Climate change in Australia | Rangelands cluster report
... The global climate model (GCM) simulations presented here represent the full range of emission scenarios, as defined by the Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs) used by the IPCC, with a particular focus on RCP4.5 and RCP8.5. The former represents a pathway consistent with low-level emissions ...
... The global climate model (GCM) simulations presented here represent the full range of emission scenarios, as defined by the Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs) used by the IPCC, with a particular focus on RCP4.5 and RCP8.5. The former represents a pathway consistent with low-level emissions ...
Extreme Events
... resolution of the Climate Futures for Tasmania simulations means that steep ridgelines may not be captured, so the resulting rain shadow on the downwind side of the ridge is not represented in the simulation. For studying many climate indices, most climate simulations need to be ‘bias‑adjusted’. Thi ...
... resolution of the Climate Futures for Tasmania simulations means that steep ridgelines may not be captured, so the resulting rain shadow on the downwind side of the ridge is not represented in the simulation. For studying many climate indices, most climate simulations need to be ‘bias‑adjusted’. Thi ...
How limiting factors drive agricultural adaptation to
... on other agronomic and socio-economic limiting factors. For example, a farmer’s debt load may have a profound effect on their ability to implement irrigation, which may help them respond to water as a limiting factor. We hope that future work can assess the interaction of these potential factors and ...
... on other agronomic and socio-economic limiting factors. For example, a farmer’s debt load may have a profound effect on their ability to implement irrigation, which may help them respond to water as a limiting factor. We hope that future work can assess the interaction of these potential factors and ...
1.0 Definitions 2.0 Scope of Specification 3.0
... effect in 2009 and sets out a clear strategy and action plan for Highland Council to further reduce CO2 emissions by 12% by April 2012 over a 2007/2008 baseline. The plan includes a ...
... effect in 2009 and sets out a clear strategy and action plan for Highland Council to further reduce CO2 emissions by 12% by April 2012 over a 2007/2008 baseline. The plan includes a ...
Chapter 3: Natural Resources - Ressources naturelles Canada
... events such as permafrost degradation, sea level rise, and plant species migration. Climate change will also present new opportunities for the natural resource sectors, particularly in relation to northern economic development. Consideration of multiple stressors is critical to understanding adaptat ...
... events such as permafrost degradation, sea level rise, and plant species migration. Climate change will also present new opportunities for the natural resource sectors, particularly in relation to northern economic development. Consideration of multiple stressors is critical to understanding adaptat ...
Urban Transit Systems and Conditions of Enhanced Climate Variability
... 9 Global mean sea level has risen by 0.19 [0.17 to 0.21] meter, estimated from a linear trend over the period 1901–2010, based on tide gauge records and additionally from satellite data since 1993. It is very likely that the mean rate of sea level rise was 1.7 [1.5 to 1.9] mm yr–1 between 1901 and ...
... 9 Global mean sea level has risen by 0.19 [0.17 to 0.21] meter, estimated from a linear trend over the period 1901–2010, based on tide gauge records and additionally from satellite data since 1993. It is very likely that the mean rate of sea level rise was 1.7 [1.5 to 1.9] mm yr–1 between 1901 and ...
Federal Agency Actions Following the Supreme Court’s Climate Change Decision Robert Meltz
... On April 2, 2007, the Supreme Court rendered one of its most important environmental decisions. In Massachusetts v. EPA, the Court held 5-4 that greenhouse gases (GHGs), widely viewed as contributing to climate change, constitute “air pollutants” as that phrase is used in the Clean Air Act (CAA). As ...
... On April 2, 2007, the Supreme Court rendered one of its most important environmental decisions. In Massachusetts v. EPA, the Court held 5-4 that greenhouse gases (GHGs), widely viewed as contributing to climate change, constitute “air pollutants” as that phrase is used in the Clean Air Act (CAA). As ...
Success factors for communicating climate change
... The foremost important step is to identify, determine and comprehend the recipients of the message, namely the dialogue groups. Communication can only be successful, if it is adequately adapted to the recipient(s). This is of high significance, as not only the awareness on climate change within the ...
... The foremost important step is to identify, determine and comprehend the recipients of the message, namely the dialogue groups. Communication can only be successful, if it is adequately adapted to the recipient(s). This is of high significance, as not only the awareness on climate change within the ...
Adaptation to Climate Change
... and private resources, starting at US$10 billion and growing to $50 billion per year. It should have an innovative structure and governance that is transparent and inclusive. In addition to ODA, it should consist of innovative and predictable sources of finance, including auction revenues from green ...
... and private resources, starting at US$10 billion and growing to $50 billion per year. It should have an innovative structure and governance that is transparent and inclusive. In addition to ODA, it should consist of innovative and predictable sources of finance, including auction revenues from green ...
04 Morlot.P65
... • How might we use current knowledge, including the global climate impacts literature, to guide interpretation of Article 2? In particular, what types of climate change impacts (or metrics for impacts) might be used to guide policy decisions on both mitigation and, to some extent, priorities for ada ...
... • How might we use current knowledge, including the global climate impacts literature, to guide interpretation of Article 2? In particular, what types of climate change impacts (or metrics for impacts) might be used to guide policy decisions on both mitigation and, to some extent, priorities for ada ...
Protection of the atmosphere
... draft guideline 3 (on the common concern of humankind), as contained in the Special Rapporteur’s second report, to the Drafting Committee, for consideration in the context of a possible preamble. Accordingly, a preamble was prepared reflecting the current stage of consideration, it being understood ...
... draft guideline 3 (on the common concern of humankind), as contained in the Special Rapporteur’s second report, to the Drafting Committee, for consideration in the context of a possible preamble. Accordingly, a preamble was prepared reflecting the current stage of consideration, it being understood ...
The Australian Aerosol and Climate Research Program: A
... being highly uncertain. Reduction of the uncertainty in the aerosol forcing estimate is required to correspondingly improve projections of future climate. The review of “Future Climate Change Research and Observations…learning from the IPCC Fourth Assessment report” WMO (2008) identified “better qua ...
... being highly uncertain. Reduction of the uncertainty in the aerosol forcing estimate is required to correspondingly improve projections of future climate. The review of “Future Climate Change Research and Observations…learning from the IPCC Fourth Assessment report” WMO (2008) identified “better qua ...
Divest DU Report - University of Denver
... temperatures. On March 30th, 2014, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change stated: “Throughout the 21st century, climate-change impacts are projected to slow down economic growth, make poverty more difficult, further erode food security, and prolong existing and create new poverty traps, the l ...
... temperatures. On March 30th, 2014, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change stated: “Throughout the 21st century, climate-change impacts are projected to slow down economic growth, make poverty more difficult, further erode food security, and prolong existing and create new poverty traps, the l ...
CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION AND TRADE
... Although the primary signatories to the Protocol are sovereign states, the CDM provision is quite unique in the sense that it explicitly makes provision for the participation of private entities, which are expected to manage both the rules and any other domestic laws that the development of CDM proj ...
... Although the primary signatories to the Protocol are sovereign states, the CDM provision is quite unique in the sense that it explicitly makes provision for the participation of private entities, which are expected to manage both the rules and any other domestic laws that the development of CDM proj ...
Climate Change Impacts and Responses in Bangladesh
... Agriculture is one of the most sensitive sectors to climate change[18], particularly changes in temperature, rainfall patterns, and increased likelihood of extreme events such as droughts and floods. Although an increase in CO2 levels could under moderate temperature increases result in an increase ...
... Agriculture is one of the most sensitive sectors to climate change[18], particularly changes in temperature, rainfall patterns, and increased likelihood of extreme events such as droughts and floods. Although an increase in CO2 levels could under moderate temperature increases result in an increase ...
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... analysis does not consider uncertainty and irreversibility. This paper contributes to the literature on the interlinkages between adaptation, mitigation, and precautionary abatement by developing a modelling framework that integrates mitigation, adaptation, and catastrophic climate change risk into ...
... analysis does not consider uncertainty and irreversibility. This paper contributes to the literature on the interlinkages between adaptation, mitigation, and precautionary abatement by developing a modelling framework that integrates mitigation, adaptation, and catastrophic climate change risk into ...
FiELDiNG CLiMATE CHANGE iN CULTURAL
... what is recalled, recognized, or envisaged rests on cultural models and values. Individual and collective adaptations are shaped by common ideas about what is believable, desirable, feasible, and acceptable (Nazarea-Sandoval 1995; Rappaport 1979). Anthropology’s potential contributions to climate re ...
... what is recalled, recognized, or envisaged rests on cultural models and values. Individual and collective adaptations are shaped by common ideas about what is believable, desirable, feasible, and acceptable (Nazarea-Sandoval 1995; Rappaport 1979). Anthropology’s potential contributions to climate re ...
climate change document
... reductions required to avoid the most serious consequences of climate change—and we need to begin developing it now. Given the many sources of emissions, a comprehensive response to climate change requires a portfolio of solutions. ...
... reductions required to avoid the most serious consequences of climate change—and we need to begin developing it now. Given the many sources of emissions, a comprehensive response to climate change requires a portfolio of solutions. ...
prospects and pitfalls of the kyoto protocol to the united nations
... to eschew any options which might seriously damage the US economy or which exempted developing countries from accepting specific GHG reduction commitments.7 In accordance with the Howard Government’s broader foreign policy agenda, Australia has effectively tied itself to the US position, largely in ...
... to eschew any options which might seriously damage the US economy or which exempted developing countries from accepting specific GHG reduction commitments.7 In accordance with the Howard Government’s broader foreign policy agenda, Australia has effectively tied itself to the US position, largely in ...
Science or Spin? Assessing the Accuracy of Cable News Coverage
... global cooling. Now the same scientists [who] told us that we were having global cooling [are now telling us that] we have global warming.” No consensus on global cooling existed among scientists in the 1970s, as a review of relevant scientific publications of the time demonstrates (Peterson, Connol ...
... global cooling. Now the same scientists [who] told us that we were having global cooling [are now telling us that] we have global warming.” No consensus on global cooling existed among scientists in the 1970s, as a review of relevant scientific publications of the time demonstrates (Peterson, Connol ...
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... weather events), the adverse consequences are expected to accelerate as climate change accelerates. Climate change is likely to affect the agricultural sector more than any other sector, which means that populations that depend most on agriculture could be the ones most adversely affected. This is e ...
... weather events), the adverse consequences are expected to accelerate as climate change accelerates. Climate change is likely to affect the agricultural sector more than any other sector, which means that populations that depend most on agriculture could be the ones most adversely affected. This is e ...
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... Understanding Russia’s climate policy is important as Russia, still the third largest greenhouse gas emitter in the world,2 will play a significant role in international climate negotiations preceding the closure of the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol in 2012 (Korppoo & Moe 2007). At the ...
... Understanding Russia’s climate policy is important as Russia, still the third largest greenhouse gas emitter in the world,2 will play a significant role in international climate negotiations preceding the closure of the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol in 2012 (Korppoo & Moe 2007). At the ...
Northern Hemisphere glaciation and the evolution of Plio
... Received 29 July 2009; revised 3 December 2009; accepted 20 January 2010; published 4 August 2010. ...
... Received 29 July 2009; revised 3 December 2009; accepted 20 January 2010; published 4 August 2010. ...
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... of economists and other groups on climate change and related issues (e.g., discount rates, policy preferences, etc.). Section III reviews the methodology for selecting our sample and conducting the survey. Section IV presents our results and discusses the importance of particular findings. Section V ...
... of economists and other groups on climate change and related issues (e.g., discount rates, policy preferences, etc.). Section III reviews the methodology for selecting our sample and conducting the survey. Section IV presents our results and discusses the importance of particular findings. Section V ...