English - unfccc
... Goals (MDGs) and places poverty reduction efforts in jeopardy. The loss of human, natural, financial, social and physical capital, caused by the adverse impacts of climate change, especially severe droughts and floods, among many other disasters, are indeed of great concern to Tanzania. The impacts ...
... Goals (MDGs) and places poverty reduction efforts in jeopardy. The loss of human, natural, financial, social and physical capital, caused by the adverse impacts of climate change, especially severe droughts and floods, among many other disasters, are indeed of great concern to Tanzania. The impacts ...
4.3.1. Atmospheric changes - Ensembles RT3
... An inter-model spread similar to that in Figs 4.3.1 and 4.3.2 is seen again in Fig. 4.3.3 reflecting also an uncertainty related to the choice of RCM-GCM combination. The north-south trend of highest warming in the north in winter is general, but there is a spread in the magnitude of the change. Thi ...
... An inter-model spread similar to that in Figs 4.3.1 and 4.3.2 is seen again in Fig. 4.3.3 reflecting also an uncertainty related to the choice of RCM-GCM combination. The north-south trend of highest warming in the north in winter is general, but there is a spread in the magnitude of the change. Thi ...
VSO and Climate Change
... Integrating climate change into existing programmes VSO has a number of existing thematic areas of work and climate change has the potential to undermine progress in each of them. For example, climate change hazards add further complexity to the range of factors that create vulnerability for poor pe ...
... Integrating climate change into existing programmes VSO has a number of existing thematic areas of work and climate change has the potential to undermine progress in each of them. For example, climate change hazards add further complexity to the range of factors that create vulnerability for poor pe ...
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... Tier 3: Higher order methods involving detailed modeling and/or inventory measurement systems driven by data at a greater resolution that provide estimates with lower uncertainties than the previous two methods. ...
... Tier 3: Higher order methods involving detailed modeling and/or inventory measurement systems driven by data at a greater resolution that provide estimates with lower uncertainties than the previous two methods. ...
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... temperature will rise within a range of 2.3 to 3.3 degree Celsius in China (The Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China, 2007). The economic cost of the expected climatic change and climate extremes will be huge, considering that onefifth of the world's population are li ...
... temperature will rise within a range of 2.3 to 3.3 degree Celsius in China (The Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China, 2007). The economic cost of the expected climatic change and climate extremes will be huge, considering that onefifth of the world's population are li ...
Statistical downscaling of daily mean temperature, pan evaporation
... The climate in China is strongly controlled by the East Asian monsoon, in which the atmosphere circulation feature is quite different between winter and summer, and the scale of circulation pattern is large. Thus, it is a huge challenge in China to choose predictors in the wide tempospatial space (S ...
... The climate in China is strongly controlled by the East Asian monsoon, in which the atmosphere circulation feature is quite different between winter and summer, and the scale of circulation pattern is large. Thus, it is a huge challenge in China to choose predictors in the wide tempospatial space (S ...
Read More... - Greater Sudbury Climate Change Consortium
... 3. Climate Change adaptation strategies and risk management measures must address impacts on water resources, both quantity and quality; municipal and NDCA infrastructure throughout the community; human health impacts; other stresses in the community, etc. 4. The NDCA can do a number of things now t ...
... 3. Climate Change adaptation strategies and risk management measures must address impacts on water resources, both quantity and quality; municipal and NDCA infrastructure throughout the community; human health impacts; other stresses in the community, etc. 4. The NDCA can do a number of things now t ...
Experimental warming causes rapid loss of plant
... (Fig. 2b), indicating that this diverse assemblage responds to temperature change as a zone, rather than according to species-specific climate preferences. Climate models predict increases in New England summer air temperatures of 3.3–7.8 C by the end of the century (Frumhoff et al. 2007). The expe ...
... (Fig. 2b), indicating that this diverse assemblage responds to temperature change as a zone, rather than according to species-specific climate preferences. Climate models predict increases in New England summer air temperatures of 3.3–7.8 C by the end of the century (Frumhoff et al. 2007). The expe ...
Climate change and global water resources
... Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned that global warming would lead to increases in both #oods and droughts. Many aspects of the environment, economy and society are dependent upon water resources, and changes in the hydrological resource base have the pot ...
... Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned that global warming would lead to increases in both #oods and droughts. Many aspects of the environment, economy and society are dependent upon water resources, and changes in the hydrological resource base have the pot ...
Net carbon uptake has increased through warming-induced changes in temperate forest phenology LETTERS
... respectively (Fig. 3). Owing to concurrent but smaller changes in ecosystem respiration (Fr ), this translated to a net change in forest Fc of 4.5 gC m−2 (P < 0.01, FCP) and 3.0 gC m−2 (P < 0.01, FCP) per day change in flux-derived spring phenology, for deciduous and evergreen forests respectively. ...
... respectively (Fig. 3). Owing to concurrent but smaller changes in ecosystem respiration (Fr ), this translated to a net change in forest Fc of 4.5 gC m−2 (P < 0.01, FCP) and 3.0 gC m−2 (P < 0.01, FCP) per day change in flux-derived spring phenology, for deciduous and evergreen forests respectively. ...
- Centre for Climate Change Research (CCCR)
... • Rank 1: least vulnerable (Highest index values), Rank 13: most vulnerable (Lowest index values). ...
... • Rank 1: least vulnerable (Highest index values), Rank 13: most vulnerable (Lowest index values). ...
The biophysical link between climate, water, and vegetation in
... biophysical water and climate impacts of bioenergy expansion and the biophysical interactions with biogeochemical impacts have received far less attention, and large uncertainties on the magnitude of biophysical impacts remain. The regulation of climate and water are important ecosystem services tha ...
... biophysical water and climate impacts of bioenergy expansion and the biophysical interactions with biogeochemical impacts have received far less attention, and large uncertainties on the magnitude of biophysical impacts remain. The regulation of climate and water are important ecosystem services tha ...
Shifting public opinion on climate change: an
... recent information that they have been presented on that issue. Thus, cues from political elites play an important role in these responses. Zaller’s research has shown that the higher the individuals’ level of education, the more aware they are of elite cues and the more likely it is that individual ...
... recent information that they have been presented on that issue. Thus, cues from political elites play an important role in these responses. Zaller’s research has shown that the higher the individuals’ level of education, the more aware they are of elite cues and the more likely it is that individual ...
Climate Change and Food In/Security: A Critical Nexus
... but also the increased amount of atmospheric greenhouse gases (GHGs) [3]. It has been reported that the global mean temperature has increased by 0.74 degree Celsius during the last 100 years and that the Gangtori glacier, one of the Himalayas’ largest glaciers, is rapidly disintegrating at 12–13 m a ...
... but also the increased amount of atmospheric greenhouse gases (GHGs) [3]. It has been reported that the global mean temperature has increased by 0.74 degree Celsius during the last 100 years and that the Gangtori glacier, one of the Himalayas’ largest glaciers, is rapidly disintegrating at 12–13 m a ...
Natural selection and climate change: temperature
... importance as a selective agent causing population differentiation over altitudinal and latitudinal clines (Saxe et al. 2001). Recent rapid climatic warming represents a strong temporal temperature cline that parallels temperature clines that are geographically based. Temporal changes in gene freque ...
... importance as a selective agent causing population differentiation over altitudinal and latitudinal clines (Saxe et al. 2001). Recent rapid climatic warming represents a strong temporal temperature cline that parallels temperature clines that are geographically based. Temporal changes in gene freque ...
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... (1997) advocate further selection of cattle lines with greater thermoregulatory control, but they point out that this could be difficult because it may not be consistent with high production potential (Finch et al. 1982, ...
... (1997) advocate further selection of cattle lines with greater thermoregulatory control, but they point out that this could be difficult because it may not be consistent with high production potential (Finch et al. 1982, ...
Climate Change Impacts on Australia and the Benefits of Early
... of global emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) from human activities. The average surface air temperature of Australia increased by 0.7°C over the past century – warming that has been accompanied by marked declines in regional precipitation, particularly along the east and west coasts of the contine ...
... of global emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) from human activities. The average surface air temperature of Australia increased by 0.7°C over the past century – warming that has been accompanied by marked declines in regional precipitation, particularly along the east and west coasts of the contine ...
KLMC Advocacy Plan - Kenya livestock Marketing Council
... groups and county climate planning committee). The resulting improved environment will promote greater allocation of national and county resources addressing climate change with specific recognition to reduce the burden on pastoralist communities and women and encourage growth of business and privat ...
... groups and county climate planning committee). The resulting improved environment will promote greater allocation of national and county resources addressing climate change with specific recognition to reduce the burden on pastoralist communities and women and encourage growth of business and privat ...
Farmers and Climate Change: A Cross
... rate of annual yield gains representing potential loss to farmers (Lobell and Field 2007). In the Central Valley, where the California survey was conducted, increases in average temperature have been larger in the winter months than in the summer months and the overall effects on crop yield and crop ...
... rate of annual yield gains representing potential loss to farmers (Lobell and Field 2007). In the Central Valley, where the California survey was conducted, increases in average temperature have been larger in the winter months than in the summer months and the overall effects on crop yield and crop ...
Beyond generic adaptive capacity: exploring the adaptation space of
... Developments over the last decade have however shown that possessing high adaptive capacity based on these metrics may not in itself necessarily lead to a reduction of vulnerability to the kind of extreme weather events that, very likely, will become more frequent in a changing climate (IPCC 2007b). ...
... Developments over the last decade have however shown that possessing high adaptive capacity based on these metrics may not in itself necessarily lead to a reduction of vulnerability to the kind of extreme weather events that, very likely, will become more frequent in a changing climate (IPCC 2007b). ...
Climate Change - cloudfront.net
... Coral reef alteration, degradation, and loss will continue for the foreseeable future, especially in those areas already showing evidence of systemic stress. As we enter unprecedented climatic state, recent geological and biological history gives us little on which to base predictions regarding the ...
... Coral reef alteration, degradation, and loss will continue for the foreseeable future, especially in those areas already showing evidence of systemic stress. As we enter unprecedented climatic state, recent geological and biological history gives us little on which to base predictions regarding the ...
Is adaptation to climate change really constrained in niche specialists? References
... by 18C by 2030 under all carbon emission scenarios ([2]; CSIRO, http://www.climatechangeinaustralia.gov.au). Emissions scenarios are from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report on Emission Scenarios. Low emission is the B1 scenario (equivalent to RCP4.5), medium is A1B (equival ...
... by 18C by 2030 under all carbon emission scenarios ([2]; CSIRO, http://www.climatechangeinaustralia.gov.au). Emissions scenarios are from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report on Emission Scenarios. Low emission is the B1 scenario (equivalent to RCP4.5), medium is A1B (equival ...
Chapter 4 Climate change and its implications for catastrophe
... History of catastrophe models and recent developments Catastrophe modelling originated from spatial modelling in the 1970s. Insurance companies developed so-called “deterministic loss models” to determine the losses associated with particular events, e.g. to test worst-case scenarios for a portfolio ...
... History of catastrophe models and recent developments Catastrophe modelling originated from spatial modelling in the 1970s. Insurance companies developed so-called “deterministic loss models” to determine the losses associated with particular events, e.g. to test worst-case scenarios for a portfolio ...
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... nonlinearities in climate effects. One should use caution in interpreting or using any individual coefficient estimate: its true value may substantially differ from its estimated value, and the variable may be a valid, important regressor even if the estimated t-ratio is below the customary critical ...
... nonlinearities in climate effects. One should use caution in interpreting or using any individual coefficient estimate: its true value may substantially differ from its estimated value, and the variable may be a valid, important regressor even if the estimated t-ratio is below the customary critical ...
... throughout the world (Mizuta et al., 2006; Randall et al., 2007; Vera and Silvestri, 2009; Blázquez and Nuñez, 2012a; Cavalcanti and Shimizu, 2012; Rupp et al., 2013; Grose et al., 2014; Gulizia and Camilloni 2015, among others). Nevertheless, their performance deteriorates when looking at finer tem ...