Climate projections FAQ - Eastern Forest Environmental Threat
... events such as wind and heavy rainfall factor in to stress on resources and must be considered in developing adaptive strategies. Responding effectively to climate change requires us to use the best available science to anticipate expected changes, and understand what they mean to resources and ma ...
... events such as wind and heavy rainfall factor in to stress on resources and must be considered in developing adaptive strategies. Responding effectively to climate change requires us to use the best available science to anticipate expected changes, and understand what they mean to resources and ma ...
Paleoclimate Implications for Human-Made
... Pleistocene climate variations. Surface albedo is an amplifying feedback, because the amount of solar energy absorbed by Earth increases when ice and snow area decreases. GHGs are also an amplifying feedback on millennial time scales, as warming ocean and soils drive more CO2, CH4 and N2O into the a ...
... Pleistocene climate variations. Surface albedo is an amplifying feedback, because the amount of solar energy absorbed by Earth increases when ice and snow area decreases. GHGs are also an amplifying feedback on millennial time scales, as warming ocean and soils drive more CO2, CH4 and N2O into the a ...
Low-carbon resilient development in the least developed countries
... Many terms are being used in the current climate debate to describe bringing together adaptation and mitigation or adaptation, mitigation and development policy agendas. This has been supported by decisions at the UNFCCC that seek to incorporate a joint approach to mitigation and adaptation from the ...
... Many terms are being used in the current climate debate to describe bringing together adaptation and mitigation or adaptation, mitigation and development policy agendas. This has been supported by decisions at the UNFCCC that seek to incorporate a joint approach to mitigation and adaptation from the ...
Adapting to a changing climate
... through the exacerbation of existing biological and human threats, with the latter arising as a result of activities undertaken to mitigate or adapt to climate change by other land management sectors (e.g. Glova 1990; Hay 1990; Hollinger 1990; Keys 1990; McFadgen 1999; McGlone 2001; Green 2006; Aran ...
... through the exacerbation of existing biological and human threats, with the latter arising as a result of activities undertaken to mitigate or adapt to climate change by other land management sectors (e.g. Glova 1990; Hay 1990; Hollinger 1990; Keys 1990; McFadgen 1999; McGlone 2001; Green 2006; Aran ...
Landslide risk and climate change in the European alps
... In order to examine the effect that the climate has on the incidence of landsliding and how this may change in the future, we must look to the past to understand how the climate changes over time and how this has impacted on landslide size and frequency distributions (after Malamud et al., 2004; see ...
... In order to examine the effect that the climate has on the incidence of landsliding and how this may change in the future, we must look to the past to understand how the climate changes over time and how this has impacted on landslide size and frequency distributions (after Malamud et al., 2004; see ...
Salick BygKonchar_Tibetan Agriculture and Climate
... For non-timber products (NTP) in northwest Yunnan there is an elevational gradient of diversity directly correlated with overall biodiversity with a greater variety in species found at higher elevations. Tibetan medicines and forage species are especially important in alpine habitats and Tibetan doc ...
... For non-timber products (NTP) in northwest Yunnan there is an elevational gradient of diversity directly correlated with overall biodiversity with a greater variety in species found at higher elevations. Tibetan medicines and forage species are especially important in alpine habitats and Tibetan doc ...
Working Paper 9: Climate Change as a Threat Multiplier for Human
... level of coordinated action required to solve it, this statement seems only adequate. After the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) published its first assessment report in 1990, it was accused of dramatizing the anthropogenic (man-made) causes as well as the potential effects of globa ...
... level of coordinated action required to solve it, this statement seems only adequate. After the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) published its first assessment report in 1990, it was accused of dramatizing the anthropogenic (man-made) causes as well as the potential effects of globa ...
Better Predictions, Better Allocations: Scientific Advances and
... of lowering or raising the probability of the severe state compared to previously held beliefs. With the signal in hand, the agent will then make her optimal micro and macro adaptation decisions.10 We analyse the utility of the better signals by comparing the agent’s pre-signal expected utility both ...
... of lowering or raising the probability of the severe state compared to previously held beliefs. With the signal in hand, the agent will then make her optimal micro and macro adaptation decisions.10 We analyse the utility of the better signals by comparing the agent’s pre-signal expected utility both ...
Climate change and forced migration
... providing for refugees, principally the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), are already overstretched and are unable to cope with their current ‘stock’ of refugees.15 The UNHCR itself is taking on an expanded role in the provision of care to IDPs and so is highly res ...
... providing for refugees, principally the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), are already overstretched and are unable to cope with their current ‘stock’ of refugees.15 The UNHCR itself is taking on an expanded role in the provision of care to IDPs and so is highly res ...
to review/download the Cookeville Case Study.
... yet to come. It is also critical because the need for climate action calls for every possible mitigation tool to be utilized in the very near future. Communities cannot afford to start now with only a few tools and bring in land use planning later on. A comprehensive approach is called for from the ...
... yet to come. It is also critical because the need for climate action calls for every possible mitigation tool to be utilized in the very near future. Communities cannot afford to start now with only a few tools and bring in land use planning later on. A comprehensive approach is called for from the ...
FAQs - A Convention For Persons Displaced By Climate Change
... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the Stern Review, among many other studies, warn that the effects of climate change – including rising sea levels, heavier floods, more frequent and ...
... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the Stern Review, among many other studies, warn that the effects of climate change – including rising sea levels, heavier floods, more frequent and ...
Business Responses to Climate Change in Developing Countries: A
... Climate change has been one of the most pressing environmental issues facing business in the past two decade. From the mid of 1990s witnessed an increasing attention of business to climate change because it is likely to effect business on both climate change consequences and policies to address it ( ...
... Climate change has been one of the most pressing environmental issues facing business in the past two decade. From the mid of 1990s witnessed an increasing attention of business to climate change because it is likely to effect business on both climate change consequences and policies to address it ( ...
Project Concept and PDF-B Document
... revealed by current climate hazards that frequently translate into disasters. This is to be achieved by strengthening efforts to make early warning and seasonal climate forecasts accessible to vulnerable stakeholders in ASALs, while also strengthening their capacity to act upon information through i ...
... revealed by current climate hazards that frequently translate into disasters. This is to be achieved by strengthening efforts to make early warning and seasonal climate forecasts accessible to vulnerable stakeholders in ASALs, while also strengthening their capacity to act upon information through i ...
India`s Megacities and Climate Change
... 2009; Kapur et al. 2009; Panda 2010; Sharma 2010), on the other there are evolving understandings that climate change is presenting some very crucial opportunities to India which, if considered sincerely, can help India’s case domestically as well as internationally (Dubash 2013). There are also deb ...
... 2009; Kapur et al. 2009; Panda 2010; Sharma 2010), on the other there are evolving understandings that climate change is presenting some very crucial opportunities to India which, if considered sincerely, can help India’s case domestically as well as internationally (Dubash 2013). There are also deb ...
Target Atmospheric CO2: Where Should Humanity Aim?
... vegetation distribution, and continental shelf exposure, was 3.5 ± 1 W/m2 [14] relative to the Holocene. Additional forcing due to reduced amounts of long-lived GHGs (CO2, CH4, N2O), including the indirect effects of CH4 on tropospheric ozone and stratospheric water vapor (Fig. S1) was -3 ± 0.5 W/m2 ...
... vegetation distribution, and continental shelf exposure, was 3.5 ± 1 W/m2 [14] relative to the Holocene. Additional forcing due to reduced amounts of long-lived GHGs (CO2, CH4, N2O), including the indirect effects of CH4 on tropospheric ozone and stratospheric water vapor (Fig. S1) was -3 ± 0.5 W/m2 ...
No. 63, JANUARY 2010 Norbert P. Psuty, Editor
... Authors are encouraged to submit papers describing previously unpublished, original research results, not currently under review by another conference or journal, or case studies of good practice. For Littoral 2010 CoastNet are introducing a new category of paper to be included in the proceedings, e ...
... Authors are encouraged to submit papers describing previously unpublished, original research results, not currently under review by another conference or journal, or case studies of good practice. For Littoral 2010 CoastNet are introducing a new category of paper to be included in the proceedings, e ...
Effects of land use/land cover and climate changes on surface runoff
... Peng et al., 2015a, b; Wang et al., 2016). Relatively few studies have been conducted regarding the effects of LULC and climate changes on runoff. Studies of the Weihe River basin (Zuo et al., 2014) and Loess Plateau (Liang et al., 2015), which included the JRB as a sub-basin, have identified the re ...
... Peng et al., 2015a, b; Wang et al., 2016). Relatively few studies have been conducted regarding the effects of LULC and climate changes on runoff. Studies of the Weihe River basin (Zuo et al., 2014) and Loess Plateau (Liang et al., 2015), which included the JRB as a sub-basin, have identified the re ...
A semiparametric multivariate, multisite weather generator with
... Wiley and Palmer, 2008]. It has been argued that bottomup methods are better equipped to provide more decisionrelevant information useful in identifying robust adaptation measures under deep future uncertainty [Lempert et al., 1996]. In part, this is because bottom-up approaches can better explore a ...
... Wiley and Palmer, 2008]. It has been argued that bottomup methods are better equipped to provide more decisionrelevant information useful in identifying robust adaptation measures under deep future uncertainty [Lempert et al., 1996]. In part, this is because bottom-up approaches can better explore a ...
Draft Final EMF - May 1, 2014 - Meteorological Service, Jamaica
... gauge with a complete automatic weather monitoring station at Port Royal, Kingston Harbour. The station will generate data on water level, seawater temperature, air temperature, barometric pressure and wind speed and direction, and will have high resolution measuring capabilities. The monitoring sta ...
... gauge with a complete automatic weather monitoring station at Port Royal, Kingston Harbour. The station will generate data on water level, seawater temperature, air temperature, barometric pressure and wind speed and direction, and will have high resolution measuring capabilities. The monitoring sta ...
Coffee and Climate Change
... adaptation strategies by coffee cooperatives in Nicaragua, Mexico and Peru. These strategies concentrated on improving disaster preparedness, promoting sustainable production practices – especially soil conservation, tree planting etc, and introducing solar driers to preserve coffee quality during t ...
... adaptation strategies by coffee cooperatives in Nicaragua, Mexico and Peru. These strategies concentrated on improving disaster preparedness, promoting sustainable production practices – especially soil conservation, tree planting etc, and introducing solar driers to preserve coffee quality during t ...
Climate Change Impacts in Hawai`i - Hawaii Sea Grant
... the associated impacts will lead to informed communities that are better prepared and have greater motivation for undertaking and supporting climate adaptation and mitigation efforts. ...
... the associated impacts will lead to informed communities that are better prepared and have greater motivation for undertaking and supporting climate adaptation and mitigation efforts. ...
Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change in Berlin – AFOK
... A general interest for the growing city The world‘s climate is changing. The effects are also felt in Berlin. They will accelerate, as we stand at the beginning of a profound change. For our growing city, this represents a major challenge. We must find ways to further strengthen Berlin not only as a ...
... A general interest for the growing city The world‘s climate is changing. The effects are also felt in Berlin. They will accelerate, as we stand at the beginning of a profound change. For our growing city, this represents a major challenge. We must find ways to further strengthen Berlin not only as a ...
Does climate change pose a threat or opportunity to Swedish business?
... changing and will continue to change over this century. In fact, even if greenhouse gas emissions are brought to a halt today, the earth is already, to an extent, locked in towards climate change over the next 30-40 years, as a result of the emissions that have been released during the development o ...
... changing and will continue to change over this century. In fact, even if greenhouse gas emissions are brought to a halt today, the earth is already, to an extent, locked in towards climate change over the next 30-40 years, as a result of the emissions that have been released during the development o ...