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 ...
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 ...
Ocean-Based Food Security Threatened in a High CO2
... acidification, its dependence on and consumption of fish and seafood and its level of adaptive capacity based on several socioeconomic factors. Country rankings are developed for risks from climate change and ocean acidification independently, as well as from both problems combined. Fish and seafood ...
... acidification, its dependence on and consumption of fish and seafood and its level of adaptive capacity based on several socioeconomic factors. Country rankings are developed for risks from climate change and ocean acidification independently, as well as from both problems combined. Fish and seafood ...
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 ...
Background paper Africa WS
... The lack of observational climate data, particularly in Africa, is recognized as a constraint to understanding current and future climate variability (DFID, 2004). Significant gaps are apparent in the surface network in Angola, the Congo basin, Sudan and parts of the Sahel (CLIVAR, 2004). Regional d ...
... The lack of observational climate data, particularly in Africa, is recognized as a constraint to understanding current and future climate variability (DFID, 2004). Significant gaps are apparent in the surface network in Angola, the Congo basin, Sudan and parts of the Sahel (CLIVAR, 2004). Regional d ...
Project Document for CEO Approval
... 13. The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change: The Bahamas’ strength lies in the scientific disciplines of hydrology, meteorology and marine sciences. Capacity to address the issue of climate change has been increased through participation in the CPACC project and also in the regional Caribbean ...
... 13. The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change: The Bahamas’ strength lies in the scientific disciplines of hydrology, meteorology and marine sciences. Capacity to address the issue of climate change has been increased through participation in the CPACC project and also in the regional Caribbean ...
unhedgeable risk: how climate change sentiment impacts investment
... impending climate-based sentiment risks in presentday financial markets based on long-term climate change projections. In fact, investors who act now may benefit from first-mover advantage, or at the very least, minimise their exposure to such risks which could evolve even more rapidly than anticipa ...
... impending climate-based sentiment risks in presentday financial markets based on long-term climate change projections. In fact, investors who act now may benefit from first-mover advantage, or at the very least, minimise their exposure to such risks which could evolve even more rapidly than anticipa ...
chapter
... Climatology, the study of climate and its variability, analyzes long-term weather patterns over time and space and the controls that produce Earth’s diverse climatic conditions. One type of climatic analysis locates areas of similar weather statistics and groups them into climatic regions. Observed ...
... Climatology, the study of climate and its variability, analyzes long-term weather patterns over time and space and the controls that produce Earth’s diverse climatic conditions. One type of climatic analysis locates areas of similar weather statistics and groups them into climatic regions. Observed ...
South African Country Study on Climate Change
... hybridisation and associated speciation. The existence of landscape-scale refugia has been critical in allowing species richness to be retained during phases of retreat. The apparent fit between our model predictions and the observed paleobotanical and biogeographic record lends some confidence to t ...
... hybridisation and associated speciation. The existence of landscape-scale refugia has been critical in allowing species richness to be retained during phases of retreat. The apparent fit between our model predictions and the observed paleobotanical and biogeographic record lends some confidence to t ...
International Climate Technology Strategies The Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements
... of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) estimates that an additional $200 billion in global investment and financial flows will be required annually by 2030 just to return GHG emissions to current levels (UNFCCC 2007a). What are the most important international and dome ...
... of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) estimates that an additional $200 billion in global investment and financial flows will be required annually by 2030 just to return GHG emissions to current levels (UNFCCC 2007a). What are the most important international and dome ...
An Assessment of the Foundational Assumptions in High-Resolution Climate Projections: The Case of UKCP09
... inside the UK; this paper is intended to raise the profile of that discussion, as the answers have implications that reach far beyond the political and scientific context of the UK. UKCP09 has great value as a worked example in the discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of climate simulation in ...
... inside the UK; this paper is intended to raise the profile of that discussion, as the answers have implications that reach far beyond the political and scientific context of the UK. UKCP09 has great value as a worked example in the discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of climate simulation in ...
In Search of Shelter: Mapping the Effects of Climate Change
... displacement and migration. This report, therefore, offers: • empirical evidence from a first-time global survey of environmental change and migration; • original maps illustrating how, and where, the impacts of climate change may prompt significant displacement and migration; • policy recommendatio ...
... displacement and migration. This report, therefore, offers: • empirical evidence from a first-time global survey of environmental change and migration; • original maps illustrating how, and where, the impacts of climate change may prompt significant displacement and migration; • policy recommendatio ...
Evolving Responsibility? The Principle of Common
... a new instantiation of the principle of CDR. This long elusive progress represents an important step in crafting the post-2012 regime. We proceed by briefly describing the history of CDR within the UNFCCC, focusing on the lead-up to Copenhagen. We then discuss the outcome of the Copenhagen meeting a ...
... a new instantiation of the principle of CDR. This long elusive progress represents an important step in crafting the post-2012 regime. We proceed by briefly describing the history of CDR within the UNFCCC, focusing on the lead-up to Copenhagen. We then discuss the outcome of the Copenhagen meeting a ...
Can Dr. Evil Save The World?
... But the X-ray laser turned out to be a debacle, done in by engineering problems, cost overruns and the fall of the Soviet Union. All told, $60 billion was blown on the Star Wars program -- with little to show for it. Wood, however, believes that those billions helped make the world a safer place. Wh ...
... But the X-ray laser turned out to be a debacle, done in by engineering problems, cost overruns and the fall of the Soviet Union. All told, $60 billion was blown on the Star Wars program -- with little to show for it. Wood, however, believes that those billions helped make the world a safer place. Wh ...
Myanmar`s Intended Nationally Determined Contribution
... Alongside identified mitigation actions, Myanmar would continue to increase its capacity to adapt to the negative effects of climate change. Adaptation actions in agriculture, forestry, water, infrastructure and bio-diversity, among others, are being currently implemented, while reducing risks of di ...
... Alongside identified mitigation actions, Myanmar would continue to increase its capacity to adapt to the negative effects of climate change. Adaptation actions in agriculture, forestry, water, infrastructure and bio-diversity, among others, are being currently implemented, while reducing risks of di ...
The influence of vegetation dynamics on anthropogenic climate
... Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI ESM) that includes vegetation dynamics and an interactive carbon cycle. We assume anthropogenic CO2 emissions according to the RCP 8.5 scenario in the time period from 1850 to 2120. For the time after 2120, we assume zero emissions to evaluate the response o ...
... Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI ESM) that includes vegetation dynamics and an interactive carbon cycle. We assume anthropogenic CO2 emissions according to the RCP 8.5 scenario in the time period from 1850 to 2120. For the time after 2120, we assume zero emissions to evaluate the response o ...
Kate Meyer and David Merry
... places us in a position to argue that such measures are both necessary and feasible. Being wellplaced to make such arguments is likely to be very useful in a negotiation where the primary objective is getting other nations to commit to higher levels of emissions reductions. Doing so will mean that N ...
... places us in a position to argue that such measures are both necessary and feasible. Being wellplaced to make such arguments is likely to be very useful in a negotiation where the primary objective is getting other nations to commit to higher levels of emissions reductions. Doing so will mean that N ...
Climate change : quantifying the health impact at national
... Climate change is an emerging risk factor for human health. There is now widespread consensus among the scientific community that the earth is warming, that this is mainly due to human activities, and that this will continue for at least the next several decades (IPCC, 2001b; Oreskes, 2004). It is a ...
... Climate change is an emerging risk factor for human health. There is now widespread consensus among the scientific community that the earth is warming, that this is mainly due to human activities, and that this will continue for at least the next several decades (IPCC, 2001b; Oreskes, 2004). It is a ...
Nepal - UNDPCC.org
... implications. However, the relationships between climate and agriculture, and their long-term implications, have been little studied in Nepal. Nepalese agriculture is highly dependent on weather, and so climate change has serious implications. Glacier retreats combined with higher temperatures, incr ...
... implications. However, the relationships between climate and agriculture, and their long-term implications, have been little studied in Nepal. Nepalese agriculture is highly dependent on weather, and so climate change has serious implications. Glacier retreats combined with higher temperatures, incr ...
2. Reconciling adaptation and migration
... either of an extension of the scope of the Convention of the Status of Refugees,10 or of the drafting of a similar convention.11 However, the comparison between political refugees and climate migrants is misleading, at least for three reasons. Firstly, climate migrants do not “exist” in the same way ...
... either of an extension of the scope of the Convention of the Status of Refugees,10 or of the drafting of a similar convention.11 However, the comparison between political refugees and climate migrants is misleading, at least for three reasons. Firstly, climate migrants do not “exist” in the same way ...
Migration as a sustainable adaptation strategy
... either of an extension of the scope of the Convention of the Status of Refugees,10 or of the drafting of a similar convention.11 However, the comparison between political refugees and climate migrants is misleading, at least for three reasons. Firstly, climate migrants do not “exist” in the same way ...
... either of an extension of the scope of the Convention of the Status of Refugees,10 or of the drafting of a similar convention.11 However, the comparison between political refugees and climate migrants is misleading, at least for three reasons. Firstly, climate migrants do not “exist” in the same way ...
Effect of climate change on air quality
... Air quality is strongly dependent on weather and is therefore sensitive to climate change. Recent studies have provided estimates of this climate effect through correlations of air quality with meteorological variables, perturbation analyses in chemical transport models (CTMs), and CTM simulations d ...
... Air quality is strongly dependent on weather and is therefore sensitive to climate change. Recent studies have provided estimates of this climate effect through correlations of air quality with meteorological variables, perturbation analyses in chemical transport models (CTMs), and CTM simulations d ...
EPA Research - 2015 Call Technical Description
... In order to assess the potential response of peatlands to changes in management and climate change itself, the EPA wishes to establish a robust and representative database which characterises peatland types in Ireland, including field observation of key parameters and indicators. The EPA also wishes ...
... In order to assess the potential response of peatlands to changes in management and climate change itself, the EPA wishes to establish a robust and representative database which characterises peatland types in Ireland, including field observation of key parameters and indicators. The EPA also wishes ...
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... uncertainty surrounding the climate change debate.1 This research demonstrates a methodology for quantifying the last of these non-marketed effects of global warming, which, unlike traditional techniques, is broadly applicable (given currently available data) to measuring the effects of climate chan ...
... uncertainty surrounding the climate change debate.1 This research demonstrates a methodology for quantifying the last of these non-marketed effects of global warming, which, unlike traditional techniques, is broadly applicable (given currently available data) to measuring the effects of climate chan ...