Climate change implications for the glaciers of the Hindu Kush
... erogeneity, although Kääb et al. (2012) and others found no evidence for this. Snow avalanches may also be an important mass balance component in the Karakoram due to the steep and rugged terrain (Hewitt, 2011). The spatial heterogeneity in mass balance is therefore likely to be partly linked to spa ...
... erogeneity, although Kääb et al. (2012) and others found no evidence for this. Snow avalanches may also be an important mass balance component in the Karakoram due to the steep and rugged terrain (Hewitt, 2011). The spatial heterogeneity in mass balance is therefore likely to be partly linked to spa ...
Rapporteurs Report (RapporteurReport2012)
... Various analyses have been performed to study the sea level variation such as El Nino, Pacific Warm Pool and Cold Tongue Index which appear to be mirrored each other while the El Nino followed the fluctuation of sea level anomaly. Easterly wind anomaly at 925-hPa over the SCS also showed consistent ...
... Various analyses have been performed to study the sea level variation such as El Nino, Pacific Warm Pool and Cold Tongue Index which appear to be mirrored each other while the El Nino followed the fluctuation of sea level anomaly. Easterly wind anomaly at 925-hPa over the SCS also showed consistent ...
The impacts of climate change on human rights and forced migration
... and that in many circumstances this migration is forced rather than voluntary, precipitated by severe and immediate threats to environmental security and human rights. On this basis, we can determine that these people are, in effect, ‘climate refugees’. The findings of this report highlight how the ...
... and that in many circumstances this migration is forced rather than voluntary, precipitated by severe and immediate threats to environmental security and human rights. On this basis, we can determine that these people are, in effect, ‘climate refugees’. The findings of this report highlight how the ...
A Framework for Assessing the Vulnerability of Communities in the
... creation of the Canadian Climate Impacts and Adaptation Research Network (C-CIARN). The Government of Nunavut has also indicated its intention to promote adaptation to climate change with the release of the Nunavut Climate Change Strategy, in which the development and promotion of adaptation strateg ...
... creation of the Canadian Climate Impacts and Adaptation Research Network (C-CIARN). The Government of Nunavut has also indicated its intention to promote adaptation to climate change with the release of the Nunavut Climate Change Strategy, in which the development and promotion of adaptation strateg ...
EU cities and regions leading the way against climate change
... Senator of the City of Rostock (Germany), Presidents of Climate Alliance An international climate agreement can only be successful if all levels of government work closely together. The over 1,700 member cities of Climate Alliance show in their everyday work that local authorities hold the solutions ...
... Senator of the City of Rostock (Germany), Presidents of Climate Alliance An international climate agreement can only be successful if all levels of government work closely together. The over 1,700 member cities of Climate Alliance show in their everyday work that local authorities hold the solutions ...
The Critical Role of the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans
... Several research groups in Europe and North America are launching large-scale, long-term observation programs in the North Atlantic. WHOI itself launched pioneering ocean obser vatories in the Atlantic in 2001 and in the Arctic in 2002. The time is ripe and the players are poised to create an Atlant ...
... Several research groups in Europe and North America are launching large-scale, long-term observation programs in the North Atlantic. WHOI itself launched pioneering ocean obser vatories in the Atlantic in 2001 and in the Arctic in 2002. The time is ripe and the players are poised to create an Atlant ...
2.2 Climate Change Impacts in Ghana
... and nations as a result of disasters. Again, the development of a National Climate Change Adaptation Stragegy has been agreed on as a trigger under the Natural Resources and Environmental Governance Programme in Ghana. Secondly, Ghana’s economy relies heavily on climate sensitive sectors mainly on a ...
... and nations as a result of disasters. Again, the development of a National Climate Change Adaptation Stragegy has been agreed on as a trigger under the Natural Resources and Environmental Governance Programme in Ghana. Secondly, Ghana’s economy relies heavily on climate sensitive sectors mainly on a ...
STEP 1: Proposer Contact Information
... 6. Forum organizers will prioritize sessions with interactive formats that actively engage participants versus traditional formats. 7. Forum organizers would like to include more advanced sessions with cutting edge, complex and new content for participants who have a sophisticated comprehension of a ...
... 6. Forum organizers will prioritize sessions with interactive formats that actively engage participants versus traditional formats. 7. Forum organizers would like to include more advanced sessions with cutting edge, complex and new content for participants who have a sophisticated comprehension of a ...
On the Importance of Strengthening Moderate Beliefs in Climate
... required to motivate action. While additional factors such as values and worldviews, discussed below, play a role in views about climate change, strength of belief seems rooted in understanding climate change and associated risks. With respect to climate science, the likelihood of preferring immedia ...
... required to motivate action. While additional factors such as values and worldviews, discussed below, play a role in views about climate change, strength of belief seems rooted in understanding climate change and associated risks. With respect to climate science, the likelihood of preferring immedia ...
Climate Change: Law, Policy, and Business
... with the other participants. When you are in class, you have responsibilities as a teacher: your classmates and I will learn from you. Please come to class each day, on time, prepared, and ready to participate fully. You can expect me to plan the best course I can. That means I will select intriguin ...
... with the other participants. When you are in class, you have responsibilities as a teacher: your classmates and I will learn from you. Please come to class each day, on time, prepared, and ready to participate fully. You can expect me to plan the best course I can. That means I will select intriguin ...
Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap
... hunger, poverty, and conflict. They will likely lead to food and water shortages, pandemic disease, disputes over refugees and resources, and destruction by natural disasters in regions across the globe. In our defense strategy, we refer to climate change as a “threat multiplier” because it has the ...
... hunger, poverty, and conflict. They will likely lead to food and water shortages, pandemic disease, disputes over refugees and resources, and destruction by natural disasters in regions across the globe. In our defense strategy, we refer to climate change as a “threat multiplier” because it has the ...
Climate finance for the Middle East and North Africa: confronting the
... for the countries in the MENA region, which confront diverse circumstances. The region is home to the majority of the world’s proven oil reserves with many of its oil-exporting countries amongst the highest per-capita emitters of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Economies that have grown rich from de ...
... for the countries in the MENA region, which confront diverse circumstances. The region is home to the majority of the world’s proven oil reserves with many of its oil-exporting countries amongst the highest per-capita emitters of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Economies that have grown rich from de ...
1 - EconStor
... Summarising the literature, some studies employ international data but most use data from a single country. 7 Particularly in cross-country studies data are frequently aggregated over large, climatically diverse regions. Most studies include temperature and precipitation but far fewer include other ...
... Summarising the literature, some studies employ international data but most use data from a single country. 7 Particularly in cross-country studies data are frequently aggregated over large, climatically diverse regions. Most studies include temperature and precipitation but far fewer include other ...
David R. Legates, Ph.D. Center for Climatic Research
... (1993 to 2003). This was regarded as further confirmation the IPCC’s AGW hypothesis. Their expectation was that the Earth’s climate system would continue accumulating heat more or less monotonically. Now that heat accumulation has stopped (and perhaps even reversed), the tables have turned. The same ...
... (1993 to 2003). This was regarded as further confirmation the IPCC’s AGW hypothesis. Their expectation was that the Earth’s climate system would continue accumulating heat more or less monotonically. Now that heat accumulation has stopped (and perhaps even reversed), the tables have turned. The same ...
Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change among Crop Mohammed, D
... in many parts of the world (Adebayo et al. 2012). Studies such as Mendelsohn et al. (2000); Paavola (2006); Ozor and Cynthia (2010) indicated that temperature is rising and rainfall frequency and intensity is fluctuating. In Nigeria, analysis of long- term meteorological data (temperature, rainfall, ...
... in many parts of the world (Adebayo et al. 2012). Studies such as Mendelsohn et al. (2000); Paavola (2006); Ozor and Cynthia (2010) indicated that temperature is rising and rainfall frequency and intensity is fluctuating. In Nigeria, analysis of long- term meteorological data (temperature, rainfall, ...
Lessons from the Kyoto Protocol: Implications for the Future Cédric Philibert
... spillover, especially “the international diffusion of more efficient and lower carbon technologies that are developed in response to emission controls in the industrialized world.” They believe that these positive effects do more than offset the leakage. Therefore, regulation of emissions by industr ...
... spillover, especially “the international diffusion of more efficient and lower carbon technologies that are developed in response to emission controls in the industrialized world.” They believe that these positive effects do more than offset the leakage. Therefore, regulation of emissions by industr ...
Cutting the Knot
... a level that threatens global climate catastrophe.2 Indeed, with recent droughts, heat waves and storms consistent with the anticipated impacts of a warming climate, and particularly with new evidence of drastic impacts in the Arctic 3, it is quite clear that, even with the global mean surface tempe ...
... a level that threatens global climate catastrophe.2 Indeed, with recent droughts, heat waves and storms consistent with the anticipated impacts of a warming climate, and particularly with new evidence of drastic impacts in the Arctic 3, it is quite clear that, even with the global mean surface tempe ...
Environmental Degradation, Social Sin, and the Common Good
... response to floods, famine, and warfare, the migration and movement of people from adverse impacts of climate change may become highly problematic for them, for the people of the regions to which they are relocating, and for efforts to establish a peaceful global society. To address these potential ...
... response to floods, famine, and warfare, the migration and movement of people from adverse impacts of climate change may become highly problematic for them, for the people of the regions to which they are relocating, and for efforts to establish a peaceful global society. To address these potential ...
Climate change policies and the WTO: Greening the GATT
... of countries. From a Realpolitik perspective, one must first understand how climate change policies fare under the current WTO mandate and ensuing legal discipline. The focus of the framers of the GATT was on tariff protection, leaving to members the freedom to design all domestic policies (includin ...
... of countries. From a Realpolitik perspective, one must first understand how climate change policies fare under the current WTO mandate and ensuing legal discipline. The focus of the framers of the GATT was on tariff protection, leaving to members the freedom to design all domestic policies (includin ...
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... (HC) and second, extratropical circulation change, as manifested by a poleward shift of the zone of high westerly winds in the midlatitudes, also known as an enhanced positive phase of the annular modes (AMs). Although both changes are associated with similar poleward displacements, it still remains ...
... (HC) and second, extratropical circulation change, as manifested by a poleward shift of the zone of high westerly winds in the midlatitudes, also known as an enhanced positive phase of the annular modes (AMs). Although both changes are associated with similar poleward displacements, it still remains ...
Met Office science strategy 2010–2015
... enabled much higher resolution to be used in modelling. For weather forecasting this has meant the ability to run operational models at cloud system resolving scale (~1 km). This has the potential to deliver a step change in our ability to forecast the likelihood and location of extreme weather even ...
... enabled much higher resolution to be used in modelling. For weather forecasting this has meant the ability to run operational models at cloud system resolving scale (~1 km). This has the potential to deliver a step change in our ability to forecast the likelihood and location of extreme weather even ...
Chapter 10 Liability
... suggests a discernible human influence on global climate”. In 2007 the Fourth Assessment Report stated that the evidence was “unequivocal”4. It is more defensible to argue that many of the effects of climate change are still uncertain, since IPCC itself takes that position. Whilst a hard core of den ...
... suggests a discernible human influence on global climate”. In 2007 the Fourth Assessment Report stated that the evidence was “unequivocal”4. It is more defensible to argue that many of the effects of climate change are still uncertain, since IPCC itself takes that position. Whilst a hard core of den ...