative on this matter. The IIASA paper implies that it projected such levels (since it provides projections of population at risk of hunger which pr ...
... What do the EM papers imply for future levels of per capita food consumption and associated nutritional outcomes? Unfortunately, they are not very informative on this matter. The IIASA paper implies that it projected such levels (since it provides projections of population at risk of hunger which pr ...
Diplom/Master`s Thesis - Institute for the Study of Society and
... Hayhoe, Katharine, Laurence S. Kalkstein, Norman Miller, Susanne C. Moser, Scott C. Sheridan, Michael Dettinger. “A Tale of Two Cities: Climate Change, Extreme Heat, and Heat Mortality in California.” Environmental Health Perspectives, to be submitted. ...
... Hayhoe, Katharine, Laurence S. Kalkstein, Norman Miller, Susanne C. Moser, Scott C. Sheridan, Michael Dettinger. “A Tale of Two Cities: Climate Change, Extreme Heat, and Heat Mortality in California.” Environmental Health Perspectives, to be submitted. ...
The geography of global urban greenhouse gas emissions: an
... Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL), version 4, 2009). EDGAR is a spatial downscaling product designed to be used by modeling groups involved with atmospheric chemistry, scenario studies and policy assessments (Olivier et al. 1994, 1998). EDGAR data have been used in other studies of urban emissio ...
... Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL), version 4, 2009). EDGAR is a spatial downscaling product designed to be used by modeling groups involved with atmospheric chemistry, scenario studies and policy assessments (Olivier et al. 1994, 1998). EDGAR data have been used in other studies of urban emissio ...
Mapping climate change
... From a central-government perspective, a major part of climate change adaptation is about ensuring that the right framework conditions are in place to enable the relevant players to address climate change in a cost-effective manner. The central government must establish good framework conditions e. ...
... From a central-government perspective, a major part of climate change adaptation is about ensuring that the right framework conditions are in place to enable the relevant players to address climate change in a cost-effective manner. The central government must establish good framework conditions e. ...
SOUTH AFRICA - Initial National Communication under the
... also be detrimental to the planting of trees to serve as carbon sinks. More temperature tolerant cultivars within the current tree species could be selected, but it is more probable that more lucrative uses for the land, such as sub-tropical fruits, may compete for the land currently under tree plan ...
... also be detrimental to the planting of trees to serve as carbon sinks. More temperature tolerant cultivars within the current tree species could be selected, but it is more probable that more lucrative uses for the land, such as sub-tropical fruits, may compete for the land currently under tree plan ...