the possible impacts of climate change on pacific island state ecosystems

... production and economic growth This paper examines these main impacts of climate change on agriculture in Mekong River Delta, one of the most important two rice granaries of the country, alongside ... areas of the Mekong Delta to 2100 Analyzing and assessing impacts on Mekong Delta in climate change scenarios Researching in detail impacts of climate change on inundation, salt intrusion, Water ... DISCUSSION AND SUGGESTION Climate change has great impacts on the whole society Therefore, it is the responsibility of government from central to local to implement programs of climate change, ...

Ngày tải lên: 23/01/2013, 22:00

... Nam 3.5 Impact of climate change on other sectors Apart from assessing the impacts of climate change on water resources, the study also looked at impacts of climate change on other sectors in ... at the provincial level At this moment, however, the process of the preparing the ICZM strategy has not yet considered the changes in climate as well as their impacts on natural conditions of the ... development of the coastal zone [2] The ICZM strategy document was promulgated at the national level in 2003 The strategy of ICZM agrees with the strategy of adaptation to climate change in the approach,...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 16:20

... in flood flow in the A2 scenario is the highest in comparison with the baseline period and in the B1 scenario the lowest Meanwhile, the flow in the months of flood season in Dong Nai basin has ... flood-season flow and dry-season flow is downwards The author acknowledges the financial support by Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) for the project "Impacts of climate change on water ... hydro-stations in Dong Nai river basin 100 (%) 102 T.H Thai, T Thuc / VNU Journal of Science, Earth Sciences 27 (2011) 98-106 Assessing impacts of climate change on flow in Hong-Thai Binh and Dong Nai...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 12:20

... in flood flow in the A2 scenario is the highest in comparison with the baseline period and in the B1 scenario the lowest Meanwhile, the flow in the months of flood season in Dong Nai basin has ... flood-season flow and dry-season flow is downwards The author acknowledges the financial support by Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) for the project "Impacts of climate change on water ... hydro-stations in Dong Nai river basin 100 (%) 102 T.H Thai, T Thuc / VNU Journal of Science, Earth Sciences 27 (2011) 98-106 Assessing impacts of climate change on flow in Hong-Thai Binh and Dong Nai...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 15:20

... change impacts on flooding and salinity intrusion, the we inherit the entire hydrodynamic model ISIS, a component of the Decision Support Framework (DSF) developed by the Mekong River Commission The ... Base on the results of the flow calculation by MRCS, combined with SLR and salinity scenarios by IMHEN, further simulate and analyze the impacts on Cuu Long Delta Downstream boundary condition, ... of salinity intrusion corresponding to salinity of 1‰ and 4‰ at the rivers of the study basins in scenario B2 [5] Distance of salinity Distance of salinity intrusion corresponding to intrusion...

Ngày tải lên: 21/07/2014, 16:21

... during the same season in the Pacific, 10 tropical cyclones or typhoons hit Japan; The biggest storms cause most of the damage,” said Robert Mendelsohn, the lead economist on the project “With the ... that the regional change in tropical cyclone frequency is closely related to the distribution of the SST anomaly and the change in convective activity associated with it Over the regions where the ... Impacts of Climate change on Tropical cyclones Global Climate Change – commonly known as global warming and associated sea level rise– is one of the most serious challenges facing the human...

Ngày tải lên: 10/05/2016, 10:18

... points of the G8 Climate Change Roundtable statement included: • Recognition of the responsibility of companies to act on climate change, one of the most significant challenges of the 21st century ... greenhouse gas emissions as part of the climate change task force deliberations The purpose was to inform the task force about the contribution of transportation emissions to Ford’s environmental footprint ... put constraints on carbon need to focus on all sectors of the economy They should encourage conservation and the introduction of lower-carbon fuels and energy sources, while increasing the demand...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 00:20

... examined the effects of climate change on Vietnam’s economy The majority of findings stated that climate change have negative impacts on Vietnam’s economy and suggest possible adaptation or mitigation ... consists of the air, the continents and the oceans The process of the climate take place continuously between these factors According to Framework Convetion of the United Nations, we have these ... number of storms and the activities of the tide III Impact of Climate change on Viet Nam economy Impact of Climate change on economy in general: As growth is a cumulative process, the reductions...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 20:08

... will offer a collective interpretation of climatic impacts on populations of avian species across the USA whilst retaining the resolution of the state- level approach During the production of CIIs, ... by climate change over recent decades and relate changing abundances to climate An Indicator of the Impact of Climate Change on Populations of Bird Species in the USA 3.1 Introduction Climate change ... utility of SDMs to speculate future impacts of climate change on biodiversity SDMs rarely take into consideration biotic interactions, species dispersal or evolutionary change (Pearson & Dawson,...

Ngày tải lên: 26/09/2015, 12:50

... action, and new 23 the new politics of climate change the new politics of climate change the new politics of climate change 24 programmes established to this The Office of the Third Sector, the ... Stevens, 2007, Climate Change: the state of the debate, Center on International Cooperation 27 the new politics of climate change 20 Carbon Trust, 2008, Climate Change – a business revolution? How tackling ... their action on climate change, in recognition of the employment opportunities arising from the lowcarbon economy the new politics of climate change 20 community action.67 But some of the most exciting...

Ngày tải lên: 25/01/2014, 12:20

... promising hypotheses on the societal impacts of housing and examine the growing body of research supporting these hypotheses This paper focuses on the impact of housing on education Other papers ... pollution and other toxic substances The use of green building techniques in the construction of new homes and the renovation of existing units leads to lower levels of energy consumption, which ... vehicles on the environment, the residential sector generated 18 percent of United States greenhouse gas emissions, primarily as a result of energy consumption and the production and transmission of...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 09:20

... causes changes in flow in the basin The consequence of climate change is the change of air temperature causing change in evapotranspiration As the temperature, annual evapotranspiration will ... Year Figure Change in evapotranspiration (%) relative to the period 1980-1999 at selected stations Impacts of climate change on river flow In order to assess impacts of climate change on water resources, ... baseline period The results corresponding to B2 and B1 reduced by approximately 1.06% and 0.96% The change of flow in different branches is the results of the different changes of rainfall Son Diem 2040-2059...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 16:20

... an overview of the ecological impacts of climate change and a series of examples of impacts of different kinds The contents of IPCC Climate Change 2007: Synthesis Report Contribution of Working ... from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their ... likely future consequences of human actions in causing climate change, increased extinctions are one of the key impacts So far the number of known extinctions as a result of climate change is small,...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 01:20

... million tonnes Thus separate to the negative impact of population growth on food scarcity, there will likely be further negative economic impacts on the population Wider impacts of climate change ... Summary of potential impacts of climate change Table summarises the potential impacts of climate change of the basin catchments The table shows the impacts under the likely projected climate ... in the Mekong Basin with their areas Catchment Mekong Mekong Moung Nouy Mekong Mekong Nam Ngum Mekong Mekong Se Bang Hieng Chi Mun Mekong Se San Mekong Mekong Mekong Mekong Mekong Total Location...

Ngày tải lên: 06/07/2014, 23:20

... Dong Nai river basin and the surrounding areas Literature review In this study, the HydroGIS modeling package was used to investigate the impacts of climate change on flooding in Sai Gon – Dong ... in the downstream of the Dong Nai River In the 2020-2100 period, according to emission scenarios B1, B2 and A1FI, rainfall in the southern part increases only around 1-2% in the rainy seasons ... inundation area and depth The author acknowledges the financial support by Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) for the project "Impacts of climate change on water resources and adaptation...

Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 12:20

... Journal of Science, Earth Sciences 26 (2010) 218-223 attention by scientists and agencies of both countries [2, 3] The expressions of climate change impacts on water resources of Hong River basin Climate ... (2009) [3] Luong Tuan Anh, Tran Thuc, Transboundary water issues affected to Vietnam in the context of climate change, Proceedings of the fifth Conference of Asia Pacific Association of Hydrology ... respond climate change and mitigate adverse impacts of water exploitation on rivers crossing Vietnam-China border References Cooperative research Information and data exchange on the basis of...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 16:20

... on (i) the planning of socioeconomic development of the region, of each provinces and of each sector [4,6,7]; (ii) climate change scenarios [1] The main criteria considered choosing option were: ... energy production is on the increase in the periods as compared to the baseline However, this change is not significant 4) In the context of climate change, under unfavorable conditions for water ... energy production of Son La hydropower plant under scenarios Conclusions 1) Climate change causes the increase in the total annual the whole basin The inflow increases in flood season and decreases...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 16:20

... on the impact of climate change on water report on the impact of climate change on water resources on Dong Nai river basin and adaptation measures, DANIDA project "Impacts of climate change on ... 54-61 Conclusions Impacts of climate change and sea level rise on salinity intrusion in the two basins is very evident, especially in Dong Nai river basin To mitigate the consequences of salinity ... distance of salinity intrusion occurs in high emission scenario A2 and the shortest occurs in low emission scenario B1 - The impacts of climate change and sea level rise on salinity intrusion in Dong...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 15:20

... despite the intensity of the debates on the Kyoto Protocol and the considerable economic stakes of GHG reduction efforts, studies of the issue have mainly demonstrated the complexity of the subject ... in the last section Theoretical Framework and Hypotheses Research on GHG reduction strategies has improved our understanding of the motivations of businesses, the institutional context of their ... instead the costs of such efforts (The New Economics Foundation, 2004) This apparent contradiction can be partly explained by the complex and contingent nature of the possible impacts of these...

Ngày tải lên: 15/10/2014, 11:02

... 90% The change of forest in the catchment was failed to be related to sediment in the river due to various reason like the immaturity of the trees, the lack of the undergrowth and the location of ... Gullies on the cutting slope of the road 209 Plate 7.7 Construction waste dumped into the main channel of the Longchuanjiang River 211 Plate 7.8 Plate canal conducting the mud into the Longchuanjiang ... considering the overlapping of the influence and the lag effect of the driving forces 1.1.2 Mathematical modelling of the impact and limitation of current research There is a growing concern about the...

Ngày tải lên: 14/09/2015, 14:05