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... Agreement presents a real opportunity to ramp up the global response to climate change. However, if the Paris COP falls short it will create even greater disappointment in the international community than the Copenhagen Accord in 2009. Raising the trajectory of the Paris outcome demands fresh thinki ...
... Agreement presents a real opportunity to ramp up the global response to climate change. However, if the Paris COP falls short it will create even greater disappointment in the international community than the Copenhagen Accord in 2009. Raising the trajectory of the Paris outcome demands fresh thinki ...
Climate change integrated assessment methodology for cross
... tool (Integrated Assessment Platform; IAP) that will allow stakeholders to assess climate change impacts and vulnerabilities for a range of sectors – IAP is based on an ensemble of meta-models, which are run with the user-selected climatic data representing present and future climates – When creatin ...
... tool (Integrated Assessment Platform; IAP) that will allow stakeholders to assess climate change impacts and vulnerabilities for a range of sectors – IAP is based on an ensemble of meta-models, which are run with the user-selected climatic data representing present and future climates – When creatin ...
Safeguarding Washington`s Fish and Wildlife in an Era of Climate
... to enter new systems into the database and ...
... to enter new systems into the database and ...
the eastern European Alps Climate change and geomorphological
... of Geography and Regional Research, University of Vienna, Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Vienna, Austria 2 Department of Geography, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, Penryn, TR10 9EZ, UK ...
... of Geography and Regional Research, University of Vienna, Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Vienna, Austria 2 Department of Geography, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, Penryn, TR10 9EZ, UK ...
Paleoclimate Implications for Human-Made Climate Change
... quantitative evaluation of climate feedbacks and climate sensitivity, we first make a remark about climate models and then briefly summarize Earth’s recent climate history to provide specificity to the concept of climate feedbacks. Climate models, based on physical laws that describe the structure a ...
... quantitative evaluation of climate feedbacks and climate sensitivity, we first make a remark about climate models and then briefly summarize Earth’s recent climate history to provide specificity to the concept of climate feedbacks. Climate models, based on physical laws that describe the structure a ...
Changing times, changing stories: generational differences in
... various ages, social and educational background, and occupations.” In our study area, Kusilvak County, Alaska, the median age of the population is 21.9 years (U.S. Census Bureau 2010b), making it the youngest county in the United States (Thomas 2012). These younger residents, barring migration, will ...
... various ages, social and educational background, and occupations.” In our study area, Kusilvak County, Alaska, the median age of the population is 21.9 years (U.S. Census Bureau 2010b), making it the youngest county in the United States (Thomas 2012). These younger residents, barring migration, will ...
2015 Conference Final Program - Climate Change: Impacts and
... Climate is one of the pivotal and dynamic forces in the natural history of the earth. Paleoclimatology provides us a long view of the ebb and flow of climate change, and a framework within which to interpret its ecosystemic consequences. In some times and places climate change explains processes of ...
... Climate is one of the pivotal and dynamic forces in the natural history of the earth. Paleoclimatology provides us a long view of the ebb and flow of climate change, and a framework within which to interpret its ecosystemic consequences. In some times and places climate change explains processes of ...
Prospect Theory, Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change
... generally (van den Bergh et al. 2000; Gowdy 2008; Shogren et al. 2010; Shogren and Taylor 2008; Venkatachalam 2008). Complementary to these works, this paper systematically identifies connections and empirical applications of PT on climate response measures. It will be shown that PT suggests potenti ...
... generally (van den Bergh et al. 2000; Gowdy 2008; Shogren et al. 2010; Shogren and Taylor 2008; Venkatachalam 2008). Complementary to these works, this paper systematically identifies connections and empirical applications of PT on climate response measures. It will be shown that PT suggests potenti ...
GCOS Switzerland
... Switzerland shows a total warming of +1.6 ◦ C from 1864 to 2010. In the terrestrial domain, substantial advances were made in all three subdomains hydrosphere, cryosphere and biosphere. As example for the use of satellite data within GCOS Switzerland, the 10-yr MODIS monthly mean cloud fraction clim ...
... Switzerland shows a total warming of +1.6 ◦ C from 1864 to 2010. In the terrestrial domain, substantial advances were made in all three subdomains hydrosphere, cryosphere and biosphere. As example for the use of satellite data within GCOS Switzerland, the 10-yr MODIS monthly mean cloud fraction clim ...
Assessment of impacts of agricultural and climate change scenarios
... advanced perennial biofuel crops such as switchgrass, which has been found to provide multiple environmental benefits including carbon sequestration, soil water nutrient scavenging, remediating contaminated soil and/or providing a suitable habitat for grassland birds (Khanna et al., 2008; Secchi et ...
... advanced perennial biofuel crops such as switchgrass, which has been found to provide multiple environmental benefits including carbon sequestration, soil water nutrient scavenging, remediating contaminated soil and/or providing a suitable habitat for grassland birds (Khanna et al., 2008; Secchi et ...
Can actuaries really afford to ignore climate
... Our goal has been to make use of the most reliable and most up to date climate science available, and to avoid conclusions that are not supported by the majority of climate scientists. In order to achieve this, we have collaborated with Professor Andy Pitman, Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence ...
... Our goal has been to make use of the most reliable and most up to date climate science available, and to avoid conclusions that are not supported by the majority of climate scientists. In order to achieve this, we have collaborated with Professor Andy Pitman, Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence ...
Efficient Adaptation to Climate Change
... the weather is expected to change over time, who is likely to be affected, and what they could do to adjust. Such actions would seem especially justified with respect to ex-ante adaptations that need to be made well in advance of the actual climate change. For example, foresters might want to have l ...
... the weather is expected to change over time, who is likely to be affected, and what they could do to adjust. Such actions would seem especially justified with respect to ex-ante adaptations that need to be made well in advance of the actual climate change. For example, foresters might want to have l ...
How does climate mitigation policy affect adaptation? An empirical
... ([email protected]) is professor, Department of Applied Economics, Oregon State University. Funding support from the USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station (14-JV-11261955-059) is gratefully acknowledged. We are grateful to Darius Adams for his invaluable advice and guidance, a ...
... ([email protected]) is professor, Department of Applied Economics, Oregon State University. Funding support from the USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station (14-JV-11261955-059) is gratefully acknowledged. We are grateful to Darius Adams for his invaluable advice and guidance, a ...
Adaptation to Climate Change in Management of Prairie Grasslands
... Options for adaptation to climate change in management of prairie grasslands were examined as part of Terrestrial Ecosystems component of the Prairies Regional Adaptation Collaborative (PRAC). Adaptation options were structured according to the “three Rs”: o Create resistance to change (short-term a ...
... Options for adaptation to climate change in management of prairie grasslands were examined as part of Terrestrial Ecosystems component of the Prairies Regional Adaptation Collaborative (PRAC). Adaptation options were structured according to the “three Rs”: o Create resistance to change (short-term a ...
Lebanon Country Report February - March 2013
... The ENPI CLIMA-South is implemented in a dynamic region, with rapidly changing social and political environments. At the same time, climate change is at a critical stage of the international negotiations in which new developments may be expected. Flexibility is therefore of the utmost importance and ...
... The ENPI CLIMA-South is implemented in a dynamic region, with rapidly changing social and political environments. At the same time, climate change is at a critical stage of the international negotiations in which new developments may be expected. Flexibility is therefore of the utmost importance and ...
Adaptation to Climate Change in the Context of Sustainable
... This impact-driven approach1 gave way to a new generation of scholarship, which utilised bottom-up or vulnerability-driven approaches that assessed past and present current vulnerability, existing adaptation strategies, and how these might be modified with climate change. Vulnerability in this conte ...
... This impact-driven approach1 gave way to a new generation of scholarship, which utilised bottom-up or vulnerability-driven approaches that assessed past and present current vulnerability, existing adaptation strategies, and how these might be modified with climate change. Vulnerability in this conte ...
americans` attitudes about science and technology
... For example, in 2008, following a historic spike in media attention to climate change, 40 percent of Americans said they discussed "global warming with family or friends" either often (5%) or occasionally ...
... For example, in 2008, following a historic spike in media attention to climate change, 40 percent of Americans said they discussed "global warming with family or friends" either often (5%) or occasionally ...
Review of relevant assessment processes and their theoretical
... likely to require an assessment methodology that can be defended as ‘unbiased’, ‘rigorous’ and based on the ‘best available science’ to counter the inevitable pressures from domestic and regional vested interests. It is clear that a global assessment will raise far greater levels of misgiving, criti ...
... likely to require an assessment methodology that can be defended as ‘unbiased’, ‘rigorous’ and based on the ‘best available science’ to counter the inevitable pressures from domestic and regional vested interests. It is clear that a global assessment will raise far greater levels of misgiving, criti ...
Attribution of extreme weather and climate
... Extreme weather and climate-related events occur in a particular place, by definition, infrequently. It is therefore challenging to detect systematic changes in their occurrence given the relative shortness of observational records. However, there is a clear interest from outside the climate science ...
... Extreme weather and climate-related events occur in a particular place, by definition, infrequently. It is therefore challenging to detect systematic changes in their occurrence given the relative shortness of observational records. However, there is a clear interest from outside the climate science ...
... are difficult to predict (Goodess 2000). In particular, the future radiative forcing from greenhouse gases is difficult to quantify because the emissions of these gases depend on many assumptions and uncertain factors such as population growth, the use of carbon fuel as an energy source, technologic ...
LCARL362_en.pdf
... change. Investment is also negatively impacted by climate change. In each country, there is a significant deterioration of the fiscal accounts, with government savings being below the BAU scenario by a minimum of 5 percent of 2009 GDP. With respect to trade, looking first at the A2 scenario, exports ...
... change. Investment is also negatively impacted by climate change. In each country, there is a significant deterioration of the fiscal accounts, with government savings being below the BAU scenario by a minimum of 5 percent of 2009 GDP. With respect to trade, looking first at the A2 scenario, exports ...