Climate change prediction over complex areas: spatial variability of
... of the expected climatic change and their impacts. Several studies have focussed on assessing the accuracy of the different RCMs for a control period (1960/ 1961–1990) with regard to the observed climatology (Dequé et al., 2005), as well as the spatial distribution of climate change impacts on diff ...
... of the expected climatic change and their impacts. Several studies have focussed on assessing the accuracy of the different RCMs for a control period (1960/ 1961–1990) with regard to the observed climatology (Dequé et al., 2005), as well as the spatial distribution of climate change impacts on diff ...
Migration, displacement, and the environment
... Climate refugees? The concept of a climate refugee is one that is commonly used but also inadequate and misleading in the context of environmental migration and displacement 15 The 1951 Refugee Convention describes refugees as people who cross an international border when fleeing war or persecution. ...
... Climate refugees? The concept of a climate refugee is one that is commonly used but also inadequate and misleading in the context of environmental migration and displacement 15 The 1951 Refugee Convention describes refugees as people who cross an international border when fleeing war or persecution. ...
Climate change prediction over complex areas: spatial variability of
... of the expected climatic change and their impacts. Several studies have focussed on assessing the accuracy of the different RCMs for a control period (1960/ 1961–1990) with regard to the observed climatology (Dequé et al., 2005), as well as the spatial distribution of climate change impacts on diff ...
... of the expected climatic change and their impacts. Several studies have focussed on assessing the accuracy of the different RCMs for a control period (1960/ 1961–1990) with regard to the observed climatology (Dequé et al., 2005), as well as the spatial distribution of climate change impacts on diff ...
Pandas` Bamboo Food May Be Lost to Climate Change
... the coming century. The results suggest that if the bamboo is restricted to its current distribution area, between 80 and 100 percent of it will disappear by the end of the 21st century, because it won' t be able to grow under the increased temperatures. [How Pandas Pick the Perfect Spot to Pee] If, ...
... the coming century. The results suggest that if the bamboo is restricted to its current distribution area, between 80 and 100 percent of it will disappear by the end of the 21st century, because it won' t be able to grow under the increased temperatures. [How Pandas Pick the Perfect Spot to Pee] If, ...
AAWG Conference Abstracts 2014
... (Hawaii) releases far more CO2 than volcanoes at convergent plate boundaries, which produce mainly water vapour. Gases at pull-apart margins are also dominated by water vapour, but with a significant component of sulphur dioxide and carbon dioxide. Volcanoes add 130-230 million tonnes of CO2 to the ...
... (Hawaii) releases far more CO2 than volcanoes at convergent plate boundaries, which produce mainly water vapour. Gases at pull-apart margins are also dominated by water vapour, but with a significant component of sulphur dioxide and carbon dioxide. Volcanoes add 130-230 million tonnes of CO2 to the ...
A vulnerability driven approach to identify adverse climate and land
... information on future climate is integrated to assess the plausibility of the hydrologic indicator to transition into a vulnerable regime in the future. These bottom-up approaches are sometimes also termed decision scaling or context-first approaches. They can be used in a wide variety of problems an ...
... information on future climate is integrated to assess the plausibility of the hydrologic indicator to transition into a vulnerable regime in the future. These bottom-up approaches are sometimes also termed decision scaling or context-first approaches. They can be used in a wide variety of problems an ...
Brown, Lessons Learned From The Climate Change Disinformation
... July, 2012 to Present, Scholar In Residence and Professor, Sustainability Ethics and Law, Widener University School of Law. Oct. 2014 to Dec. 2014, Visiting Lecturer, Griffith University, Brisbane Australia Sep. 2013 to Jan. 2014, Visiting Professor, Nagoya University School of Law, Nagoya, Japan Oc ...
... July, 2012 to Present, Scholar In Residence and Professor, Sustainability Ethics and Law, Widener University School of Law. Oct. 2014 to Dec. 2014, Visiting Lecturer, Griffith University, Brisbane Australia Sep. 2013 to Jan. 2014, Visiting Professor, Nagoya University School of Law, Nagoya, Japan Oc ...
Feedback Dynamics, Sensitivity - Apollo-Gaia
... behaviour of the earth system as a whole. The resulting breakthrough in the analysis of earth system sensitivity was presented in July 2011 at the third Global Conference on Global Warming in Lisbon. Then followed the delineation and quantification of the non-linear relationship between feedback dyn ...
... behaviour of the earth system as a whole. The resulting breakthrough in the analysis of earth system sensitivity was presented in July 2011 at the third Global Conference on Global Warming in Lisbon. Then followed the delineation and quantification of the non-linear relationship between feedback dyn ...
English - Stockholm Convention
... climate change and POPs for the Committee’s work on its fifth meeting in 2011 (decision SC-5/11, para 14). The POPs Review Committee concluded at its seventh meeting that a better understanding of the interlinkages between persistent organic pollutants and climate change is relevant for the work of ...
... climate change and POPs for the Committee’s work on its fifth meeting in 2011 (decision SC-5/11, para 14). The POPs Review Committee concluded at its seventh meeting that a better understanding of the interlinkages between persistent organic pollutants and climate change is relevant for the work of ...
Climate Projections FAQ
... science to anticipate expected changes, and understand what they mean to resources and management alternatives. As Chief Tidwell has reminded us, “sound climate science is the foundation for an effective management response.” Using science to help us deal with change is not new to us. We are a scien ...
... science to anticipate expected changes, and understand what they mean to resources and management alternatives. As Chief Tidwell has reminded us, “sound climate science is the foundation for an effective management response.” Using science to help us deal with change is not new to us. We are a scien ...
A comment on climate change, conflict and forced migration
... climate change is natural – that is, not caused by humans – and can be linked to processes on Earth such as volcanic eruptions or external forces such as variations in sunlight intensity. Today, however, the greenhouse gases emitted due to human activity (such as CO2 through fossil fuel combustion), ...
... climate change is natural – that is, not caused by humans – and can be linked to processes on Earth such as volcanic eruptions or external forces such as variations in sunlight intensity. Today, however, the greenhouse gases emitted due to human activity (such as CO2 through fossil fuel combustion), ...
Climate change and human health : risks and responses. Summary
... how complex systems such as regional climate systems and climate-dependent ecosystems will respond when pushed beyond critical limits are necessarily uncertain. Likewise, there are uncertainties about the future characteristics, behaviours and coping capacity of human ...
... how complex systems such as regional climate systems and climate-dependent ecosystems will respond when pushed beyond critical limits are necessarily uncertain. Likewise, there are uncertainties about the future characteristics, behaviours and coping capacity of human ...
Climate projections FAQ - Eastern Forest Environmental Threat
... science to anticipate expected changes, and understand what they mean to resources and management alternatives. As Chief Tidwell has reminded us, “sound climate science is the foundation for an effective management response.” Using science to help us deal with change is not new to us. We are a scien ...
... science to anticipate expected changes, and understand what they mean to resources and management alternatives. As Chief Tidwell has reminded us, “sound climate science is the foundation for an effective management response.” Using science to help us deal with change is not new to us. We are a scien ...
The effects of climate changes on aquifer storage
... deficits is assumed either to recharge the underlying aquifer or to generate surface flow, and it is further assumed for the current study that the ratio of these volumes remains constant throughout the year. There is also no explicit allowance for the attenuating effect of the unsaturated zone. Thi ...
... deficits is assumed either to recharge the underlying aquifer or to generate surface flow, and it is further assumed for the current study that the ratio of these volumes remains constant throughout the year. There is also no explicit allowance for the attenuating effect of the unsaturated zone. Thi ...
decadal climate variability, predictability and prediction
... The scientific understanding of Earth’s climate system is now sufficiently developed to show that climate change from anthropogenic greenhouse gas forcing is already upon us, and the rate of change as projected exceeds anything seen in nature in the past 10,000 years. The indisputable evidence of gl ...
... The scientific understanding of Earth’s climate system is now sufficiently developed to show that climate change from anthropogenic greenhouse gas forcing is already upon us, and the rate of change as projected exceeds anything seen in nature in the past 10,000 years. The indisputable evidence of gl ...
National Capacity Self-Assessment
... opportunities for capacity building to address the identified constraints. Jamaica became a Party to the UNFCCC in January of 1995. In conducting the assessment to evaluate the country’s capacity to effectively implement the UNFCCC and identify the capacity constraints, the consultant used questio ...
... opportunities for capacity building to address the identified constraints. Jamaica became a Party to the UNFCCC in January of 1995. In conducting the assessment to evaluate the country’s capacity to effectively implement the UNFCCC and identify the capacity constraints, the consultant used questio ...
Ensemble projections of future streamflow droughts in Europe
... G. Forzieri et al.: Ensemble projections of future streamflow droughts in Europe circulation patterns within RCMs largely depend on the lateral boundary conditions from their driving GCM, influencing not only the mean precipitation changes but also the extremes. Considering uncertainties in low pre ...
... G. Forzieri et al.: Ensemble projections of future streamflow droughts in Europe circulation patterns within RCMs largely depend on the lateral boundary conditions from their driving GCM, influencing not only the mean precipitation changes but also the extremes. Considering uncertainties in low pre ...
simulated hydrologic responses to climate variations and change in
... be particularly susceptible to warming trends. In order to better understand the consequences, as they might emerge in California, this paper reports simulated watershed responses of three river basins in the Sierra Nevada to several recent climate simulations spanning from 1900 to 2099. Like any su ...
... be particularly susceptible to warming trends. In order to better understand the consequences, as they might emerge in California, this paper reports simulated watershed responses of three river basins in the Sierra Nevada to several recent climate simulations spanning from 1900 to 2099. Like any su ...
Building bridges: Supporting adaptation in industry VCCAR think
... Victorian industry and businesses. To capitalise on these opportunities, business and industry will need to adopt innovative approaches to develop and implement new technologies and systems of operation that respond to changing social, environmental and commercial conditions. Some of the tools neede ...
... Victorian industry and businesses. To capitalise on these opportunities, business and industry will need to adopt innovative approaches to develop and implement new technologies and systems of operation that respond to changing social, environmental and commercial conditions. Some of the tools neede ...
Final Background paper UNFCCC Latin American workshop on a…
... Future climate change scenarios for Central and South America derived from global climate models for a range of greenhouse gases emissions scenarios (SRES scenarios) indicate considerable increases of temperatures and drier conditions for central and tropical South America The North Atlantic Ocean s ...
... Future climate change scenarios for Central and South America derived from global climate models for a range of greenhouse gases emissions scenarios (SRES scenarios) indicate considerable increases of temperatures and drier conditions for central and tropical South America The North Atlantic Ocean s ...
Annex II Risk profile outline
... climate change and POPs for the Committee’s work on its fifth meeting in 2011 (decision SC-5/11, para 14). The POPs Review Committee concluded at its seventh meeting that a better understanding of the interlinkages between persistent organic pollutants and climate change is relevant for the work of ...
... climate change and POPs for the Committee’s work on its fifth meeting in 2011 (decision SC-5/11, para 14). The POPs Review Committee concluded at its seventh meeting that a better understanding of the interlinkages between persistent organic pollutants and climate change is relevant for the work of ...
Towards indicators for resilient architecture and infrastructure
... and water bodies, and even public space, are designed to last for decades and are expensive to renovate ...
... and water bodies, and even public space, are designed to last for decades and are expensive to renovate ...
The Potential Impact of Climate Change on Insurance Regulation
... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is a scientific intergovernmental body set up by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). It is made up of representatives of governments (open to all member countries of WMO and UNEP) and ...
... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is a scientific intergovernmental body set up by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). It is made up of representatives of governments (open to all member countries of WMO and UNEP) and ...