Camille Parmesan and Hector Galbraith, Observed
Impacts of Global Climate Change in the U.S. (Arlington, VA: Pew Center on Global Climate Change, 2004); DeNeen L. Brown, «Signs of Thaw in a Desert of Snow,» Washington Post, 28 May 2002.
(E) support the deployment of technologies to help the most vulnerable developing countries respond to the destabilizing impacts of climate change and encourage the identification and adoption of appropriate renewable and efficient energy technologies that are beneficial in increasing community - level resilience to
the impacts of global climate change in those countries; and
Not exact matches
The economist accused Jill Stein
of spoiling Clinton's chances
in Florida and said with Trump as president there would be no way to reverse the
impact of global climate change.
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climate change affecting the operations
of the Company or its customers and suppliers; (2) the Company's credit ratings and its cost
of capital; (3) competitive conditions and customer preferences; (4) foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations
in those rates; (5) the timing and market acceptance
of new product offerings; (6) the availability and cost
of purchased components, compounds, raw materials and energy (including oil and natural gas and their derivatives) due to shortages, increased demand or supply interruptions (including those caused by natural and other disasters and other events); (7) the
impact of acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures, and other unusual events resulting from portfolio management actions and other evolving business strategies, and possible organizational restructuring; (8) generating fewer productivity improvements than estimated; (9) unanticipated problems or delays with the phased implementation
of a
global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or security breaches and other disruptions to the Company's information technology infrastructure; (10) financial market risks that may affect the Company's funding obligations under defined benefit pension and postretirement plans; and (11) legal proceedings, including significant developments that could occur
in the legal and regulatory proceedings described
in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10 - Q (the «Reports»).
In this article, we investigate trends in global coffee distributions and cultivation practices, and we review the potential impacts of these geographic and management changes on biodiversity, ecosystem services, resilience to climate change, and sustainable livelihood
In this article, we investigate trends
in global coffee distributions and cultivation practices, and we review the potential impacts of these geographic and management changes on biodiversity, ecosystem services, resilience to climate change, and sustainable livelihood
in global coffee distributions and cultivation practices, and we review the potential
impacts of these geographic and management
changes on biodiversity, ecosystem services, resilience to
climate change, and sustainable livelihoods.
Concluding the five - day world economic forum (WEF) conference at Davos
in Switzerland, the prime minister emphasised the importance
of action on
climate change among both emerging and established countries
in order to mitigate the
impact of global warming.
Her research focuses on
global change ecology and
climate adaptation; she was among the first to propose and study ways to reduce the
impact of climate change through new techniques
in conservation management.
«This Agreement,
in enhancing the implementation
of the [2015 United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change], including its objective, aims to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change, in the context of sustainable development and efforts to eradicate poverty, including by: (a) Holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels, recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change; (b) Increasing the ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production; and (c) Making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate - resilient devel
Climate Change], including its objective, aims to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change, in the context of sustainable development and efforts to eradicate poverty, including by: (a) Holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels, recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change; (b) Increasing the ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production; and (c) Making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate - resilient develo
Change], including its objective, aims to strengthen the
global response to the threat
of climate change, in the context of sustainable development and efforts to eradicate poverty, including by: (a) Holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels, recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change; (b) Increasing the ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production; and (c) Making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate - resilient devel
climate change, in the context of sustainable development and efforts to eradicate poverty, including by: (a) Holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels, recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change; (b) Increasing the ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production; and (c) Making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate - resilient develo
change,
in the context
of sustainable development and efforts to eradicate poverty, including by: (a) Holding the increase
in the
global average temperature to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels, recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and
impacts of climate change; (b) Increasing the ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production; and (c) Making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate - resilient devel
climate change; (b) Increasing the ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production; and (c) Making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate - resilient develo
change; (b) Increasing the ability to adapt to the adverse
impacts of climate change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production; and (c) Making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate - resilient devel
climate change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production; and (c) Making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate - resilient develo
change and foster
climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production; and (c) Making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate - resilient devel
climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development,
in a manner that does not threaten food production; and (c) Making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and
climate - resilient devel
climate - resilient development.
In the current context of global warming it is important to assess the impacts that changes in ocean and climate may have on Antarctica, and reconstructing past climate fluctuations provides vital information on the responses and possible feedback mechanisms within the climate syste
In the current context
of global warming it is important to assess the
impacts that
changes in ocean and climate may have on Antarctica, and reconstructing past climate fluctuations provides vital information on the responses and possible feedback mechanisms within the climate syste
in ocean and
climate may have on Antarctica, and reconstructing past
climate fluctuations provides vital information on the responses and possible feedback mechanisms within the
climate system.
IN A rare instance
of humans beating one
of the
impacts of climate change, measures to combat malaria appear to be neutralising the expected
global increase
of the disease driven by rising temperatures.
By IFPRI's estimate, 25 million more children will be malnourished
in 2050 due to the
impact of climate change on
global agriculture.
The results suggest that recent
changes in global vegetation have had
impacts on local
climates that should be considered
in the design
of local mitigation and adaptation plans.
The
impact of global warming has been linked to the severity
of droughts, water scarcity, and food shortages
in war - torn Syria, but now an internationally recognized expert on water resources has identified
climate change as a factor contributing to political turmoil
in the region.
«White House officials and political appointees
in the agencies censored congressional testimony on the causes and
impacts of global warming, controlled media access to government
climate scientists, and edited federal scientific reports to inject unwarranted uncertainty into discussions
of climate change.»
In today's context
of global change leading to extreme
climate events
impacting habitats, this message is more important than ever.
«It is important to take the
global projections and zoom them
in to regional and local levels to better understand the societal
impacts of climate change,» Pal says.
«So far, I believe the benefits (
of Arctic warming) outweigh the potential problems,» said Oleg Anisimov, a Russian scientist who co-authored a chapter about the
impacts of climate change in polar regions for a U.N. report on
global warming this year.
The occasion was the release
of a report from the U.S.
Global Change Research Program titled
Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States.
Most recently, he reported on the diversity
of oceanic viral communities
in a special issue
of the journal Science featuring the Tara Oceans Expedition, a
global study
of the
impact of climate change on the world's oceans.
New research into the
impact of climate change has found that warming oceans will cause profound
changes in the
global distribution
of marine biodiversity.
For example, when examining hurricanes and typhoons, the lack
of a high - quality, long - term historical record, uncertainty regarding the
impact of climate change on storm frequency and inability to accurately simulate these storms
in most
global climate models raises significant challenges when attributing assessing the
impact of climate change on any single storm.
She then spent 3 years
in the Department
of Geography and Environmental Engineering, assessing the
impact of global climate change on human health.
Investment
in science will be essential as nations cope with the
impact of global climate change, he said.
Writing
in Current
Climate Change Reports, they conclude that, the most urgent course of action is to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, but concurrently there is also a need to consider novel management techniques and previously over-looked reef areas for protective actions under predicted climate change i
Climate Change Reports, they conclude that, the most urgent course of action is to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, but concurrently there is also a need to consider novel management techniques and previously over-looked reef areas for protective actions under predicted climate change im
Change Reports, they conclude that, the most urgent course
of action is to reduce
global greenhouse gas emissions, but concurrently there is also a need to consider novel management techniques and previously over-looked reef areas for protective actions under predicted
climate change i
climate change im
change impacts.
«Recent advances
in understanding coral resilience are essential to safeguard coral reefs: A review
of the literature points to the importance
of reducing
global carbon dioxide emissions
in addition to protecting or augmenting resilience mechanisms
in the face
of increased frequency
of climate change impacts..»
Though the overall
impact of tourism on
climate change is difficult to assess, the United Nation's World Tourism Organization says our vacations contribute about 5 percent
of global carbon dioxide emissions, which reached 8.47 billion metric tons
in 2007.
Our study
of the faster increases
in apparent temperature has produced important findings for this kind
of climate change impact assessment, providing a strong scientific support for more stringent and effective
climate change mitigation efforts to combat
global warming.»
Dr Li said the latest research findings give a better understanding
of changes in human - perceived equivalent temperature, and indicate
global warming has stronger long - term
impacts on human beings under both extreme and non-extreme weather conditions, suggesting that
climate change adaptation can not just focus on heat wave events, but should be extended to the whole range
of effects
of temperature increases.
The
impact of these events on historical societal development emphasizes the potential economic and social consequences
of a future rise
in sea levels due to
global climate change, the researchers write
in the study recently published
in the journal Scientific Reports.
The scientists conclude that agroforestry should therefore attract more attention
in global agendas on
climate change mitigation because
of its positive social and environmental
impacts.
It can be seen
in the following images, captured largely by photographer Gary Braasch and published
in his book Earth Under Fire: How
Global Warming Is
Changing the World (University
of California Press, 2007), which chronicles some
of the
impacts of climate change around the world:
«To see very large increases
in extremely low snow years within the occurrence
of that [Copenhagen] target suggests that there could be substantial
impacts from
climate change even if that
global warming target is achieved,» Diffenbaugh said.
Dr Jochen Hinkel from
Global Climate Forum in Germany, who is a co-author of this paper and a Lead Author of the coastal chapter for the 2014 IPCC Assessment Report added: «The IPCC has done a great job in bringing together knowledge on climate change, sea - level rise and is potential impacts but now needs to complement this work with a solution - oriented perspective focusing on overcoming barriers to adaptation, mobilising resources, empowering people and discovering opportunities for strengthening coastal resilience in the context of both climate change as well as existing coastal challenges and other issues.
Climate Forum
in Germany, who is a co-author
of this paper and a Lead Author
of the coastal chapter for the 2014 IPCC Assessment Report added: «The IPCC has done a great job
in bringing together knowledge on
climate change, sea - level rise and is potential impacts but now needs to complement this work with a solution - oriented perspective focusing on overcoming barriers to adaptation, mobilising resources, empowering people and discovering opportunities for strengthening coastal resilience in the context of both climate change as well as existing coastal challenges and other issues.
climate change, sea - level rise and is potential
impacts but now needs to complement this work with a solution - oriented perspective focusing on overcoming barriers to adaptation, mobilising resources, empowering people and discovering opportunities for strengthening coastal resilience
in the context
of both
climate change as well as existing coastal challenges and other issues.
climate change as well as existing coastal challenges and other issues.»
«
Changing climate conditions are already happening,» says Eileen Claussen, president of the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, which today released a report on regional impacts in the U.S. «It is clear that there is an immediate need for strong national and international policy action.
climate conditions are already happening,» says Eileen Claussen, president
of the Pew Center on
Global Climate Change, which today released a report on regional impacts in the U.S. «It is clear that there is an immediate need for strong national and international policy action.
Climate Change, which today released a report on regional
impacts in the U.S. «It is clear that there is an immediate need for strong national and international policy action.»
Climate change presents a
global public health problem, with serious health
impacts predicted to manifest
in varying ways
in different parts
of the world.
But one
impact of the new finding is already clear, Stott says: «a regional
change in climate can propagate into a
global response.»
Nonetheless, with rising sea level and environmental refugeeism compounding the increased demand on water, food, and land
of a growing population (albeit one likely to level out mid 21st century), the combined
impacts of climate change and
global population increase could potentially yield a world that doesn't look that different from the one portrayed
in the movie — indeed, as Jim Hansen puts it, «a different planet» — by century's end.
In an interesting paper that appeared in the journal Global Environmental Change, a group of scholars, including Naomi Oreskes, a historian of science at Harvard, and Michael Oppenheimer, a geoscientist at Princeton, note that so - called climate skeptics frequently accuse climate scientists of «alarmism» and «overreacting to evidence of human impacts on the climate system.&raqu
In an interesting paper that appeared
in the journal Global Environmental Change, a group of scholars, including Naomi Oreskes, a historian of science at Harvard, and Michael Oppenheimer, a geoscientist at Princeton, note that so - called climate skeptics frequently accuse climate scientists of «alarmism» and «overreacting to evidence of human impacts on the climate system.&raqu
in the journal
Global Environmental
Change, a group
of scholars, including Naomi Oreskes, a historian
of science at Harvard, and Michael Oppenheimer, a geoscientist at Princeton, note that so - called
climate skeptics frequently accuse
climate scientists
of «alarmism» and «overreacting to evidence
of human
impacts on the
climate system.»
Today we understand the
impact of human activities on
global mean temperature very well; however, high -
impact extreme weather events are where the socio - economic
impacts of a
changing climate manifest itself and where our understanding is more
in its infancy but nevertheless developing at pace.
Can science results be used effectively
in policy - oriented integrated assessment models that are our only tool for evaluating
global - level
impacts of policy and
climate change, particularly with regard to land use?
The consequences
of climate change are being felt not only
in the environment, but
in the entire socio - economic system and, as seen
in the findings
of numerous reports already available, they will
impact first and foremost the poorest and weakest who, even if they are among the least responsible for
global warming, are the most vulnerable because they have limited resources or live
in areas at greater risk... Many
of the most vulnerable societies, already facing energy problems, rely upon agriculture, the very sector most likely to suffer from climatic shifts.»
Projected
impacts of global warming and ocean acidification motivated this action, but as marine biologist Ayana Elizabeth Johnson eloquently writes
in a New York Times op - ed: «
climate change really is only half the story.»
Rahmstorf, Stefan Stefan Rahmstorf is Professor
of Physics
of the Oceans and department head at the Potsdam Institute for
Climate Impact Research
in Germany, a Lead Author
of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report and a member
of the German government's Advisory Council on
Global Change.
In a recently published interview, Paul Hawken, an environmentalist, and Executive Director
of Project Drawdown, a
global coalition
of researchers, scientists, and economists that models the
impacts of global warming, made a spot - on observation about the pitfalls
of seeking a simple, single solution to
climate change.
While much
of the attention at Paris is focused on reducing emissions
in a bid to keep
global temperature rise to less than two degrees Celsius by the end
of the century, many
climate impacts will continue to increase — including rising sea level and more extreme weather events — even if greenhouse emissions cease, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
climate impacts will continue to increase — including rising sea level and more extreme weather events — even if greenhouse emissions cease, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Climate Change.
The
impact of these hazards is often strongly influenced by human actions that contribute to disaster risk and long - term
changes in the
global climate; therefore, the causes
of these hazards and disasters related to them are often less than «natural».
IntroductionThis page provides a huge range skill - based activities and well chosen videos to explore the
global and regional patterns
of climate change impacts both
in the last 100 years and projected into the future.
This page provides a huge range skill - based activities and well chosen videos to explore the
global and regional patterns
of climate change impacts both
in the last 100 years and projected into the future.
The
impacts and management
of global climate change in extreme environments, including adaptation by local populations.
The Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPPC) notes that climate change, if not tackled, will have severe negative impacts on global water supply, agricultural yields, forest ecosystems and the spread of vector - borne diseases, and could result in the displacement of thousands of people from coastal cities and small i
Climate Change (IPPC) notes that climate change, if not tackled, will have severe negative impacts on global water supply, agricultural yields, forest ecosystems and the spread of vector - borne diseases, and could result in the displacement of thousands of people from coastal cities and small is
Change (IPPC) notes that
climate change, if not tackled, will have severe negative impacts on global water supply, agricultural yields, forest ecosystems and the spread of vector - borne diseases, and could result in the displacement of thousands of people from coastal cities and small i
climate change, if not tackled, will have severe negative impacts on global water supply, agricultural yields, forest ecosystems and the spread of vector - borne diseases, and could result in the displacement of thousands of people from coastal cities and small is
change, if not tackled, will have severe negative
impacts on
global water supply, agricultural yields, forest ecosystems and the spread
of vector - borne diseases, and could result
in the displacement
of thousands
of people from coastal cities and small islands.