Extreme climate events and wet grasslands: plant traits for
... floods, heat waves, wildfires and droughts. The IPCC (2012) describe extreme climatic events as statistically rare (90th percentile or above), at the extreme end of climate variables. From an ecological perspective, climate events can be considered a disturbance that impacts plant functioning, biodi ...
... floods, heat waves, wildfires and droughts. The IPCC (2012) describe extreme climatic events as statistically rare (90th percentile or above), at the extreme end of climate variables. From an ecological perspective, climate events can be considered a disturbance that impacts plant functioning, biodi ...
Physiological Basis of Climate Change Impacts on North American
... a changing climate (Somero 2010). Furthermore, responses to climate change vary within species (sex and life stage) and across geographic regions due to local adaptation of populations (Eliason et al. 2011). Although complex, there is a critical need to synthesize available knowledge on the effects ...
... a changing climate (Somero 2010). Furthermore, responses to climate change vary within species (sex and life stage) and across geographic regions due to local adaptation of populations (Eliason et al. 2011). Although complex, there is a critical need to synthesize available knowledge on the effects ...
On the Importance of Strengthening Moderate Beliefs in Climate
... shown that the single most important factor is their belief about climate change [9]. This suggests two possible routes to understanding and increasing support for climate action. One approach, investigated by Bain, Hornsey, Bongiorno, and Jeffries [10], shows that beliefs of climate skeptics can be ...
... shown that the single most important factor is their belief about climate change [9]. This suggests two possible routes to understanding and increasing support for climate action. One approach, investigated by Bain, Hornsey, Bongiorno, and Jeffries [10], shows that beliefs of climate skeptics can be ...
Climate Research 57:61
... activity in the city of São Paulo after 1951. This may be increasing the impacts on vulnerable people living in areas where a risk of flash flooding and landslides exists. Studies on the effects of urbanization on climate in the MASP have been performed using various regional models (Freitas & Silva ...
... activity in the city of São Paulo after 1951. This may be increasing the impacts on vulnerable people living in areas where a risk of flash flooding and landslides exists. Studies on the effects of urbanization on climate in the MASP have been performed using various regional models (Freitas & Silva ...
Climate Change Effects on North American Inland Fish Populations
... important. These fishes contribute to biodiversity, ecosystem productivity, human well-being, livelihoods, and prosperity. As one example, inland recreational fisheries generate more than US$31 billion annually in Canada and the United States (DFO 2010; USFWS and USCB 2011). Because inland fishes ar ...
... important. These fishes contribute to biodiversity, ecosystem productivity, human well-being, livelihoods, and prosperity. As one example, inland recreational fisheries generate more than US$31 billion annually in Canada and the United States (DFO 2010; USFWS and USCB 2011). Because inland fishes ar ...
Physiological Basis
... a changing climate (Somero 2010). Furthermore, responses to climate change vary within species (sex and life stage) and across geographic regions due to local adaptation of populations (Eliason et al. 2011). Although complex, there is a critical need to synthesize available knowledge on the effects ...
... a changing climate (Somero 2010). Furthermore, responses to climate change vary within species (sex and life stage) and across geographic regions due to local adaptation of populations (Eliason et al. 2011). Although complex, there is a critical need to synthesize available knowledge on the effects ...
CLIMATE FORCINGS, FEEDBACKS, AND TELECONNECTIONS IN THE LAND SURFACE-VEGETATION-WATER COMPONENTS OF THE
... (see Pielke Sr., R.A., C. Davey, and J. Morgan, 2004: Assessing "global warming" with surface heat content" and Davey,C.A., R.A. Pielke Sr., and K.P. Gallo, 2005: Differences between near-surface equivalent temperature and temperature trends for the eastern United States - Equivalent temperature as ...
... (see Pielke Sr., R.A., C. Davey, and J. Morgan, 2004: Assessing "global warming" with surface heat content" and Davey,C.A., R.A. Pielke Sr., and K.P. Gallo, 2005: Differences between near-surface equivalent temperature and temperature trends for the eastern United States - Equivalent temperature as ...
Building bridges: Supporting adaptation in industry VCCAR think
... one quarter of the nation's GDP.1 Ensuring long-term economic sustainability requires that overall productivity is maintained and that key industry sectors continue to grow. Understanding how this can be achieved on a sector-by-sector basis, requires an appreciation of the changing threats and oppor ...
... one quarter of the nation's GDP.1 Ensuring long-term economic sustainability requires that overall productivity is maintained and that key industry sectors continue to grow. Understanding how this can be achieved on a sector-by-sector basis, requires an appreciation of the changing threats and oppor ...
teacher pages - Lab Aids | Store
... Students have a number of opportunities in this chapter to express their initial and developing understanding of concepts related to the processes that cause Earth’s climate to change. By taking note of the answers given by students completing group work or working individually, you can determine pa ...
... Students have a number of opportunities in this chapter to express their initial and developing understanding of concepts related to the processes that cause Earth’s climate to change. By taking note of the answers given by students completing group work or working individually, you can determine pa ...
Taking Climate Change by Storm: Theorizing Global and Local Policy-Making in
... coordination problems, the science of climate change has a much higher degree of uncertainty. These trends are even more accentuated with respect to the scientific understanding of extreme climate events and the likelihood of political coordination at various scales. The main contribution of this Ar ...
... coordination problems, the science of climate change has a much higher degree of uncertainty. These trends are even more accentuated with respect to the scientific understanding of extreme climate events and the likelihood of political coordination at various scales. The main contribution of this Ar ...
impacts of climate change on date palm in oman
... increased levels of coastal erosion and thawing permafrost causing damage to community infrastructures, as well as other serious impacts (Larsen et al., 2008). With an increased level of scientific certainty that man-made climate change is a reality (Solomon et al. 2007) the identification and asse ...
... increased levels of coastal erosion and thawing permafrost causing damage to community infrastructures, as well as other serious impacts (Larsen et al., 2008). With an increased level of scientific certainty that man-made climate change is a reality (Solomon et al. 2007) the identification and asse ...
Cutting the Knot
... A budget of 400 GtC is very small. To stay within this budget, global emissions would almost certainly have to peak before 2020 and decline fairly rapidly thereafter. If emissions were to continue to grow past 2020, so much of the 400 GtC budget would be rapidly used up that holding the 2ºC line wou ...
... A budget of 400 GtC is very small. To stay within this budget, global emissions would almost certainly have to peak before 2020 and decline fairly rapidly thereafter. If emissions were to continue to grow past 2020, so much of the 400 GtC budget would be rapidly used up that holding the 2ºC line wou ...
GCOS - WMO
... Meteorological Satellites (CGMS) for implementation; and plays a significant role for the broader observation requirements of the GFCS. GCOS will ensure data needs are met, as far as possible, by existing operational and scientific observing, data management and information distribution systems, and ...
... Meteorological Satellites (CGMS) for implementation; and plays a significant role for the broader observation requirements of the GFCS. GCOS will ensure data needs are met, as far as possible, by existing operational and scientific observing, data management and information distribution systems, and ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES THE CLIMATE POLICY DILEMMA Robert S. Pindyck
... The discount rate used to do this, which I will denote by δ, is called the pure rate of time preference, but since we are looking at welfare for society as a whole, we will call it the social rate of time preference. What is the “correct” value for this discount rate? We know from a broad range of s ...
... The discount rate used to do this, which I will denote by δ, is called the pure rate of time preference, but since we are looking at welfare for society as a whole, we will call it the social rate of time preference. What is the “correct” value for this discount rate? We know from a broad range of s ...
4. The response of the climate system to a
... for decades if not centuries. Their geographical distribution is thus quite homogenous, with only small differences between the two hemispheres. Other greenhouse gases such as O3 (ozone) have a shorter life. As a consequence, their concentration, and thus the associated radiative forcing, tend to be ...
... for decades if not centuries. Their geographical distribution is thus quite homogenous, with only small differences between the two hemispheres. Other greenhouse gases such as O3 (ozone) have a shorter life. As a consequence, their concentration, and thus the associated radiative forcing, tend to be ...
Climate Risk and Adaptation Strategy Discussion Paper (DOCX, 6.9
... Council is strongly committed to both types of action. Our mitigation response is outlined in our Carbon Neutral Strategy1 – which is guiding Council to 2020 and 2025 reduction targets. This discussion paper will focus on our adaptation response. While we acknowledge that mitigation is necessary to ...
... Council is strongly committed to both types of action. Our mitigation response is outlined in our Carbon Neutral Strategy1 – which is guiding Council to 2020 and 2025 reduction targets. This discussion paper will focus on our adaptation response. While we acknowledge that mitigation is necessary to ...
Cutting the Knot
... A budget of 400 GtC is very small. To stay within this budget, global emissions would almost certainly have to peak before 2020 and decline fairly rapidly thereafter. If emissions were to continue to grow past 2020, so much of the 400 GtC budget would be rapidly used up that holding the 2ºC line wou ...
... A budget of 400 GtC is very small. To stay within this budget, global emissions would almost certainly have to peak before 2020 and decline fairly rapidly thereafter. If emissions were to continue to grow past 2020, so much of the 400 GtC budget would be rapidly used up that holding the 2ºC line wou ...
22nd conference of parties to the united nations
... Since COP14 in Poland, the importance of human mobility in relation to climate change is increasingly understood and supported. Prior to COP21, two decisions have recognized “climate induced migration, displacement and planned relocation”: (a) Decision on adaptation adopted in Cancun 2010 (decision ...
... Since COP14 in Poland, the importance of human mobility in relation to climate change is increasingly understood and supported. Prior to COP21, two decisions have recognized “climate induced migration, displacement and planned relocation”: (a) Decision on adaptation adopted in Cancun 2010 (decision ...
PDF - Climate Diplomacy
... Similarly, research conducted at the local level provides much stronger evidence for a systematic link between abnormal rainfall and conflict risk than research conducted at the national level. Across the board, statistical results also show that the social consequences of sudden climatic shocks, su ...
... Similarly, research conducted at the local level provides much stronger evidence for a systematic link between abnormal rainfall and conflict risk than research conducted at the national level. Across the board, statistical results also show that the social consequences of sudden climatic shocks, su ...
Download paper (PDF)
... Yet a review of the literature shows that the bulk of the work to date has been deterministic, though there are exceptions and the trend is changing. If uncertainty is central then attitudes towards risk and the degree of risk aversion will presumably be central parameters. Institutions for risk-shi ...
... Yet a review of the literature shows that the bulk of the work to date has been deterministic, though there are exceptions and the trend is changing. If uncertainty is central then attitudes towards risk and the degree of risk aversion will presumably be central parameters. Institutions for risk-shi ...
Climate Balloons - Development and Peace
... - Why might improvements take a long time to see? (As with negative effects, positive changes can take time to show results). - What climate-harming practices were we not able to address? (Such as Canada’s energy production, global deforestation, the transportation of international goods and women’s ...
... - Why might improvements take a long time to see? (As with negative effects, positive changes can take time to show results). - What climate-harming practices were we not able to address? (Such as Canada’s energy production, global deforestation, the transportation of international goods and women’s ...
the bali action plan: key issues in the climate negotiations
... Bali in December 2007, governments from around the world – both developed and developing countries – agreed to step up their efforts to combat climate change and adopted the “Bali Road Map”, which consists of a number of forward-looking decisions that represent the various tracks that are essential ...
... Bali in December 2007, governments from around the world – both developed and developing countries – agreed to step up their efforts to combat climate change and adopted the “Bali Road Map”, which consists of a number of forward-looking decisions that represent the various tracks that are essential ...
A PERIOD OF CONSEQUENCES: GLOBAL WARMING, SOCIAL
... their lands (Gearon, 2005). It is worth mentioning here that Australia has the highest carbon dioxide emissions per capita and, along with the Unites States, has refused to sign the Kyoto Protocol (Hamilton, 2003). Tero Mustonen, a climate justice activist and the founder of the Finland-based SnowCh ...
... their lands (Gearon, 2005). It is worth mentioning here that Australia has the highest carbon dioxide emissions per capita and, along with the Unites States, has refused to sign the Kyoto Protocol (Hamilton, 2003). Tero Mustonen, a climate justice activist and the founder of the Finland-based SnowCh ...
Supporting decision-making for effective adaptation
... the Shared Socio-economic Pathways, or SSPs (Ebi et al., 2013) are quantitative scenarios of future greenhouse gas emissions, population and GDP, accompanied by qualitative visualisations of how we might live. ...
... the Shared Socio-economic Pathways, or SSPs (Ebi et al., 2013) are quantitative scenarios of future greenhouse gas emissions, population and GDP, accompanied by qualitative visualisations of how we might live. ...