Protection and Planned Relocations in the Context of
... conceptualize, particularly in the context of climate change. It is likely that most of those who migrate will be individuals or families who decide that conditions are such that it is time to leave their homes and communities. They will make decisions on the basis of the perceived risk of staying w ...
... conceptualize, particularly in the context of climate change. It is likely that most of those who migrate will be individuals or families who decide that conditions are such that it is time to leave their homes and communities. They will make decisions on the basis of the perceived risk of staying w ...
Climate change as a driver of change in the Great Lakes St
... on Lakes Michigan and Huron. The International Upper Great Lakes Study (2012) identified shifts in the hydro-climatic regime for the period 1948–2008. Evaporation from the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River basin has increased since 1948 but a corresponding increase in overlake precipitation has offset t ...
... on Lakes Michigan and Huron. The International Upper Great Lakes Study (2012) identified shifts in the hydro-climatic regime for the period 1948–2008. Evaporation from the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River basin has increased since 1948 but a corresponding increase in overlake precipitation has offset t ...
A critical exploration of the concept of `climate stabilization`
... privilege discussions of long-term mitigation over adaptation. Reaching coordinated solutions to climate change becomes a question of mitigating and managing the long-term future in a very specific, highly abstract way, since it involves future generations emitting just enough CO2 to maintain the con ...
... privilege discussions of long-term mitigation over adaptation. Reaching coordinated solutions to climate change becomes a question of mitigating and managing the long-term future in a very specific, highly abstract way, since it involves future generations emitting just enough CO2 to maintain the con ...
Climate Change and Conflict in the Southern Philippines
... to take advantage of opportunities, or to cope with consequences” as the system’s “adaptive capacity.”11 It is in the developing world, where vulnerability is often high, adaptive capacity regularly low, and livelihoods frequently closely tied to natural resources where climate change has the most a ...
... to take advantage of opportunities, or to cope with consequences” as the system’s “adaptive capacity.”11 It is in the developing world, where vulnerability is often high, adaptive capacity regularly low, and livelihoods frequently closely tied to natural resources where climate change has the most a ...
COP22: Strengthening the world`s response to climate change
... make high carbon fuels like coal more costly in comparison. The market forces behind clean energy are ultimately unstoppable. —— The financial sector – investors, lenders and insurers – are increasingly aware that climate change poses risks to the financial system. They will pressure businesses to b ...
... make high carbon fuels like coal more costly in comparison. The market forces behind clean energy are ultimately unstoppable. —— The financial sector – investors, lenders and insurers – are increasingly aware that climate change poses risks to the financial system. They will pressure businesses to b ...
Climate Change Detection and Attribution: Beyond Mean
... signals that have small signal-to-noise ratios (such as signals from natural forcing or other anthropogenic forcings in the twentieth century). This can be addressed by estimating  with a total least squares algorithm (Allen and Stott 2003). Further processing of signals or fingerprints (see Santer ...
... signals that have small signal-to-noise ratios (such as signals from natural forcing or other anthropogenic forcings in the twentieth century). This can be addressed by estimating  with a total least squares algorithm (Allen and Stott 2003). Further processing of signals or fingerprints (see Santer ...
NATURAL CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND GLOBAL WARMING
... June), insolation receipts in the early Holocene were below modern values, but increased through the Holocene. The rapid warming of the late 20th century is unrelated to this forcing; rather, the rate, seasonal pattern, and geographic extent of recent changes all point to greenhouse gases as the pri ...
... June), insolation receipts in the early Holocene were below modern values, but increased through the Holocene. The rapid warming of the late 20th century is unrelated to this forcing; rather, the rate, seasonal pattern, and geographic extent of recent changes all point to greenhouse gases as the pri ...
Human Factors Explain the Increased Losses from Weather and
... FIG. 1. Annual losses (in 1997 dollars) to insured property in the United States the weather events causing losses from weather extremes during 1949–97 (Changnon et al. 1997). > $1 billion have not been increasing in frequency over time and these 22 ing climate (Lecomte 1993; Flavin 1994; American v ...
... FIG. 1. Annual losses (in 1997 dollars) to insured property in the United States the weather events causing losses from weather extremes during 1949–97 (Changnon et al. 1997). > $1 billion have not been increasing in frequency over time and these 22 ing climate (Lecomte 1993; Flavin 1994; American v ...
Environmental and Climate Change in Latin America and the
... Vulnerability appears to be increasing, and poor people tend to be more vulnerable to environmental problems and anthropogenic climate change3 than better-off people. Climate change is posing an unprecedented threat to the whole region and the Caribbean islands are especially vulnerable. Lack of sec ...
... Vulnerability appears to be increasing, and poor people tend to be more vulnerable to environmental problems and anthropogenic climate change3 than better-off people. Climate change is posing an unprecedented threat to the whole region and the Caribbean islands are especially vulnerable. Lack of sec ...
Technological Challenges Nigeria
... areas. Nigeria and Enugu State in particular is currently experiencing increasing incidence of disease, declining agricultural productivity, increasing number of heat waves, unreliable or erratic weather patterns, flooding, declining rainfall in already desert-prone areas in the north causing increa ...
... areas. Nigeria and Enugu State in particular is currently experiencing increasing incidence of disease, declining agricultural productivity, increasing number of heat waves, unreliable or erratic weather patterns, flooding, declining rainfall in already desert-prone areas in the north causing increa ...
IOC and COP21 - UNESDOC
... ocean basins (the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic and Southern). This global ocean has absorbed more than 25% of the CO2 and 93% of excess heat generated by humans since industrialization. But its climate regulating role is threatened: warmer atmosphere and increasing concentration of greenhouse g ...
... ocean basins (the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic and Southern). This global ocean has absorbed more than 25% of the CO2 and 93% of excess heat generated by humans since industrialization. But its climate regulating role is threatened: warmer atmosphere and increasing concentration of greenhouse g ...
European Journal of Legal Studies
... global emissions.13 By contrast, most of the remaining countries contributed very little in absolute terms to GHGs in the atmosphere (i.e., the 140 least-pollutant countries were responsible for only 10 per cent of global GHG emissions).14 These countries include the least-developed countries and ma ...
... global emissions.13 By contrast, most of the remaining countries contributed very little in absolute terms to GHGs in the atmosphere (i.e., the 140 least-pollutant countries were responsible for only 10 per cent of global GHG emissions).14 These countries include the least-developed countries and ma ...
Met Office science strategy 2010–2015
... The first is access to increasing computer power which has enabled much higher resolution to be used in modelling. For weather forecasting this has meant the ability to run operational models at cloud system resolving scale (~1 km). This has the potential to deliver a step change in our ability to f ...
... The first is access to increasing computer power which has enabled much higher resolution to be used in modelling. For weather forecasting this has meant the ability to run operational models at cloud system resolving scale (~1 km). This has the potential to deliver a step change in our ability to f ...
Streamflow hydrology in the boreal region under the influences of
... with the Missinaibi because it is further north. Its mountainous setting also gives rise to altitudinal effects in that snowmelt progresses from the valleys to the higher elevations so that melt run-off is often spread over a twomonth period (Woo & Thorne 2006). The presence of lakes and glaciers gi ...
... with the Missinaibi because it is further north. Its mountainous setting also gives rise to altitudinal effects in that snowmelt progresses from the valleys to the higher elevations so that melt run-off is often spread over a twomonth period (Woo & Thorne 2006). The presence of lakes and glaciers gi ...
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... Smit et al. (1999) distinguishes between autonomous and planned adaptations to climate change: Autonomous adaptations include the farm-level selection of a new crop mix from existing choices, while planned adaptations include agricultural research and development of new crop varieties suited to a ch ...
... Smit et al. (1999) distinguishes between autonomous and planned adaptations to climate change: Autonomous adaptations include the farm-level selection of a new crop mix from existing choices, while planned adaptations include agricultural research and development of new crop varieties suited to a ch ...
Local Knowledge and Perception of Climate Change among Apple
... perceptions and responses. Societies in mountainous areas have been stud- costs do not make road construction a desirable ied extensively for their responses to the formidable option (Jodha et al.1992:104). Environmental conditions in mountainous constraints imposed by the environment. A number of a ...
... perceptions and responses. Societies in mountainous areas have been stud- costs do not make road construction a desirable ied extensively for their responses to the formidable option (Jodha et al.1992:104). Environmental conditions in mountainous constraints imposed by the environment. A number of a ...
Municipal Climate Change Action Plan Guidebook
... change and affect public health. Conserving energy and reducing overall energy demand is becoming an important part of both daily and long-term municipal management decision-making. The recognition that energy prices will continue to rise into the near future, in addition to the inevitable developme ...
... change and affect public health. Conserving energy and reducing overall energy demand is becoming an important part of both daily and long-term municipal management decision-making. The recognition that energy prices will continue to rise into the near future, in addition to the inevitable developme ...
FACING THE STORM Indian Tribes, Climate
... River remains culturally important for traditional and spiritual reasons to the Cocopah. Yet drought is jeopardizing the very environmental and cultural foundation of the Tribe. The Colorado River from Hoover Dam to the Mexican Delta is blockaded by more than 30 dams, irrigates over three million ac ...
... River remains culturally important for traditional and spiritual reasons to the Cocopah. Yet drought is jeopardizing the very environmental and cultural foundation of the Tribe. The Colorado River from Hoover Dam to the Mexican Delta is blockaded by more than 30 dams, irrigates over three million ac ...
Gregory and Forster - University of Leeds
... realized warming DT at any time in a given model is a constant fraction of the equilibrium warming DTeqm for the forcing, since F = aDTeqm ) DT/DTeqm = a/(a + k). Models with a larger k have a smaller realized fraction of warming at any time. [14] Raper et al. [2002] found that in the set of models ...
... realized warming DT at any time in a given model is a constant fraction of the equilibrium warming DTeqm for the forcing, since F = aDTeqm ) DT/DTeqm = a/(a + k). Models with a larger k have a smaller realized fraction of warming at any time. [14] Raper et al. [2002] found that in the set of models ...
- Europa EU
... - Existence of mechanisms that support the integration of new thinking, new research results etc. within mainstream planning and monitoring systems and processes. - Existence of mechanisms that support learning, experience sharing and dissemination of good practices. - Existence of mechanisms that s ...
... - Existence of mechanisms that support the integration of new thinking, new research results etc. within mainstream planning and monitoring systems and processes. - Existence of mechanisms that support learning, experience sharing and dissemination of good practices. - Existence of mechanisms that s ...
Changes in the potential distribution of humid tropical forests on a
... with maps of ecological zones defined by climate (e.g. [8,9]), as climate generally exerts the largest influence on the distribution of vegetation types at the global scale [10]. However, there is no commonly accepted delineation of tropicalforest types because, in reality, the transition between them ...
... with maps of ecological zones defined by climate (e.g. [8,9]), as climate generally exerts the largest influence on the distribution of vegetation types at the global scale [10]. However, there is no commonly accepted delineation of tropicalforest types because, in reality, the transition between them ...
Uncertainties of Climate Observation Data and Simulation Modelling
... emphasizes that in the years to come, efforts will be undertaken in three directions: 1) coordination of strategies of global observations; 2) provision of the pure, stable and efficient use of energy; 3) provision of stable agricultural production and biodiversity. In the context of climate problem ...
... emphasizes that in the years to come, efforts will be undertaken in three directions: 1) coordination of strategies of global observations; 2) provision of the pure, stable and efficient use of energy; 3) provision of stable agricultural production and biodiversity. In the context of climate problem ...
Miller-vita-short web version-2016 - UCAR Staff
... "The Right to Use vs. the Right to Sell: Water Rights in the Western United States." ...
... "The Right to Use vs. the Right to Sell: Water Rights in the Western United States." ...
Climate Change and Agrarian Societies in Drylands
... drylands. But sociopolitical drivers like land tenure practices that relate to sharing and conservation of natural resources or that generate land cover change that may limit traditional pastoral livelihood opportunities can greatly affect food security. With the exception of OECD countries, dryland ...
... drylands. But sociopolitical drivers like land tenure practices that relate to sharing and conservation of natural resources or that generate land cover change that may limit traditional pastoral livelihood opportunities can greatly affect food security. With the exception of OECD countries, dryland ...
CLIMATE CHANGE and AGRARIAN SOCIETIES IN
... All of the non-climate stressors listed on the left-hand side of the table above have greater likelihood to affect poorer individuals and households more than those betteroff. In addition, the interactions with climate change effects are likely to be felt more keenly by the poor hence a form of doub ...
... All of the non-climate stressors listed on the left-hand side of the table above have greater likelihood to affect poorer individuals and households more than those betteroff. In addition, the interactions with climate change effects are likely to be felt more keenly by the poor hence a form of doub ...