Economic Impacts of Climate Change in Italy and the Mediterranean
... regions, including Northern Europe, British Isles, Central Europe North, Central Europe South, and Southern Europe. This last aggregation includes Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece, and Bulgaria. According to both PESETA and IPCC AR4, the Mediterranean region (MED henceforth) is a hotspot for the physi ...
... regions, including Northern Europe, British Isles, Central Europe North, Central Europe South, and Southern Europe. This last aggregation includes Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece, and Bulgaria. According to both PESETA and IPCC AR4, the Mediterranean region (MED henceforth) is a hotspot for the physi ...
asean climate change initiative
... Impacts of and Adaptation to Climate Change ASEAN countries need to: take the issue of impacts of and adaptation to climate change as a priority Increase their involvement in the discussion and negotiation on impact (mitigation) and adaptation Expressly reject the efforts to delink the ...
... Impacts of and Adaptation to Climate Change ASEAN countries need to: take the issue of impacts of and adaptation to climate change as a priority Increase their involvement in the discussion and negotiation on impact (mitigation) and adaptation Expressly reject the efforts to delink the ...
Vulnerability of island countries in the South Pacific
... islands, in particular to the capital cities. Other threats include beach erosion, saltwater intrusion, and impacts on the infrastructure and coastal society. For the island countries, the response to sea level rise and climate change focuses on adaptation rather than on reduction of greenhouse gas ...
... islands, in particular to the capital cities. Other threats include beach erosion, saltwater intrusion, and impacts on the infrastructure and coastal society. For the island countries, the response to sea level rise and climate change focuses on adaptation rather than on reduction of greenhouse gas ...
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... name suggests, the defining feature of this era is the emergence of human action as a critical force in a range of biophysical systems. One consequence of this development is that any attempt to explain or predict the behavior of large biophysical systems can no longer succeed without addressing huma ...
... name suggests, the defining feature of this era is the emergence of human action as a critical force in a range of biophysical systems. One consequence of this development is that any attempt to explain or predict the behavior of large biophysical systems can no longer succeed without addressing huma ...
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... shouldn’t refer to it this way, because this is two degrees Centigrade that we’re talking about, and here in the U.S. the metric system is still resisted as an unacceptable multilateralist intrusion on our national sovereignty. But still, this is its name, and “The 3.6 Degree Line” just doesn’t have ...
... shouldn’t refer to it this way, because this is two degrees Centigrade that we’re talking about, and here in the U.S. the metric system is still resisted as an unacceptable multilateralist intrusion on our national sovereignty. But still, this is its name, and “The 3.6 Degree Line” just doesn’t have ...
Climate change and species interactions: ways forward
... Gilbert (University of Toronto)26 and O’Connor outline how climate-induced changes in regional processes such as dispersal and habitat configuration can influence local abundance within communities, and conversely how changes in individual performance and species interactions within local communitie ...
... Gilbert (University of Toronto)26 and O’Connor outline how climate-induced changes in regional processes such as dispersal and habitat configuration can influence local abundance within communities, and conversely how changes in individual performance and species interactions within local communitie ...
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... may also generate larger societal effects, either by threatening the infrastructures of society or by inducing responses and interaction patterns that aggravate the problem. The stronger the impact and the larger the affected region the more challenging it becomes for societies to absorb the consequ ...
... may also generate larger societal effects, either by threatening the infrastructures of society or by inducing responses and interaction patterns that aggravate the problem. The stronger the impact and the larger the affected region the more challenging it becomes for societies to absorb the consequ ...
Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change on Energy Projects
... extreme weather events are already being observed. Some of these effects have tangible and increasing implications to energy production and use, becoming an important risk factor for the region’s energy security. Currently there is a clear consensus that fossil fuel based energy production systems a ...
... extreme weather events are already being observed. Some of these effects have tangible and increasing implications to energy production and use, becoming an important risk factor for the region’s energy security. Currently there is a clear consensus that fossil fuel based energy production systems a ...
WSB 8/5/1 Task Group Climate page 1 Agenda Item: 5 Subject
... to Wadden Sea policy and management, as well as close contacts with the scientific community. So called “no-regret-measures” may contribute to a flexible approach that considers uncertainty. An adaptive management consisting of such measures should be beneficial even if the expected development does ...
... to Wadden Sea policy and management, as well as close contacts with the scientific community. So called “no-regret-measures” may contribute to a flexible approach that considers uncertainty. An adaptive management consisting of such measures should be beneficial even if the expected development does ...
using big data, scenarios development, and game theory to monitor
... robust responses and commitments can be developed. Extensive communication and continuous interactive dialogue is necessary among people and societies to equitably and ethically allocate the benefits, burdens and risk of adaptation, and to make societal choices on adaptation that will be accepted an ...
... robust responses and commitments can be developed. Extensive communication and continuous interactive dialogue is necessary among people and societies to equitably and ethically allocate the benefits, burdens and risk of adaptation, and to make societal choices on adaptation that will be accepted an ...
Appendix B: Meteorology and Climate
... over the past century and is accelerating. This trend will have major effects on ecosystems. ...
... over the past century and is accelerating. This trend will have major effects on ecosystems. ...
Exploring Late Pleistocene climate variations
... future climate change.The origin of major rapid, decadal climate change during the latest Quaternary remains an enigma.These issues are critical for understanding global change. Although major progress continues to be made, a general consensus has developed that limitations in knowledge of the chron ...
... future climate change.The origin of major rapid, decadal climate change during the latest Quaternary remains an enigma.These issues are critical for understanding global change. Although major progress continues to be made, a general consensus has developed that limitations in knowledge of the chron ...
The Geopolitical Implications of Environmental Change
... because, unlike during the Cold War era, there is currently no consensus about the geopolitical foundations of the international system. Hence, much of the literature on geopolitics focuses on different scenarios that may define international relations in the twenty-first century (see e.g., NIC, 200 ...
... because, unlike during the Cold War era, there is currently no consensus about the geopolitical foundations of the international system. Hence, much of the literature on geopolitics focuses on different scenarios that may define international relations in the twenty-first century (see e.g., NIC, 200 ...
Climate Change - University of Technology Sydney
... Calma states , “It (climate change) also poses a major and environmental threat to the physical health of Indigenous communities and health, human rights, our ability to sustain our traditional life, languages, cultures and knowledge. Further, efforts to tackle climate change we ...
... Calma states , “It (climate change) also poses a major and environmental threat to the physical health of Indigenous communities and health, human rights, our ability to sustain our traditional life, languages, cultures and knowledge. Further, efforts to tackle climate change we ...
Heinrich Event - EdShare - University of Southampton
... Roberts, A.P., Rasmussen, S.O.,Bard, E., McManus, J. and Fairbanks, R.G., Timing of meltwater pulse 1a and climate responses to meltwater injections. Paleoceanography, 21, (4), PA4103. 9 December 2006. Copyright [2006] American Geophysical Union. ...
... Roberts, A.P., Rasmussen, S.O.,Bard, E., McManus, J. and Fairbanks, R.G., Timing of meltwater pulse 1a and climate responses to meltwater injections. Paleoceanography, 21, (4), PA4103. 9 December 2006. Copyright [2006] American Geophysical Union. ...
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... increased severity of extreme coastal weather events such as hurricanes and tsunamis (Leichenko, 2012). This stems from the fact that warmer air is able to hold more moisture, resulting in increased and heavier precipitation in coastal communities (NWF, 2013). Convective forces driven by increased t ...
... increased severity of extreme coastal weather events such as hurricanes and tsunamis (Leichenko, 2012). This stems from the fact that warmer air is able to hold more moisture, resulting in increased and heavier precipitation in coastal communities (NWF, 2013). Convective forces driven by increased t ...
Cultural Responses to Climate Change During the Late Holocene
... paleoclimatic records. Four case studies drawn from New and Old World civilizations document societal responses to prolonged drought, including population dislocations, urban abandonment, and state collapse. Further study of past cultural adaptations to persistent climate change may provide valuable ...
... paleoclimatic records. Four case studies drawn from New and Old World civilizations document societal responses to prolonged drought, including population dislocations, urban abandonment, and state collapse. Further study of past cultural adaptations to persistent climate change may provide valuable ...
Recommendations from the Scientific Council Symposium Cultural
... Priorities must be established to determine which relatively few sites can be saved or protected completely and those in which documentation or archaeological salvage and research can be carried out. This will still obviously leave a great many sites that will be lost forever. Understanding the “vul ...
... Priorities must be established to determine which relatively few sites can be saved or protected completely and those in which documentation or archaeological salvage and research can be carried out. This will still obviously leave a great many sites that will be lost forever. Understanding the “vul ...
The climate debate in the USA - The Global Warming Policy
... states are on board with President Obama’s plan, and already making significant headway with emissions reductions. The yellow states have a mixed record, and the red states are not making progress, with the black checkerboard states characterized as ‘denier’ states. My home state of Georgia is in th ...
... states are on board with President Obama’s plan, and already making significant headway with emissions reductions. The yellow states have a mixed record, and the red states are not making progress, with the black checkerboard states characterized as ‘denier’ states. My home state of Georgia is in th ...
The climate and climate change - Dept of Meteorology Home Page
... Climate models are only approximate models of the real world. They have low resolution – A region of 200km x 200km represented by a single point. ...
... Climate models are only approximate models of the real world. They have low resolution – A region of 200km x 200km represented by a single point. ...
Climate change - Public Documents Profile Viewer
... atmosphere been so high. These phenomena explain changes in weather patterns, ice melts, the already visible rise in sea levels, and many other factors, such as increases in seawater acidity. Changes in climate create a variety of risks affecting human well-being (Stocker and others 2013; Field and ...
... atmosphere been so high. These phenomena explain changes in weather patterns, ice melts, the already visible rise in sea levels, and many other factors, such as increases in seawater acidity. Changes in climate create a variety of risks affecting human well-being (Stocker and others 2013; Field and ...
Green surprise? How terrestrial ecosystems could affect earth`s climate
... bances such as fire, blowdowns, insect outbreaks, and Another modeling study obtained qualitatively similar human-caused alterations in land cover, can dramatically (although less dramatic) results. Friedlingstein et al. alter terrestrial C storage. Generally speaking, these events (2001) showed tha ...
... bances such as fire, blowdowns, insect outbreaks, and Another modeling study obtained qualitatively similar human-caused alterations in land cover, can dramatically (although less dramatic) results. Friedlingstein et al. alter terrestrial C storage. Generally speaking, these events (2001) showed tha ...
Effects of Cropland Cover Changes on Regional Climate over
... The impacts of land cover changes on regional climate in Shaan-Gan-Ning (SGN) in western China were simulated with RegCM3. Sensitivity experiments were conducted by replacing crop grids with different new land cover types in the key area of SGN, where the returning cropland to tree/grass project has ...
... The impacts of land cover changes on regional climate in Shaan-Gan-Ning (SGN) in western China were simulated with RegCM3. Sensitivity experiments were conducted by replacing crop grids with different new land cover types in the key area of SGN, where the returning cropland to tree/grass project has ...