Climate Change Adaptation Project Report
... The City of Castlegar spent nearly a year working with residents to explore potential climate change impacts on the community and what actions might be taken to maintain community life in a changed climate. The project focused on examining where the community is likely to be vulnerable to climate ch ...
... The City of Castlegar spent nearly a year working with residents to explore potential climate change impacts on the community and what actions might be taken to maintain community life in a changed climate. The project focused on examining where the community is likely to be vulnerable to climate ch ...
planned relocations, disasters and climate change
... requires people to step outside their comfort zones and to think in different ways. There is also an undercurrent of resistance to considering issues of planned relocations now out of a concern that doing so would take pressure off national and international actors to implement mitigation measures w ...
... requires people to step outside their comfort zones and to think in different ways. There is also an undercurrent of resistance to considering issues of planned relocations now out of a concern that doing so would take pressure off national and international actors to implement mitigation measures w ...
Climate change policies must include protection for native forests
... export uses. No new plantations are needed. See the following chart by Judith Ajani, which shows clearly the looming glut of plantation timber. For two decades or more large areas of hardwood plantations have been established, taking advantage of generous taxation concessions. As a result there will ...
... export uses. No new plantations are needed. See the following chart by Judith Ajani, which shows clearly the looming glut of plantation timber. For two decades or more large areas of hardwood plantations have been established, taking advantage of generous taxation concessions. As a result there will ...
Climate variability and change and their health effects in small
... A variety of adverse health outcomes are climate sensitive; that is, weather and climate affect their incidence and distribution. Some adverse health outcomes are related directly to weather, such as drowning and injuries in floods or increased morbidity and mortality during heat-waves. Other health ...
... A variety of adverse health outcomes are climate sensitive; that is, weather and climate affect their incidence and distribution. Some adverse health outcomes are related directly to weather, such as drowning and injuries in floods or increased morbidity and mortality during heat-waves. Other health ...
Opportunities and threats to the local economy from environmental
... Associated costs and risks Renewable energy and carbon sequestration makes a significant contribution to reducing green house gases in the atmosphere, which is essential to protect many essential environmental benefits, from flood control to food production. However there are local environmental imp ...
... Associated costs and risks Renewable energy and carbon sequestration makes a significant contribution to reducing green house gases in the atmosphere, which is essential to protect many essential environmental benefits, from flood control to food production. However there are local environmental imp ...
Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventory for all sectors of Sonoma
... produced by all sectors in the jurisdiction, or first one and then the other. Sonoma municipalities chose to “lead by example,” focusing on internal operations first. This study represents Sonoma’s first assessment of the greenhouse gas emitted by the whole community. The County of Sonoma and the Ci ...
... produced by all sectors in the jurisdiction, or first one and then the other. Sonoma municipalities chose to “lead by example,” focusing on internal operations first. This study represents Sonoma’s first assessment of the greenhouse gas emitted by the whole community. The County of Sonoma and the Ci ...
English - Stockholm Convention
... The polar regions and Mountain zones will experience decreased snow cover, reduced glaciers and permafrost thawing, increased cloudiness and increased precipitation. The polar sea ice will break open and the polar regions will experience an increase in fresh-water run-off. The temperate, mediterrane ...
... The polar regions and Mountain zones will experience decreased snow cover, reduced glaciers and permafrost thawing, increased cloudiness and increased precipitation. The polar sea ice will break open and the polar regions will experience an increase in fresh-water run-off. The temperate, mediterrane ...
Geographic disparities and moral hazards in the predicted impacts
... the same degree, application of niche modelling to a species as widespread and well known as humans may also provide insight into the implicit logic and general limitations of niche modelling in ecology. Humans are globally distributed, but human population density is regionally variable. Accordingl ...
... the same degree, application of niche modelling to a species as widespread and well known as humans may also provide insight into the implicit logic and general limitations of niche modelling in ecology. Humans are globally distributed, but human population density is regionally variable. Accordingl ...
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... 8. Certain farmers especially those with prior experience with the traditional crop insurance still prefer the traditional insurance over the WIBI - because a. non-inclusion of pests an diseases among the insurable risks under WIBI b. dissatisfaction with the pay-outs/no pay-out even if farm is floo ...
... 8. Certain farmers especially those with prior experience with the traditional crop insurance still prefer the traditional insurance over the WIBI - because a. non-inclusion of pests an diseases among the insurable risks under WIBI b. dissatisfaction with the pay-outs/no pay-out even if farm is floo ...
Confidence, uncertainty and decision-support relevance in climate predictions
... twenty-first century climate is, conditioned on a particular model, requires large ICEs. Exploration of ICU is important for interpretations of climate forecasts (Grimm et al. 2006). Figure 1 shows the distribution of 8-year mean December/ January/February (DJF) precipitation over the Mediterranean b ...
... twenty-first century climate is, conditioned on a particular model, requires large ICEs. Exploration of ICU is important for interpretations of climate forecasts (Grimm et al. 2006). Figure 1 shows the distribution of 8-year mean December/ January/February (DJF) precipitation over the Mediterranean b ...
Sarah E. Light
... attitudes and beliefs, and therefore behavior and political debate, about energy use and climate change. Studies have shown that individuals with certain values or political ideologies are less likely to believe in the existence of scientific consensus about climate change, have positive attitudes t ...
... attitudes and beliefs, and therefore behavior and political debate, about energy use and climate change. Studies have shown that individuals with certain values or political ideologies are less likely to believe in the existence of scientific consensus about climate change, have positive attitudes t ...
HEAT IN THE HEARTLAND: Climate Change and Economic Risk in
... fact-based look at the potential risks facing specific sectors and regions of the national economy. As in a classic business risk assessment, we analyze not only the most likely scenarios, but also the scenarios that, while less likely, could have more significant impacts. In this report, we focus o ...
... fact-based look at the potential risks facing specific sectors and regions of the national economy. As in a classic business risk assessment, we analyze not only the most likely scenarios, but also the scenarios that, while less likely, could have more significant impacts. In this report, we focus o ...
Canada`s Mixed Record on Ozone Depletion and Climate Change
... Overcoming Obstacles To Protecting the Ozone Layer The successful negotiation of the binding and ambitious targets in the Montreal Protocol came despite the opposition of the chemical industry. Led by CFC manufacturers, the industry made three main arguments against taking concrete steps to protect ...
... Overcoming Obstacles To Protecting the Ozone Layer The successful negotiation of the binding and ambitious targets in the Montreal Protocol came despite the opposition of the chemical industry. Led by CFC manufacturers, the industry made three main arguments against taking concrete steps to protect ...
Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Act 2010
... (b) there is a vacancy in the office of Speaker or Deputy Speaker. ...
... (b) there is a vacancy in the office of Speaker or Deputy Speaker. ...
Inuit vulnerability and adaptive capacity to climate change in
... Northwest Territories and the adaptive strategies employed. It is based on collaborative research involving semistructured interviews, secondary sources of information, and participant observations. In the context of subsistence hunting, changes in temperature, seasonal patterns (for example timing ...
... Northwest Territories and the adaptive strategies employed. It is based on collaborative research involving semistructured interviews, secondary sources of information, and participant observations. In the context of subsistence hunting, changes in temperature, seasonal patterns (for example timing ...
Thermal physiology and species distribution models
... treatments ranging from 5 °C up to the maximum possible temperature prior to observing substantial mortality (see Appendix S1a in Supporting Information). Tadpoles were randomly assigned to temperature treatments after c. 72 h at room temperature, and acclimatized to temperature treatments over the ...
... treatments ranging from 5 °C up to the maximum possible temperature prior to observing substantial mortality (see Appendix S1a in Supporting Information). Tadpoles were randomly assigned to temperature treatments after c. 72 h at room temperature, and acclimatized to temperature treatments over the ...
CHANGES IN LIVESTOCK EMPHASIS TO HELP FARMERS ADAPT TO CLIMATE CHANGE
... increased the production of ‘greenhouse gases’ (GHGs), most notably carbon dioxide and methane. Because of GHGs, less of the earth’s heat is able to escape its atmosphere, and so the temperature of the whole earth’s surface rises. Africa’s contribution to this might not be large, but there is intern ...
... increased the production of ‘greenhouse gases’ (GHGs), most notably carbon dioxide and methane. Because of GHGs, less of the earth’s heat is able to escape its atmosphere, and so the temperature of the whole earth’s surface rises. Africa’s contribution to this might not be large, but there is intern ...
Silent but Deadly - Global Justice Now
... gas 21 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Fertilisers are also a major source of direct emissions from agriculture. A number of different chemicals are used which have differing effects on the climate. The most dangerous of these in terms of climate change is ammonia which releases nitrous oxide ...
... gas 21 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Fertilisers are also a major source of direct emissions from agriculture. A number of different chemicals are used which have differing effects on the climate. The most dangerous of these in terms of climate change is ammonia which releases nitrous oxide ...
The Shipping Challenge: “Carry More, Emit Less”
... from some 7 billion in 2011! To highlight this, the world has grown by about 1000 people since I started speaking. Shell has long recognised the “Energy Challenge”. Namely, how do we economically meet these increased demands for energy, while producing less Greenhouse gases, the most significant bei ...
... from some 7 billion in 2011! To highlight this, the world has grown by about 1000 people since I started speaking. Shell has long recognised the “Energy Challenge”. Namely, how do we economically meet these increased demands for energy, while producing less Greenhouse gases, the most significant bei ...
Togo - unfccc
... Impacts of climate change Climate observations1 during the period running from 1961 to 2012 reveal an unmistakable rise in temperatures, as well as a decrease in rainfall and in the number of days of rain. The linear trend in ...
... Impacts of climate change Climate observations1 during the period running from 1961 to 2012 reveal an unmistakable rise in temperatures, as well as a decrease in rainfall and in the number of days of rain. The linear trend in ...
Uncertainty, scepticism and attitudes towards climate change
... respects. This suggests that an increase in scepticism about climate change may be manifested in quite specific attitudes about the way that climate change is communicated (rather than scepticism about climate science itself). These data on public opinion about climate change can be contrasted with ...
... respects. This suggests that an increase in scepticism about climate change may be manifested in quite specific attitudes about the way that climate change is communicated (rather than scepticism about climate science itself). These data on public opinion about climate change can be contrasted with ...
one planet – one Future
... by addressing key challenges such as the persistent marginalisation of women, feeding our growing population and facing up to climate change. The upcoming gathering of heads of state at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD or Rio+20) on 20–22 June in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ...
... by addressing key challenges such as the persistent marginalisation of women, feeding our growing population and facing up to climate change. The upcoming gathering of heads of state at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD or Rio+20) on 20–22 June in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ...
Evidence for a Rapid Global Climate Shift across the Late 1960s
... (EOFs) have been constructed of precipitation in the Tropics (30°S–30°N) in the NCEP–NCAR reanalysis for several time periods. The EOFs have been computed using the singular value decomposition procedure, with algorithms provided by MATLAB. Attention is focused on the Northern Hemisphere summer seas ...
... (EOFs) have been constructed of precipitation in the Tropics (30°S–30°N) in the NCEP–NCAR reanalysis for several time periods. The EOFs have been computed using the singular value decomposition procedure, with algorithms provided by MATLAB. Attention is focused on the Northern Hemisphere summer seas ...