O b s e rved Impacts climate change in the U.S.
... animals, has shifted, and these changes have occurred in conjunction with changes in U.S. climate. If these timing shifts are synchronous across species that normally interact with each other (for example, if adult butterflies and the flowers they depend on for nectar both emerge two weeks earlier), ...
... animals, has shifted, and these changes have occurred in conjunction with changes in U.S. climate. If these timing shifts are synchronous across species that normally interact with each other (for example, if adult butterflies and the flowers they depend on for nectar both emerge two weeks earlier), ...
Inuit population
... The climate of Arctic Canada is characterized by very cold, long winters and short, cool summers, with the majority of the land surface area of the four Inuit regions continuous permafrost. Sea ice is an integral part of life in the Arctic. Depending on geographic location, the length of time at whi ...
... The climate of Arctic Canada is characterized by very cold, long winters and short, cool summers, with the majority of the land surface area of the four Inuit regions continuous permafrost. Sea ice is an integral part of life in the Arctic. Depending on geographic location, the length of time at whi ...
Northeast Regional Hub Vulnerability Assessment Final
... parts of the country, and a greater percentage of these are operated by women than in the rest of the United States. Organic production is relatively greater than in most other regions. According to the National Climate Assessment, the northeastern region of the United States faces an array of clima ...
... parts of the country, and a greater percentage of these are operated by women than in the rest of the United States. Organic production is relatively greater than in most other regions. According to the National Climate Assessment, the northeastern region of the United States faces an array of clima ...
Climate Change: Costs and Benefits of S. 2191
... and limit supply. The effects will depend on what fuels are included, the emissions reductions achieved by alternatives, and the ability to produce those alternatives. Finally, S. 2191’s climate-related benefit is best considered in a global context and the desire to engage the developing world in t ...
... and limit supply. The effects will depend on what fuels are included, the emissions reductions achieved by alternatives, and the ability to produce those alternatives. Finally, S. 2191’s climate-related benefit is best considered in a global context and the desire to engage the developing world in t ...
The Promises and Perils of Geoengineering
... field is beginning to receive sustained attention from serious people and groups. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has convened expert meetings to consider the topic. So too have other important scientific bodies around the world. In the United States, government agencies from th ...
... field is beginning to receive sustained attention from serious people and groups. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has convened expert meetings to consider the topic. So too have other important scientific bodies around the world. In the United States, government agencies from th ...
Prospect Theory, Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change
... neueren Forschungsarbeiten des ZEW. Die Beiträge liegen in alleiniger Verantwortung der Autoren und stellen nicht notwendigerweise die Meinung des ZEW dar. Discussion Papers are intended to make results of ZEW research promptly available to othe ...
... neueren Forschungsarbeiten des ZEW. Die Beiträge liegen in alleiniger Verantwortung der Autoren und stellen nicht notwendigerweise die Meinung des ZEW dar. Discussion Papers are intended to make results of ZEW research promptly available to othe ...
Climate Change Impacts in Hawai`i - Hawaii Sea Grant
... The temperature of our atmosphere is largely regulated by greenhouse gases, which absorb heat, or infrared radiation, emitted from Earth’s surface. This process effectively traps heat in the atmosphere that would otherwise escape into space (Figure 1). These gases occur naturally in Earth’s atmosphe ...
... The temperature of our atmosphere is largely regulated by greenhouse gases, which absorb heat, or infrared radiation, emitted from Earth’s surface. This process effectively traps heat in the atmosphere that would otherwise escape into space (Figure 1). These gases occur naturally in Earth’s atmosphe ...
recent study
... are factory-made gases that were once necessary to replace ozone-depleting substances, but today are no longer needed in most sectors, including air conditioning, refrigeration, and foam insulation. At least 95 countries have indicated their support for proposals to amend the Montreal Protocol to ph ...
... are factory-made gases that were once necessary to replace ozone-depleting substances, but today are no longer needed in most sectors, including air conditioning, refrigeration, and foam insulation. At least 95 countries have indicated their support for proposals to amend the Montreal Protocol to ph ...
Safeguarding Washington`s Fish and Wildlife in an Era of Climate
... Sensitivity Database Initial work on this assessment entailed the development of an on-line Climate Change Sensitivity Database that includes detailed information on climate-change sensitivities for a number of species and ecological systems across the region. The database, which is available at htt ...
... Sensitivity Database Initial work on this assessment entailed the development of an on-line Climate Change Sensitivity Database that includes detailed information on climate-change sensitivities for a number of species and ecological systems across the region. The database, which is available at htt ...
Guidelines for Use of Climate Scenarios Developed from Statistical
... of the primary advantages of these techniques is that they are computationally inexpensive, and thus can be easily applied to output from different GCM experiments. Another advantage is that they can be used to provide site-specific information, which can be critical for many climate change impact s ...
... of the primary advantages of these techniques is that they are computationally inexpensive, and thus can be easily applied to output from different GCM experiments. Another advantage is that they can be used to provide site-specific information, which can be critical for many climate change impact s ...
United Nations Development Programme
... One of the three areas of cooperation for the UN in the country stated in the UNDAF 2010-2015 is environment protection. The UN’s support in this area responds to the national priority for strengthening national capacities for integrated environmental management and enhancing administrative capaciti ...
... One of the three areas of cooperation for the UN in the country stated in the UNDAF 2010-2015 is environment protection. The UN’s support in this area responds to the national priority for strengthening national capacities for integrated environmental management and enhancing administrative capaciti ...
Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage – What, Why, Where, and Texas’s role
... Restricting the greenhouse-gas concentration to 450 ppm would limit temperature increase to 2⁰C, compared with 3.5⁰C in the New Policies Scenario & 6⁰C in the Current Policies Scenario ...
... Restricting the greenhouse-gas concentration to 450 ppm would limit temperature increase to 2⁰C, compared with 3.5⁰C in the New Policies Scenario & 6⁰C in the Current Policies Scenario ...
Adaptation planning for climate change
... characteristics of mitigation and adaptation. Burton and May (2004) have compared mitigation and adaptation regimes under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Mitigation has traditionally received much greater attention in the climate change community than adaptation, ...
... characteristics of mitigation and adaptation. Burton and May (2004) have compared mitigation and adaptation regimes under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Mitigation has traditionally received much greater attention in the climate change community than adaptation, ...
The Age of Consequences: The Foreign Policy
... • In the case of severe climate change, corresponding to an average increase in global temperature of 2.6°C by 2040, massive nonlinear events in the global environment give rise to massive nonlinear societal events. In this scenario, addressed in Chapter IV, nations around the world will be overwh ...
... • In the case of severe climate change, corresponding to an average increase in global temperature of 2.6°C by 2040, massive nonlinear events in the global environment give rise to massive nonlinear societal events. In this scenario, addressed in Chapter IV, nations around the world will be overwh ...
climate change in the courts
... drive climate change policy. In fact, most jurisdictions have little or no climate change litigation at all. Within jurisdictions where climate change issues have been litigated, cases have mostly been tactical suits aimed at specific projects or details regarding implementation of existing climate ...
... drive climate change policy. In fact, most jurisdictions have little or no climate change litigation at all. Within jurisdictions where climate change issues have been litigated, cases have mostly been tactical suits aimed at specific projects or details regarding implementation of existing climate ...
Climate and finance systemic risks, more than an analogy?
... but then reject the “fat-tail” form of climate damages distribution proven by Weitzman, that is the possibility of a climate systemic risk; or adopt the climate systemic risk hypothesis, and then consider that a price only mechanism will not be enough to prevent uncertain extreme events from happeni ...
... but then reject the “fat-tail” form of climate damages distribution proven by Weitzman, that is the possibility of a climate systemic risk; or adopt the climate systemic risk hypothesis, and then consider that a price only mechanism will not be enough to prevent uncertain extreme events from happeni ...
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... associated with climate change will result in little net effect on most crops, provided that the increase in water demand, especially for irrigated crops, can be met. The change in land productivity brought by changing climate conditions may trigger economy-wide effects. In areas with significant pr ...
... associated with climate change will result in little net effect on most crops, provided that the increase in water demand, especially for irrigated crops, can be met. The change in land productivity brought by changing climate conditions may trigger economy-wide effects. In areas with significant pr ...
skuras
... associated with climate change will result in little net effect on most crops, provided that the increase in water demand, especially for irrigated crops, can be met. The change in land productivity brought by changing climate conditions may trigger economy-wide effects. In areas with significant pr ...
... associated with climate change will result in little net effect on most crops, provided that the increase in water demand, especially for irrigated crops, can be met. The change in land productivity brought by changing climate conditions may trigger economy-wide effects. In areas with significant pr ...
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... Farm Machinery for Wheat Production in Australia Broadscale mechanised operations underpin wheat production in Australia, with wheat being by far the main crop sown on Australian broadacre farms. Each year, on average, around 13 million hectares are sown to wheat and average wheat production is arou ...
... Farm Machinery for Wheat Production in Australia Broadscale mechanised operations underpin wheat production in Australia, with wheat being by far the main crop sown on Australian broadacre farms. Each year, on average, around 13 million hectares are sown to wheat and average wheat production is arou ...
Climate change in Africa: a guidebook for journalists
... able to adapt, are those that have contributed least to the problem. If poorer nations pursue economic growth by the same means from which the industrialised nations have benefitted – such as by burning coal and clearing forests – they will only add to the climate change problem. Indeed, the richest ...
... able to adapt, are those that have contributed least to the problem. If poorer nations pursue economic growth by the same means from which the industrialised nations have benefitted – such as by burning coal and clearing forests – they will only add to the climate change problem. Indeed, the richest ...
Lessons from the Front Lines Preparing for Climate Impacts
... • Non-legal barriers (technical, administrative and funding) can also inhibit implementation. Actionable plans require decision-makers to understand: (1) what data and technical information they need to make decisions, (2) which agencies will be charged with implementing each recommendation, and (3 ...
... • Non-legal barriers (technical, administrative and funding) can also inhibit implementation. Actionable plans require decision-makers to understand: (1) what data and technical information they need to make decisions, (2) which agencies will be charged with implementing each recommendation, and (3 ...
Climate Change - The Consumer Goods Forum
... This is why, in June 2014, our Board of Directors decided to give their public encouragement to heads of state across the world to engage and act with determination, in order to secure an ambitious and legally binding global climate deal. Our Board also renewed its own commitment to take action thro ...
... This is why, in June 2014, our Board of Directors decided to give their public encouragement to heads of state across the world to engage and act with determination, in order to secure an ambitious and legally binding global climate deal. Our Board also renewed its own commitment to take action thro ...
The age of consequences—the foreign policy and national security
... • In the case of severe climate change, corresponding to an average increase in global temperature of 2.6°C by 2040, massive nonlinear events in the global environment give rise to massive nonlinear societal events. In this scenario, addressed in Chapter IV, nations around the world will be overwh ...
... • In the case of severe climate change, corresponding to an average increase in global temperature of 2.6°C by 2040, massive nonlinear events in the global environment give rise to massive nonlinear societal events. In this scenario, addressed in Chapter IV, nations around the world will be overwh ...
Final Report Climate change and Wetlands.doc
... Significant and persistent changes in both the mean and the variability of climate variables determine the impacts of climate change on wetlands. They range from the direct effects of the changes in climatic variables (e.g., temperature, precipitation and drought) to indirect effects through interac ...
... Significant and persistent changes in both the mean and the variability of climate variables determine the impacts of climate change on wetlands. They range from the direct effects of the changes in climatic variables (e.g., temperature, precipitation and drought) to indirect effects through interac ...
Climate Change Fact Sheet Series
... intensity of extreme weather events, resulting from global warming. It is expected that the societies currently experiencing existing social, economic and climatic stresses will be both worst affected and least able to adapt. These will include many in the developing world, low-lying islands and coa ...
... intensity of extreme weather events, resulting from global warming. It is expected that the societies currently experiencing existing social, economic and climatic stresses will be both worst affected and least able to adapt. These will include many in the developing world, low-lying islands and coa ...
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.""