Climate Change Adaptation for Smallholder Farmers in Southeast Asia
... 2009a). For instance, a study at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) shows that rice yields declined by 10% for every 1°C increase in mean night-time temperature. Faster rate of evaporation and transpiration due to higher surface temperature also lessens availability and quality of wate ...
... 2009a). For instance, a study at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) shows that rice yields declined by 10% for every 1°C increase in mean night-time temperature. Faster rate of evaporation and transpiration due to higher surface temperature also lessens availability and quality of wate ...
Scenario Studies as a Synthetic and Integrative Research Activity for Articles
... stakeholders, participatory scenarios can increase the societal relevance of their research. Moreover, in scenario studies in which the socioecological future of their regions is formally considered, new research needs can be identified while research in temporal and spatial dimensions is scaled up. ...
... stakeholders, participatory scenarios can increase the societal relevance of their research. Moreover, in scenario studies in which the socioecological future of their regions is formally considered, new research needs can be identified while research in temporal and spatial dimensions is scaled up. ...
Monitoring programs sponsored by the Ontario Ministry of Natural
... Sustainability in a Changing Climate: An Overview of MNR’s Climate Change Strategy (2011-2014) Climate change will affect all MNR programs and the natural resources for which it has responsibility. This strategy confirms MNR’s commitment to the Ontario government’s climate change initiatives such a ...
... Sustainability in a Changing Climate: An Overview of MNR’s Climate Change Strategy (2011-2014) Climate change will affect all MNR programs and the natural resources for which it has responsibility. This strategy confirms MNR’s commitment to the Ontario government’s climate change initiatives such a ...
Projecting future climate change: Implications of carbon cycle
... of carbon contained in the different reservoirs and their turnover times as well as the rates of exchange between them have been based on the analysis by Harvey [1989a] and Kheshgi et al. [1996]. The effects of land use are included by changing (decreasing with time) the total productive land area c ...
... of carbon contained in the different reservoirs and their turnover times as well as the rates of exchange between them have been based on the analysis by Harvey [1989a] and Kheshgi et al. [1996]. The effects of land use are included by changing (decreasing with time) the total productive land area c ...
Spatial and Temporal Biases in Assessments of Environmental
... Spatial biases occur when people view geographical areas closer to themselves in a more favourable light than similar but more distant areas (“things are better here than there”). Several studies indicate that such spatial biases occur across different cultures (e.g., Dunlap, Gallup, & Gallup, 1993; ...
... Spatial biases occur when people view geographical areas closer to themselves in a more favourable light than similar but more distant areas (“things are better here than there”). Several studies indicate that such spatial biases occur across different cultures (e.g., Dunlap, Gallup, & Gallup, 1993; ...
Modelling the Response of Mountain Glacier Discharge
... critical parameter is to determine whether precipitation falls as rain or snow, e.g. a strong summer snowfall can effectively shut off glacier discharge for an extended period of the melt season. Currently, many conceptual runoff models do not include explicit routing routines for water transport th ...
... critical parameter is to determine whether precipitation falls as rain or snow, e.g. a strong summer snowfall can effectively shut off glacier discharge for an extended period of the melt season. Currently, many conceptual runoff models do not include explicit routing routines for water transport th ...
Climate and finance systemic risks, more than an analogy?
... destruction. Climate systemic risk may only be collectively hedgeable. This leads us to the second reason why the notion of systemic risk is relevant for climate issues. Such a collective insurance of society is the equivalent of a value that society attributes to mitigation activities. The vehicle ...
... destruction. Climate systemic risk may only be collectively hedgeable. This leads us to the second reason why the notion of systemic risk is relevant for climate issues. Such a collective insurance of society is the equivalent of a value that society attributes to mitigation activities. The vehicle ...
Climate Satellites Affirmative - NDI - 2011
... spell a 46 percent decline in data about the Earth's conditions that these new satellites were designed to provide , and the GAO report concluded that because of the trouble-plagued satellite program, "our nation's ability to understand climate change may be limited." Those in the field use harsher ...
... spell a 46 percent decline in data about the Earth's conditions that these new satellites were designed to provide , and the GAO report concluded that because of the trouble-plagued satellite program, "our nation's ability to understand climate change may be limited." Those in the field use harsher ...
Security implications of climate change in the Sahel region
... Climate change and its impact have dominated international policy agendas and public attention in recent times, reaching a peak at the United Nations COP15 Conference in Copenhagen, December 2009. Climate has always directly influenced the life of human beings. Over the past decade, however, a new f ...
... Climate change and its impact have dominated international policy agendas and public attention in recent times, reaching a peak at the United Nations COP15 Conference in Copenhagen, December 2009. Climate has always directly influenced the life of human beings. Over the past decade, however, a new f ...
Observed groundwater temperature response to recent climate
... often time series of atmospheric temperatures can be represented more appropriately by models using breakpoints than by models assuming monotonic functions. Hence, we here apply a sequential t test analysis for regime shifts (STARS) to detect possible abrupt climate regime shifts (CRSs) in the tempe ...
... often time series of atmospheric temperatures can be represented more appropriately by models using breakpoints than by models assuming monotonic functions. Hence, we here apply a sequential t test analysis for regime shifts (STARS) to detect possible abrupt climate regime shifts (CRSs) in the tempe ...
Integrating Climate Change into Strategic Environmental Assessment in Ireland A Guidance Note
... Environmental decision-making, planning and investment needs to respond to the challenges posed by climate change. One of the key responses is to integrate (or mainstream) climate change into all levels of decision making including policies, plans and programmes and strategies (PPPS). The European C ...
... Environmental decision-making, planning and investment needs to respond to the challenges posed by climate change. One of the key responses is to integrate (or mainstream) climate change into all levels of decision making including policies, plans and programmes and strategies (PPPS). The European C ...
“It Was Raining All the Time!”: Ex Post Tourist Weather Perceptions
... dominated long-term perceptions. This also helped to assess the relative importance of weather-related experiences in comparison to other issues. Where non-weather related answers were provided, a follow-up question focused specifically on weather-related negative experiences. Subsequent questions a ...
... dominated long-term perceptions. This also helped to assess the relative importance of weather-related experiences in comparison to other issues. Where non-weather related answers were provided, a follow-up question focused specifically on weather-related negative experiences. Subsequent questions a ...
Jessica Ayers - Initiative on Climate Adaptation Research and
... that those consulted will be those with access to political assets who are also likely to be among the least vulnerable of any group. For example, Basset and Zeuli note that the “civilian phase” of NEAP preparation involved holding regional meetings at which local political leaders and government of ...
... that those consulted will be those with access to political assets who are also likely to be among the least vulnerable of any group. For example, Basset and Zeuli note that the “civilian phase” of NEAP preparation involved holding regional meetings at which local political leaders and government of ...
Quantifying climate change induced effects upon glaciers and their
... land, of which would have been of great importance to communities. Increasingly, we are seeing them as ‘endangered species’, first hand victims of climate change (Pachauri, 2014). Glaciers have become one of the key resources in teaching us how sensitive the earth is to human impacts. Already, our o ...
... land, of which would have been of great importance to communities. Increasingly, we are seeing them as ‘endangered species’, first hand victims of climate change (Pachauri, 2014). Glaciers have become one of the key resources in teaching us how sensitive the earth is to human impacts. Already, our o ...
Alpine strategy for adaptation to climate change in the field of natural
... change to these events is rather unclear in many cases, it must be assumed that the intensity and frequency of extreme events and natural hazards is likely to increase in future. However, due to the technical limitations in climate change modelling, the lack of regional / local scenarios and the res ...
... change to these events is rather unclear in many cases, it must be assumed that the intensity and frequency of extreme events and natural hazards is likely to increase in future. However, due to the technical limitations in climate change modelling, the lack of regional / local scenarios and the res ...
Resilient Midwestern Cities - Neighborhood Solutions Inc.
... The Ann Arbor Housing Commission is currently engaged in a high-efficiency overhaul of its entire portfolio of 18 public housing sites through renovation or rebuilding, according to Jennifer Hall, its executive director.27 Among the improvements are efficient lighting and appliances, efficient heat ...
... The Ann Arbor Housing Commission is currently engaged in a high-efficiency overhaul of its entire portfolio of 18 public housing sites through renovation or rebuilding, according to Jennifer Hall, its executive director.27 Among the improvements are efficient lighting and appliances, efficient heat ...
SAARC_ People`s Regionalism
... Commission a SAARC Inter-governmental Marine Initiative & SAARC Coastal Zone Management Centre to strengthen the understanding of shared oceans and water bodies in the region, and facilitate critical roles to promote sustainable living, Commission a SAARC Inter-governmental Climate-related Disasters ...
... Commission a SAARC Inter-governmental Marine Initiative & SAARC Coastal Zone Management Centre to strengthen the understanding of shared oceans and water bodies in the region, and facilitate critical roles to promote sustainable living, Commission a SAARC Inter-governmental Climate-related Disasters ...
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... greenhouse gas mitigation efforts, climate change may be restricted to rates and magnitudes to which many systems can cope or adapt with minor or modest incremental adjustments. However, in the absence of such success, systems will find themselves in uncharted territory and subjected to adverse and ...
... greenhouse gas mitigation efforts, climate change may be restricted to rates and magnitudes to which many systems can cope or adapt with minor or modest incremental adjustments. However, in the absence of such success, systems will find themselves in uncharted territory and subjected to adverse and ...
Climate change and stratospheric ozone depletion Early effects on
... 4. Early effects of climate change on human health ............................... 59 5. Action to reduce the health effects of climate change ......................... 63 Mitigation to reduce or prevent climate change .................................... 63 Secondary health benefits of mitigation p ...
... 4. Early effects of climate change on human health ............................... 59 5. Action to reduce the health effects of climate change ......................... 63 Mitigation to reduce or prevent climate change .................................... 63 Secondary health benefits of mitigation p ...
UNRIC Library Backgrounder: Climate Change
... 21 September 2016): http://www.un.org/press/en/2016/sgsm18104.doc.htm Stressing risks of global temperature rise, Secretary-Generals urges Climate Change Agreement’s ratification by year’s end, at event on entry into force (SG/SM/18103-ENV/DEV/1714-L/T/4455, 21 September 2016): http://www.un.org/pre ...
... 21 September 2016): http://www.un.org/press/en/2016/sgsm18104.doc.htm Stressing risks of global temperature rise, Secretary-Generals urges Climate Change Agreement’s ratification by year’s end, at event on entry into force (SG/SM/18103-ENV/DEV/1714-L/T/4455, 21 September 2016): http://www.un.org/pre ...
Changes in terrestrial aridity for the period 850–2080 from the
... the RCP8.5 scenario forcing for 2006–2080. The CESM-LME used the same forcings as the CESM-LE during the overlapping period with the exception of including orbital changes in insolation not considered in the latter. The CESM-LME and CESM-LE employed the same model except the resolution of atmospheri ...
... the RCP8.5 scenario forcing for 2006–2080. The CESM-LME used the same forcings as the CESM-LE during the overlapping period with the exception of including orbital changes in insolation not considered in the latter. The CESM-LME and CESM-LE employed the same model except the resolution of atmospheri ...
institutional capacity and climate actions case studies
... for a systematic assessment of institutional capacity. Further improved, it might indeed be worth using this questionnaire to assess other countries’ capacities for comparison purposes. ...
... for a systematic assessment of institutional capacity. Further improved, it might indeed be worth using this questionnaire to assess other countries’ capacities for comparison purposes. ...
Adaptation to Climate Change in Low‐Income Countries
... A major impediment to both autonomous adaptation and planned adaptation is uncertainty. When making adaptation decisions, both private agents and governments face uncertainty about the nature, magnitude and timing of climate impacts (Heal and Kriström 2002, Dessai et al. 2009, Mearns 2010, World Res ...
... A major impediment to both autonomous adaptation and planned adaptation is uncertainty. When making adaptation decisions, both private agents and governments face uncertainty about the nature, magnitude and timing of climate impacts (Heal and Kriström 2002, Dessai et al. 2009, Mearns 2010, World Res ...
From `fearing` to `empowering` climate refugees: Governing climate
... Resilience thus implies the ability of a social or ecological system to ‘absorb changes […] and still persist’ (Holling 1973: 27). However, beyond this general consensus resilience can refer to different conceptions. The ‘father’ of the resilience concept, C. S. Holling (1973), was eager to distingu ...
... Resilience thus implies the ability of a social or ecological system to ‘absorb changes […] and still persist’ (Holling 1973: 27). However, beyond this general consensus resilience can refer to different conceptions. The ‘father’ of the resilience concept, C. S. Holling (1973), was eager to distingu ...
Mesozoic Climates. - Return to Home Page
... and matter in the atmosphere, an understanding which is required to investigate the causes (and effects) of climatic change. Having stressed the interconnectedness of the elements that make up climate system, it might therefore seem inappropriate to divide a discussion on the climate system into sep ...
... and matter in the atmosphere, an understanding which is required to investigate the causes (and effects) of climatic change. Having stressed the interconnectedness of the elements that make up climate system, it might therefore seem inappropriate to divide a discussion on the climate system into sep ...
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.