A Climate of Concern: Climate Change and Health Strategy
... The evidence is clear, and it has been for some time. Climate change is a reality and it is already having an impact on our health. Whether our focus is on the creeping effects of gradual climate change or the unexpected and often violent effects of severe weather, serious health implications exist. ...
... The evidence is clear, and it has been for some time. Climate change is a reality and it is already having an impact on our health. Whether our focus is on the creeping effects of gradual climate change or the unexpected and often violent effects of severe weather, serious health implications exist. ...
Full Congressional testimonials
... the atmosphere and ocean, high dimensionality of the system (many different variables, varying in three dimensions and with time), and the linking of multiple subsystems (e.g. atmosphere, oceans, land surface, glacier ice). The aggregate properties and changes of complex systems cannot be determined ...
... the atmosphere and ocean, high dimensionality of the system (many different variables, varying in three dimensions and with time), and the linking of multiple subsystems (e.g. atmosphere, oceans, land surface, glacier ice). The aggregate properties and changes of complex systems cannot be determined ...
Developing and Implementing Climate Change Adaptation
... U.S. Forest Service has a national climate change office, a roadmap that guides response to climate change, a scorecard that tracks accomplishments in ten areas, and climate change coordinators at the regional and national forest levels. Supplemented by scientific information from its research and d ...
... U.S. Forest Service has a national climate change office, a roadmap that guides response to climate change, a scorecard that tracks accomplishments in ten areas, and climate change coordinators at the regional and national forest levels. Supplemented by scientific information from its research and d ...
How will climate change affect mycotoxins in food?
... heat wave of summer 2003, night-time temperatures did not decrease to any great extent in Switzerland. The minimum temperatures were much higher for the 2003 heat wave than those associated with the heat wave in 1947 and 1976 and were a ‘climatic surprise’ (Beniston & Diaz, 2004). In relation to thi ...
... heat wave of summer 2003, night-time temperatures did not decrease to any great extent in Switzerland. The minimum temperatures were much higher for the 2003 heat wave than those associated with the heat wave in 1947 and 1976 and were a ‘climatic surprise’ (Beniston & Diaz, 2004). In relation to thi ...
Preparing for Climate Change in the Great Lakes Region
... forefront of the policy arena; addressing them will become more urgent than ever. Recommended areas for policy change – The priority issues listed above can be addressed by focusing a climate change adaptation strategy on policies in four key areas. For each area there are two recommended catego ...
... forefront of the policy arena; addressing them will become more urgent than ever. Recommended areas for policy change – The priority issues listed above can be addressed by focusing a climate change adaptation strategy on policies in four key areas. For each area there are two recommended catego ...
How much disease could climate change cause?
... Given the clear evidence that many health outcomes are highly sensitive to climate variations, it is inevitable that long-term climate change will have some effect on global population health. Climate change is likely to affect not only health but also many aspects of ecological and social systems, ...
... Given the clear evidence that many health outcomes are highly sensitive to climate variations, it is inevitable that long-term climate change will have some effect on global population health. Climate change is likely to affect not only health but also many aspects of ecological and social systems, ...
Republic of the Marshall Islands
... and threaten our survival and the sovereignty of our nation and people. While longerterm impacts such as sea level rise could result in the unavoidable out-migration of some of our people, we have a right to pursue any and all means to ensure our nation survives and our legacy remains in these islan ...
... and threaten our survival and the sovereignty of our nation and people. While longerterm impacts such as sea level rise could result in the unavoidable out-migration of some of our people, we have a right to pursue any and all means to ensure our nation survives and our legacy remains in these islan ...
off the charts: 2013 was australia`s hottest year
... heat than it did 50 years ago (Trenberth 2012). This is loading the dice towards more record hot weather, in Australia and around the world. Observations bear this out. It is very likely that human-driven climate change has contributed to warmer and/or more frequent hot days and nights over most lan ...
... heat than it did 50 years ago (Trenberth 2012). This is loading the dice towards more record hot weather, in Australia and around the world. Observations bear this out. It is very likely that human-driven climate change has contributed to warmer and/or more frequent hot days and nights over most lan ...
Game-Changers in the Paris Climate Deal
... Unlike Copenhagen, COP21 in Paris is not being hailed as the silver bullet that will save the climate. The lessons of the ‘failed’ Copenhagen summit six years ago have been learned and Paris is being conceived as a turning point towards increased ambition over time. Expectations for Paris are much l ...
... Unlike Copenhagen, COP21 in Paris is not being hailed as the silver bullet that will save the climate. The lessons of the ‘failed’ Copenhagen summit six years ago have been learned and Paris is being conceived as a turning point towards increased ambition over time. Expectations for Paris are much l ...
decacal climate prediction: opportunities and challenges.
... predictability as the climate system responds to these forcing changes on decadal scales. The best possible estimates of future radiative forcing changes are also needed for predictions. Estimates of future emissions of radiatively important pollutants are needed for making predictions, as well as m ...
... predictability as the climate system responds to these forcing changes on decadal scales. The best possible estimates of future radiative forcing changes are also needed for predictions. Estimates of future emissions of radiatively important pollutants are needed for making predictions, as well as m ...
National Roadmap for Responding to Climate Change USDA Forest Service
... health, diversity, and productivity of the Nation’s forests and grasslands to meet the needs of present and future generations. Americans rely on their forests and grasslands for a wide range of benefits—for provisioning services such as water, wood, and wild foods; for regulating services such as e ...
... health, diversity, and productivity of the Nation’s forests and grasslands to meet the needs of present and future generations. Americans rely on their forests and grasslands for a wide range of benefits—for provisioning services such as water, wood, and wild foods; for regulating services such as e ...
Emergent Properties of Scale in Global Environmental Modeling
... Levin [29] points out that at very fine spatial and temporal scales, stochastic phenomena or deterministically driven chaos make systems unpredictable, hence the replacement of classical mechanics by quantum mechanics at the smallest scales. Similarly, at the scale of individual human agents, behavi ...
... Levin [29] points out that at very fine spatial and temporal scales, stochastic phenomena or deterministically driven chaos make systems unpredictable, hence the replacement of classical mechanics by quantum mechanics at the smallest scales. Similarly, at the scale of individual human agents, behavi ...
A question of survival
... agreement and achieving the internationally agreed goal of keeping the global temperature rise below 2°C, all countries are expected to submit their climate action plans, including emissions reduction targets for the post-2020 period, well ahead of the Paris conference. These are known as Intended N ...
... agreement and achieving the internationally agreed goal of keeping the global temperature rise below 2°C, all countries are expected to submit their climate action plans, including emissions reduction targets for the post-2020 period, well ahead of the Paris conference. These are known as Intended N ...
1. Climate Catastrophe - Global Commons Institute
... continued research to provide a better basis for understanding climate dynamics. The question of what to do about climate change is also still open. But there is a scientific consensus on the reality of anthropogenic climate change. Climate scientists have repeatedly tried to make this clear. It is ...
... continued research to provide a better basis for understanding climate dynamics. The question of what to do about climate change is also still open. But there is a scientific consensus on the reality of anthropogenic climate change. Climate scientists have repeatedly tried to make this clear. It is ...
Downscaling climate change scenarios for apple pest and disease
... (Buser et al., 2009), the simulations were processed and aggregated to obtain seasonal probabilistic climate change signals of changes in temperature and precipitation for three domains in Switzerland (see Fig. 1). The spatial extent of the domains was determined semi-empirically based on the spatia ...
... (Buser et al., 2009), the simulations were processed and aggregated to obtain seasonal probabilistic climate change signals of changes in temperature and precipitation for three domains in Switzerland (see Fig. 1). The spatial extent of the domains was determined semi-empirically based on the spatia ...
Climate Change Science: An Analysis of Some Key Questions
... mined that they represent important issues in climate change science and could serve as a useful framework for addressing the two general questions from the White House. For the task of comparing IPCC Reports and Summaries, the committee focused its review on the work of IPCC Working Group I, which ...
... mined that they represent important issues in climate change science and could serve as a useful framework for addressing the two general questions from the White House. For the task of comparing IPCC Reports and Summaries, the committee focused its review on the work of IPCC Working Group I, which ...
Climate Change Science - Stephen Schneider
... mined that they represent important issues in climate change science and could serve as a useful framework for addressing the two general questions from the White House. For the task of comparing IPCC Reports and Summaries, the committee focused its review on the work of IPCC Working Group I, which ...
... mined that they represent important issues in climate change science and could serve as a useful framework for addressing the two general questions from the White House. For the task of comparing IPCC Reports and Summaries, the committee focused its review on the work of IPCC Working Group I, which ...
Framing the flood: a media analysis of themes of resilience in the
... social data, newspaper articles have a number of advantages. They provide data that are easily accessible and have high spatial and temporal resolution, through a method that is non-intrusive, allowing a sensitive, ethical approach to eliciting perceptual data from disaster-affected communities at a ...
... social data, newspaper articles have a number of advantages. They provide data that are easily accessible and have high spatial and temporal resolution, through a method that is non-intrusive, allowing a sensitive, ethical approach to eliciting perceptual data from disaster-affected communities at a ...
Climate Change: Overview and Implications for Wildlife
... dinosaurs roamed the planet and tropical plants thrived closer to the poles. It is different from what it was only 20,000 years ago when ice sheets covered much of the Northern Hemisphere. Although the Earth's climate will surely continue to change, climatic changes in the distant past were driven b ...
... dinosaurs roamed the planet and tropical plants thrived closer to the poles. It is different from what it was only 20,000 years ago when ice sheets covered much of the Northern Hemisphere. Although the Earth's climate will surely continue to change, climatic changes in the distant past were driven b ...
Germany`s International Approach to Climate Change
... average global warming to two degrees Celsius. But we need this action now - because time is running out. In Copenhagen the international community agreed in principle on additional fast start financial support for developing countries. This pledge ...
... average global warming to two degrees Celsius. But we need this action now - because time is running out. In Copenhagen the international community agreed in principle on additional fast start financial support for developing countries. This pledge ...
IUCN TILCEPA COP18 Climate Negotiations Report
... fluid but seems to be moving in the direction of who is responsible when mitigation fails and adaptation fails or does not get implemented – resulting in a catastrophic and unrecoverable type of climate-related damage or losses. The text of the Parties emphasised that Loss & Damage needs to refer to ...
... fluid but seems to be moving in the direction of who is responsible when mitigation fails and adaptation fails or does not get implemented – resulting in a catastrophic and unrecoverable type of climate-related damage or losses. The text of the Parties emphasised that Loss & Damage needs to refer to ...
Great Barrier Reef
... to the new circumstances under climate change. Reef tourism alone is worth at least $5.7 billion per annum to the national economy.5 The Australian government has repeatedly identified climate change as the greatest threat to the GBR. According to the Commonwealth’s Great Barrier Reef Climate Change ...
... to the new circumstances under climate change. Reef tourism alone is worth at least $5.7 billion per annum to the national economy.5 The Australian government has repeatedly identified climate change as the greatest threat to the GBR. According to the Commonwealth’s Great Barrier Reef Climate Change ...
The Business of AdApTing To ClimATe ChAnge
... unwilling or unable to adapt. However, it also represents an incredible opportunity for those companies with the foresight and capacity to respond. In our constantly changing business and social environment, tomorrow’s successful companies must think beyond quarterly profits and focus on contributin ...
... unwilling or unable to adapt. However, it also represents an incredible opportunity for those companies with the foresight and capacity to respond. In our constantly changing business and social environment, tomorrow’s successful companies must think beyond quarterly profits and focus on contributin ...