Chapter 8: Cross-cutting issues
... 8.4.1 Institutional factors affecting the delivery of adaptation ................................................................. 29 8.4.2 Unintended consequences of adaptation .............................................................................................. 33 8.4.3 Awareness and capa ...
... 8.4.1 Institutional factors affecting the delivery of adaptation ................................................................. 29 8.4.2 Unintended consequences of adaptation .............................................................................................. 33 8.4.3 Awareness and capa ...
paths beyond paris
... Climate justice movements are diverse, but a fundamental principle lies at the heart: the recognition that the threats posed by climate change are a consequence of unequal, colonial, economic and social power relations. Every time we hear about a “climate solution”, we need to ask ourselves the foll ...
... Climate justice movements are diverse, but a fundamental principle lies at the heart: the recognition that the threats posed by climate change are a consequence of unequal, colonial, economic and social power relations. Every time we hear about a “climate solution”, we need to ask ourselves the foll ...
North Africa: The Impact of Climate Change to
... Communications to the United Nations Framework (UNFCCC) on Climate Change, and on other peer-reviewed research literature and relevant reporting. It includes such impacts as sea-level rise, water availability, agricultural shifts, ecological disruptions and species extinctions, infrastructure at ris ...
... Communications to the United Nations Framework (UNFCCC) on Climate Change, and on other peer-reviewed research literature and relevant reporting. It includes such impacts as sea-level rise, water availability, agricultural shifts, ecological disruptions and species extinctions, infrastructure at ris ...
Community Climate Petition to the House of Representatives
... Action to tackle climate change is at a crossroads – both globally and in Australia. Globally, the Paris Agreement, which entered into force on 4 November 2016, commits all nations to work together to keep warming well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and to work to limit the increase to 1.5°C. ...
... Action to tackle climate change is at a crossroads – both globally and in Australia. Globally, the Paris Agreement, which entered into force on 4 November 2016, commits all nations to work together to keep warming well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and to work to limit the increase to 1.5°C. ...
Paths beyond Paris
... Climate justice movements are diverse, but a fundamental principle lies at the heart: the recognition that the threats posed by climate change are a consequence of unequal, colonial, economic and social power relations. Every time we hear about a “climate solution”, we need to ask ourselves the foll ...
... Climate justice movements are diverse, but a fundamental principle lies at the heart: the recognition that the threats posed by climate change are a consequence of unequal, colonial, economic and social power relations. Every time we hear about a “climate solution”, we need to ask ourselves the foll ...
CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND CHANGE IN THE SOUTHWEST
... A Method for Deriving Phenological Metrics from Satellite Data, Colorado 1991-1995 by Bradley C. Reed with Kristi Sayler Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Program by Richard L. Reynolds Monitoring Climate and Vegetation Changes at USGS GEOMET Sites by Paula J. Helm Potential Effects of Global Cha ...
... A Method for Deriving Phenological Metrics from Satellite Data, Colorado 1991-1995 by Bradley C. Reed with Kristi Sayler Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Program by Richard L. Reynolds Monitoring Climate and Vegetation Changes at USGS GEOMET Sites by Paula J. Helm Potential Effects of Global Cha ...
- LPPM-UNILA Institutional Repository (LPPM
... living things on the earth, because without it, the planet would be very cold. However, if the gases are excessive in the atmosphere, they will lead to ...
... living things on the earth, because without it, the planet would be very cold. However, if the gases are excessive in the atmosphere, they will lead to ...
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... models that offer a more complacent picture of climate costs for the United States. In this report, we begin by highlighting just a few categories of costs, which, if present trends continue, will add up to a bottom line of almost $1.9 trillion (in today’s dollars), or 1.8 percent of U.S. output per ...
... models that offer a more complacent picture of climate costs for the United States. In this report, we begin by highlighting just a few categories of costs, which, if present trends continue, will add up to a bottom line of almost $1.9 trillion (in today’s dollars), or 1.8 percent of U.S. output per ...
Coastal Sea-Level Change Societal Challenge Needs Assessment
... coastal managers who responded placed sea-level rise first. In 2010 the Gulf of Mexico Alliance identified the need for management strategies to address sea-level rise in the Gulf, identifying not just data and modeling gaps, but also the need to engage local coastal managers so they would understan ...
... coastal managers who responded placed sea-level rise first. In 2010 the Gulf of Mexico Alliance identified the need for management strategies to address sea-level rise in the Gulf, identifying not just data and modeling gaps, but also the need to engage local coastal managers so they would understan ...
Money Talks
... First, that we should focus on overcoming ‘stealth denial’ – the widespread tendency to intellectually accept climate risk but not to really feel it, acknowledge any responsibility for it, or act as if it mattered. Second, we should focus the policy response not on aggregate national emissions becau ...
... First, that we should focus on overcoming ‘stealth denial’ – the widespread tendency to intellectually accept climate risk but not to really feel it, acknowledge any responsibility for it, or act as if it mattered. Second, we should focus the policy response not on aggregate national emissions becau ...
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... The pursuit of climate adaptation has expanded rapidly in recent years, due to increasing awareness of its potential value with respect to reducing societal and ecological vulnerability to current climate variability, while managing the risks posed by future climate change [1–4]. Whereas once adapta ...
... The pursuit of climate adaptation has expanded rapidly in recent years, due to increasing awareness of its potential value with respect to reducing societal and ecological vulnerability to current climate variability, while managing the risks posed by future climate change [1–4]. Whereas once adapta ...
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... beneficial to irrigated farms. These impacts vary by region and increase in damages with a longer timeframe. Farms in Northwest and Northeast China are expected to be most adversely affected. Erda (1996) indicates that, with adaptation to climate change, the annual agricultural loss could be US$0.8 ...
... beneficial to irrigated farms. These impacts vary by region and increase in damages with a longer timeframe. Farms in Northwest and Northeast China are expected to be most adversely affected. Erda (1996) indicates that, with adaptation to climate change, the annual agricultural loss could be US$0.8 ...
Recent radical shifts of atmospheric circulations and rapid changes
... could be a mixed response to rising greenhouse-gas-emissions forcing or unexpected natural climate variability, or both. In particular, the exceptional northeastward invasion of the poleward center of action into the Barents Sea and the final formation of ARP have been detected for the first time wh ...
... could be a mixed response to rising greenhouse-gas-emissions forcing or unexpected natural climate variability, or both. In particular, the exceptional northeastward invasion of the poleward center of action into the Barents Sea and the final formation of ARP have been detected for the first time wh ...
Migration, displacement, and the environment
... that “environmental factors are among the drivers of migration”24 an assertion which, according to IOM, was neither “obvious nor usual” only five years earlier.25 Even in regions where environmental change has been acknowledged as a driver of migration and displacement, for example South Asia, its p ...
... that “environmental factors are among the drivers of migration”24 an assertion which, according to IOM, was neither “obvious nor usual” only five years earlier.25 Even in regions where environmental change has been acknowledged as a driver of migration and displacement, for example South Asia, its p ...
Horticulture
... Warmer winters are likely to improve survival of plant pathogens and higher average temperatures throughout the year will accelerate pathogen life cycles. (H) Presence of free water is very important for successful completion of the life cycles of many micro-organisms. For fungi, both infection and ...
... Warmer winters are likely to improve survival of plant pathogens and higher average temperatures throughout the year will accelerate pathogen life cycles. (H) Presence of free water is very important for successful completion of the life cycles of many micro-organisms. For fungi, both infection and ...
Climate change adaptation plan for the
... to climate change. The impacts observed and anticipated on the population, infrastructures, the natural environment and all of the activities that take place on the island are undeniable. The sum of the data consolidated in this plan provides solid arguments on the importance of moving from a strate ...
... to climate change. The impacts observed and anticipated on the population, infrastructures, the natural environment and all of the activities that take place on the island are undeniable. The sum of the data consolidated in this plan provides solid arguments on the importance of moving from a strate ...
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... We used to offer a course on roughly the same topics as EE5712 until about 15 years ago. We discontinued due to (from what I recall) not having enough faculty in the controls area to cover all courses that we thought essential. For the past 4 years we effectively re-instituted the course (taught it ...
... We used to offer a course on roughly the same topics as EE5712 until about 15 years ago. We discontinued due to (from what I recall) not having enough faculty in the controls area to cover all courses that we thought essential. For the past 4 years we effectively re-instituted the course (taught it ...
International Perspectives on Disaster Management and
... describes specific authorities and best practices for managing incidents builds upon the NIMS which provides a consistent template for ...
... describes specific authorities and best practices for managing incidents builds upon the NIMS which provides a consistent template for ...
Air pollution, greenhouse gases and climate change: Global and
... greenhouse gases, with an uncertainty range of 20–80%. This presents a dilemma since efforts to curb air pollution may unmask the ABC cooling effect and enhance the surface warming. Thus efforts to reduce GHGs and air pollution should be done under one common framework. The uncertainties in our unde ...
... greenhouse gases, with an uncertainty range of 20–80%. This presents a dilemma since efforts to curb air pollution may unmask the ABC cooling effect and enhance the surface warming. Thus efforts to reduce GHGs and air pollution should be done under one common framework. The uncertainties in our unde ...
Is Climate Change a Moral Issue? Effects of Egoism and Altruism on
... Egoism vs. altruism. Climate-change-related beliefs grounded in environment-related egoistic vs. altruistic value orientations were used as a measure of egoism vs. altruism, derived from Hansla, Gamble, Juliusson, & Gärling, 2008 and Knez et al. (2013): Egoism (1) Laws that protect the environment l ...
... Egoism vs. altruism. Climate-change-related beliefs grounded in environment-related egoistic vs. altruistic value orientations were used as a measure of egoism vs. altruism, derived from Hansla, Gamble, Juliusson, & Gärling, 2008 and Knez et al. (2013): Egoism (1) Laws that protect the environment l ...
The Role of Transportation in Driving Climate Disruption
... yet complex. Air pollutants—ozone-forming nitrogen oxides and hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, particulate matter, and sulfur oxides—affect the global climate both directly and indirectly. Air pollution indirectly inhibits Earth’s ability to emit radiation back into space. Some air pollutants react wi ...
... yet complex. Air pollutants—ozone-forming nitrogen oxides and hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, particulate matter, and sulfur oxides—affect the global climate both directly and indirectly. Air pollution indirectly inhibits Earth’s ability to emit radiation back into space. Some air pollutants react wi ...
Mekong River flow and hydrological extremes under climate change
... al. (2010) modelled the Mekong’s flow regimes under several climate change scenarios and suggested a likely intensification of the hydrological cycle, resulting in increases in annual and seasonal river discharges. Consequently, they also suggest increasing flood risks during the wet season in the C ...
... al. (2010) modelled the Mekong’s flow regimes under several climate change scenarios and suggested a likely intensification of the hydrological cycle, resulting in increases in annual and seasonal river discharges. Consequently, they also suggest increasing flood risks during the wet season in the C ...
Here - Benjamin Blonder
... than expected contain species with niche centroids closer to other climates than those in the regional pool. Alternatively, communities with observed and inferred climates closer together than expected under the null expectation (kC(tinf,tobs) , 0) indicate that more species with niche centroids clo ...
... than expected contain species with niche centroids closer to other climates than those in the regional pool. Alternatively, communities with observed and inferred climates closer together than expected under the null expectation (kC(tinf,tobs) , 0) indicate that more species with niche centroids clo ...
How positive is the feedback between climate change and the
... By P. FRIEDLINGSTEIN1∗ , J.-L. DUFRESNE2 , P. M. COX3 and P. RAYNER4 , 1 IPSL/LSCE, CEA, Gifsur-Yvette 91191, France; 2 IPSL/LMD, Univ. P. et M. Curie, Paris 75252, France; 3 Hadley Centre, Bracknell, UK; 4 CSIRO, Melbourne, Australia (Manuscript received 23 January 2002; in final form 12 August 200 ...
... By P. FRIEDLINGSTEIN1∗ , J.-L. DUFRESNE2 , P. M. COX3 and P. RAYNER4 , 1 IPSL/LSCE, CEA, Gifsur-Yvette 91191, France; 2 IPSL/LMD, Univ. P. et M. Curie, Paris 75252, France; 3 Hadley Centre, Bracknell, UK; 4 CSIRO, Melbourne, Australia (Manuscript received 23 January 2002; in final form 12 August 200 ...
- Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme
... projected to lead to significant and persistent changes in climate, including an increase in average global temperature of 1.4 to 5.8˚C (according to the IPCC) over the course of this century. Climatic changes are projected to include shifts in atmospheric and oceanic circulation patterns, an accele ...
... projected to lead to significant and persistent changes in climate, including an increase in average global temperature of 1.4 to 5.8˚C (according to the IPCC) over the course of this century. Climatic changes are projected to include shifts in atmospheric and oceanic circulation patterns, an accele ...