AnT-ERA
... The overarching objective of AnT-ERA is to define and facilitate the science required to determine the vulnerability and resilience of Antarctic biological systems to change and stress. As a consequence, AnT-ERA will assess the likelihood of crossing biological thresholds, i.e., determine how close ...
... The overarching objective of AnT-ERA is to define and facilitate the science required to determine the vulnerability and resilience of Antarctic biological systems to change and stress. As a consequence, AnT-ERA will assess the likelihood of crossing biological thresholds, i.e., determine how close ...
2015 Issue - Northwest Climate Science Center
... providing a sort of playbook to help land managers develop adaptation strategies. Managers at North Cascades National Park have already employed the project’s results into their management practice for dealing with introduced fish species. The study is also being expanded into the Midwest, focusing ...
... providing a sort of playbook to help land managers develop adaptation strategies. Managers at North Cascades National Park have already employed the project’s results into their management practice for dealing with introduced fish species. The study is also being expanded into the Midwest, focusing ...
The Influence of Climate Change on Global Crop Productivity
... many of the poorest and most food-insecure areas currently lack the infrastructure and institutions needed to fully participate in global (and sometimes even regional) markets. Although most of these areas are more integrated into global markets than they used to be, and will be even more so over th ...
... many of the poorest and most food-insecure areas currently lack the infrastructure and institutions needed to fully participate in global (and sometimes even regional) markets. Although most of these areas are more integrated into global markets than they used to be, and will be even more so over th ...
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... every 20 years. Results indicate that any increase in aridity due to climate change will produce substantial mortality throughout the elevational range of ponderosa pine stands, with lower elevation stands projected to experience the most devastating effects. Management was only effective for the in ...
... every 20 years. Results indicate that any increase in aridity due to climate change will produce substantial mortality throughout the elevational range of ponderosa pine stands, with lower elevation stands projected to experience the most devastating effects. Management was only effective for the in ...
Making Paris Work for Vulnerable Populations
... al and national policymaking in the area of climate change, promoting policy coherence, legitimacy and sustainable outcomes” (ibid pp. 8-9). ...
... al and national policymaking in the area of climate change, promoting policy coherence, legitimacy and sustainable outcomes” (ibid pp. 8-9). ...
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... 400 kilometres in latitude (in the temperate zone) or 500 metres in altitude. The implications of such warming, when combined with altered rainfall, is that in the mid-latitudes yields of crops in some major grainproducing areas (such as the Great Plains of the United States) may be reduced due to m ...
... 400 kilometres in latitude (in the temperate zone) or 500 metres in altitude. The implications of such warming, when combined with altered rainfall, is that in the mid-latitudes yields of crops in some major grainproducing areas (such as the Great Plains of the United States) may be reduced due to m ...
Long-Term Climate Trends and Extreme Events in Northern
... Observations of daily mean, minimum and maximum temperatures and precipitation were used to calculate annually: (1) monthly mean air temperature, (2) monthly mean of daily maximum air temperatures, (3) monthly mean of daily minimum air temperatures, (4) the number of frost days (TMin < 0 ◦ C) in Apr ...
... Observations of daily mean, minimum and maximum temperatures and precipitation were used to calculate annually: (1) monthly mean air temperature, (2) monthly mean of daily maximum air temperatures, (3) monthly mean of daily minimum air temperatures, (4) the number of frost days (TMin < 0 ◦ C) in Apr ...
PDF-B Document - Global Environment Facility
... the PDF B and the full project will only be used for the first three phases. The first phase of the strategy is to acquire a basic understanding of the particular observing systems and their needs in the region and to identify a regional partner with whom to work. As a small secretariat, GCOS must r ...
... the PDF B and the full project will only be used for the first three phases. The first phase of the strategy is to acquire a basic understanding of the particular observing systems and their needs in the region and to identify a regional partner with whom to work. As a small secretariat, GCOS must r ...
Adapting bridge infrastructure to climate change: institutionalizing resilience in intergovernmental
... for improvement include standardization and digitization of records, infrastructure resilience monitoring, the expansion of asset inventories, and updating project prioritization guidelines (Johnson 2012). Not long after Tropical Storm Irene, in 2012, Super Storm Sandy caused approximately $5.7 bill ...
... for improvement include standardization and digitization of records, infrastructure resilience monitoring, the expansion of asset inventories, and updating project prioritization guidelines (Johnson 2012). Not long after Tropical Storm Irene, in 2012, Super Storm Sandy caused approximately $5.7 bill ...
Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change for the
... Urbanization will likely continue to convert forest and agricultural land,while continued movement of land from a griculture to forest is also expected. Under more extreme climate scenarios,land reallocation could possibly be more dramatic as the productivity of land-based activities such as forestr ...
... Urbanization will likely continue to convert forest and agricultural land,while continued movement of land from a griculture to forest is also expected. Under more extreme climate scenarios,land reallocation could possibly be more dramatic as the productivity of land-based activities such as forestr ...
Downloadable Full Text - DSpace@MIT
... he record for the number of weather and climate disasters that exceeded $1 billion (U.S. dollars) in losses was set in 2011 (www.ncdc.noaa.gov /oa/reports/billionz.html). Twelve of the 14 events counted in this record were related to storms, including severe local weather (tornadoes), stormrel ...
... he record for the number of weather and climate disasters that exceeded $1 billion (U.S. dollars) in losses was set in 2011 (www.ncdc.noaa.gov /oa/reports/billionz.html). Twelve of the 14 events counted in this record were related to storms, including severe local weather (tornadoes), stormrel ...
Crisis or Adaptation? Migration and Climate Change in
... to 73 per cent (United Nations, 2004). Most of these measures have had little success, however, and have often resulted in increasing hardships for the urban poor (UNFPA, 2007; United Nations, 2008a). They also overlooked the fact that most migrants do better than those who remain in rural areas and ...
... to 73 per cent (United Nations, 2004). Most of these measures have had little success, however, and have often resulted in increasing hardships for the urban poor (UNFPA, 2007; United Nations, 2008a). They also overlooked the fact that most migrants do better than those who remain in rural areas and ...
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... Ecosystem services, broadly defined, are correlated with biodiversity and the interactions supported by complex assemblages of species (Dı́az et al., 2006; Duffy and Stachowicz, 2006). This relationship has been demonstrated most clearly as reductions in the number and diversity of large animals and ...
... Ecosystem services, broadly defined, are correlated with biodiversity and the interactions supported by complex assemblages of species (Dı́az et al., 2006; Duffy and Stachowicz, 2006). This relationship has been demonstrated most clearly as reductions in the number and diversity of large animals and ...
climate changes and adaptation policies in the baltic and the adriatic
... ratified and contributed to lead into force United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and Kyoto Protocol. However, as the Kyoto Protocal addresses primarily the mitigation – reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission, and not the adaptation to undesirable or even dangereous clim ...
... ratified and contributed to lead into force United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and Kyoto Protocol. However, as the Kyoto Protocal addresses primarily the mitigation – reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission, and not the adaptation to undesirable or even dangereous clim ...
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... non-recursive methodology only allows for a few discrete uncertain events, or exogenous learning over three alternative scenarios. For many applications, such individual uncertain events deliver interesting insights. However, these studies cannot replace comprehensive uncertainty evaluations using s ...
... non-recursive methodology only allows for a few discrete uncertain events, or exogenous learning over three alternative scenarios. For many applications, such individual uncertain events deliver interesting insights. However, these studies cannot replace comprehensive uncertainty evaluations using s ...
Climate Change Effects and Adaptation Approaches in Freshwater
... autochthonous productivity and greater autochthonous biogenic contributions to the sediment.706 In lake ecosystems, research indicates that the longer ice-free periods and higher surface water temperatures expected in the future will spur greater algal growth.707 Other aspects of climate change, how ...
... autochthonous productivity and greater autochthonous biogenic contributions to the sediment.706 In lake ecosystems, research indicates that the longer ice-free periods and higher surface water temperatures expected in the future will spur greater algal growth.707 Other aspects of climate change, how ...
Deliverable 2B.1
... several studies (Parry et al., 2004). Results show that some regions may improve production, while others suffer yield losses. This could lead to shifts of agricultural production zones around the world. Furthermore, different crops will be affected differently, leading to the need for adaptation of ...
... several studies (Parry et al., 2004). Results show that some regions may improve production, while others suffer yield losses. This could lead to shifts of agricultural production zones around the world. Furthermore, different crops will be affected differently, leading to the need for adaptation of ...
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... farmers in adapting to the effects of CV & C. Much of the literatures have identified that smallholder farmers use crop rotations, fallowing, tillage practices, soil fertility management, irrigation, crop residue/mulching, ridges and furrows. The use of these strategies by smallholder farmers are fo ...
... farmers in adapting to the effects of CV & C. Much of the literatures have identified that smallholder farmers use crop rotations, fallowing, tillage practices, soil fertility management, irrigation, crop residue/mulching, ridges and furrows. The use of these strategies by smallholder farmers are fo ...
Protecting Cultural Heritage and Adapting to Climate Change
... By analysing past hydrological structures in the city of Lund, Sweden, this paper highlights the contexts in which knowledge of the dynamic landscape in its origin, and the subsequent integration of human implementation and perception, will provide a complementary guidance to sustainable planning ...
... By analysing past hydrological structures in the city of Lund, Sweden, this paper highlights the contexts in which knowledge of the dynamic landscape in its origin, and the subsequent integration of human implementation and perception, will provide a complementary guidance to sustainable planning ...
Sensitivity of Crop Water Need to 2071–95
... As society begins to adapt to, plan for, and mitigate the impacts of climate change, it is clear that human activities linked closely to ecosystems or natural resources will be severely impacted (Solomon et al. 2007). Of particular concern for many developing regions is the impact of climate change ...
... As society begins to adapt to, plan for, and mitigate the impacts of climate change, it is clear that human activities linked closely to ecosystems or natural resources will be severely impacted (Solomon et al. 2007). Of particular concern for many developing regions is the impact of climate change ...
Severe weather and UK food chain resilience
... implies that extreme weather occurs randomly in time and that each year is equally unlikely to experience it. However, if weather is actually clustered in time then the impacts may be compounded (e.g. a single year of drought may have little impact, but two consecutive years of drought occur, the im ...
... implies that extreme weather occurs randomly in time and that each year is equally unlikely to experience it. However, if weather is actually clustered in time then the impacts may be compounded (e.g. a single year of drought may have little impact, but two consecutive years of drought occur, the im ...
Climate Change and Respiratory Health
... concentrations, plants are producing more total pollen each season and some plants (like poison ivy and ragweed) are also becoming more allergenic. Rising temperatures mean that the pollen season is also lengthening and flowers are starting to bloom earlier, providing less of a reprieve for allergy ...
... concentrations, plants are producing more total pollen each season and some plants (like poison ivy and ragweed) are also becoming more allergenic. Rising temperatures mean that the pollen season is also lengthening and flowers are starting to bloom earlier, providing less of a reprieve for allergy ...
Adapting to Climate Change: A Business Approach
... II. The Case for Business Adaptation: What is at Risk? Business efforts to address the potential risks posed by the physical effects of climate change have in general lagged behind consideration of the financial risks associated with mitigation. Moreover, although the hurricanes, cyclones, heat wa ...
... II. The Case for Business Adaptation: What is at Risk? Business efforts to address the potential risks posed by the physical effects of climate change have in general lagged behind consideration of the financial risks associated with mitigation. Moreover, although the hurricanes, cyclones, heat wa ...
Cost Benefit Analysis of Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation
... of existing coping measures and those of longer term, deliberately planned actions to adapt to the defined risks, leading to a stronger business case for adaptation action. This research aims to support adaptation decision-making in the Canadian mining sector by assessing the economic impact of clim ...
... of existing coping measures and those of longer term, deliberately planned actions to adapt to the defined risks, leading to a stronger business case for adaptation action. This research aims to support adaptation decision-making in the Canadian mining sector by assessing the economic impact of clim ...
A Vulnerable Country in the Face of Climate Change
... Along with various studies discussing the causes and effects of Indonesia’s high release of greenhouse gases, there is also an abundance of articles concerning the suggested solutions and programs that will help the vulnerable country combat climate change. There is also literature on sector-specifi ...
... Along with various studies discussing the causes and effects of Indonesia’s high release of greenhouse gases, there is also an abundance of articles concerning the suggested solutions and programs that will help the vulnerable country combat climate change. There is also literature on sector-specifi ...