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... is already impacting on many of the priority human development issues covered by the Millennium Development Goals.15 Impacts are expected to get worse as global warming increases, making attainment of any goals or targets more difficult.16 Throughout options 1-4 outlined in this paper, all relevant ...
... is already impacting on many of the priority human development issues covered by the Millennium Development Goals.15 Impacts are expected to get worse as global warming increases, making attainment of any goals or targets more difficult.16 Throughout options 1-4 outlined in this paper, all relevant ...
Plant fitness in a rapidly changing world
... ecosystems (Kulmatiski & Beard, 2013), and shrubs have encroached into alpine, tundra, grassland and savannah habitats (Eldridge et al., 2011; Formica et al., 2014). Climate change could induce temporal or spatial mismatches with pollinators or other mutualists (Gordo & Sanz, 2005), and increased pr ...
... ecosystems (Kulmatiski & Beard, 2013), and shrubs have encroached into alpine, tundra, grassland and savannah habitats (Eldridge et al., 2011; Formica et al., 2014). Climate change could induce temporal or spatial mismatches with pollinators or other mutualists (Gordo & Sanz, 2005), and increased pr ...
TOR - Climate Change Specialist for ICZM Plan.++res
... key issue for this coastal plan. Information obtained by DIVA and Climagine will be one of the key inputs for the plan. Based on the findings of the analysis, the ICZM Plan aiming at establishing an optimal governance framework that will lead towards sustainable coastal development in selected area ...
... key issue for this coastal plan. Information obtained by DIVA and Climagine will be one of the key inputs for the plan. Based on the findings of the analysis, the ICZM Plan aiming at establishing an optimal governance framework that will lead towards sustainable coastal development in selected area ...
A Just Climate: Our Responsibility To Act
... As an international aid and development agency rooted in the principles of Catholic Social Teaching, Caritas Australia has a unique and significant voice to add to the conversation on climate change. It is not only our commitment to create new opportunities for the world’s poorest and most marginali ...
... As an international aid and development agency rooted in the principles of Catholic Social Teaching, Caritas Australia has a unique and significant voice to add to the conversation on climate change. It is not only our commitment to create new opportunities for the world’s poorest and most marginali ...
View/Download - National Gender and Equality Commission
... Other remarks were made by Mr. Ibrahim Ceasay of African Youth Initiative on Climate Change (AYICC) who informed the stakeholders that AYICC was celebrating its 10th anniversary. Mme MONICA the Coordinator, China gender program expressed her deep excitement to see how women are taking the lead in in ...
... Other remarks were made by Mr. Ibrahim Ceasay of African Youth Initiative on Climate Change (AYICC) who informed the stakeholders that AYICC was celebrating its 10th anniversary. Mme MONICA the Coordinator, China gender program expressed her deep excitement to see how women are taking the lead in in ...
Adaptation policy and practice in densely populated glacier
... activity for e.g. issues of linkages of energy, water and agriculture. But the governance mechanisms in global south is yet to come out of a legacy of reductionist structures that have been framing rules for resource utilization and access; hence, identification of institutional frameworks for novel ...
... activity for e.g. issues of linkages of energy, water and agriculture. But the governance mechanisms in global south is yet to come out of a legacy of reductionist structures that have been framing rules for resource utilization and access; hence, identification of institutional frameworks for novel ...
Clever Name, Losing Game?
... are starting to take note and ask questions. With the impacts of climate change being felt on food systems around the world, and the contribution of agriculture to global emissions also gaining attention, agriculture is one of the issues at the heart of climate change concerns. The concept of ‘Clima ...
... are starting to take note and ask questions. With the impacts of climate change being felt on food systems around the world, and the contribution of agriculture to global emissions also gaining attention, agriculture is one of the issues at the heart of climate change concerns. The concept of ‘Clima ...
Climate Change 2007. IPCC WG2
... carbon dioxide concentrations, there are projected to be major changes in ecosystem structure and function, species’ ecological interactions, and species’ geographic ranges, with predominantly negative consequences for biodiversity, and ecosystem goods and services e.g., water and food supply. ** N ...
... carbon dioxide concentrations, there are projected to be major changes in ecosystem structure and function, species’ ecological interactions, and species’ geographic ranges, with predominantly negative consequences for biodiversity, and ecosystem goods and services e.g., water and food supply. ** N ...
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... CLIMEX 2.0 [19], has been previously described [17]. CLIMEX is a dynamic model that integrates the weekly responses of a population to climate using a series of annual indices. It uses an annual Growth Index to describe the potential for population growth as a function of soil moisture and temperatu ...
... CLIMEX 2.0 [19], has been previously described [17]. CLIMEX is a dynamic model that integrates the weekly responses of a population to climate using a series of annual indices. It uses an annual Growth Index to describe the potential for population growth as a function of soil moisture and temperatu ...
Geology - Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit
... On long time scales, of tens of thousands of years, abrupt shifts are a common feature of the climate system (Brauer et al., 2008; Steffensen et al., 2008; Blockley et al., 2012). However, dating uncertainties for sediment archives of past environmental change are typically multi-centennial in scale ...
... On long time scales, of tens of thousands of years, abrupt shifts are a common feature of the climate system (Brauer et al., 2008; Steffensen et al., 2008; Blockley et al., 2012). However, dating uncertainties for sediment archives of past environmental change are typically multi-centennial in scale ...
Behaviour Change - Appendix A
... climate change and another list of initiatives within the county sponsored by HCC or within which it participates. Copies of both are available upon request. We were also given a long list of contacts. These were made available for stakeholder interviews and a good number were followed up in opening ...
... climate change and another list of initiatives within the county sponsored by HCC or within which it participates. Copies of both are available upon request. We were also given a long list of contacts. These were made available for stakeholder interviews and a good number were followed up in opening ...
Poverty and climate change: Natural disasters, agricultural
... Climate change will impact agricultural and land productivity, especially for major crops (wheat, rice and maize) in tropical and temperate regions, with higher emissions pathways worsening the impacts (Porter et al. 2014). Under the most optimistic climate scenario – and with CO2 fertilization (an ...
... Climate change will impact agricultural and land productivity, especially for major crops (wheat, rice and maize) in tropical and temperate regions, with higher emissions pathways worsening the impacts (Porter et al. 2014). Under the most optimistic climate scenario – and with CO2 fertilization (an ...
Scientific Rationale The Pliocene epoch (~ 5.33 to 2.59 Ma) is the
... pCO2 was higher than pre-industrial and comparable or slightly higher than current (anthropogenic) values (Pagani et al., 2010; Bartoli et al., 2011; Badger et al., 2013). At the same time, global sea level was significantly higher, indicating much smaller continental ice sheets compared to the pres ...
... pCO2 was higher than pre-industrial and comparable or slightly higher than current (anthropogenic) values (Pagani et al., 2010; Bartoli et al., 2011; Badger et al., 2013). At the same time, global sea level was significantly higher, indicating much smaller continental ice sheets compared to the pres ...
More than CO : a broader paradigm for managing climate change
... forest carbon pools are large [63], are therefore attractive. REDD mechanisms offer a range of desirable ancillary benefits including the protection of habitat for biodiversity, production of food, regulation of local climate forcings and feedbacks, nutrient cycling and pollination. At the same time ...
... forest carbon pools are large [63], are therefore attractive. REDD mechanisms offer a range of desirable ancillary benefits including the protection of habitat for biodiversity, production of food, regulation of local climate forcings and feedbacks, nutrient cycling and pollination. At the same time ...
4 Climate politics and science in the media
... necessary. Climate sceptics, on the contrary, doubt the existence or the severity of global warming and usually argue against far-reaching climate policy or find climate policy not necessary at all. In the United States, climate-sceptic voices get a relatively large amount of media attention because ...
... necessary. Climate sceptics, on the contrary, doubt the existence or the severity of global warming and usually argue against far-reaching climate policy or find climate policy not necessary at all. In the United States, climate-sceptic voices get a relatively large amount of media attention because ...
Regional climate change adaptation strategies for biodiversity
... proposed options for eight landscape regions within the planning area. Climate change projections suggest that by 2069, average annual temperatures will increase 3 °C with a slight increase in precipitation (6%). Analogous climate locales currently prevail 400–500 km SSW. Although the effects of cli ...
... proposed options for eight landscape regions within the planning area. Climate change projections suggest that by 2069, average annual temperatures will increase 3 °C with a slight increase in precipitation (6%). Analogous climate locales currently prevail 400–500 km SSW. Although the effects of cli ...
Trends - hvonstorch.de
... Determination of man-made climate change is not a matter of theory, but of assessing data. The framework is of statistical nature, and the results are probability statements condition upon certain assumptions. The whole process is called „detection and attribution“. ...
... Determination of man-made climate change is not a matter of theory, but of assessing data. The framework is of statistical nature, and the results are probability statements condition upon certain assumptions. The whole process is called „detection and attribution“. ...
The EPA and Climate Change Contents
... The National Climate Change Strategy expressed its commitment to ensuring that Ireland has an adequate and modern capability for climate observation. The EPA works with national stakeholders such as Met Eireann, the Marine Institute and the OPW in addressing the requirements of integrated national c ...
... The National Climate Change Strategy expressed its commitment to ensuring that Ireland has an adequate and modern capability for climate observation. The EPA works with national stakeholders such as Met Eireann, the Marine Institute and the OPW in addressing the requirements of integrated national c ...
The Philippine Adaptation and Mitigation Initiative for Agricultur
... Thailand, Indonesia, and the Philippines could reach 1.9% of GDP by 2100, as compared to the adaptation cost of 0.2% of GDP. Without dramatic mitigation and adaptation of GHG emissions, the impacts and costs caused by climate change are going to increase on a frightening scale. Those who are respons ...
... Thailand, Indonesia, and the Philippines could reach 1.9% of GDP by 2100, as compared to the adaptation cost of 0.2% of GDP. Without dramatic mitigation and adaptation of GHG emissions, the impacts and costs caused by climate change are going to increase on a frightening scale. Those who are respons ...
the critical decade
... may not sound very dramatic. However, for urban water resources, the critical factor is runoff – the water that is captured in dams and other storages, rather than changes in rainfall itself. The relationship between the two is nonlinear; for a given change in rainfall – either increase or decrease ...
... may not sound very dramatic. However, for urban water resources, the critical factor is runoff – the water that is captured in dams and other storages, rather than changes in rainfall itself. The relationship between the two is nonlinear; for a given change in rainfall – either increase or decrease ...
CARIBSAVE Climate Change Risk Profile for Jamaica
... common coping strategy identified by fishers and farmers is to engage in a variety of activities to earn more income and ensure greater financial stability. Consistent with global findings, poverty increases the vulnerability of women when there is a disaster owing to the larger proportion of women ...
... common coping strategy identified by fishers and farmers is to engage in a variety of activities to earn more income and ensure greater financial stability. Consistent with global findings, poverty increases the vulnerability of women when there is a disaster owing to the larger proportion of women ...
From `fearing` to `empowering` climate refugees: Governing climate
... five years, the debate has clearly shifted towards resilience. Science and policy papers now argue that the affected populations know best how to prepare for the unavoidable effects of climate change. In the face of climate ‘terror’, at-risk populations are called upon to prepare themselves for disr ...
... five years, the debate has clearly shifted towards resilience. Science and policy papers now argue that the affected populations know best how to prepare for the unavoidable effects of climate change. In the face of climate ‘terror’, at-risk populations are called upon to prepare themselves for disr ...
Slide 1
... •e.g., divide the atmosphere and ocean into discrete grid boxes •equation for balance of forces, energy inputs etc. for each box. •obtain the acceleration of the fluid in the box, its rate of change of ...
... •e.g., divide the atmosphere and ocean into discrete grid boxes •equation for balance of forces, energy inputs etc. for each box. •obtain the acceleration of the fluid in the box, its rate of change of ...
the wcrp cmip3 multimodel dataset
... to feed directly into the AR4 process. To be assessed as part of the AR4, it was intended that papers should be submitted to peer-reviewed journals by late spring 2004. Many of the participants at the Hawaii workshop, as well as a number of others, ended up submitting nearly 200 papers for assessmen ...
... to feed directly into the AR4 process. To be assessed as part of the AR4, it was intended that papers should be submitted to peer-reviewed journals by late spring 2004. Many of the participants at the Hawaii workshop, as well as a number of others, ended up submitting nearly 200 papers for assessmen ...
O 3 Environmental Advocacy in the Obama Years
... forward and more effectively apply their considerable financial and organizational resources to future political debates. In this regard, several analysts focused on the need to invest more significantly in building a grassroots movement in support of comprehensive policy action, an emphasis that ha ...
... forward and more effectively apply their considerable financial and organizational resources to future political debates. In this regard, several analysts focused on the need to invest more significantly in building a grassroots movement in support of comprehensive policy action, an emphasis that ha ...