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... and out of agriculture, i.e., the simulated impacts are predicated on the land base remaining constant after climate change. 2 To the extent that climate change induces the land base to change, the methodology used here does not capture the full impact of adaptation to climate change. Assuming the l ...
... and out of agriculture, i.e., the simulated impacts are predicated on the land base remaining constant after climate change. 2 To the extent that climate change induces the land base to change, the methodology used here does not capture the full impact of adaptation to climate change. Assuming the l ...
Drivers of adaptation: Responses to weather
... Climate adaptation, however, may be quite a different story. Climate adaptation is more appropriately framed as a risk management strategy, rather than as an environmental protection or sustainability strategy (Travis and Bates, 2014). There may therefore be very different reasons why cities would und ...
... Climate adaptation, however, may be quite a different story. Climate adaptation is more appropriately framed as a risk management strategy, rather than as an environmental protection or sustainability strategy (Travis and Bates, 2014). There may therefore be very different reasons why cities would und ...
Word version of course outline - Vula
... (Exposure, sensitivity and resilience) and feed back to class Buzz group: Given the expected biophysical impacts of climate change, what do you think the impacts will be on South Africa’s people Section 5: Adaptation to environmental change Adaptation is presented as a deliberate response to a cha ...
... (Exposure, sensitivity and resilience) and feed back to class Buzz group: Given the expected biophysical impacts of climate change, what do you think the impacts will be on South Africa’s people Section 5: Adaptation to environmental change Adaptation is presented as a deliberate response to a cha ...
Biodiversity in the Eastern Himalayas
... people, who are dependent on the biological resources. Realising the importance of mountains as ecosystems of crucial significance, the Convention on Biological Diversity specifically developed a Programme of Work on Mountain Biodiversity in 2004 aimed at reducing the loss of mountain biological div ...
... people, who are dependent on the biological resources. Realising the importance of mountains as ecosystems of crucial significance, the Convention on Biological Diversity specifically developed a Programme of Work on Mountain Biodiversity in 2004 aimed at reducing the loss of mountain biological div ...
Here - Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci.
... local hydrological processes these gradients are very important, and therefore further downscaling of climate projections is necessary (Buytaert et al., 2009). The need for downscaling is particularly urgent for mountainous regions. Mountain regions provide important environmental services, such as ...
... local hydrological processes these gradients are very important, and therefore further downscaling of climate projections is necessary (Buytaert et al., 2009). The need for downscaling is particularly urgent for mountainous regions. Mountain regions provide important environmental services, such as ...
Tree-species range shifts in a changing climate
... associated with the sheer number and diverse spatiotemporal scales of parameters, most of which ultimately being derived from a limited number of empirical studies (Kennedy and Ford 2011). Process-based models are still a valuable tool, however, because much of this uncertainty can be incorporated i ...
... associated with the sheer number and diverse spatiotemporal scales of parameters, most of which ultimately being derived from a limited number of empirical studies (Kennedy and Ford 2011). Process-based models are still a valuable tool, however, because much of this uncertainty can be incorporated i ...
Future climate change projections for the Latin American region
... been detected over the Peruvian Andes by Lavado et al. (2012). For the Amazon basin, Marengo (2004) and Satyamurty et al. (2010) concluded that no systematic unidirectional long-term trends towards drier or wetter conditions in both the northern and southern Amazon have been identified since the 192 ...
... been detected over the Peruvian Andes by Lavado et al. (2012). For the Amazon basin, Marengo (2004) and Satyamurty et al. (2010) concluded that no systematic unidirectional long-term trends towards drier or wetter conditions in both the northern and southern Amazon have been identified since the 192 ...
The Science of Climate Change
... which hardly traps any heat and so its temperature ranges between a frozen -1400 and +20°C. While their distance from the Sun is significant, it is the atmospheres of these three planets that make all the difference. It is our atmosphere, along with the moderating effect of the oceans, that have pro ...
... which hardly traps any heat and so its temperature ranges between a frozen -1400 and +20°C. While their distance from the Sun is significant, it is the atmospheres of these three planets that make all the difference. It is our atmosphere, along with the moderating effect of the oceans, that have pro ...
Heat and drought 2003 in Europe: a climate synthesis
... days is expected to continue to increase during the 21st century [11,32]. Human influence has at least doubled (confidence level > 90%) the risk of a heat wave like that of 2003 [34]. It is highly probable that the same persistent anticyclonic conditions as in 2003 would not have brought such high t ...
... days is expected to continue to increase during the 21st century [11,32]. Human influence has at least doubled (confidence level > 90%) the risk of a heat wave like that of 2003 [34]. It is highly probable that the same persistent anticyclonic conditions as in 2003 would not have brought such high t ...
Multi-model climate change projections for India under
... forcing, not detailed socio-economic narratives or scenarios. Central to the process is the concept that any single radiative forcing pathway can result from a diverse range of socio-economic and technological development scenarios. There are four RCP scenarios: RCP2.6, RCP4.5, RCP6.0 and RCP8.5. Th ...
... forcing, not detailed socio-economic narratives or scenarios. Central to the process is the concept that any single radiative forcing pathway can result from a diverse range of socio-economic and technological development scenarios. There are four RCP scenarios: RCP2.6, RCP4.5, RCP6.0 and RCP8.5. Th ...
Yes, He Can: President Obama’s Power to Make an International Climate Commitment
... The fifteenth Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (“UNFCCC”) began this week in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Conference opens against an ominous backdrop: the “Copenhagen Diagnosis,” a summary of recent, peer-reviewed scientific climate research, confir ...
... The fifteenth Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (“UNFCCC”) began this week in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Conference opens against an ominous backdrop: the “Copenhagen Diagnosis,” a summary of recent, peer-reviewed scientific climate research, confir ...
Climate Change Case Law Update
... 14 In October 2006 the Stern Review on “the Economics of Climate Challenge” was published. In the words of the claimants' expert (Mr Lockley), the Review “reflected a fundamental shift in attitudes to climate change in the UK”, and in particular made clear that an emissions trading scheme was not en ...
... 14 In October 2006 the Stern Review on “the Economics of Climate Challenge” was published. In the words of the claimants' expert (Mr Lockley), the Review “reflected a fundamental shift in attitudes to climate change in the UK”, and in particular made clear that an emissions trading scheme was not en ...
Interactive comment on “Was the Little Ice Age more or less El Niño
... proxy locations, using PMIP last 1000 year simulations, as suggested by the reviewer. Because the PMIP simulations show a different ENSO pattern than 20CRv2, the quality of our reconstruction will be degraded. However, on balance, we agree that this is preferable to our previous reconstruction metho ...
... proxy locations, using PMIP last 1000 year simulations, as suggested by the reviewer. Because the PMIP simulations show a different ENSO pattern than 20CRv2, the quality of our reconstruction will be degraded. However, on balance, we agree that this is preferable to our previous reconstruction metho ...
NPS Climate Change Scenario Planning (CCSP) Workshop
... The first stage in this project was a climate change scenarios training workshop with NPS contractor Global Business Network (GBN) at which participants learned how to develop scenarios based on nested frameworks of critical uncertainties, and then fleshed out the beginnings of climate change scenar ...
... The first stage in this project was a climate change scenarios training workshop with NPS contractor Global Business Network (GBN) at which participants learned how to develop scenarios based on nested frameworks of critical uncertainties, and then fleshed out the beginnings of climate change scenar ...
Climate Change and First Nations: Recommendations for Action
... “Aboriginals” ten times in total. The Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change similarly makes little reference to First Nations in the southern parts of Canada when discussing adaptation or vulnerabilities associated with climate change (2001). Much consideration was ...
... “Aboriginals” ten times in total. The Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change similarly makes little reference to First Nations in the southern parts of Canada when discussing adaptation or vulnerabilities associated with climate change (2001). Much consideration was ...
Evaluation of Climate Mitigation Potential for Yeniçağa Gölü (Bolu
... As a result of the increase in GHGs, the average temperature of the Earth's surface has risen by 0.74° C since the late 1800s. Earth’s mean temperature is projected to increase by 1.5 to 5.8°C during the 21st century (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 2007). Even if the minimum predi ...
... As a result of the increase in GHGs, the average temperature of the Earth's surface has risen by 0.74° C since the late 1800s. Earth’s mean temperature is projected to increase by 1.5 to 5.8°C during the 21st century (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 2007). Even if the minimum predi ...
CONSIDERING THE HUMAN INFLUENCE ON CLIMATE
... University of Colorado, CIRES/ATOC, Boulder, George C. Marshall Institute, Washington, DC May 14, 2009 ...
... University of Colorado, CIRES/ATOC, Boulder, George C. Marshall Institute, Washington, DC May 14, 2009 ...
Climate-human-environment interactions: resolving our past
... energy, matter and information between the three state systems that may define externally-driven causality and feedback. Circular arrows within each box represent internal dynamical processes (Dearing, 2006a). ...
... energy, matter and information between the three state systems that may define externally-driven causality and feedback. Circular arrows within each box represent internal dynamical processes (Dearing, 2006a). ...
Link to Chapter 5
... as: “…changes in long-term trends in the average climate, such as changes in average temperatures”. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) defines climate change as ”…any change in climate over time, whether due to natural variability or as a result of human activity” (Pew Center on Gl ...
... as: “…changes in long-term trends in the average climate, such as changes in average temperatures”. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) defines climate change as ”…any change in climate over time, whether due to natural variability or as a result of human activity” (Pew Center on Gl ...
Full text in PDF - What is Climate
... While these aspects should be kept in mind, the focus of the paper is the question whether the terminology used by science and politics is sufficient, or very unreasonable, weak, and unscientific, and whether a substantial redrafting should be undertaken. 2. The historical context Although the word ...
... While these aspects should be kept in mind, the focus of the paper is the question whether the terminology used by science and politics is sufficient, or very unreasonable, weak, and unscientific, and whether a substantial redrafting should be undertaken. 2. The historical context Although the word ...
PPT - UCD School of Mathematics and Statistics
... The method of Regional Climate Modelling was used to simulate the wind climatology of Ireland at high spatial resolution. The models were validated by performing past simulations of the Irish climate and comparing the results to observations. Projections for the future Irish climate were gener ...
... The method of Regional Climate Modelling was used to simulate the wind climatology of Ireland at high spatial resolution. The models were validated by performing past simulations of the Irish climate and comparing the results to observations. Projections for the future Irish climate were gener ...
Climate, Climate Change Nuclear Power and the Alternatives
... The great climate experiment: A PETMPETM-like event within a glacial climate ...
... The great climate experiment: A PETMPETM-like event within a glacial climate ...
Aviation and Global Climate Change Mehri Hashemi Devin Ali Akbar Sabziparvar
... forcing to that radiative forcing from carbon dioxide emissions alone. Different strategies are suggested for reducing the impacts of aviation emissions on global climate change. Among them, the most important factor is to reduce the contrails that it is possible with limiting cruise altitude flight ...
... forcing to that radiative forcing from carbon dioxide emissions alone. Different strategies are suggested for reducing the impacts of aviation emissions on global climate change. Among them, the most important factor is to reduce the contrails that it is possible with limiting cruise altitude flight ...
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... considered likely to reduce the impacts of longterm changes in climate variables. Adaptation is a process by which strategies to moderate and cope with the consequences of climate change impact variability, can be enhanced, developed and implemented (UNDP, 2004). Evidently, many developing countries ...
... considered likely to reduce the impacts of longterm changes in climate variables. Adaptation is a process by which strategies to moderate and cope with the consequences of climate change impact variability, can be enhanced, developed and implemented (UNDP, 2004). Evidently, many developing countries ...