A trait-based approach to assess climate change sensitivity of
... 1850–1900 with the 2003–2012 period, and according to IPCC (2013) “it is extremely likely that human influence has been the dominant cause of the observed warming since the mid-20th century”. All future scenarios for year 2100 (IPCC, 2013) predict that the global average temperature will be 5 to 12 ...
... 1850–1900 with the 2003–2012 period, and according to IPCC (2013) “it is extremely likely that human influence has been the dominant cause of the observed warming since the mid-20th century”. All future scenarios for year 2100 (IPCC, 2013) predict that the global average temperature will be 5 to 12 ...
A Micro-econometric Analysis of Adaptation to Climate Change
... successful and efficient future product strategies by tourism providers and affected holiday destinations as well as for policy makers in order to respond to the challenges of the predicted demand shifts due to climate change. In this respect, German households certainly play a pivotal role, at lea ...
... successful and efficient future product strategies by tourism providers and affected holiday destinations as well as for policy makers in order to respond to the challenges of the predicted demand shifts due to climate change. In this respect, German households certainly play a pivotal role, at lea ...
Framing Climate: Implications for Local Government Policy
... Climate change is a relatively new area of policy development characterised by considerable uncertainties. These uncertainties were once dominated by questions over whether anthropogenic or natural factors are the root cause of climate change. However, the fourth assessment report of the Intergovern ...
... Climate change is a relatively new area of policy development characterised by considerable uncertainties. These uncertainties were once dominated by questions over whether anthropogenic or natural factors are the root cause of climate change. However, the fourth assessment report of the Intergovern ...
3. IPCC`s evaluation of evidence and treatment of uncertainty
... high confidence that the rate of observed sea-level rise increased from the 19th to the 20th century’ (IPCC, 2007a, pp. 5-7). This may be contrasted with the use of the likelihood scale to make a similar statement: ‘. . . losses from the ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica have very likely contri ...
... high confidence that the rate of observed sea-level rise increased from the 19th to the 20th century’ (IPCC, 2007a, pp. 5-7). This may be contrasted with the use of the likelihood scale to make a similar statement: ‘. . . losses from the ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica have very likely contri ...
Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction
... alteration of the world’s climate that we humans are causing, through fossil fuel burning, clearing forests and other practices that increase the concentration of greenhouse gases (GHG)1 in the atmosphere. This is in line with the official definition by the United Nations Framework Convention on Cli ...
... alteration of the world’s climate that we humans are causing, through fossil fuel burning, clearing forests and other practices that increase the concentration of greenhouse gases (GHG)1 in the atmosphere. This is in line with the official definition by the United Nations Framework Convention on Cli ...
Climate Change as a Risk Multiplier in a World of
... Climate change affects this nexus in many ways and increases the competition between water, energy and food. For instance, nuclear power plants are vulnerable because they are dependent on the flow of cooling water. A warming of the waters, long periods of drought or floods affect power generatio ...
... Climate change affects this nexus in many ways and increases the competition between water, energy and food. For instance, nuclear power plants are vulnerable because they are dependent on the flow of cooling water. A warming of the waters, long periods of drought or floods affect power generatio ...
Climate Change Action Plan
... die-offs of seabird chicks have been recorded during periods of unusually high sea temperatures. These nesting failures are now known to be due to provisioning failure, resulting when parent birds have difficulty obtaining prey fish because of changes in the location of productivity zones. Sea turtl ...
... die-offs of seabird chicks have been recorded during periods of unusually high sea temperatures. These nesting failures are now known to be due to provisioning failure, resulting when parent birds have difficulty obtaining prey fish because of changes in the location of productivity zones. Sea turtl ...
climate variable mapping and agriculture
... elevation. This study used a 20 metre interval. For land areas below 20 metres, which constitutes the Fraser delta in Richmond and portions of Delta, an elevation of 4 metres was assumed (the elevation of the weather station at the Vancouver International Airport). Two climate variables, Mean Annual ...
... elevation. This study used a 20 metre interval. For land areas below 20 metres, which constitutes the Fraser delta in Richmond and portions of Delta, an elevation of 4 metres was assumed (the elevation of the weather station at the Vancouver International Airport). Two climate variables, Mean Annual ...
climate change in lesotho - Lesotho Meteorological Services
... The accumulation of GHGs in the atmosphere has resulted mainly from the reduction of greenhouse gas sinks, increases in the earth’s albedo, increases in anthropogenic emissions, and the pollution of ...
... The accumulation of GHGs in the atmosphere has resulted mainly from the reduction of greenhouse gas sinks, increases in the earth’s albedo, increases in anthropogenic emissions, and the pollution of ...
Social vulnerability and climate justice
... financial and carbon-trading mechanisms promoted by the United Nations and other global institutions are far too bureaucratic, weak, internally-inconsistent, and scattered to represent meaningful solutions to climate change. And the housing, health, and livelihoods of marginalized people worldwide a ...
... financial and carbon-trading mechanisms promoted by the United Nations and other global institutions are far too bureaucratic, weak, internally-inconsistent, and scattered to represent meaningful solutions to climate change. And the housing, health, and livelihoods of marginalized people worldwide a ...
Evolution in response to climate change
... detect these changes might have been too blunt to pick up the signal from the noise and/or control for confounding factors. For instance, counter-gradient variation – referring to the phenomenon in which environmental influences on trait value oppose those of genetic influences (Box 2) – may conceal ...
... detect these changes might have been too blunt to pick up the signal from the noise and/or control for confounding factors. For instance, counter-gradient variation – referring to the phenomenon in which environmental influences on trait value oppose those of genetic influences (Box 2) – may conceal ...
report_workshop_14.10.10
... best. This approach has been adopted to enable stakeholders to think more creatively about the future, encouraging more proactive attitudes to adaptation as well as enhancing appreciation of the interconnectivity of processes and stakeholders operating at different scales. IMCORE is a European INTRR ...
... best. This approach has been adopted to enable stakeholders to think more creatively about the future, encouraging more proactive attitudes to adaptation as well as enhancing appreciation of the interconnectivity of processes and stakeholders operating at different scales. IMCORE is a European INTRR ...
House science testimony apr 15 final - Climate Etc.
... The most relevant definition of climate sensitivity is the actual change of surface temperature in 70 years if carbon-dioxide concentrations double, called the ‘transient climate response’. The IPCC AR4 (2007) concluded that the transient climate response is very likely larger than 1°C and very unli ...
... The most relevant definition of climate sensitivity is the actual change of surface temperature in 70 years if carbon-dioxide concentrations double, called the ‘transient climate response’. The IPCC AR4 (2007) concluded that the transient climate response is very likely larger than 1°C and very unli ...
Climate change: the global public good
... (a): 7) and its rate of increase has been about 1.5 ppm (0.4%) per year over the past twenty years, while during the 1990s it has increased from 0.9 ppm (0.2%) to 2.8 ppm (0.8%) (IPCC, 2001 (a): 7). According to IPCC global average surface temperature has augmented over the last century between 0.4 ...
... (a): 7) and its rate of increase has been about 1.5 ppm (0.4%) per year over the past twenty years, while during the 1990s it has increased from 0.9 ppm (0.2%) to 2.8 ppm (0.8%) (IPCC, 2001 (a): 7). According to IPCC global average surface temperature has augmented over the last century between 0.4 ...
Responding to Threats of Climate Change Mega
... geoengineering, and (3) global-scale adaptation targeted toward reducing the impact of a climate change mega-catastrophe should one occur. Some authors have suggested that our ignorance of mega-catastrophes, coupled with the very low probability of such events and the possibility of extremely severe ...
... geoengineering, and (3) global-scale adaptation targeted toward reducing the impact of a climate change mega-catastrophe should one occur. Some authors have suggested that our ignorance of mega-catastrophes, coupled with the very low probability of such events and the possibility of extremely severe ...
Document
... inhabitants were forced to leave their homes for reasons beyond their control or the control of others. These people however, do not have the right of access to other states of which they are not citizens. In the 1960s, Montserrat declined independence and opted to remain part of the United Kingdom. ...
... inhabitants were forced to leave their homes for reasons beyond their control or the control of others. These people however, do not have the right of access to other states of which they are not citizens. In the 1960s, Montserrat declined independence and opted to remain part of the United Kingdom. ...
SEMIQUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF REGIONAL CLIMATE
... The decision to choose the indicators listed in Table II was made from a pragmatic (data availability) as well as from a systematic point of view (importance of sectors). NRW is densely populated and the federal state with the highest economic power in Germany. This is taken into account by the over ...
... The decision to choose the indicators listed in Table II was made from a pragmatic (data availability) as well as from a systematic point of view (importance of sectors). NRW is densely populated and the federal state with the highest economic power in Germany. This is taken into account by the over ...
4 Climate change impacts in a context of full
... vary a lot. Trying to summarize: climate change impacts on world GDP seem to be moderately negative (reaching at the maximum the 2% of GDP (IPCC, 2007)) or, according to some studies (Tol, 2002b; Mendelsohn et al., 2000; Hope, 2006), even slightly positive, for temperature increases below the 2°C. T ...
... vary a lot. Trying to summarize: climate change impacts on world GDP seem to be moderately negative (reaching at the maximum the 2% of GDP (IPCC, 2007)) or, according to some studies (Tol, 2002b; Mendelsohn et al., 2000; Hope, 2006), even slightly positive, for temperature increases below the 2°C. T ...
Climate change impacts in urban coastal
... species invasions. Although it is widely acknowledged that the condition of individuals, communities and ecosystems will influence their capacity to adapt to climatic change, relatively few studies have actually tested this or ascertained the tipping points at which state changes or negative feedbac ...
... species invasions. Although it is widely acknowledged that the condition of individuals, communities and ecosystems will influence their capacity to adapt to climatic change, relatively few studies have actually tested this or ascertained the tipping points at which state changes or negative feedbac ...
