climatic adaptation of coastal communities on the southwest of taiwan
... the past ten decades, the temperature in Taiwan has increased by 0.8C (Central Weather Bureau, 2015). From 1995 to 2015, the temperature in the most pleasant month of the year, May, has risen by 1.32C. The amount of rainfall has become greater and more concentrated from June to August. People in T ...
... the past ten decades, the temperature in Taiwan has increased by 0.8C (Central Weather Bureau, 2015). From 1995 to 2015, the temperature in the most pleasant month of the year, May, has risen by 1.32C. The amount of rainfall has become greater and more concentrated from June to August. People in T ...
Climate Change Case Law Update
... taken that the best way for aviation to contribute to the “goal of climate stabilisation” would be through “a well-designed emissions trading regime” (para 3.39). 14 In October 2006 the Stern Review on “the Economics of Climate Challenge” was published. In the words of the claimants' expert (Mr Lock ...
... taken that the best way for aviation to contribute to the “goal of climate stabilisation” would be through “a well-designed emissions trading regime” (para 3.39). 14 In October 2006 the Stern Review on “the Economics of Climate Challenge” was published. In the words of the claimants' expert (Mr Lock ...
protecting our future environment in a changing climate
... stable air conditions, which lead to a build-up of pollutants (Dobbins 1979). The result is a brownhazed horizon that remains until it is dispersed by wind or rain. We may get more days like this in future. Drying of land and loss of vegetation is expected to increase sources of dust. In urban areas ...
... stable air conditions, which lead to a build-up of pollutants (Dobbins 1979). The result is a brownhazed horizon that remains until it is dispersed by wind or rain. We may get more days like this in future. Drying of land and loss of vegetation is expected to increase sources of dust. In urban areas ...
Climate change, development, poverty and economics
... Climate change is also unique in the scale of the response that is needed. Reducing climate risks requires cooperation from all countries, developed and developing, to reorient their economic systems away from fossil fuels and harmful land-use practices. This reorientation is urgent. Our activities ...
... Climate change is also unique in the scale of the response that is needed. Reducing climate risks requires cooperation from all countries, developed and developing, to reorient their economic systems away from fossil fuels and harmful land-use practices. This reorientation is urgent. Our activities ...
Talking about a revolution: climate change and the media
... (IPCC), the 2,000+ researchers most qualified to comment. In 2007 the IPCC gave its strongest statement yet on climate change. It said human activities were more than 90 per cent likely to be the cause and that impacts could be “abrupt and irreversible”. It added that if urgent steps are taken, clim ...
... (IPCC), the 2,000+ researchers most qualified to comment. In 2007 the IPCC gave its strongest statement yet on climate change. It said human activities were more than 90 per cent likely to be the cause and that impacts could be “abrupt and irreversible”. It added that if urgent steps are taken, clim ...
motivating individual carbon reduction through local government
... Paper Meeting the Energy Challenge (DTI, 2007) is one of the most recent UK policy statements to place an emphasis on the important role to be played by local government in developing local responses to climate change. During the last ten years, this role has been expounded in a range of key policy ...
... Paper Meeting the Energy Challenge (DTI, 2007) is one of the most recent UK policy statements to place an emphasis on the important role to be played by local government in developing local responses to climate change. During the last ten years, this role has been expounded in a range of key policy ...
Climate Change - Ku-ring-gai Council
... In the absence of policies to combat climate change, CO2 emissions will inevitably rise as the global carbon economy continues to grow. Historically, economic development has been associated with increased energy consumption and hence energy related CO2 emissions per capita (Stern, 2006). Energy use ...
... In the absence of policies to combat climate change, CO2 emissions will inevitably rise as the global carbon economy continues to grow. Historically, economic development has been associated with increased energy consumption and hence energy related CO2 emissions per capita (Stern, 2006). Energy use ...
Climate change - Public Documents Profile Viewer
... changes in weather patterns, ice melts, the already visible rise in sea levels, and many other factors, such as increases in seawater acidity. Changes in climate create a variety of risks affecting human well-being (Stocker and others 2013; Field and others 2014). The likelihood and severity of thes ...
... changes in weather patterns, ice melts, the already visible rise in sea levels, and many other factors, such as increases in seawater acidity. Changes in climate create a variety of risks affecting human well-being (Stocker and others 2013; Field and others 2014). The likelihood and severity of thes ...
Indigenous Australians` knowledge of weather and climate
... current mangrove swamp areas and salt mudflats that exist today (Chappell 1988; Reeves et al. 2008). Around 13,000 years ago, northern Australia was significantly drier than now, with an ecosystem in Arnhem Land and Kakadu more likely to look like the present drier southern compositions, rather than ...
... current mangrove swamp areas and salt mudflats that exist today (Chappell 1988; Reeves et al. 2008). Around 13,000 years ago, northern Australia was significantly drier than now, with an ecosystem in Arnhem Land and Kakadu more likely to look like the present drier southern compositions, rather than ...
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... during the twentieth century, the Earth’s surface has warmed by 0.4-0.8°C; land areas have warmed more than the oceans, with northern, mid-high latitudes warming more than most other parts (Fig. 2). The mean annual continental precipitation has increased by 5-10% over the twentieth century in the No ...
... during the twentieth century, the Earth’s surface has warmed by 0.4-0.8°C; land areas have warmed more than the oceans, with northern, mid-high latitudes warming more than most other parts (Fig. 2). The mean annual continental precipitation has increased by 5-10% over the twentieth century in the No ...
Aalborg Universitet Rasmussen, Torben Valdbjørn
... Buildings play a vital economic and social role in society and are vulnerable to climate change. This paper suggests a strategic approach for existing buildings to withstand climate change. It emphasises the most likely climate impacts, including the change in mean year values as well as the extent ...
... Buildings play a vital economic and social role in society and are vulnerable to climate change. This paper suggests a strategic approach for existing buildings to withstand climate change. It emphasises the most likely climate impacts, including the change in mean year values as well as the extent ...
Response to consultation on Climate Change Bill Scotland
... Includes international aviation and shipping in targets. International aviation and shipping emissions should be accounted for in targets, based on traffic through Scottish ports and airports. Sets up an independent Scottish Climate Change Commission to advise Government and monitor and report on th ...
... Includes international aviation and shipping in targets. International aviation and shipping emissions should be accounted for in targets, based on traffic through Scottish ports and airports. Sets up an independent Scottish Climate Change Commission to advise Government and monitor and report on th ...
Impacts of climate and land-use changes on floods in an urban
... Projected rapid land-use changes when coupled with climate change, could potentially lead to increased flood risk which may have a deleterious impact on infrastructure (Ewen & Parkin, 1996). The precise effects of such changes are difficult to predict. For example, the current once in 100-year flood ...
... Projected rapid land-use changes when coupled with climate change, could potentially lead to increased flood risk which may have a deleterious impact on infrastructure (Ewen & Parkin, 1996). The precise effects of such changes are difficult to predict. For example, the current once in 100-year flood ...
Waves of Change: Climate Change in the Pacific Islands
... of the Small Islands States role in global organizations. The course will allow students to read the most recent United Nations documents prepared by experts to understand sustainability and social justice in world affairs. There will also be a juxtaposition of the main international instruments aim ...
... of the Small Islands States role in global organizations. The course will allow students to read the most recent United Nations documents prepared by experts to understand sustainability and social justice in world affairs. There will also be a juxtaposition of the main international instruments aim ...
Analysis of Existing Weather and Climate Information for Malawi
... count of wet days >95th percentile of observed wet days; maximum daily rainfall; mean dry spell duration; average maximum temperature; average minimum temperature; hot days >32°C; hot days >36°C; hot days (tmax >95th percentile of observed days); heat spell duration 95th percentile threshold; frost ...
... count of wet days >95th percentile of observed wet days; maximum daily rainfall; mean dry spell duration; average maximum temperature; average minimum temperature; hot days >32°C; hot days >36°C; hot days (tmax >95th percentile of observed days); heat spell duration 95th percentile threshold; frost ...
Global Warming (AGW): Separating Fact From Fiction
... outcomes, and this generally remains the case.” Recently, this same concern about the possible future threat posed by climate change, was voiced by the Climate and Health Alliance in November 2013. According to a joint statement signed by Fiona Armstrong and others, “Climate change is the greatest h ...
... outcomes, and this generally remains the case.” Recently, this same concern about the possible future threat posed by climate change, was voiced by the Climate and Health Alliance in November 2013. According to a joint statement signed by Fiona Armstrong and others, “Climate change is the greatest h ...
Adapting to Climate Change in Australia
... ranges and adaptive capacity, but they may become vulnerable if global warming exceeds 3.0°C.” Information that has become available since 2007 suggests risks may be more significant than estimated by the IPCC. While individual events cannot be directly attributed to climate change, extreme events e ...
... ranges and adaptive capacity, but they may become vulnerable if global warming exceeds 3.0°C.” Information that has become available since 2007 suggests risks may be more significant than estimated by the IPCC. While individual events cannot be directly attributed to climate change, extreme events e ...
The impact of climate change on seasonal floods of a southern
... elevations are referenced to the mean sea level. The three sharp decreases in water surface elevation seen in those two figures represent water control structures. The black triangles represent the current flood stage water levels. These clearly indicate that most of the river section is currently f ...
... elevations are referenced to the mean sea level. The three sharp decreases in water surface elevation seen in those two figures represent water control structures. The black triangles represent the current flood stage water levels. These clearly indicate that most of the river section is currently f ...
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... indirectly by various human activities in addition to natural climate variability over time.Despite its natural occurence, it is likely that the rate of future climate change may be more rapid than at any time in the last 10,000 years.( Toman, 2001). The major GHGs in our atmosphere are water vapour ...
... indirectly by various human activities in addition to natural climate variability over time.Despite its natural occurence, it is likely that the rate of future climate change may be more rapid than at any time in the last 10,000 years.( Toman, 2001). The major GHGs in our atmosphere are water vapour ...
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... resource management, ecosystem management as well as increasing poverty levels.4 For example, the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment found that many of our essential ecosystems are being used unsustainably, thereby reducing their capacities as natural buffers to provide protection against hazards, whi ...
... resource management, ecosystem management as well as increasing poverty levels.4 For example, the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment found that many of our essential ecosystems are being used unsustainably, thereby reducing their capacities as natural buffers to provide protection against hazards, whi ...
3.2 Trends in water resources - IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
... of low environmental awareness among such respondents. The major drivers of change in the wetlands of the study areas are presented in (Table 2). The most critical ones included population pressure (46.1%) and the expansion of cultivation as expressed by 26.1% of the respondents. It was reported tha ...
... of low environmental awareness among such respondents. The major drivers of change in the wetlands of the study areas are presented in (Table 2). The most critical ones included population pressure (46.1%) and the expansion of cultivation as expressed by 26.1% of the respondents. It was reported tha ...
Urban growth and climate change
... atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide in parts per million (ppm). “Very roughly, stabilization at 500 ppm requires that emissions be held near the present level of 7 billion tons of carbon per year for the next 50 years, even though they are currently on course to more than double” (Pacala & S ...
... atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide in parts per million (ppm). “Very roughly, stabilization at 500 ppm requires that emissions be held near the present level of 7 billion tons of carbon per year for the next 50 years, even though they are currently on course to more than double” (Pacala & S ...
Case Study Presentation - Ontario Centre for Climate Impacts and
... Cheng, C. S., H. Auld, G. Li, J. Klaassen, and Q. Li, 2007. Possible impacts of climate change on freezing rain in south-central Canada using downscaled future climate scenarios. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 7, 71–87, 2007 Chad Shouquan Cheng, Guilong Li, Qian Li, and Heather Auld, 2010: A Synopti ...
... Cheng, C. S., H. Auld, G. Li, J. Klaassen, and Q. Li, 2007. Possible impacts of climate change on freezing rain in south-central Canada using downscaled future climate scenarios. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 7, 71–87, 2007 Chad Shouquan Cheng, Guilong Li, Qian Li, and Heather Auld, 2010: A Synopti ...
A Cost-benefit Analysis of the Australian Carbon Tax
... carbon emissions reductions as a primary concern. This report discusses climate policy within the United States, the European Union and Australia with the intent of highlighting key difficulties associated with implementing climate policy. Australia receives particular attention in this report due i ...
... carbon emissions reductions as a primary concern. This report discusses climate policy within the United States, the European Union and Australia with the intent of highlighting key difficulties associated with implementing climate policy. Australia receives particular attention in this report due i ...
General Climate Impacts
... Change is a feature of the 21st century global climate. The need to understand the consequences and impacts of climate change on Tasmania and to enable planning for adaptation and mitigation of climate change at a regional level has been recognised by both the state and federal governments. Increase ...
... Change is a feature of the 21st century global climate. The need to understand the consequences and impacts of climate change on Tasmania and to enable planning for adaptation and mitigation of climate change at a regional level has been recognised by both the state and federal governments. Increase ...