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... Tanzania has prepared a NAPA to address short-term needs. The NAPA includes a good description of the main problems, a set of key priorities and selected project briefs. Water and agriculture are the main priority areas. Currently only limited funding for the plan has been achieved. However, as clea ...
... Tanzania has prepared a NAPA to address short-term needs. The NAPA includes a good description of the main problems, a set of key priorities and selected project briefs. Water and agriculture are the main priority areas. Currently only limited funding for the plan has been achieved. However, as clea ...
A Climate Risk Management Approach to Disaster Reduction
... to manage the local manifestations of global climate risk, through to global measures to reduce hazard (for example, by reducing greenhouse gas emissions) and to reduce vulnerability (by increasing the social and economic resilience of vulnerable countries such as SIDS, for example). Integrated clim ...
... to manage the local manifestations of global climate risk, through to global measures to reduce hazard (for example, by reducing greenhouse gas emissions) and to reduce vulnerability (by increasing the social and economic resilience of vulnerable countries such as SIDS, for example). Integrated clim ...
IFC Definitions and Metrics for Climate
... Background Climate change is a developmental and business issue. Smart business leaders recognize that changes in temperature and rainfall patterns, rising sea levels, and more frequent natural disasters bring new risks that must be professionally managed in order for their companies to stay compe ...
... Background Climate change is a developmental and business issue. Smart business leaders recognize that changes in temperature and rainfall patterns, rising sea levels, and more frequent natural disasters bring new risks that must be professionally managed in order for their companies to stay compe ...
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... Today’s trend of rising temperatures is mainly due to human climate drivers. Is it true, as is often claimed, that science is united around the theory that global warming is manmade? In order to answer this question, we need to specify what is meant both by the theory in question and by scientific c ...
... Today’s trend of rising temperatures is mainly due to human climate drivers. Is it true, as is often claimed, that science is united around the theory that global warming is manmade? In order to answer this question, we need to specify what is meant both by the theory in question and by scientific c ...
understanding el niño in ocean–atmosphere general
... coupled ocean–atmosphere system. In the second, ENSO is a damped mode externally sustained by atmospheric random “noise” forcing. There are arguments to support both perspectives, and there are studies that suggest that the system may alternate between multidecadal epochs of more damped march 2009 ...
... coupled ocean–atmosphere system. In the second, ENSO is a damped mode externally sustained by atmospheric random “noise” forcing. There are arguments to support both perspectives, and there are studies that suggest that the system may alternate between multidecadal epochs of more damped march 2009 ...
Long-Term Climate Change Commitment and Reversibility: An EMIC Intercomparison Please share
... which climate change is reversible if atmospheric CO2 is left to evolve freely or is artificially restored to preindustrial levels. Climate change commitment refers to the climate changes that are to be expected in the future in response to past human activities. The concept of commitment is tied to ...
... which climate change is reversible if atmospheric CO2 is left to evolve freely or is artificially restored to preindustrial levels. Climate change commitment refers to the climate changes that are to be expected in the future in response to past human activities. The concept of commitment is tied to ...
Lessons from the field: experiences of FAO climate change projects
... within agricultural ministries and research and extension institutions. In many places, this capacity still needs to be strengthened, but where it has been put in place, experiences have shown that it has encouraged transparency of initiatives, helped fine-tune implementation and targeting, and gene ...
... within agricultural ministries and research and extension institutions. In many places, this capacity still needs to be strengthened, but where it has been put in place, experiences have shown that it has encouraged transparency of initiatives, helped fine-tune implementation and targeting, and gene ...
Carbon dioxide and climate impulse response functions for the
... Additional uncertainties are of a fundamental nature as any metric to compare greenhouse gas emissions represents a crude simplification. Different forcing agents are distinct and have distinct impacts on climate and the Earth system. Differences include different atmospheric perturbation lifetimes ...
... Additional uncertainties are of a fundamental nature as any metric to compare greenhouse gas emissions represents a crude simplification. Different forcing agents are distinct and have distinct impacts on climate and the Earth system. Differences include different atmospheric perturbation lifetimes ...
“Community Vulnerability Mapping”: Enabling Participation and
... witnessing the effects of heavy rains, devastating floods and drought. During the mid 1980s, economic losses to drought were estimated at several millions of United States dollars.6 ...
... witnessing the effects of heavy rains, devastating floods and drought. During the mid 1980s, economic losses to drought were estimated at several millions of United States dollars.6 ...
CURRICULUM VITAE
... and associated program funds for energy. Dr. Easterling was advised by a Coordinating Council consisting of faculty representatives from each of the 8 member Colleges and was responsible to an Executive Committee consisting of College Deans and the Senior VicePresident for Research. 1997-1998 Associ ...
... and associated program funds for energy. Dr. Easterling was advised by a Coordinating Council consisting of faculty representatives from each of the 8 member Colleges and was responsible to an Executive Committee consisting of College Deans and the Senior VicePresident for Research. 1997-1998 Associ ...
Technical Summary - Climate Change 2013
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). This comprehensive assessment of the physical aspects of climate change puts a focus on those elements that are relevant to understand past, document current and project future climate change. The assessment builds on the IPCC Fourth Assessment Repor ...
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). This comprehensive assessment of the physical aspects of climate change puts a focus on those elements that are relevant to understand past, document current and project future climate change. The assessment builds on the IPCC Fourth Assessment Repor ...
United Nations Development Programme
... reference point for annual strategic priorities within the current cycle period. UNDP has a proven track record and experience in addressing environmental challenges in the country. One of the key pillars in the area of environmental protection is directed towards providing strategic support to deci ...
... reference point for annual strategic priorities within the current cycle period. UNDP has a proven track record and experience in addressing environmental challenges in the country. One of the key pillars in the area of environmental protection is directed towards providing strategic support to deci ...
CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS FOR MACEDONIA
... The difference is probably related to the fact that IS92 emission scenarios, proposed by IPCC in 1995, were more optimistic that SRES scenarios proposed in 2001. This can be seen also in global temperature change projections based on IS92 emission scenarios w ...
... The difference is probably related to the fact that IS92 emission scenarios, proposed by IPCC in 1995, were more optimistic that SRES scenarios proposed in 2001. This can be seen also in global temperature change projections based on IS92 emission scenarios w ...
i Dissertation Topic: An assessment of the RDP settlements
... Figure 14: Climatic Zone Map of South Africa .......................................................... 47 Figure 15: settlements in South Africa impacted by climate change ........................ 52 Figure 16: Coastal erosion affecting settlements in Durban ..................................... 52 ...
... Figure 14: Climatic Zone Map of South Africa .......................................................... 47 Figure 15: settlements in South Africa impacted by climate change ........................ 52 Figure 16: Coastal erosion affecting settlements in Durban ..................................... 52 ...
Resilient Buffalo Niagara
... During the same period, the number of hydro-meteorological events has also increased from less than 10 per year to more than 340 per year (Center for Research on Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), 2007). Historically, natural climatic variability has been the primary cause of extreme events, but the ...
... During the same period, the number of hydro-meteorological events has also increased from less than 10 per year to more than 340 per year (Center for Research on Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), 2007). Historically, natural climatic variability has been the primary cause of extreme events, but the ...
Climate Change and Adaptation Options in Karamoja
... Agriculture is the backbone of the Uganda’s economy and the livelihood of many people. However, most of the agriculture in Uganda depends on rainfall and therefore inherently sensitive to climate conditions. This makes agriculture one of the most vulnerable sectors to the risks and impacts of climat ...
... Agriculture is the backbone of the Uganda’s economy and the livelihood of many people. However, most of the agriculture in Uganda depends on rainfall and therefore inherently sensitive to climate conditions. This makes agriculture one of the most vulnerable sectors to the risks and impacts of climat ...
Tipping elements in the Arctic marine ecosystem Carlos M. Duarte1
... 2009) and the performance of existing models reveal major flaws (Wadhams 2011 [this issue],). Some authors anticipate that the Arctic Ocean will be devoid of ice in the summer within a few (Holland et al. 2006, Wang and Overland 2009, Boé et al. 2009) to several decades (Stroeve et al. 2007, Serrez ...
... 2009) and the performance of existing models reveal major flaws (Wadhams 2011 [this issue],). Some authors anticipate that the Arctic Ocean will be devoid of ice in the summer within a few (Holland et al. 2006, Wang and Overland 2009, Boé et al. 2009) to several decades (Stroeve et al. 2007, Serrez ...
REPORTS A CLIMATIC DRIVER FOR ABRUPT MID-HOLOCENE VEGETATION D
... (Pinus rigida) and scrub oak (Quercus ilicifolia) predominate on coarse-grained outwash soils. This regional environmental gradient also appears to have controlled patterns of vegetation during the Early Holocene, when hemlock was abundant in the northwestern portion of the study area but rare or ab ...
... (Pinus rigida) and scrub oak (Quercus ilicifolia) predominate on coarse-grained outwash soils. This regional environmental gradient also appears to have controlled patterns of vegetation during the Early Holocene, when hemlock was abundant in the northwestern portion of the study area but rare or ab ...
here - Urgenda
... Climate damage follows a similar path. This means that the damage to the climate is already considerably greater than can be observed now. This is the case because the reaction of the climate system to greenhouse gas emissions is delayed. It takes approximately 30 to 50 years before greenhouse gases ...
... Climate damage follows a similar path. This means that the damage to the climate is already considerably greater than can be observed now. This is the case because the reaction of the climate system to greenhouse gas emissions is delayed. It takes approximately 30 to 50 years before greenhouse gases ...
Impacts of Climate Change on all European islands
... The Outermost Regions form an integral part of the EU and are covered by EU law along with the other rights and duties associated with EU membership.viii The legal grounding of the concept of ‘Outermost Regions’ was laid down at the Treaty of Amsterdam in 1997, and was further reinforced by the Trea ...
... The Outermost Regions form an integral part of the EU and are covered by EU law along with the other rights and duties associated with EU membership.viii The legal grounding of the concept of ‘Outermost Regions’ was laid down at the Treaty of Amsterdam in 1997, and was further reinforced by the Trea ...
Is climate change causing increased rockfall frequency in
... the following reasons: (1) small-scale debris falls are usually not reported in the media and are a minor threat to infrastructure (even if they are of interest for road maintenance and for mountaineers). They are usually governed by shortterm weather conditions like freeze-thaw events or precipitat ...
... the following reasons: (1) small-scale debris falls are usually not reported in the media and are a minor threat to infrastructure (even if they are of interest for road maintenance and for mountaineers). They are usually governed by shortterm weather conditions like freeze-thaw events or precipitat ...
AHEAD OF THE STORM…. Preparing Toronto for Climate Change
... Toronto Public Health estimates that in an average year 120 premature deaths are heatrelated, and predicts that heat-related deaths will double by 2050 and triple by 2080 (Pengelly et al, 2005). Smog – which worsens in hot weather – was also a major problem in 2005. Toronto had smog advisories for a ...
... Toronto Public Health estimates that in an average year 120 premature deaths are heatrelated, and predicts that heat-related deaths will double by 2050 and triple by 2080 (Pengelly et al, 2005). Smog – which worsens in hot weather – was also a major problem in 2005. Toronto had smog advisories for a ...
MIGRATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE: AN OVERVIEW 1
... These early research and policy discussions were heavily embedded in a climate change agenda, characterised by a strategy to raise awareness surrounding the potential impact of climate change on migration – and on security at large. In this approach, “environmental migrants” were portrayed as forced ...
... These early research and policy discussions were heavily embedded in a climate change agenda, characterised by a strategy to raise awareness surrounding the potential impact of climate change on migration – and on security at large. In this approach, “environmental migrants” were portrayed as forced ...
Constraining temperature variations over the last
... forcing by greenhouse gases and solar irradiance were derived from a 850-year ‘‘4 · CO2’’ simulation with the ECHAM3/LSG model wherein atmospheric CO2 was quadrupled in the first 120 years and held constant thereafter (Voss and Mikolajewicz 2001). The IRF for surface-to-deep mixing of heat (and other ...
... forcing by greenhouse gases and solar irradiance were derived from a 850-year ‘‘4 · CO2’’ simulation with the ECHAM3/LSG model wherein atmospheric CO2 was quadrupled in the first 120 years and held constant thereafter (Voss and Mikolajewicz 2001). The IRF for surface-to-deep mixing of heat (and other ...
SEE Project-OrientGate: A structured network for integration of
... (CMIP5) have produced vast amounts of data and knowledge for climate evolution and projections. This knowledge is available, but it does not reach the final users and stakeholders with sufficient speed and quantity. It is urgent to overcome the barriers that prevent an efficient exploitation of the ...
... (CMIP5) have produced vast amounts of data and knowledge for climate evolution and projections. This knowledge is available, but it does not reach the final users and stakeholders with sufficient speed and quantity. It is urgent to overcome the barriers that prevent an efficient exploitation of the ...
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.