Sentences with phrase «potential impacts of global climate change»

One of the most devastating potential impacts of global climate change is a large global sea level rise over the coming century and beyond.

Ficke, A. D., C. A. Myrick, and L. J. Hansen, 2007: Potential impacts of global climate change on freshwater fisheries.

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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 livelihoods.

Coffee, especially shade coffee, is a global crop that has a relatively lower impact on greenhouse gas emissions and a more positive impact on carbon sequestration than many other crops.There is potential for shade coffee farms to contribute to the mitigation of climate change and generate income for farmers at the same time; I have a previous post that outlines the basics.

«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 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.

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.»

This report provides an overview of the increasing vulnerability of World Heritage sites to climate change impacts and the potential implications for and of global tourism.

Global sea level rise is one of the most often cited potential large impacts of global climate change over the coming ceGlobal sea level rise is one of the most often cited potential large impacts of global climate change over the coming ceglobal climate change over the coming century.

A simple top - down analysis, based on global scale changes in carbon dioxide and methane, provides some insight into the potential impact of U.S. shale gas production and displacement of coal on global climate.

This line from the 2007 report's chapter on human health is about as straightforward as any language can be: «Despite the known causal links between climate and malaria transmission dynamics, there is still much uncertainty about the potential impact of climate change on malaria at local and global scales.»

«We... propose that one should not rely solely on prediction as the primary policy approach to assess the potential impact of future regional and global climate variability and change.

The prominence of climate risk and policy in the minds of business leaders is reflected in the World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report 2016, which found that the risk with the greatest potential impact is a failure of climate change mitigation and adaptation.

Impacts of potential climate change on global and regional food production and vulnerability.

The latest assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change noted these concerns: «Despite the known causal links between climate and malaria transmission dynamics, there is still much uncertainty about the potential impact of climate change on malaria at local and global scales.Climate Change noted these concerns: «Despite the known causal links between climate and malaria transmission dynamics, there is still much uncertainty about the potential impact of climate change on malaria at local and global scales.&Change noted these concerns: «Despite the known causal links between climate and malaria transmission dynamics, there is still much uncertainty about the potential impact of climate change on malaria at local and global scales.climate and malaria transmission dynamics, there is still much uncertainty about the potential impact of climate change on malaria at local and global scales.climate change on malaria at local and global scales.&change on malaria at local and global scales.»

Public health impact of global heating due to climate change: Potential effects on chronic non-communicable diseases

The potential effects that aviation has had in the past and may have in the future on both stratospheric ozone depletion and global climate change are covered; environmental impacts of aviation at the local scale, however, are not addressed.

The New York Times has reported the shut - down of the Center for Capacity Building, a small NCAR team that has been assessing potential impacts of climate change on poor countries, attracting wide global notice.

Kjellstrom, T., A. J. Butler, R. M. lucas, and R. Bonita, 2010: Public health impact of global heating due to climate change: Potential effects on chronic non-communicable diseases.

The Regional Climate Impacts theme stresses the need to explain and interpret the potential impacts of global climate variability and change at the regional and communityClimate Impacts theme stresses the need to explain and interpret the potential impacts of global climate variability and change at the regional and communityImpacts theme stresses the need to explain and interpret the potential impacts of global climate variability and change at the regional and communityimpacts of global climate variability and change at the regional and communityclimate variability and change at the regional and community scale.

«By analysing the potential impact of future carbon constraints driven by global climate change policies, our study shows a deterioration in the financial risk profiles for smaller oil companies that could lead to negative outlooks and downgrades,» said Michael Wilkins, head of environmental finance at Standard & Poor's.

This analytical document provides an overview of the increasing vulnerability of Word Heritage sites to climate change impacts as well as the potential implications on global tourism.

The analytical report analyzes the potential impacts of climate change on the aquaculture sector at the global and regional levels.

Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation and the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to enter into an arrangements with NAS to study: (1) the current status of ice sheet melt, as caused by climate change, with implications for global sea level rise; and (2) the current state of the science on the potential impacts of climate change on patterns of hurricane and typhoon development and the implications for hurricane - prone and typhoon - prone coastal regions.

... incomplete and misleading because it 1) omits any mention of several of the most important aspects of the potential relationships between hurricanes and global warming, including rainfall, sea level, and storm surge; 2) leaves the impression that there is no significant connection between recent climate change caused by human activities and hurricane characteristics and impacts; and 3) does not take full account of the significance of recently identified trends and variations in tropical storms in causing impacts as compared to increasing societal vulnerability.

Since most ODS are «super» greenhouse gases (GHG) with global warming potentials (GWP) hundreds or thousands of times greater than carbon dioxide (CO2), this phase - out has had dramatic impacts on mitigating climate change.

Doing so would represent a fairer share of global emission reductions, ensure the country takes full advantage of its mitigation potential, and increase the chance of limiting warming to below 2 degrees C, to help avoid the most extreme climate change impacts.

Chris Field, co-chair of the next IPCC assessment of climate change impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability, and Mike MacCracken of the Climate Institute were interviewed February 3 on human - driven climate change and its potential impacts and responded to global warming «skeptics&climate change impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability, and Mike MacCracken of the Climate Institute were interviewed February 3 on human - driven climate change and its potential impacts and responded to global warming «skeptics&Climate Institute were interviewed February 3 on human - driven climate change and its potential impacts and responded to global warming «skeptics&climate change and its potential impacts and responded to global warming «skeptics».

The 63 - page guide (downloads in pdf) is clearly written in plain English, and offers comprehensive information on the science of global climate change, potential impacts, adaptation and mitigation strategies, and policies.

The energy system is both a source of emissions that lead to global warming and it can also be directly affected by climate change: through changes in our energy consumption patterns, potential shutdowns of offshore oil and gas production, changing ice and snow conditions in the oil production regions of Alaska, changing sea ice conditions in the Arctic Ocean and the implications for shipping routes, and impacts of sea - level rise on coasts, where so much of our energy facility infrastructure is located.

Rosenzweig, C., and D. Hillel, 1998: Climate Change and the Global Harvest: Potential Impacts of the Greenhouse Effect on Agriculture.

The latest report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, released on Sunday night, is both sweeping in scope and staggering for its unprecedented details on the impacts of global climate change to date, as well as potential future effects on human and natural sClimate Change, released on Sunday night, is both sweeping in scope and staggering for its unprecedented details on the impacts of global climate change to date, as well as potential future effects on human and natural syChange, released on Sunday night, is both sweeping in scope and staggering for its unprecedented details on the impacts of global climate change to date, as well as potential future effects on human and natural sclimate change to date, as well as potential future effects on human and natural sychange to date, as well as potential future effects on human and natural systems.

Spearheaded by Bank of England Governor Mark Carney (also the head of the FSB) and the former New York mayor and United Nations special envoy on climate change, Michael Bloomberg, the TCFD recommends that companies across all sectors describe the potential impacts of global warming in line with a 2 degrees Celsius

Spearheaded by Bank of England Governor Mark Carney (also the head of the FSB) and the former New York mayor and United Nations special envoy on climate change, Michael Bloomberg, the TCFD recommends that companies across all sectors describe the potential impacts of global warming in line with a 2 degrees Celsius scenario on their business, strategy and financial planning.