A Trillion Dollar Opportunity
... Stretching from Mexico to Panama to Argentina, the LAC region is witnessing unprecedented increases in energy demand, population growth, and urbanization, as well as an acute need for improved infrastructure for more efficient industry, transport, and power. For this paper we looked at five of the l ...
... Stretching from Mexico to Panama to Argentina, the LAC region is witnessing unprecedented increases in energy demand, population growth, and urbanization, as well as an acute need for improved infrastructure for more efficient industry, transport, and power. For this paper we looked at five of the l ...
Overview Integrated planning Decision support system Modelling
... planning). LEAP provides powerful modelling capabilities, but is also flexible and transparent enough to easily incorporate data and results from more specialized models. LEAP’s modelling capabilities operate at two basic conceptual levels. At the first level, LEAP’s built-in calculations handle ‘no ...
... planning). LEAP provides powerful modelling capabilities, but is also flexible and transparent enough to easily incorporate data and results from more specialized models. LEAP’s modelling capabilities operate at two basic conceptual levels. At the first level, LEAP’s built-in calculations handle ‘no ...
Impact of climate change on sewer storage tank performance
... 4.1 Increasing storage volume When a failure event occurs due to tank overfilling, excess volumes of water are spilled from a large number of manholes. It was considered unwise to attempt to sum all the lost volumes from the manholes downstream as they are the result of a combination of effects incl ...
... 4.1 Increasing storage volume When a failure event occurs due to tank overfilling, excess volumes of water are spilled from a large number of manholes. It was considered unwise to attempt to sum all the lost volumes from the manholes downstream as they are the result of a combination of effects incl ...
Changing Risk Perceptions Policy Brief
... agricultural industry could face significant challenges with more frequent summer water shortages and reduced quality and production of valuable goods such as wine grapes and dairy products. These and other climate impacts have the potential to substantially affect key economic sectors and the quali ...
... agricultural industry could face significant challenges with more frequent summer water shortages and reduced quality and production of valuable goods such as wine grapes and dairy products. These and other climate impacts have the potential to substantially affect key economic sectors and the quali ...
The Angry Summer - Investor Group on Climate Change
... extreme hot weather will continue to become even more frequent and severe around the globe, including Australia, over the coming decades. It is also likely that the frequency of heavy rainfall will increase over many areas of the globe (IPCC, 2012). The preventative actions we take now and in the co ...
... extreme hot weather will continue to become even more frequent and severe around the globe, including Australia, over the coming decades. It is also likely that the frequency of heavy rainfall will increase over many areas of the globe (IPCC, 2012). The preventative actions we take now and in the co ...
Global warming under old and new scenarios using IPCC climate
... then re-sample the joint distribution of climate model parameters such that historically observed ocean’s surface and land’s air temperatures in both hemispheres8 , as well as ocean heat uptake observations9 , are matched. The resulting model set-up closely reflects the uncertainties in radiative fo ...
... then re-sample the joint distribution of climate model parameters such that historically observed ocean’s surface and land’s air temperatures in both hemispheres8 , as well as ocean heat uptake observations9 , are matched. The resulting model set-up closely reflects the uncertainties in radiative fo ...
Daejeon, UN/ESA/NASA/JAXA Workshop, 20
... Heliosphere are determined by their interactions with magnetic fields frozen in solar wind and in coronal mass ejections (CME) with accompanied shock waves (produced big magnetic storms during their interactions with the Earth’s Magnetosphere). The most difficult problem of monitoring and forecastin ...
... Heliosphere are determined by their interactions with magnetic fields frozen in solar wind and in coronal mass ejections (CME) with accompanied shock waves (produced big magnetic storms during their interactions with the Earth’s Magnetosphere). The most difficult problem of monitoring and forecastin ...
Request for CEO Endorsement - Global Environment Facility
... implementation of the REDD+ mechanism and electricity generation us¬ing clean technologies. This study also points out that achieving the goals for 2020 and 2050 will require incorporating an additional 17 actions to the PECC as well as a combi-nation of NAMAs, which would contribute 46.5 MtCO2 eq. ...
... implementation of the REDD+ mechanism and electricity generation us¬ing clean technologies. This study also points out that achieving the goals for 2020 and 2050 will require incorporating an additional 17 actions to the PECC as well as a combi-nation of NAMAs, which would contribute 46.5 MtCO2 eq. ...
Outlook 2013 PowerPoint Presentation
... precipitation, land use, sea level rise and ocean acidification (temperature is projected to increase by 3.5-6.5oC by 2100 relative to the 1901-1950 mean, the global precipitation anomaly increases from 0.02 mm/day in 2010 to a range of 0.25-0.42 mm/day in 2100, global sea level rise due to thermal ...
... precipitation, land use, sea level rise and ocean acidification (temperature is projected to increase by 3.5-6.5oC by 2100 relative to the 1901-1950 mean, the global precipitation anomaly increases from 0.02 mm/day in 2010 to a range of 0.25-0.42 mm/day in 2100, global sea level rise due to thermal ...
Gendering climate change”
... to the international society‟s ability to cooperate in coping with this new reality. The consequences of the climate changes are unequally distributed. The developing countries, due to both their geographical position and their social and economic capabilities, are far more vulnerable to the changin ...
... to the international society‟s ability to cooperate in coping with this new reality. The consequences of the climate changes are unequally distributed. The developing countries, due to both their geographical position and their social and economic capabilities, are far more vulnerable to the changin ...
The costs of adaptation: Working Paper 7 (260 kB) (opens in new window)
... 2. The evidence from sector and country studies Adaptation cost research started in the 1990s as part of early attempts to estimate the economic costs of climate change (Smith and Tirpak 1989, Cline 1992, Nordhaus 1994, Fankhauser 1995, Pearce et al 1995 and Tol 1995. A recent survey is Tol 2005). T ...
... 2. The evidence from sector and country studies Adaptation cost research started in the 1990s as part of early attempts to estimate the economic costs of climate change (Smith and Tirpak 1989, Cline 1992, Nordhaus 1994, Fankhauser 1995, Pearce et al 1995 and Tol 1995. A recent survey is Tol 2005). T ...
Introduction
... Soil management is key factor in the balance of N2O. This study shows that a reduced tillage and drier water regime can play a positive role in the mitigation of the N 2O emissions from the soil. The high variability of the EF should be further investigated by means of high frequency measurements (i ...
... Soil management is key factor in the balance of N2O. This study shows that a reduced tillage and drier water regime can play a positive role in the mitigation of the N 2O emissions from the soil. The high variability of the EF should be further investigated by means of high frequency measurements (i ...
Is it Ethical to Use a Single Probability Density Function?
... Ethical reasoning is required because climate change will affect many people in current and future generations. Quantitative analysis is required to understand how today’s actions might influence those potential consequences. But the character of many climate-related decisions – in particular deep u ...
... Ethical reasoning is required because climate change will affect many people in current and future generations. Quantitative analysis is required to understand how today’s actions might influence those potential consequences. But the character of many climate-related decisions – in particular deep u ...
Barriers to Municipal Climate Adaptation: Examples From Coastal
... 2013; Zimmerman & Faris, 2011). For example, communities can prevent development in vulnerable locations, use structures and materials able to withstand storm events at future projected intensities, and increase provisions for onsite water retention in regions where rainfall patterns are likely to b ...
... 2013; Zimmerman & Faris, 2011). For example, communities can prevent development in vulnerable locations, use structures and materials able to withstand storm events at future projected intensities, and increase provisions for onsite water retention in regions where rainfall patterns are likely to b ...
Accurate Answers to Professor Plimer`s 101 Climate Change
... Observed changes have already been attributed to human-induced climate change include: »» global temperatures have risen by 0.8 degrees Celsius during the past 100 years; »» sea levels are rising at a rate of 3.1 mm per yr; »» rainfall patterns are changing; »» the oceans are warming; »» there is mo ...
... Observed changes have already been attributed to human-induced climate change include: »» global temperatures have risen by 0.8 degrees Celsius during the past 100 years; »» sea levels are rising at a rate of 3.1 mm per yr; »» rainfall patterns are changing; »» the oceans are warming; »» there is mo ...
Climate Change Survey Measures: Exploring Perceived Bias and
... River and other basins (Frederick 1993). Increased mean temperatures might also have an impact on animal feed and production rates that would require considerable management changes in the regional livestock industry (Mader et al. 2007). The interaction between natural conditions and human factors, ...
... River and other basins (Frederick 1993). Increased mean temperatures might also have an impact on animal feed and production rates that would require considerable management changes in the regional livestock industry (Mader et al. 2007). The interaction between natural conditions and human factors, ...
ACP˚C Data and Information directions
... higher than in 2007. • 90% of this increase is expected to take place in non-OECD countries • In addition, 77% of the worldwide energy demand increase will be based on using fossil fuels. At the same time, 1.3 billion people will still lack access to electricity in 2030 • Within this context success ...
... higher than in 2007. • 90% of this increase is expected to take place in non-OECD countries • In addition, 77% of the worldwide energy demand increase will be based on using fossil fuels. At the same time, 1.3 billion people will still lack access to electricity in 2030 • Within this context success ...
Global Warming Primer here - National Center for Policy Analysis
... Part III: Responses to Future Warming Even though there have been few visible consequences of global warming in the 20th century, the latest United Nations report projects increased coastal flooding (due to sea levels rising approximately 17 inches) and millions of additional cases of malaria (as mo ...
... Part III: Responses to Future Warming Even though there have been few visible consequences of global warming in the 20th century, the latest United Nations report projects increased coastal flooding (due to sea levels rising approximately 17 inches) and millions of additional cases of malaria (as mo ...
PDF
... Climate change is all about uncertainty: uncertainty governing the natural processes involved, uncertainty arisen due to its long-term nature, uncertainty on how agents react to those phenomena or uncertainty on how every event is modelled. Most IAMs (including DICE) are deterministic and way too co ...
... Climate change is all about uncertainty: uncertainty governing the natural processes involved, uncertainty arisen due to its long-term nature, uncertainty on how agents react to those phenomena or uncertainty on how every event is modelled. Most IAMs (including DICE) are deterministic and way too co ...
Scenario
... Scenarios (SRES 2000) to project future climate change from 1990 (the base year for each scenario) through 2100. The dominant characteristics of the “storylines” used in the SRES are shown in Table 1. These characteristics describe the demographic, technological, economic and social trajectories dri ...
... Scenarios (SRES 2000) to project future climate change from 1990 (the base year for each scenario) through 2100. The dominant characteristics of the “storylines” used in the SRES are shown in Table 1. These characteristics describe the demographic, technological, economic and social trajectories dri ...
Adaptation Planning In New York City
... 100 miles north of New York City (NYC DEP, 2008) would be of interest to managers of only a small but important subset of infrastructure—reservoirs and water tunnels. Such a fine-scale assessment would benefit from more complex downscaling approaches than those applied here. ...
... 100 miles north of New York City (NYC DEP, 2008) would be of interest to managers of only a small but important subset of infrastructure—reservoirs and water tunnels. Such a fine-scale assessment would benefit from more complex downscaling approaches than those applied here. ...
Polar Bears in a Warming World
... Since the early 1980’s, observations have recorded a steady decline in sea ice in the Arctic. Due to an increased frequency of warming temperatures, scientists are observing slower ice growth in winter and faster ice melt in summer. Scientists are studying the reasons behind the sea ice loss and the ...
... Since the early 1980’s, observations have recorded a steady decline in sea ice in the Arctic. Due to an increased frequency of warming temperatures, scientists are observing slower ice growth in winter and faster ice melt in summer. Scientists are studying the reasons behind the sea ice loss and the ...
Development and Climate Change: A Strategic Framework for the
... The development challenge is to accelerate or maintain robust economic growth in poorer countries despite the asymmetric impacts of climate change. In addition to a higher burden of adaptation, these countries may also need to moderate their emissions trajectories within the constraints of much lowe ...
... The development challenge is to accelerate or maintain robust economic growth in poorer countries despite the asymmetric impacts of climate change. In addition to a higher burden of adaptation, these countries may also need to moderate their emissions trajectories within the constraints of much lowe ...
Under New Management - Forum for the Future
... tonnes of time, and it’s not going to be that bad anyway’ to variations on the theme of ‘It’s already too late!’ – pitched at varying levels of apocalyptic despair. This makes today’s debate about geoengineering all the more intriguing and spiky! There are still many campaigners who see the gath ...
... tonnes of time, and it’s not going to be that bad anyway’ to variations on the theme of ‘It’s already too late!’ – pitched at varying levels of apocalyptic despair. This makes today’s debate about geoengineering all the more intriguing and spiky! There are still many campaigners who see the gath ...
22nd conference of parties to the united nations
... as emphasized by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its Fifth Assessment Report: “Climate change is projected to increase the displacement of people throughout this century”.2 ...
... as emphasized by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its Fifth Assessment Report: “Climate change is projected to increase the displacement of people throughout this century”.2 ...