View Dec, 2013, issue of the Pacific Region climate change science
... feedback to climate. Ecosystem Services: Impacts on natural systems have direct consequences for crop and seafood production, water quality and availability, storm damage, and fire intensity. Working with rather than against, ecosystems may help society to adapt to changes, like sea-level rise and s ...
... feedback to climate. Ecosystem Services: Impacts on natural systems have direct consequences for crop and seafood production, water quality and availability, storm damage, and fire intensity. Working with rather than against, ecosystems may help society to adapt to changes, like sea-level rise and s ...
Climate Change in the Sydney Metropolitan Catchments
... Climate change will have both positive and negative impacts on the types of crops that can be grown and agricultural productivity in NSW. For example, higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are likely to increase plant growth, but the protein content of those plants is expected to be lowe ...
... Climate change will have both positive and negative impacts on the types of crops that can be grown and agricultural productivity in NSW. For example, higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are likely to increase plant growth, but the protein content of those plants is expected to be lowe ...
05.08.2008 Information Notice On Readjustment (Adaptation) to
... In the forthcoming ten years France plans to invest more than one billion euros in the improvement of the water infrastructure, energy production and transmission infrastructure, transport infrastructure, as well as in the protection against natural disasters, the improvement of the city environment ...
... In the forthcoming ten years France plans to invest more than one billion euros in the improvement of the water infrastructure, energy production and transmission infrastructure, transport infrastructure, as well as in the protection against natural disasters, the improvement of the city environment ...
AIACC Regional Study Abstracts
... The objective of this study is to identify the groups most vulnerable to climate variability and change, and understand the nature of this vulnerability in relation to adaptive capacity. A number of villages and communities in Nigeria and Mali will be selected for inclusion in the project and will b ...
... The objective of this study is to identify the groups most vulnerable to climate variability and change, and understand the nature of this vulnerability in relation to adaptive capacity. A number of villages and communities in Nigeria and Mali will be selected for inclusion in the project and will b ...
Climate finance additionality - Overseas Development Institute
... definitions of new and additional finance, with the goal of having a common and unified definition by 2013. In light of this, the EU, through the European Council’s Economic and Financial Committee (EFC) and Economic Policy Committee (EPC) Joint Working Group on the Financial Aspects of Climate Chan ...
... definitions of new and additional finance, with the goal of having a common and unified definition by 2013. In light of this, the EU, through the European Council’s Economic and Financial Committee (EFC) and Economic Policy Committee (EPC) Joint Working Group on the Financial Aspects of Climate Chan ...
Downscaling Tools - University of Victoria
... determining sensible combinations of predictors • Daily precipitation amount at individual stations is the most problematic variable to downscale • The plausibility of all SDSM scenarios depends on the realism of the climate model forcing • Try to apply multiple forcing scenarios (via different GCMs ...
... determining sensible combinations of predictors • Daily precipitation amount at individual stations is the most problematic variable to downscale • The plausibility of all SDSM scenarios depends on the realism of the climate model forcing • Try to apply multiple forcing scenarios (via different GCMs ...
Equivalence and Issue Framing Effects
... costs of addressing or mitigating its effects, or (3) as a scientific issue in which various experts offered their opinions or critiqued those of other experts. After identifying the dominant frames, an experimental design was conducted to determine the effect which exposure to these frames has on i ...
... costs of addressing or mitigating its effects, or (3) as a scientific issue in which various experts offered their opinions or critiqued those of other experts. After identifying the dominant frames, an experimental design was conducted to determine the effect which exposure to these frames has on i ...
Maintaining Stability
... programs were reduced by much more than the average. The Brazilian Institute for Environment and Natural Renewable Resources (IBAMA), for instance, experienced a budget cut of 71 percent with respect to originally approved funding, and of 46 percent compared to 1998. There are also indications that ...
... programs were reduced by much more than the average. The Brazilian Institute for Environment and Natural Renewable Resources (IBAMA), for instance, experienced a budget cut of 71 percent with respect to originally approved funding, and of 46 percent compared to 1998. There are also indications that ...
Report - UNHCR
... and inadequate access to information or resources. The present report identifies several “threat minimizers”, namely conditions or actions that are desirable in their own right but also help to lower the risk of climaterelated insecurity. These include climate mitigation and adaptation, economic dev ...
... and inadequate access to information or resources. The present report identifies several “threat minimizers”, namely conditions or actions that are desirable in their own right but also help to lower the risk of climaterelated insecurity. These include climate mitigation and adaptation, economic dev ...
The Abrahamic Religions and Climate Change - e
... of our megacities are situated in coastal areas (§24). For Pope Francis, climate change persists as “one of the principal challenges facing humanity in our day”, and it has grave environmental, social, economic, political implications (§24). He is especially concerned about the most vulnerable areas ...
... of our megacities are situated in coastal areas (§24). For Pope Francis, climate change persists as “one of the principal challenges facing humanity in our day”, and it has grave environmental, social, economic, political implications (§24). He is especially concerned about the most vulnerable areas ...
What`s Going to Happen and What Can We Do About It?
... policymakers must receive the information generated by scientists in a form that can be easily utilized. This normally means the standard method of reporting scientific results (a paper in the peer reviewed literature) must be supplemented with products easily understood by nonscientists, and outrea ...
... policymakers must receive the information generated by scientists in a form that can be easily utilized. This normally means the standard method of reporting scientific results (a paper in the peer reviewed literature) must be supplemented with products easily understood by nonscientists, and outrea ...
Ch 18 Global Climate Change
... shrinkage of Arctic sea ice (11.7% in 10 years) • Alaska, Siberia, Canada have warmed 5°F in summer, 10°F in winter • Spring comes 2 weeks earlier than 10 years ago • The polar ice cap has lost 20% of its volume in 20 years • Permafrost is melting • Unprecedented melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet ...
... shrinkage of Arctic sea ice (11.7% in 10 years) • Alaska, Siberia, Canada have warmed 5°F in summer, 10°F in winter • Spring comes 2 weeks earlier than 10 years ago • The polar ice cap has lost 20% of its volume in 20 years • Permafrost is melting • Unprecedented melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet ...
Comment by: Patrick J. Michaels and Paul C. Knappenberger
... in the IAMs. This was not done, despite there having been, since January 1, 2011, at least 14 new studies and 20 experiments (involving more than 45 researchers) examining the ECS, each lowering the best estimate and tightening the error distribution about that estimate. Instead, the IWG wrote in it ...
... in the IAMs. This was not done, despite there having been, since January 1, 2011, at least 14 new studies and 20 experiments (involving more than 45 researchers) examining the ECS, each lowering the best estimate and tightening the error distribution about that estimate. Instead, the IWG wrote in it ...
Carbon-Pipelines-Affirmative---Supplement---NDI-2012
... previous applications mainly found in the food and brewery industry with amounts transported in the range of some 100,000 tons of CO, annually, i.e. much smaller quantities than the amounts associated with CCS [1]. Since the transportation conditions for C02 showr similarities with Liquefied Petrole ...
... previous applications mainly found in the food and brewery industry with amounts transported in the range of some 100,000 tons of CO, annually, i.e. much smaller quantities than the amounts associated with CCS [1]. Since the transportation conditions for C02 showr similarities with Liquefied Petrole ...
18_Lecture_Presentation
... shrinkage of Arctic sea ice (11.7% in 10 years) • Alaska, Siberia, Canada have warmed 5°F in summer, 10°F in winter • Spring comes 2 weeks earlier than 10 years ago • The polar ice cap has lost 20% of its volume in 20 years • Permafrost is melting • Unprecedented melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet ...
... shrinkage of Arctic sea ice (11.7% in 10 years) • Alaska, Siberia, Canada have warmed 5°F in summer, 10°F in winter • Spring comes 2 weeks earlier than 10 years ago • The polar ice cap has lost 20% of its volume in 20 years • Permafrost is melting • Unprecedented melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet ...
Climate change scenarios for Peru and Ecuador
... The first version of the Canadian Global Coupled Model, CGCM1, and its control climate are described by Flato et al. (1999). The atmospheric component of the model is essentially GCMII described by McFarlane et al. (1992). It is a spectral model with triangular truncation at wave number 32 (yielding ...
... The first version of the Canadian Global Coupled Model, CGCM1, and its control climate are described by Flato et al. (1999). The atmospheric component of the model is essentially GCMII described by McFarlane et al. (1992). It is a spectral model with triangular truncation at wave number 32 (yielding ...
Climate 2020, rising to the challenge
... that are needed to lay the foundation for prosperity and security for all. The December 2015 breakthrough in Paris was long-needed, and promises to be a game-changer in our efforts to set the world on a sustainable footing. The adoption of the Paris Agreement on climate change, so soon after world l ...
... that are needed to lay the foundation for prosperity and security for all. The December 2015 breakthrough in Paris was long-needed, and promises to be a game-changer in our efforts to set the world on a sustainable footing. The adoption of the Paris Agreement on climate change, so soon after world l ...
how will climate change affect tourism flows in europe?
... destinations The climate models used by ToPDAd, based on a geometric average of temperature, precipitation, and cloud cover index, indicate that conditions will become more favourable for beach tourism across Europe. The conditions in northern Spain and the southern Atlantic coast of France improve ...
... destinations The climate models used by ToPDAd, based on a geometric average of temperature, precipitation, and cloud cover index, indicate that conditions will become more favourable for beach tourism across Europe. The conditions in northern Spain and the southern Atlantic coast of France improve ...
Human Impacts on Climate: A Broader View than Reported in the
... agents and mechanisms, together with the typical geographical extent (spatial scale) of the forcing and the assessed level of scientific understanding (LOSU). The net anthropogenic radiative forcing and its range are also shown. These require summing asymmetric uncertainty estimates from the compone ...
... agents and mechanisms, together with the typical geographical extent (spatial scale) of the forcing and the assessed level of scientific understanding (LOSU). The net anthropogenic radiative forcing and its range are also shown. These require summing asymmetric uncertainty estimates from the compone ...
19. Global change
... unknowns the international community forged an agreement (the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer) and took concrete steps to address the problem. In contrast, the facts about the other issue (global warming) are still intensely debated by scientists, government agencies, i ...
... unknowns the international community forged an agreement (the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer) and took concrete steps to address the problem. In contrast, the facts about the other issue (global warming) are still intensely debated by scientists, government agencies, i ...
Chapter 2: AFRICAN CLIMATE CHANGE: PAST AND FUTURE
... whether due to natural variability or as a result of human activity. This usage differs from that in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which defines climate change as: ‘a change of climate which is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the ...
... whether due to natural variability or as a result of human activity. This usage differs from that in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which defines climate change as: ‘a change of climate which is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the ...
Regional climate change and its impact on photooxidant
... east-west direction and 64 grid points in south-north direction and for a vertical resolution of 19 layers. [10] For the regional simulations two time slices are selected, 1991 – 2000 (denoted as ‘‘present’’) and 2031– 2039 (denoted as ‘‘future’’). The time slice from 2031– 2039 has been chosen sinc ...
... east-west direction and 64 grid points in south-north direction and for a vertical resolution of 19 layers. [10] For the regional simulations two time slices are selected, 1991 – 2000 (denoted as ‘‘present’’) and 2031– 2039 (denoted as ‘‘future’’). The time slice from 2031– 2039 has been chosen sinc ...
Booth et al. 2013. CC Adaptation to Protect Biodiversity
... A further two paragraphs then briefly describe how a table can be constructed summarizing ecological, socio-economic and climate change trends as well as implications of climate change, government and investment sources, and education needs. On the basis of these factors key points for an integrated ...
... A further two paragraphs then briefly describe how a table can be constructed summarizing ecological, socio-economic and climate change trends as well as implications of climate change, government and investment sources, and education needs. On the basis of these factors key points for an integrated ...
Taking Climate Change by Storm: Theorizing Global and Local Policy-Making in
... coordination problems, the science of climate change has a much higher degree of uncertainty. These trends are even more accentuated with respect to the scientific understanding of extreme climate events and the likelihood of political coordination at various scales. The main contribution of this Ar ...
... coordination problems, the science of climate change has a much higher degree of uncertainty. These trends are even more accentuated with respect to the scientific understanding of extreme climate events and the likelihood of political coordination at various scales. The main contribution of this Ar ...
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... At the global scale, maize and wheat exhibited negative impacts for several major producers and global net loss of 3.8% and 5.5%, respectively, ...
... At the global scale, maize and wheat exhibited negative impacts for several major producers and global net loss of 3.8% and 5.5%, respectively, ...
2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference
The 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference, commonly known as the Copenhagen Summit, was held at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Denmark, between 7 and 18 December. The conference included the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP 15) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the 5th Meeting of the Parties (MOP 5) to the Kyoto Protocol. According to the Bali Road Map, a framework for climate change mitigation beyond 2012 was to be agreed there.On Friday 18 December, the final day of the conference, international media reported that the climate talks were ""in disarray"". Media also reported that in lieu of a summit collapse, only a ""weak political statement"" was anticipated at the conclusion of the conference. The Copenhagen Accord was drafted by the United States, China, India, Brazil and South Africa on 18 December, and judged a ""meaningful agreement"" by the United States government. It was ""taken note of"", but not ""adopted"", in a debate of all the participating countries the next day, and it was not passed unanimously. The document recognised that climate change is one of the greatest challenges of the present day and that actions should be taken to keep any temperature increases to below 2 °C. The document is not legally binding and does not contain any legally binding commitments for reducing CO2 emissions.In January 2014, documents leaked by Edward Snowden and published by Dagbladet Information revealed that the US government negotiators were in receipt of information during the conference that was being obtained by spying against other conference delegations. The US National Security Agency provided US delegates with advance details other delegations' positions, including the Danish plan to ""rescue"" the talks should they flounder. Members of the Danish negotiating team said that both the US and Chinese delegations were ""peculiarly well-informed"" about closed-door discussions: ""They simply sat back, just as we had feared they would if they knew about our document.""