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... and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change. In particular, the paper assesses 18 selected approaches, methods and tools in terms of their data and information requirements, strengths, weaknesses, lessons learned, gaps at different levels and relevance for social and environment ...
... and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change. In particular, the paper assesses 18 selected approaches, methods and tools in terms of their data and information requirements, strengths, weaknesses, lessons learned, gaps at different levels and relevance for social and environment ...
Climate Extremes Communications Guidebook
... The Federal National Climate Assessment Development and Advisory Committee said in its January 2013 draft of the National Climate Assessment 2014 (draft NCA 2014) report: “Some extreme weather and climate events have increased in recent decades, and there is new and stronger evidence that many of th ...
... The Federal National Climate Assessment Development and Advisory Committee said in its January 2013 draft of the National Climate Assessment 2014 (draft NCA 2014) report: “Some extreme weather and climate events have increased in recent decades, and there is new and stronger evidence that many of th ...
Final Report Climate change and Wetlands.doc
... identifies critical areas where further research is required. It also discusses policy implications. Wetlands are among Victorian ecosystems most vulnerable to climate change. The most pronounced effects on wetlands will be altered hydrological regimes and more frequent or intense extreme weather ev ...
... identifies critical areas where further research is required. It also discusses policy implications. Wetlands are among Victorian ecosystems most vulnerable to climate change. The most pronounced effects on wetlands will be altered hydrological regimes and more frequent or intense extreme weather ev ...
Trillion Dollar Transformation: Fiduciary Duty, Divestment and Fossil
... face of climate-related risks could expose fiduciaries and their attorneys and advisors to legal liability. As the impacts of climate change continue to grow, the science of climate change attribution grows ever more precise, and the trend towards more climate litigation continues, there are a num ...
... face of climate-related risks could expose fiduciaries and their attorneys and advisors to legal liability. As the impacts of climate change continue to grow, the science of climate change attribution grows ever more precise, and the trend towards more climate litigation continues, there are a num ...
Footprints of climate change on Mediterranean Sea biota
... the heat wave at a given location is expressed in ◦ C degreedays and is computed by integrating the excess temperature above the given threshold (in ◦ C) during the time the threshold has been exceeded (in days). The annual 99th percentile shows a significant interannual variability with basin avera ...
... the heat wave at a given location is expressed in ◦ C degreedays and is computed by integrating the excess temperature above the given threshold (in ◦ C) during the time the threshold has been exceeded (in days). The annual 99th percentile shows a significant interannual variability with basin avera ...
Strategy Guide on Climate Change: Implications and Strategies for the Community Sector
... ways to combat the harmful effects of climate change. The report analyses the roles of different actors in addressing climate justice. It places particular emphasis on the role that the community sector can play, and the partners which it must work with to highlight environmental issues. The report’ ...
... ways to combat the harmful effects of climate change. The report analyses the roles of different actors in addressing climate justice. It places particular emphasis on the role that the community sector can play, and the partners which it must work with to highlight environmental issues. The report’ ...
Regional climate change and its impact on photooxidant
... distribution of photooxidants on the regional scale [Ehhalt et al., 2001]. Hogrefe et al. [2004] have shown that climate change has a significant impact on the occurrence of high ozone concentrations in the eastern United States by performing scenario simulations with the meteorological model MM5 an ...
... distribution of photooxidants on the regional scale [Ehhalt et al., 2001]. Hogrefe et al. [2004] have shown that climate change has a significant impact on the occurrence of high ozone concentrations in the eastern United States by performing scenario simulations with the meteorological model MM5 an ...
Project Concept and PDF-B Document
... rapid warming represents a strong deviation from the norm. With the continuing emission of greenhouse gases, it is now projected that the mean surface temperature may increase up to close to 6 degrees Celsius during the next 100 years (IPCC, TAR, 2001). A change of this magnitude is unprecedented an ...
... rapid warming represents a strong deviation from the norm. With the continuing emission of greenhouse gases, it is now projected that the mean surface temperature may increase up to close to 6 degrees Celsius during the next 100 years (IPCC, TAR, 2001). A change of this magnitude is unprecedented an ...
Climate Change Impacts on Wetlands in Victoria and Implications for
... identifies critical areas where further research is required. It also discusses policy implications. Wetlands are among Victorian ecosystems most vulnerable to climate change. The most pronounced effects on wetlands will be altered hydrological regimes and more frequent or intense extreme weather ev ...
... identifies critical areas where further research is required. It also discusses policy implications. Wetlands are among Victorian ecosystems most vulnerable to climate change. The most pronounced effects on wetlands will be altered hydrological regimes and more frequent or intense extreme weather ev ...
adaptation to climate change: key terms
... At its meeting on 23 March 2005, the Annex I Expert Group requested the Secretariat to prepare a paper on key adaptation concepts and terms that have entered the UNFCCC lexicon such as ‘adaptation’, ‘vulnerability’, ‘adverse effect’, ‘adaptive capacity’, and others. The aim of the task is to collect ...
... At its meeting on 23 March 2005, the Annex I Expert Group requested the Secretariat to prepare a paper on key adaptation concepts and terms that have entered the UNFCCC lexicon such as ‘adaptation’, ‘vulnerability’, ‘adverse effect’, ‘adaptive capacity’, and others. The aim of the task is to collect ...
Agroecology and the design of climate change-resilient
... organic soil management, water conservation and harvesting, and general enhancement of agrobiodiversity. Traditional farming systems are repositories of a wealth of principles and measures that can help modern agricultural systems become more resilient to climatic extremes. Many of these agroecologi ...
... organic soil management, water conservation and harvesting, and general enhancement of agrobiodiversity. Traditional farming systems are repositories of a wealth of principles and measures that can help modern agricultural systems become more resilient to climatic extremes. Many of these agroecologi ...
Ensemble projections of future streamflow droughts in Europe
... G. Forzieri et al.: Ensemble projections of future streamflow droughts in Europe circulation patterns within RCMs largely depend on the lateral boundary conditions from their driving GCM, influencing not only the mean precipitation changes but also the extremes. Considering uncertainties in low pre ...
... G. Forzieri et al.: Ensemble projections of future streamflow droughts in Europe circulation patterns within RCMs largely depend on the lateral boundary conditions from their driving GCM, influencing not only the mean precipitation changes but also the extremes. Considering uncertainties in low pre ...
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... Models (IAMs), which capture the various steps in the climate and economic processes that translate a marginal unit of CO2 emissions into an economic damage. Given the significant uncertainties surrounding climate change impacts, each of these steps entails considerable parametric and structural unc ...
... Models (IAMs), which capture the various steps in the climate and economic processes that translate a marginal unit of CO2 emissions into an economic damage. Given the significant uncertainties surrounding climate change impacts, each of these steps entails considerable parametric and structural unc ...
Climate change in Australia | Murray Basin cluster report
... information contained in this publication comprises general statements based on scientific research. The reader is advised and needs to be aware that such information may be incomplete or unable to be used in any specific situation. No reliance or actions must therefore be made on that information w ...
... information contained in this publication comprises general statements based on scientific research. The reader is advised and needs to be aware that such information may be incomplete or unable to be used in any specific situation. No reliance or actions must therefore be made on that information w ...
amoeba downing
... possible on the Lazarev Bay moss-peat, the timings of changes are more difficult to ascertain. The length of the melt season has increased across the AP region since 1948 [10, 20], with earlier thawing of the growing surfaces extending the length of the growing season. Temperature is also likely to ...
... possible on the Lazarev Bay moss-peat, the timings of changes are more difficult to ascertain. The length of the melt season has increased across the AP region since 1948 [10, 20], with earlier thawing of the growing surfaces extending the length of the growing season. Temperature is also likely to ...
Negotiating the Next Climate Change Treaty
... disappointed if, as now seems likely, a “legally binding” agreement will not be signed in Copenhagen. But the Kyoto negotiations continued for years after politicians agreed on targets and timetables in Kyoto. And after those negotiations were finally concluded, and Kyoto eventually entered into forc ...
... disappointed if, as now seems likely, a “legally binding” agreement will not be signed in Copenhagen. But the Kyoto negotiations continued for years after politicians agreed on targets and timetables in Kyoto. And after those negotiations were finally concluded, and Kyoto eventually entered into forc ...
Greenhouse Gases and Global Warming Potential Values
... estimated that slightly more than half of the current CH4 flux to the atmosphere is anthropogenic, from human activities such as agriculture, fossil fuel use and waste disposal (IPCC 2001). Methane is removed from the atmosphere by reacting with the hydroxyl radical (OH) and is ultimately converted ...
... estimated that slightly more than half of the current CH4 flux to the atmosphere is anthropogenic, from human activities such as agriculture, fossil fuel use and waste disposal (IPCC 2001). Methane is removed from the atmosphere by reacting with the hydroxyl radical (OH) and is ultimately converted ...
Full CV
... Refuge - oil, wilderness and subsistence -- a six-week study of North Slope oil development issues; The South Denali Controversy -- a three-week study examining issues related to proposed construction of tourist facilities on the south side of Denali National Park and Monument. Adjunct Faculty - Ant ...
... Refuge - oil, wilderness and subsistence -- a six-week study of North Slope oil development issues; The South Denali Controversy -- a three-week study examining issues related to proposed construction of tourist facilities on the south side of Denali National Park and Monument. Adjunct Faculty - Ant ...
The Impacts of Climate Change on the Coral Reefs of the Caribbean
... Global climate change has emerged over the past decade as one of the major environmental issues facing countries worldwide. The Caribbean, with its small islands and lowlying states, is facing serious challenges as they seek to grapple with the impacts of a changing climate. Global temperatures hav ...
... Global climate change has emerged over the past decade as one of the major environmental issues facing countries worldwide. The Caribbean, with its small islands and lowlying states, is facing serious challenges as they seek to grapple with the impacts of a changing climate. Global temperatures hav ...
Paleoecological evidence for abrupt cold reversals during peak
... assemblage (Fig. 3 and Fig. 4). Oliveridia/Hydrobaenus was abruptly replaced by an assemblage dominated by the subtribe Tanytarsina (including Tanytarsus lugens/Corynocera oliveri type and Micropsectra) beginning ∼11 cal ka BP, and inferred temperatures rose rapidly to surpass modern values by ∼10.5 ...
... assemblage (Fig. 3 and Fig. 4). Oliveridia/Hydrobaenus was abruptly replaced by an assemblage dominated by the subtribe Tanytarsina (including Tanytarsus lugens/Corynocera oliveri type and Micropsectra) beginning ∼11 cal ka BP, and inferred temperatures rose rapidly to surpass modern values by ∼10.5 ...
Climate Relicts: Past, Present, Future
... extent, on how much it reduced its range compared with some reference period; this is ultimately an arbitrary decision (Rodrı́guez-Sánchez & Arroyo 2008). Second, the classification of species as climate relicts implies that climate has been the primary factor responsible for the permanent reduction ...
... extent, on how much it reduced its range compared with some reference period; this is ultimately an arbitrary decision (Rodrı́guez-Sánchez & Arroyo 2008). Second, the classification of species as climate relicts implies that climate has been the primary factor responsible for the permanent reduction ...
Climate Change in the US Northeast
... climate is already changing in noticeable ways. Temperatures have been rising, particularly in winter, and the number of extremely hot days in summer has been increasing. Snow cover is decreasing and spring is arriving earlier in the year. Recent changes in our climate in the Northeast are consisten ...
... climate is already changing in noticeable ways. Temperatures have been rising, particularly in winter, and the number of extremely hot days in summer has been increasing. Snow cover is decreasing and spring is arriving earlier in the year. Recent changes in our climate in the Northeast are consisten ...
Climate change implications for New Zealand
... is inevitable and uncertainties about the extent of climate change. Experience shows that uncertainties around climate changes can result in decision-making being postponed until changes are clearer. This ‘wait and see’ approach is in itself risky, since the direction and rough magnitude of climate ...
... is inevitable and uncertainties about the extent of climate change. Experience shows that uncertainties around climate changes can result in decision-making being postponed until changes are clearer. This ‘wait and see’ approach is in itself risky, since the direction and rough magnitude of climate ...
Latin America
... by the year 2050. Because most Latin American countries’ economies depend on agricultural productivity, the issue of regional variation in crop yields is very relevant for the region. The area of the Latin American region is approximately 19.93 million km 2—double that of Europe, but smaller than th ...
... by the year 2050. Because most Latin American countries’ economies depend on agricultural productivity, the issue of regional variation in crop yields is very relevant for the region. The area of the Latin American region is approximately 19.93 million km 2—double that of Europe, but smaller than th ...
126 Montevideo, Uruguay
... dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O), have a stabilizing effect on the earth’s temperature. However, an increased amount of these gases in the atmosphere, primarily from human activity, is changing the natural balance of the earth’s climate and results in global warming. Despite clim ...
... dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O), have a stabilizing effect on the earth’s temperature. However, an increased amount of these gases in the atmosphere, primarily from human activity, is changing the natural balance of the earth’s climate and results in global warming. Despite clim ...