Climate change and the natural heritage
... drier summers, wetter winters, sea-level rise, and an increased risk of flooding, will all affect our lives. There is a global need to take action to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions which are responsible, but changes in climate will not be completely eliminated by these actions. We need also to ...
... drier summers, wetter winters, sea-level rise, and an increased risk of flooding, will all affect our lives. There is a global need to take action to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions which are responsible, but changes in climate will not be completely eliminated by these actions. We need also to ...
Do stream fish track climate change? Assessing distribution shifts in
... Understanding the ability of species to shift their distribution ranges in response to climate change is crucial for conservation biologists and resources managers. Although freshwater ecosystems include some of the most imperilled fauna worldwide, such range shifts have been poorly documented in st ...
... Understanding the ability of species to shift their distribution ranges in response to climate change is crucial for conservation biologists and resources managers. Although freshwater ecosystems include some of the most imperilled fauna worldwide, such range shifts have been poorly documented in st ...
Guide to Climate Change Risk Assessment for NSW
... •• more readily integrated with existing risk management processes •• more readily integrated into a council’s existing corporate plans •• able to highlight areas for possible detailed quantitative assessment. With the uncertainty associated with future climate change impacts, it is generally imprac ...
... •• more readily integrated with existing risk management processes •• more readily integrated into a council’s existing corporate plans •• able to highlight areas for possible detailed quantitative assessment. With the uncertainty associated with future climate change impacts, it is generally imprac ...
Predicting and verifying the intended and unintended consequences
... early on by Fuhrman & Capone (1991), increased particle flux from widespread OIF would promote oxygen depletion and the regeneration of nutrients and CO2 in subsurface waters, which could lead generally to increased production and efflux of greenhouse gases such as N2O and methane (with 300× and 23× ...
... early on by Fuhrman & Capone (1991), increased particle flux from widespread OIF would promote oxygen depletion and the regeneration of nutrients and CO2 in subsurface waters, which could lead generally to increased production and efflux of greenhouse gases such as N2O and methane (with 300× and 23× ...
Policy Briefings SUMERNET Research Projects Phase 2 (2010–2013) Sustainable Mekong Research Network
... The Mekong Region has undergone a transformation in recent years, with rapid economic growth, a strong drive towards regional economic integration, and a gradual shift towards more open political systems. However, poverty and social inequality – including gender inequality – remain significant chall ...
... The Mekong Region has undergone a transformation in recent years, with rapid economic growth, a strong drive towards regional economic integration, and a gradual shift towards more open political systems. However, poverty and social inequality – including gender inequality – remain significant chall ...
AHEAD OF THE STORM…. Preparing Toronto for Climate Change
... Climate changes are already being seen in Toronto. In the last decade, the City has been subjected to extreme heat, floods, drought, new insect pests, new vector-borne diseases and other problems made worse by climate change. Even if the world is successful in getting emissions under control, clima ...
... Climate changes are already being seen in Toronto. In the last decade, the City has been subjected to extreme heat, floods, drought, new insect pests, new vector-borne diseases and other problems made worse by climate change. Even if the world is successful in getting emissions under control, clima ...
SEACAMd
... stands out compared to capturing thunderstorm development in the lower latitudes • The results for regions in the north and south are encouraging with the RCM simulations able to pick out the seasonal rainfall maxima during the June-September season (JJAS) for Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Philippines, T ...
... stands out compared to capturing thunderstorm development in the lower latitudes • The results for regions in the north and south are encouraging with the RCM simulations able to pick out the seasonal rainfall maxima during the June-September season (JJAS) for Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Philippines, T ...
Co-management institutions, knowledge, and learning: Adapting to
... Alongside long-term cultural adaptations, recent climate-related changes in the Arctic have been triggering short-term (or coping) responses (Berkes and Jolly 2001; Smit et al. 2008). In addition to these adaptations and coping responses, there may be other ways to make Arctic communities better abl ...
... Alongside long-term cultural adaptations, recent climate-related changes in the Arctic have been triggering short-term (or coping) responses (Berkes and Jolly 2001; Smit et al. 2008). In addition to these adaptations and coping responses, there may be other ways to make Arctic communities better abl ...
TSRA Climate Change Strategy-2014-2018
... over the years and decades ahead. The unique cultures and environments of the Torres Strait that have weathered change over many millennia, now face a very uncertain future. Our island communities, ecosystems, infrastructure, livelihoods, wellbeing, culture and identity are all threatened by the man ...
... over the years and decades ahead. The unique cultures and environments of the Torres Strait that have weathered change over many millennia, now face a very uncertain future. Our island communities, ecosystems, infrastructure, livelihoods, wellbeing, culture and identity are all threatened by the man ...
Contrasting responses of mean and extreme snowfall to climate
... FIG. 6. Nationally averaged 20-yr return values (relative to the values for 1971–90) of annual maximum daily precipitation, rainfall, and snowfall. The 20-yr return values are first estimated using 20-yr running windows for every station, and then normalized by the values estimated for the period 19 ...
... FIG. 6. Nationally averaged 20-yr return values (relative to the values for 1971–90) of annual maximum daily precipitation, rainfall, and snowfall. The 20-yr return values are first estimated using 20-yr running windows for every station, and then normalized by the values estimated for the period 19 ...
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... canonical cases that satisfy the condition that they are Pareto improving for all four groups — today’s rich, the future rich, today’s poor, and the future poor. Policies that are Pareto improving can distribute benefits in an infinite number of ways across these four groups. Our four canonical scen ...
... canonical cases that satisfy the condition that they are Pareto improving for all four groups — today’s rich, the future rich, today’s poor, and the future poor. Policies that are Pareto improving can distribute benefits in an infinite number of ways across these four groups. Our four canonical scen ...
Determinants of Farmers` Climate Risk Perceptions in Agriculture—A
... concerns about the impacts of climate change are key to successful adaptation and mitigation [3]. Farmers’ willingness to implement adaptation and mitigation policies supported by public authorities and governments also depend upon their beliefs regarding climate change and their perceptions of clim ...
... concerns about the impacts of climate change are key to successful adaptation and mitigation [3]. Farmers’ willingness to implement adaptation and mitigation policies supported by public authorities and governments also depend upon their beliefs regarding climate change and their perceptions of clim ...
Has the grand idea of geoengineering as Plan B
... Data and analysis: Discourse in the media debate in 2014 and 2015 Buck (2012) analysed major newspapers in English and found that, until mid-2010, mass media debate on geoengineering was dominated by natural scientists and engineers, who were cited in 70% of articles, and that only five scientists, ...
... Data and analysis: Discourse in the media debate in 2014 and 2015 Buck (2012) analysed major newspapers in English and found that, until mid-2010, mass media debate on geoengineering was dominated by natural scientists and engineers, who were cited in 70% of articles, and that only five scientists, ...
The Influence on Climate Change of Differing Scenarios for Future
... independent policy analysis, and public education in global environmental change. It seeks to provide leadership in understanding scientific, economic, and ecological aspects of this difficult issue, and combining them into policy assessments that serve the needs of ongoing national and internationa ...
... independent policy analysis, and public education in global environmental change. It seeks to provide leadership in understanding scientific, economic, and ecological aspects of this difficult issue, and combining them into policy assessments that serve the needs of ongoing national and internationa ...
A vulnerability driven approach to identify adverse climate and land
... information on future climate is integrated to assess the plausibility of the hydrologic indicator to transition into a vulnerable regime in the future. These bottom-up approaches are sometimes also termed decision scaling or context-first approaches. They can be used in a wide variety of problems an ...
... information on future climate is integrated to assess the plausibility of the hydrologic indicator to transition into a vulnerable regime in the future. These bottom-up approaches are sometimes also termed decision scaling or context-first approaches. They can be used in a wide variety of problems an ...
PETITION To the Commission on Human Rights
... of the climate system, increasing the likelihood of severe, pervasive, and irreversible impacts for people and ecosystems.”9 The Carbon Majors should be held accountable for violations or threats of violations of Filipinos’ rights (a) to life; (b) to the highest attainable standard of physical and ...
... of the climate system, increasing the likelihood of severe, pervasive, and irreversible impacts for people and ecosystems.”9 The Carbon Majors should be held accountable for violations or threats of violations of Filipinos’ rights (a) to life; (b) to the highest attainable standard of physical and ...
CHAPTER 5: Temperate Marine
... pressure on wild populations is unclear. Perhaps related to this general lack of ownership, marine ecosystems are rarely the result of positive human intervention; in other words, there are few marine equivalents to setting fires to maintain open grasslands, irrigating land to create rice paddies, o ...
... pressure on wild populations is unclear. Perhaps related to this general lack of ownership, marine ecosystems are rarely the result of positive human intervention; in other words, there are few marine equivalents to setting fires to maintain open grasslands, irrigating land to create rice paddies, o ...
Climate change impacts and adaptation in the Southern
... models to have no future temperatures within two standard deviations of current temperatures. This is an important aspect as two standard deviations is essentially the inter annual variability in temperature, thus changes greater than two standard deviations are greater than the variability to which ...
... models to have no future temperatures within two standard deviations of current temperatures. This is an important aspect as two standard deviations is essentially the inter annual variability in temperature, thus changes greater than two standard deviations are greater than the variability to which ...
dispersal, adaptation and the response of spatially structured
... to changing climate has already been demonstrated for a range of taxa [10–14], including the rapid adaptation of both dispersal traits and thermal tolerance [15]. The dispersal characteristics of a species, combined with such exogenous factors as landscape structure [16] and endogenous factors inclu ...
... to changing climate has already been demonstrated for a range of taxa [10–14], including the rapid adaptation of both dispersal traits and thermal tolerance [15]. The dispersal characteristics of a species, combined with such exogenous factors as landscape structure [16] and endogenous factors inclu ...
Australian attitudes on climate change
... as when bipartisan support for emissions trading shattered in late 2009. We tracked declining support for action as climate change plunged into partisan and ideological divides. Climate of the Nation has also tracked concerns and confusion about the science as the pre-Copenhagen “climate-gate” hit t ...
... as when bipartisan support for emissions trading shattered in late 2009. We tracked declining support for action as climate change plunged into partisan and ideological divides. Climate of the Nation has also tracked concerns and confusion about the science as the pre-Copenhagen “climate-gate” hit t ...
Cooling of US Midwest summer temperature extremes from cropland
... conserve water for transpiration38 . Evidence from the crop breeding literature also suggests that rooting and transpiration characteristics of cultivars have changed over time in ways that allow for greater evapotranspiration potential (Supplementary Information). The inference of trends towards gr ...
... conserve water for transpiration38 . Evidence from the crop breeding literature also suggests that rooting and transpiration characteristics of cultivars have changed over time in ways that allow for greater evapotranspiration potential (Supplementary Information). The inference of trends towards gr ...
Quaternary climate changes explain diversity among reptiles and
... historic climate stability was seen to be greater than variation explained due to factors associated with contemporary climate, despite important shared variance between the two components (Table 2). This was true both for partial regressions using coefficients derived from ordinary least square (OL ...
... historic climate stability was seen to be greater than variation explained due to factors associated with contemporary climate, despite important shared variance between the two components (Table 2). This was true both for partial regressions using coefficients derived from ordinary least square (OL ...
- Pacific Disaster Net
... on the resources present nearby for daily sustenance and income. Mangrove ecosystems are part of these resources and they have been around for a long time providing various services to these same communities. An example of a service is shoreline protection. Climate change poses threats to communitie ...
... on the resources present nearby for daily sustenance and income. Mangrove ecosystems are part of these resources and they have been around for a long time providing various services to these same communities. An example of a service is shoreline protection. Climate change poses threats to communitie ...
Analyzing Social-environmental Systems (.pdf),
... challenge, because it demands that we break down traditional barriers and collaborate across disciplines that heretofore have been separated. Our global collaborative network addresses this challenge by building an interdisciplinary framework for socialenvironmental scholars of the future: our PhD s ...
... challenge, because it demands that we break down traditional barriers and collaborate across disciplines that heretofore have been separated. Our global collaborative network addresses this challenge by building an interdisciplinary framework for socialenvironmental scholars of the future: our PhD s ...
consequences
... The nexus of environment, climate change and migration is becoming an increasingly important issue as climate change is generally understood as the potential cause of mass migration especially from the areas where low-income and resource –dependent communities live in environments that are already e ...
... The nexus of environment, climate change and migration is becoming an increasingly important issue as climate change is generally understood as the potential cause of mass migration especially from the areas where low-income and resource –dependent communities live in environments that are already e ...