Integrating Climate Change into Northeast and Midwest State
... the amount of total precipitation (rain and snow) are less certain. Severe weather events (e.g., thunderstorms, tornadoes) are challenging to detect. Soil moisture and evapotranspiration trends are neither robustly observed nor consistent amongst modeling studies. ...
... the amount of total precipitation (rain and snow) are less certain. Severe weather events (e.g., thunderstorms, tornadoes) are challenging to detect. Soil moisture and evapotranspiration trends are neither robustly observed nor consistent amongst modeling studies. ...
Application of Self-Organizing-Maps Technique in Downscaling
... by comparatively low-resolution GCMs. The technique involves developing quantitative relationship between large-scale climate variables (“predictors”) and local surface variables (“predictands”). As long as significant statistical relationships occur, empirical downscaling can yield regional informa ...
... by comparatively low-resolution GCMs. The technique involves developing quantitative relationship between large-scale climate variables (“predictors”) and local surface variables (“predictands”). As long as significant statistical relationships occur, empirical downscaling can yield regional informa ...
Climate risk management workshop - background notes
... and prevent some of the worst humanitarian consequences that they are projected to give rise to” says Mr Rajendra Pachauri, the Chairman of the IPCC “Extreme events are one of the direct consequences of climate change, with severe economic repercussions. There’s new and relevant scientific literatur ...
... and prevent some of the worst humanitarian consequences that they are projected to give rise to” says Mr Rajendra Pachauri, the Chairman of the IPCC “Extreme events are one of the direct consequences of climate change, with severe economic repercussions. There’s new and relevant scientific literatur ...
Di Gregorio et al 2016 - Centre for Climate Change Economics and
... ecology, sociology, politics, planning, economics and management. Our specialist areas are: sustainable development and environmental change; environmental policy, planning and governance; ecological and environmental economics; business, environment and corporate responsibility; sustainable product ...
... ecology, sociology, politics, planning, economics and management. Our specialist areas are: sustainable development and environmental change; environmental policy, planning and governance; ecological and environmental economics; business, environment and corporate responsibility; sustainable product ...
Europe
... Climate change will increase the likelihood of systemic failures across European countries caused by extreme climate events affecting multiple sectors (medium confidence). {23.2.2.3, 23.2.3, 23.3-6, 23.9.1} Extreme weather events currently have significant impacts in Europe in multiple economic sect ...
... Climate change will increase the likelihood of systemic failures across European countries caused by extreme climate events affecting multiple sectors (medium confidence). {23.2.2.3, 23.2.3, 23.3-6, 23.9.1} Extreme weather events currently have significant impacts in Europe in multiple economic sect ...
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... for responding to local weather variability. Corn farmers in the Corn Belt push back planting dates in response to a wet spring, for example, and may switch to soybean production if persistent wet weather delays corn planting excessively. During extremely dry periods, farmers in the Plains States ma ...
... for responding to local weather variability. Corn farmers in the Corn Belt push back planting dates in response to a wet spring, for example, and may switch to soybean production if persistent wet weather delays corn planting excessively. During extremely dry periods, farmers in the Plains States ma ...
Climate Vulnerability in Asia`s High Mountains
... outburst floods (GLOFs). GLOFs have become more common in the region in the past few decades, as shrinking glaciers shed their water into lakes (Stone, 2009; Ives et al., 2010; ICIMOD, 2011). These lakes are typically dammed by weakly bound sediment deposits and moraines, which can breach during ava ...
... outburst floods (GLOFs). GLOFs have become more common in the region in the past few decades, as shrinking glaciers shed their water into lakes (Stone, 2009; Ives et al., 2010; ICIMOD, 2011). These lakes are typically dammed by weakly bound sediment deposits and moraines, which can breach during ava ...
2. coral reefs and climate change: susceptibility and consequences
... algae, however there are vast areas of deep-sea corals that live at great depths in dark, cold waters. These vast and complex ecosystems were largely unknown until very recently, but there are serious concerns that global climate change will result in major damage, especially through increasing conc ...
... algae, however there are vast areas of deep-sea corals that live at great depths in dark, cold waters. These vast and complex ecosystems were largely unknown until very recently, but there are serious concerns that global climate change will result in major damage, especially through increasing conc ...
Climate Vulnerability in Asia`s High Mountains
... outburst floods (GLOFs). GLOFs have become more common in the region in the past few decades, as shrinking glaciers shed their water into lakes (Stone, 2009; Ives et al., 2010; ICIMOD, 2011). These lakes are typically dammed by weakly bound sediment deposits and moraines, which can breach during ava ...
... outburst floods (GLOFs). GLOFs have become more common in the region in the past few decades, as shrinking glaciers shed their water into lakes (Stone, 2009; Ives et al., 2010; ICIMOD, 2011). These lakes are typically dammed by weakly bound sediment deposits and moraines, which can breach during ava ...
Hope in an Era of Climate Change Roadless Areas in
... Fortunately, our nation has shown foresight and wisdom by protecting some of our most intact forests. Enactment of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule was one of the most important forest conservation steps in a century. This landmark policy was put in place to protect nearly 60 million acres o ...
... Fortunately, our nation has shown foresight and wisdom by protecting some of our most intact forests. Enactment of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule was one of the most important forest conservation steps in a century. This landmark policy was put in place to protect nearly 60 million acres o ...
National Climate Response Strategy
... Kenya takes no action to reduce or minimise expected impacts of current and future climate change, the costs of potential damage to the economy could be enormous. A recent study has estimated that the direct costs of climate change damage in Kenya will potentially amount to between one and two billi ...
... Kenya takes no action to reduce or minimise expected impacts of current and future climate change, the costs of potential damage to the economy could be enormous. A recent study has estimated that the direct costs of climate change damage in Kenya will potentially amount to between one and two billi ...
Climate Change, Multiple Stressors, and the Decline of Ectotherms Contributed Paper
... evidence that climatic conditions associated with declines have exceeded critical (i.e., acutely lethal) maxima or minima, and most relevant studies are correlative, anecdotal, or short-term (hours). We conducted an 11-week factorial experiment to examine the effects of temperature (22 ◦ C or 27 ◦ C ...
... evidence that climatic conditions associated with declines have exceeded critical (i.e., acutely lethal) maxima or minima, and most relevant studies are correlative, anecdotal, or short-term (hours). We conducted an 11-week factorial experiment to examine the effects of temperature (22 ◦ C or 27 ◦ C ...
Greenland Ice Core Records and Rapid Climate Change Author(s
... The GRIP and GISP2 ice cores were drilled at or close to Summit, in central Greenland, in the early 1990s. The surface elevation at these sites is about 3200 m and the ice is over 3000 m thick. The GRIP core site is at the modern ice divide, whereas the GISP2 site is 28 km to the west. Optimal ice c ...
... The GRIP and GISP2 ice cores were drilled at or close to Summit, in central Greenland, in the early 1990s. The surface elevation at these sites is about 3200 m and the ice is over 3000 m thick. The GRIP core site is at the modern ice divide, whereas the GISP2 site is 28 km to the west. Optimal ice c ...
Proceedings of the European Conference on Biodiversity and
... 13 April 2011 in Bonn, Germany. The conference presented the wide range of research questions and challenges with which climate change is confronting European nature conservation. The aim of the conference was to share knowledge and experiences in the field of biodiversity and climate change among E ...
... 13 April 2011 in Bonn, Germany. The conference presented the wide range of research questions and challenges with which climate change is confronting European nature conservation. The aim of the conference was to share knowledge and experiences in the field of biodiversity and climate change among E ...
The sensitivity of mountain snowpack accumulation to climate warming
... synthesis of extensive station observations with hundreds of years of model integrations (Pierce et al. 2008). Other research in the western United States has focused on making projections of snowpack for the coming century by using global climate models (GCMs) to force comprehensive regional models ...
... synthesis of extensive station observations with hundreds of years of model integrations (Pierce et al. 2008). Other research in the western United States has focused on making projections of snowpack for the coming century by using global climate models (GCMs) to force comprehensive regional models ...
Integrating Mitigation and Adaptation in Climate and Land Use
... and Policy (CCCEP). Leandra holds a PhD in Sustainable Development on smallholders perceptions about environmental change in the Brazilian Amazon. Her main interests include research on environmental change, climate change mitigation and adaptation, natural resource management and governance. She is ...
... and Policy (CCCEP). Leandra holds a PhD in Sustainable Development on smallholders perceptions about environmental change in the Brazilian Amazon. Her main interests include research on environmental change, climate change mitigation and adaptation, natural resource management and governance. She is ...
Climate Change Adaptation and Sustainable Design at the Port
... tunnel, port, airport, PATH, and associated buildings and facilities – because of the different effects of climate change impacts and potential risk management techniques associated with each. The report organizes each technique within one of three broad adaptation strategies: protect, accommodate, ...
... tunnel, port, airport, PATH, and associated buildings and facilities – because of the different effects of climate change impacts and potential risk management techniques associated with each. The report organizes each technique within one of three broad adaptation strategies: protect, accommodate, ...
Primer on Hydrofluorocarbons
... alternatives would have the lowest overall impact on global warming.44 The most comprehensive way to evaluate the climate impact of any proposed refrigerant is to use Life Cycle Climate Performance (LCCP) methodology to calculate “cradle-to-grave” climate emissions for a particular refrigerant and a ...
... alternatives would have the lowest overall impact on global warming.44 The most comprehensive way to evaluate the climate impact of any proposed refrigerant is to use Life Cycle Climate Performance (LCCP) methodology to calculate “cradle-to-grave” climate emissions for a particular refrigerant and a ...
Target Atmospheric CO : Where Should Humanity Aim?
... lose its ice sheets. This long-term climate sensitivity is relevant to GHGs that remain airborne for centuries-to-millennia. The humancaused atmospheric GHG increase will decline slowly if anthropogenic emissions from fossil fuel burning decrease enough, as we illustrate below using a simplified car ...
... lose its ice sheets. This long-term climate sensitivity is relevant to GHGs that remain airborne for centuries-to-millennia. The humancaused atmospheric GHG increase will decline slowly if anthropogenic emissions from fossil fuel burning decrease enough, as we illustrate below using a simplified car ...
city of santa cruz city climate change vulnerability assessment
... greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, or perhaps more importantly because it would actually take attention away from mitigation by implying that the country can simply adapt to future changes. In addition, the topic of climate change and the discussion of options for responding have become much more hi ...
... greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, or perhaps more importantly because it would actually take attention away from mitigation by implying that the country can simply adapt to future changes. In addition, the topic of climate change and the discussion of options for responding have become much more hi ...
Climate finance in the Pacific: An overview of flows to the region`s
... also helps build resilience to climate change, and in disaster risk reduction. External finance is thus critical to the Pacific Islands as a way to supplement governments’ own expenditures through the national budget process, and it is expected to remain so. However, there is very little synthesized ...
... also helps build resilience to climate change, and in disaster risk reduction. External finance is thus critical to the Pacific Islands as a way to supplement governments’ own expenditures through the national budget process, and it is expected to remain so. However, there is very little synthesized ...
Port of Manzanillo: Climate Risk Management
... Even if emissions of greenhouse gases are reduced dramatically, the world faces inevitable future changes. If the risks are not addressed, the implications of climate variability and change for ports and their stakeholders could be significant. ‘Adaptation’ is the general term used to describe the r ...
... Even if emissions of greenhouse gases are reduced dramatically, the world faces inevitable future changes. If the risks are not addressed, the implications of climate variability and change for ports and their stakeholders could be significant. ‘Adaptation’ is the general term used to describe the r ...
Climate Change Report (2016)
... important but is difficult to predict. Higher temperatures will favor an increase in C4 over C3 grasses, but higher CO2 concentrations will reduce plant sensitivity to aridity and favor C3 grasses and forbs ...
... important but is difficult to predict. Higher temperatures will favor an increase in C4 over C3 grasses, but higher CO2 concentrations will reduce plant sensitivity to aridity and favor C3 grasses and forbs ...
a study commissioned by Sitra
... a forward-looking analysis of the companies within the index. This illustrates a more holistic picture of the extent to which companies in the index incorporate risks and opportunities associated with climate change in their business operations. ...
... a forward-looking analysis of the companies within the index. This illustrates a more holistic picture of the extent to which companies in the index incorporate risks and opportunities associated with climate change in their business operations. ...
Global Warming and Science
... Beck, Ernst-Georg, 2007: 180 Years of Atmospheric CO2 Gas Analyses by Chemical Methods, Energy and Environment, Vol. 18, No. 2 2007. Friis-Christensen, E. and K. Lassen, 1991: Length of the Solar Cycle - an indicator of solar activity closely associated with climate, Science, New Series, Vol. 254, ...
... Beck, Ernst-Georg, 2007: 180 Years of Atmospheric CO2 Gas Analyses by Chemical Methods, Energy and Environment, Vol. 18, No. 2 2007. Friis-Christensen, E. and K. Lassen, 1991: Length of the Solar Cycle - an indicator of solar activity closely associated with climate, Science, New Series, Vol. 254, ...