here - Resilient Cities
... Professor, Vice Dean of Research, Smart Cities coordinator, Architect Annemie leads a work package on resilient architecture and infrastructure in FP7-funded project RAMSES. The aim of the work package is to develop an indicator taxonomy for climate-resilient architecture, infrastructure and urban f ...
... Professor, Vice Dean of Research, Smart Cities coordinator, Architect Annemie leads a work package on resilient architecture and infrastructure in FP7-funded project RAMSES. The aim of the work package is to develop an indicator taxonomy for climate-resilient architecture, infrastructure and urban f ...
Exam links: Using this issue for AQA geography
... Development and globalisation, and in particular that section dealing with cultural aspects of the two concepts. It can also be used in the final section of the option where students are required to examine the development issue ‘Sustainable tourism: myth or reality?’ The Jarawa are one of four smal ...
... Development and globalisation, and in particular that section dealing with cultural aspects of the two concepts. It can also be used in the final section of the option where students are required to examine the development issue ‘Sustainable tourism: myth or reality?’ The Jarawa are one of four smal ...
Professor Mark Merrifield, Director, Sea Level Centre
... 4. The article quotes Dr Howard Brady as saying ‘the divergence between the sealevel trends from models and sea-level trends from the tidal gauge records was now so great “it is clear there is a serious problem with the modelling”’. Do you agree with Dr Brady’s assertion that this report calls into ...
... 4. The article quotes Dr Howard Brady as saying ‘the divergence between the sealevel trends from models and sea-level trends from the tidal gauge records was now so great “it is clear there is a serious problem with the modelling”’. Do you agree with Dr Brady’s assertion that this report calls into ...
On the Impact of Weather and Climate on
... survey data from Ethiopia. As we argued earlier, the essence of controlling for both climate and weather factors is to ensure that the full range of adaptation options (to both weather variability and weather change) are taken into account in the Ricardian analysis. While previous studies assume tha ...
... survey data from Ethiopia. As we argued earlier, the essence of controlling for both climate and weather factors is to ensure that the full range of adaptation options (to both weather variability and weather change) are taken into account in the Ricardian analysis. While previous studies assume tha ...
Cryosphere
... al. 2005). It is difficult to accurately measure snow cover in the southern hemisphere because so few areas outside Antarctica receive any snow cover at all. Long term data on snow cover is limited, making it difficult to say conclusively that these decreases are the result of an increase in surface ...
... al. 2005). It is difficult to accurately measure snow cover in the southern hemisphere because so few areas outside Antarctica receive any snow cover at all. Long term data on snow cover is limited, making it difficult to say conclusively that these decreases are the result of an increase in surface ...
Applying the Precautionary Principle to Global Warming
... Regardless of the uncertainties surrounding the impacts, unless fossil fuel emissions from both developed and developing countries are curtailed drastically, a number of developments are likely. These developments include: • Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations will most likely continue to rise ...
... Regardless of the uncertainties surrounding the impacts, unless fossil fuel emissions from both developed and developing countries are curtailed drastically, a number of developments are likely. These developments include: • Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations will most likely continue to rise ...
Mobility choices and climate change
... • “Social norms” what are they? • Economic incentives: – “carbon” tax (additional to current fuel duties) – “quotas”: Personal Carbon Allowances (“carbon trading”) – “bonus-malus”: a bonus for emitting less than a given threshold, a malus for emitting more (i.e. feebate) ...
... • “Social norms” what are they? • Economic incentives: – “carbon” tax (additional to current fuel duties) – “quotas”: Personal Carbon Allowances (“carbon trading”) – “bonus-malus”: a bonus for emitting less than a given threshold, a malus for emitting more (i.e. feebate) ...
Public Health: Adapting to Climate Change
... weather conditions that lead to dangerous heat stress. The many epidemics of heat‐caused deaths have identified those who need to be protected during heat waves, and there is a single stressor, heat, to avoid. Heat watch systems have been implemented and proven effective (Ebi and Schmier 2005). T ...
... weather conditions that lead to dangerous heat stress. The many epidemics of heat‐caused deaths have identified those who need to be protected during heat waves, and there is a single stressor, heat, to avoid. Heat watch systems have been implemented and proven effective (Ebi and Schmier 2005). T ...
451kB - Surrey Research Insight Open Access
... were our parents thinking? Why didn’t they wake up when they had a chance?” We have to ...
... were our parents thinking? Why didn’t they wake up when they had a chance?” We have to ...
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... specialists and first responders are not even close to being prepared to handle scale and intensity of impacts that will arise from the harsher conditions and disasters that global warming will unleash. It is not that we haven’t experienced natural disasters before, but the scientific data show that ...
... specialists and first responders are not even close to being prepared to handle scale and intensity of impacts that will arise from the harsher conditions and disasters that global warming will unleash. It is not that we haven’t experienced natural disasters before, but the scientific data show that ...
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... increase in annual rainfall (probable changes by 2099) the productivity of Indian agriculture, measured as net returns per hectare of cropped area, will be 8-12 per cent less than without such changes. Guiteras (2007) has reported that with a rise in annual temperature rises by 0.5°C and increase in ...
... increase in annual rainfall (probable changes by 2099) the productivity of Indian agriculture, measured as net returns per hectare of cropped area, will be 8-12 per cent less than without such changes. Guiteras (2007) has reported that with a rise in annual temperature rises by 0.5°C and increase in ...
Down-scaling CC_07072014 - cgiar-cac
... • Prepare the tools and data used for launching at the project website (as well as ICARDA and SWAT web sites) (Dr. Raghavan Srinivasan, Dr. Mariya Glazirina, Mr. Tulkun Yuldashev, and Dr. Akmal Akramkhanov); • Prepare and publish the manual to guide users on downloading GCM data, down-scaling and bi ...
... • Prepare the tools and data used for launching at the project website (as well as ICARDA and SWAT web sites) (Dr. Raghavan Srinivasan, Dr. Mariya Glazirina, Mr. Tulkun Yuldashev, and Dr. Akmal Akramkhanov); • Prepare and publish the manual to guide users on downloading GCM data, down-scaling and bi ...
IJTK 10(1) 57-70
... populations will not have the economic backing in order to cope with such events and will, therefore, suffer health and economic consequences aggravating the state of an already troubled region. According to Barbara Stocking, the CEO of OXFAM, rich countries should be leading the way in emissions re ...
... populations will not have the economic backing in order to cope with such events and will, therefore, suffer health and economic consequences aggravating the state of an already troubled region. According to Barbara Stocking, the CEO of OXFAM, rich countries should be leading the way in emissions re ...
Focal Area and Cross Cutting Strategies * Chemicals
... GEF to provide financial resources for: “Capacity-building with the aim of increasing the effectiveness in addressing environmental issues through their commitments under the CBD, UNFCCC, and the UNCCD, inter alia, by applying the ecosystem approach” “Developing synergy-oriented programmes to conser ...
... GEF to provide financial resources for: “Capacity-building with the aim of increasing the effectiveness in addressing environmental issues through their commitments under the CBD, UNFCCC, and the UNCCD, inter alia, by applying the ecosystem approach” “Developing synergy-oriented programmes to conser ...
WEATHERING CHANGE
... Participants from business sectors that have sometime been opposed to climate action said they were ready to engage in a discussion of concrete, local responses. Some said results can be achieved without stepping into climate politics at all. Many others noted that their businesses have already been ...
... Participants from business sectors that have sometime been opposed to climate action said they were ready to engage in a discussion of concrete, local responses. Some said results can be achieved without stepping into climate politics at all. Many others noted that their businesses have already been ...
TOL/Yohe
... intellectual leadership as humanity engages with its greatest challenge. While the details will be debated, the main thrust of the report is clear and compelling — the expected benefits of tackling climate change far outweigh the expected costs.” • Cameron Hepburn Oxford University Summer 2008 ...
... intellectual leadership as humanity engages with its greatest challenge. While the details will be debated, the main thrust of the report is clear and compelling — the expected benefits of tackling climate change far outweigh the expected costs.” • Cameron Hepburn Oxford University Summer 2008 ...
Which Species Are Most At Risk?
... Because the animals of the Arctic are so specialized to the extreme conditions in which they live, species diversity is low and the food web is relatively simple. The depletion of even one species when those conditions change could have a ripple effect on the entire food web. To avert disaster in th ...
... Because the animals of the Arctic are so specialized to the extreme conditions in which they live, species diversity is low and the food web is relatively simple. The depletion of even one species when those conditions change could have a ripple effect on the entire food web. To avert disaster in th ...
Warming Bad - Debate Central
... global warming was real and that the prior estimates of the rate of warming were correct. I’m now going a step further: Humans are almost entirely the cause. My total turnaround, in such a short time, is the result of careful and objective analysis by the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature project, ...
... global warming was real and that the prior estimates of the rate of warming were correct. I’m now going a step further: Humans are almost entirely the cause. My total turnaround, in such a short time, is the result of careful and objective analysis by the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature project, ...
The idea of anthropogenic global climate change in the 20th century
... scientists revived the hypothesis of global warming. Meanwhile, the exponential growth of human activity, especially chemical pollution and nuclear armaments, was showing that humanity really could affect the entire atmosphere. Moreover, during the 1960s research suggested that small perturbations m ...
... scientists revived the hypothesis of global warming. Meanwhile, the exponential growth of human activity, especially chemical pollution and nuclear armaments, was showing that humanity really could affect the entire atmosphere. Moreover, during the 1960s research suggested that small perturbations m ...
Climate change, the Food Energy Water Nexus
... require additional water to grow the plant feedstock and take arable land away from food produ ...
... require additional water to grow the plant feedstock and take arable land away from food produ ...
Climate Change and the Agriculture, Forestry and Land Use (AFOLU) Sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa
... areas with recurrent droughts, extreme precipitation and snow, damaging cyclones, sea level rise, ocean acidification and carbon dioxide fertilization. These trends may have varied effects on Agriculture, Forestry and Land Use (AFOLU). ...
... areas with recurrent droughts, extreme precipitation and snow, damaging cyclones, sea level rise, ocean acidification and carbon dioxide fertilization. These trends may have varied effects on Agriculture, Forestry and Land Use (AFOLU). ...
The Indo-Gangetic Plain of South Asia
... Climate Change and Food Security in the Indo-Gangetic Plain Analysing food system vulnerability ...
... Climate Change and Food Security in the Indo-Gangetic Plain Analysing food system vulnerability ...
Meander Valley
... rate to the rest of Tasmania (up to 0.1 °C per decade). Daily minimum temperatures have risen slightly more than daily maximum temperatures. There has also been a corresponding decline in average rainfall along with fewer wet years since the 1970s. This decrease in rainfall is most marked in autumn ...
... rate to the rest of Tasmania (up to 0.1 °C per decade). Daily minimum temperatures have risen slightly more than daily maximum temperatures. There has also been a corresponding decline in average rainfall along with fewer wet years since the 1970s. This decrease in rainfall is most marked in autumn ...
Australian rangelands and climate change – native species
... mammals. The modelling shows clearly that the impacts of climate change will a) vary across biological groups, and b) for a number of these groups, will be greater in some regions (Table 4.1). The three groups that will be most impacted by climate change are plants, snails and reptiles. The changes ...
... mammals. The modelling shows clearly that the impacts of climate change will a) vary across biological groups, and b) for a number of these groups, will be greater in some regions (Table 4.1). The three groups that will be most impacted by climate change are plants, snails and reptiles. The changes ...