Global warming under old and new scenarios using IPCC climate
... (CMIP5), which incorporates the latest versions of climate models and focuses on RCPs. This implies that by AR5 both models and scenarios will have changed, making a comparison with earlier literature challenging. To facilitate this comparison, we provide probabilistic climate projections of both SR ...
... (CMIP5), which incorporates the latest versions of climate models and focuses on RCPs. This implies that by AR5 both models and scenarios will have changed, making a comparison with earlier literature challenging. To facilitate this comparison, we provide probabilistic climate projections of both SR ...
changes in high flows in Sweden in the past and the future (1911
... occurring in March–June and July–February, respectively. In Sweden, spring peaks occurring in March–June along the south-to-north climate gradient are driven mainly by ...
... occurring in March–June and July–February, respectively. In Sweden, spring peaks occurring in March–June along the south-to-north climate gradient are driven mainly by ...
IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS)
... commodities such as rice and livestock have caused atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO 2) and other green-house gases to rise significantly. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), increases in greenhouse gas emissions have been associated with an increase in ...
... commodities such as rice and livestock have caused atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO 2) and other green-house gases to rise significantly. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), increases in greenhouse gas emissions have been associated with an increase in ...
Adaptation and the Courtroom: Judging Climate Science
... proficiency in laboratory techniques. Climate science is also a rapidly developing field of scientific inquiry. Although this does not render climate science unique, it prevents judges from relying wholly upon the published peer-reviewed literature. Such literature may not reflect new discoveries an ...
... proficiency in laboratory techniques. Climate science is also a rapidly developing field of scientific inquiry. Although this does not render climate science unique, it prevents judges from relying wholly upon the published peer-reviewed literature. Such literature may not reflect new discoveries an ...
Global Climate Change and Biodiversity
... tundra. Second, southern latitudes will become increasingly sensitive to drought stress, which is likely to be an important impact on tropical forests (in addition to anthropogenic exploitation). The modelling of actual vegetation change, taking into account land use changes and other human manageme ...
... tundra. Second, southern latitudes will become increasingly sensitive to drought stress, which is likely to be an important impact on tropical forests (in addition to anthropogenic exploitation). The modelling of actual vegetation change, taking into account land use changes and other human manageme ...
National Adaptation to Climate Change
... likely to reduce the supply of safe water, increasing risks of water‐borne diseases like cholera and other diarrhoeal diseases; ...
... likely to reduce the supply of safe water, increasing risks of water‐borne diseases like cholera and other diarrhoeal diseases; ...
UK climate change policy: how does it affect competitiveness?
... Germany, Norway, South Korea, Mexico, and China. This conclusion is based on a comparison of three indicators of climate change policy ambition: the presence and stringency of national greenhouse gas emissions targets, the adoption of climate change legislation, and the resulting implicit or explici ...
... Germany, Norway, South Korea, Mexico, and China. This conclusion is based on a comparison of three indicators of climate change policy ambition: the presence and stringency of national greenhouse gas emissions targets, the adoption of climate change legislation, and the resulting implicit or explici ...
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... the bias is likely to be small (Mendelsohn and Nordhaus, 1996). Rising carbon dioxide levels are expected to increase plant productivity (Kimball, 2007) so including carbon fertilization would likely increase net benefits. The Ricardian model includes farmer adaptation but it does not take into acco ...
... the bias is likely to be small (Mendelsohn and Nordhaus, 1996). Rising carbon dioxide levels are expected to increase plant productivity (Kimball, 2007) so including carbon fertilization would likely increase net benefits. The Ricardian model includes farmer adaptation but it does not take into acco ...
Potential Threats from Climate Change to Human
... working papers and reports, and statistics published by government websites, research institutions, and development organisations were part of the literature review. It is worth noting that statistical data on the same issue in the same time period from different sources are often inconsistent, such ...
... working papers and reports, and statistics published by government websites, research institutions, and development organisations were part of the literature review. It is worth noting that statistical data on the same issue in the same time period from different sources are often inconsistent, such ...
Towards Adaptive Spatial Planning for Climate Change
... heterogeneous. The consequences of climate change depend heavily on the specific geographical context in which they become manifest. On the one hand climate change causes macro-effects with regard to sea-level rise and a general rise of temperature (global warming). On the other hand climate effects ...
... heterogeneous. The consequences of climate change depend heavily on the specific geographical context in which they become manifest. On the one hand climate change causes macro-effects with regard to sea-level rise and a general rise of temperature (global warming). On the other hand climate effects ...
The Construction of Global Warming and the Politics of Science
... and technical debate crystallized into one of the first widely publicized warnings about an anthropogenically enhanced greenhouse effect due to rising concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other radiatively sensitive greenhouse gases (GHGs), from the recent Kyoto Protocol to United Nations Fram ...
... and technical debate crystallized into one of the first widely publicized warnings about an anthropogenically enhanced greenhouse effect due to rising concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other radiatively sensitive greenhouse gases (GHGs), from the recent Kyoto Protocol to United Nations Fram ...
Alberto Montanari - University of Bologna
... The Pliocene (about 3 million years ago) was the most recent time in Earth’s history when mean global temperatures were substantially warmer (about 2°C to 3°C warmer). On the other hand, temperatures during most of the most recent 1 million years (the Pleistocene) have been colder than at present. L ...
... The Pliocene (about 3 million years ago) was the most recent time in Earth’s history when mean global temperatures were substantially warmer (about 2°C to 3°C warmer). On the other hand, temperatures during most of the most recent 1 million years (the Pleistocene) have been colder than at present. L ...
Dissemination of information on climate change: a case study KwaNgwanase in KwaZulu-Natal
... Technologies (ICTs) and climate change Despite all these adaptive efforts and strategies, geographic distance could result in the delayed dissemination of urgent information in rural areas. While the contribution of traditional ways for the prediction of climate change is acknowledged, the diffusion ...
... Technologies (ICTs) and climate change Despite all these adaptive efforts and strategies, geographic distance could result in the delayed dissemination of urgent information in rural areas. While the contribution of traditional ways for the prediction of climate change is acknowledged, the diffusion ...
Climate Change and Poverty in Mozambique
... Appendix 3: Nampula Province community carbon swap programme Concept note ...
... Appendix 3: Nampula Province community carbon swap programme Concept note ...
Curriculum Vitae - Center for Research on Environmental
... Benjamin Orlove and David Guillet. Theoretical and methodological considerations on the study of mountain peoples: reflections on the idea of subsistence type and the role of history in human ecology. Mountain Research and Development 5(1):3-18. Benjamin Orlove and David Guillet, eds. Convergences a ...
... Benjamin Orlove and David Guillet. Theoretical and methodological considerations on the study of mountain peoples: reflections on the idea of subsistence type and the role of history in human ecology. Mountain Research and Development 5(1):3-18. Benjamin Orlove and David Guillet, eds. Convergences a ...
WRS-08 Presentation
... provides for the radio-frequency spectrum and orbit resources for radio systems and applications used for climate monitoring, weather forecasting, disaster prediction, detection, mitigation of negative effect of disasters and data exchange and dissimilation systems; develops mandatory and volunt ...
... provides for the radio-frequency spectrum and orbit resources for radio systems and applications used for climate monitoring, weather forecasting, disaster prediction, detection, mitigation of negative effect of disasters and data exchange and dissimilation systems; develops mandatory and volunt ...
The EU and Strategies for New Climate Treaty Negotiations
... being primarily the promoter as well as the defender of the Kyoto Protocol. The participation of the United States, at the COP 15-16, could be seen as an attempt to regain the leadership, but it remains to be seen how the future negotiations will develop and how the United States or the EU will lead ...
... being primarily the promoter as well as the defender of the Kyoto Protocol. The participation of the United States, at the COP 15-16, could be seen as an attempt to regain the leadership, but it remains to be seen how the future negotiations will develop and how the United States or the EU will lead ...
Hot Damned America: Evangelicalism and the Climate Change
... Beisner envisions an active role for humankind in its relationship to the environment and makes no apologies for what many would agree are the negative effects of environmental exploitation. The cultivation of wilderness might have seemingly little to do with twenty-first-century environmental stewa ...
... Beisner envisions an active role for humankind in its relationship to the environment and makes no apologies for what many would agree are the negative effects of environmental exploitation. The cultivation of wilderness might have seemingly little to do with twenty-first-century environmental stewa ...
Urban Planning for Climate Change – Position Paper of FIG Working
... (Sustainability Center Bremen 2009: 8) or climate-change relevant tasks (German Institute of Urban Affairs 2011: 33) and cover far more than only the sector energy. Therefore, the following paragraphs also exemplarily consider settlement structures, settlement expansion as well as new energy-systems ...
... (Sustainability Center Bremen 2009: 8) or climate-change relevant tasks (German Institute of Urban Affairs 2011: 33) and cover far more than only the sector energy. Therefore, the following paragraphs also exemplarily consider settlement structures, settlement expansion as well as new energy-systems ...
5. Conclusion: Political change in social
... 2005, p.vii). We draw on the critical inquiry tradition to ‘understand not just how the world is but also how it might be changed for the better’ (Brookfield 2005, p.7), where ‘better’ is defined as achieving effective and just mitigation of anthropogenic climate change. Political economy is concern ...
... 2005, p.vii). We draw on the critical inquiry tradition to ‘understand not just how the world is but also how it might be changed for the better’ (Brookfield 2005, p.7), where ‘better’ is defined as achieving effective and just mitigation of anthropogenic climate change. Political economy is concern ...
perspectives on climate change - Canadian Institute of Planners
... The Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP) has been in dialogue with its members on climate change since 2007. Part of this dialogue comprised a series of benchmarking surveys and focus groups. Since March 2008, CIP has conducted four benchmarking surveys. To augment the survey data, focus groups were ...
... The Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP) has been in dialogue with its members on climate change since 2007. Part of this dialogue comprised a series of benchmarking surveys and focus groups. Since March 2008, CIP has conducted four benchmarking surveys. To augment the survey data, focus groups were ...