Supplementary Information - Stockholm Resilience Centre
... decision-making tools; etc.. Generally, these various approaches differ in terms of purpose (e.g., defining boundary conditions as input to or output of the main analysis), precision, geographical scale, and which part(s) of a cause-effect chain are considered (i.e., whether driving force, pressure, ...
... decision-making tools; etc.. Generally, these various approaches differ in terms of purpose (e.g., defining boundary conditions as input to or output of the main analysis), precision, geographical scale, and which part(s) of a cause-effect chain are considered (i.e., whether driving force, pressure, ...
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... Two key aspects of the architectures considered in this paper should be pointed out at this stage, in order to make the results of our analysis clear. First, all proposed architectures focus on CO2 mitigation only, excluding other greenhouse gases. Secondly, as climate leaks and free riding incentiv ...
... Two key aspects of the architectures considered in this paper should be pointed out at this stage, in order to make the results of our analysis clear. First, all proposed architectures focus on CO2 mitigation only, excluding other greenhouse gases. Secondly, as climate leaks and free riding incentiv ...
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... • The US proposes a new regime which differs in its essence from the one envisaged so far: – replaces Kyoto Protocol – based on bottom-up pledges from countries (developed and developing), as part of low C strategies, to be reviewed at [x-2?] years intervals – puts a centralised mrv at its core: ass ...
... • The US proposes a new regime which differs in its essence from the one envisaged so far: – replaces Kyoto Protocol – based on bottom-up pledges from countries (developed and developing), as part of low C strategies, to be reviewed at [x-2?] years intervals – puts a centralised mrv at its core: ass ...
a 2017 national survey of broadcast meteorologists
... engagement with their viewership. These topics included: weathercasters’ use of social media; activity and secondary forecasts; the influence of news consultants on the weather segment; familiarity with the American Meteorological Society station scientist initiative; and reporting longer-format sci ...
... engagement with their viewership. These topics included: weathercasters’ use of social media; activity and secondary forecasts; the influence of news consultants on the weather segment; familiarity with the American Meteorological Society station scientist initiative; and reporting longer-format sci ...
Three Ways to Understand State Actors in International Negotiations
... agreements that it was prepared to sign changed. In 1995 the US agreed to the Berlin Mandate, which stipulated no binding emissions targets or timetables for developed countries, no new commitments for developing countries, and no ºexibility mechanisms. In 1997, the US agreed to the Kyoto Protocol, ...
... agreements that it was prepared to sign changed. In 1995 the US agreed to the Berlin Mandate, which stipulated no binding emissions targets or timetables for developed countries, no new commitments for developing countries, and no ºexibility mechanisms. In 1997, the US agreed to the Kyoto Protocol, ...
- Wiley Online Library
... without a past: it has sometimes been used to refer to air conditioning technologies, as opposed to the large scale climate control being considered here. The word ‘engineering’ itself may also be misleading as we are considering here methods that try to influence one aspect of a complex system rath ...
... without a past: it has sometimes been used to refer to air conditioning technologies, as opposed to the large scale climate control being considered here. The word ‘engineering’ itself may also be misleading as we are considering here methods that try to influence one aspect of a complex system rath ...
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... summarizes results of some of the first studies of climate change effects on economic growth (e.g., Nordhaus, 1991, and Hohmeyerand Gaertner, 1992), and emphasizes that the economic studies on climate change establish some assumptions on “future emissions, the extent and pattern of warming, and othe ...
... summarizes results of some of the first studies of climate change effects on economic growth (e.g., Nordhaus, 1991, and Hohmeyerand Gaertner, 1992), and emphasizes that the economic studies on climate change establish some assumptions on “future emissions, the extent and pattern of warming, and othe ...
Adapting to sea level rise in Charlottetown, P.E.I
... Climate change increases the city’s flooding risk. Three climate impacts of particular concern are an accelerated rate of sea level rise, more intense and frequent storm surges, and the loss of sea ice. Winter ice forms a natural barrier that protects the coast from heavy wave action, but on occasio ...
... Climate change increases the city’s flooding risk. Three climate impacts of particular concern are an accelerated rate of sea level rise, more intense and frequent storm surges, and the loss of sea ice. Winter ice forms a natural barrier that protects the coast from heavy wave action, but on occasio ...
THE CROPWAT ANALYSIS OF THREE DISTRICTS IN EGYPT
... climate conditions. The task is made all the more difficult by the possibility of significant warming expected to result from the greenhouse effect. Egypt appears to be particularly vulnerable to climate change because of its dependence on the Nile as its primary water source, its large traditional ...
... climate conditions. The task is made all the more difficult by the possibility of significant warming expected to result from the greenhouse effect. Egypt appears to be particularly vulnerable to climate change because of its dependence on the Nile as its primary water source, its large traditional ...
Contending Modes of Climate Change Knowledge
... 1970s and grew to political significance in the 1990s, especially in the United States, but also in many European countries, have had a major influence on the development of the skeptical, or residual position, both in relation to climate change, in particular, and environmental issues in general (H ...
... 1970s and grew to political significance in the 1990s, especially in the United States, but also in many European countries, have had a major influence on the development of the skeptical, or residual position, both in relation to climate change, in particular, and environmental issues in general (H ...
Biological and Ecological Dimensions of Global Environmental
... Global change research is also moving quickly towards better understanding of the nonlinear nature of the biosphere’s behavior. Systems at any level of organization often display surprising and unexpected changes in response to continuous or sudden changes in the environment. Questions such as: Will ...
... Global change research is also moving quickly towards better understanding of the nonlinear nature of the biosphere’s behavior. Systems at any level of organization often display surprising and unexpected changes in response to continuous or sudden changes in the environment. Questions such as: Will ...
Sand lizard (Lacerta agilis) phenology in a warming world
... In this study we use a large 15-year individual-based data set on an ectotherm model, the Swedish sand lizard (Lacerta agilis; Linnaeus, 1758), to examine how yearto-year variation in spring temperature affects phenology in a high latitude population of lizards, located on the northern border of its ...
... In this study we use a large 15-year individual-based data set on an ectotherm model, the Swedish sand lizard (Lacerta agilis; Linnaeus, 1758), to examine how yearto-year variation in spring temperature affects phenology in a high latitude population of lizards, located on the northern border of its ...
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... resources in Africa could not be glossed over; be they over water, shrinking grazing land or the inequitable distribution of oil.” L.K. Christian, Representative of Ghana, UN Security Council debate on Energy and Climate Change, 17th April ...
... resources in Africa could not be glossed over; be they over water, shrinking grazing land or the inequitable distribution of oil.” L.K. Christian, Representative of Ghana, UN Security Council debate on Energy and Climate Change, 17th April ...
Global food security under climate change
... *Global Perspective Studies Unit, Food and Agriculture Organization, 00100 Rome, Italy; ‡Center for Climate Systems Research, Columbia University, New York, NY 10025; and §Land Use Change Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria ...
... *Global Perspective Studies Unit, Food and Agriculture Organization, 00100 Rome, Italy; ‡Center for Climate Systems Research, Columbia University, New York, NY 10025; and §Land Use Change Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria ...
Climate Change in the American Mind: October 2014
... Two in three (66%) Americans think global warming is happening, up 3 points since November 2013. By contrast, only about one in six Americans (16%) thinks global warming is not happening, down 7 points since November 2013. Majorities of Americans across age, sex, and education levels think global wa ...
... Two in three (66%) Americans think global warming is happening, up 3 points since November 2013. By contrast, only about one in six Americans (16%) thinks global warming is not happening, down 7 points since November 2013. Majorities of Americans across age, sex, and education levels think global wa ...
Climate Change and Agricultural Production
... started. Annual losses in barley, maize, and wheat output due to global warming since 1981 amount to 40 million tons (or US$5 billion as of 2002),6 although these were offset by yield gains due to crop breeding and other agro-technology advances. It appears that high seasonal temperatures, beyond w ...
... started. Annual losses in barley, maize, and wheat output due to global warming since 1981 amount to 40 million tons (or US$5 billion as of 2002),6 although these were offset by yield gains due to crop breeding and other agro-technology advances. It appears that high seasonal temperatures, beyond w ...
Earth`s Climate System
... regions. Climate regions are differentiated on the basis of monthly temperatures, monthly precipitation, and precipitation values (Fig. 2). Archeological, historical and geologic records indicate that Earth has a complex, changing climate history. These climate records give indirect evidence of past ...
... regions. Climate regions are differentiated on the basis of monthly temperatures, monthly precipitation, and precipitation values (Fig. 2). Archeological, historical and geologic records indicate that Earth has a complex, changing climate history. These climate records give indirect evidence of past ...
Fairtrade and the carbon market
... These aim to make producers stronger by supporting them to carry out their own risk and opportunity assessments and providing climate change adaptation training. This involves communities and is based on local knowledge and expertise. Fairtrade International is currently developing climate change ad ...
... These aim to make producers stronger by supporting them to carry out their own risk and opportunity assessments and providing climate change adaptation training. This involves communities and is based on local knowledge and expertise. Fairtrade International is currently developing climate change ad ...
Fairtrade and the carbon market
... These aim to make producers stronger by supporting them to carry out their own risk and opportunity assessments and providing climate change adaptation training. This involves communities and is based on local knowledge and expertise. Fairtrade International is currently developing climate change ad ...
... These aim to make producers stronger by supporting them to carry out their own risk and opportunity assessments and providing climate change adaptation training. This involves communities and is based on local knowledge and expertise. Fairtrade International is currently developing climate change ad ...
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... This paper addresses a question that is often in the back of people’s minds when, in the wealthy countries, there is discussion about climate change. This question, which is more often dodged than addressed, is: will we in the rich countries need to rearrange our lives so as to make do with signific ...
... This paper addresses a question that is often in the back of people’s minds when, in the wealthy countries, there is discussion about climate change. This question, which is more often dodged than addressed, is: will we in the rich countries need to rearrange our lives so as to make do with signific ...
History of climate modeling
... one-dimensionally, by latitude bands or ‘zones’ (as in Arrhenius’ 1896 model). EBMs can also be twodimensional, with both zonal and longitudinal or ‘meridional’ energy flows. A second type of mathematical climate model, the radiative–convective model, focuses on vertical transfers of energy in the a ...
... one-dimensionally, by latitude bands or ‘zones’ (as in Arrhenius’ 1896 model). EBMs can also be twodimensional, with both zonal and longitudinal or ‘meridional’ energy flows. A second type of mathematical climate model, the radiative–convective model, focuses on vertical transfers of energy in the a ...
Bringing in Irrigation
... get less variability than under same irrigation % and no climate change) – Other study: one from Swiss corn (Finger et al 2011, ClimChng) ...
... get less variability than under same irrigation % and no climate change) – Other study: one from Swiss corn (Finger et al 2011, ClimChng) ...
Advent Light
... There are multiple mitigation pathways that are likely to limit warming to below 2°C relative to pre-industrial levels. These pathways would require substantial emissions reductions over the next few decades and near zero emissions of carbon dioxide and other long-lived greenhouse gases by the end o ...
... There are multiple mitigation pathways that are likely to limit warming to below 2°C relative to pre-industrial levels. These pathways would require substantial emissions reductions over the next few decades and near zero emissions of carbon dioxide and other long-lived greenhouse gases by the end o ...
Investigating climate change vulnerability and planning for adaptation
... In terms of immediate priorities for conservation programming, the groups stressed the likely importance of indirect climate impacts upon people within reserveadjacent agricultural lands as a threat likely to surpass direct climate impacts on the mountain gorilla and its habitat. There is an urgent ...
... In terms of immediate priorities for conservation programming, the groups stressed the likely importance of indirect climate impacts upon people within reserveadjacent agricultural lands as a threat likely to surpass direct climate impacts on the mountain gorilla and its habitat. There is an urgent ...
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... IPCC-Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – Greenhouse gas concentrations continue to rise (warming). – Anthropogenic aerosols tend to produce negative radiative forcing (cooling) “The balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate” (IPCC) 1997 "There is new and ...
... IPCC-Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – Greenhouse gas concentrations continue to rise (warming). – Anthropogenic aerosols tend to produce negative radiative forcing (cooling) “The balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate” (IPCC) 1997 "There is new and ...