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... particularly true for vulnerable coastal regions where projected impacts are the most severe. While substantial attention and action is being given to mitigating the human contribution to climate change, the US has been slow to initiate adaptation planning for both projected changes and those alread ...
... particularly true for vulnerable coastal regions where projected impacts are the most severe. While substantial attention and action is being given to mitigating the human contribution to climate change, the US has been slow to initiate adaptation planning for both projected changes and those alread ...
Climate change impact on meteorological, agricultural, and
... of three GCMs, i.e., the U.S. Department of Energy and National Center for Atmospheric Research Parallel Climate Model (PCM) [Washington et al., 2000], the Community Climate System Model, version 3 (CCSM3) [Collins et al., 2006], and a global atmosphere-only model (HadAM3P) derived from the atmosphe ...
... of three GCMs, i.e., the U.S. Department of Energy and National Center for Atmospheric Research Parallel Climate Model (PCM) [Washington et al., 2000], the Community Climate System Model, version 3 (CCSM3) [Collins et al., 2006], and a global atmosphere-only model (HadAM3P) derived from the atmosphe ...
Climate Change Adaptation Planning: A Handbook for Small
... a professional planner, either individually or as part of a climate change adaptation planning team, to prepare a community adaptation plan. It is based on community planning principles and a planner works with the community and facilitates the preparation of the CCAP. This Handbook is made availabl ...
... a professional planner, either individually or as part of a climate change adaptation planning team, to prepare a community adaptation plan. It is based on community planning principles and a planner works with the community and facilitates the preparation of the CCAP. This Handbook is made availabl ...
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... LSE public event on International Cooperation and Climate Change on 23 June 2015. Finally, I am indebted to Nick Stern, with whom I have had the great privilege of working over the last 18 months, and who has done more than anyone to build the insights on which this paper draws. Any errors or omissi ...
... LSE public event on International Cooperation and Climate Change on 23 June 2015. Finally, I am indebted to Nick Stern, with whom I have had the great privilege of working over the last 18 months, and who has done more than anyone to build the insights on which this paper draws. Any errors or omissi ...
PDF - AMS Journals - American Meteorological Society
... tropical atmosphere. It is shown that amplification of tropical warming between the lower and mid-to-upper troposphere is now in close agreement in the average of 37 climate models and in one updated satellite record. ...
... tropical atmosphere. It is shown that amplification of tropical warming between the lower and mid-to-upper troposphere is now in close agreement in the average of 37 climate models and in one updated satellite record. ...
factors influencing climate change adaptation
... resources such as information and extension workers to train farmers on existing climate resilient projects and new infrastructure in climate change monitoring and reporting stations. Effective policies should be put in place such as extension services, consider running programs on television and ra ...
... resources such as information and extension workers to train farmers on existing climate resilient projects and new infrastructure in climate change monitoring and reporting stations. Effective policies should be put in place such as extension services, consider running programs on television and ra ...
SHAKY SCIENCE: INCONVENIENT TRUTHS CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS
... Figure 2. Monthly Southern Hemisphere sea ice anomalies and best-fit linear trend line (data source: National Snow and Ice Data Center [NSIDC]. Figure 3. Mean annual temperature anomalies (ºF) for Alaska (figure from the Alaska Climate Research Center, University of Alaska-Fairbanks). Figure 4. Top: ...
... Figure 2. Monthly Southern Hemisphere sea ice anomalies and best-fit linear trend line (data source: National Snow and Ice Data Center [NSIDC]. Figure 3. Mean annual temperature anomalies (ºF) for Alaska (figure from the Alaska Climate Research Center, University of Alaska-Fairbanks). Figure 4. Top: ...
STRUCTURE OF THE INDC
... tonnes of Carbon Dioxide stored, more than 100 times the current annual national emissions inventory. On the understanding that a global agreement addresses international assistance to access financial and technical resources, Kiribati can, with international assistance, contribute a further: 48.8 ...
... tonnes of Carbon Dioxide stored, more than 100 times the current annual national emissions inventory. On the understanding that a global agreement addresses international assistance to access financial and technical resources, Kiribati can, with international assistance, contribute a further: 48.8 ...
Chapter 3: Natural Resources - Ressources naturelles Canada
... could be positively impacted by warmer temperatures, longer growing seasons and increasing CO2 levels where other factors (e.g. soil, water or nutrients) are not limiting, but will be negatively impacted by increased drought and more frequent and severe disturbances and extreme weather events. ...
... could be positively impacted by warmer temperatures, longer growing seasons and increasing CO2 levels where other factors (e.g. soil, water or nutrients) are not limiting, but will be negatively impacted by increased drought and more frequent and severe disturbances and extreme weather events. ...
National Climate Change Response White Paper
... enterprises will need to review the policies, strategies, legislation, regulations and plans falling within their jurisdictions to ensure full alignment with the National Climate Change Response within two years of the publication of this policy. On the basis of the outcome of these reviews, governm ...
... enterprises will need to review the policies, strategies, legislation, regulations and plans falling within their jurisdictions to ensure full alignment with the National Climate Change Response within two years of the publication of this policy. On the basis of the outcome of these reviews, governm ...
Climate Change Analysis
... • The financial support of the Columbia Basin Trust, a regional corporation created to deliver social, economic and environmental benefits to the residents of the Columbia Basin. • Financial and in-kind support for PCIC during the writing of this report from the BC Ministry of Environment and Natura ...
... • The financial support of the Columbia Basin Trust, a regional corporation created to deliver social, economic and environmental benefits to the residents of the Columbia Basin. • Financial and in-kind support for PCIC during the writing of this report from the BC Ministry of Environment and Natura ...
National Climate Change Response White Paper (2011)
... enterprises will need to review the policies, strategies, legislation, regulations and plans falling within their jurisdictions to ensure full alignment with the National Climate Change Response within two years of the publication of this policy. On the basis of the outcome of these reviews, governm ...
... enterprises will need to review the policies, strategies, legislation, regulations and plans falling within their jurisdictions to ensure full alignment with the National Climate Change Response within two years of the publication of this policy. On the basis of the outcome of these reviews, governm ...
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... Departments of Anand Agricultural University, Anand and Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh. Vulnerability to climate change is a comprehensive multidimensional process affected by a large number of related indicators and hence it is necessary to measure the quantum of vulnerability by constr ...
... Departments of Anand Agricultural University, Anand and Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh. Vulnerability to climate change is a comprehensive multidimensional process affected by a large number of related indicators and hence it is necessary to measure the quantum of vulnerability by constr ...
Climate Change in Park City: An Assessment of Climate, Snowpack
... the studies have projected negative consequences for the industry (Galloway, 1988; König, 1998; Hennessy et al., 2003; Scott et al., 2003, 2007, 2008; Scott and Jones, 2005; AGCI, 2006; Climate Impacts Group, 2006; Nolin and Daly, 2006; Agrawala, 2007). The ski tourism industry in Utah is an importa ...
... the studies have projected negative consequences for the industry (Galloway, 1988; König, 1998; Hennessy et al., 2003; Scott et al., 2003, 2007, 2008; Scott and Jones, 2005; AGCI, 2006; Climate Impacts Group, 2006; Nolin and Daly, 2006; Agrawala, 2007). The ski tourism industry in Utah is an importa ...
Summary Report CwD Project Profile 2012
... The increasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather events are likely to intensify the existing natural hazard burdens for at-risk populations and damage and destroy infrastructure. In addition, climate change is likely to intensify the gender dimensions of vulnerability, especially among fem ...
... The increasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather events are likely to intensify the existing natural hazard burdens for at-risk populations and damage and destroy infrastructure. In addition, climate change is likely to intensify the gender dimensions of vulnerability, especially among fem ...
Briefing report
... That the world’s climate is changing is irrefutable. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change stated in its most recent Assessment Report that it is very likely that the changes we have seen and measured are the result of anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases. While there may be some oppo ...
... That the world’s climate is changing is irrefutable. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change stated in its most recent Assessment Report that it is very likely that the changes we have seen and measured are the result of anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases. While there may be some oppo ...
ICPDR Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change
... However, certain limitations have to be pointed out in terms of what can be delivered in the frame of the ICPDR on adaptation. These limitations are two-fold: touching on one hand the level of detail which can be achieved in adaptive planning on the Danube basinwide scale; on the other hand the rele ...
... However, certain limitations have to be pointed out in terms of what can be delivered in the frame of the ICPDR on adaptation. These limitations are two-fold: touching on one hand the level of detail which can be achieved in adaptive planning on the Danube basinwide scale; on the other hand the rele ...
Changes in terrestrial aridity for the period 850–2080 from the
... ensemble simulations from 1920 to 2080 [Kay et al., 2015], employing the historical forcing through 2005 and the RCP8.5 scenario forcing for 2006–2080. The CESM-LME used the same forcings as the CESM-LE during the overlapping period with the exception of including orbital changes in insolation not c ...
... ensemble simulations from 1920 to 2080 [Kay et al., 2015], employing the historical forcing through 2005 and the RCP8.5 scenario forcing for 2006–2080. The CESM-LME used the same forcings as the CESM-LE during the overlapping period with the exception of including orbital changes in insolation not c ...
physical risks from climate change
... traded companies are evaluating and managing risks material to their operations and performance are companies’ filings with the SEC. The SEC requires publicly traded companies to disclose in their filings all information about their businesses— including risk factors, known trends, uncertainties, an ...
... traded companies are evaluating and managing risks material to their operations and performance are companies’ filings with the SEC. The SEC requires publicly traded companies to disclose in their filings all information about their businesses— including risk factors, known trends, uncertainties, an ...
Physical Risks from Climate Change: A guide
... traded companies are evaluating and managing risks material to their operations and performance are companies’ filings with the SEC. The SEC requires publicly traded companies to disclose in their filings all information about their businesses— including risk factors, known trends, uncertainties, an ...
... traded companies are evaluating and managing risks material to their operations and performance are companies’ filings with the SEC. The SEC requires publicly traded companies to disclose in their filings all information about their businesses— including risk factors, known trends, uncertainties, an ...
a sensitive matter - The Global Warming Policy Foundation
... – were both expert reviewers of AR5. Many of our comments were related to climate sensitivity, a key parameter in global warming discussions. This report focuses on how AR5 dealt with climate sensitivity. Put very simply, if the climate is very sensitive to greenhouse gases and therefore climate sen ...
... – were both expert reviewers of AR5. Many of our comments were related to climate sensitivity, a key parameter in global warming discussions. This report focuses on how AR5 dealt with climate sensitivity. Put very simply, if the climate is very sensitive to greenhouse gases and therefore climate sen ...
The Economic Climate: Establishing Expert Consensus on the
... expert group does not matter if an effort to achieve of a balance of views is made. These results are similar to Schauer (1995) – a previously discussed small-sample survey of economists. As part of the Schauer (1995) survey, 14 experts were asked to also estimate “the long-term average real discoun ...
... expert group does not matter if an effort to achieve of a balance of views is made. These results are similar to Schauer (1995) – a previously discussed small-sample survey of economists. As part of the Schauer (1995) survey, 14 experts were asked to also estimate “the long-term average real discoun ...
A Game of Preferences:
... political demands of the latter, their own ideas and conceptions about what is best for the state can have independent causal impacts on the overall configuration of state preferences and thus impact state behavior (2013).2 Thus, even if one assumes that, all else being equal, states will try to max ...
... political demands of the latter, their own ideas and conceptions about what is best for the state can have independent causal impacts on the overall configuration of state preferences and thus impact state behavior (2013).2 Thus, even if one assumes that, all else being equal, states will try to max ...
... likely lead to persistent and amplified extreme weather events and climatic conditions in the coming decade, though natural variability will modulate (both worsening and ameliorating) these conditions. In light of the potential national security ramifications of observed climate and environmental ch ...
2014 DOE Climate Change Adaptation Plan
... DOE physical assets and real property are diverse and vary in complexity. The Department’s assets include typical office buildings, laboratory buildings, warehouses and shops, as well as unique one-of-a-kind research facilities such as light sources, research reactors, semi-conductor ...
... DOE physical assets and real property are diverse and vary in complexity. The Department’s assets include typical office buildings, laboratory buildings, warehouses and shops, as well as unique one-of-a-kind research facilities such as light sources, research reactors, semi-conductor ...
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.