The effects of climate change on density-dependent population
... Core Team 2010). We then simulated weekly water levels for each mesocosm by taking 16 random draws from each unique gamma distribution, having bounds between 0 and ∞, because it is the parametric distribution most often used to model rainfall (Husak et al. 2007). This design encompasses a broad para ...
... Core Team 2010). We then simulated weekly water levels for each mesocosm by taking 16 random draws from each unique gamma distribution, having bounds between 0 and ∞, because it is the parametric distribution most often used to model rainfall (Husak et al. 2007). This design encompasses a broad para ...
The net climate impact of coal
... consumption rates, enough reserves are available to last more than a century (Energy Information Administration, 2009; hereafter EIA, 2009). Nearly half the known reserves are in the US, China and India, countries with large projected increases in energy demand over coming decades. Coal-fired power ...
... consumption rates, enough reserves are available to last more than a century (Energy Information Administration, 2009; hereafter EIA, 2009). Nearly half the known reserves are in the US, China and India, countries with large projected increases in energy demand over coming decades. Coal-fired power ...
Managing Climate Risk Integrating Adaptation into World Bank Group Operations World Bank Group
... of development investments and is best treated as part of integral climate risk management. In such a climate risk management approach, the threats and opportunities arising from existing and future climate variability, including those deriving from climate change, are assessed and, where necessary, ...
... of development investments and is best treated as part of integral climate risk management. In such a climate risk management approach, the threats and opportunities arising from existing and future climate variability, including those deriving from climate change, are assessed and, where necessary, ...
The Political Economy of Scientific Uncertainty
... anthropogenic (IPCC, 2007) or is purely caused by natural fluctuations2 (IPSOS/Mori, 2007) implying that voluntary actions would suffice as well as mandatory action would be needed. Hence, different ideological lines on climate change have appeared (Nisbet, 2009; Painter, 2011; Ward, 2008). For example, ...
... anthropogenic (IPCC, 2007) or is purely caused by natural fluctuations2 (IPSOS/Mori, 2007) implying that voluntary actions would suffice as well as mandatory action would be needed. Hence, different ideological lines on climate change have appeared (Nisbet, 2009; Painter, 2011; Ward, 2008). For example, ...
Conceptualising Climate Change Governance
... this, private households need to contribute as well as local authorities and businesses (cf. Hecht 2009: 162; Ostrom 2010: 27ff). Beyond that, non-governmental organisation (NGO) stakeholders play an important role by communicating with the public and informing policy, for example, through the media ...
... this, private households need to contribute as well as local authorities and businesses (cf. Hecht 2009: 162; Ostrom 2010: 27ff). Beyond that, non-governmental organisation (NGO) stakeholders play an important role by communicating with the public and informing policy, for example, through the media ...
Special Interests and the Media: Theory and an Application to Climate Change Seminar is joint with Political Economy.
... climate change were “balanced” in the sense of giving “roughly equal attention” to both sides (Boykoff and Boykoff 2004; Boykoff 2008). National newspapers in the 2000s mentioned the top five skeptical scientists about one-fourth as often as their mainstream counterparts (Grundmann and Scott 2014). ...
... climate change were “balanced” in the sense of giving “roughly equal attention” to both sides (Boykoff and Boykoff 2004; Boykoff 2008). National newspapers in the 2000s mentioned the top five skeptical scientists about one-fourth as often as their mainstream counterparts (Grundmann and Scott 2014). ...
Special Interests and the Media
... climate change were “balanced” in the sense of giving “roughly equal attention” to both sides (Boykoff and Boykoff 2004; Boykoff 2008). National newspapers in the 2000s mentioned the top five skeptical scientists about one-fourth as often as their mainstream counterparts (Grundmann and Scott 2014). ...
... climate change were “balanced” in the sense of giving “roughly equal attention” to both sides (Boykoff and Boykoff 2004; Boykoff 2008). National newspapers in the 2000s mentioned the top five skeptical scientists about one-fourth as often as their mainstream counterparts (Grundmann and Scott 2014). ...
Follow-up Report - Ministry of Tourism
... presentation. Some of the key questions raised and a summary of responses from the panel and presenters are provided below: Q: Can you please provide an example of [regulatory] disincentives to climate change adaptation? A: Fisheries regulations allow fishing from house reefs, including those of res ...
... presentation. Some of the key questions raised and a summary of responses from the panel and presenters are provided below: Q: Can you please provide an example of [regulatory] disincentives to climate change adaptation? A: Fisheries regulations allow fishing from house reefs, including those of res ...
Gender and climate change in the Indian Himalayas: global threats
... which to further a discussion of differentiated vulnerabilities, adaptation and adaptive capacity, and mitigation of the livelihood-related impact of climate change. As shown in Fig. 1 and discussed further below, the SL framework is designed to offer “a way of thinking about livelihoods that helps ...
... which to further a discussion of differentiated vulnerabilities, adaptation and adaptive capacity, and mitigation of the livelihood-related impact of climate change. As shown in Fig. 1 and discussed further below, the SL framework is designed to offer “a way of thinking about livelihoods that helps ...
Land use planning tools for local adaptation to climate change
... Canada’s climate is changing rapidly. Although all levels of government have important roles to play to advance adaptation, action at the local level is particularly important because that is where many of the impacts of climate change will be felt most directly.1 Local governments in Canada can man ...
... Canada’s climate is changing rapidly. Although all levels of government have important roles to play to advance adaptation, action at the local level is particularly important because that is where many of the impacts of climate change will be felt most directly.1 Local governments in Canada can man ...
onp_draft_112011 - University of Washington
... return frequency (7Q10) were estimated from the fitted probability distribution for each time period. The Q100 and 7Q10 analyses were also executed at the spatial scale of the 12-digit hydrologic unit codes (HUCs), or the 6th level watershed classifications, as delineated by the US Geological Survey ...
... return frequency (7Q10) were estimated from the fitted probability distribution for each time period. The Q100 and 7Q10 analyses were also executed at the spatial scale of the 12-digit hydrologic unit codes (HUCs), or the 6th level watershed classifications, as delineated by the US Geological Survey ...
divest riverside! - Riverside Church
... 2. The Science Is Clear: Human Use of Fossil Fuels Is Changing Our Climate Scientists working on climate change continue to rack up evidence that the earth is warming. At this point there is 97% agreement among the scientific community that global warming is happening and we human beings are causin ...
... 2. The Science Is Clear: Human Use of Fossil Fuels Is Changing Our Climate Scientists working on climate change continue to rack up evidence that the earth is warming. At this point there is 97% agreement among the scientific community that global warming is happening and we human beings are causin ...
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... Earth's Energy Imbalance: Confirmation and Implications, Sciencexpress (April 28, 2004) (available at http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abstracts/2005/HansenNazarenkoR.html ) [NASA and Department of Energy scientists state that emission of CO2 and other heat-trapping gases have warmed the oceans and are lea ...
... Earth's Energy Imbalance: Confirmation and Implications, Sciencexpress (April 28, 2004) (available at http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abstracts/2005/HansenNazarenkoR.html ) [NASA and Department of Energy scientists state that emission of CO2 and other heat-trapping gases have warmed the oceans and are lea ...
Projected poleward shift of king penguins
... and February for incubation and brooding, respectively. (d) Future trends in water mass temperature Since there are many sources of uncertainty about the trajectories of future greenhouse gas emissions and predictions of the different GCMs, we used three different scenarios and adopted an ‘ensemble ...
... and February for incubation and brooding, respectively. (d) Future trends in water mass temperature Since there are many sources of uncertainty about the trajectories of future greenhouse gas emissions and predictions of the different GCMs, we used three different scenarios and adopted an ‘ensemble ...
Climate change-induced migration and violent conflict
... conflict nexus. Recognizing that the effects of climate change are not yet fully manifested, I believe we can gain insight by exploring past effects on migration induced by environmental problems of the type climate change is expected to cause, and effects this migration had on conflict. I refer to ...
... conflict nexus. Recognizing that the effects of climate change are not yet fully manifested, I believe we can gain insight by exploring past effects on migration induced by environmental problems of the type climate change is expected to cause, and effects this migration had on conflict. I refer to ...
April 7, 2014 President Barack Obama The White House
... than the emissions that seven coal-fired power plants emit in one year. And over the 50-year expected lifespan of the pipeline, the total emissions from Keystone XL could amount to as much as 8.4 billion metric tons CO2e. These are emissions that can and should be avoided with a transition to clean ...
... than the emissions that seven coal-fired power plants emit in one year. And over the 50-year expected lifespan of the pipeline, the total emissions from Keystone XL could amount to as much as 8.4 billion metric tons CO2e. These are emissions that can and should be avoided with a transition to clean ...
as PDF - Natural Hazards Center
... of a unique value system different from some commonly held Western values, for example Christianity or Judaism. As researchers, we would like to show how universities can play an important role in helping indigenous communities, namely Native American tribes, better understand and adapt to climate ...
... of a unique value system different from some commonly held Western values, for example Christianity or Judaism. As researchers, we would like to show how universities can play an important role in helping indigenous communities, namely Native American tribes, better understand and adapt to climate ...
Climate change in Australia | Murray Basin cluster report
... management of Australia’s natural resources, the Australian Government developed the Regional Natural Resource Management Planning for Climate Change Fund. This fund has enabled significant research into the impact of the future climate on Australia’s natural resources, as well as adaptation opportu ...
... management of Australia’s natural resources, the Australian Government developed the Regional Natural Resource Management Planning for Climate Change Fund. This fund has enabled significant research into the impact of the future climate on Australia’s natural resources, as well as adaptation opportu ...
Climate variability over the last 2000 years
... the last few decades (IPCC, 2001; ACIA, 2004). Reconstructions of past temperature indicate that this rise is anomalous relative to temperature variability over the last 2000 years (e.g., Mann and Jones, 2003; Moberg et al., 2005). However, the association between change in temperature and change in ...
... the last few decades (IPCC, 2001; ACIA, 2004). Reconstructions of past temperature indicate that this rise is anomalous relative to temperature variability over the last 2000 years (e.g., Mann and Jones, 2003; Moberg et al., 2005). However, the association between change in temperature and change in ...
Projection of Temperature and Precipitation in Southern Iran Using
... spite of the fact that water vapor is one of the main greenhouse gases which modulates global air temperature, abnormalities have not yet reported in its concentration in terrestrial scale. According to the recent observations, the current upward trend in the global temperature is mostly harmonized ...
... spite of the fact that water vapor is one of the main greenhouse gases which modulates global air temperature, abnormalities have not yet reported in its concentration in terrestrial scale. According to the recent observations, the current upward trend in the global temperature is mostly harmonized ...
Planning for bushfire risk in a changing climate: Ku-ring
... Some factors make the Ku-ring-gai community relatively resilient to natural hazards such as bushfire. Ku-ring-gai LGA is one of the least-disadvantaged areas in Australia due to a high per capita disposable income, high property insurance coverage, a high quality health care system, good communicati ...
... Some factors make the Ku-ring-gai community relatively resilient to natural hazards such as bushfire. Ku-ring-gai LGA is one of the least-disadvantaged areas in Australia due to a high per capita disposable income, high property insurance coverage, a high quality health care system, good communicati ...
Toward a Post-Kyoto Climate Change Architecture: A Political Analysis
... Global carbon taxes also avoid these varied problems, and there are strong purely economic arguments for them. For this reason many prominent economists favor carbon taxes. 10 But taxes face major political hurdles. Most significant is the effect on reluctant states. Taxes would impose economic bur ...
... Global carbon taxes also avoid these varied problems, and there are strong purely economic arguments for them. For this reason many prominent economists favor carbon taxes. 10 But taxes face major political hurdles. Most significant is the effect on reluctant states. Taxes would impose economic bur ...
The Shipping Challenge: “Carry More, Emit Less”
... 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 being CO2? International climate experts state that greenhouse gas emissions are rising faster than ever. As early as ...
... 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 being CO2? International climate experts state that greenhouse gas emissions are rising faster than ever. As early as ...
Sea-level rise impacts on transport infrastructure: the notorious case
... which the line will be disrupted during the remainder of the 21st century and consider the potential costs of these disruptions to both the railway industry and the region more broadly. A conclusion discussing the wider implications of both our findings and our methodology brings the paper to a close ...
... which the line will be disrupted during the remainder of the 21st century and consider the potential costs of these disruptions to both the railway industry and the region more broadly. A conclusion discussing the wider implications of both our findings and our methodology brings the paper to a close ...
Mean, interannual variability and trends in a regional climate
... Abstract We present an analysis of climate change over Europe as simulated by a regional climate model (RCM) nested within time-slice atmospheric general circulation model (AGCM) experiments. Changes in mean and interannual variability are discussed for the 30-year period of 2071–2100 with respect t ...
... Abstract We present an analysis of climate change over Europe as simulated by a regional climate model (RCM) nested within time-slice atmospheric general circulation model (AGCM) experiments. Changes in mean and interannual variability are discussed for the 30-year period of 2071–2100 with respect t ...