Mechanisms of elevation-dependent warming over the Tibetan
... and Wu 2006). At the same time, the TP is sensitive and vulnerable to climatic change (Messerli and Ives 1997); as a result, trends observed in its climate can be seen as an early warning signal of global change. During recent decades, the TP has experienced more rapid warming than its vicinity (Kan ...
... and Wu 2006). At the same time, the TP is sensitive and vulnerable to climatic change (Messerli and Ives 1997); as a result, trends observed in its climate can be seen as an early warning signal of global change. During recent decades, the TP has experienced more rapid warming than its vicinity (Kan ...
Convenient Solutions to an Inconvenient Truth
... This report was prepared by a team led by Kathy MacKinnon (TTL), assisted by Valerie Hickey and Junu Shrestha (Biodiversity Team, ENV) with substantial material on adaptation in LAC from Walter Vergara, and contributions from Marjory‐Anne Bromhead, Christophe Crepin, Karsten Ferrugiel and Gayatr ...
... This report was prepared by a team led by Kathy MacKinnon (TTL), assisted by Valerie Hickey and Junu Shrestha (Biodiversity Team, ENV) with substantial material on adaptation in LAC from Walter Vergara, and contributions from Marjory‐Anne Bromhead, Christophe Crepin, Karsten Ferrugiel and Gayatr ...
Integrated assessment of global water scarcity over the 21st
... compared to a baseline scenario (i.e. no climate change mitigation policy) with radia−2 tive forcing reaching 8.8 W m (equivalent to the SRES A1Fi emission scenario) by 2095. When compared to the baseline scenario and maintaining the same baseline socioeconomic assumptions, water scarcity declines u ...
... compared to a baseline scenario (i.e. no climate change mitigation policy) with radia−2 tive forcing reaching 8.8 W m (equivalent to the SRES A1Fi emission scenario) by 2095. When compared to the baseline scenario and maintaining the same baseline socioeconomic assumptions, water scarcity declines u ...
Australia`s future emissions reduction targets
... The Authority's recommendations in this report, as in its earlier reports, are founded on the comprehensive scientific evidence that human activities are the major contributor to global warming. Burning fossil fuels, many industrial processes, and land clearing activities (among others) produce gree ...
... The Authority's recommendations in this report, as in its earlier reports, are founded on the comprehensive scientific evidence that human activities are the major contributor to global warming. Burning fossil fuels, many industrial processes, and land clearing activities (among others) produce gree ...
Linking Climate Change and Fish Conservation Efforts Using
... Habitat potential for Bull Trout is determined by stream size, temperature, flow regime, and channel gradient. We assumed that nonnative Brook Trout would interact competitively with juvenile Bull Trout, and the strength of that interaction might vary with climate (Rieman et al. 2006; McMahon et al. ...
... Habitat potential for Bull Trout is determined by stream size, temperature, flow regime, and channel gradient. We assumed that nonnative Brook Trout would interact competitively with juvenile Bull Trout, and the strength of that interaction might vary with climate (Rieman et al. 2006; McMahon et al. ...
PRECIS – The Hadley Centre Regional Climate Modelling system
... PRECIS will be supplied on two DVD-ROMs. These DVD-ROMs will include: • Executables and source of the PRECIS RCM and control code; • Three years of data for RCM boundary conditions; • Software to set up, control and monitor the PRECIS RCM; • Software to automatically archive data produced by PRECIS; ...
... PRECIS will be supplied on two DVD-ROMs. These DVD-ROMs will include: • Executables and source of the PRECIS RCM and control code; • Three years of data for RCM boundary conditions; • Software to set up, control and monitor the PRECIS RCM; • Software to automatically archive data produced by PRECIS; ...
Climate Change Risk Assessment for the Australian Indian Ocean
... are potentially flooded during a one in 10 year event, three areas during a 100 year event and seven areas during a 1000 year event. In the future it is projected that the number of areas inundated on Home and West Islands are likely to increase quite dramatically with: Five out of 20 areas potentia ...
... are potentially flooded during a one in 10 year event, three areas during a 100 year event and seven areas during a 1000 year event. In the future it is projected that the number of areas inundated on Home and West Islands are likely to increase quite dramatically with: Five out of 20 areas potentia ...
Children and Climate Change
... Children are largely left out of discussions about appropriate responses to climate change, but they ought to be central to these debates because they—as well as future generations—have a much larger stake in the outcome than we do. Compared with adults, children are physically more vulnerable to th ...
... Children are largely left out of discussions about appropriate responses to climate change, but they ought to be central to these debates because they—as well as future generations—have a much larger stake in the outcome than we do. Compared with adults, children are physically more vulnerable to th ...
Climate Change and Coastal Human Settlements
... various adaptation strategies. The aim is to assist Caribbean territories in developing the strategies and capacity needed to deal with the potential impact of severe weather events that are anticipated to occur with increased frequency and intensity as a result of climate change. Some of the key an ...
... various adaptation strategies. The aim is to assist Caribbean territories in developing the strategies and capacity needed to deal with the potential impact of severe weather events that are anticipated to occur with increased frequency and intensity as a result of climate change. Some of the key an ...
Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
... throughout the world. Nearly half of all drinking water in the world1 and about 43% of all water effectively consumed in irrigation2 is sourced from groundwater. Groundwater is vital for sustaining many streams, lakes, wetlands, and other dependent ecosystems3. However, global groundwater resources ...
... throughout the world. Nearly half of all drinking water in the world1 and about 43% of all water effectively consumed in irrigation2 is sourced from groundwater. Groundwater is vital for sustaining many streams, lakes, wetlands, and other dependent ecosystems3. However, global groundwater resources ...
Vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in Europe - Clima-net
... region are particularly vulnerable. Although there are some positive effects, many impacts are adverse. Existing adaptive measures are concentrated in flood defence, so there is considerable scope for adaptation planning and implementation in other areas, such as public health, water resources and m ...
... region are particularly vulnerable. Although there are some positive effects, many impacts are adverse. Existing adaptive measures are concentrated in flood defence, so there is considerable scope for adaptation planning and implementation in other areas, such as public health, water resources and m ...
A Hybrid Approach to the Valuation of Climate Change
... goods and services, including provisioning, regulating and cultural services, human wellbeing and climate change. Second, climate change is operationalized by exploring the different storylines developed by the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and applied, downscaled, for each of the Eur ...
... goods and services, including provisioning, regulating and cultural services, human wellbeing and climate change. Second, climate change is operationalized by exploring the different storylines developed by the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and applied, downscaled, for each of the Eur ...
WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE Climate Change Act Now
... This list of examples doesn’t even include the private sector companies that are now actively engaging us in joint agroforestry research activities. Companies such as the Mars Corporation and Unilever. The list goes on. But the significant point is that these organizations are approaching us, and in ...
... This list of examples doesn’t even include the private sector companies that are now actively engaging us in joint agroforestry research activities. Companies such as the Mars Corporation and Unilever. The list goes on. But the significant point is that these organizations are approaching us, and in ...
the republic of kiribati
... UNHCR’s engagement on climate change stems from its concern about addressing gaps in the international protection regime affecting forcibly displaced persons. Climate change is already driving the migration and displacement of populations around the globe. Natural disasters, natural resource scarci ...
... UNHCR’s engagement on climate change stems from its concern about addressing gaps in the international protection regime affecting forcibly displaced persons. Climate change is already driving the migration and displacement of populations around the globe. Natural disasters, natural resource scarci ...
Warming up the region The impacts of climate change in the
... the Regional Development Agency, local authorities and their partners recognise that climate change is an important consideration for future development: “Climate change is another major challenge facing the region. The consequences seem to be beginning to manifest themselves through more frequent e ...
... the Regional Development Agency, local authorities and their partners recognise that climate change is an important consideration for future development: “Climate change is another major challenge facing the region. The consequences seem to be beginning to manifest themselves through more frequent e ...
Global Climate Change: National Security Implications
... 2007, the IPCC concluded that human activity has indeed increased global atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. It further concluded that “warming of the climate system is unequivocal,” and “most of the observed increase in globally averaged temperatures since the ...
... 2007, the IPCC concluded that human activity has indeed increased global atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. It further concluded that “warming of the climate system is unequivocal,” and “most of the observed increase in globally averaged temperatures since the ...
projected to rise another 3.5 to 9 F by as early as 2070
... Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) with reviewing the current understanding of climate change impacts on the tidal Chesapeake Bay and identifying critical knowledge gaps and research priorities. This report addresses that charge and provides the basis for incorporating climate change ...
... Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) with reviewing the current understanding of climate change impacts on the tidal Chesapeake Bay and identifying critical knowledge gaps and research priorities. This report addresses that charge and provides the basis for incorporating climate change ...
Marine Biodiversity and Resources
... significant effects on important coastal habitats, including wetland, mangrove, saltmarsh and seagrass ecosystems. Some of these changes have already been observed. The magnitude of the recent physical changes is greater than at any time during human civilization and, importantly, the rate of change ...
... significant effects on important coastal habitats, including wetland, mangrove, saltmarsh and seagrass ecosystems. Some of these changes have already been observed. The magnitude of the recent physical changes is greater than at any time during human civilization and, importantly, the rate of change ...
WHAT IS WRONG WITH STERN? Peter Lilley MP The Global Warming Policy Foundation
... costs of cutting emissions have begun to hit households and companies. Global warming seems to have paused in recent years. The ‘Climategate’ emails and IPCC scandals dented public confidence in scientists’ predictions that warming will resume. Political parties committed to costly climate policies ...
... costs of cutting emissions have begun to hit households and companies. Global warming seems to have paused in recent years. The ‘Climategate’ emails and IPCC scandals dented public confidence in scientists’ predictions that warming will resume. Political parties committed to costly climate policies ...
Climate Change Adaptation Plan
... Because many of the environmental outcomes that EPA is working to attain (e.g., clean air, safe drinking water) are sensitive to changes in weather and climate, these changes are posing new challenges to EPA’s ability to fulfill its mission of protecting human health and the ...
... Because many of the environmental outcomes that EPA is working to attain (e.g., clean air, safe drinking water) are sensitive to changes in weather and climate, these changes are posing new challenges to EPA’s ability to fulfill its mission of protecting human health and the ...
Coral Reef Habitat Response to Climate Change Scenarios
... 1 Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, United States of America, 2 National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America ...
... 1 Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, United States of America, 2 National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America ...
Health Effects of Climate Change in the UK, Department of Health
... UK to advise on the likely effects of climate change on health in the United Kingdom (UK). This report presents the Group’s findings.The available evidence has been examined and it has been concluded that climate change will have a significant effect on health in the UK. The various features of the ...
... UK to advise on the likely effects of climate change on health in the United Kingdom (UK). This report presents the Group’s findings.The available evidence has been examined and it has been concluded that climate change will have a significant effect on health in the UK. The various features of the ...
Assessing the climate impact of trends in stratospheric water vapor
... this region the same trend is applied although the observed trend may be more than twice this value [SPARC, 2000]. We do this because water vapor changes at pressures below 10 hPa have only a small effect on the radiative forcing. At pressures above 100 hPa the higher trend may be the result of ‘‘se ...
... this region the same trend is applied although the observed trend may be more than twice this value [SPARC, 2000]. We do this because water vapor changes at pressures below 10 hPa have only a small effect on the radiative forcing. At pressures above 100 hPa the higher trend may be the result of ‘‘se ...
Kvasi longitudinell undersøkelse av ungdomsskolelevers
... conclusion that “most of the observed warming over the last 50 years is likely [p>66%] to have been due to the increase in greenhouse gas concentrations”. The struggle against increasing greenhouse effect and global warming was not awarded a Nobel Prize until 2007, and then not in physics or chemist ...
... conclusion that “most of the observed warming over the last 50 years is likely [p>66%] to have been due to the increase in greenhouse gas concentrations”. The struggle against increasing greenhouse effect and global warming was not awarded a Nobel Prize until 2007, and then not in physics or chemist ...
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... The States of New York, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio, Vermont, and Washington (collectively, “the States”)1 submit these comments in response to the United States Department of Energy’s (“DOE’s”) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NOPR”) re ...
... The States of New York, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio, Vermont, and Washington (collectively, “the States”)1 submit these comments in response to the United States Department of Energy’s (“DOE’s”) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NOPR”) re ...