Climate change, flooding, urbanisation and leptospirosis: fuelling
... surface run-off, sea level, catchment size and local topography. These factors can in turn be modified by land use, urbanisation, deforestation, agricultural practices, irrigation, dams and water management.39 As a result of global climate change, additional factors that will contribute to the risk o ...
... surface run-off, sea level, catchment size and local topography. These factors can in turn be modified by land use, urbanisation, deforestation, agricultural practices, irrigation, dams and water management.39 As a result of global climate change, additional factors that will contribute to the risk o ...
Water As A Conflict Driver: Estimating The Effects Of
... Water As A Conflict Driver: Estimating The Effects Of Climate Change And Hydroelectric Dam Diversion On Nile River Stream Flow During The 21st Century ...
... Water As A Conflict Driver: Estimating The Effects Of Climate Change And Hydroelectric Dam Diversion On Nile River Stream Flow During The 21st Century ...
Couplings Between Changes in the Climate System
... chemical and microphysical transformations, wet scavenging and surface uptake by the land and terrestrial ecosystems, and by the ocean and its ecosystems. These processes and, more generally the rates of biogeochemical cycling, are affected by climate change, and involve interactions between and wit ...
... chemical and microphysical transformations, wet scavenging and surface uptake by the land and terrestrial ecosystems, and by the ocean and its ecosystems. These processes and, more generally the rates of biogeochemical cycling, are affected by climate change, and involve interactions between and wit ...
Granger causality from changes in level of atmospheric CO2 to
... cal mechanisms. Chen and Tung (2014) place these proposed explanations into two categories. The first involves a reduction in radiative forcing: by a decrease in stratospheric water vapour, an increase in background stratospheric volcanic aerosols, by 17 small volcano eruptions since 1999, increasin ...
... cal mechanisms. Chen and Tung (2014) place these proposed explanations into two categories. The first involves a reduction in radiative forcing: by a decrease in stratospheric water vapour, an increase in background stratospheric volcanic aerosols, by 17 small volcano eruptions since 1999, increasin ...
An Integrated Assessment of Changes in the Thermohaline Circulation
... the elicitation among leading ocean experts presented later in this paper reveals widely differing views about the probability of a shutdown being triggered this century, with some estimates even exceeding the 50% level for scenarios with high global temperature rise. Narrowing down this uncertainty ...
... the elicitation among leading ocean experts presented later in this paper reveals widely differing views about the probability of a shutdown being triggered this century, with some estimates even exceeding the 50% level for scenarios with high global temperature rise. Narrowing down this uncertainty ...
Climate Change of the Arctic and Antarctica.
... Antarctica ice is protected by floating sea ice surrounding the continent. This keeps ice on the land from melting. In the past the earth's orbit changed and melted some of the sea ice resulting in some of Antarctica's ice melting. They can see that melting history in the ice and sediment and we kno ...
... Antarctica ice is protected by floating sea ice surrounding the continent. This keeps ice on the land from melting. In the past the earth's orbit changed and melted some of the sea ice resulting in some of Antarctica's ice melting. They can see that melting history in the ice and sediment and we kno ...
Investment and growth in the time of climate change
... the magnitude of climate-change impacts and the relative weight society attaches to future costs and benefits relative to present ones. Moreover, the findings illuminate how risks of catastrophic climate change shape the mitigation-adaptation balance, and shed new light on how an international agreeme ...
... the magnitude of climate-change impacts and the relative weight society attaches to future costs and benefits relative to present ones. Moreover, the findings illuminate how risks of catastrophic climate change shape the mitigation-adaptation balance, and shed new light on how an international agreeme ...
Investment and growth in the time of climate change
... the magnitude of climate-change impacts and the relative weight society attaches to future costs and benefits relative to present ones. Moreover, the findings illuminate how risks of catastrophic climate change shape the mitigation-adaptation balance, and shed new light on how an international agreeme ...
... the magnitude of climate-change impacts and the relative weight society attaches to future costs and benefits relative to present ones. Moreover, the findings illuminate how risks of catastrophic climate change shape the mitigation-adaptation balance, and shed new light on how an international agreeme ...
Climate-driven trends in mean and high flows from a network of
... check for consistency. Only where there were no obvious inconsistencies with trends identified for nondrained stations were these stations included in the IRN. While attention was paid to ensuring homogeneity of records, a lack of metadata on land-use change meant that such influences cannot be enti ...
... check for consistency. Only where there were no obvious inconsistencies with trends identified for nondrained stations were these stations included in the IRN. While attention was paid to ensuring homogeneity of records, a lack of metadata on land-use change meant that such influences cannot be enti ...
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... setting. To be able to better understand the role and importance of adapting, an economic assessment of the costs and benefits of adaptation, by making adaptation explicit in IAMs, is essential. In this context, de Bruin et al. (2009a) have introduced the concept of an “adaptation cost curve”, that ...
... setting. To be able to better understand the role and importance of adapting, an economic assessment of the costs and benefits of adaptation, by making adaptation explicit in IAMs, is essential. In this context, de Bruin et al. (2009a) have introduced the concept of an “adaptation cost curve”, that ...
On the Current and Future Dry Spell Characteristics over Africa
... making it difficult to assess the changes in future climate with confidence. Though GCMs provide better simulations for the atmospheric general circulation at a larger scale, they do not offer required detail for regional and local assessment. This is particularly true for heterogeneous regions, wit ...
... making it difficult to assess the changes in future climate with confidence. Though GCMs provide better simulations for the atmospheric general circulation at a larger scale, they do not offer required detail for regional and local assessment. This is particularly true for heterogeneous regions, wit ...
Workshop Proceedings Report: South Asia Media Workshop
... behind it is very complex. It occurs on a global scale over a long period.. Scientists insist that extreme weather events cannot be ascribed to climate change alone although many such events are likely to be influenced by climate change. And the future consequences, although likely dire, remain shro ...
... behind it is very complex. It occurs on a global scale over a long period.. Scientists insist that extreme weather events cannot be ascribed to climate change alone although many such events are likely to be influenced by climate change. And the future consequences, although likely dire, remain shro ...
East Midlands Sustainable Development Round Table The Potential
... Overall, we will have to live with some level of climate change and plan accordingly. In order to do this we will have to take climate change into account when planning our water resources, flood defences, industry, agriculture, housing and other developments and biodiversity. However, the priority ...
... Overall, we will have to live with some level of climate change and plan accordingly. In order to do this we will have to take climate change into account when planning our water resources, flood defences, industry, agriculture, housing and other developments and biodiversity. However, the priority ...
Behavioural Adaptation of Skiers and Snowboarders in
... responded to changing snow conditions in the past as well as how they may react in the future, to understand the role of substitution (time, place, activity) within specific behavioural responses to both past and future snow conditions, and to examine the extent to which activity commitment and p ...
... responded to changing snow conditions in the past as well as how they may react in the future, to understand the role of substitution (time, place, activity) within specific behavioural responses to both past and future snow conditions, and to examine the extent to which activity commitment and p ...
ACIA Ch02 Final - Arctic Climate Impact Assessment
... es.The Arctic is connected to the global climate, being influenced by it and vice versa (section 2.5). Based on the analysis of the climate of the 20th century (section 2.6), it is very probable2 that arctic temperatures have increased over the past century, although the increase has not been spatia ...
... es.The Arctic is connected to the global climate, being influenced by it and vice versa (section 2.5). Based on the analysis of the climate of the 20th century (section 2.6), it is very probable2 that arctic temperatures have increased over the past century, although the increase has not been spatia ...
The leading variability mode of the coupled troposphere
... structure of these coupled variability modes of atmospheric circulation determined with linear statistical methods. The observed records of tropospheric and stratospheric circulation (about 42 years) are too short for the investigation of variability modes in a strong polar vortex state. For the det ...
... structure of these coupled variability modes of atmospheric circulation determined with linear statistical methods. The observed records of tropospheric and stratospheric circulation (about 42 years) are too short for the investigation of variability modes in a strong polar vortex state. For the det ...
Chapter 13
... This was the first news of the hole, and was published in an article in the scientific journal Nature. ...
... This was the first news of the hole, and was published in an article in the scientific journal Nature. ...
Sea-Level Rise
... assumptions have to be made about future conditions, which require climate and socio-economic scenarios. In scientific terms, a scenario is a plausible future (‘storyline’) of environmental and anthropogenic change as informed by expert judgement, but it does not mean that this future will necessari ...
... assumptions have to be made about future conditions, which require climate and socio-economic scenarios. In scientific terms, a scenario is a plausible future (‘storyline’) of environmental and anthropogenic change as informed by expert judgement, but it does not mean that this future will necessari ...
Environmental Change and Migration: State of the
... ferent environmental changes affect people’s lives and their propensity to move would be useful in increasing understanding of the interconnections between the environment and migration. Also needed is research on the forms of movement that are likely to be associated with different environmental c ...
... ferent environmental changes affect people’s lives and their propensity to move would be useful in increasing understanding of the interconnections between the environment and migration. Also needed is research on the forms of movement that are likely to be associated with different environmental c ...
http://www.fao.org/docrep/012/i0994e/i0994e.pdf
... occupational changes and may increase social pressures. Livelihood diversification is an established means of risk transfer and reduction in the face of shocks, but reduced options for diversification will negatively affect livelihood outcomes. There are particular gender dimensions, including compe ...
... occupational changes and may increase social pressures. Livelihood diversification is an established means of risk transfer and reduction in the face of shocks, but reduced options for diversification will negatively affect livelihood outcomes. There are particular gender dimensions, including compe ...
Sea-level rise impacts on Africa and the effects of mitigation and
... live within 100 km of the coast (excluding small islands), despite this only representing 11% of the land area (Singh et al. 1999). The continent has around 320 coastal cities with more than 1,00,000 inhabitants, and nearly 56 million people presently live in low elevation coastal zones (defined as ...
... live within 100 km of the coast (excluding small islands), despite this only representing 11% of the land area (Singh et al. 1999). The continent has around 320 coastal cities with more than 1,00,000 inhabitants, and nearly 56 million people presently live in low elevation coastal zones (defined as ...
Update on Climate Geoengineering in Relation to the
... driver of biodiversity loss and degradation of ecosystem services. The Paris Agreement, which strengthened international support for limiting global warming, will enter into force on November 2016 and is a positive step, especially from the point of view of conserving and sustainably using biodivers ...
... driver of biodiversity loss and degradation of ecosystem services. The Paris Agreement, which strengthened international support for limiting global warming, will enter into force on November 2016 and is a positive step, especially from the point of view of conserving and sustainably using biodivers ...
Climate change implications for fisheries and aquaculture
... occupational changes and may increase social pressures. Livelihood diversification is an established means of risk transfer and reduction in the face of shocks, but reduced options for diversification will negatively affect livelihood outcomes. There are particular gender dimensions, including compe ...
... occupational changes and may increase social pressures. Livelihood diversification is an established means of risk transfer and reduction in the face of shocks, but reduced options for diversification will negatively affect livelihood outcomes. There are particular gender dimensions, including compe ...
Preparing for a Changing Climate in Northern Ireland
... priority themes of Economic Competitiveness, Equality and Community Cohesion and Better Public Services. 5. Produce a technical report of climate impacts for use by policy experts. In addition, a separate non-technical summary report has been produced. ...
... priority themes of Economic Competitiveness, Equality and Community Cohesion and Better Public Services. 5. Produce a technical report of climate impacts for use by policy experts. In addition, a separate non-technical summary report has been produced. ...
Climate Change and Pacific Island Countries
... Islands region. During their more than 3000-year occupation of these islands, people have developed an understanding of their natural environments, their production potential and their vulnerabilities, and the variations in these through time as forced by climate change. Within the past 150 years or ...
... Islands region. During their more than 3000-year occupation of these islands, people have developed an understanding of their natural environments, their production potential and their vulnerabilities, and the variations in these through time as forced by climate change. Within the past 150 years or ...