Inter-relationships between adaptation and mitigation
... been identified through examples in the published literature. This Supplementary Material lists examples of linkages with full citations and an analysis of the type of linkage. The many examples have been clustered according to the type of linkage. In the main chapter, Figure 18.2 shows a sample of ...
... been identified through examples in the published literature. This Supplementary Material lists examples of linkages with full citations and an analysis of the type of linkage. The many examples have been clustered according to the type of linkage. In the main chapter, Figure 18.2 shows a sample of ...
The Long Time Scales of Human-Caused Climate Warming: Further
... Research Council of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences issued a special report, Climate Change Science: An Analysis of Some Key Questions, that endorsed the key conclusions of the IPCC assessment (NRC, 2001). The scientific basis for global warming has thus now been sufficiently established to en ...
... Research Council of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences issued a special report, Climate Change Science: An Analysis of Some Key Questions, that endorsed the key conclusions of the IPCC assessment (NRC, 2001). The scientific basis for global warming has thus now been sufficiently established to en ...
Overall scientific concept with short-term and long
... Overall scientific concept with short-term and long-term goals With the onset of industrialization, humans began adding significantly to the atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases, in particular through carbon dioxide emissions resulting from burning fossil fuels. Anthropogenic climate change ...
... Overall scientific concept with short-term and long-term goals With the onset of industrialization, humans began adding significantly to the atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases, in particular through carbon dioxide emissions resulting from burning fossil fuels. Anthropogenic climate change ...
Provenance Trials in Alpine Range – Review and Perspectives for
... studies [74]. Although the experiments by Duhamel du Monceau rather aimed at gaining sufficient material for shipbuilding than scientific insights in intraspecific variation of pines [74], they attest an early awareness of local adaptations and the relationship between adaptive tree traits and diffe ...
... studies [74]. Although the experiments by Duhamel du Monceau rather aimed at gaining sufficient material for shipbuilding than scientific insights in intraspecific variation of pines [74], they attest an early awareness of local adaptations and the relationship between adaptive tree traits and diffe ...
Houston, Texas, 9th February 2005
... While the word “mitigation” is still used around the world, it is interesting to see how many US scientists feel that the White House has lost its “leadership” of the climate change debate. After the Kyoto Protocol comes into force on the 16th February 2005, the developed countries in the world will ...
... While the word “mitigation” is still used around the world, it is interesting to see how many US scientists feel that the White House has lost its “leadership” of the climate change debate. After the Kyoto Protocol comes into force on the 16th February 2005, the developed countries in the world will ...
Evidence for parallel adaptation to climate across the natural range
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... ª 2013 The Authors. Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. ...
US re-engagement? -
... months a strong opposition emerge particularly in the European countries which had been most decisive in order to reach a co-ordinated climate change response (Cohen et al, 2003). The White House was under pressure from various sides, but in the end the international community did not succeed convin ...
... months a strong opposition emerge particularly in the European countries which had been most decisive in order to reach a co-ordinated climate change response (Cohen et al, 2003). The White House was under pressure from various sides, but in the end the international community did not succeed convin ...
Inadequacies and criticisms of the Intergovernmental Panel on
... oceanographer with the U.S. Office of Naval Research and NASA, and who from 1987-1995 was Secretary General of the International Association for the Physical Science of the Oceans, expressed his views thus: “Despite the opposition of many signatory countries and their scientists, the leaders of IPCC ...
... oceanographer with the U.S. Office of Naval Research and NASA, and who from 1987-1995 was Secretary General of the International Association for the Physical Science of the Oceans, expressed his views thus: “Despite the opposition of many signatory countries and their scientists, the leaders of IPCC ...
APPENDIX 1 - Curriculum Education and Training Program in
... A coupled human-environment systems framework will be presented as a basis for an overview of the nature and causes of vulnerability of human systems to climate change. The module will address issues of climate change-related impacts on agriculture, water resources, livelihoods, human settlements, c ...
... A coupled human-environment systems framework will be presented as a basis for an overview of the nature and causes of vulnerability of human systems to climate change. The module will address issues of climate change-related impacts on agriculture, water resources, livelihoods, human settlements, c ...
Confidence, uncertainty and decision-support relevance in climate predictions
... The reality of anthropogenic climate change is well documented and widely accepted. The media and policy makers are calling out for predictions regarding expected changes to their local climate. Providing direct quantitative answers to these calls is perceived as important for engaging the public in ...
... The reality of anthropogenic climate change is well documented and widely accepted. The media and policy makers are calling out for predictions regarding expected changes to their local climate. Providing direct quantitative answers to these calls is perceived as important for engaging the public in ...
Projected changes in mean and extreme precipitation in Africa
... In addition to monthly CMIP3 precipitation, the horizontal wind vector and pressure vertical velocity (ω) fields are used. These variables are used to estimate the strength and structure of the Eastern Hemisphere zonal (Walker) circulation and their projected changes. Three of the models∗ used in t ...
... In addition to monthly CMIP3 precipitation, the horizontal wind vector and pressure vertical velocity (ω) fields are used. These variables are used to estimate the strength and structure of the Eastern Hemisphere zonal (Walker) circulation and their projected changes. Three of the models∗ used in t ...
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... comprehensively assess transportation vulnerabilities and prepare for the unavoidable impacts of climate change. Recent studies indicate that climate change planning efforts conducted by governments thus far have overwhelmingly focused on mitigation strategies to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emission ...
... comprehensively assess transportation vulnerabilities and prepare for the unavoidable impacts of climate change. Recent studies indicate that climate change planning efforts conducted by governments thus far have overwhelmingly focused on mitigation strategies to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emission ...
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... The last five years has seen a proliferation of creative responses to the environment; art and artists who are inspired to think, create and act. But often the arts infrastructure does not put climate change and sustainability at its heart. It is inherently problematic if, say, an artist is releasin ...
... The last five years has seen a proliferation of creative responses to the environment; art and artists who are inspired to think, create and act. But often the arts infrastructure does not put climate change and sustainability at its heart. It is inherently problematic if, say, an artist is releasin ...
It`s a Matter of Trust: American Judgments of the
... made significant strides recently, perhaps best exemplified by the September 2014 People’s Climate March. The event mobilized over 300,000 people in New York City and saw endorsement by over 1500 organizations. Even though the march represents the largest street-mobilization of individuals around clim ...
... made significant strides recently, perhaps best exemplified by the September 2014 People’s Climate March. The event mobilized over 300,000 people in New York City and saw endorsement by over 1500 organizations. Even though the march represents the largest street-mobilization of individuals around clim ...
Anticipating the outcome of the 2015 Paris Climate Change
... Even though this paper does not focus on the non-legal challenges to the success of the Paris agreement, those challenges are too large to not be mentioned. The key topics are: • Dealing with the differentiation of Parties with respect to legal form, commitment type, stringency, timing, and complia ...
... Even though this paper does not focus on the non-legal challenges to the success of the Paris agreement, those challenges are too large to not be mentioned. The key topics are: • Dealing with the differentiation of Parties with respect to legal form, commitment type, stringency, timing, and complia ...
Potential impacts of climate change on Northeast
... Although there has been considerable research on the impacts of individual changes in water temperature, carbonate chemistry, and other variables on species, cumulative impacts of these effects have rarely been studied. Here, we simulate changes in (i) primary productivity, (ii) species range shifts ...
... Although there has been considerable research on the impacts of individual changes in water temperature, carbonate chemistry, and other variables on species, cumulative impacts of these effects have rarely been studied. Here, we simulate changes in (i) primary productivity, (ii) species range shifts ...
FRAMES IN REPORTS AND IN REPORTING: HOW FRAMING
... who are bound ethically to be impartial, nevertheless are able to frame news articles and remain within the boundaries of their ethical guidelines. The worlds of journalism and technical communication collide when journalists write news articles based in whole or in part on technical documents such ...
... who are bound ethically to be impartial, nevertheless are able to frame news articles and remain within the boundaries of their ethical guidelines. The worlds of journalism and technical communication collide when journalists write news articles based in whole or in part on technical documents such ...
Module 2 - UNFCC related Funds - Global Climate Change Alliance
... access Resources from the Adaptation Fund Step 2: Eligible developing country Parties submit proposals to the AF Secretariat through NIEs, MIEs, or RIEs Step 3: The AF Secretariat screens proposals submitted by NIEs, MIEs, or RIEs and forwards technical reviews to the Project and ...
... access Resources from the Adaptation Fund Step 2: Eligible developing country Parties submit proposals to the AF Secretariat through NIEs, MIEs, or RIEs Step 3: The AF Secretariat screens proposals submitted by NIEs, MIEs, or RIEs and forwards technical reviews to the Project and ...
Multimodel projections and uncertainties of irrigation water demand
... between 1900 and 2005 [Freydank and Siebert, 2008]. This expansion occurred rapidly at a rate of nearly 5% per year during the period 1950s–1980s, but it has slowed down since the late 1990s when the growth rate decreased to <1% per year. For the coming decades, the global area of irrigated land is ...
... between 1900 and 2005 [Freydank and Siebert, 2008]. This expansion occurred rapidly at a rate of nearly 5% per year during the period 1950s–1980s, but it has slowed down since the late 1990s when the growth rate decreased to <1% per year. For the coming decades, the global area of irrigated land is ...
4B.4 IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND WEATHER ON
... crashes, along with socioeconomic and demographic factors, speed, alcohol, driver error, vehicle characteristics, etc. In addition, average temperatures have been found to show a positive association with vehicle deaths, and precipitation a negative association (Loeb 2007). Although only about 16 pe ...
... crashes, along with socioeconomic and demographic factors, speed, alcohol, driver error, vehicle characteristics, etc. In addition, average temperatures have been found to show a positive association with vehicle deaths, and precipitation a negative association (Loeb 2007). Although only about 16 pe ...
The Week That Was: 2015-11-28 (November 28, 2015) Brought to
... marked by disease, famine, and death. Later, some promoters advocated climate change to mean global warming in an effort to control human use of fossil fuels. The NIPCC Report distinguishes how its purpose is different from the IPCC. NIPCC tries to examine all the causes of changes to global climat ...
... marked by disease, famine, and death. Later, some promoters advocated climate change to mean global warming in an effort to control human use of fossil fuels. The NIPCC Report distinguishes how its purpose is different from the IPCC. NIPCC tries to examine all the causes of changes to global climat ...
Coastal Climate Change Report
... minimum assessment factors depend on life of asset Methodologies – use SLR benchmarks Similar to NZ MfE Coastal Hazards and Climate Change Guidance Manual (not as broad in scope) ...
... minimum assessment factors depend on life of asset Methodologies – use SLR benchmarks Similar to NZ MfE Coastal Hazards and Climate Change Guidance Manual (not as broad in scope) ...
Engaging state officials and agencies to advocate for landmark
... those that are deferred are especially important to the resilience of biodiversity but are also applicable to decision making in other sectors. We recommend that the final SCP include the following text under the heading, “Applying and Advancing Best Practices in Decision-making in the Face of Clima ...
... those that are deferred are especially important to the resilience of biodiversity but are also applicable to decision making in other sectors. We recommend that the final SCP include the following text under the heading, “Applying and Advancing Best Practices in Decision-making in the Face of Clima ...