A new decision sciences for complex systems
... conditions of deep uncertainty, decision-makers often seek such robust strategies (11). Often, such strategies are adaptive; that is, they evolve over time in response to new information. The key to this CAR approach is an inductive, rather than deductive, approach to quantitative reasoning. In trad ...
... conditions of deep uncertainty, decision-makers often seek such robust strategies (11). Often, such strategies are adaptive; that is, they evolve over time in response to new information. The key to this CAR approach is an inductive, rather than deductive, approach to quantitative reasoning. In trad ...
Climate changes and animal health and food safety
... focussed future research and development of food production in the context of climate change and animal health and food safety. • Research in robust production technologies – focusing on improved technologies making it possible to produce safe and healthy food in a more extreme and varying climate ...
... focussed future research and development of food production in the context of climate change and animal health and food safety. • Research in robust production technologies – focusing on improved technologies making it possible to produce safe and healthy food in a more extreme and varying climate ...
Is the Patent System Under Attack?
... Do We Need More Clean Innovation? One study finds that if we were limited to technologies available in 2005, the present value cost of achieving stabilization at 550 ppm CO2 would be over $20 trillion greater than with expected developments in energy efficiency, hydrogen energy technologies, advance ...
... Do We Need More Clean Innovation? One study finds that if we were limited to technologies available in 2005, the present value cost of achieving stabilization at 550 ppm CO2 would be over $20 trillion greater than with expected developments in energy efficiency, hydrogen energy technologies, advance ...
Cooperative Federalism and Climate Change
... the option to administer various programs to achieve the standards. In most instances, Congress explicitly gives states the authority to adopt standards that are more protective than federal standards. Local governments may have enforcement and monitoring responsibilities, as well as implement grant ...
... the option to administer various programs to achieve the standards. In most instances, Congress explicitly gives states the authority to adopt standards that are more protective than federal standards. Local governments may have enforcement and monitoring responsibilities, as well as implement grant ...
Impact of climate change on marine and coastal
... climate change for natural reasons (lack of water), because of their lifestyle and developments concentrated along the coast. These emerging countries are all the more vulnerable as they are not properly equipped in terms of technical and financial means in order to improve their store of knowledge ...
... climate change for natural reasons (lack of water), because of their lifestyle and developments concentrated along the coast. These emerging countries are all the more vulnerable as they are not properly equipped in terms of technical and financial means in order to improve their store of knowledge ...
GILDED WP3 report – draft
... change. Information campaigns might thus fare better if they draw on widespread ideas of wise resource use instead of solely on climate change and carbon emissions. The quantitative study showed that most respondents do think climate change is a serious problem, believe that climate change is caused ...
... change. Information campaigns might thus fare better if they draw on widespread ideas of wise resource use instead of solely on climate change and carbon emissions. The quantitative study showed that most respondents do think climate change is a serious problem, believe that climate change is caused ...
aerosols - climateknowledge.org
... • Sea-ice impacts heat exchange between ocean and atmosphere • Sea-ice impacts solar absorption of ocean • North Atlantic sea-ice and ocean interaction very important to the climate • Think Gulf Stream • Think climate and people and economy • Is there a natural feedback that stabilizes climate? • Ev ...
... • Sea-ice impacts heat exchange between ocean and atmosphere • Sea-ice impacts solar absorption of ocean • North Atlantic sea-ice and ocean interaction very important to the climate • Think Gulf Stream • Think climate and people and economy • Is there a natural feedback that stabilizes climate? • Ev ...
City of Vancouver Sea Level Rise Background
... • 17 ha of natural shoreline habitat • Almost 18 km of beaches surround Vancouver, including ten ocean-side locations and one fresh water lake. ...
... • 17 ha of natural shoreline habitat • Almost 18 km of beaches surround Vancouver, including ten ocean-side locations and one fresh water lake. ...
Public Enemy No. 1? Understanding Media Representations of
... (Signals and) Noise” Numerous events in recent years have recalibrated “contrarian” considerations in the public arena. For example, in October 2009, possibilities for “global cooling” (echoing claims made in the 1970s) permeated mass media accounts. The news hook was that the U.K. Met Office’s Hadl ...
... (Signals and) Noise” Numerous events in recent years have recalibrated “contrarian” considerations in the public arena. For example, in October 2009, possibilities for “global cooling” (echoing claims made in the 1970s) permeated mass media accounts. The news hook was that the U.K. Met Office’s Hadl ...
Air Pollution, Climate Change, and Ozone Depletion
... warmer climate and others will suffer from melting ice, rising sea levels, more extreme weather events, increased drought and floods, and shifts in locations of wildlife habitats and agricultural areas. ...
... warmer climate and others will suffer from melting ice, rising sea levels, more extreme weather events, increased drought and floods, and shifts in locations of wildlife habitats and agricultural areas. ...
The MDGs have no relevance
... ‘While the MDGs are important they miss the point about how you get there. It’s the wrong starting place for where we need to be post 2015 but that doesn’t mean we throw it out at this point, we get what we can out of it.’ Think Tank, Female, UK ...
... ‘While the MDGs are important they miss the point about how you get there. It’s the wrong starting place for where we need to be post 2015 but that doesn’t mean we throw it out at this point, we get what we can out of it.’ Think Tank, Female, UK ...
Mitigation Strategies— Potentials and Problems
... “…investigate and study the serious and sweeping issues relating to global climate change and make recommendations regarding what steps must be taken and what strategies must be adopted in response to global climate change ...” (2008) Focus on actions to reduce domestic greenhouse gas emissions and ...
... “…investigate and study the serious and sweeping issues relating to global climate change and make recommendations regarding what steps must be taken and what strategies must be adopted in response to global climate change ...” (2008) Focus on actions to reduce domestic greenhouse gas emissions and ...
Climate Choices for a Sustainable Southwest
... This chapter provides an integrated overview of solutions and choices for responding to climate change in ways that reduce risks and support sustainable development in the Southwest. The goal is to illustrate the range of choices for responding to climate change, along with some of the relevant trad ...
... This chapter provides an integrated overview of solutions and choices for responding to climate change in ways that reduce risks and support sustainable development in the Southwest. The goal is to illustrate the range of choices for responding to climate change, along with some of the relevant trad ...
Assuring Water for Food and Environmental Security
... The Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture Process and Timeline ...
... The Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture Process and Timeline ...
See presentation by Dr. Aonghus McNabola
... The EPA national emissions inventory for 2013 showed that the private diesel passenger car is now the single largest contributor to road transport emissions of CO2 and PM. ...
... The EPA national emissions inventory for 2013 showed that the private diesel passenger car is now the single largest contributor to road transport emissions of CO2 and PM. ...
Domain Parklands Master Plan Factsheet
... population growth. These will place pressure on our built environment, services and people. 1. Climate change impacts to our health and wellbeing are a significant concern for our city. Climate change science indicates that Melbourne is likely to experience an increase in the frequency and severity ...
... population growth. These will place pressure on our built environment, services and people. 1. Climate change impacts to our health and wellbeing are a significant concern for our city. Climate change science indicates that Melbourne is likely to experience an increase in the frequency and severity ...
Observed Strengthening of the Zonal Sea Surface Temperature Gradient
... trends in DxSST depends on the use of a robust method for slope estimation. For example, the trend in Fig. 3a, as estimated by least squares regression, is 0.298C century21 with 95% confidence limits of 20.028 and 0.618C century21. Therefore, apart from the season when DxSST is weakest, robust stati ...
... trends in DxSST depends on the use of a robust method for slope estimation. For example, the trend in Fig. 3a, as estimated by least squares regression, is 0.298C century21 with 95% confidence limits of 20.028 and 0.618C century21. Therefore, apart from the season when DxSST is weakest, robust stati ...
Submission from Russian Federation with views on
... ecosystems such as steppe, savannah, tundra and peatlands with a view to identifying and quantifying the impact of human activities. In reply to the SBSTA request Russian Federation have provided in the framework of Research Dialogue at the 38th session of SBSTA and during the UNFCCC COP 19 in 2013 ...
... ecosystems such as steppe, savannah, tundra and peatlands with a view to identifying and quantifying the impact of human activities. In reply to the SBSTA request Russian Federation have provided in the framework of Research Dialogue at the 38th session of SBSTA and during the UNFCCC COP 19 in 2013 ...
Working Paper 7: Climate Change and Agriculture: Analysis of
... too has had its share of the increased climate variability and long-term changes. Incidences of extreme weather events like droughts and large fluctuations in precipitation patterns particularly the shortening of the length of growing periods have been occurring with increased frequency (Hassan, 200 ...
... too has had its share of the increased climate variability and long-term changes. Incidences of extreme weather events like droughts and large fluctuations in precipitation patterns particularly the shortening of the length of growing periods have been occurring with increased frequency (Hassan, 200 ...
Future Climate: Projected Average
... Southwest and is closely related to Chapter 7, which is concerned with the implications of climate change on shorter period phenomena, especially extreme events. The projections derive from the outcomes of several global climate models, and associated “downscaled” regional climate simulations, using ...
... Southwest and is closely related to Chapter 7, which is concerned with the implications of climate change on shorter period phenomena, especially extreme events. The projections derive from the outcomes of several global climate models, and associated “downscaled” regional climate simulations, using ...
Marine boundary layer clouds at the heart of tropical cloud feedback
... into more cumuliform clouds (trade cumulus), and thus to a smaller cloud fraction and a less negative SW CRF. Such a transition can occur if the SST increase is associated with a decrease of the lower tropospheric static stability and/or with an increase of the planetary boundary-layer (PBL) decoupl ...
... into more cumuliform clouds (trade cumulus), and thus to a smaller cloud fraction and a less negative SW CRF. Such a transition can occur if the SST increase is associated with a decrease of the lower tropospheric static stability and/or with an increase of the planetary boundary-layer (PBL) decoupl ...
The Price Tag of Being Young
... fuel industry, proper investment in a just transition to a clean energy economy could lead to an important economic revitalization. For the millennial generation, today’s status quo on climate and inequality is not only unjust but it is also unsustainable. A powerful, principled, and deeply American ...
... fuel industry, proper investment in a just transition to a clean energy economy could lead to an important economic revitalization. For the millennial generation, today’s status quo on climate and inequality is not only unjust but it is also unsustainable. A powerful, principled, and deeply American ...
Cruz_pres
... • Medium-term development/investment plans with strong anti-poverty, sustainable development and green job agenda • Disaster management/ Risk reduction plans with strong employment/social perspective • Accessible risk management and risk reduction facilities including risk ...
... • Medium-term development/investment plans with strong anti-poverty, sustainable development and green job agenda • Disaster management/ Risk reduction plans with strong employment/social perspective • Accessible risk management and risk reduction facilities including risk ...