Adaptation to Climate Change: Evidence from US Agriculture September 30, 2013
... in climate, we believe they are a substantial improvement over existing approaches. Our median estimate is that corn yields will be about 15% lower by mid-century relative to a world without climate change, with some climate models projecting losses as low as 7% and others as high as 64%. Valued at ...
... in climate, we believe they are a substantial improvement over existing approaches. Our median estimate is that corn yields will be about 15% lower by mid-century relative to a world without climate change, with some climate models projecting losses as low as 7% and others as high as 64%. Valued at ...
WORD - UNCTAD Virtual Institute
... 3.1 The atmosphere: An open-access resource .............................................................94 3.2 Greenhouse gas emissions: A negative externality problem ..................................96 4 Why is it so hard to solve the climate change problem? ..................................... ...
... 3.1 The atmosphere: An open-access resource .............................................................94 3.2 Greenhouse gas emissions: A negative externality problem ..................................96 4 Why is it so hard to solve the climate change problem? ..................................... ...
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... and implementation of climate change adaptation, we conducted a survey based on a standardized questionnaire and additional interviews with experts. A prerequisite in identifying and defining tailored climate parameters important for adaptation is that a municipality already considers climate change ...
... and implementation of climate change adaptation, we conducted a survey based on a standardized questionnaire and additional interviews with experts. A prerequisite in identifying and defining tailored climate parameters important for adaptation is that a municipality already considers climate change ...
Impacts of Climate Related Geo-engineering on Biological Diversity
... ~3.1% per year. As a result, it has become much more challenging to achieve the 450 ppm CO2eq target. Avoidance of high risk of dangerous climate change therefore requires an urgent and massive effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. If such efforts are not made, ...
... ~3.1% per year. As a result, it has become much more challenging to achieve the 450 ppm CO2eq target. Avoidance of high risk of dangerous climate change therefore requires an urgent and massive effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. If such efforts are not made, ...
An Economic Analysis of Climate Adaptations to Hurricane Risk in St
... the expected benefits of these measures over the next few years.12 It might also be the case that individuals do not know what measures are cost-effective over a given period of time. This paper also evaluates the relative attractiveness of four alternative adaptation measures through benefit-cost a ...
... the expected benefits of these measures over the next few years.12 It might also be the case that individuals do not know what measures are cost-effective over a given period of time. This paper also evaluates the relative attractiveness of four alternative adaptation measures through benefit-cost a ...
FINAL 2014 2015 Annual Progress Report
... model and parts of the ocean model), in collaboration with GFDL scientists. Note that not all of the modules above involve CICS scientists; rather, CICS complements rather than duplicates GFDL efforts. For example, the dynamical core of the atmospheric model, the Sea-ice model, and many of the physi ...
... model and parts of the ocean model), in collaboration with GFDL scientists. Note that not all of the modules above involve CICS scientists; rather, CICS complements rather than duplicates GFDL efforts. For example, the dynamical core of the atmospheric model, the Sea-ice model, and many of the physi ...
Climate Change - European Commission
... limiting and reducing GHG emissions, with each country assigned a reduction target, according to its level of industrialisation. Developed countries collectively committed to reducing their GHG emissions by 5% below an agreed base year; the EU15 committed to reducing collective emissions to 8% below ...
... limiting and reducing GHG emissions, with each country assigned a reduction target, according to its level of industrialisation. Developed countries collectively committed to reducing their GHG emissions by 5% below an agreed base year; the EU15 committed to reducing collective emissions to 8% below ...
costs and benefits of climate change adaptation and mitigation
... models or energy system models. The first type of models calculates macroeconomic costs, expressed as changes in GDP, consumption, or welfare. Energy system models, on the other hand, usually measure costs related to the energy system, which consist of capital costs, fuel costs, and operation and ma ...
... models or energy system models. The first type of models calculates macroeconomic costs, expressed as changes in GDP, consumption, or welfare. Energy system models, on the other hand, usually measure costs related to the energy system, which consist of capital costs, fuel costs, and operation and ma ...
Behaviour Change - Appendix B
... architects, geographers and civil engineers. It’s part of a larger project looking at the effect of climate change and managing the risk associated with managing the living conditions within towns. He is working on the technological adaptations that can be made as result of the effects of climate ch ...
... architects, geographers and civil engineers. It’s part of a larger project looking at the effect of climate change and managing the risk associated with managing the living conditions within towns. He is working on the technological adaptations that can be made as result of the effects of climate ch ...
On the Climate Crisis, It`s Donald Trump the World
... “cancel” the universal agreement reached in Paris ...
... “cancel” the universal agreement reached in Paris ...
Impacts of thermohaline circulation shutdown in the twenty
... (not shown). Cooling is −1.7◦ C during the first ten years. In subsequent years recovery of the THC accelerates the rate of warming, and SAT catches up with that of greenhouse gas run G by the year 2150. Temperatures from the control run, and pre-industrial perturbation P are also shown. The change ...
... (not shown). Cooling is −1.7◦ C during the first ten years. In subsequent years recovery of the THC accelerates the rate of warming, and SAT catches up with that of greenhouse gas run G by the year 2150. Temperatures from the control run, and pre-industrial perturbation P are also shown. The change ...
fellmann
... exposure nor sensitivity account for the capacity of a system to adapt to climate change (i.e. its adaptive capacity), whereas vulnerability is the net impact that remains after adaptation is taken into account (cf. Figure 1). Thus, the adaptive capacity of a system affects its vulnerability to clim ...
... exposure nor sensitivity account for the capacity of a system to adapt to climate change (i.e. its adaptive capacity), whereas vulnerability is the net impact that remains after adaptation is taken into account (cf. Figure 1). Thus, the adaptive capacity of a system affects its vulnerability to clim ...
WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE Climate Change Act Now
... Model the agroecosystem trajectory in the tropical world into the future – for every significant farming domain in Africa and throughout the world Model the carbon futures scenarios for each ecosystem, yielding the enterprise portfolios and their carbon budgets – based on a firm understanding of t ...
... Model the agroecosystem trajectory in the tropical world into the future – for every significant farming domain in Africa and throughout the world Model the carbon futures scenarios for each ecosystem, yielding the enterprise portfolios and their carbon budgets – based on a firm understanding of t ...
STRIVE Ireland in a Warmer Report Series No.27
... a particular focus on coastal regions surrounding Ireland. While the impact is seasonally dependent, there is evidence that extreme wave heights may increase by up to 10% in some Irish waters. Chapter 5 describes an investigation into the impact of warmer ocean temperatures on storminess. The result ...
... a particular focus on coastal regions surrounding Ireland. While the impact is seasonally dependent, there is evidence that extreme wave heights may increase by up to 10% in some Irish waters. Chapter 5 describes an investigation into the impact of warmer ocean temperatures on storminess. The result ...
Potential climate-change impacts on the Chesapeake Bay
... scenario similar to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC’s) A2 storyline (Fig. 2), these changes increase to 45% and 0.5, respectively, by 2100. 2.2. Water temperature Fig. 3 shows 20th-century surface water temperature variability measured at two locations in the Chesapeake Bay. Hi ...
... scenario similar to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC’s) A2 storyline (Fig. 2), these changes increase to 45% and 0.5, respectively, by 2100. 2.2. Water temperature Fig. 3 shows 20th-century surface water temperature variability measured at two locations in the Chesapeake Bay. Hi ...
CSKT Climate Change Strategic Plan
... Climate Change: any significant change in measures of climate (such as temperature, precipitation, or wind) lasting for an extended period of time (decades or longer). Climate change may result from natural factors and processes and from human activities that change the at ...
... Climate Change: any significant change in measures of climate (such as temperature, precipitation, or wind) lasting for an extended period of time (decades or longer). Climate change may result from natural factors and processes and from human activities that change the at ...
Program of the Climate Engineering Conference 2014
... first broadened the conversation. The 2010 Asilomar International Conference on Climate Intervention Technologies represented the first attempt by the academic community to generate research guidelines, but new governance proposals and initiatives have since proliferated. International governance fo ...
... first broadened the conversation. The 2010 Asilomar International Conference on Climate Intervention Technologies represented the first attempt by the academic community to generate research guidelines, but new governance proposals and initiatives have since proliferated. International governance fo ...
- Wiley Online Library
... 2007). Hence, with its earlier and more intense warming, the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau serves as a sensitive indicator of regional and global climate change (Li & Fang, 1999). The future projections based on the IPCC global climate models clearly indicate that the warming trend on the plateau will con ...
... 2007). Hence, with its earlier and more intense warming, the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau serves as a sensitive indicator of regional and global climate change (Li & Fang, 1999). The future projections based on the IPCC global climate models clearly indicate that the warming trend on the plateau will con ...
Donner Webbe Kiribati KAP 2013
... internationally supported climate change adaptation projects, using the example of efforts to implement coastal protection measures (e.g. sea walls, mangrove planting) in Kiribati. The central equatorial Pacific country is home to the Kiribati Adaptation Project, the first national-level climate cha ...
... internationally supported climate change adaptation projects, using the example of efforts to implement coastal protection measures (e.g. sea walls, mangrove planting) in Kiribati. The central equatorial Pacific country is home to the Kiribati Adaptation Project, the first national-level climate cha ...
argue - DLR ELIB
... difficulty is the quantification of input parameters (due to underlying uncertainty in atmospheric processes). In addition, for some transport-related emissions, the values of metrics (unlike the gases included in the Kyoto Protocol) depend on where and when the emissions are introduced into the atmos ...
... difficulty is the quantification of input parameters (due to underlying uncertainty in atmospheric processes). In addition, for some transport-related emissions, the values of metrics (unlike the gases included in the Kyoto Protocol) depend on where and when the emissions are introduced into the atmos ...
- Nottingham ePrints
... 1986, for example, Von Storch and Krauss (2005). This image has now become, for some, a symbol of climate alarmism or catastrophism (e.g. Rosenthal, 2010). More recently, images of extreme weather have become more frequent and more commonplace in media reporting from around the world. They are no lo ...
... 1986, for example, Von Storch and Krauss (2005). This image has now become, for some, a symbol of climate alarmism or catastrophism (e.g. Rosenthal, 2010). More recently, images of extreme weather have become more frequent and more commonplace in media reporting from around the world. They are no lo ...
Author`s personal copy
... of the scientific community. It is a hoax. There is no scientific consensus^ (Broun 2009). Similarly, Representative Burgess states, BMy opinion, for what it is worth, is that the science behind global temperature changes is not settled^ (Burgess 2011). If their statements were based solely on the i ...
... of the scientific community. It is a hoax. There is no scientific consensus^ (Broun 2009). Similarly, Representative Burgess states, BMy opinion, for what it is worth, is that the science behind global temperature changes is not settled^ (Burgess 2011). If their statements were based solely on the i ...
kenya national climate change policy
... instances, there maybe concurrent performance of climate change related functions by the two levels of government. It is therefore necessary to review the overall legislative and institutional arrangements that govern climate change actions. Various sectoral laws and policies that will provide the l ...
... instances, there maybe concurrent performance of climate change related functions by the two levels of government. It is therefore necessary to review the overall legislative and institutional arrangements that govern climate change actions. Various sectoral laws and policies that will provide the l ...
vulnerability analysis to climate change in the caribbean belize
... Current and future effects of climate change are constantly more complex, creating more pressure on ecosystems and affecting the lifestyles of the people who depend on natural resources under constantly changing conditions. For this reason coastal communities need to anticipate and prepare for chang ...
... Current and future effects of climate change are constantly more complex, creating more pressure on ecosystems and affecting the lifestyles of the people who depend on natural resources under constantly changing conditions. For this reason coastal communities need to anticipate and prepare for chang ...
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... Temperatures in Namibia have been increasing at three times the global mean temperature increases reported for the 20th century. The temperature rise predicted for 2100 ranges from 2 to 6°C. Particularly in the central regions, lower rainfall is expected, while overall rainfall is projected to becom ...
... Temperatures in Namibia have been increasing at three times the global mean temperature increases reported for the 20th century. The temperature rise predicted for 2100 ranges from 2 to 6°C. Particularly in the central regions, lower rainfall is expected, while overall rainfall is projected to becom ...
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.