... 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 ...
MCCA Regulations and Syllabus -Masters
... The Master of Climate Change Adaptation (MCCA) programme of the University of Nairobi seeks to improve the science and practice of climate change and adaptation. It explores the fundamental changes caused by anthropogenic and natural activities that influence the alteration of the living earth’s env ...
... The Master of Climate Change Adaptation (MCCA) programme of the University of Nairobi seeks to improve the science and practice of climate change and adaptation. It explores the fundamental changes caused by anthropogenic and natural activities that influence the alteration of the living earth’s env ...
Lessons from the field: experiences of FAO climate change projects
... Learn, which was held 21–23 June 2010, at FAO headquarters, Rome. The purpose of the event was to discuss and share experiences of past and present FAO climate change initiatives in the field. This publication is an extension of that purpose. The workshop was designed to foster a community of practi ...
... Learn, which was held 21–23 June 2010, at FAO headquarters, Rome. The purpose of the event was to discuss and share experiences of past and present FAO climate change initiatives in the field. This publication is an extension of that purpose. The workshop was designed to foster a community of practi ...
White Paper on the contribution of the GFCS to Agenda 2030
... namely: Agriculture and Food Security, Disaster Risk Reduction, Health, Water and Energy; but also covering the multitude of SDGs that could benefits from enhanced availability and access to climate services. Climate Services develop and provide science-based and user-specific information relating t ...
... namely: Agriculture and Food Security, Disaster Risk Reduction, Health, Water and Energy; but also covering the multitude of SDGs that could benefits from enhanced availability and access to climate services. Climate Services develop and provide science-based and user-specific information relating t ...
Indices for monitoring changes in extremes based on daily
... sets, and analysis techniques, to determine whether such extreme events are becoming more extreme or variable.25 The ideas discussed during the workshop and the recommendations that were made resulted in many international projects that have produced much better analyses on extremes both at global26 ...
... sets, and analysis techniques, to determine whether such extreme events are becoming more extreme or variable.25 The ideas discussed during the workshop and the recommendations that were made resulted in many international projects that have produced much better analyses on extremes both at global26 ...
Working Paper 183 - Averchenkova et al (opens in new window)
... climate change impacts, which go beyond normal investment decision cycles in the private sector and policy planning cycles of governments (McKenzie Hedger et al., 2008). The magnitude of the climate challenge has led to a growing recognition at international and national levels of the need to engage ...
... climate change impacts, which go beyond normal investment decision cycles in the private sector and policy planning cycles of governments (McKenzie Hedger et al., 2008). The magnitude of the climate challenge has led to a growing recognition at international and national levels of the need to engage ...
Building a RAPID community in the UK
... The system includes elements of both observations and modelling. As a minimum requirement the system will be able to monitor the strength and structure of the Atlantic MOC on time scales from months to decades, and collect about 3-4 years of continuous data during the 6-year course of the programme. ...
... The system includes elements of both observations and modelling. As a minimum requirement the system will be able to monitor the strength and structure of the Atlantic MOC on time scales from months to decades, and collect about 3-4 years of continuous data during the 6-year course of the programme. ...
19 Assessing key vulnerabilities and the risk from climate change Coordinating Lead Authors:
... climate change will occur in the context of an evolving socioeconomic baseline. This chapter attempts to reflect the limited literature examining the possible positive and negative relationships between baseline scenarios and future impacts. However, the purpose of this chapter is not to compare the ...
... climate change will occur in the context of an evolving socioeconomic baseline. This chapter attempts to reflect the limited literature examining the possible positive and negative relationships between baseline scenarios and future impacts. However, the purpose of this chapter is not to compare the ...
Earth`s Energy Imbalance and Implications
... In other words, climate sensitivity is the eventual global temperature change per unit forcing. Climate sensitivity depends upon climate feedbacks, the many physical processes that come into play as climate changes in response to a forcing. Positive (amplifying) feedbacks increase the climate respon ...
... In other words, climate sensitivity is the eventual global temperature change per unit forcing. Climate sensitivity depends upon climate feedbacks, the many physical processes that come into play as climate changes in response to a forcing. Positive (amplifying) feedbacks increase the climate respon ...
“Duck Factory” of North America - American Meteorological Society
... seasonal basis. These considerations motivate the current study, which provides the following: (i) a detailed analysis of the changes in seasonal precipitation over past decades—in particular the trend to wetter conditions—and an assessment of whether they has been caused by natural climate variabil ...
... seasonal basis. These considerations motivate the current study, which provides the following: (i) a detailed analysis of the changes in seasonal precipitation over past decades—in particular the trend to wetter conditions—and an assessment of whether they has been caused by natural climate variabil ...
Food Security and Climate Change Assessment: Sudan
... as Kenya, experience two rainy seasons each year: one as the ITCZ moves north in March to May, and the other when it moves south during October to December. The rainy season is longer and more intense in southern parts of Sudan and the length of the season and amount of rainfall reduces with increas ...
... as Kenya, experience two rainy seasons each year: one as the ITCZ moves north in March to May, and the other when it moves south during October to December. The rainy season is longer and more intense in southern parts of Sudan and the length of the season and amount of rainfall reduces with increas ...
Climate politics in the lower Mekong basin
... Riparian governments generally accept the G77 discourse in the UNFCCC negotiations, according to which developing countries are the victims of climate change incurred by the developed industrialized world. Governments claim a right to develop their economies without curbing emissions, which they see ...
... Riparian governments generally accept the G77 discourse in the UNFCCC negotiations, according to which developing countries are the victims of climate change incurred by the developed industrialized world. Governments claim a right to develop their economies without curbing emissions, which they see ...
Sweden facing climate change - Government Offices of Sweden
... 5.2.1 Need for a better national elevation database ...........541 5.2.2 National database of factors predisposing to landslides .....................................................................542 5.2.3 Meteorological, hydrological and oceanographic data and comparisons with climate models .... ...
... 5.2.1 Need for a better national elevation database ...........541 5.2.2 National database of factors predisposing to landslides .....................................................................542 5.2.3 Meteorological, hydrological and oceanographic data and comparisons with climate models .... ...
Adapting to Climate Change in Tasmania
... Studies have shown that in some sectors of the economy, adaptation actions can lead to high benefit to cost ratios and/or be implemented at low cost. For example, behavioural adaptations such as using water more efficiently can be implemented at low cost, but can have a high benefit in areas with lo ...
... Studies have shown that in some sectors of the economy, adaptation actions can lead to high benefit to cost ratios and/or be implemented at low cost. For example, behavioural adaptations such as using water more efficiently can be implemented at low cost, but can have a high benefit in areas with lo ...
Climate Change and Whitebark Pine
... that often precludes planning for mitigation (IPCC 2007). While there is little debate that atmospheric CO2 is increasing and this increase will cause major changes in climate (IPCC 2007), there is a great deal of uncertainty about the magnitude and rate of change (Stainforth et al. 2005, Roe and Ba ...
... that often precludes planning for mitigation (IPCC 2007). While there is little debate that atmospheric CO2 is increasing and this increase will cause major changes in climate (IPCC 2007), there is a great deal of uncertainty about the magnitude and rate of change (Stainforth et al. 2005, Roe and Ba ...
Production and release of a V0
... In its October 2010 annual meeting, the United Nations Committee on World Food Security (CFS) requested its high level panel of experts (HLPE) to conduct a study on climate change and food security, to “review existing assessments and initiatives on the effects of climate change on food security and ...
... In its October 2010 annual meeting, the United Nations Committee on World Food Security (CFS) requested its high level panel of experts (HLPE) to conduct a study on climate change and food security, to “review existing assessments and initiatives on the effects of climate change on food security and ...
Introduction. Pliocene climate, processes and problems
... GCM, carried out the first fully coupled ocean–atmosphere GCM simulation for the Mid-Pliocene. The simulation resulted in a global surface temperature warming of 38C compared with present day. In contrast to earlier modelling studies (e.g. Chandler et al. 1994; Sloan et al. 1996; Haywood et al. 2000a ...
... GCM, carried out the first fully coupled ocean–atmosphere GCM simulation for the Mid-Pliocene. The simulation resulted in a global surface temperature warming of 38C compared with present day. In contrast to earlier modelling studies (e.g. Chandler et al. 1994; Sloan et al. 1996; Haywood et al. 2000a ...
Summary of Climate Change Effects on Major Habitat Types in
... An increase in the likelihood of both low and unusually high daily flow events. ...
... An increase in the likelihood of both low and unusually high daily flow events. ...
Jul 16, 2016 - Science and Environmental Policy Project
... 1996 "for developing a global, precise record of earth's temperature from operational polarorbiting satellites, fundamentally advancing our ability to monitor climate." In January 2002 Christy was inducted as a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society. The data is published monthly, available f ...
... 1996 "for developing a global, precise record of earth's temperature from operational polarorbiting satellites, fundamentally advancing our ability to monitor climate." In January 2002 Christy was inducted as a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society. The data is published monthly, available f ...
V. Objectives of the Inter-Regional Technical Support Component
... Changes in amount and variability of rainfall. Predictions of rainfall changes in Africa are generally less consistent than those for temperature; however, the IPCC AR4 concludes that widespread reductions are likely. In regions where increases in rainfall are predicted (e.g., equatorial Africa), th ...
... Changes in amount and variability of rainfall. Predictions of rainfall changes in Africa are generally less consistent than those for temperature; however, the IPCC AR4 concludes that widespread reductions are likely. In regions where increases in rainfall are predicted (e.g., equatorial Africa), th ...
Central Mekong Delta Region Connectivity Project
... assessment and identifying appropriate and promising adaptation responses. This publication is an important contribution to the case study literature on adaptation. The transport sector is potentially among the most vulnerable to projected changes in climate variables, and this report illustrates th ...
... assessment and identifying appropriate and promising adaptation responses. This publication is an important contribution to the case study literature on adaptation. The transport sector is potentially among the most vulnerable to projected changes in climate variables, and this report illustrates th ...
The evolution of, and revolution in, land surface schemes designed
... The land surface is a key component of climate models. It controls the partitioning of available energy at the surface between sensible and latent heat, and it controls the partitioning of available water between evaporation and runoff. The land surface is also the location of the terrestrial carbon ...
... The land surface is a key component of climate models. It controls the partitioning of available energy at the surface between sensible and latent heat, and it controls the partitioning of available water between evaporation and runoff. The land surface is also the location of the terrestrial carbon ...
Child Rights and Climate Change Adaptation: Voices from Kenya and Cambodia
... acting on future visions and the needs of future generations; and taking action for the benefit of their communities; prioritising sustainable management of natural resources and environmental concerns. This report proposes that fulfilling child rights in a changing climate requires a twotrack appro ...
... acting on future visions and the needs of future generations; and taking action for the benefit of their communities; prioritising sustainable management of natural resources and environmental concerns. This report proposes that fulfilling child rights in a changing climate requires a twotrack appro ...
Climate Change and Vector-borne Diseases: An Economic Impact
... measurement of the economic impact of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa and concluded that the few available studies are less reliable and there is a need of more sophisticated research in the area. A number of biophysical research models [16-18] have been developed but do not include economic impact as ...
... measurement of the economic impact of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa and concluded that the few available studies are less reliable and there is a need of more sophisticated research in the area. A number of biophysical research models [16-18] have been developed but do not include economic impact as ...
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.