The Economics of Climate Change in East Asia
... climate change could amount to 5.3% of GDP by 2100. • Adaptation can reduce the damage due to climate change but it is not sufficient to reduce the expected cost of climate change to a low level. • Reliance upon zero cost reductions will not prevent emissions from increasing substantially from 2020 ...
... climate change could amount to 5.3% of GDP by 2100. • Adaptation can reduce the damage due to climate change but it is not sufficient to reduce the expected cost of climate change to a low level. • Reliance upon zero cost reductions will not prevent emissions from increasing substantially from 2020 ...
Social vulnerability and climate justice
... topics related to environmental education and watershed management. For example, staff from ECOAR contacted groups of elementary school teachers, public health extension agents, and other community-based workers and provided in-service training for them about water and health, basic ecology, and pub ...
... topics related to environmental education and watershed management. For example, staff from ECOAR contacted groups of elementary school teachers, public health extension agents, and other community-based workers and provided in-service training for them about water and health, basic ecology, and pub ...
O 3 Environmental Advocacy in the Obama Years
... Relevant to understanding the nature of environmental advocacy today, following their defeat, environmentalists and their funders debated how to move forward and more effectively apply their considerable financial and organizational resources to future political debates. In this regard, several anal ...
... Relevant to understanding the nature of environmental advocacy today, following their defeat, environmentalists and their funders debated how to move forward and more effectively apply their considerable financial and organizational resources to future political debates. In this regard, several anal ...
Clever Name, Losing Game?
... ‘Climate Smart Agriculture’ is gaining increasing attention among governments, NGOs, academics, corporations and international policy spaces. As proponents attempt to use the climate negotiations at the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change) and the UN SecretaryGeneral’s Cli ...
... ‘Climate Smart Agriculture’ is gaining increasing attention among governments, NGOs, academics, corporations and international policy spaces. As proponents attempt to use the climate negotiations at the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change) and the UN SecretaryGeneral’s Cli ...
Earth system sensitivity inferred from Pliocene modelling and data
... Quantifying the equilibrium response of global temperatures to an increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations is one of the cornerstones of climate research. Components of the Earth’s climate system that vary over long timescales, such as ice sheets and vegetation, could have an important ...
... Quantifying the equilibrium response of global temperatures to an increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations is one of the cornerstones of climate research. Components of the Earth’s climate system that vary over long timescales, such as ice sheets and vegetation, could have an important ...
Comment by: Patrick J. Michaels and Paul C. Knappenberger
... In May 2013, the Interagency Working Group (IWG) produced an updated SCC value by applying updates to the underlying three Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) used in its initial 2010 SCC determination, but did not update the equilibrium climate sensitivity (ECS) employed in the IAMs. This was not d ...
... In May 2013, the Interagency Working Group (IWG) produced an updated SCC value by applying updates to the underlying three Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) used in its initial 2010 SCC determination, but did not update the equilibrium climate sensitivity (ECS) employed in the IAMs. This was not d ...
Framing Climate: Implications for Local Government Policy
... power and capacities of various stakeholders to understand and frame the policy problem. Research into the power of epistemic communities and their role in issue framing and agenda setting supports this view. It follows then, that a frame-reflective view can assist understanding how local government ...
... power and capacities of various stakeholders to understand and frame the policy problem. Research into the power of epistemic communities and their role in issue framing and agenda setting supports this view. It follows then, that a frame-reflective view can assist understanding how local government ...
Impact of climate change on the hydrologic cycle and implications
... Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) refers to climate change as “the state of the climate that can be identified statistically by changes in the mean and/or the variability of its properties, and that persists for an extended period, typically decades or longer”. In general, climate is characterized by m ...
... Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) refers to climate change as “the state of the climate that can be identified statistically by changes in the mean and/or the variability of its properties, and that persists for an extended period, typically decades or longer”. In general, climate is characterized by m ...
Plot-scale evidence of tundra vegetation change and links to recent
... ground, similar to what has been observed in tundra warming experiments6,7 . We anticipated that these changes would be greatest in the areas with the most pronounced increases in summer air temperature. Therefore, we examined biome-wide trends in vegetation change; whether vegetation change was spa ...
... ground, similar to what has been observed in tundra warming experiments6,7 . We anticipated that these changes would be greatest in the areas with the most pronounced increases in summer air temperature. Therefore, we examined biome-wide trends in vegetation change; whether vegetation change was spa ...
Dynamic modeling of adaptation indicators related to climate
... human systems to global changes, especially climate change. Before interpreting the dimensions of the complex indicator under discussion, it is necessary to define, explain and determine the adaptation mechanisms themselves. Only then can we determine the capacity in connection with this concept, an ...
... human systems to global changes, especially climate change. Before interpreting the dimensions of the complex indicator under discussion, it is necessary to define, explain and determine the adaptation mechanisms themselves. Only then can we determine the capacity in connection with this concept, an ...
Tackling climate change in England`s regions
... tackle them is often weak, and at best, targets are set to slow the trend before reversing it at some future date. With CO2 emissions and climate change, such an approach is wholly inadequate. The problem is not merely that we might miss the 2050 target, but that the pathway we take to it could mean ...
... tackle them is often weak, and at best, targets are set to slow the trend before reversing it at some future date. With CO2 emissions and climate change, such an approach is wholly inadequate. The problem is not merely that we might miss the 2050 target, but that the pathway we take to it could mean ...
Summary of UN-Habitat`s CCCI Climate Change Assessment for the
... The urban hotspots on the average are growing annually at the rate of 1.7%. Cabid-an registers the highest annual growth rate at 3.23% while four more areas are noted to have growth rates higher than the average and these areas are Bitan-O Dalipay (2.12%) Sirangan (2.02%), Cambulaga (2%), and Sampal ...
... The urban hotspots on the average are growing annually at the rate of 1.7%. Cabid-an registers the highest annual growth rate at 3.23% while four more areas are noted to have growth rates higher than the average and these areas are Bitan-O Dalipay (2.12%) Sirangan (2.02%), Cambulaga (2%), and Sampal ...
Economic Impacts Of Climate Change On Georgia
... Policymakers across the country are now seeking solutions to curb greenhouse gas emissions and to help us adapt to the impending impacts triggered by past emissions. The debate to date has primarily focused on the perceived costs of alternative solutions, yet there can also be significant costs of i ...
... Policymakers across the country are now seeking solutions to curb greenhouse gas emissions and to help us adapt to the impending impacts triggered by past emissions. The debate to date has primarily focused on the perceived costs of alternative solutions, yet there can also be significant costs of i ...
Climate Refugees - Lutheran Office for Public Policy in Wisconsin
... because they can no longer live there. Cost of relocation is around $123-249 million. It is not clear who should pay for the relocation. No location has so far been found and people live in ...
... because they can no longer live there. Cost of relocation is around $123-249 million. It is not clear who should pay for the relocation. No location has so far been found and people live in ...
Climate change and the groundwater
... has been noticed 6. Figure 4 shows the rise in CO 2 concentration from 280 ppm in 1750 to 379 in 2005 (refs 1 and 6) to approximately 395 ppm at present, indicating the role of man in increasing the global atmospheric CO 2 levels. Humans have influenced the CO 2 kinetics in the atmosphere at an acce ...
... has been noticed 6. Figure 4 shows the rise in CO 2 concentration from 280 ppm in 1750 to 379 in 2005 (refs 1 and 6) to approximately 395 ppm at present, indicating the role of man in increasing the global atmospheric CO 2 levels. Humans have influenced the CO 2 kinetics in the atmosphere at an acce ...
Abstracts - The PRUDENCE project
... ensemble of regional model simulations. The basic data sets are the daily maximum and mean wind speed fields from the PRUDENCE data archive at DMI. The results of this study will be presented at the final PRUDENCE meeting. Main focus is on the results from the standard 50km runs of eight regional mo ...
... ensemble of regional model simulations. The basic data sets are the daily maximum and mean wind speed fields from the PRUDENCE data archive at DMI. The results of this study will be presented at the final PRUDENCE meeting. Main focus is on the results from the standard 50km runs of eight regional mo ...
Powerpoint - Imode Energy Research
... • The remaining 1 percent of dry air is mostly inert gas (0.93 percent) plus a number of other gases. Carbon dioxide (0.038 percent) is an important constituent of air because it has the ability to absorb heat energy radiated by Earth and thus to heat the atmosphere. • Air includes many gases and pa ...
... • The remaining 1 percent of dry air is mostly inert gas (0.93 percent) plus a number of other gases. Carbon dioxide (0.038 percent) is an important constituent of air because it has the ability to absorb heat energy radiated by Earth and thus to heat the atmosphere. • Air includes many gases and pa ...
Projected Climate Change and the Appalachian Trail
... per year, over the Trail from Central Virginia north, but no change or a slight decrease in precipitation from Southwest Virginia south. Summer rainfall is projected to decrease slightly from Southwest Virginia south and over the Vermont and New Hampshire. Winter precipitation (rain and snow) is pro ...
... per year, over the Trail from Central Virginia north, but no change or a slight decrease in precipitation from Southwest Virginia south. Summer rainfall is projected to decrease slightly from Southwest Virginia south and over the Vermont and New Hampshire. Winter precipitation (rain and snow) is pro ...
Climate change as the `new` security threat: implications for Africa
... the quality and quantity of water available for domestic and industrial use and hydropower production. Access to water in the countries of the Nile basin, for instance, is dependent on runoff from the Ethiopian highlands and the level of Lake Victoria, both of which are sensitive to variations in ra ...
... the quality and quantity of water available for domestic and industrial use and hydropower production. Access to water in the countries of the Nile basin, for instance, is dependent on runoff from the Ethiopian highlands and the level of Lake Victoria, both of which are sensitive to variations in ra ...
The impact of climate change on smallholder and subsistence
... lthough both are widely used terms, there are surprisingly few published definitions of either ‘‘subsistence agriculture’’ or ‘‘smallholder agriculture.’’ Subsistence farming has been defined by Barnett et al. (1) as ‘‘farming and associated activities which together form a livelihood strategy where ...
... lthough both are widely used terms, there are surprisingly few published definitions of either ‘‘subsistence agriculture’’ or ‘‘smallholder agriculture.’’ Subsistence farming has been defined by Barnett et al. (1) as ‘‘farming and associated activities which together form a livelihood strategy where ...
Climate Change and Variability in Southeast Zimbabwe
... A lot of researches have been done on the negative impacts and challenges caused by extreme weather conditions due to climate change and variability. Not many researches have been focused on the positive side in form of opportunities presented due to climate change. The study aimed to show the clima ...
... A lot of researches have been done on the negative impacts and challenges caused by extreme weather conditions due to climate change and variability. Not many researches have been focused on the positive side in form of opportunities presented due to climate change. The study aimed to show the clima ...
Climate Crisis`s Effect on Africa
... resource to be fairly shared among all people and life Rich countries, corporations and people have consumed more than their fair share, causing climate change while benefiting from “cheap carbon” growth They now propose denying the poor a fair share of the remainder by: 1) continuing their high per ...
... resource to be fairly shared among all people and life Rich countries, corporations and people have consumed more than their fair share, causing climate change while benefiting from “cheap carbon” growth They now propose denying the poor a fair share of the remainder by: 1) continuing their high per ...
Snowshoe Hare and Canada Lynx Populations - G-WOW
... The actions of humans has caused a devastating effect on the earth. We are causing global warming and endangering species from burning fossil fuels, running factories and electrical processes, logging, and polluting the earth on a daily basis. Our actions have caused greenhouse gas emissions to skyr ...
... The actions of humans has caused a devastating effect on the earth. We are causing global warming and endangering species from burning fossil fuels, running factories and electrical processes, logging, and polluting the earth on a daily basis. Our actions have caused greenhouse gas emissions to skyr ...
CO2, the greenhouse effect and global warming: from the
... In this article, we delve into the history of climate science, notably the early ‘‘pen-and-paper’’ models of planetary energy budget by Svante Arrhenius (1859–1927) and Guy Stewart Callendar (1898–1964).6 Arrhenius was primarily interested in the causes of the ice ages, whereas Callendar is remember ...
... In this article, we delve into the history of climate science, notably the early ‘‘pen-and-paper’’ models of planetary energy budget by Svante Arrhenius (1859–1927) and Guy Stewart Callendar (1898–1964).6 Arrhenius was primarily interested in the causes of the ice ages, whereas Callendar is remember ...