Response of hydrological processes to land
... researchers and policy makers. Kejie Watershed in the Salween River Basin in Yunnan, south-west China, has been reforested extensively during the past two decades. In terms of climate change, there has been a marked increase in temperature. The impact of these changes on hydrological processes requi ...
... researchers and policy makers. Kejie Watershed in the Salween River Basin in Yunnan, south-west China, has been reforested extensively during the past two decades. In terms of climate change, there has been a marked increase in temperature. The impact of these changes on hydrological processes requi ...
IPCC 5-2014 WG-2 Summary.pdf
... quality, and consistency of evidence (e.g., data, mechanistic understanding, theory, models, expert judgment) and the degree of agreement. The summary terms to describe evidence are: limited, medium, or robust; and agreement: low, medium, or high. Confidence in the validity of a finding synthesizes ...
... quality, and consistency of evidence (e.g., data, mechanistic understanding, theory, models, expert judgment) and the degree of agreement. The summary terms to describe evidence are: limited, medium, or robust; and agreement: low, medium, or high. Confidence in the validity of a finding synthesizes ...
Tree-Ring Amplification of the Early Nineteenth
... documented (Auchmann et al. 2012, 2013; Wegmann et al. 2014; Brugnara et al. 2015), neither from observations nor from the transient climate sensitivity in forced models (Shindell 2014). Little information is available on the influence of volcanic eruptions on regional modifications of the global wa ...
... documented (Auchmann et al. 2012, 2013; Wegmann et al. 2014; Brugnara et al. 2015), neither from observations nor from the transient climate sensitivity in forced models (Shindell 2014). Little information is available on the influence of volcanic eruptions on regional modifications of the global wa ...
2016: global heat record broken again
... 2017a). You would now need to be at least 40 years old – born in 1976 or earlier – to have lived in a year with temperatures at or below the global 20th century average. The world has experienced an unprecedented three consecutive hottest years (2014, 2015 and 2016) on record, while the last record ...
... 2017a). You would now need to be at least 40 years old – born in 1976 or earlier – to have lived in a year with temperatures at or below the global 20th century average. The world has experienced an unprecedented three consecutive hottest years (2014, 2015 and 2016) on record, while the last record ...
Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability
... quality, and consistency of evidence (e.g., data, mechanistic understanding, theory, models, expert judgment) and the degree of agreement. The summary terms to describe evidence are: limited, medium, or robust; and agreement: low, medium, or high. Confidence in the validity of a finding synthesizes ...
... quality, and consistency of evidence (e.g., data, mechanistic understanding, theory, models, expert judgment) and the degree of agreement. The summary terms to describe evidence are: limited, medium, or robust; and agreement: low, medium, or high. Confidence in the validity of a finding synthesizes ...
CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS FOR MACEDONIA
... location representing Macedonian region should be realistic. A stronger increase of air temperature in summer in comparison to other periods of the year could be related to the expected decrease in precipitation as precipitation has a cooling effect on near ground temperatu ...
... location representing Macedonian region should be realistic. A stronger increase of air temperature in summer in comparison to other periods of the year could be related to the expected decrease in precipitation as precipitation has a cooling effect on near ground temperatu ...
CCSM_Feb2006 - UCLA: Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
... And how relevant are cloud changes associated with anthropogenic climate change in altering snow and sea ice albedo feedback? ...
... And how relevant are cloud changes associated with anthropogenic climate change in altering snow and sea ice albedo feedback? ...
The coordination of climate finance in India
... climate change related actions taken by nodal ministries and other agencies, as well as review the progress and implementation of the each of the eight “Missions”; it appears to have met only to give the final approval to each of the “Missions” and has not convened a meeting in more than three years ...
... climate change related actions taken by nodal ministries and other agencies, as well as review the progress and implementation of the each of the eight “Missions”; it appears to have met only to give the final approval to each of the “Missions” and has not convened a meeting in more than three years ...
Framework for Resilient Development in the Pacific
... In 2012, at the Pacific Island Leaders Forum, it was decided to support the development of a single integrated regional framework on climate change and disaster risk management, to succeed the two separate regional frameworks on disaster risk management and climate change. The terms of the Pacific D ...
... In 2012, at the Pacific Island Leaders Forum, it was decided to support the development of a single integrated regional framework on climate change and disaster risk management, to succeed the two separate regional frameworks on disaster risk management and climate change. The terms of the Pacific D ...
Climate change implications for New Zealand
... is inevitable and uncertainties about the extent of climate change. Experience shows that uncertainties around climate changes can result in decision-making being postponed until changes are clearer. This ‘wait and see’ approach is in itself risky, since the direction and rough magnitude of climate ...
... is inevitable and uncertainties about the extent of climate change. Experience shows that uncertainties around climate changes can result in decision-making being postponed until changes are clearer. This ‘wait and see’ approach is in itself risky, since the direction and rough magnitude of climate ...
6 global policy recommendations for a more sustainable
... in the context of climate change and livelihoods that was published in Nature Climate Change (Tanner et al. 2015). They also identified a number of other aspects of resilience which, during the followin ...
... in the context of climate change and livelihoods that was published in Nature Climate Change (Tanner et al. 2015). They also identified a number of other aspects of resilience which, during the followin ...
The Promises and Perils of Geoengineering Simon Nicholson
... would-be geoengineers hope to encourage blooms of carbon-hungry phytoplankton by introducing soluble iron into areas of the oceans in which iron is in relatively short supply. Though this idea makes sense in theory, the few field trials that have been undertaken have given mixed results. In one earl ...
... would-be geoengineers hope to encourage blooms of carbon-hungry phytoplankton by introducing soluble iron into areas of the oceans in which iron is in relatively short supply. Though this idea makes sense in theory, the few field trials that have been undertaken have given mixed results. In one earl ...
Incorporating estuaries as a source or sink of sediment within
... marine climate drivers. However, along the New South Wales coast, many more people live on the margins of estuaries or other coastal water bodies than along the open shoreline. The impact of climate change will be felt differently within estuaries. Their response to climate change is mediated by est ...
... marine climate drivers. However, along the New South Wales coast, many more people live on the margins of estuaries or other coastal water bodies than along the open shoreline. The impact of climate change will be felt differently within estuaries. Their response to climate change is mediated by est ...
Climate Change Adaptation Discussion Paper MS Word
... goals set by the community through Future Melbourne 2026, as well as support the broader Metropolitan Resilient Melbourne Strategy as discussed in Appendix One. Our work in adaptation will be based on a set of principles to help us shape future adaptation actions and provide clarity about how we res ...
... goals set by the community through Future Melbourne 2026, as well as support the broader Metropolitan Resilient Melbourne Strategy as discussed in Appendix One. Our work in adaptation will be based on a set of principles to help us shape future adaptation actions and provide clarity about how we res ...
Special Interests and the Media
... unlikely, policy distortion vanishes, as it does when the journalist wishes to mimic an accurate type. The paper also develops an extension in which the reporting language is not constrained by the set of available facts. In a model with a general discrete signal and message space, reputational con ...
... unlikely, policy distortion vanishes, as it does when the journalist wishes to mimic an accurate type. The paper also develops an extension in which the reporting language is not constrained by the set of available facts. In a model with a general discrete signal and message space, reputational con ...
A Climate of Change - Redefining Progress
... African Americans and Vulnerability In this report, it is shown that African Americans are disproportionately affected by climate change. African Americans Are at Greater Risk from Climate Change and Global Warming Co-Pollutants • The six states with the highest African American population are all in ...
... African Americans and Vulnerability In this report, it is shown that African Americans are disproportionately affected by climate change. African Americans Are at Greater Risk from Climate Change and Global Warming Co-Pollutants • The six states with the highest African American population are all in ...
Global Cryosphere Watch - Byrd Polar Research Center
... lasting observing system that will benefit science in the future. GCW will have direct application to societal benefit areas ...
... lasting observing system that will benefit science in the future. GCW will have direct application to societal benefit areas ...
A Climate Risk Management Approach to Disaster Reduction
... autonomously generated and may, in numerous cases, be caused by economic decisions taken on the other side of the globe. This territorial complexity of causal factors extends down to include the impacts of national, sectoral and territorial development policies on regions and localities. The scienti ...
... autonomously generated and may, in numerous cases, be caused by economic decisions taken on the other side of the globe. This territorial complexity of causal factors extends down to include the impacts of national, sectoral and territorial development policies on regions and localities. The scienti ...
Diplom/Master`s Thesis - Institute for the Study of Society and
... Student Council (for research with Susan Hanson) NSF Dissertation Award from the Decision, Risk, and Management Science Division for "Mapping the territory of uncertainty and ignorance: Broadening current assessment and policy approaches." Tuition scholarships, Clark University Joint fellowship from ...
... Student Council (for research with Susan Hanson) NSF Dissertation Award from the Decision, Risk, and Management Science Division for "Mapping the territory of uncertainty and ignorance: Broadening current assessment and policy approaches." Tuition scholarships, Clark University Joint fellowship from ...
Climate Change Threats and Effects: Challenges for Agriculture and
... farming systems, involving complex interrelationships between crops and animals across a variety of agro-ecological zones (Devendra 2010). At the global level, about 2.6 billion farmers produce the majority of food as well as all other products and services in agriculture throughout the world on sma ...
... farming systems, involving complex interrelationships between crops and animals across a variety of agro-ecological zones (Devendra 2010). At the global level, about 2.6 billion farmers produce the majority of food as well as all other products and services in agriculture throughout the world on sma ...
Bangladesh: Climate Change Impacts and
... a. collecting existing literature on climate change issues for Bangladesh, available both nationally and internationally, to the extent possible; b. digging into existing literature to find out and collate key findings therein (taking into consideration methodological rigour that had been applied to ...
... a. collecting existing literature on climate change issues for Bangladesh, available both nationally and internationally, to the extent possible; b. digging into existing literature to find out and collate key findings therein (taking into consideration methodological rigour that had been applied to ...
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... population growth. However, agricultural output growth is fueled by the decline in the stocks of - essentially depletable - resources. Forrester (1971) suggested that depleting resources along with other environmental aspects play a similarly limiting role. The question of depleting essential resou ...
... population growth. However, agricultural output growth is fueled by the decline in the stocks of - essentially depletable - resources. Forrester (1971) suggested that depleting resources along with other environmental aspects play a similarly limiting role. The question of depleting essential resou ...
Externship Report: Rwanda
... struggle to adapt to changing climate conditions (Lovett et al., 2005). In Rwanda region, changes in extreme events such as droughts and floods have affected various ecosystems. Mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) are critically endangered. This species of Great Apes is endemic to the Albe ...
... struggle to adapt to changing climate conditions (Lovett et al., 2005). In Rwanda region, changes in extreme events such as droughts and floods have affected various ecosystems. Mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) are critically endangered. This species of Great Apes is endemic to the Albe ...
Environics Climate Change Mitigation Messaging
... There is a gap in understanding of the connection between home energy use and climate change. Climate change is a complex subject and most residents do not feel well-informed about the issue. However, the general consensus in climate change literature is that simply providing information about the s ...
... There is a gap in understanding of the connection between home energy use and climate change. Climate change is a complex subject and most residents do not feel well-informed about the issue. However, the general consensus in climate change literature is that simply providing information about the s ...