National Climate Change Response Strategy
... The integration of climate information into Government policies is important because climate is a major driving factor for most of the economic activities in Kenya. Climate information has, however, not been easily understandable. The same has not been adequately factored into most of the sectors of ...
... The integration of climate information into Government policies is important because climate is a major driving factor for most of the economic activities in Kenya. Climate information has, however, not been easily understandable. The same has not been adequately factored into most of the sectors of ...
Climate Change and Forest Disturbances
... Drought effects are influenced by soil texture and depth; exposure; species present; life stage; and the frequency, duration, and severity of drought. Droughts occur irregularly in forests of the humid regions east of the Mississippi River and in the superhumid Pacific Northwest. Droughts occur annu ...
... Drought effects are influenced by soil texture and depth; exposure; species present; life stage; and the frequency, duration, and severity of drought. Droughts occur irregularly in forests of the humid regions east of the Mississippi River and in the superhumid Pacific Northwest. Droughts occur annu ...
Constraints on radiative forcing and future climate change from
... mean surface warming (Fig. 1b) for various set-ups of the ocean model and climate sensitivities. In this study, climate sensitivity is expressed as the increase of global-mean equilibrium surface temperature for a doubling of pre-industrial atmospheric CO2 concentration. The mean and standard deviat ...
... mean surface warming (Fig. 1b) for various set-ups of the ocean model and climate sensitivities. In this study, climate sensitivity is expressed as the increase of global-mean equilibrium surface temperature for a doubling of pre-industrial atmospheric CO2 concentration. The mean and standard deviat ...
The distributional impact of climate change on rich and poor countries
... are captured by the model, which measures basin water prices using water supply and demand changes (Hurd et al., 1999). Two response functions to sea level rise are used in the model (Neumann and Livesay, 2001). In the cross-section model, we assume that landowners have foresight and so they depreci ...
... are captured by the model, which measures basin water prices using water supply and demand changes (Hurd et al., 1999). Two response functions to sea level rise are used in the model (Neumann and Livesay, 2001). In the cross-section model, we assume that landowners have foresight and so they depreci ...
Preventing El Niño Southern Oscillation Episodes from Becoming
... As noted by the WMO, future ENSO episodes will interact with the changes already occurring in our climate in ways that cannot be fully predicted, and ENSO could compound existing impact of climate change in the most vulnerable parts of the world. Global temperatures have increased, and in ENSO years ...
... As noted by the WMO, future ENSO episodes will interact with the changes already occurring in our climate in ways that cannot be fully predicted, and ENSO could compound existing impact of climate change in the most vulnerable parts of the world. Global temperatures have increased, and in ENSO years ...
Financing Adaptation: The Case of Morne Trois Pitons and Morne
... political and economic systems. When an important new signal, such as that of a changing climate, emerges, a lag in response must be expected until institutional arrangements and incentive structures are put in place to address the risk. This is the challenge for the SPACC project today. Over the lo ...
... political and economic systems. When an important new signal, such as that of a changing climate, emerges, a lag in response must be expected until institutional arrangements and incentive structures are put in place to address the risk. This is the challenge for the SPACC project today. Over the lo ...
ENG - UN CC:Learn
... Key stakeholders may include community members, policymakers, researchers, experts, civil society and nongovernmental organizations Stakeholders’ involvement also helps in empowering local communities and decision makers as they can see decision themselves as valuable sources of knowledge for develo ...
... Key stakeholders may include community members, policymakers, researchers, experts, civil society and nongovernmental organizations Stakeholders’ involvement also helps in empowering local communities and decision makers as they can see decision themselves as valuable sources of knowledge for develo ...
Uncertainty and Decision Making in Climate Change Economics
... similar dependence on spatial scale. These results concern only predictions of climate variables themselves. If one continues down the ladder of uncertainty to specific localized predictions of variables that directly affect economic and natural systems (e.g., water availability, growing conditions, ...
... similar dependence on spatial scale. These results concern only predictions of climate variables themselves. If one continues down the ladder of uncertainty to specific localized predictions of variables that directly affect economic and natural systems (e.g., water availability, growing conditions, ...
Survey Experiment - RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community
... framing is a synthetic activity rather than a purely evocative one. While advocacy groups may employ a dominant frame, they may also employ multiple messages to appeal to different groups. While social movements may have relatively weak sources of political power, advocates can shape the general ima ...
... framing is a synthetic activity rather than a purely evocative one. While advocacy groups may employ a dominant frame, they may also employ multiple messages to appeal to different groups. While social movements may have relatively weak sources of political power, advocates can shape the general ima ...
Communicating the risks of global warming
... Further, one of the most important findings was what was missing in these results. There were no associations to the impacts of climate change on human health. There were no associations to temperature-related morbidity and mortality (e.g., heat stroke), health effects of extreme weather events (tor ...
... Further, one of the most important findings was what was missing in these results. There were no associations to the impacts of climate change on human health. There were no associations to temperature-related morbidity and mortality (e.g., heat stroke), health effects of extreme weather events (tor ...
Towards a typology for constrained climate model forecasts
... Optimal fingerprinting can be thought of as equivalent to generating a large “pseudo-ensemble” simply by taking the mean space-time pattern of response to a given external forcing as simulated by a small ensemble and scaling it up and down by an arbitrary parameter representing uncertainty in the re ...
... Optimal fingerprinting can be thought of as equivalent to generating a large “pseudo-ensemble” simply by taking the mean space-time pattern of response to a given external forcing as simulated by a small ensemble and scaling it up and down by an arbitrary parameter representing uncertainty in the re ...
How Is Puget Sound`s Climate Changing?
... regional trends. Estimates of air temperature changes over time can be affected by changes in the location, the number of measurements made, and in the instruments used to make the measurements. The air ...
... regional trends. Estimates of air temperature changes over time can be affected by changes in the location, the number of measurements made, and in the instruments used to make the measurements. The air ...
INFLUENCE OF LONG- AND SHORT
... al., 2008). We will continue the discussion based on the following questions: “In what direction might the change in global climate go?” and “Is this change subordinated by trend dependence or does it occur within cyclic climatic dynamics?” (e.g., Bunyard, 2001; Lupo, 2008). It is well known that so ...
... al., 2008). We will continue the discussion based on the following questions: “In what direction might the change in global climate go?” and “Is this change subordinated by trend dependence or does it occur within cyclic climatic dynamics?” (e.g., Bunyard, 2001; Lupo, 2008). It is well known that so ...
'Communicating Uncertainties for those Insuring Future Climate Change' Oslo 2008
... People may respond to various climate stimuli in different way, and adaptation to changes may be influenced by other rationales rather than seeking climate adaptability and robustness. As such, it can be a challenge communicating the necessity to reduce global warming as well as to prepare society f ...
... People may respond to various climate stimuli in different way, and adaptation to changes may be influenced by other rationales rather than seeking climate adaptability and robustness. As such, it can be a challenge communicating the necessity to reduce global warming as well as to prepare society f ...
Robustness of pattern scaled climate change scenarios for adaptation decision support
... under climate change. In particular, for climate change impacts studies, it is argued that while pattern scaling provides the large scale patterns of change, its use in combination with some downscaling/weather generator method generates the information needed at “decision relevant” scales [26]. Thi ...
... under climate change. In particular, for climate change impacts studies, it is argued that while pattern scaling provides the large scale patterns of change, its use in combination with some downscaling/weather generator method generates the information needed at “decision relevant” scales [26]. Thi ...
Knock, Knock: Where is the Evidence for Dangerous Human
... in fact, the opposite has happened, and increasingly the world’s press and politicians have come to treat IPCC utterances as if they were scribed in stone by Moses. This is a reflection, first, of superb marketing by the IPCC and its supporting cast of influential environmental and scientific organi ...
... in fact, the opposite has happened, and increasingly the world’s press and politicians have come to treat IPCC utterances as if they were scribed in stone by Moses. This is a reflection, first, of superb marketing by the IPCC and its supporting cast of influential environmental and scientific organi ...
Knock, Knock: Where is the Evidence for Dangerous Human
... in fact, the opposite has happened, and increasingly the world’s press and politicians have come to treat IPCC utterances as if they were scribed in stone by Moses. This is a reflection, first, of superb marketing by the IPCC and its supporting cast of influential environmental and scientific organi ...
... in fact, the opposite has happened, and increasingly the world’s press and politicians have come to treat IPCC utterances as if they were scribed in stone by Moses. This is a reflection, first, of superb marketing by the IPCC and its supporting cast of influential environmental and scientific organi ...
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... weather events will increase in the foreseeable future. In addition, mean climate conditions are also forecasted to change. On the one hand, following a gradual warming over the past five decades, East Asia is expected to experience a substantial increase in annual average temperatures until 2100 an ...
... weather events will increase in the foreseeable future. In addition, mean climate conditions are also forecasted to change. On the one hand, following a gradual warming over the past five decades, East Asia is expected to experience a substantial increase in annual average temperatures until 2100 an ...
Climate change policies and the WTO: Greening the GATT
... of countries. From a Realpolitik perspective, one must first understand how climate change policies fare under the current WTO mandate and ensuing legal discipline. The focus of the framers of the GATT was on tariff protection, leaving to members the freedom to design all domestic policies (includin ...
... of countries. From a Realpolitik perspective, one must first understand how climate change policies fare under the current WTO mandate and ensuing legal discipline. The focus of the framers of the GATT was on tariff protection, leaving to members the freedom to design all domestic policies (includin ...
Agroclimatic conditions in China under climate change scenarios
... will continue to alter agroclimatic conditions in China. In this study, high resolution climate scenarios from regional climate models (RCMs) are used as input to the agro-ecological zones (AEZ) model for China and to compute a comprehensive set of agroclimatic indicators. Uncertainties in the proje ...
... will continue to alter agroclimatic conditions in China. In this study, high resolution climate scenarios from regional climate models (RCMs) are used as input to the agro-ecological zones (AEZ) model for China and to compute a comprehensive set of agroclimatic indicators. Uncertainties in the proje ...
Climate Change Riparian Restoration
... surprises, and identifying and protecting refugia (Millar et al. 2007). Similar recommendations have been made for a wide variety of habitats (Hansen et al. 2003). We use this general framework to review five specific reasons that riparian restoration can enhance ecosystem resilience to climate chan ...
... surprises, and identifying and protecting refugia (Millar et al. 2007). Similar recommendations have been made for a wide variety of habitats (Hansen et al. 2003). We use this general framework to review five specific reasons that riparian restoration can enhance ecosystem resilience to climate chan ...
WEST AFRICA SAHEL
... insecurity, epidemics, and violent conflict. The region is still recovering from the food crisis brought about by the severe droughts experienced in 2005, 2008, 2010 and 2012. Data from 2015 suggest that over 20 million food insecure people and nearly 6 million malnourished children live in the Sahe ...
... insecurity, epidemics, and violent conflict. The region is still recovering from the food crisis brought about by the severe droughts experienced in 2005, 2008, 2010 and 2012. Data from 2015 suggest that over 20 million food insecure people and nearly 6 million malnourished children live in the Sahe ...
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... the monsoons to meet its water needs for agriculture. Over 70 per cent of India’s population still being agriculture dependent, even a small impact of climate change on monsoons, erratic occurrences of floods and droughts would contribute enormously to the vulnerabilities of people. Adaptation is wi ...
... the monsoons to meet its water needs for agriculture. Over 70 per cent of India’s population still being agriculture dependent, even a small impact of climate change on monsoons, erratic occurrences of floods and droughts would contribute enormously to the vulnerabilities of people. Adaptation is wi ...
Why Climate Change Makes Riparian Restoration More Important than Ever:
... surprises, and identifying and protecting refugia (Millar et al. 2007). Similar recommendations have been made for a wide variety of habitats (Hansen et al. 2003). We use this general framework to review five specific reasons that riparian restoration can enhance ecosystem resilience to climate chan ...
... surprises, and identifying and protecting refugia (Millar et al. 2007). Similar recommendations have been made for a wide variety of habitats (Hansen et al. 2003). We use this general framework to review five specific reasons that riparian restoration can enhance ecosystem resilience to climate chan ...
magnitude and frequency
... An objective weather classification was used to reconstruct the atmospheric constituent of fluvial flooding in England, Scotland and Wales since the 1880s. Flood rich episodes were identified in the periods 1908-1934, 1977-1988 and from 1998 onwards. Five weather types account for 68% of flood occur ...
... An objective weather classification was used to reconstruct the atmospheric constituent of fluvial flooding in England, Scotland and Wales since the 1880s. Flood rich episodes were identified in the periods 1908-1934, 1977-1988 and from 1998 onwards. Five weather types account for 68% of flood occur ...