Climate Change and Respiratory Health
... threats posed by climate change become more widely acknowledged, public health, medical and disease advocacy officials will need to familiarize themselves on how climate change may affect their patients, clients, and organizational members and supporters. For vulnerable populations, such as those li ...
... threats posed by climate change become more widely acknowledged, public health, medical and disease advocacy officials will need to familiarize themselves on how climate change may affect their patients, clients, and organizational members and supporters. For vulnerable populations, such as those li ...
LCCARL265_en.pdf
... affected by one tropical storm and three hurricanes that claimed more than 350 lives so far, affecting more than 2.8 million persons (UNEP, 2008). The biophysical and socio-economic impacts of climate change would have severe implications for the livelihood and survival of the Caribbean population. ...
... affected by one tropical storm and three hurricanes that claimed more than 350 lives so far, affecting more than 2.8 million persons (UNEP, 2008). The biophysical and socio-economic impacts of climate change would have severe implications for the livelihood and survival of the Caribbean population. ...
Miocene tectonics and climate forcing of biodiversity, western United
... ca. 17.0 Ma, respectively, and decline by ca. 11.25 Ma, followed by stasis to the present. Large boxes are meant to delineate broad time periods of increased or decreased diversity; trends may be present within a box. A: Central Great Plains (black squares—ungulates; white squares— carnivores), sout ...
... ca. 17.0 Ma, respectively, and decline by ca. 11.25 Ma, followed by stasis to the present. Large boxes are meant to delineate broad time periods of increased or decreased diversity; trends may be present within a box. A: Central Great Plains (black squares—ungulates; white squares— carnivores), sout ...
5.6.2 Water temperature
... An analysis of long (more than 150 years) ice records from lakes and rivers throughout the Northern Hemisphere by Magnuson et al. (2000) indicated that for a 100 year period, ice-on has been occurring on average 5.7 ± 2.4 days later (± 95% confidence interval), while ice-off has been occurring on av ...
... An analysis of long (more than 150 years) ice records from lakes and rivers throughout the Northern Hemisphere by Magnuson et al. (2000) indicated that for a 100 year period, ice-on has been occurring on average 5.7 ± 2.4 days later (± 95% confidence interval), while ice-off has been occurring on av ...
Climate Finance for the Middle East and North Africa - Heinrich
... The Government of Morocco has expressed an ambitious intent to promote renewable energy technology and diversify its energy mix. In this context, it has established a number of programmes to develop wind and solar energy technology, both of which are receiving substantial finance from the World Bank ...
... The Government of Morocco has expressed an ambitious intent to promote renewable energy technology and diversify its energy mix. In this context, it has established a number of programmes to develop wind and solar energy technology, both of which are receiving substantial finance from the World Bank ...
TITLE HEADER
... • LDCs have the largest existing burdens of climate-sensitive diseases and the least effective public health systems. They suffer 34% of the global human deaths linked to climate change, the largest causes being the spread of malaria and water borne diseases, and this number is expected to rise to 4 ...
... • LDCs have the largest existing burdens of climate-sensitive diseases and the least effective public health systems. They suffer 34% of the global human deaths linked to climate change, the largest causes being the spread of malaria and water borne diseases, and this number is expected to rise to 4 ...
Ecological and Evolutionary Responses to Recent Climate Change
... OVERVIEW OF IMPACTS LITERATURE An extensive, but not exhaustive, literature search revealed 866 peer-reviewed papers that documented changes through time in species or systems that could, in whole or in part, be attributed to climate change. Some interesting broad patterns are revealed. Notably, the ...
... OVERVIEW OF IMPACTS LITERATURE An extensive, but not exhaustive, literature search revealed 866 peer-reviewed papers that documented changes through time in species or systems that could, in whole or in part, be attributed to climate change. Some interesting broad patterns are revealed. Notably, the ...
Aragonetal_ACV-07-09-OM-177_revised
... generated six time-invariant predictors (soil and topographical variables) to reduce prediction ...
... generated six time-invariant predictors (soil and topographical variables) to reduce prediction ...
REDD Readiness Progress Fact Sheet COUNTRY
... • Unlike the VPA, there is little support to local integrated REDD+ initiatives couple with the lowlevel awareness amongst communities and CSOs; • Low capacities, a crosscutting challenge at government, community and CSO levels • Human induced activities threaten REDD+ and sustainable forest governa ...
... • Unlike the VPA, there is little support to local integrated REDD+ initiatives couple with the lowlevel awareness amongst communities and CSOs; • Low capacities, a crosscutting challenge at government, community and CSO levels • Human induced activities threaten REDD+ and sustainable forest governa ...
WebText- GEOGRAPHY OF UTAH
... What would it take to convince you that only 15,000 years ago, climate was markedly different that today? What would it take to convince you that only 100 years from now, climate may be just enough different to require changes in life style? Why is the atmosphere the most dynamic of Earth systems su ...
... What would it take to convince you that only 15,000 years ago, climate was markedly different that today? What would it take to convince you that only 100 years from now, climate may be just enough different to require changes in life style? Why is the atmosphere the most dynamic of Earth systems su ...
Fighting the Waves: The Effect of North Polar Ice Cap Melt on Florida
... rates as sea levels increase. The direct effect on sea level of only the North Polar ice cap melting would be minimal, yet the indirect effects of causing other bodies of ice to melt would be crucial. We model individually the contributions of various ice masses to rises in sea level, using ordinary ...
... rates as sea levels increase. The direct effect on sea level of only the North Polar ice cap melting would be minimal, yet the indirect effects of causing other bodies of ice to melt would be crucial. We model individually the contributions of various ice masses to rises in sea level, using ordinary ...
greening wildlife documentary
... environmental messages incompatible with big budget documentary series. The emergence of what I call “green chip” programming represents a key turning point in the wildlife genre’s engagement with the science of climate change and environmentalism. But the rise of green chip programming has been acc ...
... environmental messages incompatible with big budget documentary series. The emergence of what I call “green chip” programming represents a key turning point in the wildlife genre’s engagement with the science of climate change and environmentalism. But the rise of green chip programming has been acc ...
Liberia presentation
... • Unlike the VPA, there is little support to local integrated REDD+ initiatives couple with the lowlevel awareness amongst communities and CSOs; • Low capacities, a crosscutting challenge at government, community and CSO levels • Human induced activities threaten REDD+ and sustainable forest governa ...
... • Unlike the VPA, there is little support to local integrated REDD+ initiatives couple with the lowlevel awareness amongst communities and CSOs; • Low capacities, a crosscutting challenge at government, community and CSO levels • Human induced activities threaten REDD+ and sustainable forest governa ...
Weather and climate: changing human exposures
... climate by reflecting solar radiation. In addition to adding greenhouse gases and aerosols to the atmosphere, other anthropogenic activities affect climate on local and regional scales. Changes in land use and vegetation can affect climate over a range of spatial scales. Vegetation affects a variety ...
... climate by reflecting solar radiation. In addition to adding greenhouse gases and aerosols to the atmosphere, other anthropogenic activities affect climate on local and regional scales. Changes in land use and vegetation can affect climate over a range of spatial scales. Vegetation affects a variety ...
Global Climate Change and Biodiversity
... climate over the coming years and decades. These changes in such a fundamental resource for society, and in such a powerful influence on ecological, economic and cultural development, will introduce new challenges for the way we live with and influence climate. Some of these challenges may be broadl ...
... climate over the coming years and decades. These changes in such a fundamental resource for society, and in such a powerful influence on ecological, economic and cultural development, will introduce new challenges for the way we live with and influence climate. Some of these challenges may be broadl ...
Author`s personal copy - University of Alberta
... ecological and biogeochemical responses to atmospheric forcings conditioned by the ontogenic development of the ecosystems through time (Birks et al. 2000). Therefore, in the context of current global change, remote lakes are excellent ecological sentinels because their sediments contain an invaluab ...
... ecological and biogeochemical responses to atmospheric forcings conditioned by the ontogenic development of the ecosystems through time (Birks et al. 2000). Therefore, in the context of current global change, remote lakes are excellent ecological sentinels because their sediments contain an invaluab ...
Republic of the Marshall Islands
... The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) believes that climate change is real and is the greatest threat to our low lying atolls and people. Negative effects are already taking place and these will gravely undermine our efforts towards sustainable development and threaten our survival and the sove ...
... The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) believes that climate change is real and is the greatest threat to our low lying atolls and people. Negative effects are already taking place and these will gravely undermine our efforts towards sustainable development and threaten our survival and the sove ...
Impacts of climate and land-use changes on floods in an urban
... of climate and land-use changes on floods in southeast Queensland, Australia. A rainfall–runoff routing model, RORB, was first calibrated and validated using observed flood hydrographs for an urbanised catchment, the Bulimba Creek catchment, for the period 1961–1990. The validated flood model was th ...
... of climate and land-use changes on floods in southeast Queensland, Australia. A rainfall–runoff routing model, RORB, was first calibrated and validated using observed flood hydrographs for an urbanised catchment, the Bulimba Creek catchment, for the period 1961–1990. The validated flood model was th ...
Good Living for Whom? Bolivia`s Climate Justice Movement and the
... circulated from localized and ethno-territorial projects, to national policy for climate change and even to international climate change negotiations. The central tenet of the politics of the ayllu is that indigenous peoples need to adopt a model of development built upon Andean communal and product ...
... circulated from localized and ethno-territorial projects, to national policy for climate change and even to international climate change negotiations. The central tenet of the politics of the ayllu is that indigenous peoples need to adopt a model of development built upon Andean communal and product ...
Parmesan
... But the plethora of records also stems from the strong sociological significance of the change of the seasons, particularly in high-latitude countries. Peoples of Great Britain, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Finland have been keen on (some might say even obsessed with) recording the first signs of spri ...
... But the plethora of records also stems from the strong sociological significance of the change of the seasons, particularly in high-latitude countries. Peoples of Great Britain, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Finland have been keen on (some might say even obsessed with) recording the first signs of spri ...
Chapter 4 The Ocean`s Role in the Hydrological Cycle
... precipitation, fluxes from lakes and aquifers, seasonal snow melt, and melting of mountain glaciers and ice caps. River discharge also carries a tremendous amount of solid sediments and dissolved nutrients to the continental shelves. The polar ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica are the largest r ...
... precipitation, fluxes from lakes and aquifers, seasonal snow melt, and melting of mountain glaciers and ice caps. River discharge also carries a tremendous amount of solid sediments and dissolved nutrients to the continental shelves. The polar ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica are the largest r ...
Title Arial 40pt
... • Near-term measures would improve the chance of not exceeding 2oC target, but contingent on ambitious CO2 reductions, starting now (complementary strategies; not alternatives) • The identified measures are all currently in use and many measures achieve cost savings over time. ...
... • Near-term measures would improve the chance of not exceeding 2oC target, but contingent on ambitious CO2 reductions, starting now (complementary strategies; not alternatives) • The identified measures are all currently in use and many measures achieve cost savings over time. ...
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... effectiveness and efficiency (i.e. cost–benefit analyses that include consideration of the distribution of costs, risks and benefits), and on vulnerable groups, such as indigenous people, forest communities and women. Growing concern about the unintended consequences of management actions implemente ...
... effectiveness and efficiency (i.e. cost–benefit analyses that include consideration of the distribution of costs, risks and benefits), and on vulnerable groups, such as indigenous people, forest communities and women. Growing concern about the unintended consequences of management actions implemente ...
Ecological and methodological drivers of species` distribution and
... a comprehensive data set rather than a small subset of available data. Three criteria were applied for inclusion of peer-reviewed studies in the database: (1) authors must have inferred or directly tested for trends in marine ecological and climate variables from field observations; (2) observations ...
... a comprehensive data set rather than a small subset of available data. Three criteria were applied for inclusion of peer-reviewed studies in the database: (1) authors must have inferred or directly tested for trends in marine ecological and climate variables from field observations; (2) observations ...
CLIMATE POLICY IN LIGHT OF CLIMATE SCIENCE: THE ICLIPS
... cost assessments stand out against highly uncertain benefit estimates), and the need to discount for both lead to a relatively modest GHG abatement as the efficient policy emerging from a cost-benefit framework. Nordhaus (1997) notes that along the economically efficient emission path ‘the long-run ...
... cost assessments stand out against highly uncertain benefit estimates), and the need to discount for both lead to a relatively modest GHG abatement as the efficient policy emerging from a cost-benefit framework. Nordhaus (1997) notes that along the economically efficient emission path ‘the long-run ...