Guidance for making the case for climate change adaptation in the
... one of the ‘killer’ variables for productivity in the workplace, with productivity losses of up to 20% associated with declining levels of comfort. Keeping cool within buildings is likely to be a major challenge as the frequency of very high summer temperatures increases and energy costs increase. A ...
... one of the ‘killer’ variables for productivity in the workplace, with productivity losses of up to 20% associated with declining levels of comfort. Keeping cool within buildings is likely to be a major challenge as the frequency of very high summer temperatures increases and energy costs increase. A ...
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... [3] In this paper, the arid region of northwest China refers to the vast area generally defined by N30 –N50 and E70 – E110 (Figure 1). The total area of the region is about 2.5 million km2, accounting for over 1/4 of China. It has a typical temperate continental climate, with long and cold winte ...
... [3] In this paper, the arid region of northwest China refers to the vast area generally defined by N30 –N50 and E70 – E110 (Figure 1). The total area of the region is about 2.5 million km2, accounting for over 1/4 of China. It has a typical temperate continental climate, with long and cold winte ...
Climate change and evolution: disentangling environmental and
... 168 P . G I E N A P P E T A L . There is no doubt that range-shifts are often important means of coping with climate change: evidence for such shifts in response to ongoing climatic changes is overwhelming (e.g. Parmesan & Yohe 2003; Root et al. 2003; Perry et al. 2005). Likewise, phenotypic plasti ...
... 168 P . G I E N A P P E T A L . There is no doubt that range-shifts are often important means of coping with climate change: evidence for such shifts in response to ongoing climatic changes is overwhelming (e.g. Parmesan & Yohe 2003; Root et al. 2003; Perry et al. 2005). Likewise, phenotypic plasti ...
Biodiversity Action Plan - Death of a Million Trees
... in the City, Golden Gate Audubon, have been requesting for years that the City take care of the remainder of its lands besides those of RDP. ...
... in the City, Golden Gate Audubon, have been requesting for years that the City take care of the remainder of its lands besides those of RDP. ...
Analysis of winter and summer warming rates in
... clearly important and costly. In both major IPCC assessments of climate change (Houghton et al. 1990, 1996),the projected warming is greatest in the higher latitudes, particularly in the Northern Hemisphere, and greater in the low-sun season than the high-sun season. These same IPCC reports have not ...
... clearly important and costly. In both major IPCC assessments of climate change (Houghton et al. 1990, 1996),the projected warming is greatest in the higher latitudes, particularly in the Northern Hemisphere, and greater in the low-sun season than the high-sun season. These same IPCC reports have not ...
Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment
... variability and change, and ensuring that those risks are reduced to acceptable levels through long-lasting and environmentally sound, economically viable, and socially acceptable changes implemented at one or more of the following stages in the project cycle: planning, design, construction, operati ...
... variability and change, and ensuring that those risks are reduced to acceptable levels through long-lasting and environmentally sound, economically viable, and socially acceptable changes implemented at one or more of the following stages in the project cycle: planning, design, construction, operati ...
EPA Research - 2015 Call Technical Description
... Wetlands, primarily peatlands, constitute between 14% and 20% of Ireland’s land area. The estimate varies because of the different ways in which peatland can be defined, which depends on context. Peatlands also constitute a very large store of carbon. Management of peatland is of particular interest ...
... Wetlands, primarily peatlands, constitute between 14% and 20% of Ireland’s land area. The estimate varies because of the different ways in which peatland can be defined, which depends on context. Peatlands also constitute a very large store of carbon. Management of peatland is of particular interest ...
Inspiring action for urban and regional planning WORLD SUMMIT
... to consider the pressure on available resources and the mitigation measures that need to be applied. The business as usual approach has to be replaced by an integrated territorial planning where natural, rural, rural-urban and urban areas are interconnected and where the services they provide are sa ...
... to consider the pressure on available resources and the mitigation measures that need to be applied. The business as usual approach has to be replaced by an integrated territorial planning where natural, rural, rural-urban and urban areas are interconnected and where the services they provide are sa ...
HEAT IN THE HEARTLAND: Climate Change and Economic Risk in
... Human society is structured around “normal” weather, with some days hotter than average and some colder. At the distant “tails” are extreme events such as catastrophic weather. Climate change shifts the entire distribution curve to the right: old extremes become the new normal, new extremes emerge, ...
... Human society is structured around “normal” weather, with some days hotter than average and some colder. At the distant “tails” are extreme events such as catastrophic weather. Climate change shifts the entire distribution curve to the right: old extremes become the new normal, new extremes emerge, ...
El Ni˜no Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and global - adv
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (p. 5). For example, atmospheric concentration of CO2 over the 20th century was 280 ppm for the period 1000–1750 rising to 368 ppm by 2000. Present levels (2005) are estimated at close to 370 ppm. ...
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (p. 5). For example, atmospheric concentration of CO2 over the 20th century was 280 ppm for the period 1000–1750 rising to 368 ppm by 2000. Present levels (2005) are estimated at close to 370 ppm. ...
Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events
... Cubasch, U., G. Waszkewitz, Hegerl, and J. Perlwitz. 1995b. Regional climate changes as simulated in time slice experiments. MPI Report 153. Clim. Change 31:321-304. The concentrations of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and CFCs have increased since the pre-industria ...
... Cubasch, U., G. Waszkewitz, Hegerl, and J. Perlwitz. 1995b. Regional climate changes as simulated in time slice experiments. MPI Report 153. Clim. Change 31:321-304. The concentrations of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and CFCs have increased since the pre-industria ...
Latest version - Broads Authority
... the recent winter storm events. Climate change science, on the other hand, analyses the average weather trends or cycles at a particular place over much longer periods of time – generally around 30-50 years. Climate science has been evolving for decades, using evidence from the past and computer mod ...
... the recent winter storm events. Climate change science, on the other hand, analyses the average weather trends or cycles at a particular place over much longer periods of time – generally around 30-50 years. Climate science has been evolving for decades, using evidence from the past and computer mod ...
Background paper Africa WS
... Africa is characterized by a wide variety of climate systems (Hume et al, 2000) ranging from humid equatorial systems, through seasonally-arid tropical, to sub-tropical Mediterraneantype climates. These systems are also varying because all these climates exhibit differing degrees of temporal variabi ...
... Africa is characterized by a wide variety of climate systems (Hume et al, 2000) ranging from humid equatorial systems, through seasonally-arid tropical, to sub-tropical Mediterraneantype climates. These systems are also varying because all these climates exhibit differing degrees of temporal variabi ...
FHWA Workshop 3 GHG Mitigation Strategies DT
... Reduce rail chokepoints, shore-side power for ships, reduce VMT in intermodal terminal, limited modal diversion ...
... Reduce rail chokepoints, shore-side power for ships, reduce VMT in intermodal terminal, limited modal diversion ...
Climate Potential in Spanish regions: analysis and its
... seem to affect the increasing rate of summer tourism, but the indirect impacts of climate change might threaten the capacity for maintaining a continuously high level of service in all resorts. ...
... seem to affect the increasing rate of summer tourism, but the indirect impacts of climate change might threaten the capacity for maintaining a continuously high level of service in all resorts. ...
Journal Paper Format
... The issues of global warming and climate change have become a subject of intense interest all over the world since the last decade. Warming of the climate system is now evidenced from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, and risi ...
... The issues of global warming and climate change have become a subject of intense interest all over the world since the last decade. Warming of the climate system is now evidenced from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, and risi ...
as PDF - Natural Hazards Center
... education; high unemployment; and substandard and inadequate housing. According to Bennett et al. (2014), the overwhelming driver of these adverse social indicators is pervasive poverty. The average poverty rate on reservations and in Native communities is 28.4 percent (compared to 15.3 nationally ...
... education; high unemployment; and substandard and inadequate housing. According to Bennett et al. (2014), the overwhelming driver of these adverse social indicators is pervasive poverty. The average poverty rate on reservations and in Native communities is 28.4 percent (compared to 15.3 nationally ...
The Ethical implications of global climate change - unesdoc
... Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), published in 2007, which states unequivocally that global climate change engendered by past and present human activities poses a severe threat to human welfare, biodiversity and ecosystem integrity, and possibly to life itsel ...
... Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), published in 2007, which states unequivocally that global climate change engendered by past and present human activities poses a severe threat to human welfare, biodiversity and ecosystem integrity, and possibly to life itsel ...
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... the country’s mean air temperature increased by 0.016 0C per year, and the mean annual rainfall decreased by 144 mm (7 %) compared to the period 1931-1960. In addition, mean annual daytime maximum and mean annual night-time minimum air temperatures increased. However, the bigger question of national ...
... the country’s mean air temperature increased by 0.016 0C per year, and the mean annual rainfall decreased by 144 mm (7 %) compared to the period 1931-1960. In addition, mean annual daytime maximum and mean annual night-time minimum air temperatures increased. However, the bigger question of national ...
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... therefore the capacity of species to accommodate conditions beyond their present realized niche (Fig. 1d). Genetic adaptation to climatic change has been demonstrated in plants (Linhart & Grant, 1996; Etterson & Willis, 2004) and animals (Kolbe et al., 2012). Over the past decade, these data have le ...
... therefore the capacity of species to accommodate conditions beyond their present realized niche (Fig. 1d). Genetic adaptation to climatic change has been demonstrated in plants (Linhart & Grant, 1996; Etterson & Willis, 2004) and animals (Kolbe et al., 2012). Over the past decade, these data have le ...
Climate change is simple: We do something or we`re
... said Professor Tony McMichael, from the Australian National University, in an accompanying paper published in the journal. “But climate change will not stop in 2100 and, under realistic scenarios out to 2300, we may be faced with temperature increases of 12 degrees or even more.” Again, it’s not par ...
... said Professor Tony McMichael, from the Australian National University, in an accompanying paper published in the journal. “But climate change will not stop in 2100 and, under realistic scenarios out to 2300, we may be faced with temperature increases of 12 degrees or even more.” Again, it’s not par ...
CHAPTER 2: Forests
... tems. Together this indicates that many areas, especially those habitats along environmental gradients, will be subjected to change, and if the population cannot adapt or move with changes in climate, they will face extinction. Globally, it has been estimated that at least one-third of the world’s r ...
... tems. Together this indicates that many areas, especially those habitats along environmental gradients, will be subjected to change, and if the population cannot adapt or move with changes in climate, they will face extinction. Globally, it has been estimated that at least one-third of the world’s r ...
DHM - MIS - Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment
... quality, water quality, limnology, snow hydrology, glaciology, wind and solar energy. DHM provides general and aviation weather forecasts, forecasting and early warning of hydro-meteorological hazards; and contributes to the global exchange of meteorological data on a regular basis as a member of th ...
... quality, water quality, limnology, snow hydrology, glaciology, wind and solar energy. DHM provides general and aviation weather forecasts, forecasting and early warning of hydro-meteorological hazards; and contributes to the global exchange of meteorological data on a regular basis as a member of th ...
Using the IPCC`s Assessment Report data and climate change
... • UK House of Commons Energy and Climate Change Committee invited submissions into an inquiry assessing the validity of the IPCC’s AR5. • Dr. Ruth Dixon- critiqued “ if the reports are to be seen as truly authoritative, a far more challenging review process should be involved. In my opinion, the IPC ...
... • UK House of Commons Energy and Climate Change Committee invited submissions into an inquiry assessing the validity of the IPCC’s AR5. • Dr. Ruth Dixon- critiqued “ if the reports are to be seen as truly authoritative, a far more challenging review process should be involved. In my opinion, the IPC ...