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... warmest since instrumental records began in the nineteenth century, and contained 9 of the 10 warmest years ever recorded. The causes of this change are increasingly well understood. The Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, published in 2001, goes further than it ...
... warmest since instrumental records began in the nineteenth century, and contained 9 of the 10 warmest years ever recorded. The causes of this change are increasingly well understood. The Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, published in 2001, goes further than it ...
Climate change and human health
... warmest since instrumental records began in the nineteenth century, and contained 9 of the 10 warmest years ever recorded. The causes of this change are increasingly well understood. The Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, published in 2001, goes further than it ...
... warmest since instrumental records began in the nineteenth century, and contained 9 of the 10 warmest years ever recorded. The causes of this change are increasingly well understood. The Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, published in 2001, goes further than it ...
Eastern Africa Climate-Smart Agriculture Scoping Study: Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda
... Figure 4: GHG emissions in Ethiopian agriculture in 2012 (FAOSTAT, 2015) Figure 5: GHG emissions in Kenyan agriculture in 2012 (FAOSTAT, 2015) Figure 6: GHG emissions in Ugandan agriculture in 2012 (FAOSTAT 2015) List of tables Table 1: Summary of key policies relevant to CSA in Ethiopia Ta ...
... Figure 4: GHG emissions in Ethiopian agriculture in 2012 (FAOSTAT, 2015) Figure 5: GHG emissions in Kenyan agriculture in 2012 (FAOSTAT, 2015) Figure 6: GHG emissions in Ugandan agriculture in 2012 (FAOSTAT 2015) List of tables Table 1: Summary of key policies relevant to CSA in Ethiopia Ta ...
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... under light microscopy) in high quantities that are well dispersed through the air [29, 58]. The high abundance of these species in natural and semi-natural vegetation areas increases allergy risk for agriculture and forestry-related workers in the Iberian Peninsula, highly exposed to Quercus pollen ...
... under light microscopy) in high quantities that are well dispersed through the air [29, 58]. The high abundance of these species in natural and semi-natural vegetation areas increases allergy risk for agriculture and forestry-related workers in the Iberian Peninsula, highly exposed to Quercus pollen ...
Microsoft Word - geoadv070108_2.doc
... service and outreach. He has an unparalleled international reputation not just as a researcher but also as a spokesman for his field. He was one of the first scientists to raise concerns over rising greenhouse gas concentrations, and he has since taken on a personal mission to educate decision maker ...
... service and outreach. He has an unparalleled international reputation not just as a researcher but also as a spokesman for his field. He was one of the first scientists to raise concerns over rising greenhouse gas concentrations, and he has since taken on a personal mission to educate decision maker ...
Coastal Hazards and Climate Change
... The IPCC’s Fourth Assessment, 2007 concluded that most of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations. The Fourth Assessment also showed that it is likely that anthropogenic ...
... The IPCC’s Fourth Assessment, 2007 concluded that most of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations. The Fourth Assessment also showed that it is likely that anthropogenic ...
The City of Lewes Hazard Mitigation and Climate Adaptation Action
... 4.2 Temperature trends for the North East under the low and high emissions scenarios .................................. 27 4.3 Historic global sea‐level observations (red) and future projections .............................................................. 29 4.4 Heat index for the NYC Tri‐sta ...
... 4.2 Temperature trends for the North East under the low and high emissions scenarios .................................. 27 4.3 Historic global sea‐level observations (red) and future projections .............................................................. 29 4.4 Heat index for the NYC Tri‐sta ...
Modelling the evolution of Vadret da Morteratsch, Switzerland, since
... complete most of its adjustment to a change in mass balance’ (Cuffey and Paterson, 2010), the glacier’s past evolution must be modelled before any future projections can be made. Therefore the model is first dynamically calibrated with the observed retreat since the LIA. The Morteratsch glacier comp ...
... complete most of its adjustment to a change in mass balance’ (Cuffey and Paterson, 2010), the glacier’s past evolution must be modelled before any future projections can be made. Therefore the model is first dynamically calibrated with the observed retreat since the LIA. The Morteratsch glacier comp ...
Interaction of impacts of doubling CO2 and changing regional land
... without and with natural and anthropogenic land-cover changes that are assumed in the inner core of four hydrothermally different, but similar-sized (≈3.27x106 km2 ) regions (Yukon, Ob, St. Lawrence, Colorado, and lands adjacent to them). A further set of simulations assumes 710 ppm CO2 conditions w ...
... without and with natural and anthropogenic land-cover changes that are assumed in the inner core of four hydrothermally different, but similar-sized (≈3.27x106 km2 ) regions (Yukon, Ob, St. Lawrence, Colorado, and lands adjacent to them). A further set of simulations assumes 710 ppm CO2 conditions w ...
International Law-Making Process in the United Nations
... institutional framework to create a permanent legal regime for international cooperation. The reason the UN is increasingly looked to as a legitimate forum for international law-making is its political and universal nature in which each State holds only one, equal vote. Every State can participate w ...
... institutional framework to create a permanent legal regime for international cooperation. The reason the UN is increasingly looked to as a legitimate forum for international law-making is its political and universal nature in which each State holds only one, equal vote. Every State can participate w ...
UNEP Regional Office for Africa
... emissions, agreed on the urgent need for Africa to act on Climate Change for Sustainable Development. The AMCEN Bureau requested then its Secretariat to facilitate the preparation of a guidebook - Addressing Climate Change Challenges in Africa: A Practical Guide towards Sustainable Development. The ...
... emissions, agreed on the urgent need for Africa to act on Climate Change for Sustainable Development. The AMCEN Bureau requested then its Secretariat to facilitate the preparation of a guidebook - Addressing Climate Change Challenges in Africa: A Practical Guide towards Sustainable Development. The ...
Future Changes in Northern Hemisphere Snowfall
... 2006) may lead to increased snowfall. For some locations and seasons, these two tendencies will oppose one another leading to an uncertain outcome. Compared with other climate variables, such as surface air temperature and total precipitation, less attention has been given to analyzing climate model ...
... 2006) may lead to increased snowfall. For some locations and seasons, these two tendencies will oppose one another leading to an uncertain outcome. Compared with other climate variables, such as surface air temperature and total precipitation, less attention has been given to analyzing climate model ...
Processes Responsible for Cloud Feedback
... effects and their change are a sum of effects from different cloud types [66]. The decomposition can be done with offline radiative transfer calculations for each cloud type [66] or using observations of clouds and their radiative effects [65]. This decomposition naturally provides the ability to di ...
... effects and their change are a sum of effects from different cloud types [66]. The decomposition can be done with offline radiative transfer calculations for each cloud type [66] or using observations of clouds and their radiative effects [65]. This decomposition naturally provides the ability to di ...
National Water Program Strategy Response to Climate Change
... on climate change impacts on water resources and water programs. Strategic Issue: EPA water program staff in national and Regional offices need to better understand the anticipated impacts of climate change on water to manage programs effectively. Given the range of impacts of climate change around ...
... on climate change impacts on water resources and water programs. Strategic Issue: EPA water program staff in national and Regional offices need to better understand the anticipated impacts of climate change on water to manage programs effectively. Given the range of impacts of climate change around ...
Precipitation and temperatures extremes in East Africa in past and
... There is strong evidence that enhanced greenhouse effect will result not only in changes in the mean weather conditions, but also in increase of the variability of climate (IPCC, 2012&2013). These impacts of climate change in East Africa (EA) have materialized through changes in extreme events such ...
... There is strong evidence that enhanced greenhouse effect will result not only in changes in the mean weather conditions, but also in increase of the variability of climate (IPCC, 2012&2013). These impacts of climate change in East Africa (EA) have materialized through changes in extreme events such ...
A few extreme events dominate global interannual variability in
... We intend to identify drivers that possibly caused negative extreme events in GPP. To this end, for a certain negative GPP extreme event we compute the median of a driver variable over the spatiotemporal domain of the event. By shifting the event in time and computing such medians for each possible ...
... We intend to identify drivers that possibly caused negative extreme events in GPP. To this end, for a certain negative GPP extreme event we compute the median of a driver variable over the spatiotemporal domain of the event. By shifting the event in time and computing such medians for each possible ...
protected areas and climate change in canada
... 6) Communicating and working with regional, national and international interests toward the achievement of Council’s goals and objectives. 7) Conducting other such work and activities as may be necessary to support these aims. For more information, visit the CCEA website at www.ccea.org ...
... 6) Communicating and working with regional, national and international interests toward the achievement of Council’s goals and objectives. 7) Conducting other such work and activities as may be necessary to support these aims. For more information, visit the CCEA website at www.ccea.org ...
Climate Change, Risk and Productivity: Analyses of Chinese
... consequence of continuing population growth and an increasing wealth, it is generally expected that the demand both for basic food commodities, such as grain, and for higher-value food commodities, including meat and aquatic products, will continue to increase. If domestic supply is supposed to meet ...
... consequence of continuing population growth and an increasing wealth, it is generally expected that the demand both for basic food commodities, such as grain, and for higher-value food commodities, including meat and aquatic products, will continue to increase. If domestic supply is supposed to meet ...
Climate Change Issues for the Cayman Islands
... The National Climate Change Committee would like to thank the United Kingdom Department for International Development for funding the three-year long Enhancing Capacity for Adaptation to Climate Change in the Caribbean UK Overseas Territories Project (ECACC), and the Caribbean Community Climate Chan ...
... The National Climate Change Committee would like to thank the United Kingdom Department for International Development for funding the three-year long Enhancing Capacity for Adaptation to Climate Change in the Caribbean UK Overseas Territories Project (ECACC), and the Caribbean Community Climate Chan ...
Ocean dynamics determine the response of oceanic CO2 uptake to
... ocean to increase the transport of anthropogenic CO2 into the deep ocean. The main scope of this study is to investigate the mechanisms responsible for the projected changes in CO2 uptake by the oceans. For that reason we evaluate two transient simulations of the Max Planck Institute Earth System Mo ...
... ocean to increase the transport of anthropogenic CO2 into the deep ocean. The main scope of this study is to investigate the mechanisms responsible for the projected changes in CO2 uptake by the oceans. For that reason we evaluate two transient simulations of the Max Planck Institute Earth System Mo ...
Klimatologie & Hydrologie II
... of warming AND changes in variance. Peak temperatures: - changes not co-located with changes in mean, - but affected by variance changes. Health impacts: - changes not co-located with changes in peak temperature, - most significant impact in low-altitude river basins and along coasts, - Pattern robu ...
... of warming AND changes in variance. Peak temperatures: - changes not co-located with changes in mean, - but affected by variance changes. Health impacts: - changes not co-located with changes in peak temperature, - most significant impact in low-altitude river basins and along coasts, - Pattern robu ...
managing risks and increasing resilience
... quality of life and social equality, as about the environment. • Early action today will not only manage current and future risks, but save Londoners money and create jobs. • Many of our vulnerabilities to climate impacts stem from London’s ‘urbanisation’. Restoring greenspaces and building communit ...
... quality of life and social equality, as about the environment. • Early action today will not only manage current and future risks, but save Londoners money and create jobs. • Many of our vulnerabilities to climate impacts stem from London’s ‘urbanisation’. Restoring greenspaces and building communit ...
National Integrated Mitigation Planning in Agriculture: A guidance document
... undernourished (FAOb, 2012). In a world in which the global demand for food and food security is increasing, there are concerns about the impacts of climate change on future food production and availability (Beddington et al., 2012; FAO, 2009). Agriculture is also a source of GHGs that drive climate ...
... undernourished (FAOb, 2012). In a world in which the global demand for food and food security is increasing, there are concerns about the impacts of climate change on future food production and availability (Beddington et al., 2012; FAO, 2009). Agriculture is also a source of GHGs that drive climate ...