Lauren O`Donell.Trees for Zambia
... Following the three-week campaign, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Forestry and the Zambia Environmental Management Agency will be assisting us with sustaining long-term relationships with parties involved. During the three weeks, eco-heroes within communities will be singled out and wi ...
... Following the three-week campaign, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Forestry and the Zambia Environmental Management Agency will be assisting us with sustaining long-term relationships with parties involved. During the three weeks, eco-heroes within communities will be singled out and wi ...
The Economics of Climate Change Impacts: A Case Study on
... 2°C above pre‐industrial levels (EC, 2007). Even the U.S. Supreme Court has acknowledged that future impacts must be taken into account in policy decisions. They ruled in Massachusetts v. the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that EPA’s refusal to regulate carbon dioxide (CO2) has led to ...
... 2°C above pre‐industrial levels (EC, 2007). Even the U.S. Supreme Court has acknowledged that future impacts must be taken into account in policy decisions. They ruled in Massachusetts v. the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that EPA’s refusal to regulate carbon dioxide (CO2) has led to ...
Agricultural production, food security, climate change, rainfall
... Abstract Change in climate and consequent global warming are posing threats to food security in many developing nations including Nigeria because of the climate-dependent nature of agricultural systems and lack of coping capabilities. The spatiotemporal pattern of temperature and rainfall of Nigeria ...
... Abstract Change in climate and consequent global warming are posing threats to food security in many developing nations including Nigeria because of the climate-dependent nature of agricultural systems and lack of coping capabilities. The spatiotemporal pattern of temperature and rainfall of Nigeria ...
Draft 1:Layout 1.qxd - Defenders of Wildlife
... be changing competition between species, resulting in shifts in species composition, increasing fires, and the invasion of woody plants and annual grasses into other ecosystems. In eastern Oregon, mid-elevation grasslands and shrublands are deteriorating due to several interrelated factors. Juniper ...
... be changing competition between species, resulting in shifts in species composition, increasing fires, and the invasion of woody plants and annual grasses into other ecosystems. In eastern Oregon, mid-elevation grasslands and shrublands are deteriorating due to several interrelated factors. Juniper ...
Climate change impacts in Sub-Saharan Africa
... Projections of future sea-level rise are not uniform across the world. Sub-Saharan Africa as defined in this paper stretches from 15 north to 35 south. Because of the dominantly tropical location of this region, projections of local sea-level rise along Sub-Saharan coastlines tend to be higher tha ...
... Projections of future sea-level rise are not uniform across the world. Sub-Saharan Africa as defined in this paper stretches from 15 north to 35 south. Because of the dominantly tropical location of this region, projections of local sea-level rise along Sub-Saharan coastlines tend to be higher tha ...
Climate change adaptation plan for the
... climate conditions, are extremely influenced by the temperature. These changes can generate an increase in the growth rate of some pests (harmful insects) and multiply the number of generations in a season. The changing climate may also modify the geographic distribution area of insects. It may also ...
... climate conditions, are extremely influenced by the temperature. These changes can generate an increase in the growth rate of some pests (harmful insects) and multiply the number of generations in a season. The changing climate may also modify the geographic distribution area of insects. It may also ...
Can Social Protection Increase Resilience to Climate Change?
... Béné et al. 2014). Risk and vulnerability are therefore framed as an external source located in the ecological system, rather than taking an integrated view that includes social dimensions of vulnerability (Gaillard 2010; Miller et al. 2010). From a development perspective this means that there may ...
... Béné et al. 2014). Risk and vulnerability are therefore framed as an external source located in the ecological system, rather than taking an integrated view that includes social dimensions of vulnerability (Gaillard 2010; Miller et al. 2010). From a development perspective this means that there may ...
Changes in extreme temperature and precipitation in the
... countries were invited, and participants from 17 countries were present at the workshop. The participants were asked to bring long-term daily observational data from their countries to analyse during the workshop, and more stations were analysed afterwards. The ETCCDI provides standardized software ...
... countries were invited, and participants from 17 countries were present at the workshop. The participants were asked to bring long-term daily observational data from their countries to analyse during the workshop, and more stations were analysed afterwards. The ETCCDI provides standardized software ...
Vol.11, No.2, 2011
... To date the team has conducted three surveys along the lines 156°E and 147°E and one along 138°E (Figure 2). The latter line is being surveyed a second time in late summer 2011, at the time of this writing. In all surveys, the vertical shear of the currents is dominated by SVS features, which have a ...
... To date the team has conducted three surveys along the lines 156°E and 147°E and one along 138°E (Figure 2). The latter line is being surveyed a second time in late summer 2011, at the time of this writing. In all surveys, the vertical shear of the currents is dominated by SVS features, which have a ...
Use of spatial analogy in analysis and valuation of climate scenarios
... regions we can build a possible picture of our study area. With that we can make hipotheses to build adaptation strategies. The other way is also important, we can define analogue regions which climate in the future will be similar to our in the present. From that we can get information about where ...
... regions we can build a possible picture of our study area. With that we can make hipotheses to build adaptation strategies. The other way is also important, we can define analogue regions which climate in the future will be similar to our in the present. From that we can get information about where ...
Annotated draft outline of the 2016 EEA CCIV report
... German vulnerability indicators (Source: UBA, DE) 5.6 Vulnerability to Birgit Georgi (ACC4) Revised section climate change in urban regions 6. Strengthening the knowledge base 6.1 Indicator and data Andre Jol (ACC4) needs 6.2 Copernicus Climate Andre Jol (ACC4) New section describing the current sta ...
... German vulnerability indicators (Source: UBA, DE) 5.6 Vulnerability to Birgit Georgi (ACC4) Revised section climate change in urban regions 6. Strengthening the knowledge base 6.1 Indicator and data Andre Jol (ACC4) needs 6.2 Copernicus Climate Andre Jol (ACC4) New section describing the current sta ...
Comment by: Patrick J. Michaels and Paul C. Knappenberger
... And this is very significant and important difference because the high end of the ECS distribution has a large impact on the SCC determination—a fact frequently commented on by the IWG2010. For example, from IWG2010 (p.26): “As previously discussed, low probability, high impact events are incorporat ...
... And this is very significant and important difference because the high end of the ECS distribution has a large impact on the SCC determination—a fact frequently commented on by the IWG2010. For example, from IWG2010 (p.26): “As previously discussed, low probability, high impact events are incorporat ...
Inspiring action for urban and regional planning WORLD SUMMIT
... and regional planning Territorial and urban planning promoted by subnational and local governments is an effective instrument to tackle climate change. Subnational and local governments are often responsible for the development and implementation of policies, plans, strategies, programs and initiati ...
... and regional planning Territorial and urban planning promoted by subnational and local governments is an effective instrument to tackle climate change. Subnational and local governments are often responsible for the development and implementation of policies, plans, strategies, programs and initiati ...
The Critical Role of the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans
... dense enough to sink to the abyss. The plunge of this great mass of cold, salty water propels a system of global ocean circulation called the Ocean Conveyor. The Conveyor also draws warm, salty tropical waters northward into the North Atlantic. This pumps heat into the region (which significantly rai ...
... dense enough to sink to the abyss. The plunge of this great mass of cold, salty water propels a system of global ocean circulation called the Ocean Conveyor. The Conveyor also draws warm, salty tropical waters northward into the North Atlantic. This pumps heat into the region (which significantly rai ...
Ecosystem-based Approaches to Adaptation
... ecosystems and biodiversity can dramatically increase CBA effectiveness, a poor understanding of EbA can lead to maladaptation (Reid and Schipper 2014). Central to the concept of EbA is the importance of seeing beyond the role of ecosystems as providers of a set of static ‘natural resources’ and ins ...
... ecosystems and biodiversity can dramatically increase CBA effectiveness, a poor understanding of EbA can lead to maladaptation (Reid and Schipper 2014). Central to the concept of EbA is the importance of seeing beyond the role of ecosystems as providers of a set of static ‘natural resources’ and ins ...
Impacts and adaptation of European crop production systems to
... increases in northern Europe and decreases over parts of southern and eastern Europe. In many countries and in recent years there is a tendency towards cereal grain yield stagnation and increased yield variability. Some of these trends may have been influenced by the recent climatic changes over Eur ...
... increases in northern Europe and decreases over parts of southern and eastern Europe. In many countries and in recent years there is a tendency towards cereal grain yield stagnation and increased yield variability. Some of these trends may have been influenced by the recent climatic changes over Eur ...
Estimates of the Damage Costs of Climate Change
... one GCM only. Their standard deviations are set such that coefficient of variation equals the average coefficient of variation of the other studies. Four cases are distinguished: whether or not CO2 -enrichment of the atmosphere (at 550 ppm) is considered, and whether or not farmers adapt to the chan ...
... one GCM only. Their standard deviations are set such that coefficient of variation equals the average coefficient of variation of the other studies. Four cases are distinguished: whether or not CO2 -enrichment of the atmosphere (at 550 ppm) is considered, and whether or not farmers adapt to the chan ...
On Modeling and Interpreting the Economics of Catastrophic
... the range of experience—in which case one is forced back onto depending more than one might wish upon the prior PDF, which of necessity is largely subjective and relatively diffuse. As a recent Science commentary put it: “Once the world has warmed by 4°C, conditions will be so different from anythin ...
... the range of experience—in which case one is forced back onto depending more than one might wish upon the prior PDF, which of necessity is largely subjective and relatively diffuse. As a recent Science commentary put it: “Once the world has warmed by 4°C, conditions will be so different from anythin ...
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE GLOBAL FOREST
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC; IPCC, 1995). The HHL scenario is based on higher CO2 emissions from the EPPA model, slower diffusion of heat into the ocean, smaller effects of cooling associated with atmospheric aerosols, and smaller heating effects associated with the radiative for ...
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC; IPCC, 1995). The HHL scenario is based on higher CO2 emissions from the EPPA model, slower diffusion of heat into the ocean, smaller effects of cooling associated with atmospheric aerosols, and smaller heating effects associated with the radiative for ...
Weitzman2009-Modeling-Economics-ClimateChange.pdf
... the range of experience—in which case one is forced back onto depending more than one might wish upon the prior PDF, which of necessity is largely subjective and relatively diffuse. As a recent Science commentary put it: “Once the world has warmed by 4°C, conditions will be so different from anythin ...
... the range of experience—in which case one is forced back onto depending more than one might wish upon the prior PDF, which of necessity is largely subjective and relatively diffuse. As a recent Science commentary put it: “Once the world has warmed by 4°C, conditions will be so different from anythin ...
CLIMATE CHANGE – SCOPING THE ISSUES
... future generations. Today, the time for doubt has passed. The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has unequivocally affirmed the warming of our climate system, and linked it directly to human activity”. He also stated in the same address “Today, the effects of climate change are ...
... future generations. Today, the time for doubt has passed. The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has unequivocally affirmed the warming of our climate system, and linked it directly to human activity”. He also stated in the same address “Today, the effects of climate change are ...
Climate Change, Agricultural Production and Food Security
... effects of climate change in Yemen. Given the importance of agriculture for income generation and the satisfaction of consumption needs, the model captures both the sectoral and spatial heterogeneity of crop production and its linkages to other sectors such as food processing, manufacturing and serv ...
... effects of climate change in Yemen. Given the importance of agriculture for income generation and the satisfaction of consumption needs, the model captures both the sectoral and spatial heterogeneity of crop production and its linkages to other sectors such as food processing, manufacturing and serv ...
climate change and agriculture - Canadian Institute of Planners
... Consideration of agricultural adaptation initiatives as they relater to climate change are critical to the future success of agriculture in Ontario and Canada. Prior to identifying which adaptation initiatives be implemented across the Canadian agricultural sector it is critical to consider lessons ...
... Consideration of agricultural adaptation initiatives as they relater to climate change are critical to the future success of agriculture in Ontario and Canada. Prior to identifying which adaptation initiatives be implemented across the Canadian agricultural sector it is critical to consider lessons ...
International Workshop on Mainstreaming Adaptation to Climate
... Many development efforts and impacts are at risk if climate change is not taken into account. It is therefore necessary to integrate adaptation into different levels of development work, in addition to support to stand-alone climate change adaptation programmes. A number of actors in the fields of s ...
... Many development efforts and impacts are at risk if climate change is not taken into account. It is therefore necessary to integrate adaptation into different levels of development work, in addition to support to stand-alone climate change adaptation programmes. A number of actors in the fields of s ...
From obscurity to action - Liu Institute for Global Issues
... 10 Jamie Walker and Andrew Faulkner, “Keelty warning on global warming,” The Australian, 25 September 2007. 11 “The national security strategy of the United Kingdom: Security in an interdependent world,” Cabinet Office, March 2008. | 416 | Spring 2010 | International Journal | ...
... 10 Jamie Walker and Andrew Faulkner, “Keelty warning on global warming,” The Australian, 25 September 2007. 11 “The national security strategy of the United Kingdom: Security in an interdependent world,” Cabinet Office, March 2008. | 416 | Spring 2010 | International Journal | ...