Changing Risk Perceptions Policy Brief
... agricultural industry could face significant challenges with more frequent summer water shortages and reduced quality and production of valuable goods such as wine grapes and dairy products. These and other climate impacts have the potential to substantially affect key economic sectors and the quali ...
... agricultural industry could face significant challenges with more frequent summer water shortages and reduced quality and production of valuable goods such as wine grapes and dairy products. These and other climate impacts have the potential to substantially affect key economic sectors and the quali ...
2.2 Climate Change Impacts in Ghana
... The major climate change impacts affect all sectors and their objectives, places and people differentially depending on the levels of vulnerability. Ghana’s vulnerability to climate change is in large part defined by its exposure to the various impacts with droughts, floods, and sea erosion as the m ...
... The major climate change impacts affect all sectors and their objectives, places and people differentially depending on the levels of vulnerability. Ghana’s vulnerability to climate change is in large part defined by its exposure to the various impacts with droughts, floods, and sea erosion as the m ...
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... three pillars of CSA to assist policy prioritization. b) Identify historical & recent changes in relevant climate/weather variables at subnational level as a first step in identifying the site-specific impacts of climate change on agriculture. There is an emerging economic literature on weather vari ...
... three pillars of CSA to assist policy prioritization. b) Identify historical & recent changes in relevant climate/weather variables at subnational level as a first step in identifying the site-specific impacts of climate change on agriculture. There is an emerging economic literature on weather vari ...
Case Study - Sorsogon City
... support of climate change strategies. A major outcome of the initiative will be the development of a set of tools for mitigation and adaptation. This case study follows a report under the Cities and Climate Change Initiative, where four pilot cities were selected in 2009, one of which Sorsogon City, ...
... support of climate change strategies. A major outcome of the initiative will be the development of a set of tools for mitigation and adaptation. This case study follows a report under the Cities and Climate Change Initiative, where four pilot cities were selected in 2009, one of which Sorsogon City, ...
Interaction between Climate Change and the Cryosphere
... their melt. Despite its importance for Arctic climate change, little is known about BC loadings in the area and its effect on the albedo. Since the beginning of the ICCC programme, significant progress in BC studies is achieved. ...
... their melt. Despite its importance for Arctic climate change, little is known about BC loadings in the area and its effect on the albedo. Since the beginning of the ICCC programme, significant progress in BC studies is achieved. ...
Global Warming
... Warming changes ecosystems which may lead to: Risk of regional extinction of species Shifts in the range of plants and animals Mosquitoes are moving to higher elevations Northward movement of butterflies in Europe and birds in U.K. Expansion of subalpine forests in Cascades ...
... Warming changes ecosystems which may lead to: Risk of regional extinction of species Shifts in the range of plants and animals Mosquitoes are moving to higher elevations Northward movement of butterflies in Europe and birds in U.K. Expansion of subalpine forests in Cascades ...
How limiting factors drive agricultural adaptation to climate change.
... 2011; Haden et al., 2012). Emerging research also suggests that recent climatic and weather events can strongly influence individuals’ climate change perceptions and beliefs (Hamilton and Stampone, 2013; Rudman et al., 2013; Zaval et al., 2014). Here we argue that a farmer’s future climate concerns a ...
... 2011; Haden et al., 2012). Emerging research also suggests that recent climatic and weather events can strongly influence individuals’ climate change perceptions and beliefs (Hamilton and Stampone, 2013; Rudman et al., 2013; Zaval et al., 2014). Here we argue that a farmer’s future climate concerns a ...
Climate change, phenological shifts, eco
... is embedded in the mechanistic approach and there is continuous exchange between the two. It is not realistic to aim for an understanding of all causal relationships underlying eco-evolutionary processes and to translate them into a set of equations. Hence, models will include correlations, which ma ...
... is embedded in the mechanistic approach and there is continuous exchange between the two. It is not realistic to aim for an understanding of all causal relationships underlying eco-evolutionary processes and to translate them into a set of equations. Hence, models will include correlations, which ma ...
Summary of the Garnaut Climate Change Review Final Report
... growth, and will take over from China as the main growing sources a few decades from now. Without mitigation, developing countries would account for about 90% of emissions growth over the next two decades, and beyond. ...
... growth, and will take over from China as the main growing sources a few decades from now. Without mitigation, developing countries would account for about 90% of emissions growth over the next two decades, and beyond. ...
Ecosystems
... positive feedbacks novel states, poorly understood “Climate future and direct human pressures ‘virtually certain’ to be unprecedented vs. past 100s millenia” ...
... positive feedbacks novel states, poorly understood “Climate future and direct human pressures ‘virtually certain’ to be unprecedented vs. past 100s millenia” ...
Policymaker Summary
... the same period global sea level has increased by 1020 c m . These increases have not been smooth with time, nor uniform over the globe. The size o f this warming is broadly consistent with predictions of climate models, but it is also of the same magnitude as natural climate variability. Thus the o ...
... the same period global sea level has increased by 1020 c m . These increases have not been smooth with time, nor uniform over the globe. The size o f this warming is broadly consistent with predictions of climate models, but it is also of the same magnitude as natural climate variability. Thus the o ...
Sustainability of the Great Plains in an Uncertain Climate
... disagreement over whether the region's characteristic dryland farming system has reached a sustainable equilibrium, or is degrading the environment and facing collapse. Some Plains analysts believe that agriculture has adapted well t o the semiarid environment, with agronomists in particular arguing ...
... disagreement over whether the region's characteristic dryland farming system has reached a sustainable equilibrium, or is degrading the environment and facing collapse. Some Plains analysts believe that agriculture has adapted well t o the semiarid environment, with agronomists in particular arguing ...
Images are courtesy of the National Snow and Ice Data Center
... region) intensifies. This result suggests that recent observed sea-ice trend around the AP could be associated to anthropogenic forcings. ...
... region) intensifies. This result suggests that recent observed sea-ice trend around the AP could be associated to anthropogenic forcings. ...
The Asian Monsoon
... abrupt weakening of the ‘North Atlantic heat conveyer belt’ and this in turn could lead to a weakening of the Asian monsoon. Studies published in the last five years do not support such scenarios. A study by Kripalani et al (2003 Natural Hazards June 2003) shows that the Indian monsoon, and by exten ...
... abrupt weakening of the ‘North Atlantic heat conveyer belt’ and this in turn could lead to a weakening of the Asian monsoon. Studies published in the last five years do not support such scenarios. A study by Kripalani et al (2003 Natural Hazards June 2003) shows that the Indian monsoon, and by exten ...
Guidance on CC Adaptation Measures for Waterbirds (20-08
... migratory waterbirds consequent on changed climate, and the implications such changes have for national, and hence international networks of protected areas, and a growing body of research findings that have relevance to this topic. Conscious that adaptation measures that help maintain and improve t ...
... migratory waterbirds consequent on changed climate, and the implications such changes have for national, and hence international networks of protected areas, and a growing body of research findings that have relevance to this topic. Conscious that adaptation measures that help maintain and improve t ...
Explaining Ocean Warming - Observatoire Océanologique de
... RCP8.5 than under RCP2.6, the global mean change in sea surface temperature differing by nearly a factor of 3 when compared to preindustrial levels (+3.2°C vs. +1.2°C). In parallel, global surface acidity changes will decrease by 0.07 and 0.33 pH units under RCP2.6 and RCP8.5, respectively (relative ...
... RCP8.5 than under RCP2.6, the global mean change in sea surface temperature differing by nearly a factor of 3 when compared to preindustrial levels (+3.2°C vs. +1.2°C). In parallel, global surface acidity changes will decrease by 0.07 and 0.33 pH units under RCP2.6 and RCP8.5, respectively (relative ...
Global Climate Change and Wetlands: Issues and Awareness by
... changes are the result of anthropogenic activities . It is important to assess to the best of our ability to what extent such changes are natural and/or anthropogenic - as this will shape how society will deal with the issue. For example, if it were assumed that global change is a cyclical phenomena ...
... changes are the result of anthropogenic activities . It is important to assess to the best of our ability to what extent such changes are natural and/or anthropogenic - as this will shape how society will deal with the issue. For example, if it were assumed that global change is a cyclical phenomena ...
Hydromet - The Mission of The National Meteorological Service
... and forecasts, and specialized weather forecasts for agriculture, forestry, marine, military, and tourism. It also provides public weather forecasts for the media, which then distributes via newspapers, radio and television. Forecasts are also distributed by the Meteorological Office by facsimile, e ...
... and forecasts, and specialized weather forecasts for agriculture, forestry, marine, military, and tourism. It also provides public weather forecasts for the media, which then distributes via newspapers, radio and television. Forecasts are also distributed by the Meteorological Office by facsimile, e ...
Linking global and local scales: designing dynamic
... or provinces to the population of nations or the world. In addition to this demographic perspective, social scales can also be de"ned as clearly bounded and organized political or functional units (e.g., cities, counties, states or provinces, and nations) with linkages between them being created by ...
... or provinces to the population of nations or the world. In addition to this demographic perspective, social scales can also be de"ned as clearly bounded and organized political or functional units (e.g., cities, counties, states or provinces, and nations) with linkages between them being created by ...
The Price Tag of Being Young
... further since inaction on climate change means that we are missing out on a major opportunity for muchneeded new investment and millions of new jobs by transitioning to clean energy. Properly targeted, these investments could be especially important for young people in communities of color, who are ...
... further since inaction on climate change means that we are missing out on a major opportunity for muchneeded new investment and millions of new jobs by transitioning to clean energy. Properly targeted, these investments could be especially important for young people in communities of color, who are ...
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... and spatial scales, models and scenarios. The IPCC provides an extensive discussion of the uncertainties surrounding these projections. Most attention in the Fourth Assessment Report and in public discussion of climate change is focused on projections of changes in global mean temperatures. However, ...
... and spatial scales, models and scenarios. The IPCC provides an extensive discussion of the uncertainties surrounding these projections. Most attention in the Fourth Assessment Report and in public discussion of climate change is focused on projections of changes in global mean temperatures. However, ...
Coproduction of Indigenous and Scientific Knowledge as a
... anthropology, ecology and snow physics. Observations include a variety of data such as: (i) quantitative climatic data from automatic weather stations and temperature probes placed at a number of sites within the territory of the reindeer herding community; (ii) qualitative data from Sami herders ab ...
... anthropology, ecology and snow physics. Observations include a variety of data such as: (i) quantitative climatic data from automatic weather stations and temperature probes placed at a number of sites within the territory of the reindeer herding community; (ii) qualitative data from Sami herders ab ...
Why join a carbon club? A study of the banks participating
... We adopted the case method in order to encompass the broad and diverse set of possible explanations for our research questions. We analyzed the four companies from the banking sector that participate in a leading voluntary environmental initiative in Brazil d the Business Platform for Climate (Plata ...
... We adopted the case method in order to encompass the broad and diverse set of possible explanations for our research questions. We analyzed the four companies from the banking sector that participate in a leading voluntary environmental initiative in Brazil d the Business Platform for Climate (Plata ...
Mao et al., 2016. - Site BU
... With the human influence on recent evolution of NEL vegetation activity established, we are now in a position to discuss the possible mechanisms behind those human influences (for example, the impacts of nitrogen deposition, land use/land cover change (LULCC), and the CO2 -induced physiological vers ...
... With the human influence on recent evolution of NEL vegetation activity established, we are now in a position to discuss the possible mechanisms behind those human influences (for example, the impacts of nitrogen deposition, land use/land cover change (LULCC), and the CO2 -induced physiological vers ...