Communicating the risks of global warming
... and Githeko, 2001; National Assessment Synthesis Team, 2001; Patz et al., 2000). Yet, human health impacts are likely to be among the greatest dangers of climate change for human societies, especially for the poor and children in developing countries (as well as the poor in developed nations) who la ...
... and Githeko, 2001; National Assessment Synthesis Team, 2001; Patz et al., 2000). Yet, human health impacts are likely to be among the greatest dangers of climate change for human societies, especially for the poor and children in developing countries (as well as the poor in developed nations) who la ...
Climate Changes Impact to Archaeological Sites in Delaware:
... 3.46 millimeter per year sea level rise change with a 95% confidence interval of +/- 0.66 millimeters at this location. I’m really showing this as a confirmation to the EPA mapping I just showed you, in that both the EPA and NOAA are independently confirming that certain areas along the Delaware Bay ...
... 3.46 millimeter per year sea level rise change with a 95% confidence interval of +/- 0.66 millimeters at this location. I’m really showing this as a confirmation to the EPA mapping I just showed you, in that both the EPA and NOAA are independently confirming that certain areas along the Delaware Bay ...
Climate risks and their impact on agriculture and forests in Switzerland
... Fig. 4 Change in selected statistics of daily precipitation between 1961–1990 and 2071–2100. Scenario from the regional climate model CHRM with boundary forcing from HadAM3H and the SRES A2 emission scenario. The panels depict the ratio between future and present climate for wet-day frequency (a, b) ...
... Fig. 4 Change in selected statistics of daily precipitation between 1961–1990 and 2071–2100. Scenario from the regional climate model CHRM with boundary forcing from HadAM3H and the SRES A2 emission scenario. The panels depict the ratio between future and present climate for wet-day frequency (a, b) ...
Summary of the management of natural coastal carbon sinks
... never been done. • Carbon cycling within kelp forests is characterized by rapid biomass turnover that can be as high as 10 mes per year. There are few data on the frac on of kelp carbon that is incorporated into long-term carbon reservoirs such as marine sediments. • It is likely that carbon storage ...
... never been done. • Carbon cycling within kelp forests is characterized by rapid biomass turnover that can be as high as 10 mes per year. There are few data on the frac on of kelp carbon that is incorporated into long-term carbon reservoirs such as marine sediments. • It is likely that carbon storage ...
Global Massive Change
... Management, Organisational Theory and Operational Analysis. It is applied in these domains to understand how organisations or enterprises adapt to their environment. The theory treats organizations and firms as collections of strategies and structures. When organisations or enterprises demonstrate p ...
... Management, Organisational Theory and Operational Analysis. It is applied in these domains to understand how organisations or enterprises adapt to their environment. The theory treats organizations and firms as collections of strategies and structures. When organisations or enterprises demonstrate p ...
Framing Climate: Implications for Local Government Policy
... considerable strain on infrastructure, built environments and emergency services. Long terms effects of such weather events can include a withdrawal of insurance coverage and increased public liability risks. It is important to note that extreme weather events have non-linear repercussions; for exam ...
... considerable strain on infrastructure, built environments and emergency services. Long terms effects of such weather events can include a withdrawal of insurance coverage and increased public liability risks. It is important to note that extreme weather events have non-linear repercussions; for exam ...
Did the Stern Review underestimate climate damages
... discount rate was 1.4 percent per year, well below the discount rates used in many other analyses (although not unprecedented; see Cline 2004, and Ackerman and Finlayson 2006 for climate analyses with similar discount rates). Previous applications of PAGE2002 typically treated pure time preference a ...
... discount rate was 1.4 percent per year, well below the discount rates used in many other analyses (although not unprecedented; see Cline 2004, and Ackerman and Finlayson 2006 for climate analyses with similar discount rates). Previous applications of PAGE2002 typically treated pure time preference a ...
English - Summit of the Americas
... and will become much more severe during the 21st century • LAC is a small part of the problem: very low energy-related GHG emissions, one third of the world’s forest biomass ...
... and will become much more severe during the 21st century • LAC is a small part of the problem: very low energy-related GHG emissions, one third of the world’s forest biomass ...
A Critical Evaluation of Post-Normal Science`s role in Climate
... Consequently, the conditions are not normal, neither for science nor for policy (Deblonde et al [2]). Modelling, meanwhile, as a prime means to access natural phenomena (Neugebauer and Simmer [3]), is a very modern approach for studying the complexity of the world (Alcamo et al [4]) but one that has ...
... Consequently, the conditions are not normal, neither for science nor for policy (Deblonde et al [2]). Modelling, meanwhile, as a prime means to access natural phenomena (Neugebauer and Simmer [3]), is a very modern approach for studying the complexity of the world (Alcamo et al [4]) but one that has ...
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... 5. Monitoring and evaluation Forest managers may need to carry out additional monitoring to guide their climate change adaptation and mitigation actions. Changes to existing monitoring systems may be required, depending on: whether the government requests additional information to inform national ad ...
... 5. Monitoring and evaluation Forest managers may need to carry out additional monitoring to guide their climate change adaptation and mitigation actions. Changes to existing monitoring systems may be required, depending on: whether the government requests additional information to inform national ad ...
Public Enemy No. 1? Understanding Media Representations of
... Numerous events in recent years have recalibrated “contrarian” considerations in the public arena. For example, in October 2009, possibilities for “global cooling” (echoing claims made in the 1970s) permeated mass media accounts. The news hook was that the U.K. Met Office’s Hadley Centre reported th ...
... Numerous events in recent years have recalibrated “contrarian” considerations in the public arena. For example, in October 2009, possibilities for “global cooling” (echoing claims made in the 1970s) permeated mass media accounts. The news hook was that the U.K. Met Office’s Hadley Centre reported th ...
Effects of climate change on water resources in China
... increased from the 1920s to 1940s, followed by a decline in the 1950s to early 1980s. Temperatures went up again in the mid 1980s, with the 1990s being one of the warmest periods in China in the past 100 yr. Annual precipitation decreased gradually since the 1950s, with an average decline of 2.9 mm ...
... increased from the 1920s to 1940s, followed by a decline in the 1950s to early 1980s. Temperatures went up again in the mid 1980s, with the 1990s being one of the warmest periods in China in the past 100 yr. Annual precipitation decreased gradually since the 1950s, with an average decline of 2.9 mm ...
Hazards - Alberta Emergency Management Agency
... Research has revealed that pre-settlement droughts in the prairies were more severe, and the post-settlement climate has been relatively favourable ...
... Research has revealed that pre-settlement droughts in the prairies were more severe, and the post-settlement climate has been relatively favourable ...
document Robock Presentation
... Societal disruption, conflict between countries Conflicts with current treaties Whose hand on the thermostat? Effects on airplanes flying in stratosphere Effects on electrical properties of atmosphere Environmental impact of implementation ...
... Societal disruption, conflict between countries Conflicts with current treaties Whose hand on the thermostat? Effects on airplanes flying in stratosphere Effects on electrical properties of atmosphere Environmental impact of implementation ...
Uncertain futures
... The problem also concerns several different activities and areas of society and must be managed on all levels, i.e. locally, nationally and internationally. Within the healthcare sector, where the problem of antibiotic-resistant bacteria is greatest, the spread of resistant bacteria has been a recog ...
... The problem also concerns several different activities and areas of society and must be managed on all levels, i.e. locally, nationally and internationally. Within the healthcare sector, where the problem of antibiotic-resistant bacteria is greatest, the spread of resistant bacteria has been a recog ...
space and climate change
... Change. It also provides an overview of the global observing systems co-sponsored by several United Nations organizations and the International Council for Science that coordinate Earth observations on behalf of United Nations Member States. United Nations organizations are making full use of space- ...
... Change. It also provides an overview of the global observing systems co-sponsored by several United Nations organizations and the International Council for Science that coordinate Earth observations on behalf of United Nations Member States. United Nations organizations are making full use of space- ...
Call for Abstracts The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP
... effort, hosted across African climate research hubs, are anticipated from this major climate Conference for Africa. Bringing together scientists of African climate towards meeting African policy-makers’ needs, the ACC 2013 will offer a platform for decision-makers and climate researchers, scientists ...
... effort, hosted across African climate research hubs, are anticipated from this major climate Conference for Africa. Bringing together scientists of African climate towards meeting African policy-makers’ needs, the ACC 2013 will offer a platform for decision-makers and climate researchers, scientists ...
BMW Media Website Wed, Mar 29, 2017 12:18:18 EDT BMW BMW
... The BMW Group is one of the most successful manufacturers of automobiles and motorcycles in the world with its BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce brands. As a global company, the BMW Group operates 24 production facilities in 13 countries and has a global sales network in more than 140 countries. The BMW Gro ...
... The BMW Group is one of the most successful manufacturers of automobiles and motorcycles in the world with its BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce brands. As a global company, the BMW Group operates 24 production facilities in 13 countries and has a global sales network in more than 140 countries. The BMW Gro ...
Slide 1
... of snow and ice have diminished, sea level has risen and concentrations of greenhouse gases have increased.” Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, AR5 WGI September 2013 ...
... of snow and ice have diminished, sea level has risen and concentrations of greenhouse gases have increased.” Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, AR5 WGI September 2013 ...
Paper - System Dynamics Society
... Scientists use a variety of models to keep track of the greenhouse gasses and their impact on the climate, as explained in the box below. Some of the models combine simulations of the atmosphere, soils, biomass and ocean response to anthropogenic emissions. The more developed models include CO2, met ...
... Scientists use a variety of models to keep track of the greenhouse gasses and their impact on the climate, as explained in the box below. Some of the models combine simulations of the atmosphere, soils, biomass and ocean response to anthropogenic emissions. The more developed models include CO2, met ...
The carbon market in 2020: volumes, prices and gains from trade: Working Paper 11 (331 kB) (opens in new window)
... is subject to tax,7 while the higher cost of capital increases the cost of capitalintensive investments like renewables. There are also some changes in the merit order, as measures with particularly high upfront costs become more expensive and move further up the cost curve. ...
... is subject to tax,7 while the higher cost of capital increases the cost of capitalintensive investments like renewables. There are also some changes in the merit order, as measures with particularly high upfront costs become more expensive and move further up the cost curve. ...
Regional Impacts of climate change
... explaining the increase in fires in the American West after accounting for human settlements and fire management. Extreme heat events in the United States are on the rise. DeGaetano and Allen (2002) found that minimum and maximum temperatures increased in the latter half of the 20 th century, with ...
... explaining the increase in fires in the American West after accounting for human settlements and fire management. Extreme heat events in the United States are on the rise. DeGaetano and Allen (2002) found that minimum and maximum temperatures increased in the latter half of the 20 th century, with ...
UNICEF Strategic Framework on Environmental Sustainability for
... outcome areas and so will the application and promotion of environmentally sustainable approaches, materials and equipment. The UNICEF Environmental and Social Standards will be piloted and gradually rolled out. Subject to country specific needs and availability of resources, UNICEF will design and ...
... outcome areas and so will the application and promotion of environmentally sustainable approaches, materials and equipment. The UNICEF Environmental and Social Standards will be piloted and gradually rolled out. Subject to country specific needs and availability of resources, UNICEF will design and ...