Local Strategies for Addressing Climate Change Vol 2
... Services Center’s publication Coastal Services. These articles showcase examples of the tools, programs, and projects that coastal managers currently have in place. From harnessing cutting-edge technology to changing development practices, and thinking about existing programs and projects in new way ...
... Services Center’s publication Coastal Services. These articles showcase examples of the tools, programs, and projects that coastal managers currently have in place. From harnessing cutting-edge technology to changing development practices, and thinking about existing programs and projects in new way ...
Agriculture and Climate Change in Kenya: Climate Chaos, Policy
... ahead of many other countries in developing a national climate change strategy, and agriculture is one of the key critical sectors of interest. However, there are concerns about whether policy goals may be achieved amidst the actors’ many and diverging interests. This paper sets out to map how these ...
... ahead of many other countries in developing a national climate change strategy, and agriculture is one of the key critical sectors of interest. However, there are concerns about whether policy goals may be achieved amidst the actors’ many and diverging interests. This paper sets out to map how these ...
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... Coastal damages due to SLR present visible and invisible impacts. Generally, about it, economists give values to exchangeable market assets, public goods and environmental out of market inheritances (Bruun(1962), Gosselink, Odum and Pope (1974), Gunter(1974)). In the eighties, economist particularly ...
... Coastal damages due to SLR present visible and invisible impacts. Generally, about it, economists give values to exchangeable market assets, public goods and environmental out of market inheritances (Bruun(1962), Gosselink, Odum and Pope (1974), Gunter(1974)). In the eighties, economist particularly ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES INCORPORATING CLIMATE UNCERTAINTY INTO ESTIMATES OF CLIMATE
... scenario chosen, the projected annual losses in U.S. farm profits due to climate change could be anywhere from US$5 to 24 billion. Incorporating statistical uncertainty into these projections as well further widens the 95% confidence interval of losses to between $5 and $28 billion, or 17 to 88% of ...
... scenario chosen, the projected annual losses in U.S. farm profits due to climate change could be anywhere from US$5 to 24 billion. Incorporating statistical uncertainty into these projections as well further widens the 95% confidence interval of losses to between $5 and $28 billion, or 17 to 88% of ...
Lindzen2014-What Catastrophe.pdf
... Richard Lindzen presents a problem for those who say that the science behind climate change is “settled.” So many “alarmists” prefer to ignore him and instead highlight straw men: less credible skeptics, such as climatologist Roy Spencer of the University of Alabama (signatory to a declaration that ...
... Richard Lindzen presents a problem for those who say that the science behind climate change is “settled.” So many “alarmists” prefer to ignore him and instead highlight straw men: less credible skeptics, such as climatologist Roy Spencer of the University of Alabama (signatory to a declaration that ...
"migration with dignity": towards a new zealand response to climate
... Convention on Climate Change15 (UNFCCC) or at a regional level in the Pacific, and there is no established "responsibility to protect" in cases of environmental disaster. This position has been confirmed in the New Zealand context in recent judicial decisions by the Immigration and Protection Tribun ...
... Convention on Climate Change15 (UNFCCC) or at a regional level in the Pacific, and there is no established "responsibility to protect" in cases of environmental disaster. This position has been confirmed in the New Zealand context in recent judicial decisions by the Immigration and Protection Tribun ...
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... developments: hail, powdery mildew for winegrowers and apple dieback for apple farmers. We show that long-run perceptions are significantly higher than short-run perceptions and identify climate change beliefs and experience with crop damages as critical factors in explaining this difference. From a ...
... developments: hail, powdery mildew for winegrowers and apple dieback for apple farmers. We show that long-run perceptions are significantly higher than short-run perceptions and identify climate change beliefs and experience with crop damages as critical factors in explaining this difference. From a ...
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON WATER
... extremes; reduced snow cover and widespread melting of ice; and changes in soil moisture and runoff. In other words, the challenges related to water resources are: having too much of it, having too little of it, and having un-usable resources (e.g. due to pollution or stagnation). Each of these prob ...
... extremes; reduced snow cover and widespread melting of ice; and changes in soil moisture and runoff. In other words, the challenges related to water resources are: having too much of it, having too little of it, and having un-usable resources (e.g. due to pollution or stagnation). Each of these prob ...
How does climate change cause extinction?
... be more important to some species than changing temperature, sometimes leading to range shifts in the direction opposite to those predicted by rising temperatures [32]. (iii) Other abiotic factors Other abiotic, non-climatic factors may drive extinctions that are ultimately caused by climate change. ...
... be more important to some species than changing temperature, sometimes leading to range shifts in the direction opposite to those predicted by rising temperatures [32]. (iii) Other abiotic factors Other abiotic, non-climatic factors may drive extinctions that are ultimately caused by climate change. ...
Global change and marine communities: Alien species and climate
... physiological stress, which acts more strongly on species already near their tolerance limit (Laubier, 2001). Anomalous temperature stress can cause mass mortalities in benthic organisms (Cerrano et al., 2000; Pérez et al., 2000; Garrabou et al., 2001) that result in empty niches for new colonisers ...
... physiological stress, which acts more strongly on species already near their tolerance limit (Laubier, 2001). Anomalous temperature stress can cause mass mortalities in benthic organisms (Cerrano et al., 2000; Pérez et al., 2000; Garrabou et al., 2001) that result in empty niches for new colonisers ...
How does climate change cause extinction?
... Anthropogenic climate change is recognized as a major threat to global biodiversity, one that may lead to the extinction of thousands of species over the next 100 years [1 –7]. Climate change is an especially pernicious threat, as it may be difficult to protect species from its effects, even within ...
... Anthropogenic climate change is recognized as a major threat to global biodiversity, one that may lead to the extinction of thousands of species over the next 100 years [1 –7]. Climate change is an especially pernicious threat, as it may be difficult to protect species from its effects, even within ...
The integrated Earth system model version 1
... The starting point for the team’s development efforts was version 1.0 (now 1.1) of the CESM. CESM is a community code and may be downloaded from the Community Earth System Model Project (2014; URL in references). The CESM uses a flexible coupler that couples the atmosphere, ocean, land, and ice comp ...
... The starting point for the team’s development efforts was version 1.0 (now 1.1) of the CESM. CESM is a community code and may be downloaded from the Community Earth System Model Project (2014; URL in references). The CESM uses a flexible coupler that couples the atmosphere, ocean, land, and ice comp ...
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... emissions, has an impact that affects other actors, including those with lower emissions or with a less advanced development status (Paavola, 2008). The global nature of the atmospheric commons means that exclusion is not possible; the impacts of climate change cannot be targeted towards particular ...
... emissions, has an impact that affects other actors, including those with lower emissions or with a less advanced development status (Paavola, 2008). The global nature of the atmospheric commons means that exclusion is not possible; the impacts of climate change cannot be targeted towards particular ...
How does climate change cause extinction?
... Anthropogenic climate change is recognized as a major threat to global biodiversity, one that may lead to the extinction of thousands of species over the next 100 years [1 –7]. Climate change is an especially pernicious threat, as it may be difficult to protect species from its effects, even within ...
... Anthropogenic climate change is recognized as a major threat to global biodiversity, one that may lead to the extinction of thousands of species over the next 100 years [1 –7]. Climate change is an especially pernicious threat, as it may be difficult to protect species from its effects, even within ...
The impact of climate change and weather on transport - MOWE-IT
... The main consequences of climate change as predicted by most of the existing climate models are an increase in global temperatures, changes in precipitation patterns, and sea level rise. In general, climate models predict that increases in temperature will be higher over land areas than over oceans ...
... The main consequences of climate change as predicted by most of the existing climate models are an increase in global temperatures, changes in precipitation patterns, and sea level rise. In general, climate models predict that increases in temperature will be higher over land areas than over oceans ...
Adapting Environmental Law to the impacts of climate change
... and regions are each affected by climate impact in a different way and to different degrees of intensity, so that sector-specific approaches to adaptation must be found for each one. There can be no cross-sector recipe solution to adaptation such as e.g. emissions trading to reduce pollution. In ess ...
... and regions are each affected by climate impact in a different way and to different degrees of intensity, so that sector-specific approaches to adaptation must be found for each one. There can be no cross-sector recipe solution to adaptation such as e.g. emissions trading to reduce pollution. In ess ...
Why Hasn`t Earth Warmed as Much as Expected?
... Corresponding author address: Stephen E. Schwartz, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973. E-mail: [email protected] ...
... Corresponding author address: Stephen E. Schwartz, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973. E-mail: [email protected] ...
Policy makers lament women`s vulnerablity to HIV infection, yet for
... Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC). We agreed that the climate system was warming unequivocally and that, if current rates of greenhouse gas emissions from human activity continue, the world would see further warming, accompanied by more extreme weather and sea level rise, and risks of ...
... Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC). We agreed that the climate system was warming unequivocally and that, if current rates of greenhouse gas emissions from human activity continue, the world would see further warming, accompanied by more extreme weather and sea level rise, and risks of ...
Climate Change Impact Assessment 2010
... 2010 has emphasised the complexity of the interrelations between water quantity, water quality and catchment condition, and highlighted the potential impacts of climate change on SCA operations, infrastructure, business and regulation. The climate futures used in this assessment are based on recent ...
... 2010 has emphasised the complexity of the interrelations between water quantity, water quality and catchment condition, and highlighted the potential impacts of climate change on SCA operations, infrastructure, business and regulation. The climate futures used in this assessment are based on recent ...
Frontline Communities lead the Climate JustiCe Fight Beyond the
... become a global issue. Forests provide vast amounts of carbon sinks that when destroyed emit CO2 into the atmosphere. The loss of these forests, especially in the Global South, is a major driver of climate change, accounting for roughly a fifth of global GHG emissions. The Paris agreement approved R ...
... become a global issue. Forests provide vast amounts of carbon sinks that when destroyed emit CO2 into the atmosphere. The loss of these forests, especially in the Global South, is a major driver of climate change, accounting for roughly a fifth of global GHG emissions. The Paris agreement approved R ...
CLIMATE CHANGE AND MINING
... 2. Improve social and environmental standards in the extractives sector: There are an increasing number of standards and initiatives to enhance the sustainability of the sector. These are a good starting point to address climate risks and augment the resilience of the sector as a whole and afford an ...
... 2. Improve social and environmental standards in the extractives sector: There are an increasing number of standards and initiatives to enhance the sustainability of the sector. These are a good starting point to address climate risks and augment the resilience of the sector as a whole and afford an ...
Impact of climate change on the timing of strawberry phenological
... Cesaraccio et al. 2001). A comparison of different methods shows that even though the hourly approach is the most precise and is required in specific cases, using minimum and maximum temperature for approximating the diurnal cycle leads to reasonably good results (Reicosky et al. 1989). In addition, ...
... Cesaraccio et al. 2001). A comparison of different methods shows that even though the hourly approach is the most precise and is required in specific cases, using minimum and maximum temperature for approximating the diurnal cycle leads to reasonably good results (Reicosky et al. 1989). In addition, ...
Quantification of hydrologic impacts of climate change in a
... most recent during 1990–2000) that resulted in water restrictions for the agricultural and tourist sectors and led to substantial financial losses. Despite this, no extensive study has been devoted to evaluating the hydrological vulnerability of this and other Sardinian basins. In this paper, we pro ...
... most recent during 1990–2000) that resulted in water restrictions for the agricultural and tourist sectors and led to substantial financial losses. Despite this, no extensive study has been devoted to evaluating the hydrological vulnerability of this and other Sardinian basins. In this paper, we pro ...
Potential effects of climate change and rising CO2 on ecosystem
... tested predicted runoff against measured United States Geological Survey (USGS) stream gauge data from a large number of northeastern watersheds, while Aber et al. (1997, 2002) and Aber and Driscoll (1997) examined predictions of seasonal and interannual variation in runoff and NO3- export at Hubbar ...
... tested predicted runoff against measured United States Geological Survey (USGS) stream gauge data from a large number of northeastern watersheds, while Aber et al. (1997, 2002) and Aber and Driscoll (1997) examined predictions of seasonal and interannual variation in runoff and NO3- export at Hubbar ...
Land use/land cover changes and climate: modeling analysis and observational evidence
... and global climate. The next section seeks to address this question using observed data and modeling simulations. Observed data is available for local in situ information, while satellite data is used to analyze impacts on mesoscale, regional, and global scales. One of the challenges for our assessm ...
... and global climate. The next section seeks to address this question using observed data and modeling simulations. Observed data is available for local in situ information, while satellite data is used to analyze impacts on mesoscale, regional, and global scales. One of the challenges for our assessm ...