Climate Change: Leading Practices by Provincial and Territorial
... Extensive use of renewable energy in government buildings, including 40% of electricity requirements for public works facilities supplied by certified green power (wind) and space heating needs at many government facilities from biomass-fired hot water district heating system Complete retrofit of al ...
... Extensive use of renewable energy in government buildings, including 40% of electricity requirements for public works facilities supplied by certified green power (wind) and space heating needs at many government facilities from biomass-fired hot water district heating system Complete retrofit of al ...
Climate policy implications of the hiatus in global warming
... reviewing the evidence for changing temperature trends, and then, drawing on the IPCC Report as well as other recent climatological studies, I look at what they imply both for climate models and the economic models used for analysing climate policy. One distinct possibility raised by the hiatus is t ...
... reviewing the evidence for changing temperature trends, and then, drawing on the IPCC Report as well as other recent climatological studies, I look at what they imply both for climate models and the economic models used for analysing climate policy. One distinct possibility raised by the hiatus is t ...
The Potential Impact of Climate Change on Soil Properties
... soil [2]. Soils are also important to food security [3–6], and climate change has the potential to threaten food security through its effects on soil properties and processes [7]. Understanding these effects, and what we may do to adapt to them, requires an understanding of how climate and soils int ...
... soil [2]. Soils are also important to food security [3–6], and climate change has the potential to threaten food security through its effects on soil properties and processes [7]. Understanding these effects, and what we may do to adapt to them, requires an understanding of how climate and soils int ...
Climate change and the world`s river basins
... taken now to enhance the resilience of riverine ecosys- Döll et al. 2003) to estimate changes in river discharge tems in the face of disturbance may minimize impacts, (combined surface runoff and groundwater recharge) and such as biodiversity loss or severe flooding. Even if no water stress for the ...
... taken now to enhance the resilience of riverine ecosys- Döll et al. 2003) to estimate changes in river discharge tems in the face of disturbance may minimize impacts, (combined surface runoff and groundwater recharge) and such as biodiversity loss or severe flooding. Even if no water stress for the ...
Miocene tectonics and climate forcing of biodiversity, western United
... faunas are likely. This model implies, however, that layer-specific faunal assemblages should be correlated with warm versus cold or wet versus dry climates, and that diversity reflects an area’s carrying capacity, not rates of origination, extinction, or immigration. In our model, these latter proc ...
... faunas are likely. This model implies, however, that layer-specific faunal assemblages should be correlated with warm versus cold or wet versus dry climates, and that diversity reflects an area’s carrying capacity, not rates of origination, extinction, or immigration. In our model, these latter proc ...
Global Health Threats: Global Warming in Perspective
... although global warming could become a greater public health threat in the foreseeable future, it will, nevertheless, remain a much smaller threat than other non-global-warming-related threats. Note that the above estimates do not explicitly consider changes in mortality due to reduced cold stress f ...
... although global warming could become a greater public health threat in the foreseeable future, it will, nevertheless, remain a much smaller threat than other non-global-warming-related threats. Note that the above estimates do not explicitly consider changes in mortality due to reduced cold stress f ...
Lecture 2 FINAL DRAFT
... success of policy proposals are deeply influenced by a host of socio-economic and political factors. More and better science and technology, alone, will not lead to optimal climate policies. Climate change policy makers face many challenges. They must deal with considerable and irreducible uncertain ...
... success of policy proposals are deeply influenced by a host of socio-economic and political factors. More and better science and technology, alone, will not lead to optimal climate policies. Climate change policy makers face many challenges. They must deal with considerable and irreducible uncertain ...
Positive feedback between future climate change
... temperature to atmospheric CO2 , and the second term represents the overall sensitivity of atmospheric CO2 to temperature. In our climate change simulation, the sensitivity of temperature to CO2 gradually decreases from 0.007 K/ppmv at 2 × CO2 to 0.003 K/ppmv at 4 × CO2 (Figure 4a). The CO2 sensitiv ...
... temperature to atmospheric CO2 , and the second term represents the overall sensitivity of atmospheric CO2 to temperature. In our climate change simulation, the sensitivity of temperature to CO2 gradually decreases from 0.007 K/ppmv at 2 × CO2 to 0.003 K/ppmv at 4 × CO2 (Figure 4a). The CO2 sensitiv ...
Community Adaptation Plan Bluefields, Jamaica
... Across the region, communities need to find ways of coping now and adapting in the future. Bluefields in Westmoreland, Jamaica is no exception. This Community Adaptation Plan is a positive step by the residents of Bluefields towards developing their community response to climate change. The plan is ...
... Across the region, communities need to find ways of coping now and adapting in the future. Bluefields in Westmoreland, Jamaica is no exception. This Community Adaptation Plan is a positive step by the residents of Bluefields towards developing their community response to climate change. The plan is ...
Global Warming - tfss-g4p
... http://www.greenfacts.org/climate-change/globalwarming/global-warming.htm, the future predictions that are caused as a result of global warming are: global mean temperature should increase by between 1.4 and 5.8°C (2.5 to ...
... http://www.greenfacts.org/climate-change/globalwarming/global-warming.htm, the future predictions that are caused as a result of global warming are: global mean temperature should increase by between 1.4 and 5.8°C (2.5 to ...
3. Plant health
... effects of heat and cold - or indirectly, for example, through altered human behaviours (e.g. forced migration, more time spent outdoors), the increased transmission of food or vectorborne diseases, or other effects of climate change, such as flooding. An increase in some of these impacts has alread ...
... effects of heat and cold - or indirectly, for example, through altered human behaviours (e.g. forced migration, more time spent outdoors), the increased transmission of food or vectorborne diseases, or other effects of climate change, such as flooding. An increase in some of these impacts has alread ...
Today, we continue our work on understanding the outlooks
... The following quote is from the syllabus of Dr. LeeAnn G. Kryder, for Writing 109AC: “Plagiarism is stealing. It is the copying of a part, or the whole, of another person’s work while promoting the text as if you created it. Avoid plagiarism by acknowledging the author or source of that idea or text ...
... The following quote is from the syllabus of Dr. LeeAnn G. Kryder, for Writing 109AC: “Plagiarism is stealing. It is the copying of a part, or the whole, of another person’s work while promoting the text as if you created it. Avoid plagiarism by acknowledging the author or source of that idea or text ...
impact of climate change on the runoff regime of an eastern
... Recent rise in global mean air and ocean temperatures, extensive melting of snow and ice, and rising global average sea levels are indicators of climate change and global warming. In the last century, historical data analyses have illustrated an overall rise in global surface air temperature by abou ...
... Recent rise in global mean air and ocean temperatures, extensive melting of snow and ice, and rising global average sea levels are indicators of climate change and global warming. In the last century, historical data analyses have illustrated an overall rise in global surface air temperature by abou ...
IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE RUNOFF REGIME OF AN
... Recent rise in global mean air and ocean temperatures, extensive melting of snow and ice, and rising global average sea levels are indicators of climate change and global warming. In the last century, historical data analyses have illustrated an overall rise in global surface air temperature by abou ...
... Recent rise in global mean air and ocean temperatures, extensive melting of snow and ice, and rising global average sea levels are indicators of climate change and global warming. In the last century, historical data analyses have illustrated an overall rise in global surface air temperature by abou ...
Motivated Recall in the Service of the Economic System
... change belief (Scruggs & Benegal, 2012). The economic context seemed to be an even stronger predictor of change in climate skepticism than other salient explanatory variables, such as skeptical media coverage (Krosnick, Holbrook, Lowe, & Visser, 2006) and conservative countermobilization (McCright & ...
... change belief (Scruggs & Benegal, 2012). The economic context seemed to be an even stronger predictor of change in climate skepticism than other salient explanatory variables, such as skeptical media coverage (Krosnick, Holbrook, Lowe, & Visser, 2006) and conservative countermobilization (McCright & ...
Assessment of impacts of agricultural and climate change scenarios
... fects of historical land use change due to the influence of Chinese government programs (Zuo et al., 2016; G. H. Liu et al., 2015; W. Liu et al., 2015) and scenarios that reflect hypothetical shifts between various percentages of urban, forest, agricultural and other land use (Zhang et al., 2015, 20 ...
... fects of historical land use change due to the influence of Chinese government programs (Zuo et al., 2016; G. H. Liu et al., 2015; W. Liu et al., 2015) and scenarios that reflect hypothetical shifts between various percentages of urban, forest, agricultural and other land use (Zhang et al., 2015, 20 ...
Migration and Climate - International Institute for Sustainable
... accepted figure—cited in respected publications from the IPCC to the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change.7 This is a daunting figure; representing a ten-fold increase over today’s entire documented refugee and internally displaced populations.8 To put the number in perspective it would m ...
... accepted figure—cited in respected publications from the IPCC to the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change.7 This is a daunting figure; representing a ten-fold increase over today’s entire documented refugee and internally displaced populations.8 To put the number in perspective it would m ...
Combating Climate Change by Keeping Land in
... www.farmland.org/GreenerFields #GreenerFields Climate change has, and will continue to have, dramatic effects on all New Yorkers – including farmers and citizens concerned about their food and where it comes from. In the future, farming and food production could be significantly impacted by severe w ...
... www.farmland.org/GreenerFields #GreenerFields Climate change has, and will continue to have, dramatic effects on all New Yorkers – including farmers and citizens concerned about their food and where it comes from. In the future, farming and food production could be significantly impacted by severe w ...
Climate change and coral reefs – key issues and risks for the
... climate resulting from the enhanced greenhouse effect. It encompasses a range of climate characteristics, including temperature, rainfall, storm intensity, etc. ...
... climate resulting from the enhanced greenhouse effect. It encompasses a range of climate characteristics, including temperature, rainfall, storm intensity, etc. ...
Dynamic and thermodynamic changes in mean and extreme
... discussion. Thanks are extended to Ian Watterson, Isaac Held, Julia Slingo, Chris Ferro, Richard Jones, Myles Allen, William Ingram, Pardeep Pall and an anonymous reviewer for helpful comments and discussion. We also acknowledge the international modeling groups for providing their data for analysis ...
... discussion. Thanks are extended to Ian Watterson, Isaac Held, Julia Slingo, Chris Ferro, Richard Jones, Myles Allen, William Ingram, Pardeep Pall and an anonymous reviewer for helpful comments and discussion. We also acknowledge the international modeling groups for providing their data for analysis ...
Preparing for the future – Ofwat`s climate change policy statement
... protecting consumers, promoting value and safeguarding the future. We examine the challenges of mitigation and adaptation. We then describe in more detail the areas in which climate change has an impact on the water and sewerage sectors and outline how we are responding to the key issues. We also hi ...
... protecting consumers, promoting value and safeguarding the future. We examine the challenges of mitigation and adaptation. We then describe in more detail the areas in which climate change has an impact on the water and sewerage sectors and outline how we are responding to the key issues. We also hi ...