Sentences with phrase «effects of climate change in»

The first of the TAR chapters (Chapter 7) was largely devoted to impact issues for human settlements, concluding that settlements are vulnerable to effects of climate change in three major ways: through economic sectors affected by changes in input resource productivity or market demands for goods and services, through impacts on certain physical infrastructures, and through impacts of weather and extreme events on the health of populations.
Until this study, with few exceptions, studies of potential effects of climate change in the Amazon have focused on forests and other organisms on land,» says Kirk Winemiller, a professor in the wildlife and fisheries sciences department of Texas A&M University in the US, and one of the authors.
Which is to say, that when James Lovelock says humanity only has one chance left not to get annihilated by the effects of climate change in the 21st century, it's worth shutting up and listening to what the man says.
Climate Change Effects Already Being Felt We have to act now: we are already experiencing the effects of climate change in very real and concrete ways.
Interviewing a farmer who shows her some diseased plants purportedly shows the effects of the climate change in western New York.
Others however are calling for a temporary closure to certain over-trafficked areas because of the environmental and resource pressures that increased tourism brings, which are exacerbating the effects of climate change in the region.
«Al Gore's presentation of the causes and likely effects of climate change in the film was broadly accurate» and «substantially founded upon scientific research and fact.»
If the plaintiffs were concerned about the effects of climate change in 2050, the judge said, they should refile their case in 2045.
These elements are crucial to help vulnerable communities cope with the enduring effects of climate change in a way that is both just and equitable.
Adaptation of the agricultural sector to the effects of climate change in arid regions: competitive advantage date palm cropping patterns under water scarcity conditions
In my book Requiem for a Species I wrote: «In short, a revived democracy is the only means of fighting the effects of climate change in a humane way.»
It revealed that starvation and predation were the most common and consistent chick killers over the years, but that hypothermia was the leading cause of death during years with heavy rainstorms, which became more prevalent throughout the study period — a trend that is consistent with climate models projecting the effects of climate change in the region.
This means young people in Europe and across the world will be at the forefront of what will be the worst and most unpredictable effects of climate change in the future.
However, rich countries responsible for most greenhouse gas emissions pledged to create a fund worth $ 100bn per year by 2020 to invest in clean technologies and to help mitigate the effects of climate change in the global south.
This idea may seem as futuristic today as the automobile did in the 1879, but carbon removal likely will play a large role in preventing the adverse effects of climate change in the near future.
The cumulative effects of climate change in Alaska strongly affect Native communities, which are highly vulnerable to these rapid changes but have a deep cultural history of adapting to change.
Visitors to the Royal Festival Hall and Eden Project watched the 2007 voyages unfold via daily video reports, blogs, and images of the art, science and increasing effects of climate change in the Arctic.
(8) Under Article 4 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, developed country parties, including the United States, committed to «assist the developing country parties that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change in meeting costs of adaptation to those adverse effects».
As a result of Sandy, New York launched a $ 20 billion effort to prepare for the effects of climate change in 2017.
It covers the following topics: effects of climate change in Africa; basic facts on gender equality; gender - differentiated impacts of climate change; need and options for gender - sensitive responses to climate change.
A separate scientific assessment report — required to analyze the effects of climate change in the United States — is also more than two and a half years late.
Previous «studies on the effects of climate change in Bangladesh, including those quoted by the IPCC, did not consider the role of sediment in the growth and adjustment process of the country?s coast and rivers,» he told AFP.
This group is also more likely than older generations in the GOP to perceive at least some effects of climate change in the communities where they live.
There are already many effects of climate change in Latin America.
This project focuses on taking action against the health effects of climate change in seven European countries: Albania, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Russian Federation, Tajikistan, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Uzbekistan.
The first step is educating citizens both in the Philippines and around the world about what the nation is facing, and about the practical clean - energy solutions available that can begin to address the harmful effects of climate change in the Philippines and beyond.
A 3 - day long media workshop, organized by global environment forum Third Pole in Kathmandu, Nepal from 13 - 16 October brought together, for the first time, journalists from China, India and Bangladesh to deliberate upon the effects of climate change in Brahmaputra / Yurlung Zangbo river basin
The draft, just unveiled for public comment before it becomes final, is the latest iteration of a major series of reports requested by Congress on the effects of climate change in the United States.
For is it not true that the IPCC is comprised of a wide range of scientist and they all must agree on the content of their reports, that some of said scientists are either on the payroll of oil - dependent nations or are politically conservative, and that the IPCC predictions have consistently underestimated the effects of climate change in terms of temperature rise, sea level rise, ice cap diminution, etc..?
Slate reviews The Hunger Games in the context of dystopian effects of climate change in young adult fiction.
Wangari Maathai discusses the value of recognition as a part of the peace «puzzle», the real effects of climate change in Africa (7:55), the importance of recapturing her childhood memories (12:56), the evolution of Green Belt from a pilot project to a movement (18:03), the custodial role of governments (20:54), and her new book, The Challenge for Africa (27:50).
Malone was the principal author on a U.S. Agency for International Development report, Changing Glaciers and Hydrology in Asia: Addressing Vulnerabilities to Glacier Melt Impacts, which assessed how USAID programs could respond to the effects of climate change in this region of the world.
Most analyses of expected effects of climate change in agriculture include changes in disease dynamics (Plowright et al. 2012), but Montana - specific data are rare.
Below, we list research that is needed to achieve better understanding of direct effects, indirect effects, and general effects of climate change in Montana.
(8) Under Article 4 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, developed country parties, including the United States, committed to «assist the developing country parties that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change in meeting costs of adaptation to those adverse effects».
The environmental effects of climate change in our modern world are increasingly convincing, and global leaders will gather soon in a major Summit to try to address the problem.
«Agroforestry can ensure food security, mitigate effects of climate change in Africa.»
The study of the effects of climate change in this area and historical variation of chemical elements in trees can highly contribute to discover the potential effects that could stand many of the coniferous forests in the 21st century, according to the authors.
Furthermore, Läderach's research on the effects of climate change in Ghana and Ivory Coast predicts that the ideal cacao - growing areas will shift to higher altitudes to compensate for rising temperatures.
Dan Kraker and Elizabeth Dunbar of Minnesota Public Radio, winners of the Silver Award in the radio category, described the current and likely effects of climate change in their home state, particularly on the changing makeup of the northern forests.
«New study quantifies the effects of climate change in Europe.»
During the hour - long slide show, Holly summarized the effects of climate change in Yosemite — including shrinking waterfalls, intensifying wildfires, and vanishing species.
Rustad has been manipulating forest for decades, testing the effects of climate change in a controlled setting.
At the ceremony, Buhari stressed the need for sustained financial, technical and capacity building from the international community to mitigate the effects of climate change in the country.
«We've seen the effects of climate change in the past few months.
President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated the need for sustained financial, technical and capacity building support from the international community to mitigate the adverse effects of climate change in the country.
By bringing a big global problem to a local and more manageable scale, we can gain insight on the effects of climate change in our community.
Among the most visible and dramatic effects of climate change in Massachusetts is sea level rise and ocean acidification.
In British Columbia, we see the effects of climate change in the growing number of powerful storms that pummel our coast, record wildfires that destroy our forests, and water shortages that harm our agricultural sector.
When the researchers simulated a second effect of climate change in addition to warming, namely drought, the results were even the opposite as expected: The soil animals ate less, and also the microorganisms living in the soil showed a decline in respiration — an indication that they also consumed less food.
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