Think Globally, Act Locally
... Ireland faces strong challenges over the course of the next few years relating to the sustainability of the economy, our natural environment, and the wellbeing of society. Failure to address these challenges will put at risk our ability to prosper both as a society and economy in the future. It is i ...
... Ireland faces strong challenges over the course of the next few years relating to the sustainability of the economy, our natural environment, and the wellbeing of society. Failure to address these challenges will put at risk our ability to prosper both as a society and economy in the future. It is i ...
Chapter 8. Stratospheric ozone depletion, ultraviolet radiation and
... have not been standardised either over place or time. While there is good agreement between similarly calibrated spectroradiometers, this may not be true when comparing different types of instruments—spectroradiometers, broad-band meters, filter radiometers. There is little or no reliable evidence o ...
... have not been standardised either over place or time. While there is good agreement between similarly calibrated spectroradiometers, this may not be true when comparing different types of instruments—spectroradiometers, broad-band meters, filter radiometers. There is little or no reliable evidence o ...
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... of $9.60 per hour (Hayhoe et al. 2012). Annual maintenance cost was estimated to be 8% of initial irrigation system cost, and a real discount rate of 3% was used to calculate net present value. Average crop price was calculated using NASS price data for the years 2008-2012 as reported by the Texas A ...
... of $9.60 per hour (Hayhoe et al. 2012). Annual maintenance cost was estimated to be 8% of initial irrigation system cost, and a real discount rate of 3% was used to calculate net present value. Average crop price was calculated using NASS price data for the years 2008-2012 as reported by the Texas A ...
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... (Table 1) show that half of the farmers surveyed perceive that long-term temperatures are warming, half of them also believe precipitation is declining, one third believe there have been pronounced changes in the timing of the rains, and one sixth think droughts are more frequent. The adaptation str ...
... (Table 1) show that half of the farmers surveyed perceive that long-term temperatures are warming, half of them also believe precipitation is declining, one third believe there have been pronounced changes in the timing of the rains, and one sixth think droughts are more frequent. The adaptation str ...
Uncertainty in science and its role in climate policy
... them, the words “Uncertain”, or “Doubtful”, may be used, without hesitation’ (italics in the original). While doubt remains the active state of the working scientist, the public communication of the scepticism scientists hold regarding various details of the science of the day is often surprisingly ...
... them, the words “Uncertain”, or “Doubtful”, may be used, without hesitation’ (italics in the original). While doubt remains the active state of the working scientist, the public communication of the scepticism scientists hold regarding various details of the science of the day is often surprisingly ...
An Assessment of the Foundational Assumptions in High-Resolution Climate Projections: The Case of UKCP09
... The aim of this paper is to describe and analyse the methodology used by UKCP09 and then urge some caution. While this methodology is the only complex modelerror-exploring methodology currently deployed to inform decisions with probability projections, UKCP09 is not an isolated phenomenon. In the UK ...
... The aim of this paper is to describe and analyse the methodology used by UKCP09 and then urge some caution. While this methodology is the only complex modelerror-exploring methodology currently deployed to inform decisions with probability projections, UKCP09 is not an isolated phenomenon. In the UK ...
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... The frequency of circulation types over the Alpine region is explored using 20 different global and regional climate model chains. The projected changes in these circulation types are investigated for the 21st century using the SRES A1B scenario. The multi-model approach relies on the climate models ...
... The frequency of circulation types over the Alpine region is explored using 20 different global and regional climate model chains. The projected changes in these circulation types are investigated for the 21st century using the SRES A1B scenario. The multi-model approach relies on the climate models ...
Representation of Extreme Precipitation Events Leading to Opposite
... interact with the physical climate and so alter its response to forcing such as that associated with human-caused emissions of greenhouse gases [2]. The general circulation of the atmosphere, which is driven by large-scale climatic forcing, can be effectively simulated by ESMs. However, these models ...
... interact with the physical climate and so alter its response to forcing such as that associated with human-caused emissions of greenhouse gases [2]. The general circulation of the atmosphere, which is driven by large-scale climatic forcing, can be effectively simulated by ESMs. However, these models ...
Risk in International Politics Randall W. Stone
... climate change will be less catastrophic than is now believed, or that future technologies will reduce the damage or make it possible to reverse the trend at lower cost than is currently feasible. If these scenarios seem unlikely, it may instead be the case that global climate change will respond ve ...
... climate change will be less catastrophic than is now believed, or that future technologies will reduce the damage or make it possible to reverse the trend at lower cost than is currently feasible. If these scenarios seem unlikely, it may instead be the case that global climate change will respond ve ...
A Review of the Stern Review on the Economics
... the next 10 to 15 years, there is compelling evidence to suggest we might lose the chance to control temperature rises” (Blair 2006). The summary in the Review was equally stark: “[T]he Review estimates that if we don’t act, the overall costs and risks of climate change will be equivalent to losing ...
... the next 10 to 15 years, there is compelling evidence to suggest we might lose the chance to control temperature rises” (Blair 2006). The summary in the Review was equally stark: “[T]he Review estimates that if we don’t act, the overall costs and risks of climate change will be equivalent to losing ...
Updated February, 2016 FRANCINA DOMINGUEZ francina@illinois
... Denotes any publication derived from a candidate’s thesis Denotes any publication that has undergone stringent editorial review by peers Denotes any publication that was invited and carries special prestige and recognition Denotes student under candidate supervision ...
... Denotes any publication derived from a candidate’s thesis Denotes any publication that has undergone stringent editorial review by peers Denotes any publication that was invited and carries special prestige and recognition Denotes student under candidate supervision ...
Managing adaptation to environmental change in coastal
... zone. Rising temperatures, thermal expansion of water, and subsidence of the land base are contributing to sea level rise, changing precipitation patterns, more frequent intense weather events, storm surges and flooding, salinisation of fresh water, coastal erosion, increased sedimentation of coasta ...
... zone. Rising temperatures, thermal expansion of water, and subsidence of the land base are contributing to sea level rise, changing precipitation patterns, more frequent intense weather events, storm surges and flooding, salinisation of fresh water, coastal erosion, increased sedimentation of coasta ...
An Economic Analysis of Climate Adaptations to Hurricane Risk in St
... We are also interested in possible adaptation measures undertaken by residents to lower their expected loss. In recent years, there has been increasing interest in undertaking adaptation measures that can cost-effectively reduce the potential damage against future natural disasters and maintain insu ...
... We are also interested in possible adaptation measures undertaken by residents to lower their expected loss. In recent years, there has been increasing interest in undertaking adaptation measures that can cost-effectively reduce the potential damage against future natural disasters and maintain insu ...
Chapter 1: Introduction - Committee on Climate Change
... Implications of the vote to leave the European Union This chapter was written before the results of the EU Referendum were known. Leaving the European Union is unlikely to change the overall scale of current and future risks from climate change, but in some areas it may affect policies and programme ...
... Implications of the vote to leave the European Union This chapter was written before the results of the EU Referendum were known. Leaving the European Union is unlikely to change the overall scale of current and future risks from climate change, but in some areas it may affect policies and programme ...
POSTER 3-13-7251564_b
... season in the Nile Delta region. Prasad et al. (2010) suggest that the long range of dust transport at high altitude (2.5-6 km) from the Western desert and its deposition over the Nile Delta region is one of the major contributors to air pollution episodes during this season. Nile delta and Great Ca ...
... season in the Nile Delta region. Prasad et al. (2010) suggest that the long range of dust transport at high altitude (2.5-6 km) from the Western desert and its deposition over the Nile Delta region is one of the major contributors to air pollution episodes during this season. Nile delta and Great Ca ...
Role of CO2 and Southern Ocean winds in glacial abrupt climate
... remain yet unknown. Model studies generally employ freshwater forcing in the North Atlantic to mimic D/O-like fluctuations (e.g. Ganopolski and Rahmstorf, 2001), but the ultimate source of such a forcing has not been identified. Alternatively, a Southern Ocean origin of abrupt climate changes has al ...
... remain yet unknown. Model studies generally employ freshwater forcing in the North Atlantic to mimic D/O-like fluctuations (e.g. Ganopolski and Rahmstorf, 2001), but the ultimate source of such a forcing has not been identified. Alternatively, a Southern Ocean origin of abrupt climate changes has al ...
SEEKING CLIMATE JUSTICE: A CRITICAL RESPONSE TO SINGER
... IPCC first published its assessment report in 1990. And philosophers now argue to take this year as base year for corrective justice (Singer 2002). IPCC published 4th Assessment Report in 2007 last and now working on 5th Assessment Report. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change wa ...
... IPCC first published its assessment report in 1990. And philosophers now argue to take this year as base year for corrective justice (Singer 2002). IPCC published 4th Assessment Report in 2007 last and now working on 5th Assessment Report. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change wa ...
Climate-Smart Agriculture Sourcebook MODULE 3: Water management
... Competition over water use is growing in river basins where there are no measures in place for arbitrating conflicts. Evidence shows that biodiversity is declining more rapidly for freshwater-dependent species than for species from other types of ecosystems (Comprehensive Assessment, 2007). The larg ...
... Competition over water use is growing in river basins where there are no measures in place for arbitrating conflicts. Evidence shows that biodiversity is declining more rapidly for freshwater-dependent species than for species from other types of ecosystems (Comprehensive Assessment, 2007). The larg ...
Promising Practices on cLimate cHange in UrBan sUB
... Adequate urban services and effective planning controls in the face of demographic expansion provide municipal authorities with solid defences against the effects of climate change, and this Compendium shows as much. During a twoday workshop in Nairobi, Kenya in early May 2011, representatives from ...
... Adequate urban services and effective planning controls in the face of demographic expansion provide municipal authorities with solid defences against the effects of climate change, and this Compendium shows as much. During a twoday workshop in Nairobi, Kenya in early May 2011, representatives from ...
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... climate physics and economics. In Section 4, we discuss various aspects of the cost estimates of greenhouse gas emission reductions, and offer some suggestions as to how the estimates should be communicated. In Section 5, the paper reviews the published range, since 1998, of costs estimates of imple ...
... climate physics and economics. In Section 4, we discuss various aspects of the cost estimates of greenhouse gas emission reductions, and offer some suggestions as to how the estimates should be communicated. In Section 5, the paper reviews the published range, since 1998, of costs estimates of imple ...
Central Coast Climate change snapshot
... annual FFDI estimated for the period 1990–2009 is 5.5 in Sydney and 5.4 in Williamtown. The highest average FFDI occurs in spring and summer. Fire weather is classified as ‘severe’ when the FFDI is above 50. FFDI values below 12 indicate low to moderate fire weather, 12-25 high, 25-49 very high, 50- ...
... annual FFDI estimated for the period 1990–2009 is 5.5 in Sydney and 5.4 in Williamtown. The highest average FFDI occurs in spring and summer. Fire weather is classified as ‘severe’ when the FFDI is above 50. FFDI values below 12 indicate low to moderate fire weather, 12-25 high, 25-49 very high, 50- ...
Land-use competition and agricultural greenhouse gas emissions in
... Climate change is arguably one of the biggest challenges currently facing the global society and mitigation of its consequences will require international political cooperation and trust at unprecedented levels, in combination with engineering feats and coordinated societal planning. The actions nee ...
... Climate change is arguably one of the biggest challenges currently facing the global society and mitigation of its consequences will require international political cooperation and trust at unprecedented levels, in combination with engineering feats and coordinated societal planning. The actions nee ...
Solar radiation management
Solar radiation management (SRM) projects (proposed and theoretical) are a type of climate engineering which seek to reflect sunlight and thus reduce global warming. Proposed examples include the creation of stratospheric sulfate aerosols. They would not reduce greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere, and thus do not address problems such as ocean acidification caused by excess carbon dioxide (CO2). Their principal advantages as an approach to climate engineering is the speed with which they can be deployed and become fully active, as well as their potential low financial cost. By comparison, other climate engineering techniques based on greenhouse gas remediation, such as ocean iron fertilization, need to sequester the anthropogenic carbon excess before any reversal of global warming would occur. Solar radiation management projects can therefore be used as a climate engineering ""quick fix"" while levels of greenhouse gases can be brought under control by greenhouse gas remediation techniques.