Evaluating and prioritizing technologies for adaptation to climate
... dynamic process that cuts across scales, sectors, and levels of intervention. Adaptation itself is characterized by many uncertainties, and it extends long past usual project cycles. Technology development and transfer is an area of increasing priority on the international agenda on adaptation to cl ...
... dynamic process that cuts across scales, sectors, and levels of intervention. Adaptation itself is characterized by many uncertainties, and it extends long past usual project cycles. Technology development and transfer is an area of increasing priority on the international agenda on adaptation to cl ...
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... Crop Insurance has a long history in Canada. In 1939, the Prairie Farm Assistance Act was introduced by the Canadian Government. It provided assistance to grain producers in the Prairies and the Peace River area against crop loss. In 1959, the Crop Insurance Act was passed to replace the Prairie Far ...
... Crop Insurance has a long history in Canada. In 1939, the Prairie Farm Assistance Act was introduced by the Canadian Government. It provided assistance to grain producers in the Prairies and the Peace River area against crop loss. In 1959, the Crop Insurance Act was passed to replace the Prairie Far ...
Climate Change and Aquatic Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture - state of knowledge, risks and opportunities
... perspective of improving aquatic ecosystems, such as watersheds and coastal zones, and reappraising some cross-sectoral, integrated production systems, on the assumption that these interventions will definitely, or possibly, reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Aquatic genetic resources underpin all cur ...
... perspective of improving aquatic ecosystems, such as watersheds and coastal zones, and reappraising some cross-sectoral, integrated production systems, on the assumption that these interventions will definitely, or possibly, reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Aquatic genetic resources underpin all cur ...
Wyoming v. USDA: A Look Down the Road at Management of
... prohibits road construction, reconstruction, and timber harvesting throughout most NFS inventoried roadless areas (IRAs). 7 The Roadless Rule therefore applies to a vast landscape: approximately 58.5 million acres of NFS lands, or two percent of the land base of the continental United States. 8 Beca ...
... prohibits road construction, reconstruction, and timber harvesting throughout most NFS inventoried roadless areas (IRAs). 7 The Roadless Rule therefore applies to a vast landscape: approximately 58.5 million acres of NFS lands, or two percent of the land base of the continental United States. 8 Beca ...
Using Biogeochemical Process Models to Quantify Greenhouse Gas
... These process models may provide the most effective way of quantifying GHG impacts of agricultural management for a large-scale program, company, or market. Robust models have been developed and tested in the U.S. over the last few decades. Further development and improvement of these models and rel ...
... These process models may provide the most effective way of quantifying GHG impacts of agricultural management for a large-scale program, company, or market. Robust models have been developed and tested in the U.S. over the last few decades. Further development and improvement of these models and rel ...
Using Concept Maps for Assessing Adult Learners in Training
... The historical monthly streamflow, precipitation, and temperature of the tributary areas for the Rio Grande from Del Norte, Colorado, to Elephant Butte, New Mexico were collected to calibrate an HEC-HMS hydrologic model for the period of 1971-2000. With the projection for temperature and precipitati ...
... The historical monthly streamflow, precipitation, and temperature of the tributary areas for the Rio Grande from Del Norte, Colorado, to Elephant Butte, New Mexico were collected to calibrate an HEC-HMS hydrologic model for the period of 1971-2000. With the projection for temperature and precipitati ...
assessing rainfall and vegetation Africa
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... This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. ...
Xcel Energy`s 2016 climate change report to CDP.
... availability of credit, actions of rating agencies and their impact on capital expenditures; business conditions in the energy industry: competitive factors; unusual weather; effects of geopolitical events; including war and acts of terrorism; changes in federal or state legislation; regulation; act ...
... availability of credit, actions of rating agencies and their impact on capital expenditures; business conditions in the energy industry: competitive factors; unusual weather; effects of geopolitical events; including war and acts of terrorism; changes in federal or state legislation; regulation; act ...
Understanding the implications of Climate Change for woodland
... functioning, focusing on woodland Priority Habitats, as well as rare and charismatic species. The effects of the arrival and increase of new species in the UK are also examined. Despite an increasing body of work examining these issues there are still major knowledge gaps in this f ...
... functioning, focusing on woodland Priority Habitats, as well as rare and charismatic species. The effects of the arrival and increase of new species in the UK are also examined. Despite an increasing body of work examining these issues there are still major knowledge gaps in this f ...
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... Director), [email protected], 3660, ...
... Director), [email protected], 3660, ...
Modelbased conservation planning of the genetic diversity of
... and the sustainable development of society. A2 differs from B2 by having larger cumulative concentrations or emissions of carbon dioxide; the result is a different pattern of climate change due to varying anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases and other pollutants. Therefore, A2 and B2 were use ...
... and the sustainable development of society. A2 differs from B2 by having larger cumulative concentrations or emissions of carbon dioxide; the result is a different pattern of climate change due to varying anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases and other pollutants. Therefore, A2 and B2 were use ...
Effects of temperature change on mussel, Mytilus
... current and forthcoming climate change impacts (Brown et al. 2011; Burrows et al. 2011). One way forward is to focus on model species for which considerable existing information is known. Especially important are species that have a large impact on other species in their assemblage; for example, key ...
... current and forthcoming climate change impacts (Brown et al. 2011; Burrows et al. 2011). One way forward is to focus on model species for which considerable existing information is known. Especially important are species that have a large impact on other species in their assemblage; for example, key ...
Climate Change and Aspen
... communities as the canary in the coal mine for global warming. Aspen’s goal: to aggressively reduce its contribution to global warming, and to engage other communities to send a clear message on the importance of this issue. Data for the past 50 years collected at Aspen’s weather station, and compil ...
... communities as the canary in the coal mine for global warming. Aspen’s goal: to aggressively reduce its contribution to global warming, and to engage other communities to send a clear message on the importance of this issue. Data for the past 50 years collected at Aspen’s weather station, and compil ...
APPENDIX VII. Thesis and Dissertations authored by GREF Fellows.
... Paul A.T. Higgins, PhD 2003: “Ecosystem responses and feedbacks to abrupt climate change.” Advisor – Steven Schneider, Stanford University. Rachel C. Hoffman, PhD 2004: “Heterogeneous studies of atmospheric pollutants, nitric acid, nitrogen pentoxide, and hydroxide radicals, with sodium chloride, so ...
... Paul A.T. Higgins, PhD 2003: “Ecosystem responses and feedbacks to abrupt climate change.” Advisor – Steven Schneider, Stanford University. Rachel C. Hoffman, PhD 2004: “Heterogeneous studies of atmospheric pollutants, nitric acid, nitrogen pentoxide, and hydroxide radicals, with sodium chloride, so ...
Understanding Earth`s Deep Past: Lessons for Our Climate Future
... learned from the repeated inability of existing climate models to recreate the large changes in global temperature distributions and climates that can be deciphered from deep-time records of past climates that were much different than Earth’s current glacial state. Despite its potential, the deep-ti ...
... learned from the repeated inability of existing climate models to recreate the large changes in global temperature distributions and climates that can be deciphered from deep-time records of past climates that were much different than Earth’s current glacial state. Despite its potential, the deep-ti ...
LCCARL330_en.pdf
... FIGURE 1: SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES ....................................................................................................... 14 FIGURE 2: CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR IMPACT EVALUATION) ............................................................................... 17 FIGURE 3: SCH ...
... FIGURE 1: SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES ....................................................................................................... 14 FIGURE 2: CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR IMPACT EVALUATION) ............................................................................... 17 FIGURE 3: SCH ...
Florida and Climate Change
... The insurance industry also will be affected by climate change, as it seeks to adjust to a new, riskier Florida. Florida’s residents and businesses will continue to struggle to find affordable insurance coverage. High temperatures will increase demands for electricity, primarily to supply air condit ...
... The insurance industry also will be affected by climate change, as it seeks to adjust to a new, riskier Florida. Florida’s residents and businesses will continue to struggle to find affordable insurance coverage. High temperatures will increase demands for electricity, primarily to supply air condit ...
Canada`s Energy Future 2016 - Office national de l`énergie
... Letter from the Chair and CEO of the National Energy Board I am pleased to present the latest edition of the National Energy Board’s (NEB or Board) Energy Futures series: Canada’s Energy Future 2016: Update (Update 2016). This report builds upon the report the Board released in January 2016, which ...
... Letter from the Chair and CEO of the National Energy Board I am pleased to present the latest edition of the National Energy Board’s (NEB or Board) Energy Futures series: Canada’s Energy Future 2016: Update (Update 2016). This report builds upon the report the Board released in January 2016, which ...
Preparedness for the Health Consequences of Climate Change as a
... United States, 1979-2002. 54 MMWR – Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report 628 (date?). 21. CCSP report at 2-7, citing K.L. Middleton, J. Willner, and K. M. Simmons, Natural disasters and posttraumatic stress disoder symptom complex: evidence from the Oklahoma tornado outbreak, 9 International Journal ...
... United States, 1979-2002. 54 MMWR – Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report 628 (date?). 21. CCSP report at 2-7, citing K.L. Middleton, J. Willner, and K. M. Simmons, Natural disasters and posttraumatic stress disoder symptom complex: evidence from the Oklahoma tornado outbreak, 9 International Journal ...
China in the International Politics of Climate Change
... climate change negotiations and a deep North-South divide permeates almost every aspect of the negotiations (Depledge 2005: 30). The countries in the North are responsible for the decidedly largest part of the GHG emissions that have caused the problems we are facing today – whether these emissions ...
... climate change negotiations and a deep North-South divide permeates almost every aspect of the negotiations (Depledge 2005: 30). The countries in the North are responsible for the decidedly largest part of the GHG emissions that have caused the problems we are facing today – whether these emissions ...
Queensland`s biodiversity under climate change:
... may be incomplete or unable to be used in any specific situation. No reliance or actions must therefore be made on that information without seeking prior expert professional, scientific and technical advice. To the extent permitted by law, CSIRO (including its employees and consultants) excludes all ...
... may be incomplete or unable to be used in any specific situation. No reliance or actions must therefore be made on that information without seeking prior expert professional, scientific and technical advice. To the extent permitted by law, CSIRO (including its employees and consultants) excludes all ...
The Significance of the Tibetan Plateau
... normal state (MAGT ranging from -1.0 to -0.2°C under the asphalt road and -2.5 to 3.5°C for the normal state). It was also found that the heat accumulation under the asphalt road bases resulted in increased thaw depths too great to be seasonally refrozen and, consequently, resulting in the transform ...
... normal state (MAGT ranging from -1.0 to -0.2°C under the asphalt road and -2.5 to 3.5°C for the normal state). It was also found that the heat accumulation under the asphalt road bases resulted in increased thaw depths too great to be seasonally refrozen and, consequently, resulting in the transform ...
Working Paper 12C
... may be incomplete or unable to be used in any specific situation. No reliance or actions must therefore be made on that information without seeking prior expert professional, scientific and technical advice. To the extent permitted by law, CSIRO (including its employees and consultants) excludes all ...
... may be incomplete or unable to be used in any specific situation. No reliance or actions must therefore be made on that information without seeking prior expert professional, scientific and technical advice. To the extent permitted by law, CSIRO (including its employees and consultants) excludes all ...