California Bar Environmental Law Conference Presentation
... Climate Change and 2013 BDCP Draft EIR-EIS (Section 5.2.3, Definition of the Environmental Baseline) “The CEQA baseline for assessing the significance of impacts of any proposed project is normally the environmental setting, or existing conditions, at the time the NOP is issued (State CEQA Guideline ...
... Climate Change and 2013 BDCP Draft EIR-EIS (Section 5.2.3, Definition of the Environmental Baseline) “The CEQA baseline for assessing the significance of impacts of any proposed project is normally the environmental setting, or existing conditions, at the time the NOP is issued (State CEQA Guideline ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES EMERGING LIABILITY CHALLENGE
... (9/11/2001: all lines, including property and business interruption (BI); in U.S.$ billon indexed to 2005) Sources: Wharton Risk Center with data from Swiss Re and Insurance Information Institute ...
... (9/11/2001: all lines, including property and business interruption (BI); in U.S.$ billon indexed to 2005) Sources: Wharton Risk Center with data from Swiss Re and Insurance Information Institute ...
AEROSOL INDIRECT EFFECT
... BC heating can have an important effect on CCN of large dry diameter only. This results in three effects: 1. Inhibition of the activation of large CCN. This would make water vapor available for the activation of smaller (and more numerous) CCN. This tends to increase droplet concentrations and cool ...
... BC heating can have an important effect on CCN of large dry diameter only. This results in three effects: 1. Inhibition of the activation of large CCN. This would make water vapor available for the activation of smaller (and more numerous) CCN. This tends to increase droplet concentrations and cool ...
Annual Changes in Seasonal River Water Temperatures in the
... For example, Kaushal et al. [15] found that 50% (20 out of 40) of the U.S. river sites they examined showed statistically significant long-term linear warming trends in annual mean temperature, and Rice and Jastram [18] found substantial variability in the direction and magnitude of trends in river ...
... For example, Kaushal et al. [15] found that 50% (20 out of 40) of the U.S. river sites they examined showed statistically significant long-term linear warming trends in annual mean temperature, and Rice and Jastram [18] found substantial variability in the direction and magnitude of trends in river ...
ADAPTool - International Institute for Sustainable Development
... management of natural and social capital, as well as the enabling role of communication technologies in these areas. We report on international negotiations and disseminate knowledge gained through collaborative projects, resulting in more rigorous research, capacity building in developing countries ...
... management of natural and social capital, as well as the enabling role of communication technologies in these areas. We report on international negotiations and disseminate knowledge gained through collaborative projects, resulting in more rigorous research, capacity building in developing countries ...
Adaptation to Climate Change in Management of Prairie Grasslands
... Use fields that will run out of water first (AAFC 2010). Spread cattle over more fields where water supplies are low (AAFC 2010). Ensure that cattle have adequate salt to prevent use of poisonous plants that are salt accumulators (AAFC 2010). Use portable stockwater supply (AAFC 2010). Fence off wat ...
... Use fields that will run out of water first (AAFC 2010). Spread cattle over more fields where water supplies are low (AAFC 2010). Ensure that cattle have adequate salt to prevent use of poisonous plants that are salt accumulators (AAFC 2010). Use portable stockwater supply (AAFC 2010). Fence off wat ...
Change - UNDP Climate Change Adaptation
... •Changes in some types of extreme events have already been observed . Other… Heat waves become more frequent and longer lasting in a future warmer climate. Increased summer dryness and winter wetness in most parts of the northern middle and high latitudes Precipitation tends concentrated into more i ...
... •Changes in some types of extreme events have already been observed . Other… Heat waves become more frequent and longer lasting in a future warmer climate. Increased summer dryness and winter wetness in most parts of the northern middle and high latitudes Precipitation tends concentrated into more i ...
Science, Scientists, and Local Weather: Understanding Mass
... Information Environment. Because the scale of global warming transcends personal experience, public understanding of this phenomenon is reliant on a variety of information sources. The role of the media has drawn particular attention in the scholarly literature. Indeed, the mass media’s pursuit of “ ...
... Information Environment. Because the scale of global warming transcends personal experience, public understanding of this phenomenon is reliant on a variety of information sources. The role of the media has drawn particular attention in the scholarly literature. Indeed, the mass media’s pursuit of “ ...
North America
... inundation, storm-surge flooding and shoreline erosion. Storm impacts are likely to be more severe, especially along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts. Salt marshes, other coastal habitats, and dependent species are threatened by sea-level rise, fixed structures blocking landward migration, and changes i ...
... inundation, storm-surge flooding and shoreline erosion. Storm impacts are likely to be more severe, especially along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts. Salt marshes, other coastal habitats, and dependent species are threatened by sea-level rise, fixed structures blocking landward migration, and changes i ...
Arctic sea ice decline: Faster than forecast
... the observed trend is externally forced. The same calculations for the satellite era (1979 – 2006) point to larger forced contributions of 47% and 57%. Calculations for March indicate that 34 to 39% and 45 to 52% of the trend is externally forced from 1953 –2006 and 1979 – 2006, respectively. Howeve ...
... the observed trend is externally forced. The same calculations for the satellite era (1979 – 2006) point to larger forced contributions of 47% and 57%. Calculations for March indicate that 34 to 39% and 45 to 52% of the trend is externally forced from 1953 –2006 and 1979 – 2006, respectively. Howeve ...
Arctic sea ice decline: Faster than forecast
... the observed trend is externally forced. The same calculations for the satellite era (1979 – 2006) point to larger forced contributions of 47% and 57%. Calculations for March indicate that 34 to 39% and 45 to 52% of the trend is externally forced from 1953 –2006 and 1979 – 2006, respectively. Howeve ...
... the observed trend is externally forced. The same calculations for the satellite era (1979 – 2006) point to larger forced contributions of 47% and 57%. Calculations for March indicate that 34 to 39% and 45 to 52% of the trend is externally forced from 1953 –2006 and 1979 – 2006, respectively. Howeve ...
Chapter 12
... utility suffered by the third party. This is shown in Figure 12.5 with cigarettes as an example. ...
... utility suffered by the third party. This is shown in Figure 12.5 with cigarettes as an example. ...
1 OCTOBER TERM, 2006 Syllabus
... der §202(a)(1) of the Clean Air Act, which requires that the EPA “shall by regulation prescribe . . . standards applicable to the emis sion of any air pollutant from any class . . . of new motor vehicles . . . which in [the EPA Administrator’s] judgment cause[s], or contrib ute[s] to, air pollution ...
... der §202(a)(1) of the Clean Air Act, which requires that the EPA “shall by regulation prescribe . . . standards applicable to the emis sion of any air pollutant from any class . . . of new motor vehicles . . . which in [the EPA Administrator’s] judgment cause[s], or contrib ute[s] to, air pollution ...
Potential Climate Change Impacts on Marine Resources
... anomalies for three coupled ocean-atmosphere GCMs under high and low IPCC emission scenarios. We developed projections for four major regions of our study area: Northern Mid-Atlantic Bight, Georges Bank, Western Gulf of Maine, and Eastern Gulf of Maine. Dramatic differences are evident for the low a ...
... anomalies for three coupled ocean-atmosphere GCMs under high and low IPCC emission scenarios. We developed projections for four major regions of our study area: Northern Mid-Atlantic Bight, Georges Bank, Western Gulf of Maine, and Eastern Gulf of Maine. Dramatic differences are evident for the low a ...
National Park Service - Montana State University
... Initially, deglaciated regions were colonized by tundra communities and the climate was colder and probably drier than at present. After 14,000 cal yr BP, warmer and wetter conditions allowed present-day conifer taxa to expand first in open parkland and later as closed forest communities. By 11,000 ...
... Initially, deglaciated regions were colonized by tundra communities and the climate was colder and probably drier than at present. After 14,000 cal yr BP, warmer and wetter conditions allowed present-day conifer taxa to expand first in open parkland and later as closed forest communities. By 11,000 ...
Chapter 2 Current Legal Challenges in Climate Change Justice
... The Kyoto Protocol has been widely criticised. Significantly, the US signed the Kyoto Protocol but never ratified it, and is thus not bound to comply with the quantified emission reduction commitments contained in Annex B.154 In addition, while larger developing countries such as Brazil, China and I ...
... The Kyoto Protocol has been widely criticised. Significantly, the US signed the Kyoto Protocol but never ratified it, and is thus not bound to comply with the quantified emission reduction commitments contained in Annex B.154 In addition, while larger developing countries such as Brazil, China and I ...
1 OCTOBER TERM, 2006 Syllabus
... der §202(a)(1) of the Clean Air Act, which requires that the EPA “shall by regulation prescribe . . . standards applicable to the emis sion of any air pollutant from any class . . . of new motor vehicles . . . which in [the EPA Administrator’s] judgment cause[s], or contrib ute[s] to, air pollution ...
... der §202(a)(1) of the Clean Air Act, which requires that the EPA “shall by regulation prescribe . . . standards applicable to the emis sion of any air pollutant from any class . . . of new motor vehicles . . . which in [the EPA Administrator’s] judgment cause[s], or contrib ute[s] to, air pollution ...
MTA Adaptations to Climate Change – A Categorical Imperative1
... report that outlines a framework for climate change adaptation specifically aimed at the transportation sector. It provides valuable information and generic guidance. Some major regional adaptation measures (e.g. whether to consider regional storm barrier systems or not) constitute substantial polic ...
... report that outlines a framework for climate change adaptation specifically aimed at the transportation sector. It provides valuable information and generic guidance. Some major regional adaptation measures (e.g. whether to consider regional storm barrier systems or not) constitute substantial polic ...
Greenpeace Policy on Saving Forests to Protect
... Forests also play an extremely important role in biodiversity conservation, with over half of the world’s land-based species of plants and animals living in them.2 Biodiversity is vital to mankind’s continued existence, since it is an essential component of the healthy ecosystem needed to provide th ...
... Forests also play an extremely important role in biodiversity conservation, with over half of the world’s land-based species of plants and animals living in them.2 Biodiversity is vital to mankind’s continued existence, since it is an essential component of the healthy ecosystem needed to provide th ...
Rethinking Support for Adaptive Capacity to Climate Change
... entitlements, knowledge and information, innovation, and flexible forward-looking decision-making and governance. ...
... entitlements, knowledge and information, innovation, and flexible forward-looking decision-making and governance. ...