Treeline dynamics with climate change at the central Nepal Himalaya
... monthly mean minimum temperature was decreasing while monthly mean maximum temperature was increasing significantly (Supplementary Fig. S1). Similarly, mean annual rainfall at Larke, Gorkha, was 1252 mm (SD = 535). In Larke, during the past 30 years (1980–2009) there was a significant (n = 30, R 2 = ...
... monthly mean minimum temperature was decreasing while monthly mean maximum temperature was increasing significantly (Supplementary Fig. S1). Similarly, mean annual rainfall at Larke, Gorkha, was 1252 mm (SD = 535). In Larke, during the past 30 years (1980–2009) there was a significant (n = 30, R 2 = ...
I. Sustainability Risk Management
... GB 600 – Environmental Strategy and Sustainability* GB 601 – Systems Thinking and Sustainable Businesses* RMI 650 – Sustainability, Environmental and Social Risk Management GB 365/765 – People, Planet, Profit: Exploring The Triple Bottom Line in Theory and Practice GB 365/765 – Business and the Soci ...
... GB 600 – Environmental Strategy and Sustainability* GB 601 – Systems Thinking and Sustainable Businesses* RMI 650 – Sustainability, Environmental and Social Risk Management GB 365/765 – People, Planet, Profit: Exploring The Triple Bottom Line in Theory and Practice GB 365/765 – Business and the Soci ...
GAO-14-74, CLIMATE CHANGE: Energy Infrastructure Risks and
... contiguous United States estimated at $30 billion. While it is difficult to attribute any individual weather event to climate change, these events provide insight into the potential climate-related vulnerabilities the United States faces. In this regard, both private sector firms and federal agencie ...
... contiguous United States estimated at $30 billion. While it is difficult to attribute any individual weather event to climate change, these events provide insight into the potential climate-related vulnerabilities the United States faces. In this regard, both private sector firms and federal agencie ...
Payne and Pates 2009 Wetlands Ecology and Management
... however as the sites are not ombrotrophic it is possible that this is unrelated to climate. It ...
... however as the sites are not ombrotrophic it is possible that this is unrelated to climate. It ...
Climate Change Impacts on the Water Resources of the Cooper
... Figure 1. The Queensland Murray Darling Basin (QMDB). The river systems studied in this report are the MacIntyre Brook and Dumaresq River which exist within the Border Rivers catchment. 9 Figure 2. Global mean temperature projections for the six illustrative SRES scenarios using a simple climate mod ...
... Figure 1. The Queensland Murray Darling Basin (QMDB). The river systems studied in this report are the MacIntyre Brook and Dumaresq River which exist within the Border Rivers catchment. 9 Figure 2. Global mean temperature projections for the six illustrative SRES scenarios using a simple climate mod ...
Basic Teacher Planning (for Lent 2017 lessons)
... change. To find out about one of the ways in which Caritas advocates for those who are negatively impacted by the effects of climate change, direct students to: www.caritas.org.nz/advocacy/submissions. On this page students can find an explanation about how and why Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand staff ...
... change. To find out about one of the ways in which Caritas advocates for those who are negatively impacted by the effects of climate change, direct students to: www.caritas.org.nz/advocacy/submissions. On this page students can find an explanation about how and why Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand staff ...
urban population distribution and the rising risks of climate change
... the 4th assessment, the IPCC clearly identified urbanization as a cause for concern, particularly in Africa and Asia, where the bulk of future population growth is expected to occur. In Africa, the IPCC anticipates that “towards the end of the twenty-first century, projected sea-level rise will affe ...
... the 4th assessment, the IPCC clearly identified urbanization as a cause for concern, particularly in Africa and Asia, where the bulk of future population growth is expected to occur. In Africa, the IPCC anticipates that “towards the end of the twenty-first century, projected sea-level rise will affe ...
Friending Planet Earth - Catholic Climate Covenant
... without which complex life could not have evolved on this planet—seems like common sense. Yet a broad consensus of modern science is that human activity is [is altering] the earth's atmospheric characteristics in serious, perhaps profound ways. For the past century, researchers have been gathering a ...
... without which complex life could not have evolved on this planet—seems like common sense. Yet a broad consensus of modern science is that human activity is [is altering] the earth's atmospheric characteristics in serious, perhaps profound ways. For the past century, researchers have been gathering a ...
TECHNICAL GUIDANCE ON REPORTING GREENHOUSE GAS
... On-site transportation emissions means any releases from machinery used for the on-site transportation of substances, materials or products used in the production process. PFCs means perfluorocarbons. Pipeline transportation system means all pipelines that are owned or operated by the same person wi ...
... On-site transportation emissions means any releases from machinery used for the on-site transportation of substances, materials or products used in the production process. PFCs means perfluorocarbons. Pipeline transportation system means all pipelines that are owned or operated by the same person wi ...
Identifying Uncertainties in Arctic Climate Predictions
... (e.g. surface ice albedo) chosen from within the given observational range. ...
... (e.g. surface ice albedo) chosen from within the given observational range. ...
Circulation patterns related to debris-flow triggering
... events for this season (Beniston et al., 2007; Christensen and Christensen, 2007; Rajczak et al., 2013; Gobiet et al., 2014). However, the precipitation quantities during future extreme precipitation events may well be on the rise (Christensen and Christensen, 2003; Emori and Brown, 2005; Kharin et ...
... events for this season (Beniston et al., 2007; Christensen and Christensen, 2007; Rajczak et al., 2013; Gobiet et al., 2014). However, the precipitation quantities during future extreme precipitation events may well be on the rise (Christensen and Christensen, 2003; Emori and Brown, 2005; Kharin et ...
(CCS) and Climate Change Mitigation
... Boyer, 2000; Kelly and Kolstad, 1999),11 with some degree of overlap between the two. The former emphasizes precautionary actions to avoid future unknown catastrophe, whereas the latter focuses on cost effectiveness of carbon control mainly concentrating on well-identified effects of climate change ...
... Boyer, 2000; Kelly and Kolstad, 1999),11 with some degree of overlap between the two. The former emphasizes precautionary actions to avoid future unknown catastrophe, whereas the latter focuses on cost effectiveness of carbon control mainly concentrating on well-identified effects of climate change ...
Sea Level Rise Affecting the Vietnamese Mekong Delta: Water
... model assumes that when there is no standing water in the field, evapo-transpiration continues, thus causing soil drying, until a ‘sub-surface’ storage is depleted. Conversely, at the onset of the rainy season, the sub-surface storage has to be filled before water accumulates above the soil surface. ...
... model assumes that when there is no standing water in the field, evapo-transpiration continues, thus causing soil drying, until a ‘sub-surface’ storage is depleted. Conversely, at the onset of the rainy season, the sub-surface storage has to be filled before water accumulates above the soil surface. ...
Impact of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation
... Intercomparison Project phase 5 (CMIP5) [Taylor et al., 2012]. In particular, we analyze standardized simulations in which the atmospheric concentration of CO2 is instantaneously quadrupled (4 × CO2 ) from its initial preindustrial value and then held fixed, providing a source of constant forcing for ...
... Intercomparison Project phase 5 (CMIP5) [Taylor et al., 2012]. In particular, we analyze standardized simulations in which the atmospheric concentration of CO2 is instantaneously quadrupled (4 × CO2 ) from its initial preindustrial value and then held fixed, providing a source of constant forcing for ...
Omitted Damages What`s Missing from the Social Cost of Carbon.indd
... versions of the three IAMs (DICE-2013, FUND 3.6, and PAGE09) are calibrated.7 Third, we discuss a frequent cause of omitting damages: a lack of sound damage estimate(s) in the literature resulting from scientific and economic uncertainty in determining the magnitude of the effect. Fourth, using the pr ...
... versions of the three IAMs (DICE-2013, FUND 3.6, and PAGE09) are calibrated.7 Third, we discuss a frequent cause of omitting damages: a lack of sound damage estimate(s) in the literature resulting from scientific and economic uncertainty in determining the magnitude of the effect. Fourth, using the pr ...
The identification of 100 ecological questions of high policy
... subsidies from production. Farmers are now to be given a ‘single farm payment’, which can be linked to cross-compliance (the payment being subject to other conditions, such as minimum environmental conditions). Thus subsidies will be paid each year irrespective of production, providing the land is k ...
... subsidies from production. Farmers are now to be given a ‘single farm payment’, which can be linked to cross-compliance (the payment being subject to other conditions, such as minimum environmental conditions). Thus subsidies will be paid each year irrespective of production, providing the land is k ...
presentation (56ss, 3.6b)
... • In the Middle East in 2000 B.C., typical middle class dwellings stored rain water in cisterns; • The world's largest rainwater tank is probably the Yerebatan Sarayi in Istanbul, Turkey. This was constructed during the rule of Caesar Justinian (A.D. 527-565). It measures 140m by 70m and has a capac ...
... • In the Middle East in 2000 B.C., typical middle class dwellings stored rain water in cisterns; • The world's largest rainwater tank is probably the Yerebatan Sarayi in Istanbul, Turkey. This was constructed during the rule of Caesar Justinian (A.D. 527-565). It measures 140m by 70m and has a capac ...
Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change
... UNFCCC have agreed that they shall conserve and enhance forests and other sinks and reservoirs of greenhouse gases.5 The UNFCCC also obliges developed countries to provide financial assistance to developing countries to achieve these and other obligations. 6 However, despite the identification of th ...
... UNFCCC have agreed that they shall conserve and enhance forests and other sinks and reservoirs of greenhouse gases.5 The UNFCCC also obliges developed countries to provide financial assistance to developing countries to achieve these and other obligations. 6 However, despite the identification of th ...
Sensitivity of U.S. Air Quality to Mid
... A large number of statistical studies have related air quality to local meteorological variables such as temperature, humidity, wind speed, or solar radiation, often with the goal of removing the effect of interannual meteorological variability in the interpretation of air quality trends (Bloomfield ...
... A large number of statistical studies have related air quality to local meteorological variables such as temperature, humidity, wind speed, or solar radiation, often with the goal of removing the effect of interannual meteorological variability in the interpretation of air quality trends (Bloomfield ...
Regional Assessment
... Executive summary The Oceania region is very prone to natural disasters having experienced two Category 5 cyclones in as many years; Tropical Cyclone (TC) Pam struck Vanuatu on 13 March 2015 and TC Winston struck Fiji on 20 February 2016. Severe TC Winston is the strongest cyclone ever recorded in ...
... Executive summary The Oceania region is very prone to natural disasters having experienced two Category 5 cyclones in as many years; Tropical Cyclone (TC) Pam struck Vanuatu on 13 March 2015 and TC Winston struck Fiji on 20 February 2016. Severe TC Winston is the strongest cyclone ever recorded in ...