Course Description - University of Montana
... learning. Focus either on a) the views, challenges, and priorities of a course speaker who is affected by and/or developing responses to climate change, or b) a field experience about a particular climate-related impact or response. These will be edited and posted on the Climate Change Studies websi ...
... learning. Focus either on a) the views, challenges, and priorities of a course speaker who is affected by and/or developing responses to climate change, or b) a field experience about a particular climate-related impact or response. These will be edited and posted on the Climate Change Studies websi ...
Lecture 1.1 - The Natural Edge Project
... By 2020, significant biodiversity losses are expected, particularly in the ecologically rich Great Barrier Reef and Queensland Wet Tropics. Other significant biodiversity losses are expected where species cannot migrate easily, such as in south-west Western Australia,8 which has been listed as one o ...
... By 2020, significant biodiversity losses are expected, particularly in the ecologically rich Great Barrier Reef and Queensland Wet Tropics. Other significant biodiversity losses are expected where species cannot migrate easily, such as in south-west Western Australia,8 which has been listed as one o ...
WMO The Global Climate in 2011–2015
... adaptation into national development policies. While the Paris Agreement engages governments in pursuing efforts to limit the global temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels, this report confirms that the average temperature in 2015 had already risen by more than one degree (with 2 ...
... adaptation into national development policies. While the Paris Agreement engages governments in pursuing efforts to limit the global temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels, this report confirms that the average temperature in 2015 had already risen by more than one degree (with 2 ...
PDF
... As shown in (3), abatement cost is determined 2kA (GBAU - G0), the price which generates sufficient abatement to stabilize global CO2 concentrations at the ‘safe’ level G0, here assumed to equal 350 ppm. Analysis of emissions trajectories (see Appendix) shows, that this requires essentially complete ...
... As shown in (3), abatement cost is determined 2kA (GBAU - G0), the price which generates sufficient abatement to stabilize global CO2 concentrations at the ‘safe’ level G0, here assumed to equal 350 ppm. Analysis of emissions trajectories (see Appendix) shows, that this requires essentially complete ...
Using Markets to Conserve Natural Capital
... climate change policy, and because carbon in vegetation and soils involves significant establishment costs.11 This would change if Australia committed to the long-term emissions reduction targets recommended by the Australian Climate Change Authority.12 Even when adjusted downwards due to the recent ...
... climate change policy, and because carbon in vegetation and soils involves significant establishment costs.11 This would change if Australia committed to the long-term emissions reduction targets recommended by the Australian Climate Change Authority.12 Even when adjusted downwards due to the recent ...
Climate Change Communication Guide
... On the opposite end of the spectrum from the Alarmed, are the Dismissive. The individuals in this group are highly engaged in the issue but strongly believe climate change is not happening and is likely a hoax. They also feel they are well informed on the issue, following information sources that sh ...
... On the opposite end of the spectrum from the Alarmed, are the Dismissive. The individuals in this group are highly engaged in the issue but strongly believe climate change is not happening and is likely a hoax. They also feel they are well informed on the issue, following information sources that sh ...
Tackling climate change in England`s regions
... tackle them is often weak, and at best, targets are set to slow the trend before reversing it at some future date. With CO2 emissions and climate change, such an approach is wholly inadequate. The problem is not merely that we might miss the 2050 target, but that the pathway we take to it could mean ...
... tackle them is often weak, and at best, targets are set to slow the trend before reversing it at some future date. With CO2 emissions and climate change, such an approach is wholly inadequate. The problem is not merely that we might miss the 2050 target, but that the pathway we take to it could mean ...
Vulnerability Assessment
... • “If the knowledge that we seek to integrate consists of disparate models of causality, then the integration process cannot be simply a matter of building a ‘shared language’. Single words take multiple meanings when different speakers have different models and examples in mind. We must be particul ...
... • “If the knowledge that we seek to integrate consists of disparate models of causality, then the integration process cannot be simply a matter of building a ‘shared language’. Single words take multiple meanings when different speakers have different models and examples in mind. We must be particul ...
Executive Summary - Northeast Climate Science Center
... percentage of their range that occurs in the Northeast. The objectives of this chapter are to: summarize how regional biodiversity has already responded and is expected to respond to climate change; summarize information on specific RSGCN species responses to climate change to date and anticipated u ...
... percentage of their range that occurs in the Northeast. The objectives of this chapter are to: summarize how regional biodiversity has already responded and is expected to respond to climate change; summarize information on specific RSGCN species responses to climate change to date and anticipated u ...
View/Open
... frontier analysis gives better results in analysing the effects of temperature and rainfall as their influence can be considerable even over distances of a few kilometers. They conclude that the spatial effect of annual rainfall induces higher production, whereas spatial dependence of average temper ...
... frontier analysis gives better results in analysing the effects of temperature and rainfall as their influence can be considerable even over distances of a few kilometers. They conclude that the spatial effect of annual rainfall induces higher production, whereas spatial dependence of average temper ...
April - Smithers Web Page
... Australia is clearing native vegetation at a rate that amounts to a $2.4 billion annual loss of stored carbon, a Senate climate change inquiry heard yesterday. ''We are still logging native vegetation at a rate of something like 60million tonnes of carbon a year,'' CSIRO climate scientist Michael Ra ...
... Australia is clearing native vegetation at a rate that amounts to a $2.4 billion annual loss of stored carbon, a Senate climate change inquiry heard yesterday. ''We are still logging native vegetation at a rate of something like 60million tonnes of carbon a year,'' CSIRO climate scientist Michael Ra ...
Presentation
... States, Cities and Climate Change States not so smart because of sovereignty States not so smart because of lack of legally binding rules States not so smart because international climate change rules cannot be enforced properly…. ...
... States, Cities and Climate Change States not so smart because of sovereignty States not so smart because of lack of legally binding rules States not so smart because international climate change rules cannot be enforced properly…. ...
transcript
... systems? And what are farmers and policy makers doing to curb it and adapt to the effects of climate change that can already be felt? [Theme music up] [Sandra] At the end of this month, the UN Climate Change conference – COP21 - will begin in Paris. And hopes are high that this will be the meeting w ...
... systems? And what are farmers and policy makers doing to curb it and adapt to the effects of climate change that can already be felt? [Theme music up] [Sandra] At the end of this month, the UN Climate Change conference – COP21 - will begin in Paris. And hopes are high that this will be the meeting w ...
Aalborg Universitet Nielsen, Jørgen
... on these parameters, but that is the nature of scenarios, since they prescribe a point perspective rather than an interval at a certain level of confidence. As indicated above this means that the more sophisticated tools for risk analysis (Willows and Connell, 2003) cannot be applied. The missing da ...
... on these parameters, but that is the nature of scenarios, since they prescribe a point perspective rather than an interval at a certain level of confidence. As indicated above this means that the more sophisticated tools for risk analysis (Willows and Connell, 2003) cannot be applied. The missing da ...
Climate Change and Small Island States: Adr ift in a Raising Sea of
... n 1999, the rising sea level swallowed two islands of the nation Kiribati.1 Rising sea level2 is one of the effects of climate change to which small island nations are particularly susceptible.3 Considering that the average elevation of this nation of ninety thousand people on thirty-three islands a ...
... n 1999, the rising sea level swallowed two islands of the nation Kiribati.1 Rising sea level2 is one of the effects of climate change to which small island nations are particularly susceptible.3 Considering that the average elevation of this nation of ninety thousand people on thirty-three islands a ...
Financial engineering, including investment approaches for
... • The leverage ratio for blended finance transactions through financial institutions is quite high: on average one dollar of concessional finance leveraged more than 13.8 dollars of investment on the ground, including 9 dollars of IFC investment, that would not have taken place without such risk mit ...
... • The leverage ratio for blended finance transactions through financial institutions is quite high: on average one dollar of concessional finance leveraged more than 13.8 dollars of investment on the ground, including 9 dollars of IFC investment, that would not have taken place without such risk mit ...
NEC Standard Presentation Format
... Director of the NOAA Climate Program, and Acting Director of the Office of Global Programs Climate Prediction Assessments and Services Workshop, March 9-11, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida ...
... Director of the NOAA Climate Program, and Acting Director of the Office of Global Programs Climate Prediction Assessments and Services Workshop, March 9-11, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida ...
Dr - Forest Industries Association of Tasmania
... determine the limits to what industry can do. The policy environment must be tackled at both the Federal and State Level. Industry's public image rests on public opinion and the various factors which influence that opinion. This is important because public opinion has a strong bearing on the develop ...
... determine the limits to what industry can do. The policy environment must be tackled at both the Federal and State Level. Industry's public image rests on public opinion and the various factors which influence that opinion. This is important because public opinion has a strong bearing on the develop ...
Obaddour-climatesystemmonitoring
... Climate data coverage remains limited in some regions and there is a notable lack of geographic balance in data with marked scarcity in developing countries; Monitoring changes in extreme events, including drought, tropical cyclones, extreme temperatures and the frequency and intensity of precipitat ...
... Climate data coverage remains limited in some regions and there is a notable lack of geographic balance in data with marked scarcity in developing countries; Monitoring changes in extreme events, including drought, tropical cyclones, extreme temperatures and the frequency and intensity of precipitat ...
Crop yield simulation
... Climate change poses threats to the agricultural sector and negatively affects subsistence farmers who have a low adaptive capacity. Therefore adaptation capacity is needed to counteract the impacts of climate change. However, while adaptation is considered crucial for addressing potential challenge ...
... Climate change poses threats to the agricultural sector and negatively affects subsistence farmers who have a low adaptive capacity. Therefore adaptation capacity is needed to counteract the impacts of climate change. However, while adaptation is considered crucial for addressing potential challenge ...
10/1/2012: New study on climate change negotiations
... Medvedev who promoted a modernisation agenda, laid foundations for a comprehensive climate policy framework but it lacks sufficient institutional and budget support. At the same time, significant GHG emission reductions can be delivered in Russia through the implementation of the recently adopted en ...
... Medvedev who promoted a modernisation agenda, laid foundations for a comprehensive climate policy framework but it lacks sufficient institutional and budget support. At the same time, significant GHG emission reductions can be delivered in Russia through the implementation of the recently adopted en ...
Climate`s Long-term Impacts on Mexico`s City Urban - UN
... has been estimated that there will be more than 22 million inhabitants in the city and 57per cent will reside in Estado de México. With this comes the need for new infrastructure. Additionally, due to aging of the infrastructure, maintenance is required for much of the existing one, which is not hap ...
... has been estimated that there will be more than 22 million inhabitants in the city and 57per cent will reside in Estado de México. With this comes the need for new infrastructure. Additionally, due to aging of the infrastructure, maintenance is required for much of the existing one, which is not hap ...
Hotte, Martin - Transportation Association of Canada
... average temperature of the Earth’s surface could increase by a further 1.4° to 5.8° C by 2100. A large part of the Arctic region could experience an annual average temperature increase of 6° C during this same period. Climate change will thus have major consequences on ecosystems and human activitie ...
... average temperature of the Earth’s surface could increase by a further 1.4° to 5.8° C by 2100. A large part of the Arctic region could experience an annual average temperature increase of 6° C during this same period. Climate change will thus have major consequences on ecosystems and human activitie ...
Climate Change, Climate Justice 2 Resources for Post Primary
... COP meetings, many attempts have been made to tackle climate change. In 1997, the Kyoto Protocol was adopted. It entered into force in 2005, containing internationally binding emission reduction targets. Unfortunately, even though the USA signed up to the agreement, the US Congress failed to ratify ...
... COP meetings, many attempts have been made to tackle climate change. In 1997, the Kyoto Protocol was adopted. It entered into force in 2005, containing internationally binding emission reduction targets. Unfortunately, even though the USA signed up to the agreement, the US Congress failed to ratify ...