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... was tested and found wanting during the recent drought. Historically, two management approaches for dealing with water supply variability have been adopted. First a short run response of penalising environmental supply to maintain irrigator supplies is adopted, with the goal that sequential time per ...
... was tested and found wanting during the recent drought. Historically, two management approaches for dealing with water supply variability have been adopted. First a short run response of penalising environmental supply to maintain irrigator supplies is adopted, with the goal that sequential time per ...
The Availability Heuristic, Intuitive Cost
... “margin of safety” into public decisions, taking care to protect citizens against risks that cannot be established with certainty. By contrast, Americans are reluctant to take precautions, requiring clear evidence of harm in order to justify regulation. These claims seem plausible in light of the fa ...
... “margin of safety” into public decisions, taking care to protect citizens against risks that cannot be established with certainty. By contrast, Americans are reluctant to take precautions, requiring clear evidence of harm in order to justify regulation. These claims seem plausible in light of the fa ...
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... increased demand for high quality food products from ruminants, both meat and milk. This demand is projected to nearly double by 2050 (FAO 2006). The corresponding increases in emissions of biogenic greenhouse gases (GHG) are expected to be the main driver for the projected temperature increase towa ...
... increased demand for high quality food products from ruminants, both meat and milk. This demand is projected to nearly double by 2050 (FAO 2006). The corresponding increases in emissions of biogenic greenhouse gases (GHG) are expected to be the main driver for the projected temperature increase towa ...
Fuel Taxation Inquiry - Fuel Tax Inquiry Website
... climate change. There are now well established arguments as to why society needs to move away from fossil fuels, which are the main cause of climate change. Earlier this year the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its Third Assessment Report found "new and stronger ev ...
... climate change. There are now well established arguments as to why society needs to move away from fossil fuels, which are the main cause of climate change. Earlier this year the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its Third Assessment Report found "new and stronger ev ...
Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation A Literature Review
... In a report released in 2010, Ontario’s Expert Panel on Climate Change Adaptation developed a series of 59 recommendations that would see adaptation measures implemented throughout various government departments, including recommendations geared toward the agricultural sector. The Government of Cana ...
... In a report released in 2010, Ontario’s Expert Panel on Climate Change Adaptation developed a series of 59 recommendations that would see adaptation measures implemented throughout various government departments, including recommendations geared toward the agricultural sector. The Government of Cana ...
of H.G. Brauch (26 November 2007) - AFES
... Dodds & Schnabel (2001): ‘new’,‘non-traditional’ security challenges. Public’s security environment has altered dramatically in new milennium.” a) increasing level of globalisation; b) a growing sense of vulnerability to … remote threats, such as distant conflicts, contagions, crop failures and curr ...
... Dodds & Schnabel (2001): ‘new’,‘non-traditional’ security challenges. Public’s security environment has altered dramatically in new milennium.” a) increasing level of globalisation; b) a growing sense of vulnerability to … remote threats, such as distant conflicts, contagions, crop failures and curr ...
Slide 1 - Divecha Centre for Climate Change
... 2) Largest of these domains may be desired by the stakeholders for climate change simulations – capture as many countries as possible! Sub-regions of the domain may require climate change information for decision making – these are too small to satisfy the above condition ...
... 2) Largest of these domains may be desired by the stakeholders for climate change simulations – capture as many countries as possible! Sub-regions of the domain may require climate change information for decision making – these are too small to satisfy the above condition ...
1. The Climate Change System Introduction
... for biased human actions. Let‟s take for instance, the ozone depleting synthetic chemical product referred to as CFC, which has been produced based on market-oriented research. Its production aimed profit rather than benefit and is causing the Climate Change System to react with changes that may res ...
... for biased human actions. Let‟s take for instance, the ozone depleting synthetic chemical product referred to as CFC, which has been produced based on market-oriented research. Its production aimed profit rather than benefit and is causing the Climate Change System to react with changes that may res ...
Climate change and international human rights litigation: A critical
... For instruments codifying the right, see Organization of African Unity, Banjul Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights art. 24, opened for signature June 27, 1981, 21 I.L.M. 58 (providing a “right to a general satisfactory environment favorable to . . . development”); Additional Protocol to the America ...
... For instruments codifying the right, see Organization of African Unity, Banjul Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights art. 24, opened for signature June 27, 1981, 21 I.L.M. 58 (providing a “right to a general satisfactory environment favorable to . . . development”); Additional Protocol to the America ...
european society for ecologial economics 2015: transformations
... management offers a strategy for climate change mitigation through restoration of the capacity of forest carbon sequestration. Latin American and Caribbean forests in particular have been subject to extensive deforestation in recent decades, being responsible of 54% of green ...
... management offers a strategy for climate change mitigation through restoration of the capacity of forest carbon sequestration. Latin American and Caribbean forests in particular have been subject to extensive deforestation in recent decades, being responsible of 54% of green ...
Climate change and eastern Africa: a review of impact on major crops
... season while spatially shrinking the suitable areas for agricultural production, especially along the boundaries of arid and semiarid regions in Africa (Conway 2009; CIAT 2011b). Climate change is also projected to reduce the value of cropland by shifting high value agro-ecological zones to low valu ...
... season while spatially shrinking the suitable areas for agricultural production, especially along the boundaries of arid and semiarid regions in Africa (Conway 2009; CIAT 2011b). Climate change is also projected to reduce the value of cropland by shifting high value agro-ecological zones to low valu ...
Education sector responses to climate change - UNESDOC
... over the past several years are at high risk of leveling off or even reversing as countries must divert scarce resources to cope with climate change phenomena, such as sea level rise, severe storms, and weather variability, all of which exert inconceivable pressure on food and water supplies, and li ...
... over the past several years are at high risk of leveling off or even reversing as countries must divert scarce resources to cope with climate change phenomena, such as sea level rise, severe storms, and weather variability, all of which exert inconceivable pressure on food and water supplies, and li ...
5 Greenhouse gas emissions - NSW EPA
... Notes: This temperature reconstruction is based on 28 temperature proxies from the Australasian region and was generated using multivariate principal component regression. The most reliable periods of the reconstruction are shown by the thick sections of the dark blue line with less reliability ind ...
... Notes: This temperature reconstruction is based on 28 temperature proxies from the Australasian region and was generated using multivariate principal component regression. The most reliable periods of the reconstruction are shown by the thick sections of the dark blue line with less reliability ind ...
Robust institutional arrangements for national mitigation efforts
... revised if it is untrue; likewise laws and institutions no matter how efficient and well-arranged must be reformed or abolished if they are unjust. Each person possesses an inviolability founded on justice that even the welfare of society as a whole cannot override. For this reason justice denies th ...
... revised if it is untrue; likewise laws and institutions no matter how efficient and well-arranged must be reformed or abolished if they are unjust. Each person possesses an inviolability founded on justice that even the welfare of society as a whole cannot override. For this reason justice denies th ...
05.04 Air Quality - Cambria Community Services District
... a toxic air contaminant, but determined that there was not sufficient available scientific evidence to support the identification of a threshold exposure level. This action allows the implementation of health-protective control measures at levels below the 0.010 ppm ambient concentration specified i ...
... a toxic air contaminant, but determined that there was not sufficient available scientific evidence to support the identification of a threshold exposure level. This action allows the implementation of health-protective control measures at levels below the 0.010 ppm ambient concentration specified i ...
Future Directions - WCRP Strategic Framework
... excellence provides a strong foundation for the future. At the same time, there must be a strategy for prioritizing WCRP science and related activities and for conversion of WCRP science into future societal benefit. The WCRP Strategic Framework document provides a framework but lacks future priorit ...
... excellence provides a strong foundation for the future. At the same time, there must be a strategy for prioritizing WCRP science and related activities and for conversion of WCRP science into future societal benefit. The WCRP Strategic Framework document provides a framework but lacks future priorit ...
Pdf - Global Coral Bleaching
... al reef regions of the world as a direct result of warming oceans. Nowadays there is at least some limited coral bleaching reported each year especially during summer months, although the major, global events that span multiple oceans are usually associated with natural variability (e.g El Niño cond ...
... al reef regions of the world as a direct result of warming oceans. Nowadays there is at least some limited coral bleaching reported each year especially during summer months, although the major, global events that span multiple oceans are usually associated with natural variability (e.g El Niño cond ...
Assessing pricing assumptions for weather index insurance in a changing climate
... associated premiums are usually unaffordable for low-income small-holder farmers and the speed at which payouts are made is often too slow to alleviate the adverse impacts of loss events on their livelihoods. Alternative forms of crop insurance are being sought and over the past decade, a number of ...
... associated premiums are usually unaffordable for low-income small-holder farmers and the speed at which payouts are made is often too slow to alleviate the adverse impacts of loss events on their livelihoods. Alternative forms of crop insurance are being sought and over the past decade, a number of ...
Agriculture, Climate Change and Carbon Sequestration
... How does climate change influence agriculture? Climate change may have beneficial as well as detrimental consequences for agriculture. Some research indicates that warmer temperatures lengthen growing seasons and increased carbon dioxide in the air results in higher yields from some crops. A warmin ...
... How does climate change influence agriculture? Climate change may have beneficial as well as detrimental consequences for agriculture. Some research indicates that warmer temperatures lengthen growing seasons and increased carbon dioxide in the air results in higher yields from some crops. A warmin ...
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... 6 Based on data collected by Shiller (2000) and since continuously updated: http://www.econ.yale.edu/~shiller/data.htm ...
... 6 Based on data collected by Shiller (2000) and since continuously updated: http://www.econ.yale.edu/~shiller/data.htm ...