The Long-Run Effects of Climate Change on Conflict
... of the long difference estimates with the short-run results suggest that adaptation does little to offset the negative effects of climate change. The second approach identifies the effect of shocks on future outcomes. For example, Hornbeck (2012) finds that the Dust Bowl reduced property values for ...
... of the long difference estimates with the short-run results suggest that adaptation does little to offset the negative effects of climate change. The second approach identifies the effect of shocks on future outcomes. For example, Hornbeck (2012) finds that the Dust Bowl reduced property values for ...
ThesisAlexandraKinnby final version july copy 2
... the optimal conditions for reproduction for aquaculture. Today, accelerating climate change also creates an urgent need to understand how this species will react to changing ocean temperature, pH and salinity so that we can project further invasiveness and spread of C. gigas. As noted earlier, salin ...
... the optimal conditions for reproduction for aquaculture. Today, accelerating climate change also creates an urgent need to understand how this species will react to changing ocean temperature, pH and salinity so that we can project further invasiveness and spread of C. gigas. As noted earlier, salin ...
Climate Change and European Agriculture - EDOC HU
... likely to overestimate impacts, when not accounting for adaptation. Simulation results indicate, that agricultural productivity in most European countries is positively affected by climate change, at least until the year 2050. However, the degree of impacts vary among crop categories and countries a ...
... likely to overestimate impacts, when not accounting for adaptation. Simulation results indicate, that agricultural productivity in most European countries is positively affected by climate change, at least until the year 2050. However, the degree of impacts vary among crop categories and countries a ...
Modeling of Ecological Processes
... Davison et al., 2011. Remotely sensed vegetation phenology and productivity along a climatic gradient: on the value of incorporating the dimension of woody plant cover. Global Ecology and ...
... Davison et al., 2011. Remotely sensed vegetation phenology and productivity along a climatic gradient: on the value of incorporating the dimension of woody plant cover. Global Ecology and ...
Health Effects of Climate Change in the UK, Department of Health
... by the year 2050 excess cold weather deaths will have declined significantly, perhaps by 20 000 per year.This estimation assumes that other social and material conditions do not change.We also estimate that heat-related deaths occurring in the summer will increase from about 800 to around 2800 per y ...
... by the year 2050 excess cold weather deaths will have declined significantly, perhaps by 20 000 per year.This estimation assumes that other social and material conditions do not change.We also estimate that heat-related deaths occurring in the summer will increase from about 800 to around 2800 per y ...
A Framework for Elucidating the Temperature Dependence of Fitness.
... components of virtually every community, playing such key roles as decomposers, pollinators, predators, and parasites, their responses to climate warming are likely to have significant effects on community structure and functioning. In ectotherms, fitness is strongly temperature dependent: increasin ...
... components of virtually every community, playing such key roles as decomposers, pollinators, predators, and parasites, their responses to climate warming are likely to have significant effects on community structure and functioning. In ectotherms, fitness is strongly temperature dependent: increasin ...
Adapting to Climate Change: Challenges for
... This report would not have been possible without the information, comments and photographs supplied by a large number of people. We would like to thank: Laura Atkins-Paul, York Region – John Bacher, Protection of Agricultural Lands – Tony Barrett, Commonplace Eco-Village – Kevin Behan, Clean Air Par ...
... This report would not have been possible without the information, comments and photographs supplied by a large number of people. We would like to thank: Laura Atkins-Paul, York Region – John Bacher, Protection of Agricultural Lands – Tony Barrett, Commonplace Eco-Village – Kevin Behan, Clean Air Par ...
Effect of increased fire activity on global warming in the
... Abstract: Forest fires are an important disturbance in the boreal forest. They are influenced by climate, weather, topography, vegetation, surface deposits, and human activities. In return, forest fires affect the climate through emission of gases and aerosols, and changes in surface albedo, soil proce ...
... Abstract: Forest fires are an important disturbance in the boreal forest. They are influenced by climate, weather, topography, vegetation, surface deposits, and human activities. In return, forest fires affect the climate through emission of gases and aerosols, and changes in surface albedo, soil proce ...
Climate Change Risk and Vulnerability
... Some level of climate change is inevitable irrespective of emission reduction strategies. This inevitability is reflected in the conclusion of the IPCC in their 2001 Assessment Report that adaptation is now a necessary strategy to complement emission mitigation efforts. The Australian Government’s d ...
... Some level of climate change is inevitable irrespective of emission reduction strategies. This inevitability is reflected in the conclusion of the IPCC in their 2001 Assessment Report that adaptation is now a necessary strategy to complement emission mitigation efforts. The Australian Government’s d ...
Drought in the Sahel - Lund University Publications
... countries of the Sahel that joined together to combat drought) characterizes the core Sahelian zone with precipitation values between 150 and 400 mm (Comité permanent Inter-Etats de Lutte contre la Sécheresse dans le Sahel (CILSS), 1999). The annual average of precipitation is 371 mm, derived from t ...
... countries of the Sahel that joined together to combat drought) characterizes the core Sahelian zone with precipitation values between 150 and 400 mm (Comité permanent Inter-Etats de Lutte contre la Sécheresse dans le Sahel (CILSS), 1999). The annual average of precipitation is 371 mm, derived from t ...
In the name of Almighty “ALLAH” who Is Most Beneficent And Most
... that climate change and its variability have its negative impact on agricultural production worldwide (FAO, 2010). The associated impacts of high temperature, frequently occurred extreme disasters like flood, drought and fluctuation in precipitation patterns results in depress yields and increase pr ...
... that climate change and its variability have its negative impact on agricultural production worldwide (FAO, 2010). The associated impacts of high temperature, frequently occurred extreme disasters like flood, drought and fluctuation in precipitation patterns results in depress yields and increase pr ...
Scoping Study: Reviewing the Coverage of Economic Impacts in the
... are more modest than suggested by the analysis of the distribution of effects (i.e. the p10 to p90). While this additional information on the distribution is included in the main sector and evidence reports, it would be useful for future CCRAs to bring these aspects into the summary results. Looking ...
... are more modest than suggested by the analysis of the distribution of effects (i.e. the p10 to p90). While this additional information on the distribution is included in the main sector and evidence reports, it would be useful for future CCRAs to bring these aspects into the summary results. Looking ...
Climate Change Adaptation Guidelines
... I. A message from the project delivery team Humanity will need to act decisively now if the global average temperature rise is to be contained within the 2°C limit agreed to by world governments in Paris. This landmark agreement furthermore called for substantial action to adapt to climate change. A ...
... I. A message from the project delivery team Humanity will need to act decisively now if the global average temperature rise is to be contained within the 2°C limit agreed to by world governments in Paris. This landmark agreement furthermore called for substantial action to adapt to climate change. A ...
Vulnerability of coral reefs of the Great Barrier Reef to
... from predominantly temperate water fish families (eg Pagrus auratus: Sparidae) already appear to be at their thermal limit for reproduction in tropical water105 and their populations on the GBR may decline as sea temperatures increase. For most species groups and ecological processes on reefs, relat ...
... from predominantly temperate water fish families (eg Pagrus auratus: Sparidae) already appear to be at their thermal limit for reproduction in tropical water105 and their populations on the GBR may decline as sea temperatures increase. For most species groups and ecological processes on reefs, relat ...
5b2014 - Maa- ja metsätalousministeriö
... to exceptionally rapid changes compared to the normal rate of evolution, which is a threat to both habitats and species. The rapid change is going to weaken the capacity of ecosystems to endure various kinds of pressure, e.g. contaminants, and to recover from disturbances. The ability of ecosystems ...
... to exceptionally rapid changes compared to the normal rate of evolution, which is a threat to both habitats and species. The rapid change is going to weaken the capacity of ecosystems to endure various kinds of pressure, e.g. contaminants, and to recover from disturbances. The ability of ecosystems ...
Climate Change Adaptation: What Federal Agencies are Doing
... Office of Science and Technology Policy _________________________________________________________________ 4 United States Global Change Research Program __________________________________________________________ 5 National Climate Adaptation Summit ________________________________________________ ...
... Office of Science and Technology Policy _________________________________________________________________ 4 United States Global Change Research Program __________________________________________________________ 5 National Climate Adaptation Summit ________________________________________________ ...
IFinland`s National Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change
... March 2001 identified the need to draft a programme for adaptation to climate change. The preparation of the National Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change was started in the latter part of 2003. The work was coordinated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and representatives from the Min ...
... March 2001 identified the need to draft a programme for adaptation to climate change. The preparation of the National Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change was started in the latter part of 2003. The work was coordinated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and representatives from the Min ...
Proceedings of Fifth International Conference on Climate Change
... Figure 2.0: Gender and exposure to drought shock All households, irrespective of gender are not exposed to drought in terms of social assets. Only 2% of female-headed households fell in category ALH and no household was in the ELH level, against 6% of male households in ALH and 2% in ELH. The househ ...
... Figure 2.0: Gender and exposure to drought shock All households, irrespective of gender are not exposed to drought in terms of social assets. Only 2% of female-headed households fell in category ALH and no household was in the ELH level, against 6% of male households in ALH and 2% in ELH. The househ ...
Working Paper 214 - Waldinger (opens in new window)
... To estimate the economic e¤ects of the Little Ice Age, I construct a panel data set for 2120 European cities. These data measure annual temperatures between 1500 and 1750, and city size for several points in time. The temperature data for each city come from temperature reconstructions that were und ...
... To estimate the economic e¤ects of the Little Ice Age, I construct a panel data set for 2120 European cities. These data measure annual temperatures between 1500 and 1750, and city size for several points in time. The temperature data for each city come from temperature reconstructions that were und ...
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... es the importance of socio-economic influencing vulnerability factors for the adaptive capacity of Source: Engle (2011). a system, especially highlighting the integral role of institutions, governance and management in determining the ability to adapt to climate change (Smith and Pilifosova, 2001; B ...
... es the importance of socio-economic influencing vulnerability factors for the adaptive capacity of Source: Engle (2011). a system, especially highlighting the integral role of institutions, governance and management in determining the ability to adapt to climate change (Smith and Pilifosova, 2001; B ...
On the Current and Future Dry Spell Characteristics over Africa
... resolution [9], the Regional Climate Model (RCM) is a more adequate tool for many regional impact and adaptation studies [10–14]. Although the use of RCMs over Africa is still in its infancy [15], efforts have been made to assess the main climatic features of Africa with regional models; Sun et al. ...
... resolution [9], the Regional Climate Model (RCM) is a more adequate tool for many regional impact and adaptation studies [10–14]. Although the use of RCMs over Africa is still in its infancy [15], efforts have been made to assess the main climatic features of Africa with regional models; Sun et al. ...
The economics of climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean
... consequences are coupled with uneven, asymmetrical impacts on different regions, countries and socioeconomic groups, with those that have contributed the least to global warming often being the hardest-hit. As part of this picture, Latin America and the Caribbean has historically made no more than a ...
... consequences are coupled with uneven, asymmetrical impacts on different regions, countries and socioeconomic groups, with those that have contributed the least to global warming often being the hardest-hit. As part of this picture, Latin America and the Caribbean has historically made no more than a ...
Circulation patterns related to debris-flow triggering
... variables may be expected (Pall et al., 2007; Gobiet et al., 2014). Depending on the emission scenario, climate models project changes in the mean global surface temperature to exceed the 1850–1900 average by 1.5 to 2 °C at the end of the twenty-first century according to the Intergovernmental Panel ...
... variables may be expected (Pall et al., 2007; Gobiet et al., 2014). Depending on the emission scenario, climate models project changes in the mean global surface temperature to exceed the 1850–1900 average by 1.5 to 2 °C at the end of the twenty-first century according to the Intergovernmental Panel ...
Impacts of climate change on disadvantaged UK coastal communities
... Case-study findings and implications for adaptation to climate change of coastal communities Our case studies indicate that people’s knowledge and awareness of climate change is often increased by having experienced recent severe events such as storms or flooding. Focus-group participants in areas ...
... Case-study findings and implications for adaptation to climate change of coastal communities Our case studies indicate that people’s knowledge and awareness of climate change is often increased by having experienced recent severe events such as storms or flooding. Focus-group participants in areas ...
Climate change and habitat heterogeneity drive a population
... show the effect of NAO and Time combined. Moreover, because of the strongly supported interaction between NAO and Area, we show the survival per area per year, and for clarity we show this for females (Fig. 3a) and males (Fig. 3b) separately. For females, this showed that the change of survival diff ...
... show the effect of NAO and Time combined. Moreover, because of the strongly supported interaction between NAO and Area, we show the survival per area per year, and for clarity we show this for females (Fig. 3a) and males (Fig. 3b) separately. For females, this showed that the change of survival diff ...