Minister for Sustainability, Climate Change and Innovation: Budget
... in technology and technical capability to manage environmental risks more holistically. Complete the Binary Site Remediation Project, a multimillion dollar contaminated land clean up project at Narangba. When completed the EPA will have successfully treated more than 25 million litres of contaminate ...
... in technology and technical capability to manage environmental risks more holistically. Complete the Binary Site Remediation Project, a multimillion dollar contaminated land clean up project at Narangba. When completed the EPA will have successfully treated more than 25 million litres of contaminate ...
The Anatomy of A Silent Crisis The Anatomy of A Silent Crisis
... still steadily increasing, and the world population is set to grow by forty percent by 2050. If we do not reverse current trends by close to 2020, however, we may have failed. Global warming will pass the widely acknowledged danger level of two degrees, since there is an approximately 20 year delay ...
... still steadily increasing, and the world population is set to grow by forty percent by 2050. If we do not reverse current trends by close to 2020, however, we may have failed. Global warming will pass the widely acknowledged danger level of two degrees, since there is an approximately 20 year delay ...
FINAL REPORT Queensland Farmers Federation Climate Change
... further changes are inevitable regardless of efforts to reduce global emissions. For agriculture, the measured and projected increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide will continue to drive changes in climate, and in the functioning of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Farmers and rural communities ...
... further changes are inevitable regardless of efforts to reduce global emissions. For agriculture, the measured and projected increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide will continue to drive changes in climate, and in the functioning of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Farmers and rural communities ...
Politicized Discourses on Environmental and Technological Risks
... important factors in shaping media coverage. Canadian sociologist Hannigan (2006) differentiates three key issues central in understanding environmental reporting. First of all, there is a direct relationship between environmental issues and economic and political structures and policies. Second, en ...
... important factors in shaping media coverage. Canadian sociologist Hannigan (2006) differentiates three key issues central in understanding environmental reporting. First of all, there is a direct relationship between environmental issues and economic and political structures and policies. Second, en ...
Constructing Sea-Level Scenarios for Impact and Adaptation
... Executive Summary Global-mean sea-level rise is one of the more certain impacts of human-induced global warming and it will drive local impacts and adaptation needs around the world’s coasts. A key element in assessing these issues is the development of sea-level rise scenarios (or plausible futures ...
... Executive Summary Global-mean sea-level rise is one of the more certain impacts of human-induced global warming and it will drive local impacts and adaptation needs around the world’s coasts. A key element in assessing these issues is the development of sea-level rise scenarios (or plausible futures ...
Aviation`s Contribution to Climate Change
... According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), climate change refers to any change in climate over time, whether due to natural variability, or as a result of human activity. Global climate change is caused by the accumulation of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the lower atmosphere (se ...
... According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), climate change refers to any change in climate over time, whether due to natural variability, or as a result of human activity. Global climate change is caused by the accumulation of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the lower atmosphere (se ...
Globally averaged temperatures have increased since the mid
... Tropospheric aerosol concentrations in the Arctic are marked by a large increase each year in late winter and early spring (e.g., Shaw, 1995; Sirois and Barrie, 1999). The combination of intense isentropic transport from the mid-latitudes to the Arctic and strong surface-based temperature inversions ...
... Tropospheric aerosol concentrations in the Arctic are marked by a large increase each year in late winter and early spring (e.g., Shaw, 1995; Sirois and Barrie, 1999). The combination of intense isentropic transport from the mid-latitudes to the Arctic and strong surface-based temperature inversions ...
Mid- to Late Holocene climate change: an overview
... conditions of the climate system did not change dramatically (in comparison to larger glacial–interglacial changes), and because abundant, detailed regional palaeoclimatic proxy records cover this period. We use selected proxy-based reconstructions of different climate variables, together with state ...
... conditions of the climate system did not change dramatically (in comparison to larger glacial–interglacial changes), and because abundant, detailed regional palaeoclimatic proxy records cover this period. We use selected proxy-based reconstructions of different climate variables, together with state ...
Carbon Emission Accounting – Balancing the books for the UK
... Energy Insights are occasional briefing papers on aspects of energy policy and research produced by UKERC. UKERC acts as a hub for UK energy research and is the gateway between the UK and the international energy research community. UKERC carries out world-class research into sustainable and secure ...
... Energy Insights are occasional briefing papers on aspects of energy policy and research produced by UKERC. UKERC acts as a hub for UK energy research and is the gateway between the UK and the international energy research community. UKERC carries out world-class research into sustainable and secure ...
Impacts of Climate Change, Population Growth, Land Use Change
... within the next 50 years. Many of the metropolitan areas are expanding, and population is expected to increase at least 50% in the next 20 years. In addition to an increasing population base, General Circulation Models (GCMs) predict that the U.S. will experience significant increases in air tempera ...
... within the next 50 years. Many of the metropolitan areas are expanding, and population is expected to increase at least 50% in the next 20 years. In addition to an increasing population base, General Circulation Models (GCMs) predict that the U.S. will experience significant increases in air tempera ...
5.5.1 Introduction - Eionet Forum
... This report is an update and extension of the 2004 EEA report “Impacts of Europe’s changing climate”. Since 2004, much progress has been made in monitoring and assessing the impacts of climate change in Europe. The objectives of this report are to present this new information on past and projected c ...
... This report is an update and extension of the 2004 EEA report “Impacts of Europe’s changing climate”. Since 2004, much progress has been made in monitoring and assessing the impacts of climate change in Europe. The objectives of this report are to present this new information on past and projected c ...
Aerosol-induced thermal effects increase modelled terrestrial
... respond to aerosols are discussed below. As expected, the addition of aerosols causes a decrease of ∼30–50 W m−2 in sunlit-leaf APAR due to the reduction in direct radiation (Fig. 2A), a slight increase of ∼5 W m−2 in shaded-leaf APAR due to the increase in diffuse radiation (Fig. 2B) and a decrease ...
... respond to aerosols are discussed below. As expected, the addition of aerosols causes a decrease of ∼30–50 W m−2 in sunlit-leaf APAR due to the reduction in direct radiation (Fig. 2A), a slight increase of ∼5 W m−2 in shaded-leaf APAR due to the increase in diffuse radiation (Fig. 2B) and a decrease ...
A Technological Solution for Climate Change? Storage
... three to start development in 2012 (Hazeldine, 2012). 2.2 THE POLICY The International Energy Agency believes that using CCS would considerably reduce costs of attempts to realise worldwide commitments to limiting temperature increase to 2-3°C (IEA, 2009). In the European Union (EU) the CCS Directiv ...
... three to start development in 2012 (Hazeldine, 2012). 2.2 THE POLICY The International Energy Agency believes that using CCS would considerably reduce costs of attempts to realise worldwide commitments to limiting temperature increase to 2-3°C (IEA, 2009). In the European Union (EU) the CCS Directiv ...
Dynamics of the coupled human-climate system resulting from
... Our HadCM3L simulations involve a simple scenario of initiating SRM in year 2040 with the goal of returning the global mean temperature to 2020 levels. This is sufficient to illustrate both the ability for feedback-control to achieve the desired goal under uncertainty and the inherent trade-off betw ...
... Our HadCM3L simulations involve a simple scenario of initiating SRM in year 2040 with the goal of returning the global mean temperature to 2020 levels. This is sufficient to illustrate both the ability for feedback-control to achieve the desired goal under uncertainty and the inherent trade-off betw ...
View/Open
... often forgo an adequate diet to ensure that children and other family members remain well fed. The economic stress brought about by climate change and associated natural disasters has also been shown to increase cases of violence against women. This includes an increase in the trafficking of girls, ...
... often forgo an adequate diet to ensure that children and other family members remain well fed. The economic stress brought about by climate change and associated natural disasters has also been shown to increase cases of violence against women. This includes an increase in the trafficking of girls, ...
Full Report - A New Climate for Peace
... Achieving a robust agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is of paramount importance. Yet the relentless momentum of change means that despite future emissions reductions, the physical impacts of anthropogenic climate change are already visible and will continue for decades to come. Climate ch ...
... Achieving a robust agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is of paramount importance. Yet the relentless momentum of change means that despite future emissions reductions, the physical impacts of anthropogenic climate change are already visible and will continue for decades to come. Climate ch ...
Modelling the impacts of weather and climate variability on crop
... (the potential to capture variability due to different subseasonal weather patterns and hence increased validity under future climates), resulting in a general large-area model (GLAM) for annual crops. However, like many other crop models, GLAM did not include several key biophysical processes that ...
... (the potential to capture variability due to different subseasonal weather patterns and hence increased validity under future climates), resulting in a general large-area model (GLAM) for annual crops. However, like many other crop models, GLAM did not include several key biophysical processes that ...
17 - City of Santa Cruz
... General Plan goals and policies on climate change; including reducing community-wide greenhouse gas emissions thirty percent by 2020, reducing eighty percent by 2050 (compared to 1990 levels), and for all new buildings to be emissions neutral by 2030. To meet the City’s greenhouse gas reduction goal ...
... General Plan goals and policies on climate change; including reducing community-wide greenhouse gas emissions thirty percent by 2020, reducing eighty percent by 2050 (compared to 1990 levels), and for all new buildings to be emissions neutral by 2030. To meet the City’s greenhouse gas reduction goal ...
A Review of Downscaling Methods for Climate
... datasets provide projected climate impacts at spatial and temporal scales much finer than those at which the projections are made. It is important to recognize the variety of assumptions behind the techniques used to derive such information and the limitations they impose on the results. The main to ...
... datasets provide projected climate impacts at spatial and temporal scales much finer than those at which the projections are made. It is important to recognize the variety of assumptions behind the techniques used to derive such information and the limitations they impose on the results. The main to ...
Insights to Key Questions about Climate Change
... an adequate baseline for evaluation of climate change due to human activities. Climate measurements in Illinois since the mid-19th century document major climate swings not evident in a 50to 100-year record. Illinois is no warmer or wetter today than it has been over the last 150 years, and extreme ...
... an adequate baseline for evaluation of climate change due to human activities. Climate measurements in Illinois since the mid-19th century document major climate swings not evident in a 50to 100-year record. Illinois is no warmer or wetter today than it has been over the last 150 years, and extreme ...
Australia`s Farming Future Final Market Research Report
... they will adopt a new approach once they see it up and running and working. Both of these figures align closely with the 35 per cent and 40 per cent responses quoted by peak industry organisations. Only 27 per cent described themselves as slower to adapt. Primary producers use a particular process o ...
... they will adopt a new approach once they see it up and running and working. Both of these figures align closely with the 35 per cent and 40 per cent responses quoted by peak industry organisations. Only 27 per cent described themselves as slower to adapt. Primary producers use a particular process o ...
gcos regional action plan for south america
... The social, economic and cultural characteristics and values of the world's peoples are, to a large extent, related to the environmental conditions which characterize the different geographic regions of the globe and climate is a vital component of the global environment. Prairies, forests, deserts, ...
... The social, economic and cultural characteristics and values of the world's peoples are, to a large extent, related to the environmental conditions which characterize the different geographic regions of the globe and climate is a vital component of the global environment. Prairies, forests, deserts, ...
Rising to the Challenge: Changing Course to Feed
... Meanwhile, a growing body of experience at the local and regional levels, demonstrates the lasting value of investments in smallholder farming and sustainable agricultural methods. Strategic policy changes and investments in this area can scale-up successful approaches and expand them to regions whe ...
... Meanwhile, a growing body of experience at the local and regional levels, demonstrates the lasting value of investments in smallholder farming and sustainable agricultural methods. Strategic policy changes and investments in this area can scale-up successful approaches and expand them to regions whe ...
Complex coastlines responding to climate change
... on the Carolina capes caused by observed shifts in wave climate, supporting the prediction that even slight differences in wave climate can be associated with different morphologies (cf. Ashton and Murray, 2006a, b). Similarly, Allard et al. (2008) related spit growth and morphological change to wav ...
... on the Carolina capes caused by observed shifts in wave climate, supporting the prediction that even slight differences in wave climate can be associated with different morphologies (cf. Ashton and Murray, 2006a, b). Similarly, Allard et al. (2008) related spit growth and morphological change to wav ...
Final Market Research Report - Department of Agriculture and Water
... they will adopt a new approach once they see it up and running and working. Both of these figures align closely with the 35 per cent and 40 per cent responses quoted by peak industry organisations. Only 27 per cent described themselves as slower to adapt. Primary producers use a particular process o ...
... they will adopt a new approach once they see it up and running and working. Both of these figures align closely with the 35 per cent and 40 per cent responses quoted by peak industry organisations. Only 27 per cent described themselves as slower to adapt. Primary producers use a particular process o ...