Adaptive Response Framework for Drinking Water
... Due to the evolving nature of climate change, the water sector should consider managing water resources using an adaptive management approach. The National Research Council1 defines adaptive management as “promoting flexible decision making that can be adjusted in the face of uncertainties as outcom ...
... Due to the evolving nature of climate change, the water sector should consider managing water resources using an adaptive management approach. The National Research Council1 defines adaptive management as “promoting flexible decision making that can be adjusted in the face of uncertainties as outcom ...
Climate Change and Energy: Issues and Prospect for
... The various definitions of climate change in the literature presuppose a definite change in climate which may be due to both anthropogenic activities and natural variability and this change refers to statistically significant variations in climate that persist for an extended period typically of at ...
... The various definitions of climate change in the literature presuppose a definite change in climate which may be due to both anthropogenic activities and natural variability and this change refers to statistically significant variations in climate that persist for an extended period typically of at ...
Trends in extreme weather events in Europe: implications
... EASAC – the European Academies Science Advisory Council – is formed by the national science academies of the EU Member States to enable them to collaborate with each other in giving advice to European policy-makers. It thus provides a means for the collective voice of European science to be heard. I ...
... EASAC – the European Academies Science Advisory Council – is formed by the national science academies of the EU Member States to enable them to collaborate with each other in giving advice to European policy-makers. It thus provides a means for the collective voice of European science to be heard. I ...
Making Science Useful to Decision Makers: Climate
... based on a variety of considerations, including interests and involvements with decision-support experiments and their knowledge of the field as demonstrated by practice and/or involvement in research and/or publications in refereed journals. A public meeting, convened by NOAA, was held in January 2 ...
... based on a variety of considerations, including interests and involvements with decision-support experiments and their knowledge of the field as demonstrated by practice and/or involvement in research and/or publications in refereed journals. A public meeting, convened by NOAA, was held in January 2 ...
Presentation
... 30. The SBSTA recognises the importance of: • GEO, including its implementation plan for GEOSS; • collaboration between GEO and GCOS; and of • capacity building on systematic observation, inter alia, to enable developing countries to apply climate observations for impact assessment and preparation f ...
... 30. The SBSTA recognises the importance of: • GEO, including its implementation plan for GEOSS; • collaboration between GEO and GCOS; and of • capacity building on systematic observation, inter alia, to enable developing countries to apply climate observations for impact assessment and preparation f ...
Today
... human-induced emissions of greenhouse gases.1 Under a broad range of non-mitigation scenarios considered by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, warming over this century is projected to be substantially larger than over the past century. Changes in many other components of the climate sys ...
... human-induced emissions of greenhouse gases.1 Under a broad range of non-mitigation scenarios considered by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, warming over this century is projected to be substantially larger than over the past century. Changes in many other components of the climate sys ...
Atmospheric Concentrations of Greenhouse Gases
... of these greenhouse gases are measured in parts per million (ppm), parts per billion (ppb), or parts per trillion (ppt) by volume. In other words, a concentration of 1 ppb for a given gas means there is one molecule of that gas in every 1 billion molecules of air. Some halogenated gases are consider ...
... of these greenhouse gases are measured in parts per million (ppm), parts per billion (ppb), or parts per trillion (ppt) by volume. In other words, a concentration of 1 ppb for a given gas means there is one molecule of that gas in every 1 billion molecules of air. Some halogenated gases are consider ...
space and climate change
... Change. It also provides an overview of the global observing systems co-sponsored by several United Nations organizations and the International Council for Science that coordinate Earth observations on behalf of United Nations Member States. United Nations organizations are making full use of space- ...
... Change. It also provides an overview of the global observing systems co-sponsored by several United Nations organizations and the International Council for Science that coordinate Earth observations on behalf of United Nations Member States. United Nations organizations are making full use of space- ...
The language of climate change adaptation
... ‘Climate resilience’ chimes well with other discourses on resilience – e.g. community resilience which is about much more than adaptation. ‘Resilience’ appears to be gaining popularity in a number of contexts and therefore its usage would be expected to increase. It also seems to resonate well in te ...
... ‘Climate resilience’ chimes well with other discourses on resilience – e.g. community resilience which is about much more than adaptation. ‘Resilience’ appears to be gaining popularity in a number of contexts and therefore its usage would be expected to increase. It also seems to resonate well in te ...
noaa climate program
... *HR 1386 National Drought Preparedness Act of 2005 (Hastings), March 2005: Establishes the National Drought Council to develop an action plan *HR 1489 Coastal Ocean Observation System Integration Implementation Act (Gilchrest), May 2005: establish a ...
... *HR 1386 National Drought Preparedness Act of 2005 (Hastings), March 2005: Establishes the National Drought Council to develop an action plan *HR 1489 Coastal Ocean Observation System Integration Implementation Act (Gilchrest), May 2005: establish a ...
Impacts of Climate Change on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
... industrializations and economic activities that results in the release of Green House Gases (GHGs) into the atmosphere (WWF, 2010; IPCC, 2007). Subsequently, this leads to the rise of earth’s temperature due to the radioactive properties of GHGs (Lama & Devkota, 2009). As mentioned in the Intergover ...
... industrializations and economic activities that results in the release of Green House Gases (GHGs) into the atmosphere (WWF, 2010; IPCC, 2007). Subsequently, this leads to the rise of earth’s temperature due to the radioactive properties of GHGs (Lama & Devkota, 2009). As mentioned in the Intergover ...
The Household Production Function Approach to Valuing Climate
... In fact the household production function approach has already been used to estimate the value of climate. Maddison (2001b) invokes procedures identical to those used to incorporate demographic variables into systems of demand equations. 10 Using per capita expenditure data provided by the 1980 Int ...
... In fact the household production function approach has already been used to estimate the value of climate. Maddison (2001b) invokes procedures identical to those used to incorporate demographic variables into systems of demand equations. 10 Using per capita expenditure data provided by the 1980 Int ...
Global climate evolution during the last deglaciation
... transient response of Earth’s climate system to external and internal forcings. During this interval of global warming, the decay of ice sheets caused global mean sea level to rise by approximately 80 m; terrestrial and marine ecosystems experienced large disturbances and range shifts; perturbations ...
... transient response of Earth’s climate system to external and internal forcings. During this interval of global warming, the decay of ice sheets caused global mean sea level to rise by approximately 80 m; terrestrial and marine ecosystems experienced large disturbances and range shifts; perturbations ...
Lagos - Urban Climate Change Research Network
... of the inhabitants of the city to external hazard stressors such as those often associated with climate extreme events. ...
... of the inhabitants of the city to external hazard stressors such as those often associated with climate extreme events. ...
communicating climate change: closing the science
... 2 OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES IMPROVING COMMUNICATION ...
... 2 OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES IMPROVING COMMUNICATION ...
High Flows and Freshet Timing in Canada: Observed Trends CCRR
... fish communities are at risk because their physiological and behavioural traits have been shaped by the harsh environmental conditions that are likely to change (Shuter et al. 2012). Throughout much of the world the climatic gradient from the equator to the poles of progressively shorter summers and ...
... fish communities are at risk because their physiological and behavioural traits have been shaped by the harsh environmental conditions that are likely to change (Shuter et al. 2012). Throughout much of the world the climatic gradient from the equator to the poles of progressively shorter summers and ...
ICLEI Milestone 2 Report Climate Changes and Impacts for the City
... changes in temperature, precipitation, and extreme events in recent decades. If these trends continue the City’s climate will hardly be recognizable by the end of the century, and without adequate planning and adaptation these changes will have extensive impacts on the liveability of the City. Regio ...
... changes in temperature, precipitation, and extreme events in recent decades. If these trends continue the City’s climate will hardly be recognizable by the end of the century, and without adequate planning and adaptation these changes will have extensive impacts on the liveability of the City. Regio ...
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... and Ross McKitrick. I had been asked to provide comments by Ross McKitrick of the University of Guelph, whom I had known at the University of British Columbia where, as a member of faculty, I had been a member of his PhD supervisory committee. It was my first exposure to some of the issues concernin ...
... and Ross McKitrick. I had been asked to provide comments by Ross McKitrick of the University of Guelph, whom I had known at the University of British Columbia where, as a member of faculty, I had been a member of his PhD supervisory committee. It was my first exposure to some of the issues concernin ...
Here - Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci.
... 2500 m altitude is around 1 per 220 km2 . This is just within the recommended minimum densities of non-recording precipitation stations (100–250 km2 per raingauge, World Meteorological Organisation, 1995), but insufficient to capture local gradients (Buytaert et al., 2006b; Célleri et al., 2007). A ...
... 2500 m altitude is around 1 per 220 km2 . This is just within the recommended minimum densities of non-recording precipitation stations (100–250 km2 per raingauge, World Meteorological Organisation, 1995), but insufficient to capture local gradients (Buytaert et al., 2006b; Célleri et al., 2007). A ...
responding to changes in nature
... indicates that the climate itself is changing and will continue to do so even if concerted international action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is successful. Whilst we have already started to account for such changes, for example in our work to manage the risks arising from river and coastal flo ...
... indicates that the climate itself is changing and will continue to do so even if concerted international action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is successful. Whilst we have already started to account for such changes, for example in our work to manage the risks arising from river and coastal flo ...
A large ozone-circulation feedback and its implications for global
... Kingdom Met Office has been employed here9. It consists of three submodels, ...
... Kingdom Met Office has been employed here9. It consists of three submodels, ...
Implications of the Paris Agreement for Carbon Dioxide Removal
... aerosols in the stratosphere, would reduce global radiative forcing and surface temperatures. Second, this reduction in radiative forcing carries with it new risks and uncertainties, and there is no sense in which increasing the Earth’s reflectivity is the equivalent of reducing carbon dioxide conce ...
... aerosols in the stratosphere, would reduce global radiative forcing and surface temperatures. Second, this reduction in radiative forcing carries with it new risks and uncertainties, and there is no sense in which increasing the Earth’s reflectivity is the equivalent of reducing carbon dioxide conce ...
Arctic Climate Impact Assessment Policy Document
... Inari, Finland. The text of their report is as follows: BACKGROUND The Barrow Ministerial Meeting of the Arctic Council in October 2000, endorsed, adopted, and established the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA), requesting it to “evaluate and synthesize knowledge on climate variability and chan ...
... Inari, Finland. The text of their report is as follows: BACKGROUND The Barrow Ministerial Meeting of the Arctic Council in October 2000, endorsed, adopted, and established the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA), requesting it to “evaluate and synthesize knowledge on climate variability and chan ...
Adaptation and the poor: development, resilience and transition ■ synthesis article
... The need for adaptation is urgent in the context of developing countries, where adaptation must be coupled with efforts to improve rural and urban livelihoods, especially for the poorest and most vulnerable (UNHABITAT, 2003). Development, as theory, strategy and practice, advocates and promotes prof ...
... The need for adaptation is urgent in the context of developing countries, where adaptation must be coupled with efforts to improve rural and urban livelihoods, especially for the poorest and most vulnerable (UNHABITAT, 2003). Development, as theory, strategy and practice, advocates and promotes prof ...
Michael E. Mann
Michael E. Mann (born 1965) is an American climatologist and geophysicist, currently director of the Earth System Science Center at Pennsylvania State University, who has contributed to the scientific understanding of historic climate change based on the temperature record of the past thousand years. He has pioneered techniques to find patterns in past climate change, and to isolate climate signals from ""noisy data"".As lead author of a paper produced in 1998 with co-authors Raymond S. Bradley and Malcolm K. Hughes, Mann introduced innovative statistical techniques to find regional variations in a hemispherical climate reconstruction covering the past 600 years. In 1999 the same team used these techniques to produce a reconstruction over the past 1,000 years (MBH99) which was dubbed the ""hockey stick graph"" because of its shape. He was one of 8 lead authors of the ""Observed Climate Variability and Change"" chapter of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Third Scientific Assessment Report published in 2001. A graph based on the MBH99 paper was highlighted in several parts of the report, and was given wide publicity. The IPCC acknowledged that his work, along with that of the many other lead authors and review editors, contributed to the award of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, which was won jointly by the IPCC and Al Gore.He was organizing committee chair for the National Academy of Sciences Frontiers of Science in 2003 and has received a number of honors and awards including selection by Scientific American as one of the fifty leading visionaries in science and technology in 2002. In 2012 he was inducted as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union and was awarded the Hans Oeschger Medal of the European Geosciences Union. In 2013 he was elected a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society, and awarded the status of distinguished professor in Penn State's College of Earth and Mineral Sciences.Mann is author of more than 160 peer-reviewed and edited publications, and has published two books: Dire Predictions: Understanding Global Warming in 2008 and The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines, published in early 2012. In 2013 the European Geosciences Union described his publication record as ""outstanding for a scientist of his relatively young age"". He is also a co-founder and contributor to the climatology blog RealClimate.