anthropology and climate change - North Atlantic Biocultural
... camels.’” Although it seems completely plausible that such highly adaptive cultures as the reindeer-herding Eveny of northeastern Siberia will find ways to feed themselves even if their reindeer cannot survive the projected climactic shifts, as anthropologists we need to grapple with the implication ...
... camels.’” Although it seems completely plausible that such highly adaptive cultures as the reindeer-herding Eveny of northeastern Siberia will find ways to feed themselves even if their reindeer cannot survive the projected climactic shifts, as anthropologists we need to grapple with the implication ...
Future Impacts of Climate Change across Europe
... Northern Europe will face more storms, resulting in storm surges and coastal erosion, which will be more pronounced and more frequent in the Baltic and North Sea regions (especially Denmark and the Netherlands) (European Commission, 2009e; IPCC, 2007b). The PRUDENCE and ASTRA projects, which deal wi ...
... Northern Europe will face more storms, resulting in storm surges and coastal erosion, which will be more pronounced and more frequent in the Baltic and North Sea regions (especially Denmark and the Netherlands) (European Commission, 2009e; IPCC, 2007b). The PRUDENCE and ASTRA projects, which deal wi ...
Does adaptation to climate change provide food security? A micro-perspective from Ethiopia: Working Paper 19 (334 kB) (opens in new window)
... 3. Impacts of, and adaptation to, climate change, and its effects on development 4. Governance of climate change 5. Management of forests and ecosystems More information about the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment can be found at: http://www.lse.ac.uk/grantham. ...
... 3. Impacts of, and adaptation to, climate change, and its effects on development 4. Governance of climate change 5. Management of forests and ecosystems More information about the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment can be found at: http://www.lse.ac.uk/grantham. ...
Barriers to Municipal Climate Adaptation: Examples From Coastal
... them to integrate their policies horizontally using mechanisms such as strategic assessment, reforming planning regimes, inserting climate considerations into the mandates of government agencies, or revising rules of liability regarding extreme events (Dovers & Hezri, 2010). Other examples include c ...
... them to integrate their policies horizontally using mechanisms such as strategic assessment, reforming planning regimes, inserting climate considerations into the mandates of government agencies, or revising rules of liability regarding extreme events (Dovers & Hezri, 2010). Other examples include c ...
Climate policy and uncertainty: the roles of adaptation versus
... McKibbin (2000) demonstrate that removing the distortions in global coal markets through removing a variety of existing taxes and subsidies can potentially have a large impact on reducing greenhouse emissions as well as raising economic wellbeing. In that study the estimated emissions reduction are ...
... McKibbin (2000) demonstrate that removing the distortions in global coal markets through removing a variety of existing taxes and subsidies can potentially have a large impact on reducing greenhouse emissions as well as raising economic wellbeing. In that study the estimated emissions reduction are ...
Multicentury Changes to the Global Climate and Carbon Cycle
... simulation. Our simulations indicate that eventual at- ...
... simulation. Our simulations indicate that eventual at- ...
Tuesday 1 December Wednesday 2 December
... (Grand Palais, Room 5) Opening by Gaël Giraud, Chief Economist, Executive Research Director at AFD ...
... (Grand Palais, Room 5) Opening by Gaël Giraud, Chief Economist, Executive Research Director at AFD ...
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON LARGE SCALE OCEAN
... can separate the natural variability from any long-term trends. To do this requires continuous observations of the MOC for many years. Snapshot measurements Since the 1950s oceanographers have been making high quality and reliable measurements of ocean temperature and salinity. The usual way of est ...
... can separate the natural variability from any long-term trends. To do this requires continuous observations of the MOC for many years. Snapshot measurements Since the 1950s oceanographers have been making high quality and reliable measurements of ocean temperature and salinity. The usual way of est ...
674_0 - Global Environment Facility
... This is not ignoring that Kiribati must carry out its obligations under the Convention which are intended to minimize impacts of climate change that would otherwise be experienced. For Kiribati to be able to do this, external assistance is needed. It will enable Kiribati to consolidate its needs for ...
... This is not ignoring that Kiribati must carry out its obligations under the Convention which are intended to minimize impacts of climate change that would otherwise be experienced. For Kiribati to be able to do this, external assistance is needed. It will enable Kiribati to consolidate its needs for ...
The influence of climate change on flood risks in France
... assumed that all floods with return periods shorter than 100yr (i.e., smaller floods) do not cause any loss, and that all floods with return periods longer than 100-yr cause the same losses as the 100-yr event. Then, it is assumed that the change in flood losses can be modeled as a change in the fre ...
... assumed that all floods with return periods shorter than 100yr (i.e., smaller floods) do not cause any loss, and that all floods with return periods longer than 100-yr cause the same losses as the 100-yr event. Then, it is assumed that the change in flood losses can be modeled as a change in the fre ...
Climate change and global water resources: SRES emissions and
... population growth on future global and regional water resources stresses, using SRES socio-economic scenarios and climate projections made using six climate models driven by SRES emissions scenarios. River runoff was simulated at a spatial resolution of 0.5 0.5 under current and future climates u ...
... population growth on future global and regional water resources stresses, using SRES socio-economic scenarios and climate projections made using six climate models driven by SRES emissions scenarios. River runoff was simulated at a spatial resolution of 0.5 0.5 under current and future climates u ...
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... Figure 4: Spatial distribution of the share of water runoff in Australia Source: Water and the Australian Economy – April 1999 Drought frequency and its severity within the basin are also projected to increase with adverse impacts on rural businesses, infrastructure and greater loss of soil and biod ...
... Figure 4: Spatial distribution of the share of water runoff in Australia Source: Water and the Australian Economy – April 1999 Drought frequency and its severity within the basin are also projected to increase with adverse impacts on rural businesses, infrastructure and greater loss of soil and biod ...
Climate Choices for a Sustainable Southwest
... to climate change in ways that reduce risks and support sustainable development in the Southwest. The goal is to illustrate the range of choices for responding to climate change, along with some of the relevant trade-offs and opportunities, to inform policy options and decisions. In the context of c ...
... to climate change in ways that reduce risks and support sustainable development in the Southwest. The goal is to illustrate the range of choices for responding to climate change, along with some of the relevant trade-offs and opportunities, to inform policy options and decisions. In the context of c ...
Vulnerability and Resilience in the Face of Climate Change: Current
... (government, firms, nonprofits, private citizens, etc.), and when. Thus, the study of climate change and its impacts on natural systems is inadequate in the face of questions about societal capabilities to cope with or adapt to these impacts—their vulnerability, resilience, and adaptive capacity. Re ...
... (government, firms, nonprofits, private citizens, etc.), and when. Thus, the study of climate change and its impacts on natural systems is inadequate in the face of questions about societal capabilities to cope with or adapt to these impacts—their vulnerability, resilience, and adaptive capacity. Re ...
Rose and Rayborn, "The effects of ocean heat uptake on transient
... specific future scenarios or the so-called Transient Climate Response under gradually increasing CO2 [21]) in order to understand processes and timescales internal to the climate system. Our paper is laid out as follows. In “Ocean Heat Uptake and Time-Dependent Climate Sensitivity”, we review the sp ...
... specific future scenarios or the so-called Transient Climate Response under gradually increasing CO2 [21]) in order to understand processes and timescales internal to the climate system. Our paper is laid out as follows. In “Ocean Heat Uptake and Time-Dependent Climate Sensitivity”, we review the sp ...
Interannual variability and expected regional climate change over
... A fair question regarding advantages of using RCMs over GCMs may be raised, especially for surface temperature which evolves in general at scales well resolved by global models. This discussion is part of a more general debate about the value added by RCMs with respect to GCMs (see for example Di Lu ...
... A fair question regarding advantages of using RCMs over GCMs may be raised, especially for surface temperature which evolves in general at scales well resolved by global models. This discussion is part of a more general debate about the value added by RCMs with respect to GCMs (see for example Di Lu ...
Alberto Montanari - University of Bologna
... experiencing declining sea levels. Changes in air pressure and wind account for some observed sea level increase. • While global sea level rose by approximately 120 metres during the several millennia that followed the end of the last glacial maximum, the level stabilized between 3000 and 2000 years ...
... experiencing declining sea levels. Changes in air pressure and wind account for some observed sea level increase. • While global sea level rose by approximately 120 metres during the several millennia that followed the end of the last glacial maximum, the level stabilized between 3000 and 2000 years ...
Long-term natural variability and 20th century climate change
... fingerprints with internal variability. Linear discriminant analysis, an exploratory data analysis pattern recognition technique, provides a way to distinguish forced from internal RASST variability when applied in an identical fashion to modelled and observed RASST fields (17). This analysis lifts ...
... fingerprints with internal variability. Linear discriminant analysis, an exploratory data analysis pattern recognition technique, provides a way to distinguish forced from internal RASST variability when applied in an identical fashion to modelled and observed RASST fields (17). This analysis lifts ...
Global warming under old and new scenarios using IPCC climate
... ECS is likely (greater than 66% probability12 ) in the range from 2 to 4.5 ◦ C, with a most likely value (mode) of about 3 ◦ C. Furthermore, ECS is very likely (greater than 90% probability12 ) larger than 1.5 ◦ C, and values substantially higher than 4.5 ◦ C cannot be excluded. These values seem no ...
... ECS is likely (greater than 66% probability12 ) in the range from 2 to 4.5 ◦ C, with a most likely value (mode) of about 3 ◦ C. Furthermore, ECS is very likely (greater than 90% probability12 ) larger than 1.5 ◦ C, and values substantially higher than 4.5 ◦ C cannot be excluded. These values seem no ...
Republic of Guatemala
... Ranking among countries with the highest economic risk exposure to three or more natural hazards, Guatemala is a country in which economic activities accounting for 83.3% of the GDP is located in areas at risk. The country also ranks in the top five countries in the world most affected by floods, hu ...
... Ranking among countries with the highest economic risk exposure to three or more natural hazards, Guatemala is a country in which economic activities accounting for 83.3% of the GDP is located in areas at risk. The country also ranks in the top five countries in the world most affected by floods, hu ...
Multi-Basin Modelling of Future Hydrological Fluxes in the Indian
... basin scale (10–50 km), the output often shows large bias in the magnitude and spatial distribution of precipitation and, to a lesser extent, temperature [15]. RCM data are, therefore, not considered to be directly useful for assessing hydrological impacts at the regional and/or local scale [16]. A ...
... basin scale (10–50 km), the output often shows large bias in the magnitude and spatial distribution of precipitation and, to a lesser extent, temperature [15]. RCM data are, therefore, not considered to be directly useful for assessing hydrological impacts at the regional and/or local scale [16]. A ...
Stakeholder perceptions
... whether they thought that climate change had affected forests in their countries and if so, what was the nature of the impacts. They were then asked about the importance of climate change relative to other listed forest management challenges, the climate change effects considered particularly import ...
... whether they thought that climate change had affected forests in their countries and if so, what was the nature of the impacts. They were then asked about the importance of climate change relative to other listed forest management challenges, the climate change effects considered particularly import ...
Retreat of Himalayan Glaciers – Indicator of Climate Change
... glaciers system is because they may be melting rapidly ...
... glaciers system is because they may be melting rapidly ...
Great Barrier Reef
... per annum to the national economy.5 The Australian government has repeatedly identified climate change as the greatest threat to the GBR. According to the Commonwealth’s Great Barrier Reef Climate Change Action Plan 2007-2012, “The fate of coral reefs will ultimately depend on the rate and extent of ...
... per annum to the national economy.5 The Australian government has repeatedly identified climate change as the greatest threat to the GBR. According to the Commonwealth’s Great Barrier Reef Climate Change Action Plan 2007-2012, “The fate of coral reefs will ultimately depend on the rate and extent of ...
Impact of climate change on marine and coastal
... The paleo -climatology work done on the Mediterranean yields quite good reliable results for the past 18 000 years and describe the climate change occurring during that period. 18 000 years ago during the glacial period, the average temperature of the western Mediterranean sea was 7 °C lower than th ...
... The paleo -climatology work done on the Mediterranean yields quite good reliable results for the past 18 000 years and describe the climate change occurring during that period. 18 000 years ago during the glacial period, the average temperature of the western Mediterranean sea was 7 °C lower than th ...