High-impact Sectors: the Challenge of Reporting on Climate Change
... As we approach the COP15 climate summit in Copenhagen, we do well to consider that, while governments spend months and years on climate negotiations, it is companies who are ‘the elephant in the room’. They are the silent force – and a significant force they are: of the hundred largest economies in ...
... As we approach the COP15 climate summit in Copenhagen, we do well to consider that, while governments spend months and years on climate negotiations, it is companies who are ‘the elephant in the room’. They are the silent force – and a significant force they are: of the hundred largest economies in ...
SANBI - Parliamentary Monitoring Group
... LEDET has supported the transfer of the management of the Thohoyandou Botanical Garden to SANBI, and LEDET has agreed to retain and remunerate their employees currently working in the Garden. Awaiting formal approval from the Limpopo Executive Council. ...
... LEDET has supported the transfer of the management of the Thohoyandou Botanical Garden to SANBI, and LEDET has agreed to retain and remunerate their employees currently working in the Garden. Awaiting formal approval from the Limpopo Executive Council. ...
How Can African Agriculture Adapt to Climate Change?
... We have access to a unique database on Ethiopian agriculture to answer our research questions. One of the survey instruments was specifically designed to investigate farmers’ climate change perception and adaptation. Specifically, farmers were asked what adjustments they made in response to long-te ...
... We have access to a unique database on Ethiopian agriculture to answer our research questions. One of the survey instruments was specifically designed to investigate farmers’ climate change perception and adaptation. Specifically, farmers were asked what adjustments they made in response to long-te ...
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... description of the different types of methodology that were used to conduct the interviews and form the adaptive capacity wheels for each sector. Chapter 3 gives general background information that is of relevance for an analysis of both the hydroelectric and drinking water systems in the Vancouver ...
... description of the different types of methodology that were used to conduct the interviews and form the adaptive capacity wheels for each sector. Chapter 3 gives general background information that is of relevance for an analysis of both the hydroelectric and drinking water systems in the Vancouver ...
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... Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) have recently reemerged as leading grain exporters; their share in the global grain exports rose from 1 percent in 1991 to 18 percent in 2013 (Liefert et al., 2013; FAOSTAT 2013). Understanding impacts of climate change on the future productivity of this region is e ...
... Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) have recently reemerged as leading grain exporters; their share in the global grain exports rose from 1 percent in 1991 to 18 percent in 2013 (Liefert et al., 2013; FAOSTAT 2013). Understanding impacts of climate change on the future productivity of this region is e ...
Divest DU Report - University of Denver
... We are proud of the students at the University of Denver who have invested their time, their effort and their intellectual energy to the issue of fossil fuel divestment. Through their efforts they demonstrate their commitment to ideals, their willingness to engage with complex social and economic is ...
... We are proud of the students at the University of Denver who have invested their time, their effort and their intellectual energy to the issue of fossil fuel divestment. Through their efforts they demonstrate their commitment to ideals, their willingness to engage with complex social and economic is ...
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... to reduce. The methods can be seen as stepped analyses, where as the modeling begins to be complex, the detail and data requirements also do, beginning at the global scale down to small basin scale. Medellin-Azuara et al. [11] used downscaled hydrologic data in customized modeling scheme to assess t ...
... to reduce. The methods can be seen as stepped analyses, where as the modeling begins to be complex, the detail and data requirements also do, beginning at the global scale down to small basin scale. Medellin-Azuara et al. [11] used downscaled hydrologic data in customized modeling scheme to assess t ...
Riparian Ecosystems in the 21st Century: Hotspots for Climate
... Climate change has had, and increasingly will have, a significant influence on the world’s natural ecosystems, their species, and the functions, goods and services that they provide (Hulme 2005). For some highly vulnerable species and ecosystems, persistence may depend on the success of global mitig ...
... Climate change has had, and increasingly will have, a significant influence on the world’s natural ecosystems, their species, and the functions, goods and services that they provide (Hulme 2005). For some highly vulnerable species and ecosystems, persistence may depend on the success of global mitig ...
A Climate Change Assessment via Trend Estimation of Certain
... cool, humid spring (March to May) and cool, wet autumn (September to November). On the other hand, the South of the country is always hot and has two different distinct seasons, dry (December to May) and wet (June to November) [2], with daily average temperature changes between 26 and 29 ◦ C. With t ...
... cool, humid spring (March to May) and cool, wet autumn (September to November). On the other hand, the South of the country is always hot and has two different distinct seasons, dry (December to May) and wet (June to November) [2], with daily average temperature changes between 26 and 29 ◦ C. With t ...
CHANGING LAND USE, CLIMATE, AND HYDROLOGY IN THE WINOOSKI
... evacuate water from the thousands of acres of impervious surfaces (Milly et al., 2008). It is with this important background in mind that we conduct this study, as an understanding of the trends and relationships in climate, discharge, and land use during the past century may better equip us to prep ...
... evacuate water from the thousands of acres of impervious surfaces (Milly et al., 2008). It is with this important background in mind that we conduct this study, as an understanding of the trends and relationships in climate, discharge, and land use during the past century may better equip us to prep ...
Robust Sahel drying in response to late 20th century forcings
... Figure 3. As for Figure 1, but for the 4x(yrs 50 –75)-PI difference (12 models). (a and b) The contour interval is 0.2°C for temperature and 0.2 mm day 1 for rainfall. (c) The threshold is 1.5°C. standard deviation limits estimated from the PI integrations. The XX-PI difference is significantly nega ...
... Figure 3. As for Figure 1, but for the 4x(yrs 50 –75)-PI difference (12 models). (a and b) The contour interval is 0.2°C for temperature and 0.2 mm day 1 for rainfall. (c) The threshold is 1.5°C. standard deviation limits estimated from the PI integrations. The XX-PI difference is significantly nega ...
Fall 2013 – Imagining our Environmental Future
... in connection with – particular members of the Vermont Legislature and of Governor Pete Shumlin's current Administration. This is also the group that will be able to identify and interview particularly significant individuals (some well-known and some not – but should be profiled) that fall outside ...
... in connection with – particular members of the Vermont Legislature and of Governor Pete Shumlin's current Administration. This is also the group that will be able to identify and interview particularly significant individuals (some well-known and some not – but should be profiled) that fall outside ...
health, climate and economic risks of the carmichael coalmine
... Australia from the dangerous impacts of climate change, such as more intense extreme weather events and destruction of our most iconic ecosystems including the Great Barrier Reef. As the strong global trend away from coal to renewable energy and storage gathers even more momentum, Australia’s therma ...
... Australia from the dangerous impacts of climate change, such as more intense extreme weather events and destruction of our most iconic ecosystems including the Great Barrier Reef. As the strong global trend away from coal to renewable energy and storage gathers even more momentum, Australia’s therma ...
Net carbon uptake has increased through warming-induced changes in temperate forest phenology LETTERS
... We quantified the impact of changes in phenology on carbon fluxes in spring and autumn using the long-term flux data. A oneday change in flux-derived spring onset translated to a change in Fp of 7.5 gC m−2 (P < 0.01, FCP across multiple sites) and 3.8 gC m−2 (P < 0.01, FCP) for deciduous and evergre ...
... We quantified the impact of changes in phenology on carbon fluxes in spring and autumn using the long-term flux data. A oneday change in flux-derived spring onset translated to a change in Fp of 7.5 gC m−2 (P < 0.01, FCP across multiple sites) and 3.8 gC m−2 (P < 0.01, FCP) for deciduous and evergre ...
Shifting plant phenology in response to global change
... of existing networks shows that most observation networks are located in temperate ecosystems and that long-term phenological observations in the tropics are lacking (but see Refs in Ref. [32]). Two recent meta-analyses of observational data have found that spring has advanced globally at a rate of ...
... of existing networks shows that most observation networks are located in temperate ecosystems and that long-term phenological observations in the tropics are lacking (but see Refs in Ref. [32]). Two recent meta-analyses of observational data have found that spring has advanced globally at a rate of ...
PDF - World Agroforestry Centre
... are estimated to be degraded or desertified. The Plateau’s grasslands also provide the livelihood basis for 5 million pastoralists, many of whom live in poverty. Grassland degradation – due either to unsustainable management practices or to the impacts of climate change – undermines the basis of pas ...
... are estimated to be degraded or desertified. The Plateau’s grasslands also provide the livelihood basis for 5 million pastoralists, many of whom live in poverty. Grassland degradation – due either to unsustainable management practices or to the impacts of climate change – undermines the basis of pas ...
Transformational Adaptation: Concepts, Examples, and their
... irrigation was possible, intensified use of river and lake environments, out-migration, and inmigration to environmental ‘refugia’ where resources where still available. These strategies, particularly in-migration to refugia and agricultural intensification, were associated with a variety of profoun ...
... irrigation was possible, intensified use of river and lake environments, out-migration, and inmigration to environmental ‘refugia’ where resources where still available. These strategies, particularly in-migration to refugia and agricultural intensification, were associated with a variety of profoun ...
I G S M
... emissions, natural fluxes, atmospheric chemistry, climate, and natural terrestrial ecosystems. The framework of this Integrated Global System Model is described and the results of sample runs and a sensitivity analysis are presented. This multi-component model addresses most of the major anthropogen ...
... emissions, natural fluxes, atmospheric chemistry, climate, and natural terrestrial ecosystems. The framework of this Integrated Global System Model is described and the results of sample runs and a sensitivity analysis are presented. This multi-component model addresses most of the major anthropogen ...
appendix - UA Atmospheric Sciences
... 2005-2010 Project Scientist (2007-2010) and Postdoctoral Fellow (2005-2007), National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado 2000-2005 Teaching/Research Assistant, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina C. Research Interests Data assimilation; atmospheric chemistry and composition; chem ...
... 2005-2010 Project Scientist (2007-2010) and Postdoctoral Fellow (2005-2007), National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado 2000-2005 Teaching/Research Assistant, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina C. Research Interests Data assimilation; atmospheric chemistry and composition; chem ...
Understanding Sustainability Jon Barrett
... human imprint on these. But, at the same time, the growing concerns of a minority for the Earth’s continuing ability to sustain us were dismissed in popular consciousness as being entirely solvable by human ingenuity. In the years between the Moon landing and our present millenium, we have assimilat ...
... human imprint on these. But, at the same time, the growing concerns of a minority for the Earth’s continuing ability to sustain us were dismissed in popular consciousness as being entirely solvable by human ingenuity. In the years between the Moon landing and our present millenium, we have assimilat ...
Land Cover Land Use Change and Soil Organic Carbon Under
... the 9 LCLU classes and the SOC modeled for the corresponding spatially explicit model inputs for those classes. White shows areas where no SOC was modeled (water bodies, clouds, cloud shadows, settlement areas, or no Landsat data). ......................................... 77 Figure 6 Histograms of ...
... the 9 LCLU classes and the SOC modeled for the corresponding spatially explicit model inputs for those classes. White shows areas where no SOC was modeled (water bodies, clouds, cloud shadows, settlement areas, or no Landsat data). ......................................... 77 Figure 6 Histograms of ...
Climate Scenario Development
... conform to sets of circumstances or constraints within which they occur (Hammond, 1996). The true purpose of scenarios is to illuminate uncertainty, as they help in determining the possible ramifications of an issue (in this case, climate change) along one or more plausible (but indeterminate) paths ...
... conform to sets of circumstances or constraints within which they occur (Hammond, 1996). The true purpose of scenarios is to illuminate uncertainty, as they help in determining the possible ramifications of an issue (in this case, climate change) along one or more plausible (but indeterminate) paths ...
Learning to Live in a Changing Climate
... warming to “well below 2°C1” as agreed last year in the UNFCCC Paris agreement; and crucially also to create space for some increase in emissions from developing countries in order to support poverty reduction and address global inequality. Even with concerted action on mitigation, adapting to clima ...
... warming to “well below 2°C1” as agreed last year in the UNFCCC Paris agreement; and crucially also to create space for some increase in emissions from developing countries in order to support poverty reduction and address global inequality. Even with concerted action on mitigation, adapting to clima ...
Annals of the Association of American Geographers Climate
... Karakoram, Pakistan', Annals of the Association of American Geographers,, First published on: 19 August 2010 (iFirst) To link to this Article: DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2010.500521 URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00045608.2010.500521 ...
... Karakoram, Pakistan', Annals of the Association of American Geographers,, First published on: 19 August 2010 (iFirst) To link to this Article: DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2010.500521 URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00045608.2010.500521 ...