PREDICTING ECOLOGICAL CHANGES IN THE FLORIDA
... For resource managers, a major point is that climate change needs to be explicitly considered while the multi-billion dollar Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) is implemented, or else that project may not achieve its intended outcomes. A careful process is needed that: (1) acknowledges ...
... For resource managers, a major point is that climate change needs to be explicitly considered while the multi-billion dollar Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) is implemented, or else that project may not achieve its intended outcomes. A careful process is needed that: (1) acknowledges ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES William D. Nordhaus
... background studies. There is little new science or economics here, but it provides many new syntheses of the extensive and rapidly growing literature. While not as balanced and ponderously reviewed as the reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), it is much more current than t ...
... background studies. There is little new science or economics here, but it provides many new syntheses of the extensive and rapidly growing literature. While not as balanced and ponderously reviewed as the reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), it is much more current than t ...
Selected International Legal Materials on Global Warming and
... growth in many regions. These changes represent a major threat to international security and are already having harmful consequences over many parts of the globe. 2. Far-reaching impacts will be caused by global warming and sea level rise, which are becoming increasingly evident as a result of conti ...
... growth in many regions. These changes represent a major threat to international security and are already having harmful consequences over many parts of the globe. 2. Far-reaching impacts will be caused by global warming and sea level rise, which are becoming increasingly evident as a result of conti ...
CSKT Climate Change Strategic Plan
... Mitigation (climate change): actions that reduce the levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere; includes reducing emissions of greenhouse gases and enhancing sinks (things that absorb more greenhouse gases than they emit). Examples include switching to renewable energy s ...
... Mitigation (climate change): actions that reduce the levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere; includes reducing emissions of greenhouse gases and enhancing sinks (things that absorb more greenhouse gases than they emit). Examples include switching to renewable energy s ...
3. STRAW MAN 1: A PRELIMINARY VIEW OF THE TROPICAL
... It is not customary to perform paleoclimate modeling hand in hand with data collection. The separation of data collection and modeling is generally beneficial, but for this particular problem—characterizing the tropics in a poorly understood time interval and clarifying the relationship between the ...
... It is not customary to perform paleoclimate modeling hand in hand with data collection. The separation of data collection and modeling is generally beneficial, but for this particular problem—characterizing the tropics in a poorly understood time interval and clarifying the relationship between the ...
Climate Change, Agriculture and Aid for Trade
... Agricultural trade flows are part dependent on the interaction between inherent comparative advantage, which will be subject to the changes in climate, as well as trade policy.3 Poor countries with a large rural economy depend on agricultural exports for their ...
... Agricultural trade flows are part dependent on the interaction between inherent comparative advantage, which will be subject to the changes in climate, as well as trade policy.3 Poor countries with a large rural economy depend on agricultural exports for their ...
potential effects of climate change on ecosystem and tree species
... and into higher elevations and that they will lose suitable habitat at the southern end of their original distribution (Talkkari and Hypen 1996, Iverson and Prasad 1998, 2001, 2002, Iverson et al. 1999). It is widely understood that shifts in vegetation zones are not entirely determined by shifts in ...
... and into higher elevations and that they will lose suitable habitat at the southern end of their original distribution (Talkkari and Hypen 1996, Iverson and Prasad 1998, 2001, 2002, Iverson et al. 1999). It is widely understood that shifts in vegetation zones are not entirely determined by shifts in ...
How much heat can sport handle?
... storms combined. 32 Looking out to 2050, heatrelated deaths across Australia’s capital cities are predicted to quadruple.33 And it’s not just heat. Rain patterns, snowfall and ocean swells are also changing. Southern Australia – where most of us live and play sport – has seen a significant decline i ...
... storms combined. 32 Looking out to 2050, heatrelated deaths across Australia’s capital cities are predicted to quadruple.33 And it’s not just heat. Rain patterns, snowfall and ocean swells are also changing. Southern Australia – where most of us live and play sport – has seen a significant decline i ...
Hydrological Climate Change Impact Assessment at Small and
... typical RCM resolution. This is particularly crucial in the case of precipitation, considering its extreme small-scale variability (e.g., [12]). On the other hand, very large-scale (e.g., continental), multi-basin hydrological model systems are developed and applied to an increasing degree, e.g., to ...
... typical RCM resolution. This is particularly crucial in the case of precipitation, considering its extreme small-scale variability (e.g., [12]). On the other hand, very large-scale (e.g., continental), multi-basin hydrological model systems are developed and applied to an increasing degree, e.g., to ...
Climate Stabilization at 2°C and Net Zero Carbon Emissions
... this goal will require net anthropogenic carbon emissions (defined as anthropogenic emissions minus anthropogenic sinks such as carbon capture and sequestration and reforestation) to be reduced to zero between years 2050 and 2100. At the same time, it is also shown in the literature that decreases o ...
... this goal will require net anthropogenic carbon emissions (defined as anthropogenic emissions minus anthropogenic sinks such as carbon capture and sequestration and reforestation) to be reduced to zero between years 2050 and 2100. At the same time, it is also shown in the literature that decreases o ...
gypsy moth and nun moth
... by climate extends to North- and South-America, southern parts of Africa, Australia and to New-Zealand. In addition, the potential range extends in Asia wider than the current distribution. According to EI-values, the climate is most suitable for L. monacha in South- and MiddleEurope, and through As ...
... by climate extends to North- and South-America, southern parts of Africa, Australia and to New-Zealand. In addition, the potential range extends in Asia wider than the current distribution. According to EI-values, the climate is most suitable for L. monacha in South- and MiddleEurope, and through As ...
Western Cape Climate Change Response Strategy 2014
... “Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, and since the 1950s, many of the observed changes are unprecedented over decades to millennia. The atmosphere and ocean have warmed, the amounts of snow and ice have diminished, sea level has risen, and the concentrations of greenhouse gasses have incre ...
... “Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, and since the 1950s, many of the observed changes are unprecedented over decades to millennia. The atmosphere and ocean have warmed, the amounts of snow and ice have diminished, sea level has risen, and the concentrations of greenhouse gasses have incre ...
The role of biospheric feedbacks in the simulation of the... historical land cover change on the Australian January climate
... (defined here as the long-term statistics of weather) has received considerable recent attention, including by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Houghton et al., 2001]. Humans have altered a significant fraction of the Earth’s surface [Klein Goldewijk, 2001] and this may affect past, pr ...
... (defined here as the long-term statistics of weather) has received considerable recent attention, including by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Houghton et al., 2001]. Humans have altered a significant fraction of the Earth’s surface [Klein Goldewijk, 2001] and this may affect past, pr ...
Climate change and timing of avian breeding and migration
... bird phenology to current climate change. This assessment leads us to notice the alarming lack of tests for microevolutionary changes in bird phenology in response to climate change, in contrast with the abundant claims on this issue. In short, at present we cannot draw reliable conclusions on the p ...
... bird phenology to current climate change. This assessment leads us to notice the alarming lack of tests for microevolutionary changes in bird phenology in response to climate change, in contrast with the abundant claims on this issue. In short, at present we cannot draw reliable conclusions on the p ...
Farmers` perceptions of and adaptation strategies to climate change
... Abstract. Climate change is a global environmental threat to all economic sectors, particularly the agricultural sector. Pakistan is one of the countries negatively affected by climate change due to its high exposure to extreme events and low adaptive capacity. In Pakistan, farmers are the primary s ...
... Abstract. Climate change is a global environmental threat to all economic sectors, particularly the agricultural sector. Pakistan is one of the countries negatively affected by climate change due to its high exposure to extreme events and low adaptive capacity. In Pakistan, farmers are the primary s ...
Global warming and thermohaline circulation stability
... THC (see Alley 2003) emphasizes the potentially large climate changes involved. Third, a number of more-or-less simple models of the THC have been constructed which show the possibility of rapid changes of state. In this paper we attempt to summarize the current state of knowledge in this area. The ...
... THC (see Alley 2003) emphasizes the potentially large climate changes involved. Third, a number of more-or-less simple models of the THC have been constructed which show the possibility of rapid changes of state. In this paper we attempt to summarize the current state of knowledge in this area. The ...
REPUBLIC REPUBLIC OF NAURU
... technologies for adaptation in Nauru cannot be overstated. Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) will help countries like Nauru track their needs for new equipment, techniques, services, capacities and skills necessary to build resilience to climate change. However, TNA has not been initiated in Nauru d ...
... technologies for adaptation in Nauru cannot be overstated. Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) will help countries like Nauru track their needs for new equipment, techniques, services, capacities and skills necessary to build resilience to climate change. However, TNA has not been initiated in Nauru d ...
International Legal Protection for Climate Refugees: Where Lies the
... Rising levels of greenhouse gases, primarily carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, have warmed the earth and are the driving force behind the changes in the earth’s climate.9 Carbon dioxide concentrations amount to about 80 per cent of the total caused by greenhouse gases.10 Carbon dioxide emissions are ...
... Rising levels of greenhouse gases, primarily carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, have warmed the earth and are the driving force behind the changes in the earth’s climate.9 Carbon dioxide concentrations amount to about 80 per cent of the total caused by greenhouse gases.10 Carbon dioxide emissions are ...
Argentina - Met Office
... • The potential impacts of climate change, based on results from the UK’s Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change programme (AVOID) and supporting literature. For details visit: http://www.avoid.uk.net The assessment of impacts at the national level, both for the AVOID programme results and the cited supp ...
... • The potential impacts of climate change, based on results from the UK’s Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change programme (AVOID) and supporting literature. For details visit: http://www.avoid.uk.net The assessment of impacts at the national level, both for the AVOID programme results and the cited supp ...
Taking the Lead on Climate Change
... important, the question that many will ask of land trusts is: What are you doing about climate change? For those organizations interested in answering that question, the challenge is to identify those places that can provide refuge to species and serve as natural strongholds in the event of drought, ...
... important, the question that many will ask of land trusts is: What are you doing about climate change? For those organizations interested in answering that question, the challenge is to identify those places that can provide refuge to species and serve as natural strongholds in the event of drought, ...
3). Outcome: Regional and community emergency
... 3.3. There are also concerns that the rising and volatile food prices and climate change-induced extreme weather events could continue to dramatically aggravate the already serious food security situation. Urgent support needs to be provided now to strengthen national capacity for adaptation and mit ...
... 3.3. There are also concerns that the rising and volatile food prices and climate change-induced extreme weather events could continue to dramatically aggravate the already serious food security situation. Urgent support needs to be provided now to strengthen national capacity for adaptation and mit ...
WtrShdMgmt20100421_316final
... productions to 35 billion gallons annually by 2017. Currently, a third of the corn crop grown nationally is used for ethanol production and this is expected to increase significantly in the foreseeable future. Growing corn traditionally requires high inputs of water and nutrients. The inevitable inc ...
... productions to 35 billion gallons annually by 2017. Currently, a third of the corn crop grown nationally is used for ethanol production and this is expected to increase significantly in the foreseeable future. Growing corn traditionally requires high inputs of water and nutrients. The inevitable inc ...
A preliminary impact assessment of typhoon wind - J
... The Kakushin program is a research program supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology in Japan, which aims at providing scientific basis for policy making on the adaptation to the emerging climate change in general and contributions to the forthcoming IPCC AR5 r ...
... The Kakushin program is a research program supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology in Japan, which aims at providing scientific basis for policy making on the adaptation to the emerging climate change in general and contributions to the forthcoming IPCC AR5 r ...
Planning Climate Resilient Cities: Early Lessons from Early Adapters
... adaptation measures, such as infrastructure upgrades and residential resettlements, require major investments. Technology also will affect a city’s adaptation planning. Those that have advanced capabilities are able to conduct spatial analyses of vulnerabilities and develop models and scenarios, all ...
... adaptation measures, such as infrastructure upgrades and residential resettlements, require major investments. Technology also will affect a city’s adaptation planning. Those that have advanced capabilities are able to conduct spatial analyses of vulnerabilities and develop models and scenarios, all ...
UNDP Swaziland CO DRM project FINAL
... 3.3. There are also concerns that the rising and volatile food prices and climate change-induced extreme weather events could continue to dramatically aggravate the already serious food security situation. Urgent support needs to be provided now to strengthen national capacity for adaptation and mit ...
... 3.3. There are also concerns that the rising and volatile food prices and climate change-induced extreme weather events could continue to dramatically aggravate the already serious food security situation. Urgent support needs to be provided now to strengthen national capacity for adaptation and mit ...