Climate Change Adaptation and Sustainable Design at the Port
... or execution and/or some other compelling feature. This report presents strategies and case studies organized by PANYNJ asset type – bridge, tunnel, port, airport, PATH, and associated buildings and facilities – because of the different effects of climate change impacts and potential risk management ...
... or execution and/or some other compelling feature. This report presents strategies and case studies organized by PANYNJ asset type – bridge, tunnel, port, airport, PATH, and associated buildings and facilities – because of the different effects of climate change impacts and potential risk management ...
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... greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, water, and methane and is predicted to cause significant changes in temperature, precipitation, and wind patterns within the next several decades. Recent coastal storm events including Katrina and Sandy have brought climate change to the forefront of the U.S. ...
... greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, water, and methane and is predicted to cause significant changes in temperature, precipitation, and wind patterns within the next several decades. Recent coastal storm events including Katrina and Sandy have brought climate change to the forefront of the U.S. ...
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... 5.1d Please describe (i) the potential financial implications of the risk before taking action; (ii) the methods you are using to manage this risk; and (iii) the costs associated with these actions Light takes into account financial risks posed by climate change, especially referring to temperature ...
... 5.1d Please describe (i) the potential financial implications of the risk before taking action; (ii) the methods you are using to manage this risk; and (iii) the costs associated with these actions Light takes into account financial risks posed by climate change, especially referring to temperature ...
Seed dressing systemic insecticides and honeybees: a challenge for
... present in the global atmosphere (Zimov et al., 2006). Permafrost thaw at high latitudes could thus cause carbon emissions, which would further accelerate climate change (Schuur et al., 2009; Shakhova et al., 2010; Avis et al., 2011). The cryosphere plays an important role in water management. Two t ...
... present in the global atmosphere (Zimov et al., 2006). Permafrost thaw at high latitudes could thus cause carbon emissions, which would further accelerate climate change (Schuur et al., 2009; Shakhova et al., 2010; Avis et al., 2011). The cryosphere plays an important role in water management. Two t ...
Directive IPPC : quelques remarques
... aerosol also sometimes stands at the first row. Nitrate aerosol, elemental carbon, and crustal material are also involved [Jacobson M.C., 2000],[USEPA, 2001]. Humidity enhances visibility reduction by sulphate, because sulphate aerosol accumulates water and grows in size, becoming this way more effi ...
... aerosol also sometimes stands at the first row. Nitrate aerosol, elemental carbon, and crustal material are also involved [Jacobson M.C., 2000],[USEPA, 2001]. Humidity enhances visibility reduction by sulphate, because sulphate aerosol accumulates water and grows in size, becoming this way more effi ...
Taking the Lead on Climate Change
... 2. Focus on landforms as important conservation targets. Land trusts are accustomed to thinking about the connectivity of a landscape, but landforms are a relatively new element when it comes to protecting biological diversity. For example, sandstone arches or mountains are often protected for thei ...
... 2. Focus on landforms as important conservation targets. Land trusts are accustomed to thinking about the connectivity of a landscape, but landforms are a relatively new element when it comes to protecting biological diversity. For example, sandstone arches or mountains are often protected for thei ...
Coastal flooding and wetland loss in the 21st century: changes
... emission scenarios. The SRES scenarios for global-mean sea-level rise range from 22 cm (B1 world) to 34 cm (A1FI world) by the 2080s, relative to 1990. All other climate factors, including storm characteristics, are assumed to remain constant in the long term. Population and GDP scenarios are downsc ...
... emission scenarios. The SRES scenarios for global-mean sea-level rise range from 22 cm (B1 world) to 34 cm (A1FI world) by the 2080s, relative to 1990. All other climate factors, including storm characteristics, are assumed to remain constant in the long term. Population and GDP scenarios are downsc ...
Poleward range expansion without a southern contraction in the
... However, previous studies on poleward range margin shifts of ground beetles have mainly focused on the leading (i.e. current high altitudinal and latitudinal) edges of their distribution areas (literature cited above). Changes occurring at the leading edge are interesting, especially in the framewor ...
... However, previous studies on poleward range margin shifts of ground beetles have mainly focused on the leading (i.e. current high altitudinal and latitudinal) edges of their distribution areas (literature cited above). Changes occurring at the leading edge are interesting, especially in the framewor ...
Chapter 13 Irreversibility risk and uncertainty
... If social decision making adopts consumer sovereignty, given observed actual risk aversion, option price should be used in ECBA. With respect to wilderness development this implies that the level of net development benefits required to justify development needs to be greater than in a world where th ...
... If social decision making adopts consumer sovereignty, given observed actual risk aversion, option price should be used in ECBA. With respect to wilderness development this implies that the level of net development benefits required to justify development needs to be greater than in a world where th ...
A consistent poleward shift of the storm tracks in simulations of 21st
... with those simulated by general circulation models (GCMs) forced by increasing GHGs. [4] Previous GCM studies of GHG-forced storm track changes have produced some consistent results; for example, many have found that cyclones become fewer and more intense with increasing GHGs, as in observations [e. ...
... with those simulated by general circulation models (GCMs) forced by increasing GHGs. [4] Previous GCM studies of GHG-forced storm track changes have produced some consistent results; for example, many have found that cyclones become fewer and more intense with increasing GHGs, as in observations [e. ...
Bradford, Mark A., et al. "Climate fails to predict wood decomposition
... analyse the mean of these observations2,3,5,12,17 , precluding detection of the relative effect of local-scale controls. To overcome this limitation we had 32 observations for a standard wood substrate at each of five locations. We proposed (Hypothesis 1a) that if climate is a predominant control on ...
... analyse the mean of these observations2,3,5,12,17 , precluding detection of the relative effect of local-scale controls. To overcome this limitation we had 32 observations for a standard wood substrate at each of five locations. We proposed (Hypothesis 1a) that if climate is a predominant control on ...
The Incidence of Carbon Pricing: Norway, Russia and
... the producer price is allowed to be market driven, then it may increase even with the tax – in which case the efficiency gains from the policy will be even larger. IPCC (2007) documents the contribution of anthropogenic sources of greenhouse gases (GHG) to potential changes in climate. An important ...
... the producer price is allowed to be market driven, then it may increase even with the tax – in which case the efficiency gains from the policy will be even larger. IPCC (2007) documents the contribution of anthropogenic sources of greenhouse gases (GHG) to potential changes in climate. An important ...
UN report: The coming financial climate
... business and the economy. Finance is a keystone in meeting these challenges and opportunities. The financial system exists to support our choices to save, consume and invest. When it works efficiently and effectively, it deploys finance in ways that creates dynamic, inclusive and sustainable economi ...
... business and the economy. Finance is a keystone in meeting these challenges and opportunities. The financial system exists to support our choices to save, consume and invest. When it works efficiently and effectively, it deploys finance in ways that creates dynamic, inclusive and sustainable economi ...
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... Paleoclimate, in common with other earth sciences, is data driven. The decade’s advances in modeling are unimaginable without the enormous increase in the quantity and precision of paleoclimate proxy data. Two of the topics we discuss below, paleo-ENSO and abrupt change, did not exist until there we ...
... Paleoclimate, in common with other earth sciences, is data driven. The decade’s advances in modeling are unimaginable without the enormous increase in the quantity and precision of paleoclimate proxy data. Two of the topics we discuss below, paleo-ENSO and abrupt change, did not exist until there we ...
Hunter, Central and Lower North Coast Regional
... As can be seen, many of these risks are already present in the region. Rather than creating a whole new set of risks, changes in extreme events arising from climate change will exacerbate a number of existing risks for which, in many cases, effective control strategies are already ...
... As can be seen, many of these risks are already present in the region. Rather than creating a whole new set of risks, changes in extreme events arising from climate change will exacerbate a number of existing risks for which, in many cases, effective control strategies are already ...
Hunter, Central and Lower North Coast Regional Climate Change
... As can be seen, many of these risks are already present in the region. Rather than creating a whole new set of risks, changes in extreme events arising from climate change will exacerbate a number of existing risks for which, in many cases, effective control strategies are already ...
... As can be seen, many of these risks are already present in the region. Rather than creating a whole new set of risks, changes in extreme events arising from climate change will exacerbate a number of existing risks for which, in many cases, effective control strategies are already ...
Nota di lavoro 2000.038 - Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei
... and the rapid growth of coastal cities have therefore been a dominant population trend over the last decades, leading to the development of numerous megacities in all coastal regions around the world. At least 200 million people were estimated to live in the coastal floodplain in 1990 (in the area i ...
... and the rapid growth of coastal cities have therefore been a dominant population trend over the last decades, leading to the development of numerous megacities in all coastal regions around the world. At least 200 million people were estimated to live in the coastal floodplain in 1990 (in the area i ...
Diplom/Master`s Thesis - Institute for the Study of Society and
... Hayhoe, Katharine, Laurence S. Kalkstein, Norman Miller, Susanne C. Moser, Scott C. Sheridan, Michael Dettinger. “A Tale of Two Cities: Climate Change, Extreme Heat, and Heat Mortality in California.” Environmental Health Perspectives, to be submitted. ...
... Hayhoe, Katharine, Laurence S. Kalkstein, Norman Miller, Susanne C. Moser, Scott C. Sheridan, Michael Dettinger. “A Tale of Two Cities: Climate Change, Extreme Heat, and Heat Mortality in California.” Environmental Health Perspectives, to be submitted. ...
Ecological controls on net ecosystem productivity of a seasonally dry
... (Lindner et al., 2010). Net primary productivity (NPP) in these regions was expected to increase little, and in some cases to decrease, under climate change, so that many ecosystems may change from sinks to sources of C by 2100, mainly from drying caused by declining precipitation vs. rising evapotr ...
... (Lindner et al., 2010). Net primary productivity (NPP) in these regions was expected to increase little, and in some cases to decrease, under climate change, so that many ecosystems may change from sinks to sources of C by 2100, mainly from drying caused by declining precipitation vs. rising evapotr ...
uganda`s economic development - Konrad-Adenauer
... floods, heat waves and landslides. This poses a significant threat to lives and livelihoods of Ugandans as much as it does to the world. Climate change is likely to disrupt the Earth’s ecological systems and to have serious negative consequences for agricultural production, forests, water supply, he ...
... floods, heat waves and landslides. This poses a significant threat to lives and livelihoods of Ugandans as much as it does to the world. Climate change is likely to disrupt the Earth’s ecological systems and to have serious negative consequences for agricultural production, forests, water supply, he ...
Climate warming and Bergmann`s rule through time: is
... species. Indeed, there is some evidence that prey size availability can constrain body size in predatory mammals. Larger bodied individuals may also have an advantage at higher latitudes because they can better withstand starvation (Cushman et al. 1993). Recently, McNab (2010) further emphasized the ...
... species. Indeed, there is some evidence that prey size availability can constrain body size in predatory mammals. Larger bodied individuals may also have an advantage at higher latitudes because they can better withstand starvation (Cushman et al. 1993). Recently, McNab (2010) further emphasized the ...