Development and Climate Change: A Strategic Framework for the
... The development challenge is to accelerate or maintain robust economic growth in poorer countries despite the asymmetric impacts of climate change. In addition to a higher burden of adaptation, these countries may also need to moderate their emissions trajectories within the constraints of much lowe ...
... The development challenge is to accelerate or maintain robust economic growth in poorer countries despite the asymmetric impacts of climate change. In addition to a higher burden of adaptation, these countries may also need to moderate their emissions trajectories within the constraints of much lowe ...
Accurate estimates of yield gaps - Van Bussel et al 2015
... larger spatial scales is essential because data collection at a large number of locations is expensive and time consuming. In this paper we describe an approach that consists of a climate zonation scheme supplemented by agronomical and locally relevant weather, soil and cropping system data. Two ele ...
... larger spatial scales is essential because data collection at a large number of locations is expensive and time consuming. In this paper we describe an approach that consists of a climate zonation scheme supplemented by agronomical and locally relevant weather, soil and cropping system data. Two ele ...
Long-term macroinvertebrate responses to climate change
... start at the beginning. Furthermore, we observed that years that are wetter on average in October through December tend to be wetter on average in January through April, and the same is true for temperature. The relationship between air temperature (degree-days) and precipitation was examined using ...
... start at the beginning. Furthermore, we observed that years that are wetter on average in October through December tend to be wetter on average in January through April, and the same is true for temperature. The relationship between air temperature (degree-days) and precipitation was examined using ...
Potential Impacts of Contemporary Changing Climate on Caribbean
... km 2 (35 miles2), to continental nations such as the United States, measuring 9-37 million km 2 (3-61 million miles2). The wider Caribbean (Fig. 1) may be significantly affected by global changes due to atmospheric trace gas loading, including warming and the subsequent rise in ocean levels. The wid ...
... km 2 (35 miles2), to continental nations such as the United States, measuring 9-37 million km 2 (3-61 million miles2). The wider Caribbean (Fig. 1) may be significantly affected by global changes due to atmospheric trace gas loading, including warming and the subsequent rise in ocean levels. The wid ...
Sensitivity of Twentieth-Century Sahel Rainfall to
... Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom (Manuscript received 12 December 2010, in final form 6 April 2011) ABSTRACT A full understanding of the causes of the severe drought seen in the Sahel in the latter part of the twentiethcentury remains elusive some 25 yr after the h ...
... Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom (Manuscript received 12 December 2010, in final form 6 April 2011) ABSTRACT A full understanding of the causes of the severe drought seen in the Sahel in the latter part of the twentiethcentury remains elusive some 25 yr after the h ...
Global Climate Risk Index 2006
... events can have on the life situation of many people, both in rich and poor countries. Hurricane Katrina caused damages of more than 100 billion dollars in the USA, an unprecedented scale (Munich Re 2006). Central American countries like Mexico and Guatemala have also been ravaged by devastating hur ...
... events can have on the life situation of many people, both in rich and poor countries. Hurricane Katrina caused damages of more than 100 billion dollars in the USA, an unprecedented scale (Munich Re 2006). Central American countries like Mexico and Guatemala have also been ravaged by devastating hur ...
Adaptation and Vulnerability to Climate Change: The
... have increased. A notable example was the European heatwave of 2003, which killed around 50,000 people2. The global surface affected by drought has doubled since 19703. Trends in flooding are harder to identify, but there is a highly significant shift to more frequent “100-year” floods on great rive ...
... have increased. A notable example was the European heatwave of 2003, which killed around 50,000 people2. The global surface affected by drought has doubled since 19703. Trends in flooding are harder to identify, but there is a highly significant shift to more frequent “100-year” floods on great rive ...
On the tropical origin of uncertainties in the global land precipitation
... hereafter, available at http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/ data) available at a 0.5 horizontal resolution. While this dataset is probably one of the best available to validate the mean land surface climate over recent decades, it has well-known limitations for timeseries analysis. Nevertheless, this pro ...
... hereafter, available at http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/ data) available at a 0.5 horizontal resolution. While this dataset is probably one of the best available to validate the mean land surface climate over recent decades, it has well-known limitations for timeseries analysis. Nevertheless, this pro ...
Science TEKS Clarification Environmental
... Descriptive investigations involve collecting qualitative and/or quantitative data to draw conclusions about a natural or manmade system (e.g., rock formation, animal behavior, cloud, bicycle, electrical circuit). A descriptive investigation includes a question, but no hypothesis. Observations are r ...
... Descriptive investigations involve collecting qualitative and/or quantitative data to draw conclusions about a natural or manmade system (e.g., rock formation, animal behavior, cloud, bicycle, electrical circuit). A descriptive investigation includes a question, but no hypothesis. Observations are r ...
Preparing BC for Climate Migration
... historical and ongoing contribution to global warming, what is our collective obligation to people fleeing regions most affected by climate change, and how prepared are we to meet these obligations? According to 2008 World Resources Institute climate data,1 Canada ranked fourth among the highest per ...
... historical and ongoing contribution to global warming, what is our collective obligation to people fleeing regions most affected by climate change, and how prepared are we to meet these obligations? According to 2008 World Resources Institute climate data,1 Canada ranked fourth among the highest per ...
Climate Change, Natural Hazards and Cities
... Moreover, it is important to explore the impact that a changing climate will have on natural hazards that our cities face. A central question for this report is – are disaster-generating events, those trigger events, likely to increase in number and intensity as a result of climate change? Over the ...
... Moreover, it is important to explore the impact that a changing climate will have on natural hazards that our cities face. A central question for this report is – are disaster-generating events, those trigger events, likely to increase in number and intensity as a result of climate change? Over the ...
Turning the Tide: Recognizing Climate Change Refugees in
... Trading Scheme; the United Kingdom has concluded the 2007 Climate Change Bill; and the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) functions primarily as an ad hoc lobby and negotiating voice for small island developing states within the UN system, especially in relation to climate change. Such programs ...
... Trading Scheme; the United Kingdom has concluded the 2007 Climate Change Bill; and the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) functions primarily as an ad hoc lobby and negotiating voice for small island developing states within the UN system, especially in relation to climate change. Such programs ...
Potential effects of climate change and rising CO2 on ecosystem
... occasionally corrected through a combination of sensitivity analyses and investigation into alternative data sources (e.g., Ollinger and Smith 2005). Errors associated with poorly understood mechanisms are more difficult to address and often require additional research. 2.4 Climate and Environmental ...
... occasionally corrected through a combination of sensitivity analyses and investigation into alternative data sources (e.g., Ollinger and Smith 2005). Errors associated with poorly understood mechanisms are more difficult to address and often require additional research. 2.4 Climate and Environmental ...
A 10-Year Multidisciplinary Program on the Mediterranean Water
... Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca, Spain; Ivan� an Picek—Meteorological and Hydrological Service (DHMZ), Zagreb, Croatia; Kottmeier—Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research (IMK), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, ...
... Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca, Spain; Ivan� an Picek—Meteorological and Hydrological Service (DHMZ), Zagreb, Croatia; Kottmeier—Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research (IMK), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, ...
KidsCall-Climate Change
... http://www.pik-potsdam.de/infodesk/climatechange-knowledge-in-a-nutshell ...
... http://www.pik-potsdam.de/infodesk/climatechange-knowledge-in-a-nutshell ...
Risk, uncertainty and the institutional geographies of
... Risk is a generative concept whose meaning and significance are understood in a variety of different ways. The sociologist Ulrich Beck (1992) famously theorized that new incalculable risks like climate change are triggering a more reflexive phase of modernization concerned with the risks created by ...
... Risk is a generative concept whose meaning and significance are understood in a variety of different ways. The sociologist Ulrich Beck (1992) famously theorized that new incalculable risks like climate change are triggering a more reflexive phase of modernization concerned with the risks created by ...
Climate Change Vulnerabilities: Case Studies of the Maldives and
... also notes that these migrations, forced by “quick changes” of the climate and sudden effects on the population, are likely to increase in frequency and magnitude (Reuveny 2007). Some uptick in this frequency has already been noted: “in recent decades Asia, Africa, and Latin America have both faced ...
... also notes that these migrations, forced by “quick changes” of the climate and sudden effects on the population, are likely to increase in frequency and magnitude (Reuveny 2007). Some uptick in this frequency has already been noted: “in recent decades Asia, Africa, and Latin America have both faced ...
Impact of Climate Change on the Aral Sea and Its Basin
... on the Ust-Urt Plateau on the west (Philip Micklin, 9 May 2012, personal communication). Warming of the global climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice and rising global average se ...
... on the Ust-Urt Plateau on the west (Philip Micklin, 9 May 2012, personal communication). Warming of the global climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice and rising global average se ...
NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY - Indus Valley School of Art
... diseases because of insufficient clean drinking water availability, water for personal hygiene or for washing food; they may also cause severe psychological problems among the affected population (e.g. mental health effects such as depression have been observed in the aftermath of the 2010 disastrou ...
... diseases because of insufficient clean drinking water availability, water for personal hygiene or for washing food; they may also cause severe psychological problems among the affected population (e.g. mental health effects such as depression have been observed in the aftermath of the 2010 disastrou ...
Sensitivity of thermohaline circulation to decadal and
... response time is too long for the deeper ocean to be affected on an interannual basis. However, if either of these conditions, El Niño or La Niña, were to last for an anomalously long period, as observed during the period 1990– 1995 with conditions similar to El Niño, marked changes in oceanic TH ...
... response time is too long for the deeper ocean to be affected on an interannual basis. However, if either of these conditions, El Niño or La Niña, were to last for an anomalously long period, as observed during the period 1990– 1995 with conditions similar to El Niño, marked changes in oceanic TH ...
Regional Climate Adaptation Planning Alliance
... demand in multiple sectors could be most threatened by increasing dryness. The built environment is most threatened by future increases in flooding, wildfire risk and energy disruptions. The report finds that the biggest concern for the public health sector is likely to be the increase in heat-relat ...
... demand in multiple sectors could be most threatened by increasing dryness. The built environment is most threatened by future increases in flooding, wildfire risk and energy disruptions. The report finds that the biggest concern for the public health sector is likely to be the increase in heat-relat ...
Sensitivity of thermohaline circulation to decadal
... response time is too long for the deeper ocean to be affected on an interannual basis. However, if either of these conditions, El Niño or La Niña, were to last for an anomalously long period, as observed during the period 1990– 1995 with conditions similar to El Niño, marked changes in oceanic TH ...
... response time is too long for the deeper ocean to be affected on an interannual basis. However, if either of these conditions, El Niño or La Niña, were to last for an anomalously long period, as observed during the period 1990– 1995 with conditions similar to El Niño, marked changes in oceanic TH ...
Sensitivity of the Humboldt Current system to global warming: a
... models generally have a rather coarse spatial resolution (*2–3° in the atmosphere, *1–2° in the ocean), which does not allow an adequate representation of regional dynamical processes, such as the influence of the Andes mountains on the atmospheric circulation, or the role of the continental shelf a ...
... models generally have a rather coarse spatial resolution (*2–3° in the atmosphere, *1–2° in the ocean), which does not allow an adequate representation of regional dynamical processes, such as the influence of the Andes mountains on the atmospheric circulation, or the role of the continental shelf a ...
Climate change and disaster management
... Populations are highly variable in their endowments and the developing countries, particularly the least developed countries . . . have lesser capacity to adapt and are more vulnerable to climate change damages, just as they are more vulnerable to other stresses.This condition is most extreme among ...
... Populations are highly variable in their endowments and the developing countries, particularly the least developed countries . . . have lesser capacity to adapt and are more vulnerable to climate change damages, just as they are more vulnerable to other stresses.This condition is most extreme among ...
The ocean`s role in polar climate change
... Arctic atmosphere is stably stratified by thermal inversion at the surface, any warming that occurs there does not reach far up into the troposphere. Moreover, the surface energy balance is very sensitive to processes going on in the planetary boundary layer and cloud radiative processes (see, e.g. ...
... Arctic atmosphere is stably stratified by thermal inversion at the surface, any warming that occurs there does not reach far up into the troposphere. Moreover, the surface energy balance is very sensitive to processes going on in the planetary boundary layer and cloud radiative processes (see, e.g. ...
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.