Adaptation to Climate Change in the Houston
... Interstates are highways specifically designated as part of the Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways (U.S. Climate Change Science Program & Subcommittee on Global Change Research [CCSP], 2008). Arterials connect major cities, recreational areas, and other travel destinations ...
... Interstates are highways specifically designated as part of the Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways (U.S. Climate Change Science Program & Subcommittee on Global Change Research [CCSP], 2008). Arterials connect major cities, recreational areas, and other travel destinations ...
An intercomparison of observed and simulated extreme rainfall and
... this issue) have identified systematic increases of very heavy precipitation since the decade of 1950 in various regions of Southeastern South America. All of these studies agree with the tendencies identified in Vincent et al. (2005), Haylock et al. (2006), and Alexander et al. (2006) and Marengo e ...
... this issue) have identified systematic increases of very heavy precipitation since the decade of 1950 in various regions of Southeastern South America. All of these studies agree with the tendencies identified in Vincent et al. (2005), Haylock et al. (2006), and Alexander et al. (2006) and Marengo e ...
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... addressing fisheries and/or aquaculture. Some of the highlighted activities are specifically targeted at addressing climate change impacts in fisheries or aquaculture, and others address related areas (e.g. coastal management and capacity building activities) that also have benefits for fisheries or ...
... addressing fisheries and/or aquaculture. Some of the highlighted activities are specifically targeted at addressing climate change impacts in fisheries or aquaculture, and others address related areas (e.g. coastal management and capacity building activities) that also have benefits for fisheries or ...
evident - Mudanças Climáticas
... this issue) have identified systematic increases of very heavy precipitation since the decade of 1950 in various regions of Southeastern South America. All of these studies agree with the tendencies identified in Vincent et al. (2005), Haylock et al. (2006), and Alexander et al. (2006) and Marengo e ...
... this issue) have identified systematic increases of very heavy precipitation since the decade of 1950 in various regions of Southeastern South America. All of these studies agree with the tendencies identified in Vincent et al. (2005), Haylock et al. (2006), and Alexander et al. (2006) and Marengo e ...
Climate Change and Security in Africa
... change—by redrawing the maps of water availability, food security, disease prevalence and coastal boundaries— could increase forced migration, raise tensions and trigger new conflicts. The security threat posed by climate change has caught the world’s political imagination, generating a perceptible ...
... change—by redrawing the maps of water availability, food security, disease prevalence and coastal boundaries— could increase forced migration, raise tensions and trigger new conflicts. The security threat posed by climate change has caught the world’s political imagination, generating a perceptible ...
MRED 2001 research
... vegetation belt system, the permafrost model, and the improved net primary production (NPP) model. However, Zhang et al (1996) used statistical models. The simulation of biomes was not numerically compared with the potential natural vegetation distribution. Modeled NPP was not compared with observed ...
... vegetation belt system, the permafrost model, and the improved net primary production (NPP) model. However, Zhang et al (1996) used statistical models. The simulation of biomes was not numerically compared with the potential natural vegetation distribution. Modeled NPP was not compared with observed ...
Challenges of a Sustained Climate Observing System
... climate models. Accordingly, observations are used to document the state of the climate and how it varies and changes over time, along with documenting external influences on the system such as the sun, the Earth’s radiation budget, the Earth’s surface and changes in the climate system from human in ...
... climate models. Accordingly, observations are used to document the state of the climate and how it varies and changes over time, along with documenting external influences on the system such as the sun, the Earth’s radiation budget, the Earth’s surface and changes in the climate system from human in ...
Climate-biosphere interactions on glacial
... [10] Several modeling studies have examined the contribution of some of these feedbacks to glacial-interglacial climate change. Typical estimates for climate sensitivity to increased CO2 would attribute about 2C of the 6 C glacial-interglacial temperature change to different greenhouse gas concen ...
... [10] Several modeling studies have examined the contribution of some of these feedbacks to glacial-interglacial climate change. Typical estimates for climate sensitivity to increased CO2 would attribute about 2C of the 6 C glacial-interglacial temperature change to different greenhouse gas concen ...
Adaptation to Climate Change in Low‐Income Countries
... to do so. Ambiguity arises in the context of the profitability of a new technology for which there are few data on returns. Given changes in climate, the new technology potentially has higher expected returns than a traditional technology for which there are extensive data on returns. The example E& ...
... to do so. Ambiguity arises in the context of the profitability of a new technology for which there are few data on returns. Given changes in climate, the new technology potentially has higher expected returns than a traditional technology for which there are extensive data on returns. The example E& ...
Gender and CO2 info_accepted
... respect to the same gender without children). Thus, overall we would expect mothers to have increased concern, but it is not clear what the case would be fathers. Hypothesis 3 (H3): Having children will increase concern about climate change. A country’s development stage and GDP are associated with ...
... respect to the same gender without children). Thus, overall we would expect mothers to have increased concern, but it is not clear what the case would be fathers. Hypothesis 3 (H3): Having children will increase concern about climate change. A country’s development stage and GDP are associated with ...
climate, water, and political-economic crises
... only will resource extraction become more difficult, resistance to resource extraction will also become greater. Local loyalties will re-emerge as more important than vanishing loyalties to a decaying and impotent central authority. The central authority may persist as some form of political fiction ...
... only will resource extraction become more difficult, resistance to resource extraction will also become greater. Local loyalties will re-emerge as more important than vanishing loyalties to a decaying and impotent central authority. The central authority may persist as some form of political fiction ...
Making the AF work for the most vulnerable people
... Fund Board will have to take on the difficult task of discussing how and according to what methods and indicators a more narrow definition of most vulnerable countries, could be applied. While relevant documents drafted before the 3rd meeting of the Adaptation Fund Board contained options for dealin ...
... Fund Board will have to take on the difficult task of discussing how and according to what methods and indicators a more narrow definition of most vulnerable countries, could be applied. While relevant documents drafted before the 3rd meeting of the Adaptation Fund Board contained options for dealin ...
Soil erosion and climate change: the transect approach and the
... and run these with inputs from weather generation models ŽNicks et al., 1990.. This work will improve understanding of relationships between climate and erosion but there are many future tasks that are required before projections can be made. New dynamic models might be developed as a second step th ...
... and run these with inputs from weather generation models ŽNicks et al., 1990.. This work will improve understanding of relationships between climate and erosion but there are many future tasks that are required before projections can be made. New dynamic models might be developed as a second step th ...
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... versus low rainfall locations mostly involves increases and decreases in work rates, respectively. However, changes to investment in work rate within a broadly similar rainfall region are not always uniform. The impacts of climate change on investments in work rate at a particular location are shown ...
... versus low rainfall locations mostly involves increases and decreases in work rates, respectively. However, changes to investment in work rate within a broadly similar rainfall region are not always uniform. The impacts of climate change on investments in work rate at a particular location are shown ...
Conceptualising Climate Change Governance
... others, the question of democratic legitimacy in intergenerational policies, in other words, what authority and responsibility do current generations have over future generations (cf. Biermann 2007: 330). To prepare for these long-term consequences, increased efforts in ‘‘proactive’’ mitigation and ...
... others, the question of democratic legitimacy in intergenerational policies, in other words, what authority and responsibility do current generations have over future generations (cf. Biermann 2007: 330). To prepare for these long-term consequences, increased efforts in ‘‘proactive’’ mitigation and ...
Assessment of Available Tools to Create a More Resilient
... alleviate flooding risk to adjacent properties, it also means roadways may be some of the first assets affected by higher water levels. Even areas that are not directly affected by amplified flooding risks could be impacted as travel patterns shift in response to the disruption in low-lying areas. O ...
... alleviate flooding risk to adjacent properties, it also means roadways may be some of the first assets affected by higher water levels. Even areas that are not directly affected by amplified flooding risks could be impacted as travel patterns shift in response to the disruption in low-lying areas. O ...
1/ Format an contents of the « National overview…
... Conservation of coastal marine biodiversity requires to reduce and to mitigate direct and diffusive anthropogenic impacts on marine and coastal biodiversity. Moreover, efforts towards gaining information about the distribution and conservation status of vulnerable key ecosystems and species is requi ...
... Conservation of coastal marine biodiversity requires to reduce and to mitigate direct and diffusive anthropogenic impacts on marine and coastal biodiversity. Moreover, efforts towards gaining information about the distribution and conservation status of vulnerable key ecosystems and species is requi ...
Annex III
... (see Aerosol-radiation interaction), and indirectly by acting as cloud condensation nuclei or ice nuclei, modifying the optical properties and lifetime of clouds (see Aerosol-cloud interaction). Aerosol-cloud interaction A process by which a perturbation to aerosol affects the microphysical properti ...
... (see Aerosol-radiation interaction), and indirectly by acting as cloud condensation nuclei or ice nuclei, modifying the optical properties and lifetime of clouds (see Aerosol-cloud interaction). Aerosol-cloud interaction A process by which a perturbation to aerosol affects the microphysical properti ...
A comment on climate change, conflict and forced migration
... coverage when sudden disasters hit, those who move primarily due to gradual environmental degradation are often less visible. The degree of force in the migration may be considered differently at the different stages of gradual environmental degradation. Particularly for this group, there may be ope ...
... coverage when sudden disasters hit, those who move primarily due to gradual environmental degradation are often less visible. The degree of force in the migration may be considered differently at the different stages of gradual environmental degradation. Particularly for this group, there may be ope ...
The implications of climate change scenario selection for future
... of projections than those featured in prior studies, we explore the relative contributions of uncertainty between different emissions pathways, ensemble members and climate models, across several periods of the 21st century. This effort does not describe in detail the findings of the overall climate ...
... of projections than those featured in prior studies, we explore the relative contributions of uncertainty between different emissions pathways, ensemble members and climate models, across several periods of the 21st century. This effort does not describe in detail the findings of the overall climate ...
Overview of linkages between gender and climate change – Africa
... These impacts differ in terms of region, type and severity — they include short-term disasters as well as longer-term changes in the climate system. ...
... These impacts differ in terms of region, type and severity — they include short-term disasters as well as longer-term changes in the climate system. ...
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... Irwin, and Good, 2008). A disadvantage of statistical variable selection methods is that they exclusively lean on data while ignoring the agronomic implications of different months within a growing season; it is possible to inadvertently drop agronomically important months. Crop growth is a cumulati ...
... Irwin, and Good, 2008). A disadvantage of statistical variable selection methods is that they exclusively lean on data while ignoring the agronomic implications of different months within a growing season; it is possible to inadvertently drop agronomically important months. Crop growth is a cumulati ...
Weathercaster Views on Informal Climate Education: Similarities
... the most misunderstood? (4) What ideas about climate change, if any, do you feel are universally agreed upon by all parties? (5) What do you see as your role as a weathercaster to educate your viewers about climate change? Weathercasters were recruited at a professional meeting of the American Meteo ...
... the most misunderstood? (4) What ideas about climate change, if any, do you feel are universally agreed upon by all parties? (5) What do you see as your role as a weathercaster to educate your viewers about climate change? Weathercasters were recruited at a professional meeting of the American Meteo ...
Adaptation planning for climate change
... non-climatic conditions differ from those of the past? Do the expected changes matter to current decisions? What is a suitable balance between the risks of acting (too) early and those of acting (too) late? Eventually, adaptation planning is about making recommendations about who should do what more ...
... non-climatic conditions differ from those of the past? Do the expected changes matter to current decisions? What is a suitable balance between the risks of acting (too) early and those of acting (too) late? Eventually, adaptation planning is about making recommendations about who should do what more ...
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... for example, education, income and health), whereas other determinants are specific to particular climate-change impacts such as floods or droughts (e.g. institutions, knowledge and technology) (Adger et al., 2007). In general, the determinants are not independent of each other nor are they mutually ...
... for example, education, income and health), whereas other determinants are specific to particular climate-change impacts such as floods or droughts (e.g. institutions, knowledge and technology) (Adger et al., 2007). In general, the determinants are not independent of each other nor are they mutually ...