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... Carbon neutral: Commonly accepted terminology for something (e.g. an organisation or product) which has zero net emissions. (2) Carbon literacy: General knowledge or awareness of the concepts, causes, and the effects of atmospheric pollution or greenhouse gases. (2) Climate: Average weather and its ...
... Carbon neutral: Commonly accepted terminology for something (e.g. an organisation or product) which has zero net emissions. (2) Carbon literacy: General knowledge or awareness of the concepts, causes, and the effects of atmospheric pollution or greenhouse gases. (2) Climate: Average weather and its ...
Ch4 Pre-release version - Arctic Climate Impact Assessment
... A slight decrease in pressure in the polar region is projected for throughout the year.While impact studies would benefit from projections of wind characteristics and storm tracks in the Arctic, available analyses in the literature are insufficient to justify firm conclusions about possible changes ...
... A slight decrease in pressure in the polar region is projected for throughout the year.While impact studies would benefit from projections of wind characteristics and storm tracks in the Arctic, available analyses in the literature are insufficient to justify firm conclusions about possible changes ...
DRAFT P W
... contingent upon hydrologic conditions both prior to and after the failure. For example, if the levee failure occurs in the midst of wet years (levee failure occurring in 1983, yellow line in Figure 1 and 2) the system will deliver significant amounts of water in the first year of disruption, because ...
... contingent upon hydrologic conditions both prior to and after the failure. For example, if the levee failure occurs in the midst of wet years (levee failure occurring in 1983, yellow line in Figure 1 and 2) the system will deliver significant amounts of water in the first year of disruption, because ...
Carbon Capture and Sequestration
... If we are to avoid the economic and human consequences of severe climate change, we must significantly cut emissions of CO2. On the whole, the chief challenges to reducing CO2 emissions are not the technical ones, which, while not insignificant, are tractable; the real challenges are political and c ...
... If we are to avoid the economic and human consequences of severe climate change, we must significantly cut emissions of CO2. On the whole, the chief challenges to reducing CO2 emissions are not the technical ones, which, while not insignificant, are tractable; the real challenges are political and c ...
State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2007
... But this is changing. The quality of offsets is – and will likely continue to be - the most important issue for both buyers and sellers in this market. In our survey, buyers indicated that the quality of offsets was more important to them than price, and sellers all agreed that addressing issues of ...
... But this is changing. The quality of offsets is – and will likely continue to be - the most important issue for both buyers and sellers in this market. In our survey, buyers indicated that the quality of offsets was more important to them than price, and sellers all agreed that addressing issues of ...
Climate Change: Addressing the Impact for Human Security
... bibliography is an assessment of the possible impact of climate change for human security and this is the intended contribution and added value of this policy paper. Several threats to international stability and security have been identified, inclu-ding the following: i) Conflict over resources. R ...
... bibliography is an assessment of the possible impact of climate change for human security and this is the intended contribution and added value of this policy paper. Several threats to international stability and security have been identified, inclu-ding the following: i) Conflict over resources. R ...
IFinland`s National Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change
... The most important way to reduce the impacts of climate change, and thus the need for adaptation, is the global mitigation of greenhouse gases. The Adaptation Strategy does not assess the role which the potentially forthcoming mitigation measures may have in the climate change scenarios or in the fu ...
... The most important way to reduce the impacts of climate change, and thus the need for adaptation, is the global mitigation of greenhouse gases. The Adaptation Strategy does not assess the role which the potentially forthcoming mitigation measures may have in the climate change scenarios or in the fu ...
Health Effects of Climate Change in the UK, Department of Health
... An increase of about 10 000 cases each year by 2050 is estimated: clearly worrying even when seen against the background of the approximately 100 000 cases that currently occur each year. However such an increase is not inevitable, indeed, it may be largely preventable if effective measures are adop ...
... An increase of about 10 000 cases each year by 2050 is estimated: clearly worrying even when seen against the background of the approximately 100 000 cases that currently occur each year. However such an increase is not inevitable, indeed, it may be largely preventable if effective measures are adop ...
Surviving climate change in small islands
... been ice ages as well as periods of heat and low rainfall. The Earth is accustomed to experiencing wide-spread severe environmental change and it has always adapted to these changes. Since human beings have lived on this planet they have coped with earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunami, droughts, ...
... been ice ages as well as periods of heat and low rainfall. The Earth is accustomed to experiencing wide-spread severe environmental change and it has always adapted to these changes. Since human beings have lived on this planet they have coped with earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunami, droughts, ...
Queensland Climate Change Centre of
... events. Hence, considerable resources have been devoted to climate prediction (one field of climate science). Yet even as this science continues to advance, our climate is changing and becoming less predictable. All sectors will be affected by climate change, particularly water supply, agriculture, ...
... events. Hence, considerable resources have been devoted to climate prediction (one field of climate science). Yet even as this science continues to advance, our climate is changing and becoming less predictable. All sectors will be affected by climate change, particularly water supply, agriculture, ...
2015 Pennsylvania Climate Impacts Assessment Update
... that the world is currently on, and is one of two emissions pathways adopted by a large number of climate modeling groups. Under RCP 8.5 it is projected that by the middle of the 21st century, Pennsylvania will be about 3 °C (5.4°F) warmer than it was at the end of the 20th century. The correspondin ...
... that the world is currently on, and is one of two emissions pathways adopted by a large number of climate modeling groups. Under RCP 8.5 it is projected that by the middle of the 21st century, Pennsylvania will be about 3 °C (5.4°F) warmer than it was at the end of the 20th century. The correspondin ...
assessment of the vulnerability of rural livelihoods in the Pacific to
... ecosystem types to provide breaks and resilience to damage from natural disasters and human impacts, and (c) the presence of lowlands and associated pollution, ecosystem disturbance, flooding and coastal vulnerability. Whilst the EVI climate change sub-index provides a comprehensive assessment of en ...
... ecosystem types to provide breaks and resilience to damage from natural disasters and human impacts, and (c) the presence of lowlands and associated pollution, ecosystem disturbance, flooding and coastal vulnerability. Whilst the EVI climate change sub-index provides a comprehensive assessment of en ...
Climate change - Citizens` Climate Lobby
... Nation needs carbon tax to fight climate change In his May 25 column, Eugene Robinson that has been supported by conservative rightly says that President Obama must economists and policy experts: a re ...
... Nation needs carbon tax to fight climate change In his May 25 column, Eugene Robinson that has been supported by conservative rightly says that President Obama must economists and policy experts: a re ...
CURRICULUM VITAE
... Uncertainty: Weather Information, Economic Planning and Business Management. In Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 52:326-328. 13. Easterling, W. E., N. J. Rosenberg, M. S. McKenney and C. A. Jones. 1992. An Introduction to the Methodology, the Region of the Study, and a Historical Analog of Clima ...
... Uncertainty: Weather Information, Economic Planning and Business Management. In Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 52:326-328. 13. Easterling, W. E., N. J. Rosenberg, M. S. McKenney and C. A. Jones. 1992. An Introduction to the Methodology, the Region of the Study, and a Historical Analog of Clima ...
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... Most scientists agree that the earth’s climate is changing, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) projects that sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) will be one of the most severely affected regions. Temperatures across SSA are projected to increase 3-4° Celsius over the course of the 21st ce ...
... Most scientists agree that the earth’s climate is changing, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) projects that sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) will be one of the most severely affected regions. Temperatures across SSA are projected to increase 3-4° Celsius over the course of the 21st ce ...
The Austrian Strategy for Adaptation to Climate
... can be found in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 1 (UNFCCC 2007, ratified by Austria), as well as in Art. 10 (b) of the Kyoto Protocol, which came into force in 2005. These agreements require the signatory parties to develop, implement, and update national and (where appropr ...
... can be found in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 1 (UNFCCC 2007, ratified by Austria), as well as in Art. 10 (b) of the Kyoto Protocol, which came into force in 2005. These agreements require the signatory parties to develop, implement, and update national and (where appropr ...
Future Climate Change: Modeling and Scenarios
... climate in the Arctic than anywhere else on the globe. Physically based, global coupled atmosphere-land-ocean climate models are used to project possible future climate change. Given a change in GHG concentrations, the resulting changes in temperature, precipitation, seasonality, etc. can be project ...
... climate in the Arctic than anywhere else on the globe. Physically based, global coupled atmosphere-land-ocean climate models are used to project possible future climate change. Given a change in GHG concentrations, the resulting changes in temperature, precipitation, seasonality, etc. can be project ...
The Austrian Strategy for Adaptation to Climate
... can be found in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 1 (UNFCCC 2007, ratified by Austria), as well as in Art. 10 (b) of the Kyoto Protocol, which came into force in 2005. These agreements require the signatory parties to develop, implement, and update national and (where appropr ...
... can be found in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 1 (UNFCCC 2007, ratified by Austria), as well as in Art. 10 (b) of the Kyoto Protocol, which came into force in 2005. These agreements require the signatory parties to develop, implement, and update national and (where appropr ...
Colorado Climate Preparedness Project Final Report
... Climate variability and change introduce risks and uncertainty, as well as potential opportunities, to many activities central to Colorado’s economy. Attention to climate variability and change varies across agencies and sectors, yet overall there is widespread awareness of the value of reducing the ...
... Climate variability and change introduce risks and uncertainty, as well as potential opportunities, to many activities central to Colorado’s economy. Attention to climate variability and change varies across agencies and sectors, yet overall there is widespread awareness of the value of reducing the ...
climate change vulnerability of ski tourism in
... Ski Tourism and Climate Change With 120 million total domestic and international visitors accounting for 400 million visits each year, the ski tourism industry has been one of the most important sectors for socioeconomic development in certain regions, e.g. the Alps. Moreover, ski tourism has mainta ...
... Ski Tourism and Climate Change With 120 million total domestic and international visitors accounting for 400 million visits each year, the ski tourism industry has been one of the most important sectors for socioeconomic development in certain regions, e.g. the Alps. Moreover, ski tourism has mainta ...
The Geopolitics of Climate Change
... capacity as a stand-alone report, this document has the ambition of being suitable for use by a European and international readership of scholars and policymakers. In its capacity as a first study in a series of many with a more specifically Swedish focus, an important task of this report is to iden ...
... capacity as a stand-alone report, this document has the ambition of being suitable for use by a European and international readership of scholars and policymakers. In its capacity as a first study in a series of many with a more specifically Swedish focus, an important task of this report is to iden ...
Cotton and Climate Change: Impacts and options to mitigate
... One of the great development challenges is to guarantee food security for the world’s poor while also ensuring greater sustainability of food production and consumption. Cotton is an important crop for the world’s poor. Exports of the crop from developing countries reached US$ 2.8 billion in 2009–20 ...
... One of the great development challenges is to guarantee food security for the world’s poor while also ensuring greater sustainability of food production and consumption. Cotton is an important crop for the world’s poor. Exports of the crop from developing countries reached US$ 2.8 billion in 2009–20 ...
The Geopolitics of Climate Change
... capacity as a stand-alone report, this document has the ambition of being suitable for use by a European and international readership of scholars and policymakers. In its capacity as a first study in a series of many with a more specifically Swedish focus, an important task of this report is to iden ...
... capacity as a stand-alone report, this document has the ambition of being suitable for use by a European and international readership of scholars and policymakers. In its capacity as a first study in a series of many with a more specifically Swedish focus, an important task of this report is to iden ...
CLIVAR Research Foci Development Team ENSO in a changing
... protocol to CMIP3+5. The protocol will require standard CMIP simulations but may also involve specific simulations (e.g. seasonal hindcasts). Work for this phase will require a full time postdoctoral fellow for 2 years. CSIRO and IPSL have tentatively committed to jointly fund it. This will contrib ...
... protocol to CMIP3+5. The protocol will require standard CMIP simulations but may also involve specific simulations (e.g. seasonal hindcasts). Work for this phase will require a full time postdoctoral fellow for 2 years. CSIRO and IPSL have tentatively committed to jointly fund it. This will contrib ...
CLIMATE CHANGE, MIGRATION, AND THE PUGET SOUND REGION
... influx of so-called “climate refugees”) to the Puget Sound region is gaining the attention of public sector professionals in the region. Planners and managers who engage in long-term planning for transportation, public health, utilities, and other public services want to understand whether the popul ...
... influx of so-called “climate refugees”) to the Puget Sound region is gaining the attention of public sector professionals in the region. Planners and managers who engage in long-term planning for transportation, public health, utilities, and other public services want to understand whether the popul ...