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IDB`s Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Initiative
... » LAC countries confront a twin dilemma: ...
... » LAC countries confront a twin dilemma: ...
Shifting Tides: Migration in the era of globalization, global
... The human population is becoming more concentrated in urban areas. More than half of us now live in cities, and by 2030 over 60% will – with many concentrated in mega-cities. Most of these urban dwellers will live in poverty (UNFPA 2006). This rural to urban population shift is in part due to Intern ...
... The human population is becoming more concentrated in urban areas. More than half of us now live in cities, and by 2030 over 60% will – with many concentrated in mega-cities. Most of these urban dwellers will live in poverty (UNFPA 2006). This rural to urban population shift is in part due to Intern ...
Urban Heat Islands Paper
... and they fall to their resting place on the bridge of your nose. At that moment, you lean into the door handle and the barrier to the outside world swings open letting in a flood of mid-August sunshine. An equally intense wall of stagnant air hits you in the face as you step out the door onto the co ...
... and they fall to their resting place on the bridge of your nose. At that moment, you lean into the door handle and the barrier to the outside world swings open letting in a flood of mid-August sunshine. An equally intense wall of stagnant air hits you in the face as you step out the door onto the co ...
Feb 2017 - Nourish Scotland
... Emissions from the production and application of bagged nitrogen accounts for around a quarter of agricultural emissions, or around 5% of Scotland’s total GHG emissions. This is from a combination of the energy used and CO2 emitted in producing nitrogen fertiliser and the N2O emitted when fertiliser ...
... Emissions from the production and application of bagged nitrogen accounts for around a quarter of agricultural emissions, or around 5% of Scotland’s total GHG emissions. This is from a combination of the energy used and CO2 emitted in producing nitrogen fertiliser and the N2O emitted when fertiliser ...
Ancient Cultures of Middle America Midsemester Exam Fall 2010
... Organize your answer before you begin. Be sure to state: 1. What or who something is 2. Where it occurred or is located (if appropriate) 3. Why it is important 3. When it occurred State YOUR position or approach clearly. Cite specific examples or references to support your statements. Ment ...
... Organize your answer before you begin. Be sure to state: 1. What or who something is 2. Where it occurred or is located (if appropriate) 3. Why it is important 3. When it occurred State YOUR position or approach clearly. Cite specific examples or references to support your statements. Ment ...
Full Report
... changed atmospheric trace-gas concentrations on climate. These include General Circulation Models (GCMs), the large models developed for weather forecasting that are now used, among other purposes. to estimate the sensitivity y of global climate to various hypothesized increases in greenhouse gas co ...
... changed atmospheric trace-gas concentrations on climate. These include General Circulation Models (GCMs), the large models developed for weather forecasting that are now used, among other purposes. to estimate the sensitivity y of global climate to various hypothesized increases in greenhouse gas co ...
Factors affecting sea level rise
... at locations far from present and former ice sheets • Between 15,000 and 6,000 years ago MSL rose rapidly at an average rate of 10 mm/yr. • Following last glacial period local vertical land movements are still occurring today as a result of large transfers of mass from the ice sheets to the ocean • ...
... at locations far from present and former ice sheets • Between 15,000 and 6,000 years ago MSL rose rapidly at an average rate of 10 mm/yr. • Following last glacial period local vertical land movements are still occurring today as a result of large transfers of mass from the ice sheets to the ocean • ...
1996. Because most of the increase in radia-
... observations puts a strong, new constraint on anthropogenically forced climate models. It is unknown if the current generation of climate models, other than the PCM, meet this constraint. Almost all rigorous studies attempting to find the impact of anthropogenic forcing in today’s climate system hav ...
... observations puts a strong, new constraint on anthropogenically forced climate models. It is unknown if the current generation of climate models, other than the PCM, meet this constraint. Almost all rigorous studies attempting to find the impact of anthropogenic forcing in today’s climate system hav ...
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF MAINE
... League of Women Voters president, Mary G. Wilson. "And yet they persevered. They persevered in a time when it wasn’t fashionable for women to speak out on any issue – let alone try to get some rights for themselves. They worked against all odds – and succeeded." In 1920, after a 72-year struggle, pa ...
... League of Women Voters president, Mary G. Wilson. "And yet they persevered. They persevered in a time when it wasn’t fashionable for women to speak out on any issue – let alone try to get some rights for themselves. They worked against all odds – and succeeded." In 1920, after a 72-year struggle, pa ...
Partnership for the Delaware Estuary
... Delaware Estuary Climate Change • Not all changes to natural resources will be damaging, ...
... Delaware Estuary Climate Change • Not all changes to natural resources will be damaging, ...
skepticism-ce-footnotes
... Accepting the limits of probabilistic methods and refusing to make probabilistic forecasts where those limits are exceeded, originates, ultimately, from the virtue of truthfulness, and from the requirements of scientific policy advice in a democratic society.’ My reading of all this is that it is no ...
... Accepting the limits of probabilistic methods and refusing to make probabilistic forecasts where those limits are exceeded, originates, ultimately, from the virtue of truthfulness, and from the requirements of scientific policy advice in a democratic society.’ My reading of all this is that it is no ...
Ithaca Named A Campus Sustainability Leader
... For a week in December 2008, 21 members of the IC community attended the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) conference in Poznan, Poland. In 2005, Ithaca College applied for and was granted permanent non-governmental observer status, enabling delegations from the College ...
... For a week in December 2008, 21 members of the IC community attended the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) conference in Poznan, Poland. In 2005, Ithaca College applied for and was granted permanent non-governmental observer status, enabling delegations from the College ...
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... • Scientists predict that we may be headed for a Boston climate much like that of Charlotte, North Carolina, or Atlanta, Georgia. • What is in store for Massachusetts and the other New England states—and what could happen to Boston. ...
... • Scientists predict that we may be headed for a Boston climate much like that of Charlotte, North Carolina, or Atlanta, Georgia. • What is in store for Massachusetts and the other New England states—and what could happen to Boston. ...
Conserving the Climate: Scaling-Up Global Markets for Forest Cargon
... assets are explained in a companion discussion paper.) Before considering what the international community could do now to conserve forests and reduce emissions from the forest sector, let us quickly review the role of forests in climate change and international climate change policy. ...
... assets are explained in a companion discussion paper.) Before considering what the international community could do now to conserve forests and reduce emissions from the forest sector, let us quickly review the role of forests in climate change and international climate change policy. ...
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... Student Handout #2 – graphic of the carbon cycle. Compare your drawing and check to see if your drawing has the correct ideas. ...
... Student Handout #2 – graphic of the carbon cycle. Compare your drawing and check to see if your drawing has the correct ideas. ...
PMIP
... Past climate simulations also allow us to test the simulated climate sensitivity. AGCM parameterizations are developed and validated by using present-day observations. However, current data cannot ensure that these parameterizations will produce a correct sensitivity of the climate. Past climates of ...
... Past climate simulations also allow us to test the simulated climate sensitivity. AGCM parameterizations are developed and validated by using present-day observations. However, current data cannot ensure that these parameterizations will produce a correct sensitivity of the climate. Past climates of ...
The Use of New Economic Decision- Support Tools for - circle-2
... Evaluation And Planning (WEAP) model environment ...
... Evaluation And Planning (WEAP) model environment ...
Facing the Climate Change Challenge in a Global Economy
... our action (or inaction) today, while potentially significant, will only fully emerge over an intergenerational time span. This makes it difficult for democratic political systems with relatively short decision ...
... our action (or inaction) today, while potentially significant, will only fully emerge over an intergenerational time span. This makes it difficult for democratic political systems with relatively short decision ...
2004 community excellence awards
... have also taken several concrete actions to reduce emissions in our community, including installing solar hot water and solar PV system on several community buildings, upgrading the efficiency of corporate buildings, and developing a biomass heating project for our multiplex facility. We have clearl ...
... have also taken several concrete actions to reduce emissions in our community, including installing solar hot water and solar PV system on several community buildings, upgrading the efficiency of corporate buildings, and developing a biomass heating project for our multiplex facility. We have clearl ...
Dawson et al. 2011
... climate change to be faced varies widely among species. However, exposure is only one of many factors determining the impacts of climate change. Assessment of vulnerability must also include climate sensitivity and adaptive capacity (5) (Box 1). Complementary methodologies are available that tell us ...
... climate change to be faced varies widely among species. However, exposure is only one of many factors determining the impacts of climate change. Assessment of vulnerability must also include climate sensitivity and adaptive capacity (5) (Box 1). Complementary methodologies are available that tell us ...
Climate Solutions in California Agriculture
... Also predicted is greater pressure from weeds and pests, increased animal diseases, reduced winter chill hours, and changing intensity and number of storms.a The significance of the impacts of climate change on California’s important agriculture industry cannot be overstated. California’s nearly 78, ...
... Also predicted is greater pressure from weeds and pests, increased animal diseases, reduced winter chill hours, and changing intensity and number of storms.a The significance of the impacts of climate change on California’s important agriculture industry cannot be overstated. California’s nearly 78, ...
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... Efforts to satisfy global energy demand and improve food security while simultaneously taking action to mitigate climate change pose many key challenges for the world. Global biofuel production has been expanding rapidly in recent years, especially in the United States and Brazil. While government p ...
... Efforts to satisfy global energy demand and improve food security while simultaneously taking action to mitigate climate change pose many key challenges for the world. Global biofuel production has been expanding rapidly in recent years, especially in the United States and Brazil. While government p ...
The impact of Land degradation, desertification and drought on
... 205. We recognize the economic and social significance of good land management, including soil, particularly its contribution to economic growth, biodiversity, sustainable agriculture and food security, eradicating poverty, the empowerment of women, addressing climate change and improving water avai ...
... 205. We recognize the economic and social significance of good land management, including soil, particularly its contribution to economic growth, biodiversity, sustainable agriculture and food security, eradicating poverty, the empowerment of women, addressing climate change and improving water avai ...
56. Sabia R., D. Fernández-Prieto, J. Shutler, C. Donlon, P. Land, N
... globally2. The ocean component dominates the global water cycle, comprising nearly 97% of the Earth’s water and with over 75% (85%) of the annual global precipitation (evaporation) occurring over the ocean3-7. While the society critically depends on the terrestrial elements of the water cycle, those ...
... globally2. The ocean component dominates the global water cycle, comprising nearly 97% of the Earth’s water and with over 75% (85%) of the annual global precipitation (evaporation) occurring over the ocean3-7. While the society critically depends on the terrestrial elements of the water cycle, those ...
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... Plant responses to elevated CO2 that stimulate stomatal closure may induce an increase in leaf and canopy temperature. Increases in plant canopy temperatures will result in an increase in the vapour pressure deficit between the plant canopy and the surrounding atmosphere, thereby increasing tra ...
... Plant responses to elevated CO2 that stimulate stomatal closure may induce an increase in leaf and canopy temperature. Increases in plant canopy temperatures will result in an increase in the vapour pressure deficit between the plant canopy and the surrounding atmosphere, thereby increasing tra ...
Years of Living Dangerously
Years of Living Dangerously is a documentary television series focusing on global warming. The first season premiered on April 13, 2014, consisted of 9 episodes, and ran on Showtime. It won an Emmy Award as Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series. The second season, consisting of 8 episodes, is expected to air on the National Geographic Channel in late 2016, with broader distribution than the first season. James Cameron, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and clean energy investor and environmental activist Daniel Abbasi are executive producers of the series, as was the late Jerry Weintraub for the first season. Joel Bach and David Gelber, former 60 Minutes producers, are co-creators of the series as well as executive producers. Joseph Romm and Heidi Cullen are the chief science advisors.The weekly episodes feature celebrity investigators, who each have a history of environmental activism, and well-known journalists, each of whom have a background in environmental reportage. These ""correspondents"" travel to areas around the world and throughout the U.S. affected by global warming to interview experts and ordinary people affected by, and seeking solutions to, the effects of global warming. They act as proxies for the audience, asking questions to find out people's opinions and to discover the scientific evidence. The celebrities in season 1 included Harrison Ford, Matt Damon, Ian Somerhalder, Jessica Alba, Don Cheadle, America Ferrera, Michael C. Hall, Olivia Munn and Schwarzenegger. The journalists include Lesley Stahl, Thomas Friedman, Chris Hayes and Mark Bittman. The final episode of season 1 featured an interview by Friedman of President Barack Obama. In season 2, David Letterman has agreed to travel to India to interview the prime minister and examine how the country plans to distribute solar power to its entire population over the next decade. The show will send Schwarzenegger as a correspondent to China. Other hosts for season 2 include Cameron, Somerhalder, Munn, Friedman, Cheadle, and newcomers Jack Black, Joshua Jackson, Aasif Mandvi, Cecily Strong and Ty Burrell in an episode about electric cars. Season 2 is expected to cover more impacts of climate change, like hurricanes, historic droughts and the rapidly increasing extinction rate of species, but Bach noted that the season will ""focus much more ... on solutions that individuals, communities, companies and even governments can use to address worldwide climate change.""Schwarzenegger reflected on how the series tries to make the issue of climate change resonate with the public: ""I think the environmental movement only can be successful if we are simple and clear and make it a human story. We will tell human stories in this project. The scientists would never get the kind of attention that someone in show business gets."" Cameron elaborated: ""We didn’t use our celebrities as talking head experts, because they’re not climate experts. They were concerned, intelligent, curious citizens who were out to find answers. They were functioning as journalists."" Newsweek said that the celebrity reporters ""lend sparks to an issue that sends most viewers for the exits"".