Climate Change Law in Latin America
... adaptation. The Brazilian Panel on Climate Change, designed as a mirror to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, is expected to become a model in the region on how regulations can be used to enhance the compilation and analysis of scientific evidence on climate change, and to provide regula ...
... adaptation. The Brazilian Panel on Climate Change, designed as a mirror to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, is expected to become a model in the region on how regulations can be used to enhance the compilation and analysis of scientific evidence on climate change, and to provide regula ...
UNIVERSIDAD DE CANTABRIA
... lives in urban areas. Most of these small islands have economies and much of their populations’ livelihoods at risk from the disruptions that extreme-weather events bring, including a reliance on imports for many essential goods. Many also rely heavily on international tourism ([Satterthwaite et al. ...
... lives in urban areas. Most of these small islands have economies and much of their populations’ livelihoods at risk from the disruptions that extreme-weather events bring, including a reliance on imports for many essential goods. Many also rely heavily on international tourism ([Satterthwaite et al. ...
Hybrid statistical–dynamic seasonal streamflow forecasting method
... Statistical models and global climate models have, historically, been used to forecast hydroclimate variables several months ahead. Statistical forecasts work by exploiting the relationship between hydroclimate variables and large-scale climate indices. Statistical models are popular because they ar ...
... Statistical models and global climate models have, historically, been used to forecast hydroclimate variables several months ahead. Statistical forecasts work by exploiting the relationship between hydroclimate variables and large-scale climate indices. Statistical models are popular because they ar ...
Bradford, Mark A., et al. "Climate fails to predict wood decomposition
... used to generate simulations that inform management and adaptation under environmental change. Our results suggest that to predict accurately how decomposition will respond to climate change, models must account for local-scale factors that control regional dynamics. Climate is traditionally thought ...
... used to generate simulations that inform management and adaptation under environmental change. Our results suggest that to predict accurately how decomposition will respond to climate change, models must account for local-scale factors that control regional dynamics. Climate is traditionally thought ...
Validation of Downscaled Climate Change Scenarios of
... downscaling methods of GCM climate change scenarios were therefore tested in terms of their ability to construct indices of extremes of daily precipitation and temperatures from large-scale atmospheric variables with the aim of developing a tool for the construction of future scenarios of the extrem ...
... downscaling methods of GCM climate change scenarios were therefore tested in terms of their ability to construct indices of extremes of daily precipitation and temperatures from large-scale atmospheric variables with the aim of developing a tool for the construction of future scenarios of the extrem ...
Sample pages 2 PDF
... Paleolithic). The strength of meta-analysis, such as this, which relies on data retrieved from the literature, is in the ability to amass large dataset, which provides robust statistical results. However, when using published literature, the difficulty is in controlling for similar data acquisition. ...
... Paleolithic). The strength of meta-analysis, such as this, which relies on data retrieved from the literature, is in the ability to amass large dataset, which provides robust statistical results. However, when using published literature, the difficulty is in controlling for similar data acquisition. ...
Goal 5: Continue to build Melbourne`s climate change adaptation
... these impacts over recent years; including drought, flooding and extreme heat events. Experts warn that these events are not only going to become more intense but they are also going to occur more often, regardless of strong action on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Climate change adaptation is t ...
... these impacts over recent years; including drought, flooding and extreme heat events. Experts warn that these events are not only going to become more intense but they are also going to occur more often, regardless of strong action on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Climate change adaptation is t ...
11.2MB - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
... The presented stabilization emission paths EQW-S550Ce, EQW-S450Ce, EQW-S475Ce, EQW-S400Ce and its variants were developed with the “Equal Quantile Walk” (EQW) method. The EQW multi-gas method handles all 14 major greenhouse gases and aerosol emissions and is implemented in the SiMCaP pathfinder modu ...
... The presented stabilization emission paths EQW-S550Ce, EQW-S450Ce, EQW-S475Ce, EQW-S400Ce and its variants were developed with the “Equal Quantile Walk” (EQW) method. The EQW multi-gas method handles all 14 major greenhouse gases and aerosol emissions and is implemented in the SiMCaP pathfinder modu ...
Modelling the effects of climate and land cover change on
... and timber plantations are all at risk of reduced viability from a changed climate in the region. As groundwater is the primary source of domestic drinking water, reduction in recharge to coastal source aquifers is a serious immediate threat that may be exacerbated by a growing future population and ...
... and timber plantations are all at risk of reduced viability from a changed climate in the region. As groundwater is the primary source of domestic drinking water, reduction in recharge to coastal source aquifers is a serious immediate threat that may be exacerbated by a growing future population and ...
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 ...
National Capacity Self-Assessment
... opportunities for capacity building to address the identified constraints. Jamaica became a Party to the UNFCCC in January of 1995. In conducting the assessment to evaluate the country’s capacity to effectively implement the UNFCCC and identify the capacity constraints, the consultant used questio ...
... opportunities for capacity building to address the identified constraints. Jamaica became a Party to the UNFCCC in January of 1995. In conducting the assessment to evaluate the country’s capacity to effectively implement the UNFCCC and identify the capacity constraints, the consultant used questio ...
The Governance of Scientific Assessment in the Context of the
... / Tirpak 1995). It was vital therefore to involve developing-country governments and scientists in the international assessment panel, as “global credibility demands global representation” (Agrawala 1998b, 628). Gaining trust and acceptance of the science of climate change was crucial before governm ...
... / Tirpak 1995). It was vital therefore to involve developing-country governments and scientists in the international assessment panel, as “global credibility demands global representation” (Agrawala 1998b, 628). Gaining trust and acceptance of the science of climate change was crucial before governm ...
global temperature trends
... ensemble of simulated trends31 shows no apparent bias (Fig. 1e), indicating that the observed and simulated distributions of 15-year trends are broadly consistent with each other. Any position of the observed trend within the ensemble of simulated trends—including a position at or near the margin—is ...
... ensemble of simulated trends31 shows no apparent bias (Fig. 1e), indicating that the observed and simulated distributions of 15-year trends are broadly consistent with each other. Any position of the observed trend within the ensemble of simulated trends—including a position at or near the margin—is ...
Climate Conventions and Africa/Ethiopia - EfD
... Fundamentally, there are two choices to deal with the problem of climate change: mitigation and/or adaptation. Mitigation refers to taking steps today to reduce greenhouse gas emissions so as to delay further global temperature increases and other related effects. Adaptation refers to the efforts of ...
... Fundamentally, there are two choices to deal with the problem of climate change: mitigation and/or adaptation. Mitigation refers to taking steps today to reduce greenhouse gas emissions so as to delay further global temperature increases and other related effects. Adaptation refers to the efforts of ...
Understanding future risks to ports in Australia
... the continuing successful operation of Australia’s seaports. In response, this report documents the activity and findings of research that was carried out to better understand the future risks that ports need to plan for. In the first instance, a comprehensive literature review was carried out to es ...
... the continuing successful operation of Australia’s seaports. In response, this report documents the activity and findings of research that was carried out to better understand the future risks that ports need to plan for. In the first instance, a comprehensive literature review was carried out to es ...
hewitson_regionalcl
... • Complex procedure with many implementation decisions that can determine the result obtained. • Need to understand why you get the results you see (right answer for wrong reason problem). • Selection of domain, physics package, parameterization, and evaluation of performance is a time-consuming pro ...
... • Complex procedure with many implementation decisions that can determine the result obtained. • Need to understand why you get the results you see (right answer for wrong reason problem). • Selection of domain, physics package, parameterization, and evaluation of performance is a time-consuming pro ...
Livelihoods and Climate Change - International Institute for
... patterns. Adaptation to climate change is therefore no longer a secondary and long-term response option only to be used as a last resort. It is now prevalent and imperative, and for those communities already vulnerable to the impacts of present day climate hazards, an urgent imperative. Successful a ...
... patterns. Adaptation to climate change is therefore no longer a secondary and long-term response option only to be used as a last resort. It is now prevalent and imperative, and for those communities already vulnerable to the impacts of present day climate hazards, an urgent imperative. Successful a ...
The Promises and Perils of Geoengineering
... A straightforward deinition of geoengineeering comes might get desperate enough to want to use it.”4 from an inluential report issued by the United KingDreams of weather and climate control are dom’s Royal Society in 2009. Geoengineering, says the report, is any “deliberate large-scale manipulation ...
... A straightforward deinition of geoengineeering comes might get desperate enough to want to use it.”4 from an inluential report issued by the United KingDreams of weather and climate control are dom’s Royal Society in 2009. Geoengineering, says the report, is any “deliberate large-scale manipulation ...