The importance of biotic interactions for modelling species
... of the null hypotheses that: (H0 1) – biotic interactions do not exert a significant role in explaining current distributions of a particular species of butterfly in Europe; and (H0 2) – biotic interactions do not exert a significant role in predicting species distribution shifts under climate chang ...
... of the null hypotheses that: (H0 1) – biotic interactions do not exert a significant role in explaining current distributions of a particular species of butterfly in Europe; and (H0 2) – biotic interactions do not exert a significant role in predicting species distribution shifts under climate chang ...
First Year Booklet 2016-17
... At its most basic, economics can be seen as the study of the relationship between people and objects as occurring through production, circulation, and consumption. Most of the theories which comprise the modern field of economics were developed to describe Western capitalist systems. E ...
... At its most basic, economics can be seen as the study of the relationship between people and objects as occurring through production, circulation, and consumption. Most of the theories which comprise the modern field of economics were developed to describe Western capitalist systems. E ...
The shape of things to come: why is climate change so predictable?
... The framework of feedback analysis is used to explore the controls on the shape of the probability distribution of global mean surface temperature response to climate forcing. It is shown that ocean heat uptake, which delays and damps the temperature rise, can be represented as a transient negative ...
... The framework of feedback analysis is used to explore the controls on the shape of the probability distribution of global mean surface temperature response to climate forcing. It is shown that ocean heat uptake, which delays and damps the temperature rise, can be represented as a transient negative ...
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Why the
... ❐ The IPCC’s First Assessment Report was released in 1990 and confirmed the scientific basis for concern about climate change. This lead to the decision by the UN General Assembly to prepare a UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The Convention entered into force in March 1994. ❐ The ...
... ❐ The IPCC’s First Assessment Report was released in 1990 and confirmed the scientific basis for concern about climate change. This lead to the decision by the UN General Assembly to prepare a UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The Convention entered into force in March 1994. ❐ The ...
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... developed and developing countries ratified the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to address rising global warming concerns. Since then, climate change has become a global issue wherein international and national policy makers, have been called to take strict action by i ...
... developed and developing countries ratified the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to address rising global warming concerns. Since then, climate change has become a global issue wherein international and national policy makers, have been called to take strict action by i ...
A Climate Risk Management Approach to Disaster Reduction
... hazard (for example, by reducing greenhouse gas emissions) and to reduce vulnerability (by increasing the social and economic resilience of vulnerable countries such as SIDS, for example). Integrated climate risk management would need to include elements of anticipatory risk management (ensuring tha ...
... hazard (for example, by reducing greenhouse gas emissions) and to reduce vulnerability (by increasing the social and economic resilience of vulnerable countries such as SIDS, for example). Integrated climate risk management would need to include elements of anticipatory risk management (ensuring tha ...
Strengthening southern Africa`s response to global change
... • Sustainable resource management and use. ...
... • Sustainable resource management and use. ...
Working Paper - University of Sussex
... Figure 2 also shows that, by and large, the negative impacts of climate change will fall on developing economies. Some have argued that the proportional impacts of climate change increase with per capita income (Hoel & Sterner, 2007; Sterner & Persson, 2008). The empirical evidence shows the opposit ...
... Figure 2 also shows that, by and large, the negative impacts of climate change will fall on developing economies. Some have argued that the proportional impacts of climate change increase with per capita income (Hoel & Sterner, 2007; Sterner & Persson, 2008). The empirical evidence shows the opposit ...
Vulnerability, Environmental Security, and Adaptation Awareness in
... Climate change remains a prevalent problem for today’s international community, particularly for Pacific Island countries (PICs). For the most part, the countries most responsible for anthropogenic climate change and climate variability catalysts (i.e. greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution) are ...
... Climate change remains a prevalent problem for today’s international community, particularly for Pacific Island countries (PICs). For the most part, the countries most responsible for anthropogenic climate change and climate variability catalysts (i.e. greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution) are ...
Why Have the Leading Journals in Management
... It is necessary to establish an objective measure of research interest in the topic. To do this, I use bibliometric methods. I count how many times the top-30 business and management journals reference the terms “global warming” or “climate change” in their article titles, abstracts, or key words1. ...
... It is necessary to establish an objective measure of research interest in the topic. To do this, I use bibliometric methods. I count how many times the top-30 business and management journals reference the terms “global warming” or “climate change” in their article titles, abstracts, or key words1. ...
Impact analysis of climate change for an Alpine catchment using
... Global climate change affects spatial and temporal patterns of precipitation and so has a major impact on surface and subsurface water balances. While global climate models are designed to describe climate change on global or continental scales, their resolution is too coarse for them to be suitable ...
... Global climate change affects spatial and temporal patterns of precipitation and so has a major impact on surface and subsurface water balances. While global climate models are designed to describe climate change on global or continental scales, their resolution is too coarse for them to be suitable ...
assessing the climate change adaptability of buildings
... Buildings present a significant amount of opportunity for climate mitigation. Since they are long-lived assets, they also present great challenges for adaptation to projected as well as unexpected climate change impacts. These impacts will have consequences for building design and fabric, as well as ...
... Buildings present a significant amount of opportunity for climate mitigation. Since they are long-lived assets, they also present great challenges for adaptation to projected as well as unexpected climate change impacts. These impacts will have consequences for building design and fabric, as well as ...
National Policy on Climate Change for Namibia 2011
... The increasing harshness of the climate will place greater stresses upon our plants and animals, many of which are already at the limit of their survival threshold. It has also been predicted that the malaria-prone zone will extend, while cholera and bilharzia may also become more of a threat with i ...
... The increasing harshness of the climate will place greater stresses upon our plants and animals, many of which are already at the limit of their survival threshold. It has also been predicted that the malaria-prone zone will extend, while cholera and bilharzia may also become more of a threat with i ...
River Floods - ClimateCost
... • Under a medium-high emission baseline (A1B), with no mitigation or adaptation, the projected mean EAP affected by flooding in the EU27 is 300,000 by the 2050s (the years 2041-2070), rising to 360,000 by the 2080s (2071-2100). This includes the combined effects of socio-economic change (future pop ...
... • Under a medium-high emission baseline (A1B), with no mitigation or adaptation, the projected mean EAP affected by flooding in the EU27 is 300,000 by the 2050s (the years 2041-2070), rising to 360,000 by the 2080s (2071-2100). This includes the combined effects of socio-economic change (future pop ...
Climate Change Adaptation Discussion Paper MS Word
... The purpose of the discussion paper ................................................................................................................... 3 Climate change adaptation context ................................................................................................................ ...
... The purpose of the discussion paper ................................................................................................................... 3 Climate change adaptation context ................................................................................................................ ...
TK Biocultural systems and CC Final
... responses and economic evaluation of adaptation (see World Bank, 2010). The main emphasis has been on structural approaches and agricultural intensification, although ecosystems or ecosystem services now feature in about 56% of National Adaptation Programmes of Action projects, Reid et al., 2009. In ...
... responses and economic evaluation of adaptation (see World Bank, 2010). The main emphasis has been on structural approaches and agricultural intensification, although ecosystems or ecosystem services now feature in about 56% of National Adaptation Programmes of Action projects, Reid et al., 2009. In ...
Here - Benjamin Blonder
... 2008) frameworks for understanding community structure by generating inferences from complementary climate-niche data. Our framework integrates information on species’ broadscale climate niches, the species composition of the local community, the surrounding region, and local climate conditions. The ...
... 2008) frameworks for understanding community structure by generating inferences from complementary climate-niche data. Our framework integrates information on species’ broadscale climate niches, the species composition of the local community, the surrounding region, and local climate conditions. The ...
Key Adaptation Concepts and Terms
... Adaptation Assessment - The practice of identifying options to adapt to climate change and evaluating them in terms of criteria such as availability, benefits, costs, effectiveness, efficiency, and feasibility.(IPCC TAR, 2001 a) The term ‘Adaptation Assessment’ while appearing to be clear on paper c ...
... Adaptation Assessment - The practice of identifying options to adapt to climate change and evaluating them in terms of criteria such as availability, benefits, costs, effectiveness, efficiency, and feasibility.(IPCC TAR, 2001 a) The term ‘Adaptation Assessment’ while appearing to be clear on paper c ...
14.2.2 Predictability in a Chaotic System
... networks. Further work is needed in eight broad areas: • Reverse the decline of observational networks in many parts of the world. Unless networks are significantly improved, it may be difficult or impossible to detect climate change over large parts of the globe. • Sustain and expand the observatio ...
... networks. Further work is needed in eight broad areas: • Reverse the decline of observational networks in many parts of the world. Unless networks are significantly improved, it may be difficult or impossible to detect climate change over large parts of the globe. • Sustain and expand the observatio ...
Submission regarding Australia UNFCC
... My name is John McLean and for the last 10 years I’ve been applying analysis and data processing skills, developed in IT, to climate matters. I have written analyses of the IPCC’s history and operations, analysed both global and regional meteorological data and made submissions to various inquiries ...
... My name is John McLean and for the last 10 years I’ve been applying analysis and data processing skills, developed in IT, to climate matters. I have written analyses of the IPCC’s history and operations, analysed both global and regional meteorological data and made submissions to various inquiries ...
Implementation of the Framework Convention on Climate Change in
... The Convention acknowledges the priority of economic development of states-parties, however requires from them the implementation of measures ensuring sustainability of climate system. For this the parties are required to conduct preliminary actions in order to minimize “adverse effects of climate c ...
... The Convention acknowledges the priority of economic development of states-parties, however requires from them the implementation of measures ensuring sustainability of climate system. For this the parties are required to conduct preliminary actions in order to minimize “adverse effects of climate c ...
The 1430s: a cold period of extraordinary internal climate variability
... climate variability and external forcing in shaping extreme climatic conditions and the impacts on and responses of the medieval society in north-western and central Europe. Climate reconstructions from a multitude of natural and anthropogenic archives indicate that the 1430s were the coldest decade ...
... climate variability and external forcing in shaping extreme climatic conditions and the impacts on and responses of the medieval society in north-western and central Europe. Climate reconstructions from a multitude of natural and anthropogenic archives indicate that the 1430s were the coldest decade ...
Climate Change and Health: Is There a Role for the Health Care
... Health impacts can result from direct exposures to climate change through changing weather patterns (e.g., heat waves) and extreme weather events, or indirectly through changes in water availability, air quality and resultant changes in agriculture and the economy (Knowlton et al., 2011). There are ...
... Health impacts can result from direct exposures to climate change through changing weather patterns (e.g., heat waves) and extreme weather events, or indirectly through changes in water availability, air quality and resultant changes in agriculture and the economy (Knowlton et al., 2011). There are ...
Climate change and global water resources: SRES emissions and
... Asia, the Middle East and around the Mediterranean. This paper describes an assessment of the relative effect of climate change and population growth on future global and regional water resources stresses, using SRES socio-economic scenarios and climate projections made using six climate models driv ...
... Asia, the Middle East and around the Mediterranean. This paper describes an assessment of the relative effect of climate change and population growth on future global and regional water resources stresses, using SRES socio-economic scenarios and climate projections made using six climate models driv ...
Did the Stern Review underestimate climate damages
... takes place. Specifically, PAGE assumes that in developing countries, 50 percent of economic damages are eliminated by low-cost adaptation. In OECD countries, the assumption is even stronger: 100 percent of the economic damages resulting from the first 2 degrees of warming, and 90 percent of economi ...
... takes place. Specifically, PAGE assumes that in developing countries, 50 percent of economic damages are eliminated by low-cost adaptation. In OECD countries, the assumption is even stronger: 100 percent of the economic damages resulting from the first 2 degrees of warming, and 90 percent of economi ...