Cities and Climate Change: An Urgent Agenda
... technology that will allow them to grow without drastically increasing carbon emissions. Current financing for adaptation and mitigation is less than 5 percent of what will be needed annually by 2030. But innovations in financing should help fill the gap. Success hinges on changing behavior and sh ...
... technology that will allow them to grow without drastically increasing carbon emissions. Current financing for adaptation and mitigation is less than 5 percent of what will be needed annually by 2030. But innovations in financing should help fill the gap. Success hinges on changing behavior and sh ...
Atmospheric Recovery Litigation - University of Oregon School of Law
... emissions since the Industrial Revolution based on market share data and other evidence.18 The largest fossil fuel corporations have reaped, collectively, more than $1 trillion in profits since the millennium19 and therefore represent a significant deep-pocket funding source for atmospheric restorat ...
... emissions since the Industrial Revolution based on market share data and other evidence.18 The largest fossil fuel corporations have reaped, collectively, more than $1 trillion in profits since the millennium19 and therefore represent a significant deep-pocket funding source for atmospheric restorat ...
US CLIVAR Science Plan
... and to determine the additional observations that are needed to foster understanding of climate processes and variability. In addition, advanced models, assimilations, prediction, and verification techniques need to be established to enable predictions of climate variability and change with quantifi ...
... and to determine the additional observations that are needed to foster understanding of climate processes and variability. In addition, advanced models, assimilations, prediction, and verification techniques need to be established to enable predictions of climate variability and change with quantifi ...
Pacific Islands Meteorological Strategy 2012
... a Chair from an atoll country, the severe impacts of these and climate change provide more than enough motivation to ensure that our NMSs continue to grow in providing time critical and relevant data and information services to the public. The growth and sustenance of NMSs must be a priority for our ...
... a Chair from an atoll country, the severe impacts of these and climate change provide more than enough motivation to ensure that our NMSs continue to grow in providing time critical and relevant data and information services to the public. The growth and sustenance of NMSs must be a priority for our ...
ENSO and greenhouse warming
... The frequency of extreme La Niña is also expected to increase in response to more extreme El Niños, an accelerated maritime continent warming and surface-intensified ocean warming. ENSO-related catastrophic weather events are thus likely to occur more frequently with unabated greenhouse-gas emission ...
... The frequency of extreme La Niña is also expected to increase in response to more extreme El Niños, an accelerated maritime continent warming and surface-intensified ocean warming. ENSO-related catastrophic weather events are thus likely to occur more frequently with unabated greenhouse-gas emission ...
IFinland`s National Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change
... The FINSKEN project (1999 to 2002) was part of the Finnish Global Change Research Programme (FIGARE) carried out by the Academy of Finland. The FINSKEN project produced consistent global change scenarios for Finland up to the year 2100 concerning issues such as atmospheric composition, acid fallout, ...
... The FINSKEN project (1999 to 2002) was part of the Finnish Global Change Research Programme (FIGARE) carried out by the Academy of Finland. The FINSKEN project produced consistent global change scenarios for Finland up to the year 2100 concerning issues such as atmospheric composition, acid fallout, ...
UNDP-GEF Adaptation
... Adaptation funds cover the additional costs necessary for countries to achieve development goals in the face of climate change. Sliding scale can be used. SCCF: Does not need to address GEBs, focus on longer term measures and planning LCDF: Does not need to address GEBs, open to LDCs only, driven by ...
... Adaptation funds cover the additional costs necessary for countries to achieve development goals in the face of climate change. Sliding scale can be used. SCCF: Does not need to address GEBs, focus on longer term measures and planning LCDF: Does not need to address GEBs, open to LDCs only, driven by ...
Links between early Holocene ice-sheet decay
... Lake Agassiz may have been larger than believed and/or a significant LIS contribution must be added; for example, due to rapid ice-sheet saddle collapse32. We note, however, that reconstructions of the LIS sea-level contribution7 (Fig. 2g) have inferred relatively low rates around this time window. ...
... Lake Agassiz may have been larger than believed and/or a significant LIS contribution must be added; for example, due to rapid ice-sheet saddle collapse32. We note, however, that reconstructions of the LIS sea-level contribution7 (Fig. 2g) have inferred relatively low rates around this time window. ...
- Wiley Online Library
... Fig. 2 Observed trends and future projections of climate on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. (a) Observed mean annual temperature (derived from observed temperature data of meteorological stations of Meteorological Bureau of China) variations between 1960 and 2010 across the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, exp ...
... Fig. 2 Observed trends and future projections of climate on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. (a) Observed mean annual temperature (derived from observed temperature data of meteorological stations of Meteorological Bureau of China) variations between 1960 and 2010 across the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, exp ...
Synthesis of Climate Change and Transportation Research Efforts at
... research conducted since 2005. The literature review focused primarily on ground transportation research. Research initiatives were categorized by the mitigation and adaptation topics they addressed--defined in sections 2.1 and 3.1 of this report. In addition to the mitigation and adaptation topics ...
... research conducted since 2005. The literature review focused primarily on ground transportation research. Research initiatives were categorized by the mitigation and adaptation topics they addressed--defined in sections 2.1 and 3.1 of this report. In addition to the mitigation and adaptation topics ...
A hydrogeologic framework for characterizing summer streamflow
... This exchange has been excluded from our approach because physically accounting for groundwater gain and loss in this conceptual sensitivity framework with little or no data would undermine its simplicity. This introduces some error in some landscapes, notably those with large groundwater systems in ...
... This exchange has been excluded from our approach because physically accounting for groundwater gain and loss in this conceptual sensitivity framework with little or no data would undermine its simplicity. This introduces some error in some landscapes, notably those with large groundwater systems in ...
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... wheat). In the climatology sphere, there have been research that uses stochastic weather generators to obtain climate scenarios, then, use crop bio-physical models to simulate climatedriven weather changes effects on crop yields (examples include Mearns et al., 1992, 1996, 1997; Peiris et al., 1996; ...
... wheat). In the climatology sphere, there have been research that uses stochastic weather generators to obtain climate scenarios, then, use crop bio-physical models to simulate climatedriven weather changes effects on crop yields (examples include Mearns et al., 1992, 1996, 1997; Peiris et al., 1996; ...
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... and Korea, often building upon business models that have been applied successfully in developing countries such as Bangladesh. There may therefore also be some potential to harness microfinance to promote adaptation among vulnerable populations within OECD countries as well. Core elements of microfi ...
... and Korea, often building upon business models that have been applied successfully in developing countries such as Bangladesh. There may therefore also be some potential to harness microfinance to promote adaptation among vulnerable populations within OECD countries as well. Core elements of microfi ...
Coastal ecosystems
... For each of these climates four ecosystem types are defined: freshwater, estuarine, coastal interface and marine. These are the ecosystems that are, or will be, affected by climate change impacts in the coastal zone. Freshwater ecosystems are included to the extent that they influence coastal ecosys ...
... For each of these climates four ecosystem types are defined: freshwater, estuarine, coastal interface and marine. These are the ecosystems that are, or will be, affected by climate change impacts in the coastal zone. Freshwater ecosystems are included to the extent that they influence coastal ecosys ...
Holocene climate and environmental change in north
... chironomids and selected geochemical parameters were analysed and the sediment record was dated with radiocarbon. The study shows Holocene changes in the terrestrial vegetation as well as responses of the lake ecosystem to catchment maturity and multiple stressors, such as climate change and volcani ...
... chironomids and selected geochemical parameters were analysed and the sediment record was dated with radiocarbon. The study shows Holocene changes in the terrestrial vegetation as well as responses of the lake ecosystem to catchment maturity and multiple stressors, such as climate change and volcani ...
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... Adaptation to many of the impacts from climate change can be achieved within traditional urban policies, like those connected to risk prevention in relation to extreme events, as well as to physical planning principles, which can mitigate negative impacts from sea level rise, flood risk, and urban h ...
... Adaptation to many of the impacts from climate change can be achieved within traditional urban policies, like those connected to risk prevention in relation to extreme events, as well as to physical planning principles, which can mitigate negative impacts from sea level rise, flood risk, and urban h ...
Toronto`s Future Weather and Climate Driver Study
... of 20% (although there is significant uncertainty in this maximum value) with winter precipitation possibly exceeding 130% of present day values (Christensen et al., 2007). However, there is currently only poor agreement, among the results obtained from various standard climate models, in the projec ...
... of 20% (although there is significant uncertainty in this maximum value) with winter precipitation possibly exceeding 130% of present day values (Christensen et al., 2007). However, there is currently only poor agreement, among the results obtained from various standard climate models, in the projec ...
Progress in Oceanography
... only) have shown that natural rather than anthropogenic factors are responsible. Based on our model results, we can not attribute the simulated freshening to anthropogenic climate change. Crown Copyright 2007 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. ...
... only) have shown that natural rather than anthropogenic factors are responsible. Based on our model results, we can not attribute the simulated freshening to anthropogenic climate change. Crown Copyright 2007 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. ...
Future Climate Change, Sea-level riSe, and OCean aCidiFiCatiOn
... The culture, subsistence, and welfare of tropical Pacific Island Nation people are all in some way tied to their proximate fishery resources. Many of these fisheries are already under considerable stress and duress due to human practices such as overfishing, pollution and runoff, habitat destruction ...
... The culture, subsistence, and welfare of tropical Pacific Island Nation people are all in some way tied to their proximate fishery resources. Many of these fisheries are already under considerable stress and duress due to human practices such as overfishing, pollution and runoff, habitat destruction ...
City of Long Beach Climate Resiliency Assessment Report
... Numerous diagnostic and forecasting tools are currently being developed for Los Angeles County to better understand the current and future risks facing the LA area as the result of climate change. Many of these tools are quite robust, based on the latest scientific research, and use models that have ...
... Numerous diagnostic and forecasting tools are currently being developed for Los Angeles County to better understand the current and future risks facing the LA area as the result of climate change. Many of these tools are quite robust, based on the latest scientific research, and use models that have ...
Tree Species Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change
... Table 1. Summary of the most common effects of increased CO2 or temperature on physiological responses of tree species. ............................................................................................... 19 Table 2. Summary of physiological responses to climate change for Canadian tree ...
... Table 1. Summary of the most common effects of increased CO2 or temperature on physiological responses of tree species. ............................................................................................... 19 Table 2. Summary of physiological responses to climate change for Canadian tree ...
Master Thesis - Erasmus University Thesis Repository
... to be comprehensible. Like any other dimension of reality, science is reconstructed and not merely mirrored in the media. Depictions of the world in the media result from a series of choices such as whether an issue will make the news, what highlight it will be given, and who is going to speak for i ...
... to be comprehensible. Like any other dimension of reality, science is reconstructed and not merely mirrored in the media. Depictions of the world in the media result from a series of choices such as whether an issue will make the news, what highlight it will be given, and who is going to speak for i ...
FINAL 2014 2015 Annual Progress Report
... The Cooperative Institute for Climate Science (CICS) was established in 2003 to foster research collaboration between Princeton University and the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The mission of CICS is to focus the cor ...
... The Cooperative Institute for Climate Science (CICS) was established in 2003 to foster research collaboration between Princeton University and the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The mission of CICS is to focus the cor ...
The impact of climate change on dairy production
... sector. These opportunities have been identified as key potential contributors to growth in the wider economy in the ROI Food Wise 2025 report (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine [DAFM], 2015b), and in NI in the Going for Growth report (Agri-Food Strategy Board, 2013). The dairy sector i ...
... sector. These opportunities have been identified as key potential contributors to growth in the wider economy in the ROI Food Wise 2025 report (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine [DAFM], 2015b), and in NI in the Going for Growth report (Agri-Food Strategy Board, 2013). The dairy sector i ...