Modeling climate change impacts on phenology and population
... We focus our framework on the response of MMS to climate change. Indeed, species migration is a classic response to predictable seasonal or annual changes in the environment. It is implicitly tied to reproduction and is often driven by physiological and behavioral mechanisms (Ramenofsky and Wingfield ...
... We focus our framework on the response of MMS to climate change. Indeed, species migration is a classic response to predictable seasonal or annual changes in the environment. It is implicitly tied to reproduction and is often driven by physiological and behavioral mechanisms (Ramenofsky and Wingfield ...
Adapting to climate change
... The UK Climate Projections 2009 have been developed to do this. The range of information presented is more complex than the last set, UKCIP02, and as such the results cannot easily be compared, but they are broadly consistent. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negoti ...
... The UK Climate Projections 2009 have been developed to do this. The range of information presented is more complex than the last set, UKCIP02, and as such the results cannot easily be compared, but they are broadly consistent. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negoti ...
The Need for (and Obstacles to) Regional Collective Action in Climate Adaptation
... practices in addressing the major transnational climate challenges identified in Part III: international waterways, conservation, and climate refugees. The picture is largely discouraging, although bright spots exist. Most transboundary water treaties, for example, fail to provide effective adaptive ...
... practices in addressing the major transnational climate challenges identified in Part III: international waterways, conservation, and climate refugees. The picture is largely discouraging, although bright spots exist. Most transboundary water treaties, for example, fail to provide effective adaptive ...
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CLIMATE LIMITED
... the warmest years since instrumental recording began in 1850. In addition, the linear trend warming over the period 1956 to 2005 was almost twice that for the 100 years from 1906 to 2005. Increases in global temperatures, through thermal expansion and the melting glaciers, are also pushing up sea le ...
... the warmest years since instrumental recording began in 1850. In addition, the linear trend warming over the period 1956 to 2005 was almost twice that for the 100 years from 1906 to 2005. Increases in global temperatures, through thermal expansion and the melting glaciers, are also pushing up sea le ...
Out of the Maze Montreal Protocol, Climate Benefits
... put the world on track to close the ozone hole, but had also delayed the advance of climate change effects by a decade1. In response to new science, the wider availability of affordable alternatives and concern about the climate forcing potential of those alternatives, the world community came toget ...
... put the world on track to close the ozone hole, but had also delayed the advance of climate change effects by a decade1. In response to new science, the wider availability of affordable alternatives and concern about the climate forcing potential of those alternatives, the world community came toget ...
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... Furthermore, the extent of the benefits to be enjoyed from climate policy interventions, e.g. the CPRS, is poorly understood. Due to inadequate scientific knowledge about the nature of interactions and a potential nonlinear response pattern among the biophysical factors, there is a weak linkage betw ...
... Furthermore, the extent of the benefits to be enjoyed from climate policy interventions, e.g. the CPRS, is poorly understood. Due to inadequate scientific knowledge about the nature of interactions and a potential nonlinear response pattern among the biophysical factors, there is a weak linkage betw ...
Financing climate change - Department of Environmental Affairs
... This report, prepared by the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), synthesizes research that was conducted in order to strengthen the financing component of the National Climate Change Response White Paper. It is based on three separate studies. These included a desktop study of climate change ...
... This report, prepared by the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), synthesizes research that was conducted in order to strengthen the financing component of the National Climate Change Response White Paper. It is based on three separate studies. These included a desktop study of climate change ...
Word format - Australian Human Rights Commission
... The modern human rights system is founded in international law. It traces back to, and is based upon the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) which was adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 10 December 1948.6 The human rights enshrined in the UDHR have been further articul ...
... The modern human rights system is founded in international law. It traces back to, and is based upon the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) which was adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 10 December 1948.6 The human rights enshrined in the UDHR have been further articul ...
REPORT - BC3 Basque Centre for Climate Change
... in 2008, as one of the centres of excellence established under the BERC programme. As the name suggests, it is devoted to studying the causes and consequences of climate change and the best ways of addressing it. Given the vast range of the topic, BC3 was designed to focus on the socio-economic aspe ...
... in 2008, as one of the centres of excellence established under the BERC programme. As the name suggests, it is devoted to studying the causes and consequences of climate change and the best ways of addressing it. Given the vast range of the topic, BC3 was designed to focus on the socio-economic aspe ...
National Security Accelerating Risks of Climate Change
... It is through this analytical prism that 11 retired Generals and Admirals came together in 2007, under the moniker of CNA’s Military Advisory Board, to examine the security implications of climate change. Their landmark report, National Security and the Threat of Climate Change, was the first time t ...
... It is through this analytical prism that 11 retired Generals and Admirals came together in 2007, under the moniker of CNA’s Military Advisory Board, to examine the security implications of climate change. Their landmark report, National Security and the Threat of Climate Change, was the first time t ...
States (and Cities) as Actors in Global Climate Regulation: Unitary
... enact climate regulation. Such legislation will in turn promote U.S. reentry to serious international climate regulatory negotiations, which is prerequisite for post-Bali international progress. These initiatives have provided a catalyst for domestic public attention and support and enhanced the lik ...
... enact climate regulation. Such legislation will in turn promote U.S. reentry to serious international climate regulatory negotiations, which is prerequisite for post-Bali international progress. These initiatives have provided a catalyst for domestic public attention and support and enhanced the lik ...
the impact of climate change on the development - UN
... climatic changes, threatens the very survival of many SIDS. Approximately 860 million people in LDCs and SIDS will be adversely affected by climate change, many of them becoming environmental refugees. Compared to developed and other developing states, LDCs and SIDS use relatively small amounts of f ...
... climatic changes, threatens the very survival of many SIDS. Approximately 860 million people in LDCs and SIDS will be adversely affected by climate change, many of them becoming environmental refugees. Compared to developed and other developing states, LDCs and SIDS use relatively small amounts of f ...
Water and Climate Change - Background Document
... For Arab Region, the future projections using climate models point to an increase in temperature and decrease in rainfall. Both present variability and long-term climate change impacts are most severe in the developing world, the segment of world that is least able to buffer itself against impacts. ...
... For Arab Region, the future projections using climate models point to an increase in temperature and decrease in rainfall. Both present variability and long-term climate change impacts are most severe in the developing world, the segment of world that is least able to buffer itself against impacts. ...
REGULATING GREENHOUSE GASES UNDER THE CLEAN AIR
... The earth continues to get hotter as a result of anthropogenic climate change and adverse effects will increase in frequency and severity for populations and economies across the United States. There is clear scientific consensus that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions must be dramatically decreased to ...
... The earth continues to get hotter as a result of anthropogenic climate change and adverse effects will increase in frequency and severity for populations and economies across the United States. There is clear scientific consensus that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions must be dramatically decreased to ...
Stakeholder mapping report - final version
... and working groups. Organisations are included where all or part of their operations are targeted at issues related to climate change adaptation. Working groups are identified in order to highlight particular units, often within these same organisations, whose direct function is to provide guidance ...
... and working groups. Organisations are included where all or part of their operations are targeted at issues related to climate change adaptation. Working groups are identified in order to highlight particular units, often within these same organisations, whose direct function is to provide guidance ...
Climate change impacts on the livestock sector
... This report considers the issue of climate change adaptation as it applies to the UK livestock sector comprising the beef, dairy, sheep, pigs and poultry industries. Beyond an understanding of direct impacts from warming, a key policy consideration relates to indirect or ancillary costs that might ...
... This report considers the issue of climate change adaptation as it applies to the UK livestock sector comprising the beef, dairy, sheep, pigs and poultry industries. Beyond an understanding of direct impacts from warming, a key policy consideration relates to indirect or ancillary costs that might ...
Lecture 2 FINAL DRAFT
... and better science and technology, alone, will not lead to optimal climate policies. Climate change policy makers face many challenges. They must deal with considerable and irreducible uncertainties in climate projections and impact assessments. Multiple and potentially conflicting sources of inform ...
... and better science and technology, alone, will not lead to optimal climate policies. Climate change policy makers face many challenges. They must deal with considerable and irreducible uncertainties in climate projections and impact assessments. Multiple and potentially conflicting sources of inform ...
A severe centennial-scale drought in mid
... Abstract: We present evidence from a variety of physical and biological proxies for a severe drought that affected the mid-continent of North America between 4.1 and 4.3 ka. Rapid climate changes associated with the event had large and widespread ecological effects, including dune reactivation, fore ...
... Abstract: We present evidence from a variety of physical and biological proxies for a severe drought that affected the mid-continent of North America between 4.1 and 4.3 ka. Rapid climate changes associated with the event had large and widespread ecological effects, including dune reactivation, fore ...
The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
... compounds on concentrations of ozone in the stratosphere began around 1974, almost a century after it was first theorised that human CO2 emissions could influence the global temperature. Of course, the history of scientific progress is never a simple matter of discovery, but it remains that the scie ...
... compounds on concentrations of ozone in the stratosphere began around 1974, almost a century after it was first theorised that human CO2 emissions could influence the global temperature. Of course, the history of scientific progress is never a simple matter of discovery, but it remains that the scie ...
Challenges of a Sustained Climate Observing System
... climate models. Accordingly, observations are used to document the state of the climate and how it varies and changes over time, along with documenting external influences on the system such as the sun, the Earth’s radiation budget, the Earth’s surface and changes in the climate system from human in ...
... climate models. Accordingly, observations are used to document the state of the climate and how it varies and changes over time, along with documenting external influences on the system such as the sun, the Earth’s radiation budget, the Earth’s surface and changes in the climate system from human in ...
Cognitive and affective risk judgements related to climate change
... attention in the last decades. The attention is motivated by claims that GCC will cause enormous worldwide problems in the future, and that it constitutes a challenge for humanity to mitigate or adapt to (United Nations’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [IPCC], 2007a, 2007b). Attention is ...
... attention in the last decades. The attention is motivated by claims that GCC will cause enormous worldwide problems in the future, and that it constitutes a challenge for humanity to mitigate or adapt to (United Nations’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [IPCC], 2007a, 2007b). Attention is ...
Deep uncertainty in long-term hurricane risk: Scenario generation and implications for future climate experiments (opens in new window)
... deviation of predicted variable from its current level because the GCMs as well as the downscaling models are tuned toward the present-day climate. In this study, the breadth of the scenario set is constrained by the condition that modeling and approaches are grounded in scientific theory and publish ...
... deviation of predicted variable from its current level because the GCMs as well as the downscaling models are tuned toward the present-day climate. In this study, the breadth of the scenario set is constrained by the condition that modeling and approaches are grounded in scientific theory and publish ...
earth friendly agriculture for soil, water, and climate
... gas emissions. At the nexus of potential solutions to these global common problems is an opportunity to pursue Earth Friendly Agriculture (EFA) that supports smart soil management – nutrient retention and reuse – that optimizes water use and also sequesters carbon. There has been global disconnect b ...
... gas emissions. At the nexus of potential solutions to these global common problems is an opportunity to pursue Earth Friendly Agriculture (EFA) that supports smart soil management – nutrient retention and reuse – that optimizes water use and also sequesters carbon. There has been global disconnect b ...
Vulnerability of national economies to the impacts of climate change
... Anthropogenic global warming has significantly influenced physical and biological processes at global and regional scales. The observed and anticipated changes in global climate present significant opportunities and challenges for societies and economies. We compare the vulnerability of 132 national ...
... Anthropogenic global warming has significantly influenced physical and biological processes at global and regional scales. The observed and anticipated changes in global climate present significant opportunities and challenges for societies and economies. We compare the vulnerability of 132 national ...
by The Hon. Justice Brian J Preston Chief Judge
... commentators expressed concern that policies anchored in adaptive measures would disregard mitigation action.22 This view is still held today of policies that are solely adaptive and do not include any mitigating elements.23 However, the world has come a long way from the days when adaptation was se ...
... commentators expressed concern that policies anchored in adaptive measures would disregard mitigation action.22 This view is still held today of policies that are solely adaptive and do not include any mitigating elements.23 However, the world has come a long way from the days when adaptation was se ...