Ireland in a Warmer World
... months in the middle of the century and a decrease of a comparable magnitude in the summer months. Increasing the horizontal resolution of the downscaling grid has a positive impact on the quality of the winds, since local effects, such as the distortion of the airflow by surface features, are bette ...
... months in the middle of the century and a decrease of a comparable magnitude in the summer months. Increasing the horizontal resolution of the downscaling grid has a positive impact on the quality of the winds, since local effects, such as the distortion of the airflow by surface features, are bette ...
Committee on America's Climate Choices; National Research Council
... ow should the United States respond to the challenges posed by climate change? This is the fundamental question addressed by America’s Climate Choices—a suite of activities requested by the U.S. Congress and conducted by the U.S. National Research Council. Book shelves and the internet are replete w ...
... ow should the United States respond to the challenges posed by climate change? This is the fundamental question addressed by America’s Climate Choices—a suite of activities requested by the U.S. Congress and conducted by the U.S. National Research Council. Book shelves and the internet are replete w ...
a proposal for a convention on climate change refugees
... While other writers have set forth a number of general proposals to deal with climate change refugees,7 this Article presents several advances. It provides a more in-depth examination of a climate change refugee legal instrument that draws on multiple areas of the law, including human rights, humani ...
... While other writers have set forth a number of general proposals to deal with climate change refugees,7 this Article presents several advances. It provides a more in-depth examination of a climate change refugee legal instrument that draws on multiple areas of the law, including human rights, humani ...
DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF THE GREEN CLIMATE FUND*
... The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has been one of the core issues of the world climate summits under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in recent years. However, the GCF has not progressed smoothly, and currently there are no satisfactory schemes for raising and distributi ...
... The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has been one of the core issues of the world climate summits under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in recent years. However, the GCF has not progressed smoothly, and currently there are no satisfactory schemes for raising and distributi ...
Potential Impacts of Climate Change on the Broads
... adaptation practitioners should realistically be considering, and the goal set by both the EU and UNFCCC to avoid dangerous anthropogenic influence on the climate) by looking at the RCP8.5 scenario for the 2050s (2040-‐2069). It also provides information on ...
... adaptation practitioners should realistically be considering, and the goal set by both the EU and UNFCCC to avoid dangerous anthropogenic influence on the climate) by looking at the RCP8.5 scenario for the 2050s (2040-‐2069). It also provides information on ...
understanding el niño in ocean–atmosphere general
... and Philander 2000). In addition, El Niño involves interactions extending through different time scales with various climate phenomena, such as the seasonal cycle, intraseasonal oscillations, or decadal oscillations. For example, ENSO is more sensitive to wind perturbations in spring and autumn but ...
... and Philander 2000). In addition, El Niño involves interactions extending through different time scales with various climate phenomena, such as the seasonal cycle, intraseasonal oscillations, or decadal oscillations. For example, ENSO is more sensitive to wind perturbations in spring and autumn but ...
Hybrid statistical–dynamic seasonal streamflow forecasting method
... rainfall as a predictor was assessed and compared to forecasts made using observed antecedent climate predictors. Including observed future rainfall as a predictor (in addition to antecedent streamflow predictors) increased the skill of streamflow forecasts over those made using only antecedent str ...
... rainfall as a predictor was assessed and compared to forecasts made using observed antecedent climate predictors. Including observed future rainfall as a predictor (in addition to antecedent streamflow predictors) increased the skill of streamflow forecasts over those made using only antecedent str ...
The Response of Precipitation Minus
... Muller 2010; La^ıné et al. 2014). Land–ocean contrasts, along with other robust features of global warming simulations such as polar amplification (e.g., Holland and Bitz 2003), affect the spatial pattern of lowertropospheric specific humidity changes and consequently influence the atmospheric moist ...
... Muller 2010; La^ıné et al. 2014). Land–ocean contrasts, along with other robust features of global warming simulations such as polar amplification (e.g., Holland and Bitz 2003), affect the spatial pattern of lowertropospheric specific humidity changes and consequently influence the atmospheric moist ...
Climate change as a major risk management challenge: Prepared by
... 4. The insurance industry is prepared to help counter climate risks through active cooperation in implementing building codes or similar means which encourage the use of sustainable practices. Further, insurers offer to work closely with policy-makers on communicating to customers their climate risk ...
... 4. The insurance industry is prepared to help counter climate risks through active cooperation in implementing building codes or similar means which encourage the use of sustainable practices. Further, insurers offer to work closely with policy-makers on communicating to customers their climate risk ...
... The observational record shows that the world has been beset with a decade of unusual weather conditions. Droughts, stronger storms, heat waves, floods, wildfires, and anomalous seasonal weather have been outside historical expectations. We find all of this is consistent with a warmer climate, wette ...
impacts of climate change on urban development in the uae
... UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change WCED ...
... UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change WCED ...
Climate Extremes: Recent Trends with Implications for National Security
... The observational record shows that the world has been beset with a decade of unusual weather conditions. Droughts, stronger storms, heat waves, floods, wildfires, and anomalous seasonal weather have been outside historical expectations. We find all of this is consistent with a warmer climate, wette ...
... The observational record shows that the world has been beset with a decade of unusual weather conditions. Droughts, stronger storms, heat waves, floods, wildfires, and anomalous seasonal weather have been outside historical expectations. We find all of this is consistent with a warmer climate, wette ...
CLIMATE CHANGE, MIGRATION, AND THE PUGET SOUND REGION
... Hormann, 2012), the topic has reemerged in the news recently, with many writers making an additional assertion about human migration—that “global warming could unleash a deluge of newcomers” to the Pacific Northwest in coming years (Berger, 2014). The claim that climate change will drive people away ...
... Hormann, 2012), the topic has reemerged in the news recently, with many writers making an additional assertion about human migration—that “global warming could unleash a deluge of newcomers” to the Pacific Northwest in coming years (Berger, 2014). The claim that climate change will drive people away ...
Climate Change in the American Christian Mind: March 2015
... A fast-growing “greening of religion” movement is unfolding across the United States and around the world (http://fore.yale.edu), with major statements by Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, and Indigenous leaders (among others) and substantial efforts by people of faith to address both the ...
... A fast-growing “greening of religion” movement is unfolding across the United States and around the world (http://fore.yale.edu), with major statements by Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, and Indigenous leaders (among others) and substantial efforts by people of faith to address both the ...
PDF - World Agroforestry Centre
... mostly of the Chinese language literature, this paper describes observed and predicted climate change, and impacts of both climate change and anthropogenic factors on grasslands. It ends with suggestions for future policy related research. Observed and predicted temperature change: From 1955 to 1996 ...
... mostly of the Chinese language literature, this paper describes observed and predicted climate change, and impacts of both climate change and anthropogenic factors on grasslands. It ends with suggestions for future policy related research. Observed and predicted temperature change: From 1955 to 1996 ...
Climate Change and its Health Implications
... with the term ‘global warming’, referring to the confirmed increase in the Earth’s mean surface temperature over the last 200 years, although it involves several other variables (Box 1.1). An important point, and one that causes endless confusion in debates about climate, is that change not attribut ...
... with the term ‘global warming’, referring to the confirmed increase in the Earth’s mean surface temperature over the last 200 years, although it involves several other variables (Box 1.1). An important point, and one that causes endless confusion in debates about climate, is that change not attribut ...
Climate Change in Southern New Hampshire
... warmer and wetter over the last century, and the rate ...
... warmer and wetter over the last century, and the rate ...
POTENTIAL MARKET BARRIERS FOR VOLUNTARY CLIMATE CHANGE
... impacts of climate change. The need for a transition to more sustainable consumption and production patterns is undeniable, and sustainable economic growth must be placed at the heart of future development for all citizens – private and public. The South African private sector is under enormous pres ...
... impacts of climate change. The need for a transition to more sustainable consumption and production patterns is undeniable, and sustainable economic growth must be placed at the heart of future development for all citizens – private and public. The South African private sector is under enormous pres ...
STRIVE Ireland in a Warmer Report Series No.27
... methods are directly compared for their ability to predict precipitation over Ireland. There are differences in detail of the results produced by the two approaches, but the overall signal of wetter winters and drier summers is reflected consistently by both methods. Renewable energy sources are of ...
... methods are directly compared for their ability to predict precipitation over Ireland. There are differences in detail of the results produced by the two approaches, but the overall signal of wetter winters and drier summers is reflected consistently by both methods. Renewable energy sources are of ...
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... As the Summary for Policymakers of the Synthesis Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) concluded: “warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, wide ...
... As the Summary for Policymakers of the Synthesis Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) concluded: “warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, wide ...
ENHANCINGRESILIENCETO CLIMATERESILIENCEAND CLIMATE
... resources, forestry, coastal zone management and health sectors will be particularly impacted. More frequent and intense storms, floods, and droughts are causing huge economic losses and affecting the livelihoods of the poorest and most marginalized members of society in particular. 5. Panama has de ...
... resources, forestry, coastal zone management and health sectors will be particularly impacted. More frequent and intense storms, floods, and droughts are causing huge economic losses and affecting the livelihoods of the poorest and most marginalized members of society in particular. 5. Panama has de ...
Global action on climate change in agriculture: Linkages to food security, markets and trade policies in developing countries
... report brings forth questions that will occupy the world community over the next decade or more regarding the role of agriculture in climate change adaptation and mitigation. The report offers some answers and concrete proposals – while recognizing that much more needs to be learned, more questions ...
... report brings forth questions that will occupy the world community over the next decade or more regarding the role of agriculture in climate change adaptation and mitigation. The report offers some answers and concrete proposals – while recognizing that much more needs to be learned, more questions ...
Southern Africa Climate Change Framework
... emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, and through sustainable land use practices, are not only important for mitigation, but also enhance the resilience for local communities and other stakeholders for adaptation actions. ...
... emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, and through sustainable land use practices, are not only important for mitigation, but also enhance the resilience for local communities and other stakeholders for adaptation actions. ...