Climate Change: Causes, Impacts and Adaptation
... Processes such as deforestation, reforestation, desertification, and urbanization often contribute to changes in climate in the places they occur. These effects may be significant regionally, but are smaller when averaged over the entire globe. In addition, human activities have generally increased ...
... Processes such as deforestation, reforestation, desertification, and urbanization often contribute to changes in climate in the places they occur. These effects may be significant regionally, but are smaller when averaged over the entire globe. In addition, human activities have generally increased ...
Climate Change and Outdoor Recreation Resources
... Water quality and temperature are major influences on the distribution of aquatic species, and warmer streams are expected to reduce the current habitat of rainbow trout and other coldwater fisheries that are valued by anglers. Pendleton and Mendelsohn (1998) combine general circulation models, ecol ...
... Water quality and temperature are major influences on the distribution of aquatic species, and warmer streams are expected to reduce the current habitat of rainbow trout and other coldwater fisheries that are valued by anglers. Pendleton and Mendelsohn (1998) combine general circulation models, ecol ...
Paris, for the People and the Planet
... how societies will mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change and one that places the respect of human rights above particular interests. We need strong commitments that will ensure social and environmental justice for all, putting people and planet first. We cannot overlook the deep histor ...
... how societies will mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change and one that places the respect of human rights above particular interests. We need strong commitments that will ensure social and environmental justice for all, putting people and planet first. We cannot overlook the deep histor ...
NRDC: Killer Summer Heat - Projected Death Toll from Rising
... that rising temperatures can be projected to produce in the coming decades. In doing so, the authors made several choices that are key to understanding the results presented later in this brief. First, they used a sophisticated climate model from the National Center for Atmospheric Research to devel ...
... that rising temperatures can be projected to produce in the coming decades. In doing so, the authors made several choices that are key to understanding the results presented later in this brief. First, they used a sophisticated climate model from the National Center for Atmospheric Research to devel ...
Yukon Government Climate Change Strategy
... From a global perspective, Yukon generated greenhouse gas emissions are very low while the rate and magnitude of temperature change in the region is predicted to be one of the largest. Even if Yukon achieved zero greenhouse gas emissions, the impact on global warming would be infinitesimal. With such ...
... From a global perspective, Yukon generated greenhouse gas emissions are very low while the rate and magnitude of temperature change in the region is predicted to be one of the largest. Even if Yukon achieved zero greenhouse gas emissions, the impact on global warming would be infinitesimal. With such ...
Global climate change impacts on Australia`s wheat crops
... within a certain envelope of change. The envelope we have used limits temperature change to an increase of up to 4°C above current temperatures (0, 1, 2, 3, and 4°C) and +20% to –30% change in rainfall (–30, –20, –10, 0, 10, and 20%), for a series of different CO2 concentrations, including 350, 450, ...
... within a certain envelope of change. The envelope we have used limits temperature change to an increase of up to 4°C above current temperatures (0, 1, 2, 3, and 4°C) and +20% to –30% change in rainfall (–30, –20, –10, 0, 10, and 20%), for a series of different CO2 concentrations, including 350, 450, ...
Climate Change Strategy - Environment Yukon
... From a global perspective, Yukon generated greenhouse gas emissions are very low while the rate and magnitude of temperature change in the region is predicted to be one of the largest. Even if Yukon achieved zero greenhouse gas emissions, the impact on global warming would be infinitesimal. With such ...
... From a global perspective, Yukon generated greenhouse gas emissions are very low while the rate and magnitude of temperature change in the region is predicted to be one of the largest. Even if Yukon achieved zero greenhouse gas emissions, the impact on global warming would be infinitesimal. With such ...
Cultural dimensions of climate change impacts and adaptation
... social practices, values and change in the natural world12. In most cases, the methods for studying culture tend to be qualitative, frequently including ethnography and participant observation, and data from these methods do not sit comfortably with the quantitative approaches prevalent in other soc ...
... social practices, values and change in the natural world12. In most cases, the methods for studying culture tend to be qualitative, frequently including ethnography and participant observation, and data from these methods do not sit comfortably with the quantitative approaches prevalent in other soc ...
report_workshop_14.10.10
... attendance of the tourist sector seems to be a general trend. (cf. table). Sector Local authorities Federal government Province West Flanders Flemish government Tourism Ports/Shipping Fisheries Dredging Nature conservation Energy Sand and gravel extraction Researchers working on climate change and t ...
... attendance of the tourist sector seems to be a general trend. (cf. table). Sector Local authorities Federal government Province West Flanders Flemish government Tourism Ports/Shipping Fisheries Dredging Nature conservation Energy Sand and gravel extraction Researchers working on climate change and t ...
Climate Change and Public Health 101
... in 43 US communities,” Environmental Health Perspectives, 119(2), 210. Bernard SM, Samet JM, Grambsch A, Ebi KL, Romieu I. 2001. The potential impacts of climate variability and change on air pollution-related health effects in the United States. Environmental Health Perspectives Vol 109, Supplement ...
... in 43 US communities,” Environmental Health Perspectives, 119(2), 210. Bernard SM, Samet JM, Grambsch A, Ebi KL, Romieu I. 2001. The potential impacts of climate variability and change on air pollution-related health effects in the United States. Environmental Health Perspectives Vol 109, Supplement ...
Beyond collapse - Climate change and causality
... of development studies, since the 1950s (e.g. Jónsson, 2010). The extent to which such recent historical evidence can be used as a basis for understanding how human populations might respond to climate change over the coming decades, and even centuries, is highly uncertain. At the global scale, the ...
... of development studies, since the 1950s (e.g. Jónsson, 2010). The extent to which such recent historical evidence can be used as a basis for understanding how human populations might respond to climate change over the coming decades, and even centuries, is highly uncertain. At the global scale, the ...
Climate Change and Public Health 101
... in 43 US communities,” Environmental Health Perspectives, 119(2), 210. Bernard SM, Samet JM, Grambsch A, Ebi KL, Romieu I. 2001. The potential impacts of climate variability and change on air pollution-related health effects in the United States. Environmental Health Perspectives Vol 109, Supplement ...
... in 43 US communities,” Environmental Health Perspectives, 119(2), 210. Bernard SM, Samet JM, Grambsch A, Ebi KL, Romieu I. 2001. The potential impacts of climate variability and change on air pollution-related health effects in the United States. Environmental Health Perspectives Vol 109, Supplement ...
Read the full comment letter here - Competitive Enterprise Institute
... Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the Council on Environmental Quality’s Revised Draft Guidance on consideration of greenhouse gas emissions and climate change effects in NEPA Reviews. 1 The individuals listed above respectfully present our views in this joint letter. Please direct inquiri ...
... Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the Council on Environmental Quality’s Revised Draft Guidance on consideration of greenhouse gas emissions and climate change effects in NEPA Reviews. 1 The individuals listed above respectfully present our views in this joint letter. Please direct inquiri ...
August 2013 News
... of Indian agriculture thanks to collusion between the government and the biotech industry. The final report of the Supreme Court-appointed Technical Expert Committee (TEC) on field trials of genetically modified crops is packed with revelations on what is wrong with institutional governance and regu ...
... of Indian agriculture thanks to collusion between the government and the biotech industry. The final report of the Supreme Court-appointed Technical Expert Committee (TEC) on field trials of genetically modified crops is packed with revelations on what is wrong with institutional governance and regu ...
Value of information for climate observing systems
... (city) to regional (continent) to global. As a result, weather prediction VOI metrics are not directly applicable to climate prediction. The problem of decade to century time scale climate science VOI is sufficiently daunting and complex that it has remained largely unexplored. Most climate-related ...
... (city) to regional (continent) to global. As a result, weather prediction VOI metrics are not directly applicable to climate prediction. The problem of decade to century time scale climate science VOI is sufficiently daunting and complex that it has remained largely unexplored. Most climate-related ...
Assessing climate risk to improve farm business management
... Buckley D and Horsley P 2004, ‘Climate risk for graziers’, Farming Ahead, 144: 44-59. Clarkson NM, Abawi GY, Graham LB, Chiew FHS, James RA, Clewett JF, George DA and Berry. D 2000, Seasonal streamflow forecasts to improve management of water resources: Major issues and future directions in Australi ...
... Buckley D and Horsley P 2004, ‘Climate risk for graziers’, Farming Ahead, 144: 44-59. Clarkson NM, Abawi GY, Graham LB, Chiew FHS, James RA, Clewett JF, George DA and Berry. D 2000, Seasonal streamflow forecasts to improve management of water resources: Major issues and future directions in Australi ...
Print - Climate Change Knowledge Portal
... Riesgos (Manizales, Colombia, 2004), Annex (2009). Values are normalized on scale of 0 – 100 and presented against the average for 16 LAC countries found in IADB-IDEA (2007). Values are normalized on scale of 0 – 100 and presented against the average for 16 LAC countries found in IADB-IDEA (2007). M ...
... Riesgos (Manizales, Colombia, 2004), Annex (2009). Values are normalized on scale of 0 – 100 and presented against the average for 16 LAC countries found in IADB-IDEA (2007). Values are normalized on scale of 0 – 100 and presented against the average for 16 LAC countries found in IADB-IDEA (2007). M ...
Section 10: Freshwater Ecosystems
... may favor the spread of warm-adapted invasive fish, which compete with or prey on native salmonid species.18,19,20 This could exacerbate the effect of native predators on resident populations. For example, a study based in the Columbia River projected that a 4°F increase in summer water temperature ...
... may favor the spread of warm-adapted invasive fish, which compete with or prey on native salmonid species.18,19,20 This could exacerbate the effect of native predators on resident populations. For example, a study based in the Columbia River projected that a 4°F increase in summer water temperature ...
Climate-Science Communication and the Measurement Problem
... The bias with respect to religious individuals—and hence the invalidity of the item as a measure of OSI for a general population sample—is most striking in relation to respondents’ performance on Conditional Probability. There is about a 79% (66 percentage points, at the 0.95 level of confidence) pr ...
... The bias with respect to religious individuals—and hence the invalidity of the item as a measure of OSI for a general population sample—is most striking in relation to respondents’ performance on Conditional Probability. There is about a 79% (66 percentage points, at the 0.95 level of confidence) pr ...
Establishing Accountability for Climate Change Damages: Lessons
... Humphrey, made it a goal from the start of the lawsuit to use the process of legal discovery to gain access to Philip Morris’s internal documents and make them part of the public domain. Walburn noted that Humphrey was mocked and scorned by many of his colleagues for this emphasis, but it proved cri ...
... Humphrey, made it a goal from the start of the lawsuit to use the process of legal discovery to gain access to Philip Morris’s internal documents and make them part of the public domain. Walburn noted that Humphrey was mocked and scorned by many of his colleagues for this emphasis, but it proved cri ...
Keith Brander
... climate variables, are not reliable. A positive consequence of the recent upsurge of concern about climate change is that people are becoming much more aware of our dependence on the natural world and they are coming to realize that anthropogenic impacts can no longer be understood and dealt with as ...
... climate variables, are not reliable. A positive consequence of the recent upsurge of concern about climate change is that people are becoming much more aware of our dependence on the natural world and they are coming to realize that anthropogenic impacts can no longer be understood and dealt with as ...
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Why the
... ❐ The IPCC’s First Assessment Report was released in 1990 and confirmed the scientific basis for concern about climate change. This lead to the decision by the UN General Assembly to prepare a UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The Convention entered into force in March 1994. ❐ The ...
... ❐ The IPCC’s First Assessment Report was released in 1990 and confirmed the scientific basis for concern about climate change. This lead to the decision by the UN General Assembly to prepare a UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The Convention entered into force in March 1994. ❐ The ...
MEECS Climate Change Unit Introduction
... and natural sources) and how pollution impacts habitats, climatic change, threatens or endangers species. E.ES.07.42 • Based on evidence of observable changes in recent history and climate change models, explain the consequences of warmer oceans and changing climatic zones. E5.4D • Examine the neg ...
... and natural sources) and how pollution impacts habitats, climatic change, threatens or endangers species. E.ES.07.42 • Based on evidence of observable changes in recent history and climate change models, explain the consequences of warmer oceans and changing climatic zones. E5.4D • Examine the neg ...