The Non-Regulatory Alternatives to GHG Regulations
... grow. Further, the restoration happens fast. Within five years, the temperature would drop by almost two degrees, stabilizing the ice, saving the polar bears and the Inuit population, and demonstrating the efficacy of planetary engineering for 1/36th the amount appropriated to assist in recovery of ...
... grow. Further, the restoration happens fast. Within five years, the temperature would drop by almost two degrees, stabilizing the ice, saving the polar bears and the Inuit population, and demonstrating the efficacy of planetary engineering for 1/36th the amount appropriated to assist in recovery of ...
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... Smart investments in smallholder adaptation can also deliver important mitigation co-benefits A new study, conducted by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and IFAD ...
... Smart investments in smallholder adaptation can also deliver important mitigation co-benefits A new study, conducted by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and IFAD ...
Connecting Changing Ocean Circulation with Changing Climate
... with the anomalous surface heat flux. The fixed-current heat storage here shows pattern similarities with Banks and Gregory’s PAT. Both have large storage features in the North Atlantic and subtropical gyres. Figure 3 shows the zonal mean temperature and DIC change for the fixed- and free-current ex ...
... with the anomalous surface heat flux. The fixed-current heat storage here shows pattern similarities with Banks and Gregory’s PAT. Both have large storage features in the North Atlantic and subtropical gyres. Figure 3 shows the zonal mean temperature and DIC change for the fixed- and free-current ex ...
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... Even if emissions were reduced to zero from all sectors, warming of the climate would continue for decades to come. Hence, it is critical for stakeholders in the agriculture sector to understand the impacts that climate change will have on food and crop production. There will undoubtedly be shifts i ...
... Even if emissions were reduced to zero from all sectors, warming of the climate would continue for decades to come. Hence, it is critical for stakeholders in the agriculture sector to understand the impacts that climate change will have on food and crop production. There will undoubtedly be shifts i ...
Impacts of climate change on stratospheric ozone
... 90°S. Figures 2a – 2d show annual-mean, Figure 2e shows March-mean, and Figure 2f shows October-mean values. Thick curves are smoothed versions of the thin curves, calculated by applying a 1:2:1 filter iteratively 30 times [see Eyring et al., 2007]. For clarity, only smoothed curves are shown for th ...
... 90°S. Figures 2a – 2d show annual-mean, Figure 2e shows March-mean, and Figure 2f shows October-mean values. Thick curves are smoothed versions of the thin curves, calculated by applying a 1:2:1 filter iteratively 30 times [see Eyring et al., 2007]. For clarity, only smoothed curves are shown for th ...
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... A key element of an agenda for farm management in the 21st Century should be productivity on farms. The gains from productivity since 1953 have been enough to offset declines in the real price of farm outputs at least in the broadacre sector. Productivity gains will remain important to the sector in ...
... A key element of an agenda for farm management in the 21st Century should be productivity on farms. The gains from productivity since 1953 have been enough to offset declines in the real price of farm outputs at least in the broadacre sector. Productivity gains will remain important to the sector in ...
Climate change and birds: perspectives and prospects from
... Remarkably little research is currently underway on the impacts of climate change on Africa’s rich biodiversity, with a few exceptions (see Midgley et al. 2001, 2003 for plant diversity, Erasmus et al. 2002 for vertebrate diversity in South Africa and Wichmann et al. 2003 for a single raptor species ...
... Remarkably little research is currently underway on the impacts of climate change on Africa’s rich biodiversity, with a few exceptions (see Midgley et al. 2001, 2003 for plant diversity, Erasmus et al. 2002 for vertebrate diversity in South Africa and Wichmann et al. 2003 for a single raptor species ...
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... solar cycle extending into the future (Meehl et al., 2012). Statistical significance is determined as ...
... solar cycle extending into the future (Meehl et al., 2012). Statistical significance is determined as ...
improving climate change reporting AN ACCA AND FTSE GROUP DiSCUSSiON PAPER
... all and is impossible to ignore. Scenarios put forward in the media on almost a daily basis attempt to assess the likely impacts and call for urgent response from business, government and individuals. Every segment of society faces challenges. Governments and multi-lateral aid agencies may face incr ...
... all and is impossible to ignore. Scenarios put forward in the media on almost a daily basis attempt to assess the likely impacts and call for urgent response from business, government and individuals. Every segment of society faces challenges. Governments and multi-lateral aid agencies may face incr ...
Development and Climate Change: A Strategic Framework for the
... The Framework will help the WBG maintain the effectiveness of its core mission of supporting growth and overcoming poverty while recognizing added costs and risks of climate change and an evolving global climate policy. The WBG top priority will be to build collaborative relations with developing co ...
... The Framework will help the WBG maintain the effectiveness of its core mission of supporting growth and overcoming poverty while recognizing added costs and risks of climate change and an evolving global climate policy. The WBG top priority will be to build collaborative relations with developing co ...
paper - IASC Network on Arctic Glaciology
... climate, all glaciers and ice caps found there are subject to considerable melting and runoff in summer. Therefore Arctic glaciers and ice caps are sensitive to climatic change: a small increase in temperature will have an immediate effect on the melting and runoff. In view of the expected enhanced ...
... climate, all glaciers and ice caps found there are subject to considerable melting and runoff in summer. Therefore Arctic glaciers and ice caps are sensitive to climatic change: a small increase in temperature will have an immediate effect on the melting and runoff. In view of the expected enhanced ...
Concept Mapping to Reveal Prior Knowledge
... motivational issues for students and scientists are likely different and students’ motivations are constrained by the larger context of the educational system. In examining the goal dimension of motivation, learners are often distinguished based on the possession of mastery goals (focus on learning ...
... motivational issues for students and scientists are likely different and students’ motivations are constrained by the larger context of the educational system. In examining the goal dimension of motivation, learners are often distinguished based on the possession of mastery goals (focus on learning ...
SpecieS and climate change
... It has also been suggested that corals may be able to adapt to climate change by gradually evolving greater tolerance to higher oxygen levels in their tissues and hence to higher temperatures. In general, however, such adaptation is very slow and unlikely to be able to keep up with the current rates ...
... It has also been suggested that corals may be able to adapt to climate change by gradually evolving greater tolerance to higher oxygen levels in their tissues and hence to higher temperatures. In general, however, such adaptation is very slow and unlikely to be able to keep up with the current rates ...
Follow-up Report - Ministry of Tourism
... island resort / safari boat operations 6. Facilitate networking among communities and tourism operators to encourage climate change adaptation partnerships 7. Obtain buy-in for climate change adaptation partnerships from communities and tourism operators 8. Generate investment ideas and prioritize r ...
... island resort / safari boat operations 6. Facilitate networking among communities and tourism operators to encourage climate change adaptation partnerships 7. Obtain buy-in for climate change adaptation partnerships from communities and tourism operators 8. Generate investment ideas and prioritize r ...
Climate Change Adaptation Project Report
... Lunde, Suzanne Stansbury, Heather Meyers, Lynn Wescott, Gerry Rempel and Kevin Chernoff for providing key expertise and insights on the project’s steering committee and local resource team. City of Castlegar Mayor and Council and staff for taking on the project and seeing it through. Special thanks ...
... Lunde, Suzanne Stansbury, Heather Meyers, Lynn Wescott, Gerry Rempel and Kevin Chernoff for providing key expertise and insights on the project’s steering committee and local resource team. City of Castlegar Mayor and Council and staff for taking on the project and seeing it through. Special thanks ...
Extreme Allergies and Global Warming
... Poison ivy also grows faster and is more toxic when carbon dioxide increases in the atmosphere. More than 350,000 cases of contact dermatitis from exposure to poison ivy are already reported in the United States each year. These numbers are likely to increase if poison ivy grows faster and becomes m ...
... Poison ivy also grows faster and is more toxic when carbon dioxide increases in the atmosphere. More than 350,000 cases of contact dermatitis from exposure to poison ivy are already reported in the United States each year. These numbers are likely to increase if poison ivy grows faster and becomes m ...
RESIN-D1.3-Conceptual Framework
... climate risks can have a negative effect on the socio-economic and biophysical elements of an urban system with a reactive response to return to business as usual or no response to adapt and build resilience. The urban system is therefore no better prepared for future climate hazards and associated ...
... climate risks can have a negative effect on the socio-economic and biophysical elements of an urban system with a reactive response to return to business as usual or no response to adapt and build resilience. The urban system is therefore no better prepared for future climate hazards and associated ...
English - Inter-American Development Bank
... Quito, Ecuador; and Bogotá, Colombia—were covered with ice until approximately 12,000 years ago. And many of today’s deserts were once covered by lush forests. In these cases, transformations were due to natural phenomena. But today, climate changes aren’t just coming from natural causes; they are a ...
... Quito, Ecuador; and Bogotá, Colombia—were covered with ice until approximately 12,000 years ago. And many of today’s deserts were once covered by lush forests. In these cases, transformations were due to natural phenomena. But today, climate changes aren’t just coming from natural causes; they are a ...
Winter precipitation and cyclones in the Mediterranean region: future
... of the A2 and B2 scenarios, which confirm this opposite precipitation change and link it to the change of cyclone activity. The increase of the winter cyclone activity in future climate scenarios over western Europe is responsible for the larger precipitation at the northern coast of the basin, thou ...
... of the A2 and B2 scenarios, which confirm this opposite precipitation change and link it to the change of cyclone activity. The increase of the winter cyclone activity in future climate scenarios over western Europe is responsible for the larger precipitation at the northern coast of the basin, thou ...
How Do Recent Population Trends Matter to Climate Change?
... technological change, as one of the root causes of greenhouse gas emissions, how population dynamics affect climate change is still under debate. While policy debates around climate change engender lively discussion on a number of factors, population is rarely mentioned. Studies in the past decade h ...
... technological change, as one of the root causes of greenhouse gas emissions, how population dynamics affect climate change is still under debate. While policy debates around climate change engender lively discussion on a number of factors, population is rarely mentioned. Studies in the past decade h ...
Protecting health from climate change - WHO/Europe
... directly and indirectly. No country will be spared. Over 1000 extreme weather events hit countries in the WHO European Region in the last three decades. Climate change increases the frequency and severity of these events. According to the latest projections, their effects are likely to harm the heal ...
... directly and indirectly. No country will be spared. Over 1000 extreme weather events hit countries in the WHO European Region in the last three decades. Climate change increases the frequency and severity of these events. According to the latest projections, their effects are likely to harm the heal ...
Can actuaries really afford to ignore climate
... Our goal has been to make use of the most reliable and most up to date climate science available, and to avoid conclusions that are not supported by the majority of climate scientists. In order to achieve this, we have collaborated with Professor Andy Pitman, Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence ...
... Our goal has been to make use of the most reliable and most up to date climate science available, and to avoid conclusions that are not supported by the majority of climate scientists. In order to achieve this, we have collaborated with Professor Andy Pitman, Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence ...
Climate change and ocean acidification in OSPAR
... Therefore WWF considers that CO2 equivalents should be stabilised at 400ppm globally, global emissions of CO2 should be halved by 2050 (from 1990 levels) and in industrialised countries, emissions of CO2 should be reduced by 80% by 2050. WWF agrees that we have the means to reduce GHG emissions a ...
... Therefore WWF considers that CO2 equivalents should be stabilised at 400ppm globally, global emissions of CO2 should be halved by 2050 (from 1990 levels) and in industrialised countries, emissions of CO2 should be reduced by 80% by 2050. WWF agrees that we have the means to reduce GHG emissions a ...
Wildlife in Hot Water - National Wildlife Federation
... Figure 1. The Water Cycle, from the mountains to the oceans2 ...
... Figure 1. The Water Cycle, from the mountains to the oceans2 ...
Deceitful Tongues: Is Climate Change Denial A Crime?
... Columbia University Professor and Director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Institute for Space Studies, announced to a Senate committee that: “It’s time to stop waffling . . . and say that the greenhouse effect is here and is affecting our climate now.”4 As a resu ...
... Columbia University Professor and Director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Institute for Space Studies, announced to a Senate committee that: “It’s time to stop waffling . . . and say that the greenhouse effect is here and is affecting our climate now.”4 As a resu ...