What is a “covered entity?” - Texas Association of Environmental
... 7 members, appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Board has the authority to carry out cost-relief measures to “ensure functioning, stable, and efficient markets for emission allowances.” Powers include: • Increase the number of borrowed allowances from future periods ...
... 7 members, appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Board has the authority to carry out cost-relief measures to “ensure functioning, stable, and efficient markets for emission allowances.” Powers include: • Increase the number of borrowed allowances from future periods ...
False Certainty Or False Uncertainty
... US National Research Council 2010 report Advancing the Science of Climate Change (http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12782 ...
... US National Research Council 2010 report Advancing the Science of Climate Change (http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12782 ...
Macedonia: National Climate Vulnerability Assessment
... to European and global community. The frequent extreme weather conditions – rains and flood, heat waves and droughts – reduced snow falls, increased temperatures and rising sea level will increasingly have more and more influence on the livelihood, food production, energy, infrastructure, ecosystems ...
... to European and global community. The frequent extreme weather conditions – rains and flood, heat waves and droughts – reduced snow falls, increased temperatures and rising sea level will increasingly have more and more influence on the livelihood, food production, energy, infrastructure, ecosystems ...
Assessing risk of and adaptation to sea-level rise
... improved estimates of the impacts of sea-level rise. It should however be noted that the SRTM dataset only includes land surfaces that lay between 60° north latitude and 54° south latitude. Consequently, no data updates are available for most parts of Fennoscandia, although the relatively low human ...
... improved estimates of the impacts of sea-level rise. It should however be noted that the SRTM dataset only includes land surfaces that lay between 60° north latitude and 54° south latitude. Consequently, no data updates are available for most parts of Fennoscandia, although the relatively low human ...
Archive_files/Volume 61, Issue 4 - SUNY-ESF
... it. These solutions further weaken the U.S’ stance on the climate change issue. ...
... it. These solutions further weaken the U.S’ stance on the climate change issue. ...
The Impact of Climate Change on Water
... gases (GHG). The Convention imposes different obligations for its member countries depending on their potential, their economic structure and their available resources. Measures aimed at mitigating the consequences of climate change include adaptation to an increase in the average temperature, a sea ...
... gases (GHG). The Convention imposes different obligations for its member countries depending on their potential, their economic structure and their available resources. Measures aimed at mitigating the consequences of climate change include adaptation to an increase in the average temperature, a sea ...
Rethinking Support for Adaptive Capacity to Climate Change
... planning which did not support local flexible decisionmaking and agency. ...
... planning which did not support local flexible decisionmaking and agency. ...
Observed Climate Change and the Negligible Global Effect of
... truth, the climate of Alaska and the ecosystems influenced by it have been subject to the cycles of the PDO and other natural variations since the end of the last ice age (some 12,000 years ago) and likely for eons prior. It is primarily these natural cycles that are currently shaping Alaska’s long- ...
... truth, the climate of Alaska and the ecosystems influenced by it have been subject to the cycles of the PDO and other natural variations since the end of the last ice age (some 12,000 years ago) and likely for eons prior. It is primarily these natural cycles that are currently shaping Alaska’s long- ...
Water Availability in the Murray-Darling Basin
... low-rainfall periods occurred in the 1890s and around 1940. Modelled annual runoff in the southern MDB (1997 to 2006) was lower than for any other ten-year period in the last 112 years and is less than half the long-term average in some areas. The low runoff in the southernmost parts of the MDB has ...
... low-rainfall periods occurred in the 1890s and around 1940. Modelled annual runoff in the southern MDB (1997 to 2006) was lower than for any other ten-year period in the last 112 years and is less than half the long-term average in some areas. The low runoff in the southernmost parts of the MDB has ...
Working with Nature to Tackle Climate Change
... The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) defines biodiversity as the variability among living organisms on the genetic, species and ecosystem level See http://www.cbd.int/climate/ This is a relatively new concept which is being further defined and refined in the international community. See for ...
... The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) defines biodiversity as the variability among living organisms on the genetic, species and ecosystem level See http://www.cbd.int/climate/ This is a relatively new concept which is being further defined and refined in the international community. See for ...
Child Rights and Climate Change Adaptation: Voices from Kenya and Cambodia
... their aptitude for absorbing new information; proposing adaptation strategies; acting on future visions and the needs of future generations; and taking action for the benefit of their communities; prioritising sustainable management of natural resources and environmental concerns. This report propos ...
... their aptitude for absorbing new information; proposing adaptation strategies; acting on future visions and the needs of future generations; and taking action for the benefit of their communities; prioritising sustainable management of natural resources and environmental concerns. This report propos ...
`2°c capital stock` for electricity generation
... and other natural capital such as biodiversity and fisheries. The trends are highly adverse, particularly on climate change (Dawson et al., 2011; IPCC WG 2, 2014). Electricity generation (and heating) currently contributes approximately 25% of global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, the main ...
... and other natural capital such as biodiversity and fisheries. The trends are highly adverse, particularly on climate change (Dawson et al., 2011; IPCC WG 2, 2014). Electricity generation (and heating) currently contributes approximately 25% of global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, the main ...
Resilient Midwestern Cities - Neighborhood Solutions Inc.
... Cleveland, respectively.15 During the polar vortex, wholesale electricity prices in parts of the Midwest nearly tripled,16 causing financial burdens, particularly for lowincome people.17 Those who cannot afford to pay for increased heating costs or for energy efficiency solutions are forced to endur ...
... Cleveland, respectively.15 During the polar vortex, wholesale electricity prices in parts of the Midwest nearly tripled,16 causing financial burdens, particularly for lowincome people.17 Those who cannot afford to pay for increased heating costs or for energy efficiency solutions are forced to endur ...
Winter 2017. - Squarespace
... Climate History Network and HistoricalClimatology.com. As you’ll see in this newsletter, many of our feature articles and interviews have focused on social responses to medieval climate changes. We’ve also redesigned HistoricalClimatology.com, so the site should now be a bit easier to browse and rea ...
... Climate History Network and HistoricalClimatology.com. As you’ll see in this newsletter, many of our feature articles and interviews have focused on social responses to medieval climate changes. We’ve also redesigned HistoricalClimatology.com, so the site should now be a bit easier to browse and rea ...
The Atmosphere_Ozone_Article (2)
... While natural greenhouse gases are vital to prevent our world from freezing over, a marked increase may spell big trouble. Indeed, there is disturbing evidence of climate change: melting glaciers; forest fires; drought; heat waves; moresevere storms; and the loss of certain plant and animal species. ...
... While natural greenhouse gases are vital to prevent our world from freezing over, a marked increase may spell big trouble. Indeed, there is disturbing evidence of climate change: melting glaciers; forest fires; drought; heat waves; moresevere storms; and the loss of certain plant and animal species. ...
Paul McLaughlin - Initiative on Climate Adaptation Research and
... networks. I believe that the full incorporation of agency, culture and values can extend the realism and explanatory power of such evolutionary perspectives (Scoones 1999). As Dietz and Burns (1992) argue, evolutionary perspectives actually facilitate the integration of agency into social theory. Ev ...
... networks. I believe that the full incorporation of agency, culture and values can extend the realism and explanatory power of such evolutionary perspectives (Scoones 1999). As Dietz and Burns (1992) argue, evolutionary perspectives actually facilitate the integration of agency into social theory. Ev ...
View/Open
... could suggest that it would be appropriate to estimate the parameters of our regression equations with a fixed effect model (FE). However, agricultural production is strongly related to the local climatic conditions, and the climatic variations have been small during our sample period. Temperature a ...
... could suggest that it would be appropriate to estimate the parameters of our regression equations with a fixed effect model (FE). However, agricultural production is strongly related to the local climatic conditions, and the climatic variations have been small during our sample period. Temperature a ...
Whangarei District Climate Change Constraints Report
... Climate change has long been perceived as a threat to the environment, but in recent years this threat perception has expanded to include social, cultural, security, and economic concerns. The theory underpinning anthropogenic climate change, put very simplistically, is that increased emissions of s ...
... Climate change has long been perceived as a threat to the environment, but in recent years this threat perception has expanded to include social, cultural, security, and economic concerns. The theory underpinning anthropogenic climate change, put very simplistically, is that increased emissions of s ...
Curriculum Vitae - Department of Atmospheric Sciences
... Bach, W. and A.K. Jain, 1993: Climate and Ecosystem Protection Requires Binding Emission Targets: The Specific Task After Rio(II), Prospective in Energy, 2/3, 173-214. Jain, A.K. and W. Bach, 1994: The effectiveness of measures to reduce the man-made greenhouse effect: the application of a climate-p ...
... Bach, W. and A.K. Jain, 1993: Climate and Ecosystem Protection Requires Binding Emission Targets: The Specific Task After Rio(II), Prospective in Energy, 2/3, 173-214. Jain, A.K. and W. Bach, 1994: The effectiveness of measures to reduce the man-made greenhouse effect: the application of a climate-p ...
International Legal Protection for Climate Refugees: Where Lies the
... On 26 December 2004, an earthquake with a magnitude higher than 9.0 occurred off the shore of Sumatra Indonesia,36 generating large tsunamis, which caused extensive damage to coastal communities in countries along the Indian Ocean.37 The tsunami reached the Maldives three hours after the tremors wer ...
... On 26 December 2004, an earthquake with a magnitude higher than 9.0 occurred off the shore of Sumatra Indonesia,36 generating large tsunamis, which caused extensive damage to coastal communities in countries along the Indian Ocean.37 The tsunami reached the Maldives three hours after the tremors wer ...
gypsy moth and nun moth
... Furthermore, the greater volume, speed and frequency of international trade have increased the risk that defoliators could inadvertently be transported into new areas (MacLeod et al. 2002). One pathway into regions where defoliators do not already occur is timber trade (Liebhold et al. 1995). Thus, ...
... Furthermore, the greater volume, speed and frequency of international trade have increased the risk that defoliators could inadvertently be transported into new areas (MacLeod et al. 2002). One pathway into regions where defoliators do not already occur is timber trade (Liebhold et al. 1995). Thus, ...
Financial Services and Climate-Resilient Value Chains: The case of
... flooding in Butaleja and Bukedea in 2011 was so severe that rice fields were submerged for periods ranging from two weeks to three months, causing total loss of the rice crop. When such events occur, even when some of the affected crop can be recovered, harvesting the rice is more difficult—demandin ...
... flooding in Butaleja and Bukedea in 2011 was so severe that rice fields were submerged for periods ranging from two weeks to three months, causing total loss of the rice crop. When such events occur, even when some of the affected crop can be recovered, harvesting the rice is more difficult—demandin ...