Beyond generic adaptive capacity: exploring the adaptation space of
... capacity is translated, or not, into actual adaptation to climate change by focusing on the main organizations of the water supply and wastewater (WW) sector of the Stockholm region. The article identifies and analyzes the factors that influence the feasibility and attractiveness of the adaptation o ...
... capacity is translated, or not, into actual adaptation to climate change by focusing on the main organizations of the water supply and wastewater (WW) sector of the Stockholm region. The article identifies and analyzes the factors that influence the feasibility and attractiveness of the adaptation o ...
Solar Irradiance Variability
... Now we can compare the trends between minima: the results are shown for the different cycles in the following table. The straight mean yields for the TSI sensitivity 0.61 0.39 Wm-2/nT and iff we allow for the full uncertainty range for 22 (larger) and 23 (smaller) we get 0.59 0.17 Wm2/nT. By cha ...
... Now we can compare the trends between minima: the results are shown for the different cycles in the following table. The straight mean yields for the TSI sensitivity 0.61 0.39 Wm-2/nT and iff we allow for the full uncertainty range for 22 (larger) and 23 (smaller) we get 0.59 0.17 Wm2/nT. By cha ...
spline models of contemporary, 2030, 2060 and 2090 climates for
... scenarios for each GCM: (a) Canadian Center for Climate Modeling and Analysis (CCC), using the CGCM3 (T63 resolution) model, SRES A2 and B1 scenarios; (2) Met Office, Hadley Centre (HAD), using the HadCM3 model, SRES A2 and B2 scenarios; and (3) Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFD), using the ...
... scenarios for each GCM: (a) Canadian Center for Climate Modeling and Analysis (CCC), using the CGCM3 (T63 resolution) model, SRES A2 and B1 scenarios; (2) Met Office, Hadley Centre (HAD), using the HadCM3 model, SRES A2 and B2 scenarios; and (3) Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFD), using the ...
A Climate of Concern: Climate Change and Health Strategy
... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2013) has found that the warming of the climate is unequivocal, and that increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, driven largely by human activity, are having an influence on the Earth’s climate. The world’s leading scienti ...
... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2013) has found that the warming of the climate is unequivocal, and that increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, driven largely by human activity, are having an influence on the Earth’s climate. The world’s leading scienti ...
The response of atmospheric nitrous oxide to climate variations
... Figure 1. Termination 1 and the last glacial period (10 to 70 kyr BP in the upper panel, 60 to 120 kyr BP in the lower panel). (a) NGRIP N2 O, diamonds [Flückiger et al., 2004; Schilt et al., 2010b] and crosses (new data). Stars indicate published and new measurements affected by artifacts. The red ...
... Figure 1. Termination 1 and the last glacial period (10 to 70 kyr BP in the upper panel, 60 to 120 kyr BP in the lower panel). (a) NGRIP N2 O, diamonds [Flückiger et al., 2004; Schilt et al., 2010b] and crosses (new data). Stars indicate published and new measurements affected by artifacts. The red ...
Detection of a Human Influence on North American Climate
... anthropogenic and natural forcings. However, we have not considered some other possible anthropogenic forcings, such as changes in land cover or the role of carbon black and other nonsulfate aerosols, which are likely to be somewhat more important on regional than on global scales. ...
... anthropogenic and natural forcings. However, we have not considered some other possible anthropogenic forcings, such as changes in land cover or the role of carbon black and other nonsulfate aerosols, which are likely to be somewhat more important on regional than on global scales. ...
Good practice for the usage of climate model simulation results
... some rationale for their application. These guidelines are relevant to climate modellers as well as to climate impact modellers and users of direct climate model output, e.g., for decision support. The topics covered here encompass general information on climate model data as well as recommendations ...
... some rationale for their application. These guidelines are relevant to climate modellers as well as to climate impact modellers and users of direct climate model output, e.g., for decision support. The topics covered here encompass general information on climate model data as well as recommendations ...
Climate Change
... working, public/private partnership Technical standards developed by industry members, when consensus placed on website and if no comments after 4 weeks is in effect approved by 191 governments ITU standards are therefore truly global, open standards, available free of charge, unlike those of many o ...
... working, public/private partnership Technical standards developed by industry members, when consensus placed on website and if no comments after 4 weeks is in effect approved by 191 governments ITU standards are therefore truly global, open standards, available free of charge, unlike those of many o ...
Towards a typology for constrained climate model forecasts
... similar approach, but comparing simple or intermediate-complexity models directly with observations was taken in [9, 10, 32, 39], hereafter FKM (Forest-KnuttiMeinshausen). Other authors, such as [15, 68], also used this approach of varying parameters in simple climate models to generate uncertainty ...
... similar approach, but comparing simple or intermediate-complexity models directly with observations was taken in [9, 10, 32, 39], hereafter FKM (Forest-KnuttiMeinshausen). Other authors, such as [15, 68], also used this approach of varying parameters in simple climate models to generate uncertainty ...
RLO Title - Global Education Lab
... culture of the people in (country) impact the concept of this RLO and the broader issue: climate change (UF), childhood obesity (TAMU), or global food security (NCSU). Refer to the “Dimensions of Culture” handout.] ...
... culture of the people in (country) impact the concept of this RLO and the broader issue: climate change (UF), childhood obesity (TAMU), or global food security (NCSU). Refer to the “Dimensions of Culture” handout.] ...
1264010 - Advanced DGEF Database Information System
... The project, proposed for a two year duration, is designed as a phase 1 of 2 projects, an additional project to the GEF Strategic Partnership of the Mediterranean Large Marine Ecosystem (SPMed), now under implementation. As such, it will utilize the management and coordination structure of the UNEP ...
... The project, proposed for a two year duration, is designed as a phase 1 of 2 projects, an additional project to the GEF Strategic Partnership of the Mediterranean Large Marine Ecosystem (SPMed), now under implementation. As such, it will utilize the management and coordination structure of the UNEP ...
The dynamics of vulnerability: why adapting to climate variability climate change
... for policy and planning efforts, despite the fact that there has been little empirical examination or measurement of such efforts to actually test whether no regrets strategies provide the ‘win-win’ outcomes with respect to climate change that are claimed, and (3) there was a push to complexify the ...
... for policy and planning efforts, despite the fact that there has been little empirical examination or measurement of such efforts to actually test whether no regrets strategies provide the ‘win-win’ outcomes with respect to climate change that are claimed, and (3) there was a push to complexify the ...
Workshop TFIAM CEE
... visibility impairment • Visibility reduction is higher in Europe than in the USA, during the period 1994-1998. • But, contrary to the USA, only one study [Holland and King, 1999] seems available, concerning the economic evaluation of the benefits from improved visibility. This study concerning the N ...
... visibility impairment • Visibility reduction is higher in Europe than in the USA, during the period 1994-1998. • But, contrary to the USA, only one study [Holland and King, 1999] seems available, concerning the economic evaluation of the benefits from improved visibility. This study concerning the N ...
City of North Vancouver Climate Change Adaptation Plan
... The effects of climate change are already evident in the City of North Vancouver, with measurable changes in temperature, precipitation, and extreme events in recent decades. Without adequate planning and adaptation these changes will have extensive impacts on the liveability of the City. The City h ...
... The effects of climate change are already evident in the City of North Vancouver, with measurable changes in temperature, precipitation, and extreme events in recent decades. Without adequate planning and adaptation these changes will have extensive impacts on the liveability of the City. The City h ...
E Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific /ESCAP/CDR(2)/INF/7
... E/ESCAP/CDR(2)/INF/7 Distr.: For participants only ...
... E/ESCAP/CDR(2)/INF/7 Distr.: For participants only ...
Worksheet 1b SAV partial
... to) increase over time, reducing optimal habitat conditions, including for light penetration. This may be less of a problem if existing riprap is replaced with natural shoreline, but even ...
... to) increase over time, reducing optimal habitat conditions, including for light penetration. This may be less of a problem if existing riprap is replaced with natural shoreline, but even ...
Preparing for Climate Change in the Great Lakes Region
... Andy Buchsbaum, Director of the National Wildlife Federation’s Great Lakes Natural Resource Center, opened the plenary session. He presented the day’s agenda and reminded participants that the workshop’s focus was on adaptation, not mitigation, and that discussion should be focused on processes t ...
... Andy Buchsbaum, Director of the National Wildlife Federation’s Great Lakes Natural Resource Center, opened the plenary session. He presented the day’s agenda and reminded participants that the workshop’s focus was on adaptation, not mitigation, and that discussion should be focused on processes t ...
A Framework for the Development of New Socio
... essential not only for understanding potential impacts, but also as input for possible decision-making about adaptation to climate change’s effects. In each case, the flow of information has been one-way, from one set of models to another, with little opportunity for feedback among the three primary ...
... essential not only for understanding potential impacts, but also as input for possible decision-making about adaptation to climate change’s effects. In each case, the flow of information has been one-way, from one set of models to another, with little opportunity for feedback among the three primary ...
Letters to the editor (7/19/10)
... Hansen is doing everything in his power to be clear about climate change and what needs to be done. At an Earth Day rally on the National Mall in Washington this past spring, he unveiled a proposal called "The People's Climate Stewardship Act." Simple, transparent, and effective, the proposal calls ...
... Hansen is doing everything in his power to be clear about climate change and what needs to be done. At an Earth Day rally on the National Mall in Washington this past spring, he unveiled a proposal called "The People's Climate Stewardship Act." Simple, transparent, and effective, the proposal calls ...
The role of the global ocean in changes of the Earth`s climate system
... Energy flows alter clouds, and weather and internal climate modes can temporarily alter the energy balance for periods of days to several decades. ...
... Energy flows alter clouds, and weather and internal climate modes can temporarily alter the energy balance for periods of days to several decades. ...
The potential impacts of climate change on the mid
... (MAC) region of the United States. In order of increasing uncertainty, it is projected that sea level, temperature and streamflow will increase in the MAC region in response to higher levels of atmospheric CO2. A case study for Delaware based on digital elevation models suggests that, by the end of ...
... (MAC) region of the United States. In order of increasing uncertainty, it is projected that sea level, temperature and streamflow will increase in the MAC region in response to higher levels of atmospheric CO2. A case study for Delaware based on digital elevation models suggests that, by the end of ...
Probability in the attribution and prediction of climate change
... So, we cannot estimate the risks associated with a given stabilisation CO2 concentration. But we can estimate the range of transient changes expected over the coming decades, and … We can also estimate the effort required to hit a given temperature target. Sometimes, admission of ignorance is the mo ...
... So, we cannot estimate the risks associated with a given stabilisation CO2 concentration. But we can estimate the range of transient changes expected over the coming decades, and … We can also estimate the effort required to hit a given temperature target. Sometimes, admission of ignorance is the mo ...
Managing Water Resources in the Face of
... potable water, sea-level rise may lead to flooding of lowlands and seawater intrusion into coastal aquifers, while variability in climate may see more intense rainstorms resulting both in increased run-off leading to increased flooding and reduced recharge leading to aquifer depletion. Such impacts ...
... potable water, sea-level rise may lead to flooding of lowlands and seawater intrusion into coastal aquifers, while variability in climate may see more intense rainstorms resulting both in increased run-off leading to increased flooding and reduced recharge leading to aquifer depletion. Such impacts ...
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... and estimates the investments that would offset the negative consequences for human well-being. This analysis brings together, for the first time, detailed modeling of crop growth under climate change with insights from an extremely detailed global ...
... and estimates the investments that would offset the negative consequences for human well-being. This analysis brings together, for the first time, detailed modeling of crop growth under climate change with insights from an extremely detailed global ...
