Why `thinking like a lawyer` might mean less time litigating and more
... would ultimately, as was argued by Hawthorne, “require infusion with the values of human dignity, freedom and equality.” 8 One of the most interesting applications of an open norm in respect of climate change, and perhaps even the first in that respect, was found in the June 2015 decision of the Hag ...
... would ultimately, as was argued by Hawthorne, “require infusion with the values of human dignity, freedom and equality.” 8 One of the most interesting applications of an open norm in respect of climate change, and perhaps even the first in that respect, was found in the June 2015 decision of the Hag ...
Towards 2050: Climate Change Research 2014-2020 Informing Transition and Opportunity
... address national challenges, build on national strengths in a solutions based approach to research and innovation. This programme needs to be linked to the EU Horizon 2020 and climate related JPI initiatives in order to obtain support from these sources and to avail of the additional capacity, resou ...
... address national challenges, build on national strengths in a solutions based approach to research and innovation. This programme needs to be linked to the EU Horizon 2020 and climate related JPI initiatives in order to obtain support from these sources and to avail of the additional capacity, resou ...
WMO Strategic Planning
... parameters is very popular in a lot of countries (even written in law). However, current extreme values theories such as e.g. Gumbel approach, Generalized Extreme Values (GEV), Peaks Over Thresholds (POT), rely on the assumption of stationarity of climate. This is no longer the case for a number of ...
... parameters is very popular in a lot of countries (even written in law). However, current extreme values theories such as e.g. Gumbel approach, Generalized Extreme Values (GEV), Peaks Over Thresholds (POT), rely on the assumption of stationarity of climate. This is no longer the case for a number of ...
Current and future climate of the Marshall Islands
... (Figure 4) show a decreasing trend in annual and seasonal rainfall. At Majuro, since 1950, there has also been a decreasing trend in annual and dry season rainfall but no trend in wet season rainfall. Over this period, there has been substantial variation in rainfall from year to year at both sites. ...
... (Figure 4) show a decreasing trend in annual and seasonal rainfall. At Majuro, since 1950, there has also been a decreasing trend in annual and dry season rainfall but no trend in wet season rainfall. Over this period, there has been substantial variation in rainfall from year to year at both sites. ...
John Sweeney - INTACT project
... Most of the warming occurred in the past 35 years, with 16 of the 17 warmest years on record occurring since 2000. Not only was 2016 the warmest year on record, but eight of the 12 months that make up the year – from January through September, with the exception of June – were the warmest on record ...
... Most of the warming occurred in the past 35 years, with 16 of the 17 warmest years on record occurring since 2000. Not only was 2016 the warmest year on record, but eight of the 12 months that make up the year – from January through September, with the exception of June – were the warmest on record ...
Attribution of Extreme Weather Events in the Context of Climate
... Climate Change and Extreme Events • Observed frequency, intensity, and duration of some extreme weather events have been changing as the climate system has warmed • Strong interest from public and media in the connection between climate change and extreme events IPCC, 2012 ...
... Climate Change and Extreme Events • Observed frequency, intensity, and duration of some extreme weather events have been changing as the climate system has warmed • Strong interest from public and media in the connection between climate change and extreme events IPCC, 2012 ...
Letter from Bob Ward to Peter Lilley, 14 December 2012
... followed the end of the last ice age (approximately 21,000 years ago), and stabilised between 3,000 and 2,000 years ago. Sea level indicators suggest that global sea level did not change significantly from then until the late 19th century. The instrumental record of modern sea level change shows evi ...
... followed the end of the last ice age (approximately 21,000 years ago), and stabilised between 3,000 and 2,000 years ago. Sea level indicators suggest that global sea level did not change significantly from then until the late 19th century. The instrumental record of modern sea level change shows evi ...
Pastures in the high rainfall zone – their
... Trading Scheme (ETS). 2007 was the warmest year on record for New South Wales (NSW) and the MurrayDarling Basin and was the seventh consecutive year of below average rain for the state (BoM 2008). While this is clearly a time of drought, climate change is likely to make such periods both longer and ...
... Trading Scheme (ETS). 2007 was the warmest year on record for New South Wales (NSW) and the MurrayDarling Basin and was the seventh consecutive year of below average rain for the state (BoM 2008). While this is clearly a time of drought, climate change is likely to make such periods both longer and ...
IOSR Journal Of Environmental Science, Toxicology And Food Technology (IOSR-JESTFT)
... Nordhour (1993) is of the opinion that the earth’s climate system has been demonstrated to change on global and regional scales since the pre industrial era, with some of these changes attributed to human activities. Emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) due to human activities continue to alter the ...
... Nordhour (1993) is of the opinion that the earth’s climate system has been demonstrated to change on global and regional scales since the pre industrial era, with some of these changes attributed to human activities. Emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) due to human activities continue to alter the ...
Financial Institutions: Preparing the Market for adapting to Climate
... assess how businesses are affected by climate change and how they can adapt. This service, which is provided for free to the bank's clients, is of value for the thousands of small businesses that cannot afford to pay consultancies in order to understand their risks from climate change. The develope ...
... assess how businesses are affected by climate change and how they can adapt. This service, which is provided for free to the bank's clients, is of value for the thousands of small businesses that cannot afford to pay consultancies in order to understand their risks from climate change. The develope ...
Adaptation to climate change in the World Bank - An
... and/or increased rainfall variability. This may reduce recharge rates to shallow wells. You should take this into account in considering whether more shallow wells are justified within the region. Summary Regarding plans to rehabilitate 1200 large tanks in Rajasthan, the authors believe a change in ...
... and/or increased rainfall variability. This may reduce recharge rates to shallow wells. You should take this into account in considering whether more shallow wells are justified within the region. Summary Regarding plans to rehabilitate 1200 large tanks in Rajasthan, the authors believe a change in ...
Climate Change Adaptation through Land Use Planning
... • Increased potential for severe drought, extreme rainfall and other severe weather events, such as tornadoes and hail storms • thinning ice making the seal hunt difficult for polar bears, which is critical to bears’ survival • increased intensity and severity of fires and insect outbreaks in the ...
... • Increased potential for severe drought, extreme rainfall and other severe weather events, such as tornadoes and hail storms • thinning ice making the seal hunt difficult for polar bears, which is critical to bears’ survival • increased intensity and severity of fires and insect outbreaks in the ...
IAIA CC Principles-Draft 22Feb12
... Cumulative effects: The effects on climate change of any single proposal may be insignificant, but not when considered together with numerous other past, current ...
... Cumulative effects: The effects on climate change of any single proposal may be insignificant, but not when considered together with numerous other past, current ...
Volume 5, Number 4 - AGU Atmospheric Sciences Section
... background internal variability. We’ve assessed the consistency between historical climate simulations and past observed trends in regional surface temperature using methods that are fairly accessible to nonspecialists. This latter work supports IPCC’s general conclusion that there is already a dete ...
... background internal variability. We’ve assessed the consistency between historical climate simulations and past observed trends in regional surface temperature using methods that are fairly accessible to nonspecialists. This latter work supports IPCC’s general conclusion that there is already a dete ...
Battle for the Climate Friday, 10.4.2015 5pm â 6pm
... Bangladesh, the most densely populated country on the planet is also most strongly affected by climate change – although a Bangladeshi produces, on average, only half a ton of CO2-emissions per annum, one thirtieth of the average Western European... ...
... Bangladesh, the most densely populated country on the planet is also most strongly affected by climate change – although a Bangladeshi produces, on average, only half a ton of CO2-emissions per annum, one thirtieth of the average Western European... ...
01-04_iniziali:Layout 1 - Associazione Italiana di Agrometeorologia
... The study conducted in the last three decades in Ibadan showed annual mean maximum temperature ranging from 30.5OC to 32.5 OC, with the highest value of 32.3 OC in 1987, 1998 and 2004 and lowest value of 30.5 OC in 1993. In particular, low maximum temperature values less than 31.5 OC were monitored ...
... The study conducted in the last three decades in Ibadan showed annual mean maximum temperature ranging from 30.5OC to 32.5 OC, with the highest value of 32.3 OC in 1987, 1998 and 2004 and lowest value of 30.5 OC in 1993. In particular, low maximum temperature values less than 31.5 OC were monitored ...
Climate Change Choices - Gatwick Area Conservation Campaign
... consider to be the most significant impacts of aviation, including its non-CO2 emissions, on climate change? How can these impacts best be addressed? and 5.34 What is the potential for increased use of sustainable biofuels in aviation and over what timeframe? and 5.39 What scope is there to influenc ...
... consider to be the most significant impacts of aviation, including its non-CO2 emissions, on climate change? How can these impacts best be addressed? and 5.34 What is the potential for increased use of sustainable biofuels in aviation and over what timeframe? and 5.39 What scope is there to influenc ...
(Mahangu) crop
... Drought tends to be declared in particular localities rather than nationally and, hence, there is not a definitive list of drought years in Namibia. Major droughts affecting large portions of the country are said to have occurred in far back in 1930s and for an extended period in the 1960s, culminat ...
... Drought tends to be declared in particular localities rather than nationally and, hence, there is not a definitive list of drought years in Namibia. Major droughts affecting large portions of the country are said to have occurred in far back in 1930s and for an extended period in the 1960s, culminat ...
ANNEX 1 A JPI CLIMATE First joint call 2013, call topic 1: Societal
... potential to contribute to the strategic objectives outlined above. While the call particularly addresses researchers and research groups in the social sciences and humanities, interdisciplinary and collaboration with other disciplines are welcome where appropriate. Connecting research to real world ...
... potential to contribute to the strategic objectives outlined above. While the call particularly addresses researchers and research groups in the social sciences and humanities, interdisciplinary and collaboration with other disciplines are welcome where appropriate. Connecting research to real world ...
Climate change in the National Curriculum in England: Submission to a consultation by the Department for Education (102 kB) (opens in new window)
... trapping of heat by its atmosphere, more than 150 years since John Tyndall’s experiments showed that carbon dioxide and water vapour are greenhouse gases, and over 100 years since Svante Arrhenius published the first calculations of how much global warming might be caused by burning coal and releasi ...
... trapping of heat by its atmosphere, more than 150 years since John Tyndall’s experiments showed that carbon dioxide and water vapour are greenhouse gases, and over 100 years since Svante Arrhenius published the first calculations of how much global warming might be caused by burning coal and releasi ...
THE NEXUS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, LAND USE, AND CONFLICT
... AFRICA. The results from the previous session suggest that to adequately consider all the complex linkages of human–environment interactions in northern Africa, an integrative framework is needed to analyze and model the pathways between climate change, land use, and conflict. First of all, it is im ...
... AFRICA. The results from the previous session suggest that to adequately consider all the complex linkages of human–environment interactions in northern Africa, an integrative framework is needed to analyze and model the pathways between climate change, land use, and conflict. First of all, it is im ...
1. Introduction
... All Parties not included in Annex I (non-Annex I Parties) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) are required to periodically report to the UNFCCC secretariat on their activities to implement provisions of the Convention. Non-Annex I Parties are now beginning preparati ...
... All Parties not included in Annex I (non-Annex I Parties) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) are required to periodically report to the UNFCCC secretariat on their activities to implement provisions of the Convention. Non-Annex I Parties are now beginning preparati ...
Neil Bird - Tracking climate finance in budgetary systems
... (almost entire development budget) ...
... (almost entire development budget) ...
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... strategies, finding that there is a positive WTP for carbon emissions reductions, highlighting preferences for reductions in the shorter term rather than in the longer term. In Spain, some preference studies for climate change mitigation programs have been conducted by Hoyos et al. (2009) and Hanema ...
... strategies, finding that there is a positive WTP for carbon emissions reductions, highlighting preferences for reductions in the shorter term rather than in the longer term. In Spain, some preference studies for climate change mitigation programs have been conducted by Hoyos et al. (2009) and Hanema ...
CLimate ChanGe and its importanCe for aGriCuLturaL produCtion
... In a study of natural phenomena occurring in rural areas, we should distinguish between natural variability, extreme events and natural disasters. In every agricultural production carried out within rural areas there is a degree of natural variability. It depends on natural variability of precipitat ...
... In a study of natural phenomena occurring in rural areas, we should distinguish between natural variability, extreme events and natural disasters. In every agricultural production carried out within rural areas there is a degree of natural variability. It depends on natural variability of precipitat ...