The Geopolitics of Climate Change
... growing. However, from the perspective of the individual researcher it is rather problematic since it is well nigh impossible to keep up with the existing state of research. As this report was being finalised, the latest World Energy Outlook was published by the International Energy Agency (IEA). Th ...
... growing. However, from the perspective of the individual researcher it is rather problematic since it is well nigh impossible to keep up with the existing state of research. As this report was being finalised, the latest World Energy Outlook was published by the International Energy Agency (IEA). Th ...
Mapping South African Farming
... This paper analyzes the vulnerability of South African farmers to climate change and variability by developing a vulnerability index and comparing vulnerability indicators across the nine provinces of the country. Nineteen environmental and socio-economic indicators are identified to reflect the thr ...
... This paper analyzes the vulnerability of South African farmers to climate change and variability by developing a vulnerability index and comparing vulnerability indicators across the nine provinces of the country. Nineteen environmental and socio-economic indicators are identified to reflect the thr ...
Intensification of winter transatlantic aviation turbulence in response
... amount and type of assimilated data may partly account for these trends. In addition, moderate-or-greater upper-level turbulence has been found to increase over the period 1994–2005 in pilot reports in the United States23 . However, it is difficult to assign much significance to this trend, because ...
... amount and type of assimilated data may partly account for these trends. In addition, moderate-or-greater upper-level turbulence has been found to increase over the period 1994–2005 in pilot reports in the United States23 . However, it is difficult to assign much significance to this trend, because ...
Final Market Research Report - Department of Agriculture and Water
... of carbon trading scheme or measure. This reflects the findings in the urban dweller focus group discussions where there was an overall belief that primary industry should be part of any scheme and Australia’s efforts to reduce carbon emissions. In contrast, 53 per cent of primary producers believe ...
... of carbon trading scheme or measure. This reflects the findings in the urban dweller focus group discussions where there was an overall belief that primary industry should be part of any scheme and Australia’s efforts to reduce carbon emissions. In contrast, 53 per cent of primary producers believe ...
Australia`s Farming Future Final Market Research Report
... of carbon trading scheme or measure. This reflects the findings in the urban dweller focus group discussions where there was an overall belief that primary industry should be part of any scheme and Australia’s efforts to reduce carbon emissions. In contrast, 53 per cent of primary producers believe ...
... of carbon trading scheme or measure. This reflects the findings in the urban dweller focus group discussions where there was an overall belief that primary industry should be part of any scheme and Australia’s efforts to reduce carbon emissions. In contrast, 53 per cent of primary producers believe ...
Climate Vulnerability in Asia`s High Mountains
... Management strategies are complicated by large spatial gradients in precipitation regimes throughout AHM, and management strategies based on regional estimates of climate change are unlikely to apply at smaller scales. Distinct climatological influences, such as summer monsoons and winter westerly d ...
... Management strategies are complicated by large spatial gradients in precipitation regimes throughout AHM, and management strategies based on regional estimates of climate change are unlikely to apply at smaller scales. Distinct climatological influences, such as summer monsoons and winter westerly d ...
Climate Change: Addressing the Impact for Human Security
... the means, the know-how and the capacity to effectively deal with these phenomena. Add to this the soaring food and oil prices, and the future for millions of people across the globe, particularly those living on the edge struck by poverty or ravaged by war, is ...
... the means, the know-how and the capacity to effectively deal with these phenomena. Add to this the soaring food and oil prices, and the future for millions of people across the globe, particularly those living on the edge struck by poverty or ravaged by war, is ...
Climate Vulnerability in Asia`s High Mountains
... Management strategies are complicated by large spatial gradients in precipitation regimes throughout AHM, and management strategies based on regional estimates of climate change are unlikely to apply at smaller scales. Distinct climatological influences, such as summer monsoons and winter westerly d ...
... Management strategies are complicated by large spatial gradients in precipitation regimes throughout AHM, and management strategies based on regional estimates of climate change are unlikely to apply at smaller scales. Distinct climatological influences, such as summer monsoons and winter westerly d ...
Extreme flood events in changing climate for a long-term
... applied the approach to produce a regional-scale assessment of the future drought extremes for the European part of Russia. Stochastic modelling provides an affordable way to produce probabilistic forecasts of extreme flood events under the expected climate change on a regional scale. This is becaus ...
... applied the approach to produce a regional-scale assessment of the future drought extremes for the European part of Russia. Stochastic modelling provides an affordable way to produce probabilistic forecasts of extreme flood events under the expected climate change on a regional scale. This is becaus ...
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... Several studies have looked at the impact of climate change on wetlands. Larson (1995) and Sorenson et al. (1998) employed regression analyses to estimate the impact of climate change on wetlands in parts of the PPR. Johnson et al. (2005) used a simulation model to estimate the spatial impact of cli ...
... Several studies have looked at the impact of climate change on wetlands. Larson (1995) and Sorenson et al. (1998) employed regression analyses to estimate the impact of climate change on wetlands in parts of the PPR. Johnson et al. (2005) used a simulation model to estimate the spatial impact of cli ...
A Situation Analysis of Climate Change Adaptation Initiatives in
... Strengthen institutional mechanisms from national to local level: Most survey respondents pointed to the gap between national and local governance processes and institutions, and indicated the need for bridging the gap between national and local governments in order to address climate change issues ...
... Strengthen institutional mechanisms from national to local level: Most survey respondents pointed to the gap between national and local governance processes and institutions, and indicated the need for bridging the gap between national and local governments in order to address climate change issues ...
National Climate Change Strategy
... analysis of recent climatological data and observational evidence from local communities signalling the increased effects of climate variability and climate change. For instance, there has been observed increased temperature over the highland areas, as well as decreasing rainfall amounts and seasona ...
... analysis of recent climatological data and observational evidence from local communities signalling the increased effects of climate variability and climate change. For instance, there has been observed increased temperature over the highland areas, as well as decreasing rainfall amounts and seasona ...
Namakwa District Municipality
... Figure 39: Priority areas identified in the National Freshwater Ecosystem Priority Area Project ..... 47 Figure 40: Priority areas identified in the Namakwa District Biodiversity Sector Plan .......................... 47 Figure 41: Commonage areas in the Namakwa District ............................ ...
... Figure 39: Priority areas identified in the National Freshwater Ecosystem Priority Area Project ..... 47 Figure 40: Priority areas identified in the Namakwa District Biodiversity Sector Plan .......................... 47 Figure 41: Commonage areas in the Namakwa District ............................ ...
Aalborg Universitet Climate for Change? Wejs, Anja
... The PhD thesis is the result of a three-year PhD fellowship at the Department of Development and Planning at Aalborg University. The subject of the research is the institutional dynamics in the processes of integrating climate change into planning at the local level in Denmark. The thesis consists o ...
... The PhD thesis is the result of a three-year PhD fellowship at the Department of Development and Planning at Aalborg University. The subject of the research is the institutional dynamics in the processes of integrating climate change into planning at the local level in Denmark. The thesis consists o ...
Developing and Applying Scenarios
... changes in other environmental factors rarely have been considered alongside climate changes in past impact assessments, although their use is increasing with the emergence of integrated assessment methods. Climate scenarios of three main types have been employed in impact assessments: incremental s ...
... changes in other environmental factors rarely have been considered alongside climate changes in past impact assessments, although their use is increasing with the emergence of integrated assessment methods. Climate scenarios of three main types have been employed in impact assessments: incremental s ...
Climate Change in the Caribbean and the Challenge of Adaptation
... The year of 2007 was of particular importance for the science of climate change, with the work done by IPCC1 producing irrefutable evidence of climate change due to human activities, and putting an end to arguments on the scientific credibility surrounding global warming. The fourth IPCC Report reve ...
... The year of 2007 was of particular importance for the science of climate change, with the work done by IPCC1 producing irrefutable evidence of climate change due to human activities, and putting an end to arguments on the scientific credibility surrounding global warming. The fourth IPCC Report reve ...
The Value of Linking Mitigation and Adaptation: A Case Study of
... than mitigation. In practice, because adaptation requires reducing vulnerability and increasing adaptive capacity, there is a significant amount of overlap with development methodologies (Huq and Reid 2007). Yet the divide between adaptation and mitigation has stalled effective action on adaptation. ...
... than mitigation. In practice, because adaptation requires reducing vulnerability and increasing adaptive capacity, there is a significant amount of overlap with development methodologies (Huq and Reid 2007). Yet the divide between adaptation and mitigation has stalled effective action on adaptation. ...
SECOND-ORDER DRAFT IPCC WGII AR5 Chapter 10 Do Not Cite
... (Bashmakov et al., forthcoming) but impacts of climate changes too will be important for secure and reliable energy supply. ...
... (Bashmakov et al., forthcoming) but impacts of climate changes too will be important for secure and reliable energy supply. ...
Degrees of Change: Climate Warming and the Stakes for Canada
... No greater environmental and economic challenge faces Canada and Canadians than climate change. From melting sea ice in the Arctic to the pine beetle infestation in British Columbia to more extreme weather events, a warming globe from increased greenhouse gas emissions is making its effects known ri ...
... No greater environmental and economic challenge faces Canada and Canadians than climate change. From melting sea ice in the Arctic to the pine beetle infestation in British Columbia to more extreme weather events, a warming globe from increased greenhouse gas emissions is making its effects known ri ...
Chapter 12. Human Security - Center for International Earth Science
... There are many definitions of human security, which vary according to discipline. This Chapter defines human security, in the context of climate change, as a condition that exists when the vital core of human lives is protected, and when people have the freedom and capacity to live with dignity. In ...
... There are many definitions of human security, which vary according to discipline. This Chapter defines human security, in the context of climate change, as a condition that exists when the vital core of human lives is protected, and when people have the freedom and capacity to live with dignity. In ...
Bridging the Adaptation Gap: Approaches to
... Investment Working Group (GARI). Publications of GARI are for information purposes only. Other than disclosures relating to GARI, the information contained in this publication has been obtained from sources that GARI believes to be reliable, but no representation or warranty, express or implied, is ...
... Investment Working Group (GARI). Publications of GARI are for information purposes only. Other than disclosures relating to GARI, the information contained in this publication has been obtained from sources that GARI believes to be reliable, but no representation or warranty, express or implied, is ...
Chapter 1: The climate of the Eastern
... events’ and, lastly, (c) shorter decadal or even annual periodicities, attributable to interactions between the atmosphere – biosphere – cryosphere – hydrosphere, such as ‘El Niño’, the North Atlantic Oscillation, the Arctic Oscillation, the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation, etc. Measurements of solar act ...
... events’ and, lastly, (c) shorter decadal or even annual periodicities, attributable to interactions between the atmosphere – biosphere – cryosphere – hydrosphere, such as ‘El Niño’, the North Atlantic Oscillation, the Arctic Oscillation, the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation, etc. Measurements of solar act ...
Climate Projections for Metro Vancouver
... and high elevations such as the slopes of the North Shore. In particular, the wettest areas in the local mountains will become even wetter. However, with warmer temperatures and more precipitation falling as rain, the April 1 snowpack depth in the watersheds is projected to decrease almost 60% by th ...
... and high elevations such as the slopes of the North Shore. In particular, the wettest areas in the local mountains will become even wetter. However, with warmer temperatures and more precipitation falling as rain, the April 1 snowpack depth in the watersheds is projected to decrease almost 60% by th ...
Climate Change and India: A 4x4 Assessment
... the 4 eco- sensitive regions of the country, namely, the Himalayan region, the North-Eastern region, the Western Ghats and the Coastal regions, each having a very distinctive bio-diversity. This chapter provides a description of these areas, its extent, its unique bio-diversity and socio-economic fe ...
... the 4 eco- sensitive regions of the country, namely, the Himalayan region, the North-Eastern region, the Western Ghats and the Coastal regions, each having a very distinctive bio-diversity. This chapter provides a description of these areas, its extent, its unique bio-diversity and socio-economic fe ...
Michael E. Mann
Michael E. Mann (born 1965) is an American climatologist and geophysicist, currently director of the Earth System Science Center at Pennsylvania State University, who has contributed to the scientific understanding of historic climate change based on the temperature record of the past thousand years. He has pioneered techniques to find patterns in past climate change, and to isolate climate signals from ""noisy data"".As lead author of a paper produced in 1998 with co-authors Raymond S. Bradley and Malcolm K. Hughes, Mann introduced innovative statistical techniques to find regional variations in a hemispherical climate reconstruction covering the past 600 years. In 1999 the same team used these techniques to produce a reconstruction over the past 1,000 years (MBH99) which was dubbed the ""hockey stick graph"" because of its shape. He was one of 8 lead authors of the ""Observed Climate Variability and Change"" chapter of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Third Scientific Assessment Report published in 2001. A graph based on the MBH99 paper was highlighted in several parts of the report, and was given wide publicity. The IPCC acknowledged that his work, along with that of the many other lead authors and review editors, contributed to the award of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, which was won jointly by the IPCC and Al Gore.He was organizing committee chair for the National Academy of Sciences Frontiers of Science in 2003 and has received a number of honors and awards including selection by Scientific American as one of the fifty leading visionaries in science and technology in 2002. In 2012 he was inducted as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union and was awarded the Hans Oeschger Medal of the European Geosciences Union. In 2013 he was elected a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society, and awarded the status of distinguished professor in Penn State's College of Earth and Mineral Sciences.Mann is author of more than 160 peer-reviewed and edited publications, and has published two books: Dire Predictions: Understanding Global Warming in 2008 and The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines, published in early 2012. In 2013 the European Geosciences Union described his publication record as ""outstanding for a scientist of his relatively young age"". He is also a co-founder and contributor to the climatology blog RealClimate.