Outline for Inter-Mountain West Report - City of Flagstaff
... greenhouse gas emissions reductions while at the same time helping Flagstaff adapt to expected climate change. Energy efficiency, for example, is a common strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It can also improve the City’s energy management and increase capacity to cope with future climate i ...
... greenhouse gas emissions reductions while at the same time helping Flagstaff adapt to expected climate change. Energy efficiency, for example, is a common strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It can also improve the City’s energy management and increase capacity to cope with future climate i ...
Proceedings of the European Conference on Biodiversity and
... Climate change is arguably one of the most significant conservation challenges of the 21st century. Not only will there be direct climate change with effects on biodiversity but also societal mitigation and adaptation measures may seriously impact on biodiversity. In the light of a changing climate ...
... Climate change is arguably one of the most significant conservation challenges of the 21st century. Not only will there be direct climate change with effects on biodiversity but also societal mitigation and adaptation measures may seriously impact on biodiversity. In the light of a changing climate ...
Lecture 3 FINAL DRAFT
... In Lecture 1, it was explained how global warming is expected to lead to changes in local climates, including changes in average weather conditions, in the frequency and severity of extremes, in the range of variability and in the state of water cycles, snow and ice cover, coasts and oceans. Lecture ...
... In Lecture 1, it was explained how global warming is expected to lead to changes in local climates, including changes in average weather conditions, in the frequency and severity of extremes, in the range of variability and in the state of water cycles, snow and ice cover, coasts and oceans. Lecture ...
Effects of Seasonal Weather on Breeding Phenology
... area in the immediate vicinity of territorial males [27]. Broods were located in the summer by searching suitable habitats (e.g., moist meadows near rock cover) and broadcasting chick distress calls to elicit responses from hens with broods or hens that recently lost broods [27]. Once broods were lo ...
... area in the immediate vicinity of territorial males [27]. Broods were located in the summer by searching suitable habitats (e.g., moist meadows near rock cover) and broadcasting chick distress calls to elicit responses from hens with broods or hens that recently lost broods [27]. Once broods were lo ...
Hunter, Central and Lower North Coast Regional
... process known as climate zonation. This is a statistical process which divides a region into distinct sub‐regions or zones where climatic similarity is maximised within zones and minimised between zones. The coastal zone is the area of interest for this case study. As such, it is used as the basi ...
... process known as climate zonation. This is a statistical process which divides a region into distinct sub‐regions or zones where climatic similarity is maximised within zones and minimised between zones. The coastal zone is the area of interest for this case study. As such, it is used as the basi ...
Hunter, Central and Lower North Coast Regional Climate Change
... process known as climate zonation. This is a statistical process which divides a region into distinct sub‐regions or zones where climatic similarity is maximised within zones and minimised between zones. The coastal zone is the area of interest for this case study. As such, it is used as the basi ...
... process known as climate zonation. This is a statistical process which divides a region into distinct sub‐regions or zones where climatic similarity is maximised within zones and minimised between zones. The coastal zone is the area of interest for this case study. As such, it is used as the basi ...
Ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation and mitigation – good
... 0.74 °C, changes to precipitation patterns and an increase in extreme weather events (Solomon et al. 2007). According to the European Environment Agency‘s global and European temperature indicator, the average temperature for the European land area for the last decade (2001 - 2010) was 1.2 °C above ...
... 0.74 °C, changes to precipitation patterns and an increase in extreme weather events (Solomon et al. 2007). According to the European Environment Agency‘s global and European temperature indicator, the average temperature for the European land area for the last decade (2001 - 2010) was 1.2 °C above ...
Ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation and mitigation – good
... 0.74 °C, changes to precipitation patterns and an increase in extreme weather events (Solomon et al. 2007). According to the European Environment Agency‘s global and European temperature indicator, the average temperature for the European land area for the last decade (2001 - 2010) was 1.2 °C above ...
... 0.74 °C, changes to precipitation patterns and an increase in extreme weather events (Solomon et al. 2007). According to the European Environment Agency‘s global and European temperature indicator, the average temperature for the European land area for the last decade (2001 - 2010) was 1.2 °C above ...
Early-Holocene warming in Beringia and its mediation by sea
... et al., 2005). Such exchanges produce feedback to local, regional, and global climates, which, in turn, affect plant distribution and physiology (e.g., Thomas and Rowntree, 1992; Foley et al., 1994). Thus, the potential exists for land-cover status to enhance or mitigate climatic change through eith ...
... et al., 2005). Such exchanges produce feedback to local, regional, and global climates, which, in turn, affect plant distribution and physiology (e.g., Thomas and Rowntree, 1992; Foley et al., 1994). Thus, the potential exists for land-cover status to enhance or mitigate climatic change through eith ...
City of Tshwane Vulnerability Assessment to Climate Change
... Figure 10. The present day annual cycle in rainfall and temperature over Tshwane (calculated from the CRUTS3.1 data set). ........................................................................................................................ 32 Figure 11. Projected change in the annual average temp ...
... Figure 10. The present day annual cycle in rainfall and temperature over Tshwane (calculated from the CRUTS3.1 data set). ........................................................................................................................ 32 Figure 11. Projected change in the annual average temp ...
Responses of runoff to historical and future climate variability over
... is likely leading to the alteration of the hydrological cycle (Oki and Kanae, 2006; Jung et al., 2010). The dynamic properties of the hydrological cycle are governed by the interactions and feedbacks between atmospheric and land surface hydrologic ...
... is likely leading to the alteration of the hydrological cycle (Oki and Kanae, 2006; Jung et al., 2010). The dynamic properties of the hydrological cycle are governed by the interactions and feedbacks between atmospheric and land surface hydrologic ...
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... flyways. In most North American studies of migratory waterfowl, the focus is on the value of waterfowl to U.S. hunters (e.g., Johnson et al. 1997). Neglected in studies of migratory waterfowl is the importance of waterfowl to the subsistence needs of native North American communities and the impact ...
... flyways. In most North American studies of migratory waterfowl, the focus is on the value of waterfowl to U.S. hunters (e.g., Johnson et al. 1997). Neglected in studies of migratory waterfowl is the importance of waterfowl to the subsistence needs of native North American communities and the impact ...
State of Climate Change Science in the Great Lakes Basin
... • There is a lack of clarity in the understanding of multiple factors (including hydroclimatic factors) influencing water level projections for the Great Lakes. • The diversity of inland lake types and the impacts of climate change on those lakes has not been well characterized. Wetlands • There ...
... • There is a lack of clarity in the understanding of multiple factors (including hydroclimatic factors) influencing water level projections for the Great Lakes. • The diversity of inland lake types and the impacts of climate change on those lakes has not been well characterized. Wetlands • There ...
Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change in the
... The team reviewed academic literature from across dryland West Africa that included studies from Senegal, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, northern Nigeria, and northern Ghana. However, most of the literature reviewed in the adaptation section of the RDS report (Chapter 5) focused on Mali and northern Gha ...
... The team reviewed academic literature from across dryland West Africa that included studies from Senegal, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, northern Nigeria, and northern Ghana. However, most of the literature reviewed in the adaptation section of the RDS report (Chapter 5) focused on Mali and northern Gha ...
Australia – Vietnam Climate Change Delivery Strategy 2011
... flow. More changes in rainfall patterns, rising sea levels, increased water salinity and more frequent and severe tropical storms will impact on the region’s water resources, ecosystems and its people. ...
... flow. More changes in rainfall patterns, rising sea levels, increased water salinity and more frequent and severe tropical storms will impact on the region’s water resources, ecosystems and its people. ...
Coastal Zones and Marine Ecosystems
... shifts in the geographic distribution of marine biota and changes in biodiversity, particularly in high latitudes; future improvement of navigation conditions in presently ice-infested waters; and sea-level changes resulting from thermal expansion and changes in terrestrial ice volume. Regional vari ...
... shifts in the geographic distribution of marine biota and changes in biodiversity, particularly in high latitudes; future improvement of navigation conditions in presently ice-infested waters; and sea-level changes resulting from thermal expansion and changes in terrestrial ice volume. Regional vari ...
Payne and Pates 2009 Wetlands Ecology and Management
... peatlands likely to show the greatest impacts are the most marginal sites in regions which ...
... peatlands likely to show the greatest impacts are the most marginal sites in regions which ...
Pension Fund Trustees and climate change: one Year on Discussion PaPer
... This research project adopts a methodology deriving from soft system methodology and action learning research. This means that the researcher is involved in the research process in a more subjective manner than in positivistoriented interview research, where structured questions are asked of intervi ...
... This research project adopts a methodology deriving from soft system methodology and action learning research. This means that the researcher is involved in the research process in a more subjective manner than in positivistoriented interview research, where structured questions are asked of intervi ...
Climate-Smart Agriculture Sourcebook MODULE 10: Climate-smart fisheries and aquaculture
... the degree of exposure to climate change, the sensitivity of a system to such changes and the adaptive capacity of the system (IPCC, 2001; more on risks, vulnerabilities and resilience in Module 1). What vulnerability means to fisheries and aquaculture will depend on a variety of factors including: ...
... the degree of exposure to climate change, the sensitivity of a system to such changes and the adaptive capacity of the system (IPCC, 2001; more on risks, vulnerabilities and resilience in Module 1). What vulnerability means to fisheries and aquaculture will depend on a variety of factors including: ...
Fiji - unfccc
... Introduction Rationale Many educational resources available on climate change focus on its causes and its mitigation by reducing the emission of greenhouse gases. There are very few educational resources that address adaptation measures that are specific to Pacific islands. The focus of this resou ...
... Introduction Rationale Many educational resources available on climate change focus on its causes and its mitigation by reducing the emission of greenhouse gases. There are very few educational resources that address adaptation measures that are specific to Pacific islands. The focus of this resou ...
Climate Change and Aquatic Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture - state of knowledge, risks and opportunities
... conservation of wide aquatic genetic diversity. Cross-sectoral interventions to mitigate and also provide adaptation to climate change include the following: improvement of watersheds, to stabilize hydrological regimes and to increase aquatic and terrestrial vegetation; keeping wetlands wet, to redu ...
... conservation of wide aquatic genetic diversity. Cross-sectoral interventions to mitigate and also provide adaptation to climate change include the following: improvement of watersheds, to stabilize hydrological regimes and to increase aquatic and terrestrial vegetation; keeping wetlands wet, to redu ...
Guidelines on Analysis of extremes in a changing climate in support
... in global average temperatures since the mid-twentieth century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations. Discernible human influences now extend to other aspects of climate, including ocean warming, continental-average temperatures, temperature extre ...
... in global average temperatures since the mid-twentieth century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations. Discernible human influences now extend to other aspects of climate, including ocean warming, continental-average temperatures, temperature extre ...
Assessing the Impacts of Land Cover Change on
... The thesis begins by providing a theoretical framework of land-atmosphere interactions. It then reviews the process of land use and land cover change and subsequent climatic consequences in non-Amazonian South America and identifies those ecosystems most affected and least studied. The review highli ...
... The thesis begins by providing a theoretical framework of land-atmosphere interactions. It then reviews the process of land use and land cover change and subsequent climatic consequences in non-Amazonian South America and identifies those ecosystems most affected and least studied. The review highli ...
The anatomy of a climatic oscillation: vegetation change in eastern
... Century-scale climate changes reshaped circulation patterns over the North Atlantic and adjacent regions during the last glacialto-interglacial transition. Here, we show that vegetation across eastern North America shifted dramatically at the beginning and end of the Younger Dryas chronozone (YDC: 1 ...
... Century-scale climate changes reshaped circulation patterns over the North Atlantic and adjacent regions during the last glacialto-interglacial transition. Here, we show that vegetation across eastern North America shifted dramatically at the beginning and end of the Younger Dryas chronozone (YDC: 1 ...
Agroforestry from Mediterranean Partner Countries: Report on
... Whilst not particularly relevant for the dehesa systems used in this example (which are not commonly found in North Africa) the method could also be used to see if agroforestry systems currently present in Europe can thrive under future climate conditions. If a particular practice is successfully ap ...
... Whilst not particularly relevant for the dehesa systems used in this example (which are not commonly found in North Africa) the method could also be used to see if agroforestry systems currently present in Europe can thrive under future climate conditions. If a particular practice is successfully ap ...