Cogeneration System - International District Energy Association
... • Create an Environment, Sustainability and Health Institute to research and implement findings • Strengthen academic pursuits on climate scholarship • Broaden outreach efforts in the community – Focus on greater community benefits, assistance, and sharing – Collaboration within the local higher ...
... • Create an Environment, Sustainability and Health Institute to research and implement findings • Strengthen academic pursuits on climate scholarship • Broaden outreach efforts in the community – Focus on greater community benefits, assistance, and sharing – Collaboration within the local higher ...
Energy and Climate UZWATER - Baltic University Programme
... Box 1.1 Energy units and conversion of energy units Energy is defined via work. The SI unit for energy is the same as the unit of work – the joule (J), named in honour of James Prescott Joule and his experiments on the mechanical equivalent of heat. In slightly more fundamental terms, 1 joule is eq ...
... Box 1.1 Energy units and conversion of energy units Energy is defined via work. The SI unit for energy is the same as the unit of work – the joule (J), named in honour of James Prescott Joule and his experiments on the mechanical equivalent of heat. In slightly more fundamental terms, 1 joule is eq ...
Slide 1
... link between objectives and outcomes • Most policy actions are limited to information provision / facilitation. Their efficacy is unknown. • Attempts to translate UK-level targets into lower-level targets for bio-energy have been made, but have not been ...
... link between objectives and outcomes • Most policy actions are limited to information provision / facilitation. Their efficacy is unknown. • Attempts to translate UK-level targets into lower-level targets for bio-energy have been made, but have not been ...
Electrochemical Acceleration of Chemical Weathering as an
... technologies are being investigated for the long-term storage of captured anthropogenic CO2. These technologies include storing CO2 in various geologic formations (e.g., oil and gas fields (5), coal beds (6), and saline aquifers (7)); injecting CO2 into the deep ocean (8, 9); chemically transforming ...
... technologies are being investigated for the long-term storage of captured anthropogenic CO2. These technologies include storing CO2 in various geologic formations (e.g., oil and gas fields (5), coal beds (6), and saline aquifers (7)); injecting CO2 into the deep ocean (8, 9); chemically transforming ...
A C I
... it should be feasible to reach international agreement on several broad objectives of adaptation. These objectives could either be result-oriented (e.g., coastal economies are protected from sea level rise, access to water is not jeopardised by climate change, people and property are protected from ...
... it should be feasible to reach international agreement on several broad objectives of adaptation. These objectives could either be result-oriented (e.g., coastal economies are protected from sea level rise, access to water is not jeopardised by climate change, people and property are protected from ...
Project researcher workbook - Ecosystems Knowledge Network
... Population is an essential statistic when considering the availability of limited environmental goods or benefits, either in terms of the local or global environment. The future- focused nature of the toolkit means that it is worth considering population projections. A word of caution here though, b ...
... Population is an essential statistic when considering the availability of limited environmental goods or benefits, either in terms of the local or global environment. The future- focused nature of the toolkit means that it is worth considering population projections. A word of caution here though, b ...
Climate change and habitat heterogeneity drive a population
... The effect of changing climatic conditions on wild populations has been the subject of much recent research. Most attention has been on the direct effects of climate changes on species of lower trophic levels and on the negative consequences of climate change. However, a deeper understanding of how ...
... The effect of changing climatic conditions on wild populations has been the subject of much recent research. Most attention has been on the direct effects of climate changes on species of lower trophic levels and on the negative consequences of climate change. However, a deeper understanding of how ...
DRAFT of first half of report
... centuries. More recently environmental writers have been advising on the need for sound ecological management to mitigate the impacts of a range of natural hazards for 30 years or more3. This report repeats many of these calls, but concentrates on one specific conservation strategy, protected areas. ...
... centuries. More recently environmental writers have been advising on the need for sound ecological management to mitigate the impacts of a range of natural hazards for 30 years or more3. This report repeats many of these calls, but concentrates on one specific conservation strategy, protected areas. ...
Decision analysis and rational action
... for individual and collective decisionmaking. It is perhaps surprising, therefore, that the fundamental conceptual framework for climate change decisionmaking has received so very little scrutiny in such a large literature. An exception is Arrow et al. (1996a: 62) who adumbrated the fairly restricti ...
... for individual and collective decisionmaking. It is perhaps surprising, therefore, that the fundamental conceptual framework for climate change decisionmaking has received so very little scrutiny in such a large literature. An exception is Arrow et al. (1996a: 62) who adumbrated the fairly restricti ...
Discounting China`s CDM Dams
... Without this natural “greenhouse effect,” temperatures would be about 60°F lower than they are now, and life as we know it today would not be possible.4 ...
... Without this natural “greenhouse effect,” temperatures would be about 60°F lower than they are now, and life as we know it today would not be possible.4 ...
Southern Ocean warming delayed by circumpolar up
... The SHF observations are comprised of turbulent fluxes of sensible and latent heat estimated from bulk formulae, as well as surface radiation derived from satellite observations23 . Although these SHFs are limited in accuracy23, 27 and spatial coverage (with no observations available under sea ice), ...
... The SHF observations are comprised of turbulent fluxes of sensible and latent heat estimated from bulk formulae, as well as surface radiation derived from satellite observations23 . Although these SHFs are limited in accuracy23, 27 and spatial coverage (with no observations available under sea ice), ...
Climate change information for adaptation: Climate trends and
... Many people postpone action to adapt their businesses and management activities to the changing climate because of uncertainties about future climatic conditions. It is true that the range of projected futures becomes rather large by the end of the century. This is due to uncertainties about future ...
... Many people postpone action to adapt their businesses and management activities to the changing climate because of uncertainties about future climatic conditions. It is true that the range of projected futures becomes rather large by the end of the century. This is due to uncertainties about future ...
Likely ecological impacts of global warming and climate change on
... exclusively due to human activity. Atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide are now 100 parts per million above those seen over the past 650,000 years, and rates of increase are 2-3 orders of magnitude above most of those periods in which the temperature of the planet changed. It is probable tha ...
... exclusively due to human activity. Atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide are now 100 parts per million above those seen over the past 650,000 years, and rates of increase are 2-3 orders of magnitude above most of those periods in which the temperature of the planet changed. It is probable tha ...
Technical note on science- based targets
... sources, and/or the company producing its own electricity. Describing how reductions are made in scope 2 provides visibility regarding a company’s efforts to reduce its direct vs. indirect emissions. This information may be scored in the future. There are several additional questions this year regar ...
... sources, and/or the company producing its own electricity. Describing how reductions are made in scope 2 provides visibility regarding a company’s efforts to reduce its direct vs. indirect emissions. This information may be scored in the future. There are several additional questions this year regar ...
Environmental heterogeneity leads to higher plasticity in dry‐edge
... extreme events (Easterling 2000; Lloret et al. 2012). Functional traits related to drought tolerance, as well as their plasticity, may enhance plant fitness in water-limited environments (Dudley 1996; Heschel et al. 2002; Ludwig et al. 2004). Thus, their potential to evolve by natural selection may d ...
... extreme events (Easterling 2000; Lloret et al. 2012). Functional traits related to drought tolerance, as well as their plasticity, may enhance plant fitness in water-limited environments (Dudley 1996; Heschel et al. 2002; Ludwig et al. 2004). Thus, their potential to evolve by natural selection may d ...
Development in the News
... http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionalsnetwork/barclays-partner-zone/global-youth-employment-hope 14. Climate change laws: time to act on the IPCC report? http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionalsnetwork/2014/mar/31/ipcc-climate-change-talks-national-legislation ...
... http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionalsnetwork/barclays-partner-zone/global-youth-employment-hope 14. Climate change laws: time to act on the IPCC report? http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionalsnetwork/2014/mar/31/ipcc-climate-change-talks-national-legislation ...
5. Analysis of effects of the megatrends - Eionet Forum
... changing slowly and exerting considerable force that will influence a wide array of areas, including social, technological, economic, environmental and political dimensions.”2 A complementary definition notes that megatrends “...indicate a widespread trend of major impact, composed of subtrends whic ...
... changing slowly and exerting considerable force that will influence a wide array of areas, including social, technological, economic, environmental and political dimensions.”2 A complementary definition notes that megatrends “...indicate a widespread trend of major impact, composed of subtrends whic ...
Climate-Resilient Groundwater Management
... While it is widely acknowledged that groundwater management must be improved, there is less clarity around what constitutes sustainable groundwater management (Rudestam and Langridge 2014). The remainder of this paper focuses on different metrics used to measure and monitor sustainable groundwater m ...
... While it is widely acknowledged that groundwater management must be improved, there is less clarity around what constitutes sustainable groundwater management (Rudestam and Langridge 2014). The remainder of this paper focuses on different metrics used to measure and monitor sustainable groundwater m ...
Behavioural Climate Change Mitigation Options
... choices are in large part habitual. A first relevant policy instrument that addresses this consists of school-based intervention programs. Habits develop early in life, and it is therefore important to help children develop healthy and sustainable habits at a young age. Another way in which habits c ...
... choices are in large part habitual. A first relevant policy instrument that addresses this consists of school-based intervention programs. Habits develop early in life, and it is therefore important to help children develop healthy and sustainable habits at a young age. Another way in which habits c ...
Climate Futures for Tasmania: water and catchments technical report
... The Climate Futures for Tasmania research project is Tasmania’s most important source of climate change information at a local scale. It is an essential part of the Tasmanian Government’s climate change strategy and is invaluable in informing evidence-based decision making in all sectors of governme ...
... The Climate Futures for Tasmania research project is Tasmania’s most important source of climate change information at a local scale. It is an essential part of the Tasmanian Government’s climate change strategy and is invaluable in informing evidence-based decision making in all sectors of governme ...
Methane emission in various wetland habitats in the Biebrza Valley
... saturation of properly developing, natural peatlands, slow decomposition of organic matter induces organic carbon accumulation. In result, the methane (CH4) and the carbon dioxide (CO2), that become a side-product of anaerobic decomposition of organic matter, are being emitted to the atmosphere. CH4 ...
... saturation of properly developing, natural peatlands, slow decomposition of organic matter induces organic carbon accumulation. In result, the methane (CH4) and the carbon dioxide (CO2), that become a side-product of anaerobic decomposition of organic matter, are being emitted to the atmosphere. CH4 ...