Report Workshop on Regional and National Climate
... decision-makers. It was further noted that implementing the third workshop in concert with Regional Climate Outlook Forum (RCOF) was an effective means to bring together decision makers, stakeholders and technical experts. The lessons learned, challenges and recommendations of the three workshops in ...
... decision-makers. It was further noted that implementing the third workshop in concert with Regional Climate Outlook Forum (RCOF) was an effective means to bring together decision makers, stakeholders and technical experts. The lessons learned, challenges and recommendations of the three workshops in ...
fair shares: a civil society equity review of indcs report
... with many developing countries’ INDCs including conditional commitments that go beyond their fair share subject to support. To ensure early action and prevent national pledges from exceeding the global carbon budget, governments must agree aggregate targets for emission reductions in 2025, 2030, 204 ...
... with many developing countries’ INDCs including conditional commitments that go beyond their fair share subject to support. To ensure early action and prevent national pledges from exceeding the global carbon budget, governments must agree aggregate targets for emission reductions in 2025, 2030, 204 ...
Riedy CAGs-AUS-ED_accepted - OPUS at UTS
... forums include citizen juries, deliberative polls, consensus conferences and citizen assemblies (Fung 2003, Goodin and Dryzek 2006, Mackenzie and Warren 2012). These temporary deliberative experiments have revealed a great deal about how citizens deliberate and what conditions can facilitate deliber ...
... forums include citizen juries, deliberative polls, consensus conferences and citizen assemblies (Fung 2003, Goodin and Dryzek 2006, Mackenzie and Warren 2012). These temporary deliberative experiments have revealed a great deal about how citizens deliberate and what conditions can facilitate deliber ...
Global Warming and Climate Change
... precautionary approach today, 7 one that will be very expensive and that may itself alter society in fundamental ways, or waiting for the results of the current "experiment," and suffer the cataclysm that could result from making the wrong guess-a planet warming so rapidly that life may not be able ...
... precautionary approach today, 7 one that will be very expensive and that may itself alter society in fundamental ways, or waiting for the results of the current "experiment," and suffer the cataclysm that could result from making the wrong guess-a planet warming so rapidly that life may not be able ...
What`s In A Name? Global Warming vs. Climate Change
... negative affect and stronger perceptions of personal and familial threat among Republicans; they are also more likely to believe that global warming is already affecting weather in the United States. By contrast, the use of the term climate change appears to actually reduce issue engagement by Democ ...
... negative affect and stronger perceptions of personal and familial threat among Republicans; they are also more likely to believe that global warming is already affecting weather in the United States. By contrast, the use of the term climate change appears to actually reduce issue engagement by Democ ...
Postulated Feedbacks of Deciduous Forest Phenology on
... siana Lamb.] and deciduous hardwoods, of which trem bling aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) is by far the most abundant (Peterson and Peterson 1992; Hogg 1994). One of the major observations of the BOREAS experiment (Sellers et al. 1997) was that the midsummer evaporative fraction (the ratio of la ...
... siana Lamb.] and deciduous hardwoods, of which trem bling aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) is by far the most abundant (Peterson and Peterson 1992; Hogg 1994). One of the major observations of the BOREAS experiment (Sellers et al. 1997) was that the midsummer evaporative fraction (the ratio of la ...
Predicting population consequences of ocean climate
... coupled with a regional climate model (RCM) to forecast population change for an ecosystem sentinel, the seabird Cassin’s auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus inhabiting the California Current Ecosystem (CCE), a coastal upwelling ecosystem along the west coast of North America. Coastal upwelling systems a ...
... coupled with a regional climate model (RCM) to forecast population change for an ecosystem sentinel, the seabird Cassin’s auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus inhabiting the California Current Ecosystem (CCE), a coastal upwelling ecosystem along the west coast of North America. Coastal upwelling systems a ...
Young People`s Burden: Requirement of Negative CO2 Emissions
... Global temperature has just reached a level similar to the mean level in the prior interglacial (Eemian) period, when sea level was several meters higher than today, and, if it long remains at this level, slow amplifying feedbacks will lead to greater climate change and consequences. The growth rate ...
... Global temperature has just reached a level similar to the mean level in the prior interglacial (Eemian) period, when sea level was several meters higher than today, and, if it long remains at this level, slow amplifying feedbacks will lead to greater climate change and consequences. The growth rate ...
Evolution of marine storminess in the Belgian part of the North Sea
... to vary in time (either by step or continuously) were also applied in addition to the simple linear regression model. When using a piecewise linear regression (as proposed, e.g. by Metrevelli et al., 1980), an inflexion point was found in 1992, with a sea level rise after 1992 equal to 4.41 mm yr−1 ...
... to vary in time (either by step or continuously) were also applied in addition to the simple linear regression model. When using a piecewise linear regression (as proposed, e.g. by Metrevelli et al., 1980), an inflexion point was found in 1992, with a sea level rise after 1992 equal to 4.41 mm yr−1 ...
Changes in Snow Cover and Snow Water Equivalent Due to Global
... Simulations under present and future conditions for over a 10 year period were conducted using a 20 kmmesh atmospheric general circulation model (AGCM), and changes in snow due to global warming were investigated, excluding areas with perpetual snow. In accumulating and melting seasons, the snow cov ...
... Simulations under present and future conditions for over a 10 year period were conducted using a 20 kmmesh atmospheric general circulation model (AGCM), and changes in snow due to global warming were investigated, excluding areas with perpetual snow. In accumulating and melting seasons, the snow cov ...
Methane as a Greenhouse Gas: Why the EPA Should Regulate Emissions
... activity produces far more CO2 than all other greenhouse gases combined, but the fact remains that many other gases are far more effective at trapping heat.4 An often overlooked greenhouse gas many times more potent than CO2 is methane,5 which is responsible for nearly as much climate change as all ...
... activity produces far more CO2 than all other greenhouse gases combined, but the fact remains that many other gases are far more effective at trapping heat.4 An often overlooked greenhouse gas many times more potent than CO2 is methane,5 which is responsible for nearly as much climate change as all ...
Annual Changes in Seasonal River Water Temperatures in the
... because temperature is a key controller of physiological processes, changes in water temperatures have the potential to affect population vital rates, including growth and reproduction [8–10]. These effects not only have implications for habitats and the aquatic communities they support, but are pro ...
... because temperature is a key controller of physiological processes, changes in water temperatures have the potential to affect population vital rates, including growth and reproduction [8–10]. These effects not only have implications for habitats and the aquatic communities they support, but are pro ...
Partisan Group Identity and Belief in Human
... (Lupia & McCubbins, 1998). In the case of climate change, those with clear positions likely obtain them from elite cues – where elite Republicans oppose the view that climate change is largely human-caused, while elite Democrats support it (Bolsen, Druckman, & Cook, 2015, p. 286).2 Those who are kn ...
... (Lupia & McCubbins, 1998). In the case of climate change, those with clear positions likely obtain them from elite cues – where elite Republicans oppose the view that climate change is largely human-caused, while elite Democrats support it (Bolsen, Druckman, & Cook, 2015, p. 286).2 Those who are kn ...
Project Coordinator
... The service period shall be for duration of the Grant Agreement signed between the GOT and the World Bank with a two months probation period. The Project Coordinator is planned to be hired by February 2014 for a period of two years with a renewable contract if performance is satisfactory. The servic ...
... The service period shall be for duration of the Grant Agreement signed between the GOT and the World Bank with a two months probation period. The Project Coordinator is planned to be hired by February 2014 for a period of two years with a renewable contract if performance is satisfactory. The servic ...
Zoonoses 2 Drivers, dynamics, and control of emerging vector
... than increases in local transmission. A combination of local spread and an increase in transmission potential in situ is also possible. Lyme disease is perhaps the best understood example of a mixed emergence. Reported cases (and estimated illnesses) have roughly tripled since 1990 in the USA (figur ...
... than increases in local transmission. A combination of local spread and an increase in transmission potential in situ is also possible. Lyme disease is perhaps the best understood example of a mixed emergence. Reported cases (and estimated illnesses) have roughly tripled since 1990 in the USA (figur ...
- Open University of Tanzania Repository
... their duties they will be beneficiaries of the acquired knowledge and skills so as to be able to solve their global climate – change crisis. Improving links between climate change education curriculum and country led poverty reduction strategies. This report is the study conducted in three secondary ...
... their duties they will be beneficiaries of the acquired knowledge and skills so as to be able to solve their global climate – change crisis. Improving links between climate change education curriculum and country led poverty reduction strategies. This report is the study conducted in three secondary ...
High Speed Rail aff – DDI 2012 KM
... Reducing a fraction of air transportation helps solve for air pollution Plumer 12, Brad Plumer, reporter at the Washington Post writing about domestic policy, particularly nergy and environmental issues, 03-15-12, “What’s going to kill us in 2050? Air pollution – and lots of it,” http://www.washingt ...
... Reducing a fraction of air transportation helps solve for air pollution Plumer 12, Brad Plumer, reporter at the Washington Post writing about domestic policy, particularly nergy and environmental issues, 03-15-12, “What’s going to kill us in 2050? Air pollution – and lots of it,” http://www.washingt ...
Sea-Level Rise and Its Impact on Vulnerable States: Four Examples
... measures aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions are being pursued, and efforts to adapt to changing conditions are debated and sometimes implemented. Few countries are more concerned with making progress in this regard than countries with low-lying coastal regions and island nations, which are d ...
... measures aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions are being pursued, and efforts to adapt to changing conditions are debated and sometimes implemented. Few countries are more concerned with making progress in this regard than countries with low-lying coastal regions and island nations, which are d ...
Discussion of Climate Change-Related Water Impacts in Federal
... Climate change and its predicted effect on precipitation, temperature, storm frequency and intensity, global sea levels, and numerous other factors will pose significant challenges for the maintenance and operations of built infrastructure. Climate change is predicted to exacerbate water-related iss ...
... Climate change and its predicted effect on precipitation, temperature, storm frequency and intensity, global sea levels, and numerous other factors will pose significant challenges for the maintenance and operations of built infrastructure. Climate change is predicted to exacerbate water-related iss ...
Phenological events along the elevation gradient
... change predicted for the Indian region and its effect on plants. Both climatic models and observational studies give conflicting views regarding the effect of climate change on vegetation. There is now ample evidence which shows that over the past decades, the phenology – the timing of seasonal acti ...
... change predicted for the Indian region and its effect on plants. Both climatic models and observational studies give conflicting views regarding the effect of climate change on vegetation. There is now ample evidence which shows that over the past decades, the phenology – the timing of seasonal acti ...
The road toward sustainable energy in Western Australia
... achieving this keeps Western Australia in line, if not ahead, of international norms. The legal and policy reform pathways, in conjunction with existing and potential regulatory and governance issues, will be analyzed to outline reform pathways that could be used to achieve this goal. This discourse ...
... achieving this keeps Western Australia in line, if not ahead, of international norms. The legal and policy reform pathways, in conjunction with existing and potential regulatory and governance issues, will be analyzed to outline reform pathways that could be used to achieve this goal. This discourse ...
Impact of climate change on soil frost under snow cover in a forested
... Peltola et al. (1999) used the SOIL model described above in their study. They found that the simulated soil frost results for the current climate conditions were generally in quite good agreement with the regular measurements of soil freezing, thawing and maximum depth of soil frost made by the Fin ...
... Peltola et al. (1999) used the SOIL model described above in their study. They found that the simulated soil frost results for the current climate conditions were generally in quite good agreement with the regular measurements of soil freezing, thawing and maximum depth of soil frost made by the Fin ...