Climate: Observations, projections and impacts
... changed, and plan for future, is improving all the time. But there is still a long way to go. These reports – led by the Met Office Hadley Centre in collaboration with many institutes and scientists around the world – aim to provide useful, up to date and impartial information, based on the best cli ...
... changed, and plan for future, is improving all the time. But there is still a long way to go. These reports – led by the Met Office Hadley Centre in collaboration with many institutes and scientists around the world – aim to provide useful, up to date and impartial information, based on the best cli ...
Navigating Complexity
... employed by people for millennia to diversify incomes and reduce household vulnerability [Webber and Barnett 2010, McLeman and Hunter 2010]. Migration is more often a result of conflict, rather than a contributor. And in some cases, because of the economic and political costs of moving, it is those ...
... employed by people for millennia to diversify incomes and reduce household vulnerability [Webber and Barnett 2010, McLeman and Hunter 2010]. Migration is more often a result of conflict, rather than a contributor. And in some cases, because of the economic and political costs of moving, it is those ...
Adaptation to Climate Change in Low‐Income Countries
... A major impediment to both autonomous adaptation and planned adaptation is uncertainty. When making adaptation decisions, both private agents and governments face uncertainty about the nature, magnitude and timing of climate impacts (Heal and Kriström 2002, Dessai et al. 2009, Mearns 2010, World Res ...
... A major impediment to both autonomous adaptation and planned adaptation is uncertainty. When making adaptation decisions, both private agents and governments face uncertainty about the nature, magnitude and timing of climate impacts (Heal and Kriström 2002, Dessai et al. 2009, Mearns 2010, World Res ...
Static mass-balance sensitivity of Arctic glaciers and ice caps using
... (e.g. Braithwaite and Zhang, 1999), energy-balance (e.g. Oerlemans, 1992) and ice-dynamic models (e.g. Schneeberger and others, 2001), in order to assess the response of glaciers to climate change. Sophisticated approaches are important for developing models and understanding processes, but they are ...
... (e.g. Braithwaite and Zhang, 1999), energy-balance (e.g. Oerlemans, 1992) and ice-dynamic models (e.g. Schneeberger and others, 2001), in order to assess the response of glaciers to climate change. Sophisticated approaches are important for developing models and understanding processes, but they are ...
Climate change and Arctic ecosystems II
... 1996a]. The model is sensitive to CO2 concentration because of the responses of NPP and stomatal conductance to CO2 and the differential effects of CO2 on the NPP of C3 and C4 plants. [8] To identify the biome for a given grid cell, the model ranks the tree and nontree PFTs that were calculated for ...
... 1996a]. The model is sensitive to CO2 concentration because of the responses of NPP and stomatal conductance to CO2 and the differential effects of CO2 on the NPP of C3 and C4 plants. [8] To identify the biome for a given grid cell, the model ranks the tree and nontree PFTs that were calculated for ...
Spain - Met Office
... changed, and plan for future, is improving all the time. But there is still a long way to go. These reports – led by the Met Office Hadley Centre in collaboration with many institutes and scientists around the world – aim to provide useful, up to date and impartial information, based on the best cli ...
... changed, and plan for future, is improving all the time. But there is still a long way to go. These reports – led by the Met Office Hadley Centre in collaboration with many institutes and scientists around the world – aim to provide useful, up to date and impartial information, based on the best cli ...
Reports of Phase 2 Activity, January 2005
... decrease of south-west rainfall had actually occurred in the early to mid 1970s and had reduced rainfall to levels not expected until around 2040 under the assumed trend. The workshop proposed that such a shift had to be considered in water planning as more representative of present and future clima ...
... decrease of south-west rainfall had actually occurred in the early to mid 1970s and had reduced rainfall to levels not expected until around 2040 under the assumed trend. The workshop proposed that such a shift had to be considered in water planning as more representative of present and future clima ...
Climate change in Australia | Rangelands cluster report
... projection statements in a brief format. There is also the Australian climate change projections Technical Report, which describes the underlying scientific basis for the climate change projections. Box 1 describes all supporting products. This report provides the most up to date, comprehensive and ...
... projection statements in a brief format. There is also the Australian climate change projections Technical Report, which describes the underlying scientific basis for the climate change projections. Box 1 describes all supporting products. This report provides the most up to date, comprehensive and ...
Weathering the Storm: the impact of climate change
... have heard that our city will also be exposed to more frequent and severe problems with overheating and flooding from rainfall. Not only does this directly impact business operations, but the insurance sector too faces rising costs, which may make commercial business cover prohibitively expensive if ...
... have heard that our city will also be exposed to more frequent and severe problems with overheating and flooding from rainfall. Not only does this directly impact business operations, but the insurance sector too faces rising costs, which may make commercial business cover prohibitively expensive if ...
climate change climate change - Toronto District School Board
... they can use climate change examples. (Students interpret graphs to predict how climate change will have an impact on temperatures.) Teachers can leave specific climate change applications off their formal tests, or they can include the key ideas, which are included in the Common Understandings with ...
... they can use climate change examples. (Students interpret graphs to predict how climate change will have an impact on temperatures.) Teachers can leave specific climate change applications off their formal tests, or they can include the key ideas, which are included in the Common Understandings with ...
Signs of Climate Change in Nordic Nature
... findings and results from Nordic monitoring programmes and, when adequate, additional data sources from European research institutes. The present report responds to the recommendation given previously to develop a set of indicators that would enable the Nordic countries to measure and evaluate climat ...
... findings and results from Nordic monitoring programmes and, when adequate, additional data sources from European research institutes. The present report responds to the recommendation given previously to develop a set of indicators that would enable the Nordic countries to measure and evaluate climat ...
2012 Gulf Coast Climate Change Survey
... about local climate. Coastal residents may or may not notice an increase in the number or strength of hurricanes, but they do support government action to protect their local communities from the effects. The survey also reveals a public that is not fully informed about climate change. Thirty-four p ...
... about local climate. Coastal residents may or may not notice an increase in the number or strength of hurricanes, but they do support government action to protect their local communities from the effects. The survey also reveals a public that is not fully informed about climate change. Thirty-four p ...
Climate: Observations, projections and impacts: Saudi Arabia
... changed, and plan for future, is improving all the time. But there is still a long way to go. These reports – led by the Met Office Hadley Centre in collaboration with many institutes and scientists around the world – aim to provide useful, up to date and impartial information, based on the best cli ...
... changed, and plan for future, is improving all the time. But there is still a long way to go. These reports – led by the Met Office Hadley Centre in collaboration with many institutes and scientists around the world – aim to provide useful, up to date and impartial information, based on the best cli ...
A Stitch in Time: Lessons for Climate Change Adaptation from the
... animal labor, equipment and food reserves; mobilizing local resources for community projects and public works; regulating use of land and water; and providing education, marketing, credit, insurance and other services. Provincial, national and international institutions aid by providing extension se ...
... animal labor, equipment and food reserves; mobilizing local resources for community projects and public works; regulating use of land and water; and providing education, marketing, credit, insurance and other services. Provincial, national and international institutions aid by providing extension se ...
Perceptions of Climate Change Adaptation from the Great Lakes
... define key terms, and what they value ~Moser and Ekstrom, 2010!. In natural resource management and conservation fields, climate change is well recognized as having significant consequences for the maintenance of biodiversity, ecological systems, and ecosystem services ~Bardsley and Sweeney, 2010; ...
... define key terms, and what they value ~Moser and Ekstrom, 2010!. In natural resource management and conservation fields, climate change is well recognized as having significant consequences for the maintenance of biodiversity, ecological systems, and ecosystem services ~Bardsley and Sweeney, 2010; ...
the results of the scientific congress
... and the response options and approaches that are available to tackle this complex issue. To bring this new knowledge together, the International Alliance of Research Universitiesi organised an international scientific congress on climate change, Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges and Decisions ...
... and the response options and approaches that are available to tackle this complex issue. To bring this new knowledge together, the International Alliance of Research Universitiesi organised an international scientific congress on climate change, Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges and Decisions ...
Normative aspects of climate adaptation policies
... national, regional, private, administrative, and environmental legal regimes. At each of these levels, the actors contribute a variety of values, interests, resources, and perspectives. The problem cuts across the jurisdictions and routines of organizations and sectors. Moreover, the dynamism of the ...
... national, regional, private, administrative, and environmental legal regimes. At each of these levels, the actors contribute a variety of values, interests, resources, and perspectives. The problem cuts across the jurisdictions and routines of organizations and sectors. Moreover, the dynamism of the ...
Danish strategy for adaptation to a changing climate
... society. By autonomous adaptation we mean that authorities, businesses and private citizens react to the consequences of climate change in a timely manner within the legislative, economic and technological framework. The strategy focuses mainly on the general activities to be undertaken to ensure th ...
... society. By autonomous adaptation we mean that authorities, businesses and private citizens react to the consequences of climate change in a timely manner within the legislative, economic and technological framework. The strategy focuses mainly on the general activities to be undertaken to ensure th ...
Northern Hemisphere glaciation and the evolution of Plio
... Received 29 July 2009; revised 3 December 2009; accepted 20 January 2010; published 4 August 2010. ...
... Received 29 July 2009; revised 3 December 2009; accepted 20 January 2010; published 4 August 2010. ...
