The Land Use Model Intercomparison Project (LUMIP) contribution
... particular focus on (1) the separation and quantification of the effects on climate from LULCC relative to all forcings, (2) separation of biogeochemical from biogeophysical effects of land use, (3) the unique impacts of land-cover change vs. land-use change, (4) modulation of land-use impact on cli ...
... particular focus on (1) the separation and quantification of the effects on climate from LULCC relative to all forcings, (2) separation of biogeochemical from biogeophysical effects of land use, (3) the unique impacts of land-cover change vs. land-use change, (4) modulation of land-use impact on cli ...
Dynamical downscaling from climate
... with their present-day monthly biases removed. The model description and experimental design is provided in Section 2. Results of the simulations for both 200 km and 20 km resolutions are discussed in Section 3 for present-day conditions (1961–1990). Simulated future changes are presented in Section ...
... with their present-day monthly biases removed. The model description and experimental design is provided in Section 2. Results of the simulations for both 200 km and 20 km resolutions are discussed in Section 3 for present-day conditions (1961–1990). Simulated future changes are presented in Section ...
English - Association for Progressive Communications
... 2. Summary of key findings In Costa Rica there have been several initiatives in the field of ICTs and climate change. Some government stakeholders stand out, such as the Meteorological Institute of Costa Rica, the Vulcanology and Seismologic Observatory and the National Emergency Commission on the ...
... 2. Summary of key findings In Costa Rica there have been several initiatives in the field of ICTs and climate change. Some government stakeholders stand out, such as the Meteorological Institute of Costa Rica, the Vulcanology and Seismologic Observatory and the National Emergency Commission on the ...
The Stern Review - Productivity Commission
... climate change impacts could be limited to 1 per cent of global GDP each year. ...
... climate change impacts could be limited to 1 per cent of global GDP each year. ...
carbOn in the bank: OntariO`s Greenbelt and its rOle in MitiGatinG
... This is not a situation that will solve itself. Effervescent growth in the GGH is expected to continue unabated; over the next 20 years, the population is expected to grow by 2.5 million and reach 11.5 million by 2031. This would make the GGH one of the fastest growing regions in North America. A 20 ...
... This is not a situation that will solve itself. Effervescent growth in the GGH is expected to continue unabated; over the next 20 years, the population is expected to grow by 2.5 million and reach 11.5 million by 2031. This would make the GGH one of the fastest growing regions in North America. A 20 ...
Chapter 8: Cross-cutting issues
... Implications of the vote to leave the European Union This chapter was written before the results of the EU Referendum were known. Leaving the European Union is unlikely to change the overall scale of current and future risks from climate change, but in some areas it may affect policies and programme ...
... Implications of the vote to leave the European Union This chapter was written before the results of the EU Referendum were known. Leaving the European Union is unlikely to change the overall scale of current and future risks from climate change, but in some areas it may affect policies and programme ...
Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation A Literature Review
... Adaptation on a farm level is occurring mostly due to non-climate conditions (economic, political, etc) pressures. In a report released in 2010, Ontario’s Expert Panel on Climate Change Adaptation developed a series of 59 recommendations that would see adaptation measures implemented throughout vari ...
... Adaptation on a farm level is occurring mostly due to non-climate conditions (economic, political, etc) pressures. In a report released in 2010, Ontario’s Expert Panel on Climate Change Adaptation developed a series of 59 recommendations that would see adaptation measures implemented throughout vari ...
28 REDD+: What should come next?
... protected areas, improved enforcement of laws and regulations, and supply chain interventions combined with an appreciation of the real until 2011 that made export less profitable (e.g. Nepstad et al. 2014).5 Recent developments are, however, disquieting. There are signs that regional deforestation ...
... protected areas, improved enforcement of laws and regulations, and supply chain interventions combined with an appreciation of the real until 2011 that made export less profitable (e.g. Nepstad et al. 2014).5 Recent developments are, however, disquieting. There are signs that regional deforestation ...
Africa and Climate: Report
... provides benefits to sustainable development only insofar as the strength of the weakest link, and only after appropriate integration with other pertinent non-climate factors. The prime focus is on activities that may provide policy benefits over a few years. As stressed earlier, whether these propo ...
... provides benefits to sustainable development only insofar as the strength of the weakest link, and only after appropriate integration with other pertinent non-climate factors. The prime focus is on activities that may provide policy benefits over a few years. As stressed earlier, whether these propo ...
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... grains especially corn and soybeans from the US inland to the Lower Mississippi ports for export market accounting for on average 55 and 47 percent of all US corn and soybean export, respectively during 2005-2009 (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2010). The transportation flows and inland water ways are ...
... grains especially corn and soybeans from the US inland to the Lower Mississippi ports for export market accounting for on average 55 and 47 percent of all US corn and soybean export, respectively during 2005-2009 (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2010). The transportation flows and inland water ways are ...
Guide to Climate Change Risk Assessment for NSW
... While many councils have been actively pursuing strategies to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, there is some evidence to suggest they have only recently begun to prepare for projected changes in climate (ICLEI Oceania 2008; LGSA 2010). To date decisions on environmental policies, building desi ...
... While many councils have been actively pursuing strategies to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, there is some evidence to suggest they have only recently begun to prepare for projected changes in climate (ICLEI Oceania 2008; LGSA 2010). To date decisions on environmental policies, building desi ...
ADAPTATION OPTIONS IN AGRICULTURE TO CLIMATE CHANGE
... potential adaptation options and existing farm-level and government decision-making processes and risk management frameworks. Keywords: adaptation, agriculture, Canada, climate change, policy, response options, typology ...
... potential adaptation options and existing farm-level and government decision-making processes and risk management frameworks. Keywords: adaptation, agriculture, Canada, climate change, policy, response options, typology ...
V. Objectives of the Inter-Regional Technical Support Component
... from preparing themselves with the necessary institutional capacities to support climate risk management; (iv) limited financing options to sustain scaled-up adaptation remains a constraint; and (v) it is difficult for countries to learn from each other about their experiences with different approac ...
... from preparing themselves with the necessary institutional capacities to support climate risk management; (iv) limited financing options to sustain scaled-up adaptation remains a constraint; and (v) it is difficult for countries to learn from each other about their experiences with different approac ...
Cool Response: The seC & CoRpoRaTe ClimaTe Change RepoRTing SEC Climate Guidance &
... climate change issues is an important milestone on the path towards better corporate reporting of material climate issues. The SEC was the first securities regulator worldwide to provide guidance of this type, rewarding the persistence of investors who had advocated for it, via formal petitions, sin ...
... climate change issues is an important milestone on the path towards better corporate reporting of material climate issues. The SEC was the first securities regulator worldwide to provide guidance of this type, rewarding the persistence of investors who had advocated for it, via formal petitions, sin ...
A Question of Balance - Yale Economics
... weighs the costs of slowing climate change against the damages of more rapid climate change. On the side of the costs of slowing climate change, countries must consider whether, and by how much, to reduce their GHG emissions. Reducing GHGs, particularly if the reductions are to be deep, will primari ...
... weighs the costs of slowing climate change against the damages of more rapid climate change. On the side of the costs of slowing climate change, countries must consider whether, and by how much, to reduce their GHG emissions. Reducing GHGs, particularly if the reductions are to be deep, will primari ...
recent study
... Montreal Protocol would, as has always been the case in the past, catalyze significant energy efficiency gains in air conditioning and refrigeration systems, in the range of 30 to 60%, and significantly reduce CO 2 emissions.10 In the room air conditioning sector alone, improving energy efficiency o ...
... Montreal Protocol would, as has always been the case in the past, catalyze significant energy efficiency gains in air conditioning and refrigeration systems, in the range of 30 to 60%, and significantly reduce CO 2 emissions.10 In the room air conditioning sector alone, improving energy efficiency o ...
Understanding future risks to ports in Australia
... There has been increasing emphasis placed on ensuring the resilience of Australia’s critical infrastructure in the face of multiple stressors over the coming years and decades. This includes concern that climate change will pose increasing challenges to the continuing successful operation of Austral ...
... There has been increasing emphasis placed on ensuring the resilience of Australia’s critical infrastructure in the face of multiple stressors over the coming years and decades. This includes concern that climate change will pose increasing challenges to the continuing successful operation of Austral ...
Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage – What, Why, Where, and Texas’s role
... mitigation to 2050. Second only to energy efficiency. • Stern Report (2006) – CCS ~10% mitigation by 2025, ~20% by 2050. Marginal mitigation costs without CCS increase by ~60%. • 2004/5 Ocean acidification realisation ...
... mitigation to 2050. Second only to energy efficiency. • Stern Report (2006) – CCS ~10% mitigation by 2025, ~20% by 2050. Marginal mitigation costs without CCS increase by ~60%. • 2004/5 Ocean acidification realisation ...
IJGW-Article "Limits to autonomous adaptation in response to
... Within the adaptation debate over the past few years, increasing attention has been devoted to the limits of adaptation. Limits of adaptation refer to the point at which an actor’s objective (or biophysical) needs cannot be safeguarded from intolerable risks despite adaptive actions (Dow et al., 201 ...
... Within the adaptation debate over the past few years, increasing attention has been devoted to the limits of adaptation. Limits of adaptation refer to the point at which an actor’s objective (or biophysical) needs cannot be safeguarded from intolerable risks despite adaptive actions (Dow et al., 201 ...
What is Climate Change and How it will effect Bangladesh?
... due to various factors. However, for the first time in the earth‟s history it has now been firmly established that its human inhabitants are altering the climate through global warming as a result of greenhouse gas emissions. Although the basic science is now clear, the full range of effects due to ...
... due to various factors. However, for the first time in the earth‟s history it has now been firmly established that its human inhabitants are altering the climate through global warming as a result of greenhouse gas emissions. Although the basic science is now clear, the full range of effects due to ...
Discounting China`s CDM Dams
... would shift more of the CDM resources to other nations and to renewable energy projects besides dams. The premise of the CDM is that the reduction of one ton of greenhouse gases should be treated the same regardless of where or how it happens. This makes perfect sense from the perspective of atmosph ...
... would shift more of the CDM resources to other nations and to renewable energy projects besides dams. The premise of the CDM is that the reduction of one ton of greenhouse gases should be treated the same regardless of where or how it happens. This makes perfect sense from the perspective of atmosph ...
What is Climate Change and How it will effect
... due to various factors. However, for the first time in the earth’s history it has now been firmly established that its human inhabitants are altering the climate through global warming as a result of greenhouse gas emissions. Although the basic science is now clear, the full range of effects due to ...
... due to various factors. However, for the first time in the earth’s history it has now been firmly established that its human inhabitants are altering the climate through global warming as a result of greenhouse gas emissions. Although the basic science is now clear, the full range of effects due to ...
Ethics and Geoengineering: Reviewing the Moral Issues Raised by
... option on the table.1,2,7,16–22 Even those advocating for geoengineering research seem to anticipate this risk by firmly cautioning that continued efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions must accompany any geoengineering research.1,7,13 The exact impact that the prospect of geoengineering will ha ...
... option on the table.1,2,7,16–22 Even those advocating for geoengineering research seem to anticipate this risk by firmly cautioning that continued efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions must accompany any geoengineering research.1,7,13 The exact impact that the prospect of geoengineering will ha ...
Working Paper 219 - Kessler (opens in new window)
... scenarios defined by the IPCC (2013). Several estimates of the impacts of the PCF on the global climate have been published. Schaefer et al. (2014) published a meta-analysis in 2014, and there have been a few more studies published since (Schneider von Deimling et al., 2014; Schuur et al., 2015). It ...
... scenarios defined by the IPCC (2013). Several estimates of the impacts of the PCF on the global climate have been published. Schaefer et al. (2014) published a meta-analysis in 2014, and there have been a few more studies published since (Schneider von Deimling et al., 2014; Schuur et al., 2015). It ...