Social capital, climate change and soil conservation investment: panel data evidence from the Highlands of Ethiopia: Working Paper 115 (325 kB) (opens in new window)
... More information about the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment can be found at: http://www.lse.ac.uk/grantham. ...
... More information about the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment can be found at: http://www.lse.ac.uk/grantham. ...
Can International Law Improve the Climate
... This article will attempt an analysis of the Climate Change Convention and assess its significance within the global context of international problems which it attempted to resolve. Although the article will explore some controversial issues surrounding the Convention such as the position of the Uni ...
... This article will attempt an analysis of the Climate Change Convention and assess its significance within the global context of international problems which it attempted to resolve. Although the article will explore some controversial issues surrounding the Convention such as the position of the Uni ...
CO2 and CH4 exchanges between land
... [13] The thawing of permafrost has been identified as an important mechanism for the release of both CO2 and CH4 to the atmosphere over the coming centuries. Davidson and Janssens [2006] indicate that the potential loss of carbon over the 21st century from permafrost thawing is 100 Pg C. The high en ...
... [13] The thawing of permafrost has been identified as an important mechanism for the release of both CO2 and CH4 to the atmosphere over the coming centuries. Davidson and Janssens [2006] indicate that the potential loss of carbon over the 21st century from permafrost thawing is 100 Pg C. The high en ...
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... In this part of this paper, I’ll outline some of the likely consequences of global warming for bio-industries and consider how it will affect several features of society, such as the location of human settlements and the exposure of humans to various diseases. Then estimates of the economic cost of ...
... In this part of this paper, I’ll outline some of the likely consequences of global warming for bio-industries and consider how it will affect several features of society, such as the location of human settlements and the exposure of humans to various diseases. Then estimates of the economic cost of ...
Young people`s burden: Requirement of
... alleged climate change consequences, if accurate, could be considered “beyond the pale”, and he rejected the motion to dismiss the case. Judge Coffin’s ruling must be certified by a second judge, after which the case can proceed to trial. It is anticipated that the plausibility of achieving the emis ...
... alleged climate change consequences, if accurate, could be considered “beyond the pale”, and he rejected the motion to dismiss the case. Judge Coffin’s ruling must be certified by a second judge, after which the case can proceed to trial. It is anticipated that the plausibility of achieving the emis ...
14.2.2 Predictability in a Chaotic System
... system per se, it is important to understand this variability and to expand the emerging capability of predicting patterns of organised variability such as El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO). This predictive capability is both a valuable test of model performance and a useful contribution in natura ...
... system per se, it is important to understand this variability and to expand the emerging capability of predicting patterns of organised variability such as El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO). This predictive capability is both a valuable test of model performance and a useful contribution in natura ...
Climate - Net Texts
... moisture and could build up even more clouds. These clouds would then trap more heat and…well, you get the idea. This is called a positive feedback mechanism. There are many positive feedback mechanisms in climate change. Another is albedo. As temperatures warm, snow and ice melt. This reduces albed ...
... moisture and could build up even more clouds. These clouds would then trap more heat and…well, you get the idea. This is called a positive feedback mechanism. There are many positive feedback mechanisms in climate change. Another is albedo. As temperatures warm, snow and ice melt. This reduces albed ...
Why Scientists Disagree About Global Warming
... This book is based on a chapter in a forthcoming much larger examination of the climate change debate to be titled Climate Change Reconsidered II: Benefits and Costs of Fossil Fuels. That volume will finish the three-volume Climate Change Reconsidered II series, totaling some 3,000 pages and reporti ...
... This book is based on a chapter in a forthcoming much larger examination of the climate change debate to be titled Climate Change Reconsidered II: Benefits and Costs of Fossil Fuels. That volume will finish the three-volume Climate Change Reconsidered II series, totaling some 3,000 pages and reporti ...
Socio-economic implications of climate change for tea producing countries
... world tea market, a stylised simulation was run using the FAO World Tea Model. The scenario was that tea production in India and in Sri Lanka declines gradually over the medium-term as a result of climate change. The rate of decline was based on the projected change in tea production in India and Sr ...
... world tea market, a stylised simulation was run using the FAO World Tea Model. The scenario was that tea production in India and in Sri Lanka declines gradually over the medium-term as a result of climate change. The rate of decline was based on the projected change in tea production in India and Sr ...
Annexes
... is also synonymous with the term ‘business-as-usual (BAU) scenario,’ although the term ‘BAU’ has fallen out of favour because the idea of ‘business-as-usual’ in century-long socioeconomic projections is hard to fathom. See also Climate scenario, Emission scenario, Representative concentration pathwa ...
... is also synonymous with the term ‘business-as-usual (BAU) scenario,’ although the term ‘BAU’ has fallen out of favour because the idea of ‘business-as-usual’ in century-long socioeconomic projections is hard to fathom. See also Climate scenario, Emission scenario, Representative concentration pathwa ...
Modes of the wintertime Arctic temperature variability Report No. 343
... rate in the Arctic as well as its seasonality (most pronounced wintertime SAT increase) is in agreement with anthropogenic climate change scenarios simulated by climate models [Räisänen, 2002]. At the same time, the very strong early century warming anomaly in the Arctic, which has only recently bee ...
... rate in the Arctic as well as its seasonality (most pronounced wintertime SAT increase) is in agreement with anthropogenic climate change scenarios simulated by climate models [Räisänen, 2002]. At the same time, the very strong early century warming anomaly in the Arctic, which has only recently bee ...
Lebanon Country Report February - March 2013
... The ENPI CLIMA-South is implemented in a dynamic region, with rapidly changing social and political environments. At the same time, climate change is at a critical stage of the international negotiations in which new developments may be expected. Flexibility is therefore of the utmost importance and ...
... The ENPI CLIMA-South is implemented in a dynamic region, with rapidly changing social and political environments. At the same time, climate change is at a critical stage of the international negotiations in which new developments may be expected. Flexibility is therefore of the utmost importance and ...
now - Melton Borough Council
... According to the Meteorological Office, average global surface temperatures increased by 0.6°C in the 20th century. The ten hottest years on record have all occurred since the beginning of the 1990s. The highest UK temperature ever recorded (38.5oC) occurred in August 2003 in Kent. UK winters have a ...
... According to the Meteorological Office, average global surface temperatures increased by 0.6°C in the 20th century. The ten hottest years on record have all occurred since the beginning of the 1990s. The highest UK temperature ever recorded (38.5oC) occurred in August 2003 in Kent. UK winters have a ...
Report - CGSpace Home
... The State of Haryana has been at the forefront in agricultural development and has played a key role in national food and nutritional security since the dawn of the Green Revolution. The state has already reached pleatu in land availability for agriculture but it still plays a critical role in futur ...
... The State of Haryana has been at the forefront in agricultural development and has played a key role in national food and nutritional security since the dawn of the Green Revolution. The state has already reached pleatu in land availability for agriculture but it still plays a critical role in futur ...
Climate Change in the Himalayas
... The study has a broad coverage of both biophysical and economic impacts of climate change on the Himalayas and there exists huge volume of literature on biophysical side. It is beyond the scope of this study to go through every available literature and judge their quality. Instead, we limited our re ...
... The study has a broad coverage of both biophysical and economic impacts of climate change on the Himalayas and there exists huge volume of literature on biophysical side. It is beyond the scope of this study to go through every available literature and judge their quality. Instead, we limited our re ...
This paper offers a unifying conceptual framework for examining the
... has been on inequality across countries. Thus, debates have raged and are still raging over differences across countries regarding the climate change “burden” with respect to the responsibility for causing climate change and consequently with respect to the responsibility for mitigation (and adaptat ...
... has been on inequality across countries. Thus, debates have raged and are still raging over differences across countries regarding the climate change “burden” with respect to the responsibility for causing climate change and consequently with respect to the responsibility for mitigation (and adaptat ...
The Role of Regional SST Warming Variations in the - NCAR-RAL
... and the Caribbean (Giorgi 2006; Neelin et al. 2006; Rauscher et al. 2008; Maurer et al. 2009). In the future scenario simulations, precipitation decreases by as much as 25%, with the largest decreases in June and July, the beginning of the core rainy season for much of MA. Large-scale circulation fe ...
... and the Caribbean (Giorgi 2006; Neelin et al. 2006; Rauscher et al. 2008; Maurer et al. 2009). In the future scenario simulations, precipitation decreases by as much as 25%, with the largest decreases in June and July, the beginning of the core rainy season for much of MA. Large-scale circulation fe ...
INFORMATION DOCUMENT
... The Joint Scientific Committee (JSC) for WCRP was held on 6-9 April 2009 in College Park, USA. Its main focus was on the WCRP path forward. The Session also reviewed implementation considerations of WCRP core projects and main working groups, as well as considered the progress of the pan-WCRP activi ...
... The Joint Scientific Committee (JSC) for WCRP was held on 6-9 April 2009 in College Park, USA. Its main focus was on the WCRP path forward. The Session also reviewed implementation considerations of WCRP core projects and main working groups, as well as considered the progress of the pan-WCRP activi ...
An evaluation of the level of ambition and implications of the Bush
... The Initiative, conceived and presented as a new approach to defining GHG emission targets, suggests the intensity target approach as being an interesting alternative for other countries, in particular, developing countries, in taking on quantified commitments in the future. In evaluating its intern ...
... The Initiative, conceived and presented as a new approach to defining GHG emission targets, suggests the intensity target approach as being an interesting alternative for other countries, in particular, developing countries, in taking on quantified commitments in the future. In evaluating its intern ...
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... of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China, 2007). The economic cost of the expected climatic change and climate extremes will be huge, considering that onefifth of the world's population are living in the country that might be at risk from widespread droughts, shrinking lake and tu ...
... of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China, 2007). The economic cost of the expected climatic change and climate extremes will be huge, considering that onefifth of the world's population are living in the country that might be at risk from widespread droughts, shrinking lake and tu ...
Protecting People Displaced by Weather
... how to safeguard their nationhood, safety, rights, and culture. In contrast, this article focuses on both the de jure and de facto challenges in protecting people displaced within their own countries by natural disasters and the effects of climate change, using examples from developing and conflict- ...
... how to safeguard their nationhood, safety, rights, and culture. In contrast, this article focuses on both the de jure and de facto challenges in protecting people displaced within their own countries by natural disasters and the effects of climate change, using examples from developing and conflict- ...
Protection and Planned Relocations in the Context of
... Climate change is expected to lead to increased human mobility in the forms of migration, displacement and planned relocation of communities as areas become uninhabitable because of the effects of global warming. While considerable attention has been directed toward the first two categories – partic ...
... Climate change is expected to lead to increased human mobility in the forms of migration, displacement and planned relocation of communities as areas become uninhabitable because of the effects of global warming. While considerable attention has been directed toward the first two categories – partic ...
Ecosystem Based Adaptation
... The study, which was carried out with the financial support of the French Government, reviewed projects and assessed existing data from Costa Rica, India, Mexico, Peru, the Philippines and Tanzania. The results show that there are still extensive knowledge gaps, and that further costbenefit analysis ...
... The study, which was carried out with the financial support of the French Government, reviewed projects and assessed existing data from Costa Rica, India, Mexico, Peru, the Philippines and Tanzania. The results show that there are still extensive knowledge gaps, and that further costbenefit analysis ...
Impact of extreme weather on critical infrastructure Deliverable D2.1
... the Work Package (WP) 2. They will be analyzed over Europe with a special focus on the critical infrastructures (CI) identified in the frame of WP5. It is very important to emphasize that EWIs represent a concise way to characterize the expected changes, in frequency and intensity, of weather induce ...
... the Work Package (WP) 2. They will be analyzed over Europe with a special focus on the critical infrastructures (CI) identified in the frame of WP5. It is very important to emphasize that EWIs represent a concise way to characterize the expected changes, in frequency and intensity, of weather induce ...
Aerosols and Climate Change
... are expected to continue to decline globally • DRF will also decrease • At the same time feedbacks from climate change on aerosols are likely to grow • DRF may not give full picture Issues: • Anthropogenic land-use change and biomass burning not included • Climatic Feedbacks ...
... are expected to continue to decline globally • DRF will also decrease • At the same time feedbacks from climate change on aerosols are likely to grow • DRF may not give full picture Issues: • Anthropogenic land-use change and biomass burning not included • Climatic Feedbacks ...