Forests synchronize their growth in contrasting Eurasian regions in
... (SI Appendix, Tables S2 and S3), indicating that the increasing synchrony in tree growth is a widespread ecological phenomenon, although regionally dependent. Synchrony estimates could be sensitive to the number of available chronologies, a number that has decreased progressively in the most recent ...
... (SI Appendix, Tables S2 and S3), indicating that the increasing synchrony in tree growth is a widespread ecological phenomenon, although regionally dependent. Synchrony estimates could be sensitive to the number of available chronologies, a number that has decreased progressively in the most recent ...
Extreme!Events!and!Climate!
... 2015). The calculation of the fractional cloud cover information is based on spectral information of the all-sky camera data. The radiation data are taken from measurements with pyranometers and pyrgeometers at the different stations. First we calculate the longwave and shortwave CRE for cases where ...
... 2015). The calculation of the fractional cloud cover information is based on spectral information of the all-sky camera data. The radiation data are taken from measurements with pyranometers and pyrgeometers at the different stations. First we calculate the longwave and shortwave CRE for cases where ...
National Capacity Self Assessment
... The Stock-take – a quick review of previous and ongoing activities related to capacity building; Three Thematic Assessments – a list and description of the capacity situation, priority constraints, barriers and needs in relation to each of the three Conventions; The Cross-cutting Assessment – ...
... The Stock-take – a quick review of previous and ongoing activities related to capacity building; Three Thematic Assessments – a list and description of the capacity situation, priority constraints, barriers and needs in relation to each of the three Conventions; The Cross-cutting Assessment – ...
Working Paper 171 - Steeves and Surminski 2014 (opens in new window)
... 7. International environmental negotiations 8. Modelling and decision making 9. Private sector adaptation, risk and insurance More information about the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment can be found at: http://www.lse.ac.uk/grantham. ...
... 7. International environmental negotiations 8. Modelling and decision making 9. Private sector adaptation, risk and insurance More information about the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment can be found at: http://www.lse.ac.uk/grantham. ...
Chapter 8: Cross-cutting issues
... Chapter 8, Cross-cutting Issues. Report prepared for the Adaptation Sub-Committee of the Committee on Climate Change, London. ...
... Chapter 8, Cross-cutting Issues. Report prepared for the Adaptation Sub-Committee of the Committee on Climate Change, London. ...
Climate-induced oceanic oxygen fluxes: Implications for the
... Received 30 May 2001; revised 29 January 2002; accepted 29 January 2002; published 24 May 2002. ...
... Received 30 May 2001; revised 29 January 2002; accepted 29 January 2002; published 24 May 2002. ...
G8 Climate Governance, 1975-2008
... Climate change has increasingly become an important global issue in recent years. However, climate change had appeared on the Group of Eight (G8) agenda as early as 1979, when G8 leaders came to a consensus on the need to halt growth of CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere right away (G8 1979). This ...
... Climate change has increasingly become an important global issue in recent years. However, climate change had appeared on the Group of Eight (G8) agenda as early as 1979, when G8 leaders came to a consensus on the need to halt growth of CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere right away (G8 1979). This ...
- The University of Liverpool Repository
... Acknowledgements: the authors acknowledge funding support from the HEALTHY FUTURES EU-FP7 project (grant agreement 266327). We acknowledge CORDEX, CMIP5, the Climate System Analysis Group at the University of Cape Town and the Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project Fast Track project th ...
... Acknowledgements: the authors acknowledge funding support from the HEALTHY FUTURES EU-FP7 project (grant agreement 266327). We acknowledge CORDEX, CMIP5, the Climate System Analysis Group at the University of Cape Town and the Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project Fast Track project th ...
Greenwashing eco(?)tourism in New Zealand: What climate change?
... increasing media coverage but fails to consider different ways of thinking. It is focused on a Western concept of development which disregards indigenous values and knowledge. ‘Sound’ scientific knowledge about climate has been debated across disciplines and can be seen, and indeed used, as an elusi ...
... increasing media coverage but fails to consider different ways of thinking. It is focused on a Western concept of development which disregards indigenous values and knowledge. ‘Sound’ scientific knowledge about climate has been debated across disciplines and can be seen, and indeed used, as an elusi ...
Environment and Development Challenges: The Imperative to Act 20
... We have a dream – a world without poverty – a world that is equitable – a world that respects human rights – a world with increased and improved ethical behavior regarding poverty and natural resources - a world that is environmentally, socially and economically sustainable, where the challenges suc ...
... We have a dream – a world without poverty – a world that is equitable – a world that respects human rights – a world with increased and improved ethical behavior regarding poverty and natural resources - a world that is environmentally, socially and economically sustainable, where the challenges suc ...
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... We adopt a cross-sectional estimation strategy in the tradition of Mendelsohn et al. (1994) rather than a time-series panel approach for several reasons. First, yearly changes in weather are unlikely to affect households’ WTP to live in an area: WTP should depend on long-run climate rather than the ...
... We adopt a cross-sectional estimation strategy in the tradition of Mendelsohn et al. (1994) rather than a time-series panel approach for several reasons. First, yearly changes in weather are unlikely to affect households’ WTP to live in an area: WTP should depend on long-run climate rather than the ...
The Economics of Climate Change in the Caribbean
... Table 7.3: Socio-economic importance of travel and tourism in the Caribbean ..................................... 111 Table 7.4: Impact of temperature and precipitation on transport expenditure, A2 and B2 (2008 US$ million) ............................................................................ ...
... Table 7.3: Socio-economic importance of travel and tourism in the Caribbean ..................................... 111 Table 7.4: Impact of temperature and precipitation on transport expenditure, A2 and B2 (2008 US$ million) ............................................................................ ...
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... 1991–1995 period to the 2000–2004 period. A significant increase in surface air temperature is observed in the western tropical Pacific, with horseshoe like shape, and west of the Tibetan Plateau. Although the precipitation changes over the Korean peninsula reported by Kim et al. (2011) are not very s ...
... 1991–1995 period to the 2000–2004 period. A significant increase in surface air temperature is observed in the western tropical Pacific, with horseshoe like shape, and west of the Tibetan Plateau. Although the precipitation changes over the Korean peninsula reported by Kim et al. (2011) are not very s ...
The Oxford Principles | SpringerLink
... Climate change geoengineering, defined by the United Kingdom’s Royal Society as “the deliberate large-scale manipulation of the planetary environment to counteract anthropogenic climate change” (Shepherd et al. 2009:1), is receiving growing attention in the climate policy discourse. As well as the R ...
... Climate change geoengineering, defined by the United Kingdom’s Royal Society as “the deliberate large-scale manipulation of the planetary environment to counteract anthropogenic climate change” (Shepherd et al. 2009:1), is receiving growing attention in the climate policy discourse. As well as the R ...
An Earth-System Prediction Initiative for the 21st Century
... particular, carbon sequestration and its interaction with other biogeochemical cycles like reactive nitrogen. This requires introduction and more accurate representation of key processes in climate models, such as the Earth/ocean methane release and glacial and seaice melting. The present suites of ...
... particular, carbon sequestration and its interaction with other biogeochemical cycles like reactive nitrogen. This requires introduction and more accurate representation of key processes in climate models, such as the Earth/ocean methane release and glacial and seaice melting. The present suites of ...
Looking Backwards, Looking Forward
... affecting the world today and will affect the world in the future. Understanding how scientists study climate, both past and future, is an important educational goal if we want the next generation to be able to make informed decisions about policies that are being proposed to minimize the amount of, ...
... affecting the world today and will affect the world in the future. Understanding how scientists study climate, both past and future, is an important educational goal if we want the next generation to be able to make informed decisions about policies that are being proposed to minimize the amount of, ...
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... Arabica (Coffea arabica) and Robusta (Coffea canephora) coffees dominate production (5.1 Mt and 3.1 Mt respectively in 2011 [7]). Arabica coffee is mostly grown in tropical highlands and is used in gourmet coffees due to its higher quality, while Robusta coffee is lower quality grown at lower altitu ...
... Arabica (Coffea arabica) and Robusta (Coffea canephora) coffees dominate production (5.1 Mt and 3.1 Mt respectively in 2011 [7]). Arabica coffee is mostly grown in tropical highlands and is used in gourmet coffees due to its higher quality, while Robusta coffee is lower quality grown at lower altitu ...
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... drought-proof crops, and poorly built houses increase the vulnerability of communities. In most cases, the vulnerability comes from inadequate public investment, a lack of awareness and weak capacity of governance; moreover all these factors are more prevalent the more under-developed the country is ...
... drought-proof crops, and poorly built houses increase the vulnerability of communities. In most cases, the vulnerability comes from inadequate public investment, a lack of awareness and weak capacity of governance; moreover all these factors are more prevalent the more under-developed the country is ...
Maske für Factsheet (Vor- und Rückseite), Stand Mai 2006
... Agroecological suitability in the highlands of Kenya would possibly increase by 20% with warming of 2.5°C based on an index of potential food production. Semi-arid areas are likely to be worse off. In eastern Kenya, 2.5°C of warming would result in a 20% decrease in calorie production. In some lowla ...
... Agroecological suitability in the highlands of Kenya would possibly increase by 20% with warming of 2.5°C based on an index of potential food production. Semi-arid areas are likely to be worse off. In eastern Kenya, 2.5°C of warming would result in a 20% decrease in calorie production. In some lowla ...
Environment and Development Challenges
... We have a dream – a world without poverty – a world that is equitable – a world that respects human rights – a world with increased and improved ethical behavior regarding poverty and natural resources - a world that is environmentally, socially and economically sustainable, where the challenges suc ...
... We have a dream – a world without poverty – a world that is equitable – a world that respects human rights – a world with increased and improved ethical behavior regarding poverty and natural resources - a world that is environmentally, socially and economically sustainable, where the challenges suc ...
Vegetation–climate feedbacks modulate rainfall patterns in Africa
... feedbacks operate locally and may also generate teleconnections via heat and moisture advection, leading to altered atmospheric circulation (e.g. Avissar and Werth, 2005; Nogherotto et al., 2013). Previous studies have shown the importance of vegetation-mediated biophysical feedbacks for the past (e ...
... feedbacks operate locally and may also generate teleconnections via heat and moisture advection, leading to altered atmospheric circulation (e.g. Avissar and Werth, 2005; Nogherotto et al., 2013). Previous studies have shown the importance of vegetation-mediated biophysical feedbacks for the past (e ...
Combating Climate Change - The German Adaptation Strategy
... seeking to promote in the German Adaptation Strategy (dAS). By signing the Un Framework Convention on Climate Change in 1992, it undertook to develop and regularly update a national adaptation plan. The Federal Government sees the German Adaptation Strategy as a medium-term process in which the fede ...
... seeking to promote in the German Adaptation Strategy (dAS). By signing the Un Framework Convention on Climate Change in 1992, it undertook to develop and regularly update a national adaptation plan. The Federal Government sees the German Adaptation Strategy as a medium-term process in which the fede ...
Adaptation Planning – What Other States are Doing
... address the impacts. This preparation includes risk assessments, prioritization of projects, funding and allocation of both financial and human resources, solution development and implementation, and rapid deployment of information sharing and decision-support tools. Corresponding to the size of the ...
... address the impacts. This preparation includes risk assessments, prioritization of projects, funding and allocation of both financial and human resources, solution development and implementation, and rapid deployment of information sharing and decision-support tools. Corresponding to the size of the ...
The Relationship between Land–Ocean Surface Temperature
... more rapidly than SSTs. We know that this does not happen, however, as LST and SST anomalies stay quite close to a constant ratio: there is only a small rapid adjustment in LST. If we assume for now that land and ocean temperatures are merely a function of heat stored (this may not be the case for a ...
... more rapidly than SSTs. We know that this does not happen, however, as LST and SST anomalies stay quite close to a constant ratio: there is only a small rapid adjustment in LST. If we assume for now that land and ocean temperatures are merely a function of heat stored (this may not be the case for a ...
Climate Change Essentials
... pressure by designing a global market-based measure to control carbon emissions from international aviation as part of the sector’s contribution to global efforts to combat climate change. The ICAO’s Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) was adopted by the ICAO o ...
... pressure by designing a global market-based measure to control carbon emissions from international aviation as part of the sector’s contribution to global efforts to combat climate change. The ICAO’s Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) was adopted by the ICAO o ...
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.