Livestock and climate change
... A number of IFAD projects currently promote a more sustainable utilization of fisheries resources and value adding through diversification activities. (See the example of the Republic of Mauritius summarized in case study 1.) In particular, fishing communities in Africa will be most vulnerable to c ...
... A number of IFAD projects currently promote a more sustainable utilization of fisheries resources and value adding through diversification activities. (See the example of the Republic of Mauritius summarized in case study 1.) In particular, fishing communities in Africa will be most vulnerable to c ...
Bureaucratic Land Rush - Global Public Policy Institute
... Protests of 1989 impelled China’s leadership to participate in the international climate negotiations, presenting itself as an active part of the international community. The task of mastering this difficult walk on the international tightrope was entrusted to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs—a task, ...
... Protests of 1989 impelled China’s leadership to participate in the international climate negotiations, presenting itself as an active part of the international community. The task of mastering this difficult walk on the international tightrope was entrusted to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs—a task, ...
Climate Change Corrections - Florida Department of Environmental
... how rapidly, what other climate changes will accompany the warming, and what the longterm effects of these changes will be. Florida is particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. It has over 1,200 miles of coastline, almost 4,500 square miles of estuaries and bays, more than 6,700 squa ...
... how rapidly, what other climate changes will accompany the warming, and what the longterm effects of these changes will be. Florida is particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. It has over 1,200 miles of coastline, almost 4,500 square miles of estuaries and bays, more than 6,700 squa ...
changes in high flows in Sweden in the past and the future (1911
... the south-to-north climate gradient are driven mainly by snowmelt, whereas autumn/winter peaks are primarily rain driven. Thus, analyzing each group separately can provide information about any shift in hydrological regime and dominant processes that can cause high flows. We also investigated variat ...
... the south-to-north climate gradient are driven mainly by snowmelt, whereas autumn/winter peaks are primarily rain driven. Thus, analyzing each group separately can provide information about any shift in hydrological regime and dominant processes that can cause high flows. We also investigated variat ...
A plants perspective of extremes: terrestrial plant responses to
... and boreal zones, which are often temperature limited, a central trade-off revolves around maximizing the vegetation period while avoiding frost damage (Kramer et al., 2010). An untimely response to early warm spells may be fatal, but can bring enormous advantages for early successional or opportuni ...
... and boreal zones, which are often temperature limited, a central trade-off revolves around maximizing the vegetation period while avoiding frost damage (Kramer et al., 2010). An untimely response to early warm spells may be fatal, but can bring enormous advantages for early successional or opportuni ...
Dialogue on Long Term Persistence
... Long term persistence and trend significance “Is global average temperature increase statistically significant?” To answer this question one needs to make assumptions on the statistical nature of the temperature time series and to choose what statistical model is most appropriate. If the temperatur ...
... Long term persistence and trend significance “Is global average temperature increase statistically significant?” To answer this question one needs to make assumptions on the statistical nature of the temperature time series and to choose what statistical model is most appropriate. If the temperatur ...
A plant`s perspective of extremes: terrestrial plant responses to
... and boreal zones, which are often temperature limited, a central trade-off revolves around maximizing the vegetation period while avoiding frost damage (Kramer et al., 2010). An untimely response to early warm spells may be fatal, but can bring enormous advantages for early successional or opportuni ...
... and boreal zones, which are often temperature limited, a central trade-off revolves around maximizing the vegetation period while avoiding frost damage (Kramer et al., 2010). An untimely response to early warm spells may be fatal, but can bring enormous advantages for early successional or opportuni ...
The Surveyor’s Role in Monitoring, Mitigating, and Adapting to Climate Change FIG REPORT
... data vital to understanding the impacts of climate change, but also to grasp many of the complex human, political and physical interactions that arise in dealing with climate change issues. Understanding the full extent of the complex interactions that are part of climate change science requires not ...
... data vital to understanding the impacts of climate change, but also to grasp many of the complex human, political and physical interactions that arise in dealing with climate change issues. Understanding the full extent of the complex interactions that are part of climate change science requires not ...
Report
... as mega-storms, the 2012 drought in the West African Sahel affected 15 million people4 and grain prices increased globally as a result of an American Midwest drought that occurred in the same year. These events coincide with a record atmospheric carbon level of 400 ppm, which was observed in May of ...
... as mega-storms, the 2012 drought in the West African Sahel affected 15 million people4 and grain prices increased globally as a result of an American Midwest drought that occurred in the same year. These events coincide with a record atmospheric carbon level of 400 ppm, which was observed in May of ...
divest riverside! - Riverside Church
... As Pastor Amy has encouraged us, “If we step bravely and faithfully into the future, surely God will meet us there.” ...
... As Pastor Amy has encouraged us, “If we step bravely and faithfully into the future, surely God will meet us there.” ...
Climate Change Briefing: Questions for Directors to Ask
... tax or a cap-and-trade system. Further, the federal government announced its commitment to establish a national carbon price across all provinces and territories, starting at a minimum of $10 a tonne in 2018, rising by $10 a tonne each year to $50 a tonne by 2022.8 In some sectors, current and antic ...
... tax or a cap-and-trade system. Further, the federal government announced its commitment to establish a national carbon price across all provinces and territories, starting at a minimum of $10 a tonne in 2018, rising by $10 a tonne each year to $50 a tonne by 2022.8 In some sectors, current and antic ...
Evidence for parallel adaptation to climate across the natural range
... hapmap). The A. thaliana accessions that we used were taken from 853 lines characterized at 149 SNPs. It was important to have evidence that the accessions had experienced the local climate for long enough to adapt to their collection climate locality. Thus, we attempted to only use accessions that ...
... hapmap). The A. thaliana accessions that we used were taken from 853 lines characterized at 149 SNPs. It was important to have evidence that the accessions had experienced the local climate for long enough to adapt to their collection climate locality. Thus, we attempted to only use accessions that ...
Climate Change, Directed Technical Change and Exhaustible
... Recent scientific evidence shows that human activity has a non-negligible impact on climate change (see for instance the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC (2014)). From an economic point of view, climate change is not neutral. It can generate direct costs (such as the cost ...
... Recent scientific evidence shows that human activity has a non-negligible impact on climate change (see for instance the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC (2014)). From an economic point of view, climate change is not neutral. It can generate direct costs (such as the cost ...
Summary for Policymakers
... Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis Summary for Policymakers A. Introduction The Working Group I contribution to the IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) considers new evidence of climate change based on many independent scientific analyses from observations of the climate system, paleoc ...
... Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis Summary for Policymakers A. Introduction The Working Group I contribution to the IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) considers new evidence of climate change based on many independent scientific analyses from observations of the climate system, paleoc ...
influence of surface/free-air decoupling on temperature trend patterns
... exposed free‐air locations. On a mean annual basis there are no strong relationships between temperature trend magnitude, elevation, topographic incision, or coupling index. However, in winter, warming is weaker at decoupled locations, especially when snow cover is present. Where snow is absent in w ...
... exposed free‐air locations. On a mean annual basis there are no strong relationships between temperature trend magnitude, elevation, topographic incision, or coupling index. However, in winter, warming is weaker at decoupled locations, especially when snow cover is present. Where snow is absent in w ...
Climate Change and National Park Wildlife: A Survival
... Wildlife is threatened now as perhaps never before. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns that up to a quarter of assessed species could face extinction due to global warming by the end of this century. It’s difficult to imagine that the changes leading to mass wildlife extinctions wou ...
... Wildlife is threatened now as perhaps never before. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns that up to a quarter of assessed species could face extinction due to global warming by the end of this century. It’s difficult to imagine that the changes leading to mass wildlife extinctions wou ...
Effects of climate change on European ducks: what do we know and
... during years with positive North Atlantic Oscillation index values (hereafter NAO; positive values characterising mild and rainy winters in northern Europe), climate change is at least partly responsible for shifts in bird migration dates (Vähätalo et al. 2004). However, the actual processes under ...
... during years with positive North Atlantic Oscillation index values (hereafter NAO; positive values characterising mild and rainy winters in northern Europe), climate change is at least partly responsible for shifts in bird migration dates (Vähätalo et al. 2004). However, the actual processes under ...
Presentation
... 22Department of Earth & Environmental Engineering, Columbia University Department of Earth & Environmental Engineering, Columbia University ...
... 22Department of Earth & Environmental Engineering, Columbia University Department of Earth & Environmental Engineering, Columbia University ...
Double exposure: assessing the impacts of climate change within
... 2. Winners and losers The idea of winners and losers has been referred to frequently in discussions of both climate change impacts and the consequences of globalization. Winners are considered those countries, regions or social groups that are likely to bene"t from the ongoing processes of climate c ...
... 2. Winners and losers The idea of winners and losers has been referred to frequently in discussions of both climate change impacts and the consequences of globalization. Winners are considered those countries, regions or social groups that are likely to bene"t from the ongoing processes of climate c ...
Success factors for communicating climate change
... comments. Some of the questions also had an option to leave additional information/comments. The survey was conducted in 5 different languages and altogether 358 results were collected. The analysis has been done based on the participants’ profession/employment. The results of this survey regarding ...
... comments. Some of the questions also had an option to leave additional information/comments. The survey was conducted in 5 different languages and altogether 358 results were collected. The analysis has been done based on the participants’ profession/employment. The results of this survey regarding ...
674_0 - Global Environment Facility
... Marine resources are tuna fisheries exploited by foreign fishing on payment of licensing fees, ornamental fish exported by local entrepreneurs, and seaweed farmed on few islands for export. The limited natural resources are sensitive to the nature of the prevailing weather and climate which varies o ...
... Marine resources are tuna fisheries exploited by foreign fishing on payment of licensing fees, ornamental fish exported by local entrepreneurs, and seaweed farmed on few islands for export. The limited natural resources are sensitive to the nature of the prevailing weather and climate which varies o ...
The impact of climate change and weather on transport - MOWE-IT
... The main consequences of climate change as predicted by most of the existing climate models are an increase in global temperatures, changes in precipitation patterns, and sea level rise. In general, climate models predict that increases in temperature will be higher over land areas than over oceans ...
... The main consequences of climate change as predicted by most of the existing climate models are an increase in global temperatures, changes in precipitation patterns, and sea level rise. In general, climate models predict that increases in temperature will be higher over land areas than over oceans ...
Stratospheric Aerosol Geoengineering
... While sulfuric acid in high concentrations can be dangerous, and acid rain in the troposphere is mainly sulfuric and nitric acid, the amount of annual sulfur emissions to the stratosphere that have been proposed, 5–10 Tg (Tg ¼ 1012 g), is much less than the annual volcanic SO2 emissions into the tro ...
... While sulfuric acid in high concentrations can be dangerous, and acid rain in the troposphere is mainly sulfuric and nitric acid, the amount of annual sulfur emissions to the stratosphere that have been proposed, 5–10 Tg (Tg ¼ 1012 g), is much less than the annual volcanic SO2 emissions into the tro ...
concluded
... probabilistically with a quantified likelihood (from exceptionally unlikely to virtually certain). Confidence in the validity of a finding is based on the type, amount, quality, and consistency of evidence (e.g., data, mechanistic understanding, theory, models, expert judgment) and the degree of agr ...
... probabilistically with a quantified likelihood (from exceptionally unlikely to virtually certain). Confidence in the validity of a finding is based on the type, amount, quality, and consistency of evidence (e.g., data, mechanistic understanding, theory, models, expert judgment) and the degree of agr ...
Fred Singer
Siegfried Fred Singer (born September 27, 1924) is an Austrian-born American physicist and emeritus professor of environmental science at the University of Virginia. Singer trained as an atmospheric physicist and is known for his work in space research, atmospheric pollution, rocket and satellite technology, his questioning of the link between UV-B and melanoma rates, and that between CFCs and stratospheric ozone loss, his public denial of the health risks of passive smoking, and as an advocate for climate change denial. He is the author or editor of several books including Global Effects of Environmental Pollution (1970), The Ocean in Human Affairs (1989), Global Climate Change (1989), The Greenhouse Debate Continued (1992), and Hot Talk, Cold Science (1997). He has also co-authored Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1,500 Years (2007) with Dennis Avery, and Climate Change Reconsidered (2009) with Craig Idso.Singer has had a varied career, serving in the armed forces, government, and academia. He designed mines for the U.S. Navy during World War II, before obtaining his Ph.D. in physics from Princeton University in 1948 and working as a scientific liaison officer in the U.S. Embassy in London. He became a leading figure in early space research, was involved in the development of earth observation satellites, and in 1962 established the National Weather Bureau's Satellite Service Center. He was the founding dean of the University of Miami School of Environmental and Planetary Sciences in 1964, and held several government positions, including deputy assistant administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency, and chief scientist for the Department of Transportation. He held a professorship with the University of Virginia from 1971 until 1994, and with George Mason University until 2000.In 1990 Singer founded the Science & Environmental Policy Project to advocate for climate change denial, and in 2006 was named by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as one of a minority of scientists said to be creating a stand-off on a consensus on climate change. Singer argues there is no evidence that global warming is attributable to human-caused increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide, and that humanity would benefit if temperatures do rise.He is an opponent of the Kyoto Protocol, and has claimed climate models as not based on reality, and not evidence. Singer has been accused of rejecting peer-reviewed and independently confirmed scientific evidence in his claims concerning public health and environmental issues.