Iyigun et al._2013_Clustering climate regions of
... Chain based on expectation-maximization (EM-MCMC). It has been concluded that the EM-MCMC method is the most appropriate one compared to the others. Depending on this result, in our study, all missing values for the nine variables were imputed by EM-MCMC method for at most 50 % missing series. The i ...
... Chain based on expectation-maximization (EM-MCMC). It has been concluded that the EM-MCMC method is the most appropriate one compared to the others. Depending on this result, in our study, all missing values for the nine variables were imputed by EM-MCMC method for at most 50 % missing series. The i ...
Results Part A: amount of appearances
... Media coverage is the first mentioned influence. This influence means the mention of a problem in the media is one of the most important influences on the public concern. The second influence, issue space – simply explained, meaning there is no space to solve every problem – is not easy to change si ...
... Media coverage is the first mentioned influence. This influence means the mention of a problem in the media is one of the most important influences on the public concern. The second influence, issue space – simply explained, meaning there is no space to solve every problem – is not easy to change si ...
Curriculum Vitae - Center for Research on Environmental
... changing water resources: perceptions of glacier retreat in mountain regions. Anthropology News 51:23–24. Time Horizons and Climate Change. Weather, Climate, and Society 2(1): 5-7. Ben Orlove and Steven C. Caton. Water sustainability: anthropological approaches and prospects. Annual Review of Anthro ...
... changing water resources: perceptions of glacier retreat in mountain regions. Anthropology News 51:23–24. Time Horizons and Climate Change. Weather, Climate, and Society 2(1): 5-7. Ben Orlove and Steven C. Caton. Water sustainability: anthropological approaches and prospects. Annual Review of Anthro ...
Fear Won`t Do It - Center for Science and Technology Policy Research
... movie The Day After Tomorrow (Emmerich, 2004), with survey themes followed up a month later with focus groups. They found that although the majority of participants (67%) in the post-test agreed that “everybody has to do something” about climate change, this sense of urgency had substantially dimini ...
... movie The Day After Tomorrow (Emmerich, 2004), with survey themes followed up a month later with focus groups. They found that although the majority of participants (67%) in the post-test agreed that “everybody has to do something” about climate change, this sense of urgency had substantially dimini ...
city-level climate change adaptation strategies: the case of quito
... Cities in developing countries are extremely vulnerable to climate change, facing the consequences of sea-level rise, landslides, floods and heat islands. These vulnerabilities exist alongside other serious existing city management challenges, such as high urban poverty levels, fast growing populati ...
... Cities in developing countries are extremely vulnerable to climate change, facing the consequences of sea-level rise, landslides, floods and heat islands. These vulnerabilities exist alongside other serious existing city management challenges, such as high urban poverty levels, fast growing populati ...
A climate model-based review of drought in the Sahel: Deserti cation, the re-greening and climate change.
... or Inter-state committee to combat drought in the Sahel), whose primary mandate to date remains to invest in research to ensure food security and to reduce the impact of drought and desertification.7 The global response to the drought emergency was largely predicated on the twin assumptions that (1) ...
... or Inter-state committee to combat drought in the Sahel), whose primary mandate to date remains to invest in research to ensure food security and to reduce the impact of drought and desertification.7 The global response to the drought emergency was largely predicated on the twin assumptions that (1) ...
Future climate warming and changes to mountain permafrost in the
... the latter part of the 20th century, which is 0.06 °C per decade above the global average (Vuille et al. 2008). Continued warming is expected to cause further retreat and degradation of highelevation permafrost (Haeberli et al. 1993). However, although it is “virtually certain” that Northern Hemisph ...
... the latter part of the 20th century, which is 0.06 °C per decade above the global average (Vuille et al. 2008). Continued warming is expected to cause further retreat and degradation of highelevation permafrost (Haeberli et al. 1993). However, although it is “virtually certain” that Northern Hemisph ...
UNFCCC, the Kyoto Protocol, and the WTO – Brewing Conflicts or
... change taken in the next 10-20 years could create risks of major disruption to economic and social activity, on par with those associated with World War I (WWI), World War II (WWII) and the Great Depression. 9 Nicholas Stern projected that if action is not taken now, it may cost 5-20% of global GDP ...
... change taken in the next 10-20 years could create risks of major disruption to economic and social activity, on par with those associated with World War I (WWI), World War II (WWII) and the Great Depression. 9 Nicholas Stern projected that if action is not taken now, it may cost 5-20% of global GDP ...
Plot-scale evidence of tundra vegetation change and links to recent
... grid cell in the 0.5◦ CRU TS 3.1 (ref. 31) temperature record, which was the basis of all summer temperature-change data) was included as a grouping term with an exchangeable correlation structure32 . We used the same approach to test the association between increases/decreases in vegetation groups ...
... grid cell in the 0.5◦ CRU TS 3.1 (ref. 31) temperature record, which was the basis of all summer temperature-change data) was included as a grouping term with an exchangeable correlation structure32 . We used the same approach to test the association between increases/decreases in vegetation groups ...
Why Hasn`t Earth Warmed as Much as Expected?
... Department of Meteorology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden (Manuscript received 2 October 2009, in final form 17 December 2009) ABSTRACT The observed increase in global mean surface temperature (GMST) over the industrial era is less than 40% of that expected from observed increases in long-l ...
... Department of Meteorology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden (Manuscript received 2 October 2009, in final form 17 December 2009) ABSTRACT The observed increase in global mean surface temperature (GMST) over the industrial era is less than 40% of that expected from observed increases in long-l ...
Climate change, development, and migration: an African Diaspora
... This paper focuses on the role of the African Diaspora in assisting their country of origin in its fight against the adverse impacts of climate change. In order to combat climate change poor countries need to mobilize all resources (financial, institutional and human) on different fronts. Diaspora c ...
... This paper focuses on the role of the African Diaspora in assisting their country of origin in its fight against the adverse impacts of climate change. In order to combat climate change poor countries need to mobilize all resources (financial, institutional and human) on different fronts. Diaspora c ...
IUCN TILCEPA COP18 Climate Negotiations Report
... Damage financing should come from the overall “package” of USD 100 billion for climate impacts, or whether it was supplementary. The decision reads: Requests developed country Parties to provide developing country Parties with finance, technology and capacity-building, in accordance with decision 1/ ...
... Damage financing should come from the overall “package” of USD 100 billion for climate impacts, or whether it was supplementary. The decision reads: Requests developed country Parties to provide developing country Parties with finance, technology and capacity-building, in accordance with decision 1/ ...
Supporting decision-making for effective adaptation
... accessible by end users, and that end users are supported in the use of this information by expert advisory services. This includes the availability of climate model data and guidance to support tool selection, understanding assumptions that underlie a tool, data limitations and cost implications. E ...
... accessible by end users, and that end users are supported in the use of this information by expert advisory services. This includes the availability of climate model data and guidance to support tool selection, understanding assumptions that underlie a tool, data limitations and cost implications. E ...
Looking Backwards, Looking Forward
... usually are to give us a good measure of what plant community existed around the collection site at various times in the past. Palynologists (scientists who study pollen) study preserved plant pollen to infer past plant communities. By observing different pollen types, we can infer past plant commun ...
... usually are to give us a good measure of what plant community existed around the collection site at various times in the past. Palynologists (scientists who study pollen) study preserved plant pollen to infer past plant communities. By observing different pollen types, we can infer past plant commun ...
Disaster risk reduction or climate change adaptation: Are we
... through ‘building back better’ or ‘building back safer’ (for further discussion on these terms see Kennedy et al., 2008). Additionally, disaster risk reduction (DRR) policies and strategies are well established within the international development community (Lewis, 1999; Wisner et al., 2004). These ...
... through ‘building back better’ or ‘building back safer’ (for further discussion on these terms see Kennedy et al., 2008). Additionally, disaster risk reduction (DRR) policies and strategies are well established within the international development community (Lewis, 1999; Wisner et al., 2004). These ...
Climate change. - Institut für Kommunikations
... First step: Identification of the relevant pages via the Visual Web Spider A specific page becomes part of the sample if one of the search terms (see above) is mentioned somewhere on the page and if the document includes at least one actorframe sequence, i.e. an actor putting forward at least a prob ...
... First step: Identification of the relevant pages via the Visual Web Spider A specific page becomes part of the sample if one of the search terms (see above) is mentioned somewhere on the page and if the document includes at least one actorframe sequence, i.e. an actor putting forward at least a prob ...
onp_draft_112011 - University of Washington
... typically estimate the 7-day consecutive lowest flow with a 10-year return frequency, or 7Q10, to determine low flow thresholds. Like flood frequency analyses, estimates of the 7Q10 are conventionally calculated using historical streamflow records, which would disregard the effects of projected chan ...
... typically estimate the 7-day consecutive lowest flow with a 10-year return frequency, or 7Q10, to determine low flow thresholds. Like flood frequency analyses, estimates of the 7Q10 are conventionally calculated using historical streamflow records, which would disregard the effects of projected chan ...
Uncertainty in science and its role in climate policy
... and changes in atmospheric concentrations; from changes in concentrations to changes in weather conditions which, with their induced feedbacks, change the climate; and from the weather of this altered climate to changes in risks and the circumstances of individuals. Coherent risk management across s ...
... and changes in atmospheric concentrations; from changes in concentrations to changes in weather conditions which, with their induced feedbacks, change the climate; and from the weather of this altered climate to changes in risks and the circumstances of individuals. Coherent risk management across s ...
Building Resilience and Reducing Emissions
... and health, as crops often fail and the reproduction of fish stock is threatened by changes in the river ebb and flow. In the Andean, water scarcity for crops and livestock, erosion of ecosystems, and changes in biodiversity threaten food security, both within indigenous villages and among populatio ...
... and health, as crops often fail and the reproduction of fish stock is threatened by changes in the river ebb and flow. In the Andean, water scarcity for crops and livestock, erosion of ecosystems, and changes in biodiversity threaten food security, both within indigenous villages and among populatio ...
