SEE Project-OrientGate: A structured network for integration of
... region to another. Over the last years the increases losses from weather related extreme events suggest a need for adaptive capacity (Ion Sandu, Elena Mateescu, ...
... region to another. Over the last years the increases losses from weather related extreme events suggest a need for adaptive capacity (Ion Sandu, Elena Mateescu, ...
The Effects of Climate Change and Urbanization on
... developing watersheds. The hydrological characteristics of a watershed are dependent on a variety of factors, including the regional climate and the degree of development. Changes in either or both of these factors can significantly alter the volume and timing of runoff throughout the watershed. It ...
... developing watersheds. The hydrological characteristics of a watershed are dependent on a variety of factors, including the regional climate and the degree of development. Changes in either or both of these factors can significantly alter the volume and timing of runoff throughout the watershed. It ...
rapid evolution in the face of climate change
... atural selection is a central theme in biology and an important concept for student understanding of a wide variety of topics. One such topic is the ability for organisms to adapt to the increasing environmental stress predicted under contemporary global climate change. Global climate change will li ...
... atural selection is a central theme in biology and an important concept for student understanding of a wide variety of topics. One such topic is the ability for organisms to adapt to the increasing environmental stress predicted under contemporary global climate change. Global climate change will li ...
challenges and expectations in implementing reduce emissions
... – Design of the National Carbon Assessment and Monitoring System, including the short and medium term actions necessary to develop an operational system prior to 2012; – Designing and procuring the Information Technology (IT) system to underpin carbon accounting. The IT system being designed will a ...
... – Design of the National Carbon Assessment and Monitoring System, including the short and medium term actions necessary to develop an operational system prior to 2012; – Designing and procuring the Information Technology (IT) system to underpin carbon accounting. The IT system being designed will a ...
a carbon price
... greenhouse gases to the atmosphere and their removal by their absorption in the land and oceans and chemical transformation. The mounting concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are bringing about global warming and climate change, thereby leading to a wide range of potential effects on ...
... greenhouse gases to the atmosphere and their removal by their absorption in the land and oceans and chemical transformation. The mounting concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are bringing about global warming and climate change, thereby leading to a wide range of potential effects on ...
Climate change in the Norwegian Arctic – Consequences for life in
... • Municipal installations such as water supplies and sewage, also buildings, may be exposed to floods, greater precipitation and more frequent extreme weather. • An ice-free Arctic Ocean in the summer opens the opportunity for new sailing routes, and it is anticipated that shipping traffic will incr ...
... • Municipal installations such as water supplies and sewage, also buildings, may be exposed to floods, greater precipitation and more frequent extreme weather. • An ice-free Arctic Ocean in the summer opens the opportunity for new sailing routes, and it is anticipated that shipping traffic will incr ...
Legislation in the UK energy industry
... will receive 100% allowances while those not deemed at risk will initially receive 80% in 2013, December to 30% in 2020 and 0% in 2027. ...
... will receive 100% allowances while those not deemed at risk will initially receive 80% in 2013, December to 30% in 2020 and 0% in 2027. ...
Light: The Cosmic Messenger
... Consequences of Global Warming • Storms more numerous and intense • Rising ocean levels; melting glaciers • Uncertain effects on food production, availability of fresh water • Potential for social unrest © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. ...
... Consequences of Global Warming • Storms more numerous and intense • Rising ocean levels; melting glaciers • Uncertain effects on food production, availability of fresh water • Potential for social unrest © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. ...
Polar Regions - Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental
... • Raise the scientific capital of society by improving access to scientific education and information • Develop training and educational skills to help us adapt to the needs of the new energy economy • Promote investment in research • Develop networks for cooperation with like minded organisations • ...
... • Raise the scientific capital of society by improving access to scientific education and information • Develop training and educational skills to help us adapt to the needs of the new energy economy • Promote investment in research • Develop networks for cooperation with like minded organisations • ...
PDF - World Agroforestry Centre
... practices or to the impacts of climate change – undermines the basis of pastoral economies. Based on a review mostly of the Chinese language literature, this paper describes observed and predicted climate change, and impacts of both climate change and anthropogenic factors on grasslands. It ends wit ...
... practices or to the impacts of climate change – undermines the basis of pastoral economies. Based on a review mostly of the Chinese language literature, this paper describes observed and predicted climate change, and impacts of both climate change and anthropogenic factors on grasslands. It ends wit ...
Climate and Land Degradation - Integrated Drought Management
... and woodlands resulting from land uses or from a process or combination of processes, including processes arising from human activities and habitation patterns, such as: (i) soil erosion caused by wind and/or water; (ii) deterioration of the physical, chemical, and biological or economic properties ...
... and woodlands resulting from land uses or from a process or combination of processes, including processes arising from human activities and habitation patterns, such as: (i) soil erosion caused by wind and/or water; (ii) deterioration of the physical, chemical, and biological or economic properties ...
PDF
... Compared to the cited indexes above, the Nasdaq Helsinki comes up as the 3rd most emissions intense index. What is notable is that the Nasdaq Helsinki is more emissions intense than the MSCI World which includes several large emitters. Here it is important to keep in mind the weighting in these ind ...
... Compared to the cited indexes above, the Nasdaq Helsinki comes up as the 3rd most emissions intense index. What is notable is that the Nasdaq Helsinki is more emissions intense than the MSCI World which includes several large emitters. Here it is important to keep in mind the weighting in these ind ...
Climate and Land Degradation - The World AgroMeteorological
... and woodlands resulting from land uses or from a process or combination of processes, including processes arising from human activities and habitation patterns, such as: (i) soil erosion caused by wind and/or water; (ii) deterioration of the physical, chemical, and biological or economic properties ...
... and woodlands resulting from land uses or from a process or combination of processes, including processes arising from human activities and habitation patterns, such as: (i) soil erosion caused by wind and/or water; (ii) deterioration of the physical, chemical, and biological or economic properties ...
Climate Protection as a World Citizen Movement
... – DIE, Bonn); Jennifer Morgan (World Resources Institute, Director Climate & Energy Program, Washington, DC); Hermann Ott (Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy); Pieter Pauw (German ...
... – DIE, Bonn); Jennifer Morgan (World Resources Institute, Director Climate & Energy Program, Washington, DC); Hermann Ott (Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy); Pieter Pauw (German ...
Geology for Society - The Geological Society
... It is now possible to extract shale gas economically, using horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing (‘fracking’), in which water, sand and small quantities of added chemicals are used to open up fractures in the rock, allowing the gas to flow more freely. Geological expertise is vital to locate ...
... It is now possible to extract shale gas economically, using horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing (‘fracking’), in which water, sand and small quantities of added chemicals are used to open up fractures in the rock, allowing the gas to flow more freely. Geological expertise is vital to locate ...
Carbon – environmental disaster or an exciting new financial product
... the United Nations. However there exists no collective ownership, as there does for example, for the oceans of the world. Neither is the bounty of nature provided by forests owned by all nations, as are the fish of the High Seas. Nevertheless responsibility for conserving the world’s forests seems t ...
... the United Nations. However there exists no collective ownership, as there does for example, for the oceans of the world. Neither is the bounty of nature provided by forests owned by all nations, as are the fish of the High Seas. Nevertheless responsibility for conserving the world’s forests seems t ...
