the nansen conference
... The conference borrowed its name from Fridtjof Nansen, who was born 150 years ago. An iconic person in Norway’s modern history, Nansen was both a trailblazing polar explorer and scientist and a prominent humanitarian actor. He undertook some of the first systematic surveys of the Arctic climate syst ...
... The conference borrowed its name from Fridtjof Nansen, who was born 150 years ago. An iconic person in Norway’s modern history, Nansen was both a trailblazing polar explorer and scientist and a prominent humanitarian actor. He undertook some of the first systematic surveys of the Arctic climate syst ...
Climate Change and the Emergence of New Organizational
... Development at the School of Human and Environmental Sciences, University of Reading, UK. Previously, he was a Senior Research Fellow and the head of the Climate and Development Centre at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford. His research focuses on the links betw ...
... Development at the School of Human and Environmental Sciences, University of Reading, UK. Previously, he was a Senior Research Fellow and the head of the Climate and Development Centre at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford. His research focuses on the links betw ...
Effects of climate change on agriculture - Deltaproof
... Do bear in mind that the climate scenarios do not make statements about the weather on a certain date, only about average weather and the probabilities of extreme weather in the future. The climate in the chosen benchmark year 1990 contains data ranging from 1976 up to and including 2005. The scenar ...
... Do bear in mind that the climate scenarios do not make statements about the weather on a certain date, only about average weather and the probabilities of extreme weather in the future. The climate in the chosen benchmark year 1990 contains data ranging from 1976 up to and including 2005. The scenar ...
Climate Change Commission Context of NAMA Development in the Philippines Alona Arreza
... 5. MRV plan: WACS data; LFG models and actual measurements 6. NAMA planning: NAMA framework, strategies and indicators 7. Support needs: technical and financial; co-benefits monitoring 8. NAMA registry: NSWMC database to include climate data 9. Implement NAMA and NAMA MRVs: based on roadmap 10. Best ...
... 5. MRV plan: WACS data; LFG models and actual measurements 6. NAMA planning: NAMA framework, strategies and indicators 7. Support needs: technical and financial; co-benefits monitoring 8. NAMA registry: NSWMC database to include climate data 9. Implement NAMA and NAMA MRVs: based on roadmap 10. Best ...
Adapting to drought in the Sahel: Lessons for
... 2. As quoted above, it is conventional wisdom that poor people and Africans in particular will suffer the impact of climate change disproportionately, because they are too poor and they have the least capacity to adapt. If so, adaptation in a region as vast and as populous as the Sahel is a global a ...
... 2. As quoted above, it is conventional wisdom that poor people and Africans in particular will suffer the impact of climate change disproportionately, because they are too poor and they have the least capacity to adapt. If so, adaptation in a region as vast and as populous as the Sahel is a global a ...
Future Climate in the Yellowstone National Park Region and Its
... taxa (Overpeck et al. 1991; Huntley et al. 1995). Relationships between present distributions of tree taxa and climate were established on a 25-km grid covering North America by interpolating present climate and by digitizing species range maps from Little (1971) onto the grid. We used “response sur ...
... taxa (Overpeck et al. 1991; Huntley et al. 1995). Relationships between present distributions of tree taxa and climate were established on a 25-km grid covering North America by interpolating present climate and by digitizing species range maps from Little (1971) onto the grid. We used “response sur ...
Understanding Climate Change And Impacts On Tourism In The
... change. Because the Outer Banks are dynamic and ever changing, and since sea-level rise is at present small and gradual, relative to twice-daily tidal variation and surges caused by frequent storms, it is difficult to determine what changes on the coastline are due directly to seal-level rise. A mor ...
... change. Because the Outer Banks are dynamic and ever changing, and since sea-level rise is at present small and gradual, relative to twice-daily tidal variation and surges caused by frequent storms, it is difficult to determine what changes on the coastline are due directly to seal-level rise. A mor ...
Science Plan for LTEO - Ministry of Environment and Forests
... diverse biomes will respond to climate change. It is therefore imperative that we begin to scientifically understand in depth as to how climate change is impacting our biodiversity and ecosystems so that we may try to build climate resilience into our plans to conserve our rich diversity. On the eve ...
... diverse biomes will respond to climate change. It is therefore imperative that we begin to scientifically understand in depth as to how climate change is impacting our biodiversity and ecosystems so that we may try to build climate resilience into our plans to conserve our rich diversity. On the eve ...
Here - Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci.
... essary prerequisite to ensure that the RCMs accurately portray present-day spatiotemporal climate variability, in particular along mountain ranges such as the Andes, where orography strongly affects seasonal distributions of precipitation. RCMs have been used successfully for climate change studies ...
... essary prerequisite to ensure that the RCMs accurately portray present-day spatiotemporal climate variability, in particular along mountain ranges such as the Andes, where orography strongly affects seasonal distributions of precipitation. RCMs have been used successfully for climate change studies ...
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... Rising temperatures will mean more floods, more droughts and more famines – damaging critical infrastructure and prospects for growth. The world’s poorest people will be hit first and hit hardest. Left unchecked, climate change will undermine development gains made to date, and put at risk those we ...
... Rising temperatures will mean more floods, more droughts and more famines – damaging critical infrastructure and prospects for growth. The world’s poorest people will be hit first and hit hardest. Left unchecked, climate change will undermine development gains made to date, and put at risk those we ...
What do realists think about climate change?
... suggest that the rising temperature is maninduced. Briefly, recently the earth’s temperature has been rising “at a rate that is unprecedented in the past 1,300 years” (NASA 2015). Since 1900 the earth’s average temperature has increased by 0.7°C, a figure which is predicted to keep rising based on c ...
... suggest that the rising temperature is maninduced. Briefly, recently the earth’s temperature has been rising “at a rate that is unprecedented in the past 1,300 years” (NASA 2015). Since 1900 the earth’s average temperature has increased by 0.7°C, a figure which is predicted to keep rising based on c ...
Paper 4: Climate Change and Biodiversity in High
... again without change of temperature. Because biological life as it has evolved on Earth requires liquid water for cell growth and reproduction, the conditions for life in high latitudes are still further restricted. Global and regional models of climate, based on data of recent and current temperatu ...
... again without change of temperature. Because biological life as it has evolved on Earth requires liquid water for cell growth and reproduction, the conditions for life in high latitudes are still further restricted. Global and regional models of climate, based on data of recent and current temperatu ...
The Critical Role of the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans
... The northern North Atlantic is one of the few places on Earth where relatively cold, salty waters are dense enough to sink to the abyss. The plunge of this great mass of cold, salty water propels a system of global ocean circulation called the Ocean Conveyor. The Conveyor also draws warm, salty trop ...
... The northern North Atlantic is one of the few places on Earth where relatively cold, salty waters are dense enough to sink to the abyss. The plunge of this great mass of cold, salty water propels a system of global ocean circulation called the Ocean Conveyor. The Conveyor also draws warm, salty trop ...
Science Communication - Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program
... colleagues from other beats. This could be criticized as “beat parochialism” (Sigal, 1973, p. 47). At the same time, more experienced and specialized reporters know more about their topics (Wilson, 2000). Thus, beat parochialism and better informed reporting seem to be two sides of the same coin and ...
... colleagues from other beats. This could be criticized as “beat parochialism” (Sigal, 1973, p. 47). At the same time, more experienced and specialized reporters know more about their topics (Wilson, 2000). Thus, beat parochialism and better informed reporting seem to be two sides of the same coin and ...
Between Consensus and Denial: Climate Journalists - IPMZ
... as well as due to trickle-down effects between prolific and occasional climate writers, we expect an interpretive community among climate journalists which is built around the main propositions of the IPCC. We will refer to this as the IPCC consensus – knowing that in science there will never be a f ...
... as well as due to trickle-down effects between prolific and occasional climate writers, we expect an interpretive community among climate journalists which is built around the main propositions of the IPCC. We will refer to this as the IPCC consensus – knowing that in science there will never be a f ...
Climate Change and Potential Impacts for the Aquaculture and Fisheries Sector in ASEAN+3
... Summary Recommendations-Group A Recommendations: • To do a comprehensive mapping in the region to identify where the CC will effectively impacts to aquaculture; • To enhance technology that can effectively address to impacts of CC; • To disseminate the information of the impacts of CC to all stakeh ...
... Summary Recommendations-Group A Recommendations: • To do a comprehensive mapping in the region to identify where the CC will effectively impacts to aquaculture; • To enhance technology that can effectively address to impacts of CC; • To disseminate the information of the impacts of CC to all stakeh ...
published in Global Environmental Change in 2011
... 2007, O'Neill and Boykoff, 2010). One particularly high-profile example of the ‘sceptical’ or contrarian discourse was the television documentary The Great Global Warming Swindle aired in the UK in 2007, which argued that anthropogenic climate change is ‘a scam’ fabricated by antiindustrial environm ...
... 2007, O'Neill and Boykoff, 2010). One particularly high-profile example of the ‘sceptical’ or contrarian discourse was the television documentary The Great Global Warming Swindle aired in the UK in 2007, which argued that anthropogenic climate change is ‘a scam’ fabricated by antiindustrial environm ...
b) To build capacity to reduce vulnerability to
... benefit from wider regional climate change adaptation activities, consultations to date have clearly indicated that they will wish to do so according to their individual needs and circumstances. 2.2.13 It is recognised that three of the territories eligible for support under this project (Anguilla, ...
... benefit from wider regional climate change adaptation activities, consultations to date have clearly indicated that they will wish to do so according to their individual needs and circumstances. 2.2.13 It is recognised that three of the territories eligible for support under this project (Anguilla, ...
mobilising climate finance
... liability claims for losses caused by climate change and transition risks, primarily from stranded assets. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) had estimated that two-thirds of fossil fuel assets should not be sold if warming was to be kept below a two degree rise. Carney called for ...
... liability claims for losses caused by climate change and transition risks, primarily from stranded assets. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) had estimated that two-thirds of fossil fuel assets should not be sold if warming was to be kept below a two degree rise. Carney called for ...
The Role of Landscape Processes within the Climate System
... and localized pockets that lead to long-term regional warming or cooling. The role of landscape processes within the climate assessments however has been mostly ignored except in terms of how carbon assimilation is affected. As summarized in the National Research Council (2005) report, the role of v ...
... and localized pockets that lead to long-term regional warming or cooling. The role of landscape processes within the climate assessments however has been mostly ignored except in terms of how carbon assimilation is affected. As summarized in the National Research Council (2005) report, the role of v ...
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... upon labour intensive technology (Featherstone and Goodwin, 1993). Alternatively, research has proved that a large family is mostly inclined to divert part of its labour force into non-farm activities to generate more income and reduce consumption demands (Mano and Nhemachena, 2006). However, accord ...
... upon labour intensive technology (Featherstone and Goodwin, 1993). Alternatively, research has proved that a large family is mostly inclined to divert part of its labour force into non-farm activities to generate more income and reduce consumption demands (Mano and Nhemachena, 2006). However, accord ...
Projected change in climate thresholds in the northeastern United
... timing and frequency of threshold events that we know from the scientific literature will positively or negatively affect crops and livestock of economic importance to the region. Some crops and weeds will benefit by changing climate and increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), at the expense of ...
... timing and frequency of threshold events that we know from the scientific literature will positively or negatively affect crops and livestock of economic importance to the region. Some crops and weeds will benefit by changing climate and increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), at the expense of ...
climate-change scepticism and asserted rights to private property
... climate ethics. In a review of neuroscience literature, Grasso (2013, p.389) concludes that climate ethics should be based on consequential rather than deontological approaches 2 because the latter ‘do not resonate with human morality, and ultimately cannot capture the inner moral nature of climate ...
... climate ethics. In a review of neuroscience literature, Grasso (2013, p.389) concludes that climate ethics should be based on consequential rather than deontological approaches 2 because the latter ‘do not resonate with human morality, and ultimately cannot capture the inner moral nature of climate ...
CLIMATE FORCINGS, FEEDBACKS, AND TELECONNECTIONS IN THE LAND SURFACE-VEGETATION-WATER COMPONENTS OF THE
... We have shown that surface air water vapor changes over time must be accounted for in the assessment of long-term surface air temperature trends (see Pielke Sr., R.A., C. Davey, and J. Morgan, 2004: Assessing "global warming" with surface heat content" and Davey,C.A., R.A. Pielke Sr., and K.P. Gall ...
... We have shown that surface air water vapor changes over time must be accounted for in the assessment of long-term surface air temperature trends (see Pielke Sr., R.A., C. Davey, and J. Morgan, 2004: Assessing "global warming" with surface heat content" and Davey,C.A., R.A. Pielke Sr., and K.P. Gall ...
climate change and the hydrological cycle
... water vapour, carbon dioxide, ozone, and several other gases make up the remaining 1% of the atmospheric volume (Baede et al. 2001; Salby 1992). Nitrogen, oxygen, and argon are not greenhouse gases; however, trace gases like carbon dioxide (CO2), methane, nitrous oxide, and others are, and therefore ...
... water vapour, carbon dioxide, ozone, and several other gases make up the remaining 1% of the atmospheric volume (Baede et al. 2001; Salby 1992). Nitrogen, oxygen, and argon are not greenhouse gases; however, trace gases like carbon dioxide (CO2), methane, nitrous oxide, and others are, and therefore ...