IFAD - unfccc
... plans, renewable energies, etc. as well as GEF projects, IFAD has gained experience on climate change. IFAD’s engagement on climate change is based mainly on developing activities that nurture linkages between Sustainable Land Management and climate change. Based on its experience, IFAD has a clear ...
... plans, renewable energies, etc. as well as GEF projects, IFAD has gained experience on climate change. IFAD’s engagement on climate change is based mainly on developing activities that nurture linkages between Sustainable Land Management and climate change. Based on its experience, IFAD has a clear ...
Mechanisms of change in fish populations
... world, but there are plenty of places globally (Blog #35) where cold temperatures have served as a barrier to colonization by new species and recruitment bottlenecks for young fish are likely to be a common limiting factor. As such, it’s important to fully understand the processes in these streams a ...
... world, but there are plenty of places globally (Blog #35) where cold temperatures have served as a barrier to colonization by new species and recruitment bottlenecks for young fish are likely to be a common limiting factor. As such, it’s important to fully understand the processes in these streams a ...
Cultural dimensions of climate change impacts and adaptation
... decisions about responses, and means of implementation are all mediated by culture. Cultures are dynamic and reflexive and so are in turn shaped by the idea of climate change. Hence culture, and its analysis, is central to understanding the causes and meaning of, and human responses to climate chang ...
... decisions about responses, and means of implementation are all mediated by culture. Cultures are dynamic and reflexive and so are in turn shaped by the idea of climate change. Hence culture, and its analysis, is central to understanding the causes and meaning of, and human responses to climate chang ...
The Point of No Return - Exploring Law on Cross
... and international actors are obliged to respect and ensure respect for their obligations under international law so as to prevent and avoid conditions that might lead to displacement (see for example 1998 UN Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, Principle 5). Mitigation of climate change is a ...
... and international actors are obliged to respect and ensure respect for their obligations under international law so as to prevent and avoid conditions that might lead to displacement (see for example 1998 UN Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, Principle 5). Mitigation of climate change is a ...
Chapter 7 - UCLA: Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
... low precipitation tend to decrease. However, regional aspects can be quite variable between models, so there is uncertainty in which areas will have the largest impacts. There is reason to believe that regional changes are likely. Mid/high latitude wintertime precipitation tends to increase. • Summe ...
... low precipitation tend to decrease. However, regional aspects can be quite variable between models, so there is uncertainty in which areas will have the largest impacts. There is reason to believe that regional changes are likely. Mid/high latitude wintertime precipitation tends to increase. • Summe ...
Climate Change
... each of the 1998 and 2002 mass coral bleaching events. Projections of future water temperatures suggest coral bleaching could become more extreme in the course of this century. Many other species including microbes, fish, marine turtles and seabirds are also temperature sensitive. Scientists predict ...
... each of the 1998 and 2002 mass coral bleaching events. Projections of future water temperatures suggest coral bleaching could become more extreme in the course of this century. Many other species including microbes, fish, marine turtles and seabirds are also temperature sensitive. Scientists predict ...
Climate risks and their impact on agriculture and forests in Switzerland
... potentials at the local and at the regional scales under today’s climate. But their importance could increase over time, because extreme weather events may become more frequent as part of global climate change (e.g., IPCC 2001). The link between climatic extremes and climatic change is elusive becau ...
... potentials at the local and at the regional scales under today’s climate. But their importance could increase over time, because extreme weather events may become more frequent as part of global climate change (e.g., IPCC 2001). The link between climatic extremes and climatic change is elusive becau ...
Polar Lows - Hans von Storch
... Analysis by best track data inhomogeneous and contradictory (cf. Ren, F., Liang, J., Wu, G., Dong,W. and X. Yang, 2010: Reliability Analysis of Climate Change of Tropical Cyclone Activity in the Northwest Pacific. J. Climate) ...
... Analysis by best track data inhomogeneous and contradictory (cf. Ren, F., Liang, J., Wu, G., Dong,W. and X. Yang, 2010: Reliability Analysis of Climate Change of Tropical Cyclone Activity in the Northwest Pacific. J. Climate) ...
Is Strange Weather in the Air? A Study of US National Network News
... heat waves garnered most attention during the germinating interval when climate change had yet to come out in public. Thus the three peaks in coverage all occur between 1980 and 1988. Interestingly, the transition year of 1988 receives substantially less coverage than found in the two earlier peak-y ...
... heat waves garnered most attention during the germinating interval when climate change had yet to come out in public. Thus the three peaks in coverage all occur between 1980 and 1988. Interestingly, the transition year of 1988 receives substantially less coverage than found in the two earlier peak-y ...
Climate Change Policy
... These climate change risks and opportunities have the potential to impact investment risks and returns and as such, considering these issues alongside traditional financial and business risk factors in making investment decisions can improve long-term risk-adjusted returns to members. In this way, ...
... These climate change risks and opportunities have the potential to impact investment risks and returns and as such, considering these issues alongside traditional financial and business risk factors in making investment decisions can improve long-term risk-adjusted returns to members. In this way, ...
Earth System interactions
... environmental change. In particular, it is presently not possible to set an accurate upper bound on the climate response to increasing greenhouse gas emissions1. This uncertainty arises from a poor understanding of and ability to model key cloud feedback processes and aerosol-cloud interactions, as ...
... environmental change. In particular, it is presently not possible to set an accurate upper bound on the climate response to increasing greenhouse gas emissions1. This uncertainty arises from a poor understanding of and ability to model key cloud feedback processes and aerosol-cloud interactions, as ...
Perception and adaptation to climate change by farmers in the Nile
... although informative, it did not address the extent to which different socio-economic and environmental factors affect perceptions of climate change and adaptation in Ethiopia. Deressa et al. (2009) analysed the factors affecting the choice of adaptation methods, but failed to explain explicitly how ...
... although informative, it did not address the extent to which different socio-economic and environmental factors affect perceptions of climate change and adaptation in Ethiopia. Deressa et al. (2009) analysed the factors affecting the choice of adaptation methods, but failed to explain explicitly how ...
Miocene tectonics and climate forcing of biodiversity, western United
... Figure 2. Sample diversity versus time for fossil localities, showing abrupt increase in ungulate and carnivore diversities by ca. 17.5 and ca. 17.0 Ma, respectively, and decline by ca. 11.25 Ma, followed by stasis to the present. Large boxes are meant to delineate broad time periods of increased or ...
... Figure 2. Sample diversity versus time for fossil localities, showing abrupt increase in ungulate and carnivore diversities by ca. 17.5 and ca. 17.0 Ma, respectively, and decline by ca. 11.25 Ma, followed by stasis to the present. Large boxes are meant to delineate broad time periods of increased or ...
A Guide for Incorporating Adaptation to Climate
... precipitation. In coastal areas, sea level rise and storm surges can combine to create a major threat to infrastructure. Depending on the issue, increased variability in extreme events may be of more concern that the slow but steady increase in average temperatures. One of the key obstacles to adapt ...
... precipitation. In coastal areas, sea level rise and storm surges can combine to create a major threat to infrastructure. Depending on the issue, increased variability in extreme events may be of more concern that the slow but steady increase in average temperatures. One of the key obstacles to adapt ...
Climate Change Science for Mesoamerican Decision Makers
... the region’s limited capacity to adapt, largely a product of its socio-economic context, makes it highly vulnerable. Therefore, it is of utmost importance to help support these countries as they attempt to understand and deal with the effects of climate change. Information provided by state-of-the-a ...
... the region’s limited capacity to adapt, largely a product of its socio-economic context, makes it highly vulnerable. Therefore, it is of utmost importance to help support these countries as they attempt to understand and deal with the effects of climate change. Information provided by state-of-the-a ...
Trends in extreme weather events in Europe: implications
... Policy makers, as well as European media and public at large. The first part provides information on extreme weather events and trends in recent decades as well as related impacts upon society. It is followed by an introduction to the scientific background on global warming and weather extremes, and ...
... Policy makers, as well as European media and public at large. The first part provides information on extreme weather events and trends in recent decades as well as related impacts upon society. It is followed by an introduction to the scientific background on global warming and weather extremes, and ...
Which early works are cited most frequently in climate change
... growth rate observed at his time, Arrhenius did not expect a doubling of the atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration within the next 3000 years - the concentration increase currently observed (see: http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ccgg/trends/) means a doubling within only two centuries. His paper can ...
... growth rate observed at his time, Arrhenius did not expect a doubling of the atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration within the next 3000 years - the concentration increase currently observed (see: http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ccgg/trends/) means a doubling within only two centuries. His paper can ...
Climate Models for the Layman - The Global Warming Policy
... The specific objectives of a GCM vary with purpose of the simulation. Generally, when simulating the past climate using a GCM, the objective is to correctly simulate the spatial variation of climate conditions in some average sense. When predicting future climate, the aim is not to simulate conditio ...
... The specific objectives of a GCM vary with purpose of the simulation. Generally, when simulating the past climate using a GCM, the objective is to correctly simulate the spatial variation of climate conditions in some average sense. When predicting future climate, the aim is not to simulate conditio ...