Climate change increases the drought risk in Central European forests
... The pattern emerging for the st������������������������������� udy region is a decreasing gradient of growing-season precipitation from the North-West to the South-East (Annex 1). While projected precipitation remains more or less stable in the Czech Republic and Austria (i.e. comparable with the pe ...
... The pattern emerging for the st������������������������������� udy region is a decreasing gradient of growing-season precipitation from the North-West to the South-East (Annex 1). While projected precipitation remains more or less stable in the Czech Republic and Austria (i.e. comparable with the pe ...
Climate-change policy: why has so little been achieved?
... is projected to increase from 6 to 9 billion—to add more extra people than the entire world population in 1950. These additional people will be overwhelmingly concentrated in China, India, and Africa—each with a total population of roughly 2 billion by 2050. The first two are expected to continue th ...
... is projected to increase from 6 to 9 billion—to add more extra people than the entire world population in 1950. These additional people will be overwhelmingly concentrated in China, India, and Africa—each with a total population of roughly 2 billion by 2050. The first two are expected to continue th ...
Dealing with reality - Oxford Academic
... World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and the UNEP joined forces to create the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). This is a scientific and intergovernmental organization operating between the policy-makers and the scientists. It does not carry out research, but produces reports atte ...
... World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and the UNEP joined forces to create the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). This is a scientific and intergovernmental organization operating between the policy-makers and the scientists. It does not carry out research, but produces reports atte ...
Migration as a contribution to resilience and innovation
... Warner & Afifi, 2011). There is still lack of empirical evidence and understanding of the complex causal relationships between climate change, migration and conflict (Nordas & Gleditsch, 2007; Scheffran & Battaglini, 2011; WBGU, 2007). While there is no commonly agreed definition of climate migration (f ...
... Warner & Afifi, 2011). There is still lack of empirical evidence and understanding of the complex causal relationships between climate change, migration and conflict (Nordas & Gleditsch, 2007; Scheffran & Battaglini, 2011; WBGU, 2007). While there is no commonly agreed definition of climate migration (f ...
Scientist Letter to Senate on natural resources
... diversity that sustains their production. The warming of rivers, streams, lakes and wetland, the changes in natural disturbance regimes and increased incidence of pest and disease outbreaks, and changes in the seasonal timing of both plant and animal life history events such as reproduction, migrati ...
... diversity that sustains their production. The warming of rivers, streams, lakes and wetland, the changes in natural disturbance regimes and increased incidence of pest and disease outbreaks, and changes in the seasonal timing of both plant and animal life history events such as reproduction, migrati ...
The role of the virus-phytoplankton system in marine
... cycling (Poorvin et al., 2004) in the world‟s oceans. Earth‟s climate has warmed by approximately 0.6°C during the last 100 years. The rate of warming has doubled in the second half of the century (Houghton, 2001). This rapid change has been attributed to the impact of anthropogenic activities on th ...
... cycling (Poorvin et al., 2004) in the world‟s oceans. Earth‟s climate has warmed by approximately 0.6°C during the last 100 years. The rate of warming has doubled in the second half of the century (Houghton, 2001). This rapid change has been attributed to the impact of anthropogenic activities on th ...
Non-Marginal Cost-Benefit Analysis and the Tyranny of
... impact of climate change. In this case, future generations would gain from the project, while the current generation, who has to bear its cost, would lose. The question is then how much the future generations’ WTP is for the project, how much this would be worth in present value terms for the curren ...
... impact of climate change. In this case, future generations would gain from the project, while the current generation, who has to bear its cost, would lose. The question is then how much the future generations’ WTP is for the project, how much this would be worth in present value terms for the curren ...
Chapter 4: Climate change
... and interior North America with shallow seas. The southerly location of Africa, India, and Australia precluded development of a circumpolar Antarctic current. Instead, open passageways between North and South America and Eurasia and Africa led to the development of a shallow equatorial seaway known ...
... and interior North America with shallow seas. The southerly location of Africa, India, and Australia precluded development of a circumpolar Antarctic current. Instead, open passageways between North and South America and Eurasia and Africa led to the development of a shallow equatorial seaway known ...
The impact of climate change on domestic and international tourism
... al. (2005a,b)found that climate change shifts international tourism flows towards higher altitudes and latitudes. The redistribution of tourism flows could negatively affect countries and regions that depend heavily on income from tourism. On the other hand, it could also bring benefits to places th ...
... al. (2005a,b)found that climate change shifts international tourism flows towards higher altitudes and latitudes. The redistribution of tourism flows could negatively affect countries and regions that depend heavily on income from tourism. On the other hand, it could also bring benefits to places th ...
Request for CEO Endorsement - Global Environment Facility
... to the PECC as well as a combi-nation of NAMAs, which would contribute 46.5 MtCO2 eq. of emissions reduced by 2020. Although the country has been engaged in addressing climate change, additional needs have been identified. For example, in order to improve the next inventories, it is necessary to con ...
... to the PECC as well as a combi-nation of NAMAs, which would contribute 46.5 MtCO2 eq. of emissions reduced by 2020. Although the country has been engaged in addressing climate change, additional needs have been identified. For example, in order to improve the next inventories, it is necessary to con ...
how will new zealand`s forests respond to climate
... decade (Jones et al. 1988) and the temperature in New Zealand is probably warmer now than it has been for several thousand years (Salinger 1988). If this trend continues, an increase in mean temperature up to 3.0° ± 1.5°C at New Zealand latitudes can be expected by the year 2050, with rather less ce ...
... decade (Jones et al. 1988) and the temperature in New Zealand is probably warmer now than it has been for several thousand years (Salinger 1988). If this trend continues, an increase in mean temperature up to 3.0° ± 1.5°C at New Zealand latitudes can be expected by the year 2050, with rather less ce ...
Almada - NACLIM
... Climate Services can be an significant contribution to our Climate Change integrated approach: Heat stress scenarios are important information to respond to climate challenges ...
... Climate Services can be an significant contribution to our Climate Change integrated approach: Heat stress scenarios are important information to respond to climate challenges ...
Scenario and modelling uncertainty in global mean temperature
... grossly unrealistic in its control state, we rejected ensemble members based on the following three criteria. First, we required models with control states that had top of atmosphere radiative imbalance no greater than found in the previous atmospheric physics ensemble (Collins et al., 2011) and all ...
... grossly unrealistic in its control state, we rejected ensemble members based on the following three criteria. First, we required models with control states that had top of atmosphere radiative imbalance no greater than found in the previous atmospheric physics ensemble (Collins et al., 2011) and all ...
Reef-Guardians-2016-Year-10-Climate-change
... We have already seen evidence of climate change resulting from elevated greenhouse gas concentrations. Since the beginning of last century, air temperature has increased by 0.6°C on average worldwide. In Australia, 2005 was the hottest year ever recorded. The temperature was 1.1°C higher than the av ...
... We have already seen evidence of climate change resulting from elevated greenhouse gas concentrations. Since the beginning of last century, air temperature has increased by 0.6°C on average worldwide. In Australia, 2005 was the hottest year ever recorded. The temperature was 1.1°C higher than the av ...
Out of the Maze Montreal Protocol, Climate Benefits
... This year marks 40 years since the founding of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and passage of the Clean Air Act. In those four decades, we’ve worked with our international partners on a number of necessary environmental safeguards to protect our individual nations, and our entire planet. On ...
... This year marks 40 years since the founding of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and passage of the Clean Air Act. In those four decades, we’ve worked with our international partners on a number of necessary environmental safeguards to protect our individual nations, and our entire planet. On ...
Climate Change and Brisbane Biodiversity
... them’. Hannah et al. 2005 lamented that ‘estimating what species would find new climates suitable and how they would interact in competition with one another is well beyond our current abilities to predict.’ No useful predictions can be made about the number of species Brisbane could lose under part ...
... them’. Hannah et al. 2005 lamented that ‘estimating what species would find new climates suitable and how they would interact in competition with one another is well beyond our current abilities to predict.’ No useful predictions can be made about the number of species Brisbane could lose under part ...
Paleoclimate Implications for Human-Made
... one-by-one and study their interactions. But if models were our only tool, climate sensitivity would always have large uncertainty. Models are imperfect and we will never be sure that they include all important processes. Fortunately, Earth's history provides a remarkably rich record of how our plan ...
... one-by-one and study their interactions. But if models were our only tool, climate sensitivity would always have large uncertainty. Models are imperfect and we will never be sure that they include all important processes. Fortunately, Earth's history provides a remarkably rich record of how our plan ...
IE for Children with Difficulties Trung Nguyen Primary
... million children every year being affected by disasters brought about by climate change (Source: Child Rights Perspective in Response to Natural Disasters in S. Asia) • Disasters around the world disrupt the lives of millions of children, and can force many into armed conflicts, prostitution, drugs ...
... million children every year being affected by disasters brought about by climate change (Source: Child Rights Perspective in Response to Natural Disasters in S. Asia) • Disasters around the world disrupt the lives of millions of children, and can force many into armed conflicts, prostitution, drugs ...
Agriculture and Climate Change in Kenya: Climate Chaos, Policy
... critical sectors of interest. However, there are concerns about whether policy goals may be achieved amidst the actors’ many and diverging interests. This paper sets out to map how these debates are starting to take place in practice, and poses the following questions: what are the arguments, who is ...
... critical sectors of interest. However, there are concerns about whether policy goals may be achieved amidst the actors’ many and diverging interests. This paper sets out to map how these debates are starting to take place in practice, and poses the following questions: what are the arguments, who is ...
Extreme Events
... resolution of the Climate Futures for Tasmania simulations means that steep ridgelines may not be captured, so the resulting rain shadow on the downwind side of the ridge is not represented in the simulation. For studying many climate indices, most climate simulations need to be ‘bias‑adjusted’. Thi ...
... resolution of the Climate Futures for Tasmania simulations means that steep ridgelines may not be captured, so the resulting rain shadow on the downwind side of the ridge is not represented in the simulation. For studying many climate indices, most climate simulations need to be ‘bias‑adjusted’. Thi ...
Threats, Monitoring, and Policy to Present and Future Climate Change... Algonquin Park (Ontario, Canada) to the Adirondack Park (New York,
... moves along different parts of the ocean-atmosphere-land system (Gillenwater, 2010). Different GHGs have varying global warming capacities. The release of these global warming gases could push ecosystems past tipping points that may create powerful negative feedback loops resulting in even larger in ...
... moves along different parts of the ocean-atmosphere-land system (Gillenwater, 2010). Different GHGs have varying global warming capacities. The release of these global warming gases could push ecosystems past tipping points that may create powerful negative feedback loops resulting in even larger in ...
Intermodel variability of the poleward shift of the austral jet stream in
... suggests that the equatorward bias in the climatology increases the sensitivity to climate forcing throughout the year. The correlation, however, effectively disappears in austral summer. The breakdown of the relationship in summer is likely related to differences in model representation of the stra ...
... suggests that the equatorward bias in the climatology increases the sensitivity to climate forcing throughout the year. The correlation, however, effectively disappears in austral summer. The breakdown of the relationship in summer is likely related to differences in model representation of the stra ...
Policy level - African Development Bank
... Establishes a mechanism for public accountability related to environmental and social impacts of policy and investment decisions ...
... Establishes a mechanism for public accountability related to environmental and social impacts of policy and investment decisions ...
Working Paper 171 - Steeves and Surminski 2014 (opens in new window)
... barriers to adaptation primarily through market failures. Externalities, information asymmetries, and public goods problems hinder efficient adaptation (Mendelsohn 2000, Stern 2007). In these cases, government intervention is justified to enable actors to make timely, informed, and efficient adaptat ...
... barriers to adaptation primarily through market failures. Externalities, information asymmetries, and public goods problems hinder efficient adaptation (Mendelsohn 2000, Stern 2007). In these cases, government intervention is justified to enable actors to make timely, informed, and efficient adaptat ...
“Migration with Dignity”: Towards a New
... one of the five Convention grounds: race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion.23 Finally, many people displaced by climate change are also likely to still be within their home country when seeking protection.24 Therefore, while those who are displaced ...
... one of the five Convention grounds: race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion.23 Finally, many people displaced by climate change are also likely to still be within their home country when seeking protection.24 Therefore, while those who are displaced ...