A Focus on Climate During the Past 100 Years
... the late 19th century (Fig. 3). During the first decades these measurements were in the early stages of development. Lüdecke (this volume) describes this pioneering work for the case of the Arctic, where kites, tethered and free-flying balloons, and airships were used as platforms. In many countries ...
... the late 19th century (Fig. 3). During the first decades these measurements were in the early stages of development. Lüdecke (this volume) describes this pioneering work for the case of the Arctic, where kites, tethered and free-flying balloons, and airships were used as platforms. In many countries ...
Projected climate change impacts on forest land cover and land use
... productivity (Latta et al. 2010), and changes in tree species composition (Coops and Waring 2011). In the Pacific Northwest, these potential impacts have been studied using climate change scenarios and a variety of empirical or process-based modeling approaches (Rogers et al. 2011; Shafer et al. 200 ...
... productivity (Latta et al. 2010), and changes in tree species composition (Coops and Waring 2011). In the Pacific Northwest, these potential impacts have been studied using climate change scenarios and a variety of empirical or process-based modeling approaches (Rogers et al. 2011; Shafer et al. 200 ...
Intel Climate Change Policy
... more than 2 degrees C above preindustrial temperatures during the 21st Century, and could warm by more than 4 degrees C. This level of warming is likely to be accompanied by significant sea level rise, as well as impacts to water resources, ecosystems, and human health. Although uncertainty surround ...
... more than 2 degrees C above preindustrial temperatures during the 21st Century, and could warm by more than 4 degrees C. This level of warming is likely to be accompanied by significant sea level rise, as well as impacts to water resources, ecosystems, and human health. Although uncertainty surround ...
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... To date, official development assistance and global adaptation finance have sought to reduce vulnerability primarily by increasing local capacities to undertake discrete climate adaptation efforts, such as climate monitoring and disaster response. It is clear, however, that to significantly increase ...
... To date, official development assistance and global adaptation finance have sought to reduce vulnerability primarily by increasing local capacities to undertake discrete climate adaptation efforts, such as climate monitoring and disaster response. It is clear, however, that to significantly increase ...
- Inderscience Online
... 2013 have allowed participants to network with just a few mouse-clicks, thus catalysing knowledge transfer and new cooperation, across the globe. The online climate conference series have been organised under the auspices of the ‘International Climate Change Information Programme’, created by HAW Ha ...
... 2013 have allowed participants to network with just a few mouse-clicks, thus catalysing knowledge transfer and new cooperation, across the globe. The online climate conference series have been organised under the auspices of the ‘International Climate Change Information Programme’, created by HAW Ha ...
Forecasting the combined effects of urbanization
... likely impacts. Here, we integrate a new biotic model with four previously developed physical models (downscaled climate projections, stream hydrology, geomorphology, and water temperature) to predict how stream fish growth and reproduction will most probably respond to shifts in climate and urbaniz ...
... likely impacts. Here, we integrate a new biotic model with four previously developed physical models (downscaled climate projections, stream hydrology, geomorphology, and water temperature) to predict how stream fish growth and reproduction will most probably respond to shifts in climate and urbaniz ...
Evaluating Climate Visualization
... eral challenges have been identified [14], and a responsible approach has to be taken by climate scientists regarding the selection of data, their visual representations and the creation of narratives. Information on climate change is of a particularly complex nature. Studies of causes, effects and ...
... eral challenges have been identified [14], and a responsible approach has to be taken by climate scientists regarding the selection of data, their visual representations and the creation of narratives. Information on climate change is of a particularly complex nature. Studies of causes, effects and ...
Experience of extreme weather affects climate change mitigation
... changes to familiar and local places, in turn heightening the sense of risk posed by climate change. EWEs are also often associated with changed socio-political contexts (media coverage, institutional responses etc.) which themselves constitute important influences on people’s perceptions (cf. Pidge ...
... changes to familiar and local places, in turn heightening the sense of risk posed by climate change. EWEs are also often associated with changed socio-political contexts (media coverage, institutional responses etc.) which themselves constitute important influences on people’s perceptions (cf. Pidge ...
Climate change and animal health in Africa
... droughts. Indirect impacts are the result of reduced availability of water and forage and changes in the environment that promote the spread of contagious diseases through increased contact between animals, or increased survival or availability of the agent or its intermediate host. The distribution ...
... droughts. Indirect impacts are the result of reduced availability of water and forage and changes in the environment that promote the spread of contagious diseases through increased contact between animals, or increased survival or availability of the agent or its intermediate host. The distribution ...
Climate Change Adaptation Plan
... 2050 depending on global emissions.vi These costs will not be equally distributed across the country with greater costs predicted for some coastal areas. At first glance, the costs of adaptation are often readily identified and dismissed as too expensive by many governments and businesses. However, ...
... 2050 depending on global emissions.vi These costs will not be equally distributed across the country with greater costs predicted for some coastal areas. At first glance, the costs of adaptation are often readily identified and dismissed as too expensive by many governments and businesses. However, ...
Adapting to Climate Change in Australia
... Even if climate change can be contained to around 2°C of global warming, Australia will have to manage serious and pervasive risks from climate change impacts. In 2007 the IPCC concluded that, for Australia, “Ecosystems, water security and coastal communities ... have a narrow coping range. Even if ...
... Even if climate change can be contained to around 2°C of global warming, Australia will have to manage serious and pervasive risks from climate change impacts. In 2007 the IPCC concluded that, for Australia, “Ecosystems, water security and coastal communities ... have a narrow coping range. Even if ...
OPEN CLIMATE LETTER TO UN SECRETARY
... The NOAA “State of the Climate in 2008” report asserted that 15 years or more without any statisticallysignificant warming would indicate a discrepancy between observation and prediction. Sixteen years without warming have therefore now proven that the models are wrong by their creators’ own criteri ...
... The NOAA “State of the Climate in 2008” report asserted that 15 years or more without any statisticallysignificant warming would indicate a discrepancy between observation and prediction. Sixteen years without warming have therefore now proven that the models are wrong by their creators’ own criteri ...
The Paris Agreement and the new logic of international climate politics
... makes it difficult for governments to assess where their national interests lie. For many, then, the most rational line to take may seem the wait-and-see approach. And even if some emitters were to undertake major mitigation measures, they could not be certain that other emitter ...
... makes it difficult for governments to assess where their national interests lie. For many, then, the most rational line to take may seem the wait-and-see approach. And even if some emitters were to undertake major mitigation measures, they could not be certain that other emitter ...
ALEC Quote - Union of Concerned Scientists
... in 2013, although none of those bills passed. xvii At least 14 RES rollback bills were introduced in 2014, with two passing in Ohio and Wisconsin. xviii Recent revelations from ALEC’s 2014 annual meeting in Dallas indicate that the unscientific views of climate contrarians continue to dominate the g ...
... in 2013, although none of those bills passed. xvii At least 14 RES rollback bills were introduced in 2014, with two passing in Ohio and Wisconsin. xviii Recent revelations from ALEC’s 2014 annual meeting in Dallas indicate that the unscientific views of climate contrarians continue to dominate the g ...
Public views on climate change: European and USA Perspectives
... these tensions when he recently stated that there is “no bigger long-term question facing the global community” than climate change (BBC, 2004), whilst emphasising the need for collective action. In other words, there is an overall acknowledgement that achieving practical steps to address climate ch ...
... these tensions when he recently stated that there is “no bigger long-term question facing the global community” than climate change (BBC, 2004), whilst emphasising the need for collective action. In other words, there is an overall acknowledgement that achieving practical steps to address climate ch ...
Economics, ethics and climate change
... compromise basic physical security (e.g. Shue, 1999) or result in other dangers (e.g. Caney, 2005, 2006). If this is so, the present generation should reduce greenhouse gas emissions to protect the rights of future generations. In terms of climate change in the next few decades, which largely cannot ...
... compromise basic physical security (e.g. Shue, 1999) or result in other dangers (e.g. Caney, 2005, 2006). If this is so, the present generation should reduce greenhouse gas emissions to protect the rights of future generations. In terms of climate change in the next few decades, which largely cannot ...
Smith-SDC-Edinburgh-October-2008-final
... risks associated with climate change. • Impacts of climate change will vary regionally but, aggregated and discounted to the present, they are very likely to impose net annual costs which will increase over time as global temperatures increase. IPCC, AR4, WGII (2007) ...
... risks associated with climate change. • Impacts of climate change will vary regionally but, aggregated and discounted to the present, they are very likely to impose net annual costs which will increase over time as global temperatures increase. IPCC, AR4, WGII (2007) ...
Climate change and mammals: evolutionary
... 33-year study due to earlier emergence from the previous hibernation (Inouye et al. 2000), earlier weaning and a longer active season (Ozgul et al. 2010). The changes, although relatively gradual, have been accompanied by rapid increases in population size since 2000 but the link to climate change r ...
... 33-year study due to earlier emergence from the previous hibernation (Inouye et al. 2000), earlier weaning and a longer active season (Ozgul et al. 2010). The changes, although relatively gradual, have been accompanied by rapid increases in population size since 2000 but the link to climate change r ...
The climate of the Mediterranean region: research progress and
... Carl-Heinrich-Becker-Weg 6-10, 12165 Berlin, Germany ...
... Carl-Heinrich-Becker-Weg 6-10, 12165 Berlin, Germany ...
Economics ethics climate change (opens in new window)
... compromise basic physical security (e.g. Shue, 1999) or result in other dangers (e.g. Caney, 2005, 2006). If this is so, the present generation should reduce greenhouse gas emissions to protect the rights of future generations. In terms of climate change in the next few decades, which largely cannot ...
... compromise basic physical security (e.g. Shue, 1999) or result in other dangers (e.g. Caney, 2005, 2006). If this is so, the present generation should reduce greenhouse gas emissions to protect the rights of future generations. In terms of climate change in the next few decades, which largely cannot ...
Earth, Climate, and Change: Observing Human Impact
... extreme temperatures, stronger storms, and loss of land from rising sea levels. Some of the most dramatic effects of climate change are related to water: either too much water that results in flooding or too little that results in droughts and wildfires. For example, even slightly increased temperat ...
... extreme temperatures, stronger storms, and loss of land from rising sea levels. Some of the most dramatic effects of climate change are related to water: either too much water that results in flooding or too little that results in droughts and wildfires. For example, even slightly increased temperat ...
Braconnot et al. (2012) - Harvard John A. Paulson School of
... At the same time, the climate-modelling community was becoming increasingly aware that responses to changes in forcing were model dependent. The need to investigate this phenomenon led to the establishment of the Atmospheric Modelling Intercomparison Project (AMIP)98 — the first of a plethora of mod ...
... At the same time, the climate-modelling community was becoming increasingly aware that responses to changes in forcing were model dependent. The need to investigate this phenomenon led to the establishment of the Atmospheric Modelling Intercomparison Project (AMIP)98 — the first of a plethora of mod ...
Communicating and Learning About Global Climate
... Although all sorts of imagination and thought may be used in coming up with hypotheses and theories, sooner or later scientific arguments must conform to the principles of logical reasoning—that is, to testing the validity of arguments by applying certain criteria of inference, demonstration, and co ...
... Although all sorts of imagination and thought may be used in coming up with hypotheses and theories, sooner or later scientific arguments must conform to the principles of logical reasoning—that is, to testing the validity of arguments by applying certain criteria of inference, demonstration, and co ...
2. Vulnerability and Adaptation Frameworks
... This handbook does not recommend a particular framework to be used in V&A assessments. The reason is that different frameworks have different strengths. In some cases, the interest may lie in long-term impacts of climate change, and thus the impacts framework might be more appropriate. In other case ...
... This handbook does not recommend a particular framework to be used in V&A assessments. The reason is that different frameworks have different strengths. In some cases, the interest may lie in long-term impacts of climate change, and thus the impacts framework might be more appropriate. In other case ...
