Relationship with United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
... With an increasing number of events and technical workshops held by the UNFCCC thematic bodies, the engagement of GCF has so far focused on information exchange. The annual meeting, as set out in Decision B.13/11, paragraph (a), aims to further enhance the cooperation and coherence of the engagement ...
... With an increasing number of events and technical workshops held by the UNFCCC thematic bodies, the engagement of GCF has so far focused on information exchange. The annual meeting, as set out in Decision B.13/11, paragraph (a), aims to further enhance the cooperation and coherence of the engagement ...
Chapter 4: Food Production
... non-commercial food supply), but common challenges did emerge, including threats to food supply from increased losses from invasive pests and diseases, and risks to the transportation systems upon which the sectors rely. The net medium-term outlook is for a likely modest increase in agricultural foo ...
... non-commercial food supply), but common challenges did emerge, including threats to food supply from increased losses from invasive pests and diseases, and risks to the transportation systems upon which the sectors rely. The net medium-term outlook is for a likely modest increase in agricultural foo ...
Climate change impacts on Yangtze River discharge at the Three
... a 4 m deep aquifer produced the best fit. Snow accumulation depends on both precipitation and air temperature with snowmelt calculated using a degree-day method (as there were insufficient data to use the more complex energy budget methods) with the melt dependent on the sum of the positive air temp ...
... a 4 m deep aquifer produced the best fit. Snow accumulation depends on both precipitation and air temperature with snowmelt calculated using a degree-day method (as there were insufficient data to use the more complex energy budget methods) with the melt dependent on the sum of the positive air temp ...
Ecological controls on net ecosystem productivity of a seasonally dry
... (0.7 < R2 < 0.9) that most of the variation unexplained by the model could be attributed to uncertainty in the measurements. Interannual variation in NEP from the model was also correlated with that from EC measurements (R2 = 0.75). Annual NEP from both the model and EC were correlated with the dura ...
... (0.7 < R2 < 0.9) that most of the variation unexplained by the model could be attributed to uncertainty in the measurements. Interannual variation in NEP from the model was also correlated with that from EC measurements (R2 = 0.75). Annual NEP from both the model and EC were correlated with the dura ...
Climate warming will reduce growth and survival of Scots pine
... Developing response functions for individual populations across sites is more problematic with these data. Heterogeneity among sites (due to differences in soils, planting practices, diseases, extreme storm events and other possibilities) decreases the !signal" to !noise" ratio (if the !signal" is f ...
... Developing response functions for individual populations across sites is more problematic with these data. Heterogeneity among sites (due to differences in soils, planting practices, diseases, extreme storm events and other possibilities) decreases the !signal" to !noise" ratio (if the !signal" is f ...
Common Concern and Global Public Goods: Evidence, Bits and
... amounts to one of the most comprehensive efforts at bridging gaps between scientific research and informed policy making.1 Equally, the international agenda under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its 1997 Kyoto Protocol have enhanced local and regional efforts a ...
... amounts to one of the most comprehensive efforts at bridging gaps between scientific research and informed policy making.1 Equally, the international agenda under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its 1997 Kyoto Protocol have enhanced local and regional efforts a ...
Abstract Key words - OpenDocs Home
... with ozone layer depletion, is considered by many as a breakthrough in many respects, partially because it managed to balance and reconcile the interests of both the developing south and the developed North and brought both groups together to achieve a common goal.8 Based on scholarly literature, in ...
... with ozone layer depletion, is considered by many as a breakthrough in many respects, partially because it managed to balance and reconcile the interests of both the developing south and the developed North and brought both groups together to achieve a common goal.8 Based on scholarly literature, in ...
Link-Securitization - Open Evidence Archive
... The relationship between economic activity and environmental quality is extremely complex. It is difficult to define, let alone meaningfully measure, the size of the economy or environmental quality. Consequently, our understanding of the interaction between the economy and the environment is primar ...
... The relationship between economic activity and environmental quality is extremely complex. It is difficult to define, let alone meaningfully measure, the size of the economy or environmental quality. Consequently, our understanding of the interaction between the economy and the environment is primar ...
The evolution of, and revolution in, land surface schemes designed
... to partition Rn between H and λE as well as possible, since less λE contributes less water vapour to the atmosphere and tends towards decreasing cloudiness and precipitation, whereas decreases in H tend to cool the planetary boundary layer and reduce convection (see Betts et al., 1996 and Figure 2). ...
... to partition Rn between H and λE as well as possible, since less λE contributes less water vapour to the atmosphere and tends towards decreasing cloudiness and precipitation, whereas decreases in H tend to cool the planetary boundary layer and reduce convection (see Betts et al., 1996 and Figure 2). ...
Climate Scientists Respond
... High CO2 levels co-existed with equatorial glaciers, disproving the efficacy of warming from high CO2 levels. Assertion 2 and Responses............................................................................................................................ 5 Corals came into being during eras of ...
... High CO2 levels co-existed with equatorial glaciers, disproving the efficacy of warming from high CO2 levels. Assertion 2 and Responses............................................................................................................................ 5 Corals came into being during eras of ...
heat waves, floods and the health impacts of climate change
... and its collaboration with all related sectors, agencies and key partners at national and global levels in order to reduce the current and projected health risks from climate change; yy to express commitment to meeting the challenges posed to human health by climate change, and to provide clear dire ...
... and its collaboration with all related sectors, agencies and key partners at national and global levels in order to reduce the current and projected health risks from climate change; yy to express commitment to meeting the challenges posed to human health by climate change, and to provide clear dire ...
Has the grand idea of geoengineering as Plan B
... geoengineering was dominated by natural scientists and engineers, who were cited in 70% of articles, and that only five scientists, led by Ken Caldeira and David Keith, contributed to nearly one-fourth of the articles. As Keith himself has pointed out, the time when a small group of scientific exper ...
... geoengineering was dominated by natural scientists and engineers, who were cited in 70% of articles, and that only five scientists, led by Ken Caldeira and David Keith, contributed to nearly one-fourth of the articles. As Keith himself has pointed out, the time when a small group of scientific exper ...
Climate change adaptation in the boardroom
... faces a phenomenal challenge. Presented with the challenge of short-term industry lobbying and political fear associated with private property values, the risks associated with adaptation trade-offs have resulted in a slow uptake of climate resilient development. As the extreme events increase, the ...
... faces a phenomenal challenge. Presented with the challenge of short-term industry lobbying and political fear associated with private property values, the risks associated with adaptation trade-offs have resulted in a slow uptake of climate resilient development. As the extreme events increase, the ...
Mainstreaming Environment and Climate Change in the
... of how environment has been mainstreamed in the PRS process at a given moment in time, for global or regional samples of countries. With many countries now having developed several iterations of their poverty reduction strategies and having received a sequence of credits designed to implement key as ...
... of how environment has been mainstreamed in the PRS process at a given moment in time, for global or regional samples of countries. With many countries now having developed several iterations of their poverty reduction strategies and having received a sequence of credits designed to implement key as ...
Table of Content
... At present, there is no clear common understanding among development partners of what constitutes a climate change activity. Nor is there agreement on whether DPGE should address specific climate projects only or ought to concentrate on the wider issue of mainstreaming. Furthermore, there is no clea ...
... At present, there is no clear common understanding among development partners of what constitutes a climate change activity. Nor is there agreement on whether DPGE should address specific climate projects only or ought to concentrate on the wider issue of mainstreaming. Furthermore, there is no clea ...
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... grains especially corn and soybeans from the US inland to the Lower Mississippi ports for export market accounting for on average 55 and 47 percent of all US corn and soybean export, respectively during 2005-2009 (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2010). The transportation flows and inland water ways are ...
... grains especially corn and soybeans from the US inland to the Lower Mississippi ports for export market accounting for on average 55 and 47 percent of all US corn and soybean export, respectively during 2005-2009 (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2010). The transportation flows and inland water ways are ...
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... methods in Section 3. Discussion of estimation procedure and analysis of empirical results can be found in Section 4. Concluding remarks are contained in Section 5. 2. Conceptual Framework PMT was originally introduced by Rogers in 1975, as an important theory in social cognitive of protective behav ...
... methods in Section 3. Discussion of estimation procedure and analysis of empirical results can be found in Section 4. Concluding remarks are contained in Section 5. 2. Conceptual Framework PMT was originally introduced by Rogers in 1975, as an important theory in social cognitive of protective behav ...
Population and climate change scoping paper
... those most vulnerable to the effects of climate change are those living in the developing world. Rapid population growth has a negative Impact on the ability of communities and countries to adapt to climate change, particularly if they are poor. It has also been identified by many developing countri ...
... those most vulnerable to the effects of climate change are those living in the developing world. Rapid population growth has a negative Impact on the ability of communities and countries to adapt to climate change, particularly if they are poor. It has also been identified by many developing countri ...
CHAPTER 2 OUR CHANGING CLIMATE Climate Change Impacts in the United States
... global warming of the past 50 years is primarily due to human activities. 2. Global climate is projected to continue to change over this century and beyond. The magnitude of climate change beyond the next few decades depends primarily on the amount of heat- trapping gases emitted globally, and ...
... global warming of the past 50 years is primarily due to human activities. 2. Global climate is projected to continue to change over this century and beyond. The magnitude of climate change beyond the next few decades depends primarily on the amount of heat- trapping gases emitted globally, and ...
Acceleration technique for Milankovitch type forcing in a coupled
... survey is concerned with the middle to late Holocene, which can be considered as a relatively stable period, wherein rapid climate events were absent (Grootes et al. 1993, Clark et al. 2002). The temperature evolution of the Holocene is also important in light of recent climate change. The new third ...
... survey is concerned with the middle to late Holocene, which can be considered as a relatively stable period, wherein rapid climate events were absent (Grootes et al. 1993, Clark et al. 2002). The temperature evolution of the Holocene is also important in light of recent climate change. The new third ...
Non-paper Guidelines for Project Managers: Making vulnerable
... Guidelines could well be replicated at lower local and regional levels and applied by other relevant stakeholders such as project developers. The Disaster Management Guidelines can be used in conjunction with these Climate Resilience Guidelines to extend out to other types of risk (for example, geop ...
... Guidelines could well be replicated at lower local and regional levels and applied by other relevant stakeholders such as project developers. The Disaster Management Guidelines can be used in conjunction with these Climate Resilience Guidelines to extend out to other types of risk (for example, geop ...
The Geography of Solving Global Environmental Problems
... Second, climate change is not just environmental. Climate change interacts with many different substantive areas of law at multiple levels of government. Because a large percentage of emissions result from the production and use of energy in electricity and transportation, energy law, corporate law, ...
... Second, climate change is not just environmental. Climate change interacts with many different substantive areas of law at multiple levels of government. Because a large percentage of emissions result from the production and use of energy in electricity and transportation, energy law, corporate law, ...
The Status of Climate Change Data: A Case Study for
... the usefulness of data in informing adaptation strategies. It involves the use of downscaled climate data through various sources for the development of future scenarios of the most vulnerable sectors to climate change. In Trinidad and Tobago, the most vulnerable sectors were found to be agricultur ...
... the usefulness of data in informing adaptation strategies. It involves the use of downscaled climate data through various sources for the development of future scenarios of the most vulnerable sectors to climate change. In Trinidad and Tobago, the most vulnerable sectors were found to be agricultur ...
Federal Decision-Making on the Uncertain Impacts of Climate Change
... associated with the information currently available for decisions that can have either minor or significant climate implications. The paper draws a clear distinction between policies with incremental climate effects and those with larger impacts that are designed to manage climate change. The pap ...
... associated with the information currently available for decisions that can have either minor or significant climate implications. The paper draws a clear distinction between policies with incremental climate effects and those with larger impacts that are designed to manage climate change. The pap ...