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... Since 1900, hurricanes and tropical storms (tropical cyclones) making landfall in the United States (U.S.) have resulted in over a trillion dollars in economic damage, adjusted to 2005 levels of inflation, wealth, and population distribution (Pielke et al. 2008). These natural disasters clearly have ...
... Since 1900, hurricanes and tropical storms (tropical cyclones) making landfall in the United States (U.S.) have resulted in over a trillion dollars in economic damage, adjusted to 2005 levels of inflation, wealth, and population distribution (Pielke et al. 2008). These natural disasters clearly have ...
Author`s personal copy - University of Alberta
... change. During the last 10,000 years, the Earth has experienced a period of unusual environmental stability compared to previous millennia, which exacerbates the uncertainties regarding what may happen in the near and distant future. Current global change is multidimensional by nature (Rockström et ...
... change. During the last 10,000 years, the Earth has experienced a period of unusual environmental stability compared to previous millennia, which exacerbates the uncertainties regarding what may happen in the near and distant future. Current global change is multidimensional by nature (Rockström et ...
Emissions Trading: Dairy industry response
... highest priority as it will impact industry cost structures Emissions mitigation is a major directive for all industries including agriculture Dairy farming businesses need immediate and longer term access to practical information, the tools and guidance on what systems can be applied directly t ...
... highest priority as it will impact industry cost structures Emissions mitigation is a major directive for all industries including agriculture Dairy farming businesses need immediate and longer term access to practical information, the tools and guidance on what systems can be applied directly t ...
1 - QUBES hub
... Introduction Climate change as a result of anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is clear in both climatological and biological data. Global temperatures have increased by 0.74°C ± 0.18°C over the past 100 years (1906-2005), although some regions experience locally greater warming (IPCC 2007) ...
... Introduction Climate change as a result of anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is clear in both climatological and biological data. Global temperatures have increased by 0.74°C ± 0.18°C over the past 100 years (1906-2005), although some regions experience locally greater warming (IPCC 2007) ...
Public Understanding of Climate Change in the United States
... change phenomena is reflected in ever more definitive language in consensus judgments of the scientific community, such as the IPCC Assessment Reports of 1990, 1995, 2001, and 2007 and other independent assessments of the evidence (e.g., Karl et al., 2009; National Research Council, 2010a, 2011). Of ...
... change phenomena is reflected in ever more definitive language in consensus judgments of the scientific community, such as the IPCC Assessment Reports of 1990, 1995, 2001, and 2007 and other independent assessments of the evidence (e.g., Karl et al., 2009; National Research Council, 2010a, 2011). Of ...
Geotourism and Climate Change Paradoxes and Promises
... Climatic conditions are extremely important for tourism because of the extent to which they influence the relative accessibility and attractiveness of a given location (UNWTOUNEP-WMO, 2008). Climate change influences the seasonality of a tourism location or attraction because of the extent to which ...
... Climatic conditions are extremely important for tourism because of the extent to which they influence the relative accessibility and attractiveness of a given location (UNWTOUNEP-WMO, 2008). Climate change influences the seasonality of a tourism location or attraction because of the extent to which ...
Economic and social benefits of meteorology and
... ABSTRACT: National Meteorological Services provide meteorological data, information, forecasts and various related products, which are important for the smooth functioning of many aspects in economy, administration and society. The merit of meteorological services cannot be deduced directly from the ...
... ABSTRACT: National Meteorological Services provide meteorological data, information, forecasts and various related products, which are important for the smooth functioning of many aspects in economy, administration and society. The merit of meteorological services cannot be deduced directly from the ...
Vulnerability Assessment towards heat waves in
... Resilient Cities 2011 Session G 4 Tackling the effects of climate change: Urban heat islands ...
... Resilient Cities 2011 Session G 4 Tackling the effects of climate change: Urban heat islands ...
Vote 30 - Amazon Web Services
... maximised, the interface between the environment and development effectively managed and, wherever possible, that it stimulates economic growth that supports transformation. The top strategic priority areas for the Department over the medium-term include: providing support to local Government in the ...
... maximised, the interface between the environment and development effectively managed and, wherever possible, that it stimulates economic growth that supports transformation. The top strategic priority areas for the Department over the medium-term include: providing support to local Government in the ...
Impacts of Europe`s changing climate
... Various adaptation measures are available to reduce these risks. But there are limits to adaptation: due to the thermal inertia of the oceans, sea‑level rise would not stop by 2100 even if greenhouse gas concentrations were stabilised. Over a period of centuries and millennia, a very large SLR could ...
... Various adaptation measures are available to reduce these risks. But there are limits to adaptation: due to the thermal inertia of the oceans, sea‑level rise would not stop by 2100 even if greenhouse gas concentrations were stabilised. Over a period of centuries and millennia, a very large SLR could ...
Public Understanding of Climate Change in the United States
... change phenomena is reflected in ever more definitive language in consensus judgments of the scientific community, such as the IPCC Assessment Reports of 1990, 1995, 2001, and 2007 and other independent assessments of the evidence (e.g., Karl et al., 2009; National Research Council, 2010a, 2011). Of ...
... change phenomena is reflected in ever more definitive language in consensus judgments of the scientific community, such as the IPCC Assessment Reports of 1990, 1995, 2001, and 2007 and other independent assessments of the evidence (e.g., Karl et al., 2009; National Research Council, 2010a, 2011). Of ...
Peer Reviewed Publications
... Löfstedt RE. Good and bad examples of sitting and building biosafety level 4 laboratories: a study of Winnipeg, Galveston and Etobicoke. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2002; 93: 47-66. Löfstedt RE. Trust and the nuclear power industry. Environment, 2001; 43:41-43. Sinclair P, Löfstedt RE. The influ ...
... Löfstedt RE. Good and bad examples of sitting and building biosafety level 4 laboratories: a study of Winnipeg, Galveston and Etobicoke. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2002; 93: 47-66. Löfstedt RE. Trust and the nuclear power industry. Environment, 2001; 43:41-43. Sinclair P, Löfstedt RE. The influ ...
- UNDP Climate Change Adaptation
... Benin to promote development which is resilient to climate change at the national and local levels. The project is focused on strengthening the capacity of national and sub-national entities to monitor climate change, generate reliable hydro-meteorological information (including forecasts) and to be ...
... Benin to promote development which is resilient to climate change at the national and local levels. The project is focused on strengthening the capacity of national and sub-national entities to monitor climate change, generate reliable hydro-meteorological information (including forecasts) and to be ...
i. executive summary
... currently being consulted with a wide range of stakeholders. A social innovation campaign for DRR/CCA has been completed with the identification of 5 prototypes that can reduce risk and impact of natural disasters at the community level for further development and testing. The on-going development o ...
... currently being consulted with a wide range of stakeholders. A social innovation campaign for DRR/CCA has been completed with the identification of 5 prototypes that can reduce risk and impact of natural disasters at the community level for further development and testing. The on-going development o ...
nd-gain_technical_document_2015_do_not_print
... Focus on sectors and components that have impacts on human well-being, including biophysical impacts of climate change on a country's society, and the socioeconomic factors that either amplify or reduce such impacts. ...
... Focus on sectors and components that have impacts on human well-being, including biophysical impacts of climate change on a country's society, and the socioeconomic factors that either amplify or reduce such impacts. ...
2015 Conference Schedule
... Inspired by Dr. Vandana Shiva’s book, Soil Not Oil; Environmental Justice in an Age of Climate Justice, this conference has been organized by the people for the people. With the help of hundreds of individuals, organizations and sponsors, offering ideas, promotion, hands-on involvement and support w ...
... Inspired by Dr. Vandana Shiva’s book, Soil Not Oil; Environmental Justice in an Age of Climate Justice, this conference has been organized by the people for the people. With the help of hundreds of individuals, organizations and sponsors, offering ideas, promotion, hands-on involvement and support w ...
International Workshop on Mainstreaming Adaptation to Climate
... Many development efforts and impacts are at risk if climate change is not taken into account. It is therefore necessary to integrate adaptation into different levels of development work, in addition to support to stand-alone climate change adaptation programmes. A number of actors in the fields of s ...
... Many development efforts and impacts are at risk if climate change is not taken into account. It is therefore necessary to integrate adaptation into different levels of development work, in addition to support to stand-alone climate change adaptation programmes. A number of actors in the fields of s ...
Green Resilience: Climate Adaptation + Mitigation Synergies
... Reflections on Policy, Research, Capacity Building and Funding Needs With this background on how the process of connecting adaptation and mitigation, we can now delve into how climate A+M fits into the policy, research, and funding aspects at the community and national levels. Susan Ruffo provided a ...
... Reflections on Policy, Research, Capacity Building and Funding Needs With this background on how the process of connecting adaptation and mitigation, we can now delve into how climate A+M fits into the policy, research, and funding aspects at the community and national levels. Susan Ruffo provided a ...
Antagonism, The Commons and Solidarity
... interventions. The ways that these geographies of power are contested frequently produce antagonistic politics of climate change. They also produce a set of political interventions that can usefully be described as ‘environmentalisms of the poor’ (Martinez-Alier, 2003) that contest assumptions that ...
... interventions. The ways that these geographies of power are contested frequently produce antagonistic politics of climate change. They also produce a set of political interventions that can usefully be described as ‘environmentalisms of the poor’ (Martinez-Alier, 2003) that contest assumptions that ...
Planning Horizons no.2 | Future
... it is timely to review the challenges that we face now and their potential to shape professional planning for the next 100 years. Our Planning Horizons series of papers considers how planning needs to respond to some of the major challenges we face in the twenty-first century. These challenges are a ...
... it is timely to review the challenges that we face now and their potential to shape professional planning for the next 100 years. Our Planning Horizons series of papers considers how planning needs to respond to some of the major challenges we face in the twenty-first century. These challenges are a ...
Presentation title
... Question 1: What impact could weather and climate change could have on your community? — Has your community suffer from flooding, water use restrictions, overheating or subsidence in the past? — What problems do they cause for the community? — Which risks have the biggest impact? — Could these risks ...
... Question 1: What impact could weather and climate change could have on your community? — Has your community suffer from flooding, water use restrictions, overheating or subsidence in the past? — What problems do they cause for the community? — Which risks have the biggest impact? — Could these risks ...
Coupled Simulations of the 20th-Century including External Forcing
... composed mostly of sulfuric acid can strongly impact Earth’s radiative balance (Kelly and Sear, 1984; Bradley, 1988; McCormick et al., 1995). Particularly large tropical events that spread the aerosol over both hemispheres are able to influence the global climate. Only a small number of events prod ...
... composed mostly of sulfuric acid can strongly impact Earth’s radiative balance (Kelly and Sear, 1984; Bradley, 1988; McCormick et al., 1995). Particularly large tropical events that spread the aerosol over both hemispheres are able to influence the global climate. Only a small number of events prod ...
Inaugural Lecture
... • Using models and observations to establish that: – 20th century climate change is likely to be human driven with greenhouse gas warming being offset by natural and other human drivers – That external drivers are an important driver of natural climate variability – That humans might have affected 1 ...
... • Using models and observations to establish that: – 20th century climate change is likely to be human driven with greenhouse gas warming being offset by natural and other human drivers – That external drivers are an important driver of natural climate variability – That humans might have affected 1 ...