Climate sensitivity of shrub growth across the tundra biome
... Previous studies have identified summer temperatures as an important driver of vegetation change1,13,14,26 , but the role of soil moisture is less often examined. A recent synthesis of two decades of ecological monitoring (the International Tundra Experiment Network) showed that increased shrub abun ...
... Previous studies have identified summer temperatures as an important driver of vegetation change1,13,14,26 , but the role of soil moisture is less often examined. A recent synthesis of two decades of ecological monitoring (the International Tundra Experiment Network) showed that increased shrub abun ...
This background paper focuses specifically on the relationships
... In the case of multidimensional inequality, differences in opportunities and outcomes for marginalized or disadvantaged groups create conditions that negatively affect their exposure, susceptibility, and adaptive capacity to climate change. Disadvantaged people are more vulnerable to climate change ...
... In the case of multidimensional inequality, differences in opportunities and outcomes for marginalized or disadvantaged groups create conditions that negatively affect their exposure, susceptibility, and adaptive capacity to climate change. Disadvantaged people are more vulnerable to climate change ...
IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS)
... Determinants Of Climate Change Adaptation Measures Used By Crop And Livestock Farmers In better position to identify challenges and opportunities on climate change based on their indigenous knowledge and experiences. Majority (66.3 percent) of the farmers maintained an average household size of 6-1 ...
... Determinants Of Climate Change Adaptation Measures Used By Crop And Livestock Farmers In better position to identify challenges and opportunities on climate change based on their indigenous knowledge and experiences. Majority (66.3 percent) of the farmers maintained an average household size of 6-1 ...
Adaptation for Climate Change in the Coastal Sector of Saint Lucia
... days and hot nights with that of cool days and cool nights decreasing. 17 An overall warming of between 1 and 5oC or greater is expected, depending on the scenario used, and this warming far exceeds natural variability.18 It is also expected that the wet season will be dryer!. 19 Climate change will ...
... days and hot nights with that of cool days and cool nights decreasing. 17 An overall warming of between 1 and 5oC or greater is expected, depending on the scenario used, and this warming far exceeds natural variability.18 It is also expected that the wet season will be dryer!. 19 Climate change will ...
Conclusion: Reconstructing and Modelling Past Oceans 1 A
... by the marine geologists John Imbrie and Jim Hayes and the geochemist Nick Shackelton. The CLIMAP (Climate: Long-range Investigation, Mapping, and Prediction) project reconstructed the surface of the Earth at the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) at 21,000 years BP [CLIMAP Project Members, 1976, 1981]. Alt ...
... by the marine geologists John Imbrie and Jim Hayes and the geochemist Nick Shackelton. The CLIMAP (Climate: Long-range Investigation, Mapping, and Prediction) project reconstructed the surface of the Earth at the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) at 21,000 years BP [CLIMAP Project Members, 1976, 1981]. Alt ...
The scientific consensus on climate change: How do we know we`re
... This book deals with the question of climate change and its future impacts, and by definition predictions are uncertain. People may wonder why we should spend time, effort, and money addressing a problem that may not affect us for years or decades to come. Several chapters in this book have already ...
... This book deals with the question of climate change and its future impacts, and by definition predictions are uncertain. People may wonder why we should spend time, effort, and money addressing a problem that may not affect us for years or decades to come. Several chapters in this book have already ...
Mission Report Downscalling - Global Climate Change Alliance
... There is still need for training in the RCM approaches and in particular the interpretation of the RCM results with respect to understanding the impacts of the projected changes and what they actually mean for the communities in the study area. Perhaps an area that could be looked at in future in th ...
... There is still need for training in the RCM approaches and in particular the interpretation of the RCM results with respect to understanding the impacts of the projected changes and what they actually mean for the communities in the study area. Perhaps an area that could be looked at in future in th ...
Global Climate Change
... • Forcing: How well do we understand past history of emissions and forcing? Future? Aerosol effects on precip? Role of soot? Land use? Stabilization of GHG (if governments so decide) is linked to understanding of forcing/feedback relationships (esp. carbon). • Beyond global warming: The AR5 will lik ...
... • Forcing: How well do we understand past history of emissions and forcing? Future? Aerosol effects on precip? Role of soot? Land use? Stabilization of GHG (if governments so decide) is linked to understanding of forcing/feedback relationships (esp. carbon). • Beyond global warming: The AR5 will lik ...
US Virgin Islands Climate Change Ecosystem
... restoring “green” infrastructure is much less expensive to maintain than built structures such as dykes or sea walls which can degrade the environment. The Nature Conservancy has worked on many projects around the world that provide the best science and latest knowledge to planners, managers, govern ...
... restoring “green” infrastructure is much less expensive to maintain than built structures such as dykes or sea walls which can degrade the environment. The Nature Conservancy has worked on many projects around the world that provide the best science and latest knowledge to planners, managers, govern ...
Applying the VFM framework to business case design and appraisal
... climate variability and where there is an existing climate deficit. Examples include investments in climate smart agriculture and water management. These options are often well suited to costbenefit analysis (although this can be more challenging where non-market sectors such as health are involved ...
... climate variability and where there is an existing climate deficit. Examples include investments in climate smart agriculture and water management. These options are often well suited to costbenefit analysis (although this can be more challenging where non-market sectors such as health are involved ...
Climate sensitivity of shrub growth across the tundra biome
... tundra biome as a whole could be weaker than predicted at present. We quantified the climate sensitivity of shrub growth—that is, the strength of relationship between annual growth and climate variables (including temperature and precipitation, specific calculations described below)—to test four hyp ...
... tundra biome as a whole could be weaker than predicted at present. We quantified the climate sensitivity of shrub growth—that is, the strength of relationship between annual growth and climate variables (including temperature and precipitation, specific calculations described below)—to test four hyp ...
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... continue to change even if greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions are reduced to meet the targets of the Kyoto protocol (IPCC, 2007; Mace, 2005). There is a call for policy measures both for emission abatement, i.e. mitigation, and for impact reduction, i.e. adaptation. Indeed, even if effective emission r ...
... continue to change even if greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions are reduced to meet the targets of the Kyoto protocol (IPCC, 2007; Mace, 2005). There is a call for policy measures both for emission abatement, i.e. mitigation, and for impact reduction, i.e. adaptation. Indeed, even if effective emission r ...
Presentation Slides - Association for the Advancement of
... significant risks for – and in many cases is already affecting – a broad range of human and natural systems.” ...
... significant risks for – and in many cases is already affecting – a broad range of human and natural systems.” ...
Key lessons from practitioners` experiences
... reflected a changing climate to 2030. The case study details the process of reviewing current design criteria thresholds, determining climate projections and extreme weather event scenarios, identifying risks and developing action plans. ...
... reflected a changing climate to 2030. The case study details the process of reviewing current design criteria thresholds, determining climate projections and extreme weather event scenarios, identifying risks and developing action plans. ...
Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change on Urban Forests in the
... however, has been done to guide decisions on how to best manage today’s forests including urban forests while adapting for changes in the future climate. The conservation and restoration of urban forests are becoming increasingly important for their ecosystem and socio-economic services. On the othe ...
... however, has been done to guide decisions on how to best manage today’s forests including urban forests while adapting for changes in the future climate. The conservation and restoration of urban forests are becoming increasingly important for their ecosystem and socio-economic services. On the othe ...
Philosophy of Climate Science Part I: Observing
... external conditions c (e.g. Lorenz 1995; Stone and Knutti 2010).1 Many philosophers have expressed their concerns that this definition is rather peculiar and has little, if anything, to do with our intuitive idea of climate.2 We will come back to these concerns when discussing Definition 5. Right no ...
... external conditions c (e.g. Lorenz 1995; Stone and Knutti 2010).1 Many philosophers have expressed their concerns that this definition is rather peculiar and has little, if anything, to do with our intuitive idea of climate.2 We will come back to these concerns when discussing Definition 5. Right no ...
climate change adaptation action plan for iqaluit
... Adaptation Teams for their shared perspectives. • Natural Resources Canada - David Mate and Don Forbes for their contributions of the most up to date scientific research. • Université Laval – Michel Allard for his contribution of permafrost expertise. • Fotenn Consultants – Michelle Armstrong and co ...
... Adaptation Teams for their shared perspectives. • Natural Resources Canada - David Mate and Don Forbes for their contributions of the most up to date scientific research. • Université Laval – Michel Allard for his contribution of permafrost expertise. • Fotenn Consultants – Michelle Armstrong and co ...
Buckley CV - University of Washington
... Moore PJ, Pandolfi JM, Poloczanska E, Venables W, and Richardson AJ. 2011. Quantitative approaches in climate change ecology. Global Change Biology 17:3697-3713. 22. Buckley LB, Waaser SA2, MacLean HJ1, and Fox R. 2011. Does including physiology improve species distribution model predictions of resp ...
... Moore PJ, Pandolfi JM, Poloczanska E, Venables W, and Richardson AJ. 2011. Quantitative approaches in climate change ecology. Global Change Biology 17:3697-3713. 22. Buckley LB, Waaser SA2, MacLean HJ1, and Fox R. 2011. Does including physiology improve species distribution model predictions of resp ...
Climate Policy
... given existing internal conflicts, I focus largely on the ‘mainstream’ of the major, most powerful, developing countries, while neglecting special groupings such as oil-producing nations or small island states.5 Climate polity In the upcoming negotiations of the post-2012 climate regime, the Europea ...
... given existing internal conflicts, I focus largely on the ‘mainstream’ of the major, most powerful, developing countries, while neglecting special groupings such as oil-producing nations or small island states.5 Climate polity In the upcoming negotiations of the post-2012 climate regime, the Europea ...
Up in smoke? Latin America and the Caribbean
... communicate across the world in fractions of a second, eradicate many diseases, and extend peoples’ life expectancies. We have also achieved important gains in political, economic, social, cultural, and environmental rights. And yet, never before have the life forms that share this extraordinary pla ...
... communicate across the world in fractions of a second, eradicate many diseases, and extend peoples’ life expectancies. We have also achieved important gains in political, economic, social, cultural, and environmental rights. And yet, never before have the life forms that share this extraordinary pla ...
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... essential additional criterion is that the overall benefits of the intervention should outweigh the costs. Given the characteristics of climate change (see below), this becomes an important limit on the justification of a number of the proposed policy responses. Addressing issues of disadvantage Gov ...
... essential additional criterion is that the overall benefits of the intervention should outweigh the costs. Given the characteristics of climate change (see below), this becomes an important limit on the justification of a number of the proposed policy responses. Addressing issues of disadvantage Gov ...
Shifting public opinion on climate change: an
... to change. But another segment, the “scorekeepers,” are attentive and change their views in response to events, elite cues, and the like, creating aggregate opinion change that influences aggregate trends in policy adoption (Stimson 2004; Erikson et al. 2002). In a similar fashion, opinion on climat ...
... to change. But another segment, the “scorekeepers,” are attentive and change their views in response to events, elite cues, and the like, creating aggregate opinion change that influences aggregate trends in policy adoption (Stimson 2004; Erikson et al. 2002). In a similar fashion, opinion on climat ...
Up in smoke? Latin America and the Caribbean
... communicate across the world in fractions of a second, eradicate many diseases, and extend peoples’ life expectancies. We have also achieved important gains in political, economic, social, cultural, and environmental rights. And yet, never before have the life forms that share this extraordinary pla ...
... communicate across the world in fractions of a second, eradicate many diseases, and extend peoples’ life expectancies. We have also achieved important gains in political, economic, social, cultural, and environmental rights. And yet, never before have the life forms that share this extraordinary pla ...
Adaptation and Vulnerability to Climate Change: The
... This briefing paper considers adaptation from the viewpoint of the finance sector. Climatic changes will accelerate if emissions continue on a “business-as-usual” trajectory. Among the effects could be more frequent, extreme weather events and droughts, rapid sealevel rise from icecap melting, break ...
... This briefing paper considers adaptation from the viewpoint of the finance sector. Climatic changes will accelerate if emissions continue on a “business-as-usual” trajectory. Among the effects could be more frequent, extreme weather events and droughts, rapid sealevel rise from icecap melting, break ...
Work package No 2F: Ecosystems and Forests
... In Europe, especially field margins and hedges are discussed as landscape elements that interact with agriculture. Hedgerows and field margins provide the fundamental habitat to various crop pollinators, pest predators, and bird species (Hinsley and Bellamy 2000, Marshall and Moonen 2002). Additiona ...
... In Europe, especially field margins and hedges are discussed as landscape elements that interact with agriculture. Hedgerows and field margins provide the fundamental habitat to various crop pollinators, pest predators, and bird species (Hinsley and Bellamy 2000, Marshall and Moonen 2002). Additiona ...