Indigenous knowledge about climate change
... very likely that such extreme events will continue to become more frequent, posing potential threat to ecosystems especially agricultural production and productivity throughout the world. Adding to the misery, non-climatic stresses such as population, poverty, unequal access to resources, etc. are i ...
... very likely that such extreme events will continue to become more frequent, posing potential threat to ecosystems especially agricultural production and productivity throughout the world. Adding to the misery, non-climatic stresses such as population, poverty, unequal access to resources, etc. are i ...
Climate Change, Water and the Policy
... for action. The study findings and recommendations are presented for open discussion and deliberations with colleagues to improve our understanding of and readiness for climate change and its impact on water resources. ...
... for action. The study findings and recommendations are presented for open discussion and deliberations with colleagues to improve our understanding of and readiness for climate change and its impact on water resources. ...
Accounting for Extreme Events in the Economic Assessment of
... Extreme events are one of the main channels through which climate and socioeconomic systems interact. It is likely that climate change will modify their probability distributions and their consequences. The long-term growth models used in climate change assessments, however, cannot capture the effec ...
... Extreme events are one of the main channels through which climate and socioeconomic systems interact. It is likely that climate change will modify their probability distributions and their consequences. The long-term growth models used in climate change assessments, however, cannot capture the effec ...
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... Skinner, 2002), and on impacts of the availability of water resources to meet future needs (Alcamo and Henrich, 2002; Arnell, 2004; Shiklomanov and Rodda, 2001). On the other hand, a considerable amount of social science research on global and regional environmental changes suggests that the human a ...
... Skinner, 2002), and on impacts of the availability of water resources to meet future needs (Alcamo and Henrich, 2002; Arnell, 2004; Shiklomanov and Rodda, 2001). On the other hand, a considerable amount of social science research on global and regional environmental changes suggests that the human a ...
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... As the Stern Review argues, human-induced global warming has the potential to generate very serious, large-scale and irreversible impacts. If the worst of these impacts are to be avoided, or at least minimised, urgent action is required to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In effect, it will be neces ...
... As the Stern Review argues, human-induced global warming has the potential to generate very serious, large-scale and irreversible impacts. If the worst of these impacts are to be avoided, or at least minimised, urgent action is required to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In effect, it will be neces ...
Climate Change and Mortality: Feedback from Populations Issues
... effects of the accumulation of greenhouse gases. Modelling the impacts of climate change on future levels of mortality presents formidable challenges. This is due the interconnected nature of the system being modelled. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change frames it as a combination of: the ...
... effects of the accumulation of greenhouse gases. Modelling the impacts of climate change on future levels of mortality presents formidable challenges. This is due the interconnected nature of the system being modelled. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change frames it as a combination of: the ...
Climate change: impacts on electricity markets in Western Europe
... instruments without taking into account the direct effects of climate change. There are science studies examining the impact of climate change on hydropower (e.g., Lehner et al. 2005; Hamlet et al. 2010; Madani and Lund 2010), on thermoelectric power generation (e.g., Forster and Lilliestam 2010) an ...
... instruments without taking into account the direct effects of climate change. There are science studies examining the impact of climate change on hydropower (e.g., Lehner et al. 2005; Hamlet et al. 2010; Madani and Lund 2010), on thermoelectric power generation (e.g., Forster and Lilliestam 2010) an ...
MEECS Climate Change Unit Introduction
... • Describe the origins of pollution in the atmosphere, geosphere, and hydrosphere (car exhaust, industrial emissions, acid rain and natural sources) and how pollution impacts habitats, climatic change, threatens or endangers species. E.ES.07.42 • Based on evidence of observable changes in recent h ...
... • Describe the origins of pollution in the atmosphere, geosphere, and hydrosphere (car exhaust, industrial emissions, acid rain and natural sources) and how pollution impacts habitats, climatic change, threatens or endangers species. E.ES.07.42 • Based on evidence of observable changes in recent h ...
Chapter 8 - Teacher Friendly Guides
... experiences over a period of many years. These factors interact with and are influenced by other parts of the Earth system, including geology, geography, insolation, currents, and living things. Because it is founded on statistics, climate can be a difficult concept to grasp, yet concrete examples c ...
... experiences over a period of many years. These factors interact with and are influenced by other parts of the Earth system, including geology, geography, insolation, currents, and living things. Because it is founded on statistics, climate can be a difficult concept to grasp, yet concrete examples c ...
Towards Critical Studies of Climate Adaptation - diss.fu
... rational and comprehensive approaches to overcome uncertainty and produce “win-win” benefits (e.g., Godschalk, Brody, and Burby 2003; While and Whitehead 2013). Operationally, adaptation planning, especially in the global North, focuses on infrastructure and land use planning solutions. Northern pr ...
... rational and comprehensive approaches to overcome uncertainty and produce “win-win” benefits (e.g., Godschalk, Brody, and Burby 2003; While and Whitehead 2013). Operationally, adaptation planning, especially in the global North, focuses on infrastructure and land use planning solutions. Northern pr ...
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... equilibrium setting. Integrated assessment models incorporate climate change impacts typically as change in total factor productivity (TFP). The DICE and RICE models by Nordhaus (1993, 2010), for example, formalize the impact of global warming as a multiplicative reduction of economic output which i ...
... equilibrium setting. Integrated assessment models incorporate climate change impacts typically as change in total factor productivity (TFP). The DICE and RICE models by Nordhaus (1993, 2010), for example, formalize the impact of global warming as a multiplicative reduction of economic output which i ...
Increasing bioenergy production on arable land - CLM
... The external constant parameter data for the surface boundary of the model are coastlines, lakes, river valleys, land cover types, vegetation parameter, topography, and soil type. The land surface processes are controlled by physical vegetation and soil properties. Parameter values are assigned to e ...
... The external constant parameter data for the surface boundary of the model are coastlines, lakes, river valleys, land cover types, vegetation parameter, topography, and soil type. The land surface processes are controlled by physical vegetation and soil properties. Parameter values are assigned to e ...
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... water and reversed community trajectories. Conditions that sharply increased production and diversity through 2 years caused simplification of the food web and deep reductions in consumer abundance after 5 years. Changes in these natural grassland communities suggest a prominent role for species int ...
... water and reversed community trajectories. Conditions that sharply increased production and diversity through 2 years caused simplification of the food web and deep reductions in consumer abundance after 5 years. Changes in these natural grassland communities suggest a prominent role for species int ...
fulltext pdf - Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics
... (MDGs) and efforts to reduce extreme poverty. It is a change in the state of the climate that can be identified by using statistical tests, by change in the mean and the variability of climatic properties that persist for an extended period typically decades or longer (Intergovernmental Panel on Cli ...
... (MDGs) and efforts to reduce extreme poverty. It is a change in the state of the climate that can be identified by using statistical tests, by change in the mean and the variability of climatic properties that persist for an extended period typically decades or longer (Intergovernmental Panel on Cli ...
From convergence to contention: United States mass media representations of
... may be a way of counteracting society’s currently excessive reliance on technical assessment and the displacement of explicit values-based arguments from public life. However, when this occurs without the benefit of a clear understanding of the importance of the substantial areas where scientists do ...
... may be a way of counteracting society’s currently excessive reliance on technical assessment and the displacement of explicit values-based arguments from public life. However, when this occurs without the benefit of a clear understanding of the importance of the substantial areas where scientists do ...
Climate Change and British Woodland
... the year as a result of rising temperatures during winter months. This is already evident, with the flushing of oak advanced by up to two weeks compared with the 1950s, as shown in Figure 4a. Although a lengthening of the growing season would be expected to increase productivity in most years, early ...
... the year as a result of rising temperatures during winter months. This is already evident, with the flushing of oak advanced by up to two weeks compared with the 1950s, as shown in Figure 4a. Although a lengthening of the growing season would be expected to increase productivity in most years, early ...
The Influence of Climate Variability and Change on the Science and
... example of species range shifts in response to century-scale climate variation is two-needle piñon (Pinus edulis Engelm.) in the western US. P. edulis is primarily a species of the Colorado Plateau, but new populations in northern Utah near the Wyoming border became established in the 1200s, as show ...
... example of species range shifts in response to century-scale climate variation is two-needle piñon (Pinus edulis Engelm.) in the western US. P. edulis is primarily a species of the Colorado Plateau, but new populations in northern Utah near the Wyoming border became established in the 1200s, as show ...
The Scientific Consensus on Climate Change: How
... This is clearly the case with the largest portion of the papers examined (approximately half of the total)—those dealing with impacts of climate change. The authors evidently accept the premise that climate change is real and want to track, evaluate, and understand its impacts. Nevertheless, such im ...
... This is clearly the case with the largest portion of the papers examined (approximately half of the total)—those dealing with impacts of climate change. The authors evidently accept the premise that climate change is real and want to track, evaluate, and understand its impacts. Nevertheless, such im ...
Linking Indigenous and Scientific Knowledge of Climate Change
... knowledge records presented here repIn this article, we explore possible complementarities resent different global regions and illustrate their general among indigenous and scientific knowledge systems and validity and potential usefulness. discuss the potential for enhancing integration of indigeno ...
... knowledge records presented here repIn this article, we explore possible complementarities resent different global regions and illustrate their general among indigenous and scientific knowledge systems and validity and potential usefulness. discuss the potential for enhancing integration of indigeno ...
Marine boundary layer clouds at the heart of tropical cloud feedback
... the inability of climate models to simulate decadal variations of the Earth’s radiation budget as large as those observed [Wielicki et al., 2002]. [16] As stressed by other studies [Webb et al., 2001; Volodin, 2004], it is thus crucial to improve the representation of MBL clouds in climate models. H ...
... the inability of climate models to simulate decadal variations of the Earth’s radiation budget as large as those observed [Wielicki et al., 2002]. [16] As stressed by other studies [Webb et al., 2001; Volodin, 2004], it is thus crucial to improve the representation of MBL clouds in climate models. H ...
Effective education and communication strategies to
... includes any interaction by which those with information work to communicate that information to those who need it or would most benefit from it. This broader definition is necessary for several reasons. First, research in this field has demonstrated that although education plays an important role i ...
... includes any interaction by which those with information work to communicate that information to those who need it or would most benefit from it. This broader definition is necessary for several reasons. First, research in this field has demonstrated that although education plays an important role i ...
Public Enemy No. 1? Understanding Media Representations of
... it quantitatively emitted a relatively weak “signal” over this period amid the “noise” of overall climate change or global warming coverage. This brings light to two questions: How might the amount of coverage shape and/or sustain doubts or skepticism in the public arena on various aspects of climat ...
... it quantitatively emitted a relatively weak “signal” over this period amid the “noise” of overall climate change or global warming coverage. This brings light to two questions: How might the amount of coverage shape and/or sustain doubts or skepticism in the public arena on various aspects of climat ...
Economic Impacts of Climate Change on Secondary Activities: A
... currently malaria free regions. Reference [12] has documented such threat for UK. High temperature may also increase the possibility of food poison to which effect cases related to salmonella infection each year increases. All these, indirectly, cause the private as well as the public sector to incu ...
... currently malaria free regions. Reference [12] has documented such threat for UK. High temperature may also increase the possibility of food poison to which effect cases related to salmonella infection each year increases. All these, indirectly, cause the private as well as the public sector to incu ...
Bluie West
... when she is crushed filming in the audience when the panic occurs. The U.S. Congress bans Delta performances. Protests and violence like never before begin in the U.S. The kids use hacked face recognition software, ultra HD video and an illicit FBI database to identify a suspect (Thorogood) associat ...
... when she is crushed filming in the audience when the panic occurs. The U.S. Congress bans Delta performances. Protests and violence like never before begin in the U.S. The kids use hacked face recognition software, ultra HD video and an illicit FBI database to identify a suspect (Thorogood) associat ...
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... regions severely affected by climate change, but alternatively can become a resource for climate adaptation and development. Migrant social networks can help to build social capital to increase the social resilience in the communities of origin and trigger innovations across regions by the transfer ...
... regions severely affected by climate change, but alternatively can become a resource for climate adaptation and development. Migrant social networks can help to build social capital to increase the social resilience in the communities of origin and trigger innovations across regions by the transfer ...