Report No. www.epa.ie 135 The Development of an Irish Climate Information
... However, the recent publication on the National ...
... However, the recent publication on the National ...
Bird Species and Climate Change
... 3.2.1 Direct effects of altered ranges Bird species are already shifting their range boundaries pole-ward (IPCC, 2001b; Pounds et al., 1999) and some tropical mountain birds are shifting to higher altitudes in response to climate change (Pounds et al., 1999). Future range shifts and contractions wil ...
... 3.2.1 Direct effects of altered ranges Bird species are already shifting their range boundaries pole-ward (IPCC, 2001b; Pounds et al., 1999) and some tropical mountain birds are shifting to higher altitudes in response to climate change (Pounds et al., 1999). Future range shifts and contractions wil ...
climate change vulnerability of ski tourism in
... In addition to these studies, others also quantified the changes in visitation with respect to climatic variables such as temperature, snowfall, snow depth, visibility, and windiness based on observations from ski areas in Japan,24 the United States,25,26 Austria,27 Romania,28,29 and 24 T. Fukushim ...
... In addition to these studies, others also quantified the changes in visitation with respect to climatic variables such as temperature, snowfall, snow depth, visibility, and windiness based on observations from ski areas in Japan,24 the United States,25,26 Austria,27 Romania,28,29 and 24 T. Fukushim ...
On the interpretation of inter-model spread in CMIP5 climate
... trol climate sensitivity, especially those which are most responsible for inter-model differences. For this purpose, ...
... trol climate sensitivity, especially those which are most responsible for inter-model differences. For this purpose, ...
The Effects of Climate Change and Variation in New Zealand
... Effect of Global Temperature Change Scenarios.............................................................. 80 Effect of SOI................................................................................................................... 80 Effect of Global Temperature Change with Climate Sensitiv ...
... Effect of Global Temperature Change Scenarios.............................................................. 80 Effect of SOI................................................................................................................... 80 Effect of Global Temperature Change with Climate Sensitiv ...
Loss and Damage: The Role of Ecosystem Services
... of climate change, including extreme weather events and slow onset events, and the role of sustainable development in reducing the risk of loss and damage.” Work had begun in 2013 when the Warsaw International Mechanism (WIM) for Loss and Damage associated with climate change impacts was established ...
... of climate change, including extreme weather events and slow onset events, and the role of sustainable development in reducing the risk of loss and damage.” Work had begun in 2013 when the Warsaw International Mechanism (WIM) for Loss and Damage associated with climate change impacts was established ...
Climate change: impacts and adaptation for agriculture in Western
... working to reduce the vulnerability of the agricultural sector to climate variability and change and to increase the sector’s adaptive capacity. In 2010, DAFWA developed a ‘Climate change response strategy’ to provide strategic direction for climate change activities and to identify and prioritise a ...
... working to reduce the vulnerability of the agricultural sector to climate variability and change and to increase the sector’s adaptive capacity. In 2010, DAFWA developed a ‘Climate change response strategy’ to provide strategic direction for climate change activities and to identify and prioritise a ...
costs and benefits of climate change adaptation and mitigation
... mitigating global warming to stay within the internationally agreed target of no more than 2 °C temperature increase, compared to pre-industrial levels, are likely to be many times higher. Stern (2006) nevertheless concluded that the benefits of mitigating to 2 °C will outweigh the costs. The Stern ...
... mitigating global warming to stay within the internationally agreed target of no more than 2 °C temperature increase, compared to pre-industrial levels, are likely to be many times higher. Stern (2006) nevertheless concluded that the benefits of mitigating to 2 °C will outweigh the costs. The Stern ...
Learning to Live in a Changing Climate
... warming to “well below 2°C1” as agreed last year in the UNFCCC Paris agreement; and crucially also to create space for some increase in emissions from developing countries in order to support poverty reduction and address global inequality. Even with concerted action on mitigation, adapting to clima ...
... warming to “well below 2°C1” as agreed last year in the UNFCCC Paris agreement; and crucially also to create space for some increase in emissions from developing countries in order to support poverty reduction and address global inequality. Even with concerted action on mitigation, adapting to clima ...
Land Cover Land Use Change and Soil Organic Carbon Under
... would never have been able to accomplish this academic achievement. Dr. David ROY, my doctoral advisor, with talent and passion, spent so much of his time and efforts to make sure I finish. Dr. Assize Touré, current General Director of Centre de Suivi Ecologique (CSE), who always supported and belie ...
... would never have been able to accomplish this academic achievement. Dr. David ROY, my doctoral advisor, with talent and passion, spent so much of his time and efforts to make sure I finish. Dr. Assize Touré, current General Director of Centre de Suivi Ecologique (CSE), who always supported and belie ...
Climate Change and Renewable Energy - Minnesota DNR - MN-dnr
... Minnesota’s climate is changing. Global energy demands are impacting both how the DNR operates and the natural resources we protect. We know this. And with this report from our newly formed Climate and Renewable Energy Steering Team (CREST), we are launching our agency’s most comprehensive effort ye ...
... Minnesota’s climate is changing. Global energy demands are impacting both how the DNR operates and the natural resources we protect. We know this. And with this report from our newly formed Climate and Renewable Energy Steering Team (CREST), we are launching our agency’s most comprehensive effort ye ...
Climate Scenario Development
... scenario of future climate has evolved along with our understanding of the climate system and how this understanding might develop in the future. It is worth noting that the development of climate scenarios predates the issue of global warming. In the mid-1970s, for example, when a concern emerged r ...
... scenario of future climate has evolved along with our understanding of the climate system and how this understanding might develop in the future. It is worth noting that the development of climate scenarios predates the issue of global warming. In the mid-1970s, for example, when a concern emerged r ...
2 20 Century Portuguese Climate and Climate Scenarios
... 2.1 Introduction Climate change scenarios have been produced for decades, at the global scale, almost as soon as global circulation models (GCMs) became available. In the early days of climate change research, those scenarios were obtained by comparisons between a control run, representing present d ...
... 2.1 Introduction Climate change scenarios have been produced for decades, at the global scale, almost as soon as global circulation models (GCMs) became available. In the early days of climate change research, those scenarios were obtained by comparisons between a control run, representing present d ...
3 Mapping Security Implications of Climate Change
... insufficient adaptive capacities and fragile or postconflict situations makes them particular vulnerable to climate change effects (see Carius et al. 2007). However, this does not mean that developed countries will not be impacted by climate change. Indeed, the challenge of environmental change affe ...
... insufficient adaptive capacities and fragile or postconflict situations makes them particular vulnerable to climate change effects (see Carius et al. 2007). However, this does not mean that developed countries will not be impacted by climate change. Indeed, the challenge of environmental change affe ...
working group on adaptation and climate resilience final report
... existing efforts while also creating a new culture of resilience where climate change risks and vulnerabilities are factored in as part of routine planning and decisions. The impacts of climate change do not respect political or sectoral boundaries. No single region, sector, order of government, or ...
... existing efforts while also creating a new culture of resilience where climate change risks and vulnerabilities are factored in as part of routine planning and decisions. The impacts of climate change do not respect political or sectoral boundaries. No single region, sector, order of government, or ...
Northern Ireland Climate Change Adaptation Programme
... To minimise the impacts of climate change and ultimately our vulnerability, we not only need to develop robust mitigation strategies to limit future greenhouse gas emissions but crucially develop complementary strategies to adapt to our warming world. We have known this for some time, so we don’t ne ...
... To minimise the impacts of climate change and ultimately our vulnerability, we not only need to develop robust mitigation strategies to limit future greenhouse gas emissions but crucially develop complementary strategies to adapt to our warming world. We have known this for some time, so we don’t ne ...
The Paris Agreement and Beyond: International Climate Change
... The Paris Agreement is a breakthrough in multilateral efforts to address the threat of global climate change. For the first time, an international agreement to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions includes contributions from all of the major-emitting countries—and, indeed, a large majority of the countri ...
... The Paris Agreement is a breakthrough in multilateral efforts to address the threat of global climate change. For the first time, an international agreement to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions includes contributions from all of the major-emitting countries—and, indeed, a large majority of the countri ...
Queensland Climate Change Centre of
... planet and leave it in better condition than when we arrived. What the science of climate change is now demonstrating is just how badly Australia’s approach of “borrowing from its past and its future, to sustain its current population and lifestyle” (Foran, 2003) has undermined the planet’s systems ...
... planet and leave it in better condition than when we arrived. What the science of climate change is now demonstrating is just how badly Australia’s approach of “borrowing from its past and its future, to sustain its current population and lifestyle” (Foran, 2003) has undermined the planet’s systems ...
Vulnerability of Tasmania`s Natural Environment to Climate Change
... Tasmania is an important repository of natural diversity that represents both elements of the rich assemblages of natural systems and species that are part of Australia’s ancient heritage, unique and important at a global level, but also includes elements of this diversity that are unique to the sta ...
... Tasmania is an important repository of natural diversity that represents both elements of the rich assemblages of natural systems and species that are part of Australia’s ancient heritage, unique and important at a global level, but also includes elements of this diversity that are unique to the sta ...
Annex I Annex D in the Convention
... To support informed decision making, the Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention, in collaboration with the Arctic Council’s Arctic Monitoring Assessment Program (AMAP) have prepared a systematic and authoritative global review of the impacts of climate change on the dynamics and toxicity of persist ...
... To support informed decision making, the Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention, in collaboration with the Arctic Council’s Arctic Monitoring Assessment Program (AMAP) have prepared a systematic and authoritative global review of the impacts of climate change on the dynamics and toxicity of persist ...
How to engage with National Adaptation Plans Guidance for National Red Cross and
... The impacts of climate change are already being felt across the globe and are resulting in increasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather events (IPCC 2012). Global average temperature has risen by about 0.74 degrees Celsius in the past 100 years (IPCC 2007), and will rise to at least 1.4 deg ...
... The impacts of climate change are already being felt across the globe and are resulting in increasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather events (IPCC 2012). Global average temperature has risen by about 0.74 degrees Celsius in the past 100 years (IPCC 2007), and will rise to at least 1.4 deg ...
Future wet grasslands: ecological implications of climate change
... overlooked in the climate change literature, including assessments by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). However, these wetlands provide an interesting case for elucidating climate change effects, being widely distributed, geographically varied, but with key hydrological, vegeta ...
... overlooked in the climate change literature, including assessments by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). However, these wetlands provide an interesting case for elucidating climate change effects, being widely distributed, geographically varied, but with key hydrological, vegeta ...
Tracking adaptation and measuring development
... changing risk contexts and that allow for flexible responses to uncertain changes in climate and unintended consequences of development interventions are needed for planning, implementing and assessing adaptation to climate change. An ‘open source’, rather than a proprietary, approach to the develop ...
... changing risk contexts and that allow for flexible responses to uncertain changes in climate and unintended consequences of development interventions are needed for planning, implementing and assessing adaptation to climate change. An ‘open source’, rather than a proprietary, approach to the develop ...
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF MONTSERRAT
... effects span more than one generation (more than 30-40 years) or even hundreds of years (Zuhang et.al., 2007). However, there is a wide variation in the actual choice of social discount rates for climate change studies. Stern (2006) uses an interest rate of 1.4%; the United Kingdom’s Treasury’s Gree ...
... effects span more than one generation (more than 30-40 years) or even hundreds of years (Zuhang et.al., 2007). However, there is a wide variation in the actual choice of social discount rates for climate change studies. Stern (2006) uses an interest rate of 1.4%; the United Kingdom’s Treasury’s Gree ...