Tools and Approaches for Capacity Building for - ClimDev
... Is dedicated to Climate Services and products. Climate products can be categorised as basic, intermediate or advanced and each are useful at various levels of decision making. Basic climate products consist tables and charts showing historical climate information stemming from observed climate data ...
... Is dedicated to Climate Services and products. Climate products can be categorised as basic, intermediate or advanced and each are useful at various levels of decision making. Basic climate products consist tables and charts showing historical climate information stemming from observed climate data ...
Management of Federally Owned Grasslands in the Climate Change
... DRAFT – Please do not quote or cite without author‘s permission change.9 In the United States, grasslands (and the plants and wildlife found there) have been adversely affected by rising temperatures and shifts in precipitation that have resulted in droughts, increased wildfire activity, invasive s ...
... DRAFT – Please do not quote or cite without author‘s permission change.9 In the United States, grasslands (and the plants and wildlife found there) have been adversely affected by rising temperatures and shifts in precipitation that have resulted in droughts, increased wildfire activity, invasive s ...
Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events and the Highway System
... General circulation model (GCM) - Models used to simulate the atmospheric, oceanic, and land processes (and their interrelationships) that affect climate across the globe. Greenhouse gases (GHG) - Atmospheric gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, and water vapor that absorb in ...
... General circulation model (GCM) - Models used to simulate the atmospheric, oceanic, and land processes (and their interrelationships) that affect climate across the globe. Greenhouse gases (GHG) - Atmospheric gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, and water vapor that absorb in ...
the User Guide
... For more information on this licence visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/deed.en Disclaimer This document has been prepared with all due diligence and care, based on the best available information at the time of publication. The department holds no responsibility for any errors or om ...
... For more information on this licence visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/deed.en Disclaimer This document has been prepared with all due diligence and care, based on the best available information at the time of publication. The department holds no responsibility for any errors or om ...
US CLIVAR Science Plan
... and to determine the additional observations that are needed to foster understanding of climate processes and variability. In addition, advanced models, assimilations, prediction, and verification techniques need to be established to enable predictions of climate variability and change with quantifi ...
... and to determine the additional observations that are needed to foster understanding of climate processes and variability. In addition, advanced models, assimilations, prediction, and verification techniques need to be established to enable predictions of climate variability and change with quantifi ...
PRODUCTION FUNCTION ANALYSIS OF THE SENSITIVITY OF
... Understanding and predicting these inter-annual, inter-decadal and multi-decadal variations in climate has become the major challenge facing most African climate scientists in recent years. The work of examining climate variability, especially rainfall, has also been set in the wider context of the ...
... Understanding and predicting these inter-annual, inter-decadal and multi-decadal variations in climate has become the major challenge facing most African climate scientists in recent years. The work of examining climate variability, especially rainfall, has also been set in the wider context of the ...
Establishing a Climate Change Department in
... Jamaica is a highly indebted upper MIC. This makes it imperative for the country to address climate change from a long-term perspective that would avoid or alleviate adverse socioeconomic impacts, and ensure that policies reduce indebtedness, and lead to transformational efforts for a climate resili ...
... Jamaica is a highly indebted upper MIC. This makes it imperative for the country to address climate change from a long-term perspective that would avoid or alleviate adverse socioeconomic impacts, and ensure that policies reduce indebtedness, and lead to transformational efforts for a climate resili ...
Impacts of climate-related geo-engineering on biological
... Climate change is projected to significantly impact vegetation and soils of managed ecosystems. In this study we used the ecosystem Century model together with climatic outputs from different atmosphere-ocean general circulation models (AOGCM) to study the effects of climate change and management on ...
... Climate change is projected to significantly impact vegetation and soils of managed ecosystems. In this study we used the ecosystem Century model together with climatic outputs from different atmosphere-ocean general circulation models (AOGCM) to study the effects of climate change and management on ...
climate variability and change in canada
... It is intended that this report serve as a ‘state of the science’ document on climate variability and climate change in Canada. First, climate changes which have already been observed in Canada are discussed and put into context with what has been happening globally and whether or not these changes ...
... It is intended that this report serve as a ‘state of the science’ document on climate variability and climate change in Canada. First, climate changes which have already been observed in Canada are discussed and put into context with what has been happening globally and whether or not these changes ...
Cool Response: The seC & CoRpoRaTe ClimaTe Change RepoRTing SEC Climate Guidance &
... of their SEC reporting—by far the highest industry average. Even within this group there was high variability in the quality of reporting. õ Most S&P 500 companies that disclose via the CDP provide significantly more detailed information in voluntary climate reporting compared to mandatory 10-K fili ...
... of their SEC reporting—by far the highest industry average. Even within this group there was high variability in the quality of reporting. õ Most S&P 500 companies that disclose via the CDP provide significantly more detailed information in voluntary climate reporting compared to mandatory 10-K fili ...
CLIMATE CHANGE: IMPACTS, VULNERABILITIES AND
... highlight the concerns and needs of developing countries in adapting to the effects of climate change. This book outlines the impact of climate change in four developing country regions: Africa, Asia, Latin America and small island developing States; the vulnerability of these regions to future clim ...
... highlight the concerns and needs of developing countries in adapting to the effects of climate change. This book outlines the impact of climate change in four developing country regions: Africa, Asia, Latin America and small island developing States; the vulnerability of these regions to future clim ...
Bridging the Adaptation Gap: Approaches to
... The idea of “a short discussion paper” to memorialize the discussions of the working group was agreed in the first GARI meeting. It was supposed to be a simple 5-10 page reporting out of the GARI discussions to provide context for interested parties around COP22. The richness of discussions and the ...
... The idea of “a short discussion paper” to memorialize the discussions of the working group was agreed in the first GARI meeting. It was supposed to be a simple 5-10 page reporting out of the GARI discussions to provide context for interested parties around COP22. The richness of discussions and the ...
League of Conservation Voters 2013
... proposing the Clean Power Plan, which will be the first-ever national limits on carbon pollution from U.S. power plants. We successfully defeated relentless attacks on clean air, clean water, and public health from an environmentally-hostile U.S. House of Representatives and made denying climate sci ...
... proposing the Clean Power Plan, which will be the first-ever national limits on carbon pollution from U.S. power plants. We successfully defeated relentless attacks on clean air, clean water, and public health from an environmentally-hostile U.S. House of Representatives and made denying climate sci ...
Publisher version
... institutions should respond to country realities and political cultures. This publication presents some approximations on how integrated institutional arrangements can be made so that they are supportive of both national development priorities and international requirements to address climate change ...
... institutions should respond to country realities and political cultures. This publication presents some approximations on how integrated institutional arrangements can be made so that they are supportive of both national development priorities and international requirements to address climate change ...
state action plan on climate change for telangana state
... Training and Research Institute (EPTRI) as a Nodal Agency for Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Centre for Climate Change vide G.O Ms. No. 101 EFS&T (Env. Dept) dated 19.11.2001. In 2009, the Ministry of Environment and Forests called upon the States to prepare the State Action Plans on Climate ...
... Training and Research Institute (EPTRI) as a Nodal Agency for Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Centre for Climate Change vide G.O Ms. No. 101 EFS&T (Env. Dept) dated 19.11.2001. In 2009, the Ministry of Environment and Forests called upon the States to prepare the State Action Plans on Climate ...
Understanding Earth`s Deep Past: Lessons for Our Climate Future
... of short- and long-term processes and feedbacks that govern the global climate system. Perhaps more importantly, these studies have also revealed the potential for positive feedbacks that typically operate on century to millennial timescales but may become operative on much shorter, human timescales ...
... of short- and long-term processes and feedbacks that govern the global climate system. Perhaps more importantly, these studies have also revealed the potential for positive feedbacks that typically operate on century to millennial timescales but may become operative on much shorter, human timescales ...
Mapping South African Farming
... Although the scientific use of the word “vulnerability” has its origins in geography, natural hazards research, and the analysis of food insecurity and famine, the concept of vulnerability has gained increasing importance within the global change research community in recent years. Vulnerability is ...
... Although the scientific use of the word “vulnerability” has its origins in geography, natural hazards research, and the analysis of food insecurity and famine, the concept of vulnerability has gained increasing importance within the global change research community in recent years. Vulnerability is ...
Agreeing to disagree: Uncertainty management in assessing climate
... and often the most adequate description of knowledge available is narrative. This leads to imprecise theories, which are also subjective in that they are based on actions of humans observed by other humans. Saying that experimental sciences tend to take a ‘hard’ (precise, objective and causal) appro ...
... and often the most adequate description of knowledge available is narrative. This leads to imprecise theories, which are also subjective in that they are based on actions of humans observed by other humans. Saying that experimental sciences tend to take a ‘hard’ (precise, objective and causal) appro ...
Planning for Climate Change Effects on Coastal Margins
... this proportion is expected to rise rapidly (IPCC, 2001b). This social pressure for coastal development is largely oblivious to the reality of global warming due to the enhanced greenhouse effect from human activities, and to resulting long-term changes to coastal hazards that will impinge on coasta ...
... this proportion is expected to rise rapidly (IPCC, 2001b). This social pressure for coastal development is largely oblivious to the reality of global warming due to the enhanced greenhouse effect from human activities, and to resulting long-term changes to coastal hazards that will impinge on coasta ...
Detection and Attribution of Observed Impacts
... Livelihoods of indigenous peoples in the Arctic have been altered by climate change, through impacts on food security and traditional and cultural values (medium confidence). There is emerging evidence of climate change impacts on livelihoods of indigenous people in other regions. {18.4.6, Box 18-5, ...
... Livelihoods of indigenous peoples in the Arctic have been altered by climate change, through impacts on food security and traditional and cultural values (medium confidence). There is emerging evidence of climate change impacts on livelihoods of indigenous people in other regions. {18.4.6, Box 18-5, ...