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... Obvious econometric issues in this study involve the existence of heteroscedasticity, multicollinearity, and specification issues of variable inclusion or exclusion. The Net Revenue equation is weighted by net cropped area, to adjust for heteroscedasticity. Standard errors have been estimated by Whi ...
... Obvious econometric issues in this study involve the existence of heteroscedasticity, multicollinearity, and specification issues of variable inclusion or exclusion. The Net Revenue equation is weighted by net cropped area, to adjust for heteroscedasticity. Standard errors have been estimated by Whi ...
Coffee and Climate Change
... agricultural production map of Viet Nam; river flows in the South are expected to decline, groundwater is expected to drop up to 11 m compared to the current level, evapotranspiration, even in the Central Highlands is expected to increase and demand for irrigation in agriculture is calculated to be ...
... agricultural production map of Viet Nam; river flows in the South are expected to decline, groundwater is expected to drop up to 11 m compared to the current level, evapotranspiration, even in the Central Highlands is expected to increase and demand for irrigation in agriculture is calculated to be ...
Climate Relicts: Past, Present, Future
... extent, on how much it reduced its range compared with some reference period; this is ultimately an arbitrary decision (Rodrı́guez-Sánchez & Arroyo 2008). Second, the classification of species as climate relicts implies that climate has been the primary factor responsible for the permanent reduction ...
... extent, on how much it reduced its range compared with some reference period; this is ultimately an arbitrary decision (Rodrı́guez-Sánchez & Arroyo 2008). Second, the classification of species as climate relicts implies that climate has been the primary factor responsible for the permanent reduction ...
Telling the Weather Story - Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction
... Severe weather is projected to increase over the next 40 years. Future trends in the frequency and severity of extreme weather will have a significant impact on the ability of individuals, governments and insurance companies to prepare for future catastrophic events. This is a concern given that th ...
... Severe weather is projected to increase over the next 40 years. Future trends in the frequency and severity of extreme weather will have a significant impact on the ability of individuals, governments and insurance companies to prepare for future catastrophic events. This is a concern given that th ...
Quantifying surface albedo and other direct biogeophysical climate
... By altering fluxes of heat, momentum, and moisture exchanges between the land surface and atmosphere, forestry and other land-use activities affect climate. Although long recognized scientifically as being important, these so-called biogeophysical forcings are rarely included in climate policies for ...
... By altering fluxes of heat, momentum, and moisture exchanges between the land surface and atmosphere, forestry and other land-use activities affect climate. Although long recognized scientifically as being important, these so-called biogeophysical forcings are rarely included in climate policies for ...
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... gender aspects, or their empirical approach only permits comparing male- and femaleheaded households. Therefore, as of now, there is limited empirical evidence on how gender at the intra-household level influences the adaptive capacities of men and women. Further, vast empirical evidence indicates t ...
... gender aspects, or their empirical approach only permits comparing male- and femaleheaded households. Therefore, as of now, there is limited empirical evidence on how gender at the intra-household level influences the adaptive capacities of men and women. Further, vast empirical evidence indicates t ...
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... gender aspects, or their empirical approach only permits comparing male- and femaleheaded households. Therefore, as of now, there is limited empirical evidence on how gender at the intra-household level influences the adaptive capacities of men and women. Further, vast empirical evidence indicates t ...
... gender aspects, or their empirical approach only permits comparing male- and femaleheaded households. Therefore, as of now, there is limited empirical evidence on how gender at the intra-household level influences the adaptive capacities of men and women. Further, vast empirical evidence indicates t ...
Problems with making and governing global kinds of knowledge
... linking global environmental change with environmental history (Costanza et al., 2007a; Hornberg et al., 2007; Cornell et al., 2010). And new topics of investigation – such as world food trade (Fischer et al., 1994), virtual water flows (Hoekstra and Hung, 2005) and the phosphate cycle (Cordell et al ...
... linking global environmental change with environmental history (Costanza et al., 2007a; Hornberg et al., 2007; Cornell et al., 2010). And new topics of investigation – such as world food trade (Fischer et al., 1994), virtual water flows (Hoekstra and Hung, 2005) and the phosphate cycle (Cordell et al ...
Sample Chapter - Brookings Institution
... in the atmosphere and have fostered temperature levels in recent centuries conducive to staggering rates of agricultural and economic productivity as well as population growth. Many of these gases are familiar to the most basic science student, largely “natural” in origin, as opposed to such convent ...
... in the atmosphere and have fostered temperature levels in recent centuries conducive to staggering rates of agricultural and economic productivity as well as population growth. Many of these gases are familiar to the most basic science student, largely “natural” in origin, as opposed to such convent ...
Climate Change Action Plan for the Florida Reef System (2010
... coral habitats given the inevitability of warmer, more acidic, oceans, and rising sea levels. It is grounded in the concept of “resilience”, or ability of the ecosystem to resist or bounce back from impacts. Collectively the actions are designed to enhance our coral reef systems ability to combat th ...
... coral habitats given the inevitability of warmer, more acidic, oceans, and rising sea levels. It is grounded in the concept of “resilience”, or ability of the ecosystem to resist or bounce back from impacts. Collectively the actions are designed to enhance our coral reef systems ability to combat th ...
Stern Review: robust methodology of its modelling in Chapter 6
... consumption, now and forever. That is a minimum in the context of this model, and there are a number of omitted features that would add substantially to this estimate. Thus the cost is shown to be higher if recent scientific findings about the responsiveness of the climate system to greenhouse gas ( ...
... consumption, now and forever. That is a minimum in the context of this model, and there are a number of omitted features that would add substantially to this estimate. Thus the cost is shown to be higher if recent scientific findings about the responsiveness of the climate system to greenhouse gas ( ...
Governing the future under climate change: contested visions of
... in a situation of choices and trade‐offs, those groups who are most vulnerable receive targeted adaptation attention. As noted above, however, a limitation of such a quest is that the influential concept of vulnerability, used in many adaptation calculations, is a meas ...
... in a situation of choices and trade‐offs, those groups who are most vulnerable receive targeted adaptation attention. As noted above, however, a limitation of such a quest is that the influential concept of vulnerability, used in many adaptation calculations, is a meas ...
... million under the B2 scenario to US$14,885 million under the A2 scenario. Barbados has the institutions set up to implement adaptive strategies to strengthen the resilience of the existing international transportation system to climate change impacts. Air and sea terminals and facilities can be made ...
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... Figure 1 outlines some conceptual, not legal, terminology used for forced migration contexts. This conceptual approach maps the differences between people migrating due to situations recognized by international law, such as conflict or persecution, and those migrating due to non-conflict disasters o ...
... Figure 1 outlines some conceptual, not legal, terminology used for forced migration contexts. This conceptual approach maps the differences between people migrating due to situations recognized by international law, such as conflict or persecution, and those migrating due to non-conflict disasters o ...
Climate Change Planning in Alaska`s National Parks
... to late-21st Century. Relative proportions of moisture deposited as snow, ice or rain change as temperature increases. Many areas will experience drying conditions despite increased precipitation, due to higher temperature and increased rates of evapotranspiration. More freezing rain events affect f ...
... to late-21st Century. Relative proportions of moisture deposited as snow, ice or rain change as temperature increases. Many areas will experience drying conditions despite increased precipitation, due to higher temperature and increased rates of evapotranspiration. More freezing rain events affect f ...
Between Consensus and Denial: Climate Journalists - IPMZ
... their colleagues from other beats. This could be criticized as “beat parochialism” (Sigal, 1973, p. 47). At the same time, more experienced and specialized reporters know more about their topics (Wilson, 2000). Thus, beat parochialism and better informed reporting seem to be two sides of the same co ...
... their colleagues from other beats. This could be criticized as “beat parochialism” (Sigal, 1973, p. 47). At the same time, more experienced and specialized reporters know more about their topics (Wilson, 2000). Thus, beat parochialism and better informed reporting seem to be two sides of the same co ...
Climate Change Impacts on Australia and the Benefits of Early
... past 1–2 thousand years.2 These temperature increases have also influenced the global hydrological cycle. Precipitation in the northern hemisphere increased 5–10% over the 20th century, with most of this increase manifesting as extreme rainfall events.1 These global changes have been mirrored in Aus ...
... past 1–2 thousand years.2 These temperature increases have also influenced the global hydrological cycle. Precipitation in the northern hemisphere increased 5–10% over the 20th century, with most of this increase manifesting as extreme rainfall events.1 These global changes have been mirrored in Aus ...
LCARL362_en.pdf
... at strengthening the institutional, technical and financial capacity to address the issue climate change adaptation. By virtue of size and composition it is projected that these small island states will suffer the greatest from the impacts of climate change, although they account for less the one pe ...
... at strengthening the institutional, technical and financial capacity to address the issue climate change adaptation. By virtue of size and composition it is projected that these small island states will suffer the greatest from the impacts of climate change, although they account for less the one pe ...
Climate Relicts: Past, Present, Future
... extent, on how much it reduced its range compared with some reference period; this is ultimately an arbitrary decision (Rodrı́guez-Sánchez & Arroyo 2008). Second, the classification of species as climate relicts implies that climate has been the primary factor responsible for the permanent reduction ...
... extent, on how much it reduced its range compared with some reference period; this is ultimately an arbitrary decision (Rodrı́guez-Sánchez & Arroyo 2008). Second, the classification of species as climate relicts implies that climate has been the primary factor responsible for the permanent reduction ...
Preparing for climate change guide for local government
... Climate-related risks are not new to local government planners, resource managers and emergency and hazard managers. Climate change is not expected to create new hazards, but it may change the frequency and intensity of existing risks and hazards, as well as introduce some long-term shifts in climat ...
... Climate-related risks are not new to local government planners, resource managers and emergency and hazard managers. Climate change is not expected to create new hazards, but it may change the frequency and intensity of existing risks and hazards, as well as introduce some long-term shifts in climat ...
Lake Victoria CC Readness brief No. 3 English
... processes provide opportunity for mainstreaming environment and improving resource use with an aim of improving food security and nutrition. Given weak institutional capacity and prevalence of corruption, there is an apparent risk that benefits gained in the area of food securi ...
... processes provide opportunity for mainstreaming environment and improving resource use with an aim of improving food security and nutrition. Given weak institutional capacity and prevalence of corruption, there is an apparent risk that benefits gained in the area of food securi ...
The challenges of building cosmopolitan climate expertise
... exercises in international scientific consensus building ever undertaken. This strategy indicates that the formal mandate bestowed upon the IPCC did not, in and of itself, generate among politicians an immediate acceptance of its statements as authoritative. Instead, the IPCC sought to enhance its a ...
... exercises in international scientific consensus building ever undertaken. This strategy indicates that the formal mandate bestowed upon the IPCC did not, in and of itself, generate among politicians an immediate acceptance of its statements as authoritative. Instead, the IPCC sought to enhance its a ...
Migration as a sustainable adaptation strategy
... 69 percent given a +3-meter inundation depth and by 14 percent given a +1-meter inundation depth.”4 Migration can result from sudden disasters that push large populations on the road or on the sea at once. It can also be caused by slow-onset environmental degradations that gradually reduce economic ...
... 69 percent given a +3-meter inundation depth and by 14 percent given a +1-meter inundation depth.”4 Migration can result from sudden disasters that push large populations on the road or on the sea at once. It can also be caused by slow-onset environmental degradations that gradually reduce economic ...
Mechanisms of the African monsoon: new insights from
... From regional variability to global climate change Climate modelling is used as a tool for forecasting changes in the climate and its importance is due to utilization of these predictions in political decision-making. In the latest IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) report, the working ...
... From regional variability to global climate change Climate modelling is used as a tool for forecasting changes in the climate and its importance is due to utilization of these predictions in political decision-making. In the latest IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) report, the working ...
The Changing Earth-Life System—Critical Information for
... Over more than a decade, the sedimentary geology and paleobiology (SGP) science community foresaw and has continued to focus on a key issue identified by the 2009 Geovision report: “…the challenge posed by the current scope and pace of human-induced change cannot be fully understood by only studying ...
... Over more than a decade, the sedimentary geology and paleobiology (SGP) science community foresaw and has continued to focus on a key issue identified by the 2009 Geovision report: “…the challenge posed by the current scope and pace of human-induced change cannot be fully understood by only studying ...