English - Association for Progressive Communications
... For research purposes, APC´s definition of ICT and environmental sustainability was used: ...
... For research purposes, APC´s definition of ICT and environmental sustainability was used: ...
Climate Change of the Arctic and Antarctica.
... decreased by as much as 18 percent in certain areas over nearly two decades, providing new insights on how the Antarctic ice sheet is responding to climate change. ...
... decreased by as much as 18 percent in certain areas over nearly two decades, providing new insights on how the Antarctic ice sheet is responding to climate change. ...
APPENDIX VII. Thesis and Dissertations authored by GREF Fellows.
... Allison Drake, MSc 2005: “Climate change, invasive grasses, wildfire and the potential for major ecosystem change in southwest North America.” Advisor – Jonathan Overpeck, University of Arizona. Dabrina D. Dutcher, PhD 2011: “Biofuel combustion: A single particle approach including new tandem measur ...
... Allison Drake, MSc 2005: “Climate change, invasive grasses, wildfire and the potential for major ecosystem change in southwest North America.” Advisor – Jonathan Overpeck, University of Arizona. Dabrina D. Dutcher, PhD 2011: “Biofuel combustion: A single particle approach including new tandem measur ...
Assessing the Costs of Climate Change and Adaptation in South Asia
... rising to a loss of nearly 9% by 2100 under business-as-usual (BAU) scenario—higher still if losses due to extreme weather events are added. It further reveals that a significant part of the losses could be avoided if an agreement along the Copenhagen–Cancun proposal could be implemented sooner than ...
... rising to a loss of nearly 9% by 2100 under business-as-usual (BAU) scenario—higher still if losses due to extreme weather events are added. It further reveals that a significant part of the losses could be avoided if an agreement along the Copenhagen–Cancun proposal could be implemented sooner than ...
Report Workshop on Regional and National Climate
... Use of regional climate models for decision making depends on verification with observations to assess their reliability. This approach can potentially provide a means for improved guidance and an ability to assess probable climate changes over longer time scales. As such, if verification of models ...
... Use of regional climate models for decision making depends on verification with observations to assess their reliability. This approach can potentially provide a means for improved guidance and an ability to assess probable climate changes over longer time scales. As such, if verification of models ...
Distributions and climate effects of atmospheric aerosols from the
... which leads to a decrease in the total cloud water (Lohmann and Feichter, 2005). There is also a semi-direct effect, in which aerosols, such as black carbon (BC) and soil dust particles, absorb solar radiation and warm the surrounding atmosphere, resulting in a change in liquid/ice water content due ...
... which leads to a decrease in the total cloud water (Lohmann and Feichter, 2005). There is also a semi-direct effect, in which aerosols, such as black carbon (BC) and soil dust particles, absorb solar radiation and warm the surrounding atmosphere, resulting in a change in liquid/ice water content due ...
The Response of Precipitation Minus Evapotranspiration to Climate
... where (P − E)mean = −∇ · Fmean is the component of climatological P − E associated with the monthly-mean circulation. The moisture flux by transient eddies may be approximately related to the time-mean specific humidity field using a diffusive approximation (e.g., O’Gorman and Schneider 2006). We as ...
... where (P − E)mean = −∇ · Fmean is the component of climatological P − E associated with the monthly-mean circulation. The moisture flux by transient eddies may be approximately related to the time-mean specific humidity field using a diffusive approximation (e.g., O’Gorman and Schneider 2006). We as ...
Yukon Climate Change Indicators and Key
... collaboration between the Northern Climate ExChange at the Yukon Research Centre, Yukon College, and the Government of Yukon’s Climate Change Secretariat. Together we recognized a need for easy-to-access climate change data and resources, which then developed into an analysis of Yukon climate change ...
... collaboration between the Northern Climate ExChange at the Yukon Research Centre, Yukon College, and the Government of Yukon’s Climate Change Secretariat. Together we recognized a need for easy-to-access climate change data and resources, which then developed into an analysis of Yukon climate change ...
you can - Allianz
... that allows patients to convalesce at home and avoid the upset of long-term hospitalization. Schutzbrief 55+ (Germany) This product allows elderly people to retain their independence after an accident or illness. It provides all-round care, with trained carers helping out with everyday tasks, from f ...
... that allows patients to convalesce at home and avoid the upset of long-term hospitalization. Schutzbrief 55+ (Germany) This product allows elderly people to retain their independence after an accident or illness. It provides all-round care, with trained carers helping out with everyday tasks, from f ...
Insights to Key Questions about Climate Change
... Chapter 3 focuses on the issue of economic impacts of weather and climate in the United States (US). The first section addresses known financial impacts of recent (1950-2000) weather and climate conditions. Descriptions follow of temporal trends of weather and climate extremes and their impacts, cau ...
... Chapter 3 focuses on the issue of economic impacts of weather and climate in the United States (US). The first section addresses known financial impacts of recent (1950-2000) weather and climate conditions. Descriptions follow of temporal trends of weather and climate extremes and their impacts, cau ...
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... JEL Classification: H41, Q4, Q54 Keywords: Climate change, Adaptation funding, Integrated Assessment Modeling ...
... JEL Classification: H41, Q4, Q54 Keywords: Climate change, Adaptation funding, Integrated Assessment Modeling ...
Vulnerability of Tasmania`s Natural Environment to Climate Change
... and ecological requirements are also at risk to the impacts of climate change. Freshwater ecosystems are also considered to be highly vulnerable to the potential impacts of climate change. Warmer temperatures, increased wind and changing rainfall patterns are projected to impact on water availabilit ...
... and ecological requirements are also at risk to the impacts of climate change. Freshwater ecosystems are also considered to be highly vulnerable to the potential impacts of climate change. Warmer temperatures, increased wind and changing rainfall patterns are projected to impact on water availabilit ...
Tripura - Ministry of Environment and Forests
... the impacts of climate change. In the light of risk and impact assessment highlighted in the research conducted by the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in their 4th assessment report, the risks of climate change phenomenon is looming large and posing a threat to the human civilizati ...
... the impacts of climate change. In the light of risk and impact assessment highlighted in the research conducted by the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in their 4th assessment report, the risks of climate change phenomenon is looming large and posing a threat to the human civilizati ...
Climate Satellites Affirmative - NDI - 2011
... temperature, because the increased area of open water has its largest impact on surface air temperature in the cool seasons. Further, we suggest that the stability of sea level during the Holocene is a consequence of the fact that global temperature remained just below the level required to initiate ...
... temperature, because the increased area of open water has its largest impact on surface air temperature in the cool seasons. Further, we suggest that the stability of sea level during the Holocene is a consequence of the fact that global temperature remained just below the level required to initiate ...
Kenya Talks Climate
... African citizens’ response to climate change is hampered by a fundamental shortage of relevant, useful information for African audiences. The intensive media coverage and public awareness campaigns prevalent in much of the industrialised world have been largely absent in Africa, particularly outside ...
... African citizens’ response to climate change is hampered by a fundamental shortage of relevant, useful information for African audiences. The intensive media coverage and public awareness campaigns prevalent in much of the industrialised world have been largely absent in Africa, particularly outside ...
Stern Review: The Economics of Climate Change
... emissions to be at least 25% below current levels by 2050, and perhaps much more. Ultimately, stabilisation – at whatever level – requires that annual emissions be brought down to more than 80% below current levels. This is a major challenge, but sustained long-term action can achieve it at costs th ...
... emissions to be at least 25% below current levels by 2050, and perhaps much more. Ultimately, stabilisation – at whatever level – requires that annual emissions be brought down to more than 80% below current levels. This is a major challenge, but sustained long-term action can achieve it at costs th ...
Di Gregorio et al 2016 - Centre for Climate Change Economics and
... domain, or the extent to which positive and negative interactions between mitigation and adaptation are taken into account in policy formulation. The paper is based on a systematic content analysis of major federal level climate change and land use policies. The results indicate a stronger focus on ...
... domain, or the extent to which positive and negative interactions between mitigation and adaptation are taken into account in policy formulation. The paper is based on a systematic content analysis of major federal level climate change and land use policies. The results indicate a stronger focus on ...
A note on including climate change adaptation in an international
... Strictly speaking, an adaptation measure is a change in practice, decision-making, or investment, which is introduced only because of observed and projected climate change (Def 1). This definition can be extended to include responses to current climate variability: an adaptation measure can be defin ...
... Strictly speaking, an adaptation measure is a change in practice, decision-making, or investment, which is introduced only because of observed and projected climate change (Def 1). This definition can be extended to include responses to current climate variability: an adaptation measure can be defin ...
Integrating Mitigation and Adaptation in Climate and Land Use
... change domain, or the extent to which positive and negative interactions between mitigation and adaptation are taken into account in policy formulation. The paper is based on a systematic content analysis of major federal level climate change and land use policies. The results indicate a stronger fo ...
... change domain, or the extent to which positive and negative interactions between mitigation and adaptation are taken into account in policy formulation. The paper is based on a systematic content analysis of major federal level climate change and land use policies. The results indicate a stronger fo ...
Did high Neo-Tethys subduction rates contribute to early Cenozoic
... et al. (2011a). Because Cretaceous-Cenozoic intra-Eurasian shortening north of the African-Arabian plate is limited to perhaps 200 km and focused in the late Cenozoic (e.g., Mouthereau, 2011; McQuarrie and van Hinsbergen, 2013), we considered Africa/Arabia-Eurasia convergence rates as subduction rat ...
... et al. (2011a). Because Cretaceous-Cenozoic intra-Eurasian shortening north of the African-Arabian plate is limited to perhaps 200 km and focused in the late Cenozoic (e.g., Mouthereau, 2011; McQuarrie and van Hinsbergen, 2013), we considered Africa/Arabia-Eurasia convergence rates as subduction rat ...
state action plan on climate change for telangana state
... In 2009, the Ministry of Environment and Forests called upon the States to prepare the State Action Plans on Climate Change (SAPCC) consistent with the strategy outlined in National Action Plan on Climate Change. EPTRI has prepared the SAPCC for combined Andhra Pradesh, which was endorsed by Nationa ...
... In 2009, the Ministry of Environment and Forests called upon the States to prepare the State Action Plans on Climate Change (SAPCC) consistent with the strategy outlined in National Action Plan on Climate Change. EPTRI has prepared the SAPCC for combined Andhra Pradesh, which was endorsed by Nationa ...