Scientific aspects - Wageningen UR E
... Recent international economic assessments demonstrate that there are large uncertainties about climate change damage projections for the coming century. Ranges from 1-2% of EU GDP are projected for 2050, rising to 2-6% for 2100. We can conclude a number of things from these numbers. First, climate c ...
... Recent international economic assessments demonstrate that there are large uncertainties about climate change damage projections for the coming century. Ranges from 1-2% of EU GDP are projected for 2050, rising to 2-6% for 2100. We can conclude a number of things from these numbers. First, climate c ...
P U S - Center for Science and Technology Policy Research
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Opportunities and risks of climate change
... Besides the greenhouse gas hypothesis, there have been other attempts – also scientifically founded – to explain the observed rise in the average global temperature. They range from a fundamental criticism of the reliability and hence comparability of historical and current temperature readings to s ...
... Besides the greenhouse gas hypothesis, there have been other attempts – also scientifically founded – to explain the observed rise in the average global temperature. They range from a fundamental criticism of the reliability and hence comparability of historical and current temperature readings to s ...
FFESCsynthesisJune7 - Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural
... uncertainty arising from other sources. Climate change makes existing uncertainties (e.g. wildfire, global markets) more acute while also challenging those attributes of forest and range management that were previously most predictable. While the objective of science has long been to improve predict ...
... uncertainty arising from other sources. Climate change makes existing uncertainties (e.g. wildfire, global markets) more acute while also challenging those attributes of forest and range management that were previously most predictable. While the objective of science has long been to improve predict ...
SEMIQUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF REGIONAL CLIMATE
... attempt such a comparison and the physical assets can be assumed to be homogeneous across NRW, uniform weights are used in our analysis. This argument holds also for the adaptive capacity, which varies greatly between different regions of the world, therefore influencing the vulnerability substantia ...
... attempt such a comparison and the physical assets can be assumed to be homogeneous across NRW, uniform weights are used in our analysis. This argument holds also for the adaptive capacity, which varies greatly between different regions of the world, therefore influencing the vulnerability substantia ...
Report of DPWG
... CLIVAR Working Group on Ocean Model Development DPWG invited to participate in next WG meeting in October 2010, along with AMOC Team NCAR Climate Change & Climate Variability WGs Running additional experiments at request of DPWG US CLIVAR Summit 2009 ...
... CLIVAR Working Group on Ocean Model Development DPWG invited to participate in next WG meeting in October 2010, along with AMOC Team NCAR Climate Change & Climate Variability WGs Running additional experiments at request of DPWG US CLIVAR Summit 2009 ...
W How to Take A R T I C L E S
... climate theory.12 No other known source of changes in the global climate, such as changes in the earth’s orbit, volcanic particles in the atmosphere that cause cooling, or solar variability, can explain the global to continental-scale patterns of climate change that have been observed, nor the patte ...
... climate theory.12 No other known source of changes in the global climate, such as changes in the earth’s orbit, volcanic particles in the atmosphere that cause cooling, or solar variability, can explain the global to continental-scale patterns of climate change that have been observed, nor the patte ...
Regional Climate Adaptation Planning Alliance
... There are a number of general as well as place-specific reasons why climate change adaptation is a smart option for communities across the Unites States and in the Intermountain West in particular. Provided below are some of the most compelling reasons for Western communities to move forward with cl ...
... There are a number of general as well as place-specific reasons why climate change adaptation is a smart option for communities across the Unites States and in the Intermountain West in particular. Provided below are some of the most compelling reasons for Western communities to move forward with cl ...
Carbon Dynamics in the Future Forest: the Importance
... Mantgem et al., 2009). Climate projections for California, suggest little change in annual total precipitation, although there are discrepancies among models (Lenihan et al., 2003). The projected alterations in temperature or precipitation, independently or in conjunction, may affect various ecosyst ...
... Mantgem et al., 2009). Climate projections for California, suggest little change in annual total precipitation, although there are discrepancies among models (Lenihan et al., 2003). The projected alterations in temperature or precipitation, independently or in conjunction, may affect various ecosyst ...
- Wiley Online Library
... headline conclusion from the IPCC AR4 was that “most of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations”. Of greater importance for adaptation to climate change are changes on t ...
... headline conclusion from the IPCC AR4 was that “most of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations”. Of greater importance for adaptation to climate change are changes on t ...
Environmental refugees: The impact of climate change on emigration
... Migration pertains to people leaving their home (“origin”) to live elsewhere. In general, scholars have focused on push factors to explain this phenomenon. Among the socio-political factors (i.e., unemployment, war, or human rights violations), the literature increasingly acknowledges the importance ...
... Migration pertains to people leaving their home (“origin”) to live elsewhere. In general, scholars have focused on push factors to explain this phenomenon. Among the socio-political factors (i.e., unemployment, war, or human rights violations), the literature increasingly acknowledges the importance ...
planned relocations, disasters and climate change
... (DFDR), the term ‘involuntary resettlement’ is associated with decades of experience in relocating populations in the context of development projects. Development actors put issues of poverty reduction at the center of their efforts while humanitarians often focus on protection; sometimes those acto ...
... (DFDR), the term ‘involuntary resettlement’ is associated with decades of experience in relocating populations in the context of development projects. Development actors put issues of poverty reduction at the center of their efforts while humanitarians often focus on protection; sometimes those acto ...
IFC`s Definitions and Metrics for Climate
... reported information. 2) Completeness: Consider all relevant information that may affect the accounting and quantification of GHG reductions and complete all requirements. 3) Consistency: Use data, methods, criteria, and assumptions that allow meaningful and valid comparisons. 4) Transparency: Provi ...
... reported information. 2) Completeness: Consider all relevant information that may affect the accounting and quantification of GHG reductions and complete all requirements. 3) Consistency: Use data, methods, criteria, and assumptions that allow meaningful and valid comparisons. 4) Transparency: Provi ...
Transformative Learning and Engagement with Climate
... Swedish Defence Agency (FOI), and Maja Dahlin, who organized the data collection for this study. We thank Carina Keskitalo at Umeå University and Ryan Plummer at Brock University for their helpful comments and guidance throughout the data analyses, as well as John Forrester for his expert review, an ...
... Swedish Defence Agency (FOI), and Maja Dahlin, who organized the data collection for this study. We thank Carina Keskitalo at Umeå University and Ryan Plummer at Brock University for their helpful comments and guidance throughout the data analyses, as well as John Forrester for his expert review, an ...
How Does a Regional Climate Model Modify the Projected Climate
... Institute for Meteorology-Earth System Model (MPI-ESM). The evaluation is done for annual mean near-surface temperature and precipitation. We investigate systematic differences in the climate change signals over different domains for Africa, Europe, South America and West Asia for regions that are b ...
... Institute for Meteorology-Earth System Model (MPI-ESM). The evaluation is done for annual mean near-surface temperature and precipitation. We investigate systematic differences in the climate change signals over different domains for Africa, Europe, South America and West Asia for regions that are b ...
Preparing for and managing change: climate adaptation for
... adaptation literature is the need to move from a paradigm of preserving current conditions or designing restoration for “historical fidelity” to one of being open to managing for future systems that may differ in composition, structure, and/or function (Cole and Yung 2010). Given the rate and magnit ...
... adaptation literature is the need to move from a paradigm of preserving current conditions or designing restoration for “historical fidelity” to one of being open to managing for future systems that may differ in composition, structure, and/or function (Cole and Yung 2010). Given the rate and magnit ...
Climate Leviathan - The Ohio State University
... well induce. The urgency of such analysis, for all its inherent limitations, stems from the fact that the looming political-economic formations are no small part of our peril. In the face of this task, several questions arise. If we are to achieve something like the commonly identified target of a 9 ...
... well induce. The urgency of such analysis, for all its inherent limitations, stems from the fact that the looming political-economic formations are no small part of our peril. In the face of this task, several questions arise. If we are to achieve something like the commonly identified target of a 9 ...
PDF - Climate Diplomacy
... these two types of climatic influences pose very different challenges for affected people and governments, not least because they imply different time horizons for adaptation and policy responses. The upshot of this discussion is that there is no easy and quick answer to the question whether or not ...
... these two types of climatic influences pose very different challenges for affected people and governments, not least because they imply different time horizons for adaptation and policy responses. The upshot of this discussion is that there is no easy and quick answer to the question whether or not ...
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... aspects of our lives as well as upon the natural environment. It will affect everyone on the planet, though differences in infrastructure and locality will profoundly influence vulnerability. Impacts will be social and cultural as well as environmental and economic, and solutions need to be social a ...
... aspects of our lives as well as upon the natural environment. It will affect everyone on the planet, though differences in infrastructure and locality will profoundly influence vulnerability. Impacts will be social and cultural as well as environmental and economic, and solutions need to be social a ...
Mayors Adapt - EN Political Commitment
... Assessment Report that Human activities are continuing to affect the Earth’s climate; WHEREAS the European Commission, the European Parliament, the European Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions recall that the objective of keeping the global mean surfa ...
... Assessment Report that Human activities are continuing to affect the Earth’s climate; WHEREAS the European Commission, the European Parliament, the European Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions recall that the objective of keeping the global mean surfa ...
Key aspects of global climate change
... An unprecedented increase of interest in the problems of climate observed during the last decades (this refers, in particular, to mass media) has stimulated the working out of both scientific and applied developments, which provided a considerable advance in understanding the causes of present clima ...
... An unprecedented increase of interest in the problems of climate observed during the last decades (this refers, in particular, to mass media) has stimulated the working out of both scientific and applied developments, which provided a considerable advance in understanding the causes of present clima ...
Word - war changes climate
... Earth Summit in Rio.19 As other voices have also commented that while the results were not optimal, at least they were a beginning20 and it was now only necessary to continue steadfastly along the road chosen, it appears as if climate history has already been written and only a determination of the ...
... Earth Summit in Rio.19 As other voices have also commented that while the results were not optimal, at least they were a beginning20 and it was now only necessary to continue steadfastly along the road chosen, it appears as if climate history has already been written and only a determination of the ...