Indices for monitoring changes in extremes based on daily
... a wide range of areas. In total, 27 indices were defined (see Table 1). ETCCDI also developed new methods to address inhomogeneity issues inherent in the original calculation of some ECA indices. One type of index measures the monthly and/or annual maxima or minima of daily temperature or maximum am ...
... a wide range of areas. In total, 27 indices were defined (see Table 1). ETCCDI also developed new methods to address inhomogeneity issues inherent in the original calculation of some ECA indices. One type of index measures the monthly and/or annual maxima or minima of daily temperature or maximum am ...
About observed and future climate changes in Flanders and Belgium
... ‘What are the expectations for the future?’, these are the central questions that this MIRA Climate Report 2015 seeks to address. The report begins with an explanation of the mechanism that is at the basis of global climate change. It then searches for signals of climate change in existing datasets, ...
... ‘What are the expectations for the future?’, these are the central questions that this MIRA Climate Report 2015 seeks to address. The report begins with an explanation of the mechanism that is at the basis of global climate change. It then searches for signals of climate change in existing datasets, ...
POTENTIAL MARKET BARRIERS FOR VOLUNTARY CLIMATE CHANGE
... impacts of climate change. The need for a transition to more sustainable consumption and production patterns is undeniable, and sustainable economic growth must be placed at the heart of future development for all citizens – private and public. The South African private sector is under enormous pres ...
... impacts of climate change. The need for a transition to more sustainable consumption and production patterns is undeniable, and sustainable economic growth must be placed at the heart of future development for all citizens – private and public. The South African private sector is under enormous pres ...
gcos regional action plan for south and southwest asia
... Global Observing Strategy (IGOS) and the European Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) programme. When fully implemented, GCOS will enable nations to improve climate prediction services, mitigate climate disasters and plan for sustainable development by providing access to high qual ...
... Global Observing Strategy (IGOS) and the European Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) programme. When fully implemented, GCOS will enable nations to improve climate prediction services, mitigate climate disasters and plan for sustainable development by providing access to high qual ...
Coastal flooding and wetland loss in the 21st century: changes
... and nature conservation. Therefore, wetland loss can have a significant human cost, even if this is not always directly perceived by those affected. In combination with human activities, it is estimated that a 1-m rise in ...
... and nature conservation. Therefore, wetland loss can have a significant human cost, even if this is not always directly perceived by those affected. In combination with human activities, it is estimated that a 1-m rise in ...
SECOND-ORDER DRAFT IPCC WGII AR5 Chapter 24 Do Not Cite
... (high confidence) [24.3]. Increasing trends in annual mean temperatures and numbers of warm days, and a decreasing trend in cold days, have been observed across most of the Asian region, including the Tibetan Plateau, during the 20th century, with the warming trend continuing into the new millennium ...
... (high confidence) [24.3]. Increasing trends in annual mean temperatures and numbers of warm days, and a decreasing trend in cold days, have been observed across most of the Asian region, including the Tibetan Plateau, during the 20th century, with the warming trend continuing into the new millennium ...
Occasional Paper #2 - Institute for Science Innovation and Society
... analyses in the first category is how climate engineering should be dealt with. The individual frames give perspective to the analysis of this question. The second and third category go further into the analysis of the frames themselves: Literature analyzing the process of framing itself – either by ...
... analyses in the first category is how climate engineering should be dealt with. The individual frames give perspective to the analysis of this question. The second and third category go further into the analysis of the frames themselves: Literature analyzing the process of framing itself – either by ...
Climate change as a major risk management challenge: Prepared by
... • As a major institutional investor, the insurance industry encourages mitigating and adaptation efforts, such as investing in low-carbon energy projects. Policymakers • The insurance industry is prepared to help counter climate risks through active cooperation in implementing building codes or simi ...
... • As a major institutional investor, the insurance industry encourages mitigating and adaptation efforts, such as investing in low-carbon energy projects. Policymakers • The insurance industry is prepared to help counter climate risks through active cooperation in implementing building codes or simi ...
Public understanding of climate change and adaptation
... local weather events as manifestations of how the phenomenon is, or will, impact on their communities. Some participants intuitively understood that resilience to the risks posed by climate change is constrained by socio-economic factors - including income, health and housing discrepancies. The surv ...
... local weather events as manifestations of how the phenomenon is, or will, impact on their communities. Some participants intuitively understood that resilience to the risks posed by climate change is constrained by socio-economic factors - including income, health and housing discrepancies. The surv ...
Standard front page for projects, subject module projects
... coastal storms and the slow and inevitable rise in sea levels. (Global Solutions Networks, 2014:6) Urban areas, with their high concentration of population, industries and infrastructure, are likely to face the most severe impacts of climate change. The same concentration of people, industrial and c ...
... coastal storms and the slow and inevitable rise in sea levels. (Global Solutions Networks, 2014:6) Urban areas, with their high concentration of population, industries and infrastructure, are likely to face the most severe impacts of climate change. The same concentration of people, industrial and c ...
CURRICULUM VITAE
... 2001-2007 Director, Penn State Institutes of Energy and the Environment (PSIEE), The Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Easterling was the founding director of the PSIEE during a period in which Penn State rose from 25th to 10th in federal environmental research expenditures according to NSF. He dir ...
... 2001-2007 Director, Penn State Institutes of Energy and the Environment (PSIEE), The Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Easterling was the founding director of the PSIEE during a period in which Penn State rose from 25th to 10th in federal environmental research expenditures according to NSF. He dir ...
Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Variability and Change in
... Table 2.1: Linear trends of the temperature and rainfalls of the Heihe River Basin in each season from 1961 to 2004 ............................................................................................................................................................. 12 Table 2.2: Brief descri ...
... Table 2.1: Linear trends of the temperature and rainfalls of the Heihe River Basin in each season from 1961 to 2004 ............................................................................................................................................................. 12 Table 2.2: Brief descri ...
Psychology and Global Climate Change
... address causes and consequences of climate change. While psychology has already contributed much to collaborative efforts addressing climate change, we believe that psychologists can do much more. We also would be very pleased if this report inspires a greater appreciation of psychology’s contributi ...
... address causes and consequences of climate change. While psychology has already contributed much to collaborative efforts addressing climate change, we believe that psychologists can do much more. We also would be very pleased if this report inspires a greater appreciation of psychology’s contributi ...
Middle Receptor - Eldorado
... I would like to express my special appreciation and thanks to my supervisors, Prof. Christa Reicher and Prof. Dietwald Gruehn, who have been tremendous mentors for me. I would like ...
... I would like to express my special appreciation and thanks to my supervisors, Prof. Christa Reicher and Prof. Dietwald Gruehn, who have been tremendous mentors for me. I would like ...
Psychology and Global Climate Change
... address causes and consequences of climate change. While psychology has already contributed much to collaborative efforts addressing climate change, we believe that psychologists can do much more. We also would be very pleased if this report inspires a greater appreciation of psychology’s contributi ...
... address causes and consequences of climate change. While psychology has already contributed much to collaborative efforts addressing climate change, we believe that psychologists can do much more. We also would be very pleased if this report inspires a greater appreciation of psychology’s contributi ...
Book of abstracts for download
... Luterbacher, J. and MedClivar Paleo consortium. 2000 years of paleo climate evidence from the Mediterranean .................................................................................................. 8 Marcos, M. Mediterranean sea level under climate change scenarios: from regional to local s ...
... Luterbacher, J. and MedClivar Paleo consortium. 2000 years of paleo climate evidence from the Mediterranean .................................................................................................. 8 Marcos, M. Mediterranean sea level under climate change scenarios: from regional to local s ...
CLIVAR Research Foci Development Team ENSO in a changing
... Examples include the development of indices that can be used to assess the stability of ENSO in CGCMs, and intermediate models that can be used to predict ENSO characteristics from aspects of the mean state. By focusing on the key processes affecting ENSO dynamics (e.g., the thermocline feedbacks or ...
... Examples include the development of indices that can be used to assess the stability of ENSO in CGCMs, and intermediate models that can be used to predict ENSO characteristics from aspects of the mean state. By focusing on the key processes affecting ENSO dynamics (e.g., the thermocline feedbacks or ...
Fossil Fuel Divestment: Implications For The Future Of Sustainability
... centred on how HEIs can change internally (Barlett and Chase 2004, Rappaport et al. 2007, Svanström et al. 2008, Ferrer-Balas et al. 2009, Blewitt and Cullingford 2013) rather than how they can facilitate external change (Stephens et al. 2008, Stephens and Graham 2010, Sedlacek 2013, Trencher et al. ...
... centred on how HEIs can change internally (Barlett and Chase 2004, Rappaport et al. 2007, Svanström et al. 2008, Ferrer-Balas et al. 2009, Blewitt and Cullingford 2013) rather than how they can facilitate external change (Stephens et al. 2008, Stephens and Graham 2010, Sedlacek 2013, Trencher et al. ...
Global Change Impacts on Australian Rangelands
... alone integration of biodiversity with sustainable agriculture. Integration with social, policy and tenure issues is being attempted within the project through the Western Division of NSW study, however, the resources available for that work are a bare fraction of those needed for a comprehensive an ...
... alone integration of biodiversity with sustainable agriculture. Integration with social, policy and tenure issues is being attempted within the project through the Western Division of NSW study, however, the resources available for that work are a bare fraction of those needed for a comprehensive an ...
Parallel Session L3 Towards Climate
... United Nations World Food Programme, Nepal Food Security Monitoring System (NeKSAP), Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping (VAM), Lalitpur, Nepal ...
... United Nations World Food Programme, Nepal Food Security Monitoring System (NeKSAP), Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping (VAM), Lalitpur, Nepal ...
Consideration of funding proposals – Addendum VI
... Out of the total regional population of 313 948 about 35 604 in Zambezi and 118 823 in Kavango are categorised as poor (ibid). Majority of the poor are rural small-scale farmers, who directly depend on agriculture for their livelihood, therefore are considerably very poor in reality. Their poverty i ...
... Out of the total regional population of 313 948 about 35 604 in Zambezi and 118 823 in Kavango are categorised as poor (ibid). Majority of the poor are rural small-scale farmers, who directly depend on agriculture for their livelihood, therefore are considerably very poor in reality. Their poverty i ...
Pension Fund Trustees and Climate Change Research report 106
... I hope that this timely report will act as a wake-up call to trustees to put climate change, resource efficiency and social sustainability at the heart of their investment practices. Pension funds need an economic recovery that lasts. To achieve this, they must take greater responsibility as asset o ...
... I hope that this timely report will act as a wake-up call to trustees to put climate change, resource efficiency and social sustainability at the heart of their investment practices. Pension funds need an economic recovery that lasts. To achieve this, they must take greater responsibility as asset o ...
A SUCCESSOR FOR THE KYOTO PROTOCOL
... surface and trapped by greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the earth’s atmosphere. In its natural occurrence, this effect increases the earth’s surface temperature to a global mean of 15°C. It is this effect that is in part to be thanked for the earth’s ability to sustain life and, when naturally occurring, ...
... surface and trapped by greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the earth’s atmosphere. In its natural occurrence, this effect increases the earth’s surface temperature to a global mean of 15°C. It is this effect that is in part to be thanked for the earth’s ability to sustain life and, when naturally occurring, ...
Michigan Climate and Health Profile Report 2015
... with the Great Lakes Integrated Sciences Assessments Program (GLISA) is using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Building Resilience Against Climate Effects (BRACE) framework to build capacity for public health adaptation at the state and local levels. This Climate and Health Pro ...
... with the Great Lakes Integrated Sciences Assessments Program (GLISA) is using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Building Resilience Against Climate Effects (BRACE) framework to build capacity for public health adaptation at the state and local levels. This Climate and Health Pro ...
Publisher version
... key tool for developing countries to structure and promote their potential emission reductions moving politically towards a low carbon development pathway. A number of countries, however, do not have the capacity and the resources to develop a national low carbon development strategy. Therefore many ...
... key tool for developing countries to structure and promote their potential emission reductions moving politically towards a low carbon development pathway. A number of countries, however, do not have the capacity and the resources to develop a national low carbon development strategy. Therefore many ...