Weather and Climate Extremes in a Changing Climate. Regions of
... providing current assessments of climate change science to inform public debate, policy, and operational decisions. These reports are also intended to help the CCSP develop future program research priorities. The CCSP’s guiding vision is to provide the Nation and the global community with the scienc ...
... providing current assessments of climate change science to inform public debate, policy, and operational decisions. These reports are also intended to help the CCSP develop future program research priorities. The CCSP’s guiding vision is to provide the Nation and the global community with the scienc ...
Anchoring amid uncertainty - Personal Page: Prof. Dr. Jeroen van
... problem date from the seventies. Climate research, and especially climate modelling, has expanded enormously during the last few decades. Consequently, successive assessments have had to deal with new insights, theories and data. This history, and the prevalence of large scientific and epistemologic ...
... problem date from the seventies. Climate research, and especially climate modelling, has expanded enormously during the last few decades. Consequently, successive assessments have had to deal with new insights, theories and data. This history, and the prevalence of large scientific and epistemologic ...
Building climate change resilience for African livestock in sub
... other parts of the world livestock is increasingly seen as a driver of climate change, rather than being affected by it. The study rightfully addresses this controversy, and places the African livestock in the perspective where it belongs, an asset to many poor with as yet untapped potential to adap ...
... other parts of the world livestock is increasingly seen as a driver of climate change, rather than being affected by it. The study rightfully addresses this controversy, and places the African livestock in the perspective where it belongs, an asset to many poor with as yet untapped potential to adap ...
Young Voices in Research for Health 2008: Climate
... for health to participate in the Young Voices essay competition. This year, young professionals were asked to share their concerns about climate change and health and to invigorate the research for health community with fresh perspectives and idealistic visions regarding research challenges for vuln ...
... for health to participate in the Young Voices essay competition. This year, young professionals were asked to share their concerns about climate change and health and to invigorate the research for health community with fresh perspectives and idealistic visions regarding research challenges for vuln ...
Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation
... coastal areas and the rupture of water infrastructure in the North as a result of permafrost degradation. As water supplies diminish, at least seasonally, and water quality problems increase, there would be less high-quality water available for human use. At the same time, agricultural, domestic and ...
... coastal areas and the rupture of water infrastructure in the North as a result of permafrost degradation. As water supplies diminish, at least seasonally, and water quality problems increase, there would be less high-quality water available for human use. At the same time, agricultural, domestic and ...
Managing Protected Areas in Central and Eastern Europe Under
... project “Adaptive Management of Climate-Induced Changes of Habitat Diversity in Protected Areas” (HABIT-CHANGE). This first idea was further developed and extended during several meetings with a growing number of interested partners. After two years of preparation, the project proposal was submitted ...
... project “Adaptive Management of Climate-Induced Changes of Habitat Diversity in Protected Areas” (HABIT-CHANGE). This first idea was further developed and extended during several meetings with a growing number of interested partners. After two years of preparation, the project proposal was submitted ...
WestminsterResearch Climate change adaptation planning under
... balance between climate change impacts and local government decisionmaking capacity is a vital for successful adaptation to the impacts of climate change. Urban spatial planning and wider environmental planning not only play a major role in reducing/mitigating risks but also have a key role in adapt ...
... balance between climate change impacts and local government decisionmaking capacity is a vital for successful adaptation to the impacts of climate change. Urban spatial planning and wider environmental planning not only play a major role in reducing/mitigating risks but also have a key role in adapt ...
Air Quality and Climate Connections - Lamont
... “unmasking” of warming induced by rising CO2. Air pollutant controls on CH4, a potent GHG and precursor to global O3 levels, and on sources with high black carbon (BC) to organic carbon (OC) ratios could offset near-term warming induced by SO2 emission reductions, while reducing global background O3 ...
... “unmasking” of warming induced by rising CO2. Air pollutant controls on CH4, a potent GHG and precursor to global O3 levels, and on sources with high black carbon (BC) to organic carbon (OC) ratios could offset near-term warming induced by SO2 emission reductions, while reducing global background O3 ...
Coastal Ecosystems Responses to Climate Change
... temporally and spatially in Australia, has declined since 1950 in eastern and southwestern Australia, but increased in the north. No significant trends in the frequency or intensity of tropical cyclones have been detected however a decline in cyclones south of 20C on the east coast has been observe ...
... temporally and spatially in Australia, has declined since 1950 in eastern and southwestern Australia, but increased in the north. No significant trends in the frequency or intensity of tropical cyclones have been detected however a decline in cyclones south of 20C on the east coast has been observe ...
Climate Trends, Hazards and Extremes – Taranaki Synthesis Report
... Figure 22. Phases of the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation. Positive values indicate periods when stronger-than-normal westerlies occur over New Zealand, and more anticyclones over the northern New Zealand. Negative values indicate periods with more north-easterlies than normal to northern regions. D ...
... Figure 22. Phases of the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation. Positive values indicate periods when stronger-than-normal westerlies occur over New Zealand, and more anticyclones over the northern New Zealand. Negative values indicate periods with more north-easterlies than normal to northern regions. D ...
Paying for Mitigation: A Multiple Country Study
... Copenhagen to address the threat of climate change. The outcome revealed vast differences among the countries regarding the willingness to commit to reductions of greenhouse gases, and it is clear that future negotiations will ultimately depend on how politically acceptable the proposed reductions a ...
... Copenhagen to address the threat of climate change. The outcome revealed vast differences among the countries regarding the willingness to commit to reductions of greenhouse gases, and it is clear that future negotiations will ultimately depend on how politically acceptable the proposed reductions a ...
THE SCHMIDT FAMILY FOUNDATION
... For the 2008 summer season, the vacant lot at 12 Washington Street was made available to the Nantucket Regional Transportation Authority (NRTA) for use as a bus stop. NRTA and the Town’s Planning Department have envisioned a transportation facility in this location that would eventually accommodate ...
... For the 2008 summer season, the vacant lot at 12 Washington Street was made available to the Nantucket Regional Transportation Authority (NRTA) for use as a bus stop. NRTA and the Town’s Planning Department have envisioned a transportation facility in this location that would eventually accommodate ...
Climate Factsheets - Public Interest Research Centre
... see more record highs, and fewer record lows. This would make heatwaves longer, more frequent and more intense. ...
... see more record highs, and fewer record lows. This would make heatwaves longer, more frequent and more intense. ...
Vulnerability Index to climate change in the Latin
... are elevating sensitivity for low income populations within Latin American cities. The unregulated expansion of urban areas is a feature of most municipalities and has allowed many poorer groups to locate in high risk zones, such as floodplains and landslide-prone slopes. A lack of development contr ...
... are elevating sensitivity for low income populations within Latin American cities. The unregulated expansion of urban areas is a feature of most municipalities and has allowed many poorer groups to locate in high risk zones, such as floodplains and landslide-prone slopes. A lack of development contr ...
Lake Superior Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation January 2014
... documentation and coordination of (i.e., greenhouse gas [GHG] emission management actions through the reductions), but rather serves as a regional development of LAMPs. The Lake Superior LAMP is co-led by the U.S. resource for complementary initiatives that are Environmental Protection Agency and pr ...
... documentation and coordination of (i.e., greenhouse gas [GHG] emission management actions through the reductions), but rather serves as a regional development of LAMPs. The Lake Superior LAMP is co-led by the U.S. resource for complementary initiatives that are Environmental Protection Agency and pr ...
Synergistic impacts of global warming on the resilience of coral reefs
... high summer SST, often only of þ18C, can cause mass mortality at regional to global scales [35]. The frequency and magnitude of acute bleaching events is expected to increase as SST continues to rise [30]. Thus, rising SST has both a chronic and an acute impact on reef ecosystems. The chronic impact ...
... high summer SST, often only of þ18C, can cause mass mortality at regional to global scales [35]. The frequency and magnitude of acute bleaching events is expected to increase as SST continues to rise [30]. Thus, rising SST has both a chronic and an acute impact on reef ecosystems. The chronic impact ...
The Implications of Global Climate Change for Mountain Gorilla
... increased temperature or changing the conditions for survival of local flora, in particular, which could adversely affect mountain gorilla resource availability. Although industrial and urban pollution has not been a major concern in the region of the Virungas and Bwindi, burning for charcoal, cook ...
... increased temperature or changing the conditions for survival of local flora, in particular, which could adversely affect mountain gorilla resource availability. Although industrial and urban pollution has not been a major concern in the region of the Virungas and Bwindi, burning for charcoal, cook ...
Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in the Tourism Sector
... efforts by tourism stakeholders in integrating climate change into their broader institutional, industry, sectoral, policy and national goals and programs, i.e., ‘mainstreaming’ climate change (mainstreaming climate change refers to the incorporation of climate change adaptation and mitigation into ...
... efforts by tourism stakeholders in integrating climate change into their broader institutional, industry, sectoral, policy and national goals and programs, i.e., ‘mainstreaming’ climate change (mainstreaming climate change refers to the incorporation of climate change adaptation and mitigation into ...
Floating Houses and Mosquito Nets: Emerging Climate
... events like heat waves, droughts, intense rains, storms and flooding cannot be predicted today, natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina in 2005 demonstrate how dramatic the consequences can be if such events occur more frequently. There is consensus that the effects of climate change have to be kep ...
... events like heat waves, droughts, intense rains, storms and flooding cannot be predicted today, natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina in 2005 demonstrate how dramatic the consequences can be if such events occur more frequently. There is consensus that the effects of climate change have to be kep ...
A Review of Academic Literature Related to
... and Labrador is valuable for adaptation within the province. In Labrador, health-related research has focused on northern and First-Nations communities. In Newfoundland, it has focused on rural, primarily fishery-related communities. Communities differ widely demographically and socio-economically, ...
... and Labrador is valuable for adaptation within the province. In Labrador, health-related research has focused on northern and First-Nations communities. In Newfoundland, it has focused on rural, primarily fishery-related communities. Communities differ widely demographically and socio-economically, ...
indonesia second national communication
... and DFID study, which suggested Indonesia to be the 3rd largest emitter country. The study estimated that the total emission from Indonesia was about 3,014,000 Gg CO2 where LUCF contributed about 85% or about 2,563,000 Gg CO2 (twice the SNC estimate above). Indeed, a further study from the World Ban ...
... and DFID study, which suggested Indonesia to be the 3rd largest emitter country. The study estimated that the total emission from Indonesia was about 3,014,000 Gg CO2 where LUCF contributed about 85% or about 2,563,000 Gg CO2 (twice the SNC estimate above). Indeed, a further study from the World Ban ...
Uncertainty contributions to low
... regime is an important factor affecting the performance of model calibration in the reference period and the uncertainty of Q95 low-flow projections in the future period. In Austria, the range of simulated Q95 in the reference period is larger in basins with a summer low-flow regime than in basins w ...
... regime is an important factor affecting the performance of model calibration in the reference period and the uncertainty of Q95 low-flow projections in the future period. In Austria, the range of simulated Q95 in the reference period is larger in basins with a summer low-flow regime than in basins w ...
Geoengineering Governance
... sunlight to be reflected into space.16 Chemical and micro-physical processes convert the SO2 into light-reflecting particles (or aerosols) that remain in the stratosphere for one to two years, counteracting the warming effect associated with higher GHG concentrations.17 While the deliberate release ...
... sunlight to be reflected into space.16 Chemical and micro-physical processes convert the SO2 into light-reflecting particles (or aerosols) that remain in the stratosphere for one to two years, counteracting the warming effect associated with higher GHG concentrations.17 While the deliberate release ...
The Impact of Climate Change and Population Growth
... annual expected loss levels, and possible administrative considerations. The study is groundbreaking in two major ways. First, it demonstrates innovative methods to capture the influence of climate change and population growth on the nation's flood hazards through the century, accounting for both ri ...
... annual expected loss levels, and possible administrative considerations. The study is groundbreaking in two major ways. First, it demonstrates innovative methods to capture the influence of climate change and population growth on the nation's flood hazards through the century, accounting for both ri ...
KNMI`14: Climate Change scenarios for the 21st Century – A
... Earth-Sun geometry, volcanic disturbances of the atmospheric aerosol load, internal interactions between the physical and biogeochemical components of the system, and – since fairly recently in the history of the planet – anthropogenic influences on the atmospheric composition and land cover. The va ...
... Earth-Sun geometry, volcanic disturbances of the atmospheric aerosol load, internal interactions between the physical and biogeochemical components of the system, and – since fairly recently in the history of the planet – anthropogenic influences on the atmospheric composition and land cover. The va ...