Policy Tools for Local Adaptation to Sea Level Rise
... There is a growing sense of urgency among the scientific community that adaptation actions need to begin now. Significant delay into the next decade or beyond as climate continues to change reduces choices and options and increases the probability of more difficult and costly adjustments, accommodat ...
... There is a growing sense of urgency among the scientific community that adaptation actions need to begin now. Significant delay into the next decade or beyond as climate continues to change reduces choices and options and increases the probability of more difficult and costly adjustments, accommodat ...
WHAT IS WRONG WITH STERN? Peter Lilley MP The Global Warming Policy Foundation
... when people will be many times richer than us and far better equipped to adapt to, prevent or even reverse global warming. Moreover, the worst threat - of melting icecaps raising sea levels dramatically – would, according to the IPCC, take millennia to arrive - even if temperatures rise substantiall ...
... when people will be many times richer than us and far better equipped to adapt to, prevent or even reverse global warming. Moreover, the worst threat - of melting icecaps raising sea levels dramatically – would, according to the IPCC, take millennia to arrive - even if temperatures rise substantiall ...
Climate Resilient Floodplains
... temperatures are too warm for the crops typically grown in the Stillaguamish and wetter spring conditions make it more difficult to plant earlier to avoid the warmer August temperatures. This squeeze, it was noted, may occur even as climate change-induced drought in California creates higher demand ...
... temperatures are too warm for the crops typically grown in the Stillaguamish and wetter spring conditions make it more difficult to plant earlier to avoid the warmer August temperatures. This squeeze, it was noted, may occur even as climate change-induced drought in California creates higher demand ...
May 2017Enhancing financing for the research, development and
... While the scope of this technical paper is research, development and demonstration (RD&D), available data relate only to research and development (R&D). ...
... While the scope of this technical paper is research, development and demonstration (RD&D), available data relate only to research and development (R&D). ...
Climate Change Impacts on Tourism in the Mediterranean
... It is often feared that an expansion of tourism in areas like the Mediterranean, which are already water stressed (particularly during the summer), may exacerbate the water management problems, especially by creating conflicts for access to water resources between agriculture and tourism activities. ...
... It is often feared that an expansion of tourism in areas like the Mediterranean, which are already water stressed (particularly during the summer), may exacerbate the water management problems, especially by creating conflicts for access to water resources between agriculture and tourism activities. ...
This PDF is a selection from a published volume from... Research Volume Title: The Economics of Climate Change: Adaptations Past and...
... Sanstad (2008) explain pure time series variation in hourly electricity load at the grid level over the course of a year. They use data reported by the California Independent System Operator (CalISO) for 2004 and regress it on a population- weighted average of daily temperature. The estimates show a ...
... Sanstad (2008) explain pure time series variation in hourly electricity load at the grid level over the course of a year. They use data reported by the California Independent System Operator (CalISO) for 2004 and regress it on a population- weighted average of daily temperature. The estimates show a ...
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... climate change (ACG 2005; Hennessy and Jones 2007), although much uncertainty remains about the timing, size and variation of impacts of the climate change (Reyenga et al. 2001; Howden and Hayman 2005; Farré et al. 2007; Heyhoe et al. 2007). Finally, the region is well-served by validated crop simul ...
... climate change (ACG 2005; Hennessy and Jones 2007), although much uncertainty remains about the timing, size and variation of impacts of the climate change (Reyenga et al. 2001; Howden and Hayman 2005; Farré et al. 2007; Heyhoe et al. 2007). Finally, the region is well-served by validated crop simul ...
Risk in International Politics Randall W. Stone
... climate change will be less catastrophic than is now believed, or that future technologies will reduce the damage or make it possible to reverse the trend at lower cost than is currently feasible. If these scenarios seem unlikely, it may instead be the case that global climate change will respond ve ...
... climate change will be less catastrophic than is now believed, or that future technologies will reduce the damage or make it possible to reverse the trend at lower cost than is currently feasible. If these scenarios seem unlikely, it may instead be the case that global climate change will respond ve ...
South Africa
... 2011-15 period were 0.57°C (1.03°F) above the average for the standard 1961-90 reference period. The compares with the 2006-10 period, in which temperatures were 0.51°C above average, and is consistent with a continued sustained warming trend which has been apparent in global data since the mid-1970 ...
... 2011-15 period were 0.57°C (1.03°F) above the average for the standard 1961-90 reference period. The compares with the 2006-10 period, in which temperatures were 0.51°C above average, and is consistent with a continued sustained warming trend which has been apparent in global data since the mid-1970 ...
Changing times, changing stories: generational differences in
... The region and its people The villages of our study area, St. Mary’s, Pilot Station, Kotlik, and Chevak, are located in the LYRB and the YK Delta region (Fig. 1). St. Mary’s and Pilot Station are riverine communities located along the Yukon River; Kotlik and Chevak are located along tributaries of t ...
... The region and its people The villages of our study area, St. Mary’s, Pilot Station, Kotlik, and Chevak, are located in the LYRB and the YK Delta region (Fig. 1). St. Mary’s and Pilot Station are riverine communities located along the Yukon River; Kotlik and Chevak are located along tributaries of t ...
The Science of Geoengineering - Carnegie Department of Global
... efficiency (producing goods and services with few energy inputs), low- or zero-carbon emission energy technologies (producing that energy with sources that emit less CO2 ), and adaptation (increasing resilience to effects of climate change that do occur). These various options are not mutually exclus ...
... efficiency (producing goods and services with few energy inputs), low- or zero-carbon emission energy technologies (producing that energy with sources that emit less CO2 ), and adaptation (increasing resilience to effects of climate change that do occur). These various options are not mutually exclus ...
Cool dudes: The denial of climate change among conservative white
... et al., 1999) are more likely to express concern about global warming than are their conservative, white, and male counterparts, respectively. The analysis presented below is the first to (a) consider the intersection of political ideology, race, and gender and (b) explicitly examine climate change d ...
... et al., 1999) are more likely to express concern about global warming than are their conservative, white, and male counterparts, respectively. The analysis presented below is the first to (a) consider the intersection of political ideology, race, and gender and (b) explicitly examine climate change d ...
References and Index - UN
... 2007: Mitigation, Contribution of Working Group III to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge and New York, pp25–93, www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment-report/ ar4/wg3/ar4-wg3-ts.pdf, last accessed 11 October ...
... 2007: Mitigation, Contribution of Working Group III to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge and New York, pp25–93, www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment-report/ ar4/wg3/ar4-wg3-ts.pdf, last accessed 11 October ...
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... The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was signed at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in 1992 and entered into force on 21 March 1994. The objective of the UNFCCC is to stabilize greenhouse gas emissions "at a level that would prevent dangerous ...
... The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was signed at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in 1992 and entered into force on 21 March 1994. The objective of the UNFCCC is to stabilize greenhouse gas emissions "at a level that would prevent dangerous ...
Deceitful Tongues: Is Climate Change Denial A Crime?
... The consequences of global warming and associated climate changes are now apparent. No longer can there be any doubt that anthropogenic (humancaused) warming of the Earth is happening, caused mainly by greenhouse gas emissions, primarily carbon dioxide, from burning fossil fuels. Climate change pose ...
... The consequences of global warming and associated climate changes are now apparent. No longer can there be any doubt that anthropogenic (humancaused) warming of the Earth is happening, caused mainly by greenhouse gas emissions, primarily carbon dioxide, from burning fossil fuels. Climate change pose ...
Death by Degrees: North Carolina
... 2000 has been one of the fifteen warmest years on record.2 In 2000, scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced that the winter of 2000 was the warmest winter on record since the United States government began keeping weather statistics 105 years ago.3 This was ...
... 2000 has been one of the fifteen warmest years on record.2 In 2000, scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced that the winter of 2000 was the warmest winter on record since the United States government began keeping weather statistics 105 years ago.3 This was ...
Climate Change Adaptation in the Great Barrier Reef Iconic National
... to these drivers and can significantly reduce their adverse impacts (Fidelman et al. 2013). In this article, adaptation refers to “the decision-making process and the set of actions undertaken to maintain the capacity to deal with future change or perturbations to a social–ecological system [such as ...
... to these drivers and can significantly reduce their adverse impacts (Fidelman et al. 2013). In this article, adaptation refers to “the decision-making process and the set of actions undertaken to maintain the capacity to deal with future change or perturbations to a social–ecological system [such as ...
Environmental and Climate Change in Latin America and the
... Positive trends in recent years include a diversification of policies with improvements in the instruments, education efforts and increased participation. However, some challenges remain. The institutions related to environmental regulation and enforcement are generally weak and under-funded. There ...
... Positive trends in recent years include a diversification of policies with improvements in the instruments, education efforts and increased participation. However, some challenges remain. The institutions related to environmental regulation and enforcement are generally weak and under-funded. There ...
Detecting runoff variation in Weihe River basin, China
... Global warming and the increasingly large-scale of human activities (IPCC, 2007) are causing major changes to hydrological cycles of river basins and affecting their physical conditions on a regional scale (Wei, 2007). For example, Barnett et al. (2008) and Szilagyi (2001) highlighted extensive chan ...
... Global warming and the increasingly large-scale of human activities (IPCC, 2007) are causing major changes to hydrological cycles of river basins and affecting their physical conditions on a regional scale (Wei, 2007). For example, Barnett et al. (2008) and Szilagyi (2001) highlighted extensive chan ...
Carbon-climate coupling in the Northern High Latitudes
... leveling off or even decreasing around 2060. This leveling-off is particularly visible in the HadCM3LC, FRCGC and BERN-CC models. The time integral of NEP is the amount of carbon the land takes up. The mean uptake of terrestrial carbon by 2100 is 38 PgC with a range of 17 to 82 PgC in the C4MIP mode ...
... leveling off or even decreasing around 2060. This leveling-off is particularly visible in the HadCM3LC, FRCGC and BERN-CC models. The time integral of NEP is the amount of carbon the land takes up. The mean uptake of terrestrial carbon by 2100 is 38 PgC with a range of 17 to 82 PgC in the C4MIP mode ...