Community-based Climate Change Action Grants
... knowhow to discuss their vulnerabilities and identify priority options for reducing the risks and building resilience in their lives and livelihoods. They tested options and adopted new technologies to improve productivity, use resources more efficiently and diversify and insure their livelihoods in ...
... knowhow to discuss their vulnerabilities and identify priority options for reducing the risks and building resilience in their lives and livelihoods. They tested options and adopted new technologies to improve productivity, use resources more efficiently and diversify and insure their livelihoods in ...
The Paris Agreement and Beyond: International Climate Change
... elaborating and implementing the Paris Agreement—and to identify policies and institutions that might complement or supplement the Paris-Agreement regime. Participants included twenty-three of the world’s leading researchers focusing on climate-change policy, representing the disciplines of economic ...
... elaborating and implementing the Paris Agreement—and to identify policies and institutions that might complement or supplement the Paris-Agreement regime. Participants included twenty-three of the world’s leading researchers focusing on climate-change policy, representing the disciplines of economic ...
Impact of climate change on tropospheric ozone
... dominantly negative (e.g. reduced tropospheric ozone burden and lifetime, and shortened methane lifetime), but more modelling studies are needed in order to reach a common consensus on climate feedbacks. Most recently, Stevenson et al. (2006) reported an ensemble modelling study from 25 models for t ...
... dominantly negative (e.g. reduced tropospheric ozone burden and lifetime, and shortened methane lifetime), but more modelling studies are needed in order to reach a common consensus on climate feedbacks. Most recently, Stevenson et al. (2006) reported an ensemble modelling study from 25 models for t ...
How well do we understand and evaluate climate change feedback
... NASA GISS, and Department of Applied Physics, Columbia University, New York, New York m Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom (Manuscript received 4 July 2005, in final form 1 December 2005) ABSTRACT Processes in the climate system that can either ampl ...
... NASA GISS, and Department of Applied Physics, Columbia University, New York, New York m Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom (Manuscript received 4 July 2005, in final form 1 December 2005) ABSTRACT Processes in the climate system that can either ampl ...
3. The role of Sustainable Land Management in Sub
... These changes are predicted to reduce the area of land suitable for rainfed agriculture by 6% (averaged across several projections), and reduce total agricultural GDP in Africa by 2 to 9%. Agricultural losses are expected to be as much as 50% in southern Africa during drought years. These problems c ...
... These changes are predicted to reduce the area of land suitable for rainfed agriculture by 6% (averaged across several projections), and reduce total agricultural GDP in Africa by 2 to 9%. Agricultural losses are expected to be as much as 50% in southern Africa during drought years. These problems c ...
11. Minutes of the 11th meeting
... programme is not yet in place. For GLOBEC this probably means CCCC will continue until the end of GLOBEC. On the topic of “synthesis” HB noted that a final PICES and GLOBEC CCCC Synthesis Report will be published to summarise the findings of the programme. However, contrary to other regional program ...
... programme is not yet in place. For GLOBEC this probably means CCCC will continue until the end of GLOBEC. On the topic of “synthesis” HB noted that a final PICES and GLOBEC CCCC Synthesis Report will be published to summarise the findings of the programme. However, contrary to other regional program ...
ocean-climate.org - Plateforme Océan et Climat
... For decades, climate change negotiations did not take the ocean into consideration. The following texts reveals a change in mindset and that this planetary environment has finally been given the importance it deserves in climate issues. This document addresses concerns such as the part the ocean pla ...
... For decades, climate change negotiations did not take the ocean into consideration. The following texts reveals a change in mindset and that this planetary environment has finally been given the importance it deserves in climate issues. This document addresses concerns such as the part the ocean pla ...
Annals of the Association of American Geographers Climate
... Yeong B. and Shroder Jr., John F.(2010) 'Climate Change and Mountain Topographic Evolution in the Central Karakoram, Pakistan', Annals of the Association of American Geographers,, First published on: 19 August 2010 (iFirst) To link to this Article: DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2010.500521 URL: http://dx.do ...
... Yeong B. and Shroder Jr., John F.(2010) 'Climate Change and Mountain Topographic Evolution in the Central Karakoram, Pakistan', Annals of the Association of American Geographers,, First published on: 19 August 2010 (iFirst) To link to this Article: DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2010.500521 URL: http://dx.do ...
Module 11: Groundwater and climate change
... There is considerable uncertainty surrounding the future of Africa’s climate as reported in the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (Christensen et al., 2007). First, average temperatures are likely to increase. Hulme et al. (2000) show that for Africa as ...
... There is considerable uncertainty surrounding the future of Africa’s climate as reported in the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (Christensen et al., 2007). First, average temperatures are likely to increase. Hulme et al. (2000) show that for Africa as ...
Complex coastlines responding to climate change
... wave climate variations on the Arçay Spit, France. Changes in wave climates will be manifest in altered patterns of shoreline change, including zones of enhanced erosion and/or accretion (Barkwith et al., 2014; McNamara et al., 2011; Slott et al., 2006). However, the assumption of quasi-equilibrium ...
... wave climate variations on the Arçay Spit, France. Changes in wave climates will be manifest in altered patterns of shoreline change, including zones of enhanced erosion and/or accretion (Barkwith et al., 2014; McNamara et al., 2011; Slott et al., 2006). However, the assumption of quasi-equilibrium ...
C. Survey on the impacts of Climate Change on World Heritage
... The States Parties need to be aware of the risks posed by Climate Change and that clear short term actions are needed and possible: a) Global level actions (World Heritage Convention): i) Include Climate Change as an additional source of stress in the Strategy for reducing risks from disasters at Wo ...
... The States Parties need to be aware of the risks posed by Climate Change and that clear short term actions are needed and possible: a) Global level actions (World Heritage Convention): i) Include Climate Change as an additional source of stress in the Strategy for reducing risks from disasters at Wo ...
Climate Change and Poverty—An Analytical Framework
... reduction by less than 10% of the number of households escaping poverty (i.e., a reduction from 14% to 13% per year) would reduce the pace of poverty reduction by 50%. As to the second question, climate change affects flows into poverty, notably through its impact on weather events. For instance, am ...
... reduction by less than 10% of the number of households escaping poverty (i.e., a reduction from 14% to 13% per year) would reduce the pace of poverty reduction by 50%. As to the second question, climate change affects flows into poverty, notably through its impact on weather events. For instance, am ...
GDI 12 – Warming Core – Final
... level rises that would result from widespread deglaciation of Greenland and West Antarctic ice sheets imply major changes in coastlines and inundation of low-lying areas, with greatest effects in river deltas. "Relocating populations, economic activity and infrastructure would be costly and challeng ...
... level rises that would result from widespread deglaciation of Greenland and West Antarctic ice sheets imply major changes in coastlines and inundation of low-lying areas, with greatest effects in river deltas. "Relocating populations, economic activity and infrastructure would be costly and challeng ...
The Response of Precipitation Minus Evapotranspiration to Climate
... can occur over both ocean and land because of changes in the mean circulation and eddies (e.g., Seager et al. 2010; Scheff and Frierson 2012; Huang et al. 2013; Seager et al. 2014a,b). In addition, changes in horizontal temperature gradients, which are neglected by the simple scaling, are important ...
... can occur over both ocean and land because of changes in the mean circulation and eddies (e.g., Seager et al. 2010; Scheff and Frierson 2012; Huang et al. 2013; Seager et al. 2014a,b). In addition, changes in horizontal temperature gradients, which are neglected by the simple scaling, are important ...
Modeling the Effects of Climate Change on the Supply of Phosphate
... as snow accumulates in the watershed until the spring, when snowmelt augments stream flow to form a distinct snowmelt peak that often results in maximum annual stream flow. The Finnish site has a more continental climate than the Swedish site since it is further from the Baltic Sea. Under current cond ...
... as snow accumulates in the watershed until the spring, when snowmelt augments stream flow to form a distinct snowmelt peak that often results in maximum annual stream flow. The Finnish site has a more continental climate than the Swedish site since it is further from the Baltic Sea. Under current cond ...
The Impacts of Climate Change on World Heritage Properties
... The States Parties need to be aware of the risks posed by Climate Change and that clear short term actions are needed and possible: a) Global level actions (World Heritage Convention): i) Include Climate Change as an additional source of stress in the Strategy for reducing risks from disasters at Wo ...
... The States Parties need to be aware of the risks posed by Climate Change and that clear short term actions are needed and possible: a) Global level actions (World Heritage Convention): i) Include Climate Change as an additional source of stress in the Strategy for reducing risks from disasters at Wo ...
Development finance and climate finance - IIED
... carefully assessed. Even if it is not counted as ODA, developed countries will have incentives to finance mitigation in middle-income countries both for commercial reasons (to promote their technology) and to meet their own climate reduction targets. Switzerland, the first country to formally commit ...
... carefully assessed. Even if it is not counted as ODA, developed countries will have incentives to finance mitigation in middle-income countries both for commercial reasons (to promote their technology) and to meet their own climate reduction targets. Switzerland, the first country to formally commit ...
Confronting Climate Change in the Great Lakes Region
... spectacular lakes, vast wetlands, fertile southern soils, and rugged northern terrain forested in spruce and fir. It is also home to 60 million people whose actions can profoundly affect the region’s ecological bounty and the life-sustaining benefits it provides. Now that the world is entering a per ...
... spectacular lakes, vast wetlands, fertile southern soils, and rugged northern terrain forested in spruce and fir. It is also home to 60 million people whose actions can profoundly affect the region’s ecological bounty and the life-sustaining benefits it provides. Now that the world is entering a per ...
a sensitive matter - The Global Warming Policy Foundation
... The best observational evidence indicates our climate is considerably less sensitive to greenhouse gases than climate scientists had previously thought. The clues and the relevant scientific papers are all mentioned in the full IPCC report. However, this important conclusion is not drawn in the full ...
... The best observational evidence indicates our climate is considerably less sensitive to greenhouse gases than climate scientists had previously thought. The clues and the relevant scientific papers are all mentioned in the full IPCC report. However, this important conclusion is not drawn in the full ...
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... The remainder of the article is set up as follows. Section 2 outlines the framework of estimating potential risks from catastrophic and climate impacted events. The section also illustrates the derivation of parameter values for the severity distributions of catastrophic events based on expert estim ...
... The remainder of the article is set up as follows. Section 2 outlines the framework of estimating potential risks from catastrophic and climate impacted events. The section also illustrates the derivation of parameter values for the severity distributions of catastrophic events based on expert estim ...
Climate Role Play
... experts on the UN Climate Panel, IPCC1, are in agreement that the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is gradually increasing – which, in turn, leads to higher temperatures. In the opinion of the Climate Panel a rising average temperature leads to more extreme weather conditions wher ...
... experts on the UN Climate Panel, IPCC1, are in agreement that the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is gradually increasing – which, in turn, leads to higher temperatures. In the opinion of the Climate Panel a rising average temperature leads to more extreme weather conditions wher ...
Loss and Damage: The Role of Ecosystem Services
... loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change, including extreme weather events and slow onset events, and the role of sustainable development in reducing the risk of loss and damage.” Work had begun in 2013 when the Warsaw International Mechanism (WIM) for Loss and Damage as ...
... loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change, including extreme weather events and slow onset events, and the role of sustainable development in reducing the risk of loss and damage.” Work had begun in 2013 when the Warsaw International Mechanism (WIM) for Loss and Damage as ...
Cloud Feedbacks Found to Amplify Global Warming
... Radiant Energy System (CERES) indicate that cloud optical depth of low marine clouds might be expected to decrease with increasing temperature (Tselioudis et al. 1992; Greenwald et al. 1995; Chang and Coakley 2007; Eitzen et al. 2008). This suggests a positive shortwave cloud–climate feedback for ma ...
... Radiant Energy System (CERES) indicate that cloud optical depth of low marine clouds might be expected to decrease with increasing temperature (Tselioudis et al. 1992; Greenwald et al. 1995; Chang and Coakley 2007; Eitzen et al. 2008). This suggests a positive shortwave cloud–climate feedback for ma ...