Demographics and Climate Change: Future Trends And their Policy
... different types of migrant groups involved, including internal, cross-border, regional and international migration. International migration to the UK – in terms of the stock of foreign born population – was estimated at 5.4 million in 2005, (UN ESA, 2005: 3) or less than 3% of global flows of intern ...
... different types of migrant groups involved, including internal, cross-border, regional and international migration. International migration to the UK – in terms of the stock of foreign born population – was estimated at 5.4 million in 2005, (UN ESA, 2005: 3) or less than 3% of global flows of intern ...
Climate change, crop yields, and internal migration in the United
... case we have witnessed so far occurred during the “Dust Bowl” in the 1930s. In those years, productivity in the Great Plains dropped precipitously because of sustained droughts. This triggered significant and sustained outmigration from the affected regions (Hornbeck 2009). At the same time, local a ...
... case we have witnessed so far occurred during the “Dust Bowl” in the 1930s. In those years, productivity in the Great Plains dropped precipitously because of sustained droughts. This triggered significant and sustained outmigration from the affected regions (Hornbeck 2009). At the same time, local a ...
Climate Projections for Metro Vancouver
... Global climate models project an average increase of about 3°C in our region by the 2050s. Metro Vancouver’s ability to adapt to climate change requires specific information on how changes in temperature and precipitation will play out locally, how expected changes may vary throughout the seasons, a ...
... Global climate models project an average increase of about 3°C in our region by the 2050s. Metro Vancouver’s ability to adapt to climate change requires specific information on how changes in temperature and precipitation will play out locally, how expected changes may vary throughout the seasons, a ...
Climate Change and Food Security FAO Framework
... Climate change will affect all four dimensions of food security: food availability, food accessibility, food utilization and food systems stability. It will have an impact on human health, livelihood assets, food production and distribution channels, as well as changing purchasing power and market f ...
... Climate change will affect all four dimensions of food security: food availability, food accessibility, food utilization and food systems stability. It will have an impact on human health, livelihood assets, food production and distribution channels, as well as changing purchasing power and market f ...
Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change in the Semi
... Kenya, Somalia and Uganda is classified as arid, receiving less than 500 mm of rainfall annually (Funk et al., 2008). Due to the complex topography and microclimatic conditions, the region harbours many types of flora and fauna and is rich in wildlife and biodiversity (NMA, 2007). National parks and ...
... Kenya, Somalia and Uganda is classified as arid, receiving less than 500 mm of rainfall annually (Funk et al., 2008). Due to the complex topography and microclimatic conditions, the region harbours many types of flora and fauna and is rich in wildlife and biodiversity (NMA, 2007). National parks and ...
Assessing Cross-Sectoral Adaptation and Mitigation
... 3.6.1 Increased infiltration ............................................................................................... 49 3.6.2 Increased storage .................................................................................................... 50 3.6.3 Reduced flow rate .................... ...
... 3.6.1 Increased infiltration ............................................................................................... 49 3.6.2 Increased storage .................................................................................................... 50 3.6.3 Reduced flow rate .................... ...
Climate Change and Food Security
... Climate change will affect all four dimensions of food security: food availability, food accessibility, food utilization and food systems stability. It will have an impact on human health, livelihood assets, food production and distribution channels, as well as changing purchasing power and market f ...
... Climate change will affect all four dimensions of food security: food availability, food accessibility, food utilization and food systems stability. It will have an impact on human health, livelihood assets, food production and distribution channels, as well as changing purchasing power and market f ...
Climate Vulnerability in Asia`s High Mountains
... patterns; damage to ecosystem services, including changes in plant distribution and phenology; impacts to human health such as increased range of malaria; and declining water availability. In general, as climate patterns become more extreme, flood risk will increase, and as population pressure pushe ...
... patterns; damage to ecosystem services, including changes in plant distribution and phenology; impacts to human health such as increased range of malaria; and declining water availability. In general, as climate patterns become more extreme, flood risk will increase, and as population pressure pushe ...
Climate Vulnerability in Asia`s High Mountains
... patterns; damage to ecosystem services, including changes in plant distribution and phenology; impacts to human health such as increased range of malaria; and declining water availability. In general, as climate patterns become more extreme, flood risk will increase, and as population pressure pushe ...
... patterns; damage to ecosystem services, including changes in plant distribution and phenology; impacts to human health such as increased range of malaria; and declining water availability. In general, as climate patterns become more extreme, flood risk will increase, and as population pressure pushe ...
Detection and Attribution of Observed Impacts
... There has been a shift from cold- to heat-related mortality in some regions as a result of warming (medium confidence), but despite many welldocumented sensitivities of human health to other aspects of weather, clear evidence of an additional observed climate change impact on health outcomes is lack ...
... There has been a shift from cold- to heat-related mortality in some regions as a result of warming (medium confidence), but despite many welldocumented sensitivities of human health to other aspects of weather, clear evidence of an additional observed climate change impact on health outcomes is lack ...
Climate Change: Mastering the Public Health Role
... activities are amplifying the natural greenhouse effect and impacting the concentrations of gases in the atmosphere, thereby contributing to climate change. Carbon dioxide is the second most abundant greenhouse gas after water vapor. With the onset of the Industrial Revolution, commercial growth and ...
... activities are amplifying the natural greenhouse effect and impacting the concentrations of gases in the atmosphere, thereby contributing to climate change. Carbon dioxide is the second most abundant greenhouse gas after water vapor. With the onset of the Industrial Revolution, commercial growth and ...
Michigan Climate and Health Profile Report 2015
... disease. Climate projections also favor earlier and longer growth period for plants indicating increased pollen levels, which could increase allergies and exacerbate symptoms including asthma. 2. Heat Illness: Air mass stagnation events may increase in frequency if high humidity occurs with high tem ...
... disease. Climate projections also favor earlier and longer growth period for plants indicating increased pollen levels, which could increase allergies and exacerbate symptoms including asthma. 2. Heat Illness: Air mass stagnation events may increase in frequency if high humidity occurs with high tem ...
The Ecosystem - State of the Tropics
... times greater than anthropogenic (or humaninduced) emissions, but are balanced through the natural uptake of CO2 by plants and marine plankton (Sabine et al. 2004). Anthropogenic emissions of CO2 have been the major cause of increased concentrations of atmospheric CO2 since industrialisation (Sabine ...
... times greater than anthropogenic (or humaninduced) emissions, but are balanced through the natural uptake of CO2 by plants and marine plankton (Sabine et al. 2004). Anthropogenic emissions of CO2 have been the major cause of increased concentrations of atmospheric CO2 since industrialisation (Sabine ...
Designing Climate Change Adaptation Initiatives
... The Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC 2007) states unequivocally that the world is warming. The report provides a comprehensive analysis of how climate change is affecting natural and human systems. There is increasing concern about the likely implicatio ...
... The Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC 2007) states unequivocally that the world is warming. The report provides a comprehensive analysis of how climate change is affecting natural and human systems. There is increasing concern about the likely implicatio ...
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... vegetation greenness. Moreover, there has been focus on the relationship between NDVI and climatic factors, such as vegetation productivity, biomass, interannual and seasonal vegetation productivity, and phenology [5]. The relationship between vegetation dynamics and climate change has been widely e ...
... vegetation greenness. Moreover, there has been focus on the relationship between NDVI and climatic factors, such as vegetation productivity, biomass, interannual and seasonal vegetation productivity, and phenology [5]. The relationship between vegetation dynamics and climate change has been widely e ...
Europe
... impacts in Europe in multiple economic sectors as well as adverse social and health effects (high confidence). {Table 23-1} There is limited evidence that resilience to heat waves and fires has improved in Europe (medium confidence), {23.9.1, 23.5} while some countries have improved their flood prot ...
... impacts in Europe in multiple economic sectors as well as adverse social and health effects (high confidence). {Table 23-1} There is limited evidence that resilience to heat waves and fires has improved in Europe (medium confidence), {23.9.1, 23.5} while some countries have improved their flood prot ...
IPCC WGII AR5 Chapter 4 SECOND
... species responses to climate change in the past are: Mackey, B. G., Watson, J.E.M., Hope, G. and S. Gilmore (2008). Climate change, biodiversity conservation, and the role of protected areas: An Australian perspective. Biodiversity, 9:11-18. Watson, J.E.M., Rao, M., Kang, A., and X. Yan (2012). Clim ...
... species responses to climate change in the past are: Mackey, B. G., Watson, J.E.M., Hope, G. and S. Gilmore (2008). Climate change, biodiversity conservation, and the role of protected areas: An Australian perspective. Biodiversity, 9:11-18. Watson, J.E.M., Rao, M., Kang, A., and X. Yan (2012). Clim ...
Climate change, growing season water deficit and vegetation activity
... al. (2003) found the largest net primary production (NPP) increase was in tropical forest owing to increased solar radiation. Recently, Zhao and Running (2010) found that frequent regional droughts became the main constraint of plant growth and NPP in the last decade. Consequently, we questioned whe ...
... al. (2003) found the largest net primary production (NPP) increase was in tropical forest owing to increased solar radiation. Recently, Zhao and Running (2010) found that frequent regional droughts became the main constraint of plant growth and NPP in the last decade. Consequently, we questioned whe ...
Yukon Climate Change Indicators and Key
... anticipated and in fact the North “is projected to warm most” (Collins et al., 2013). Having a clear statement about the overall global context still leaves us needing much more information to understand the situation at a regional level. This report seeks to assess our state of knowledge for climat ...
... anticipated and in fact the North “is projected to warm most” (Collins et al., 2013). Having a clear statement about the overall global context still leaves us needing much more information to understand the situation at a regional level. This report seeks to assess our state of knowledge for climat ...
Dominant climatic factors driving annual runoff changes at the
... et al., 2007; Cong et al., 2009), the Hai River basin (Ma et al., 2010), and the Han River basin (Sun et al., 2014). The hydrologic processes have been influenced by different climatic factors. For example, a decline in land surface wind speed can lead to a decrease in evapotranspiration, and change ...
... et al., 2007; Cong et al., 2009), the Hai River basin (Ma et al., 2010), and the Han River basin (Sun et al., 2014). The hydrologic processes have been influenced by different climatic factors. For example, a decline in land surface wind speed can lead to a decrease in evapotranspiration, and change ...
ENHANCINGRESILIENCETO CLIMATERESILIENCEAND CLIMATE
... Disaster Information System (Desinventar)2 database, which tracks data on the occurrence of adverse events disaggregated at local level, the country suffered 1,225 local adverse natural events between 1999 and 2009 that killed 103 people and affected 211,000. Over 80 percent of these events were hyd ...
... Disaster Information System (Desinventar)2 database, which tracks data on the occurrence of adverse events disaggregated at local level, the country suffered 1,225 local adverse natural events between 1999 and 2009 that killed 103 people and affected 211,000. Over 80 percent of these events were hyd ...
Read the report - Alaska Geobotany Center
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... soils!that!support!houses,!roads,!airports,!and!large!buildings!have!large!economic!and!soZ cial!consequences.!Ecological!changes!caused!by!thermokarst!and!other!permafrostZrelated! geomorphic!processes!are!exacerbated!by!the!soilZwarming!affects!of!infrastructure!and!are! affecting!the!structure!o ...
Estimating Future Costs for Alaska Public Infrastructure - ISER
... To start our analysis, we needed to know what experts see for the future. In 2000, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued a Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, which laid out a range of climate scenarios, each with specific assumptions about future levels of greenhouse gas em ...
... To start our analysis, we needed to know what experts see for the future. In 2000, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued a Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, which laid out a range of climate scenarios, each with specific assumptions about future levels of greenhouse gas em ...
Climate change adaptation in the boardroom
... that there has been a statistical shift in extreme weather events. While the global community has agreed in principle to contain average global warming to within 2° C, many publications suggest the failure of tangible emissions reductions shows that global temperatures may reach 4° C or beyond, by 2 ...
... that there has been a statistical shift in extreme weather events. While the global community has agreed in principle to contain average global warming to within 2° C, many publications suggest the failure of tangible emissions reductions shows that global temperatures may reach 4° C or beyond, by 2 ...
Implications of Climate Change for Biodiversity
... future climate change across Australian landscapes and by our ability to predict the associated ecological changes. Biodiversity managers will also need to consider the interactions with other processes that threaten the resilience of biodiversity, including how future societies themselves shape the ...
... future climate change across Australian landscapes and by our ability to predict the associated ecological changes. Biodiversity managers will also need to consider the interactions with other processes that threaten the resilience of biodiversity, including how future societies themselves shape the ...