HSS_Interviews_07_27_08
... What are the scientific predictions on the short and long terms effects of Global Warming on the planet and humanity? Pierre-Richard Cornely – Section 5 ...
... What are the scientific predictions on the short and long terms effects of Global Warming on the planet and humanity? Pierre-Richard Cornely – Section 5 ...
Inuit women and environmental change: examining experiences
... focus community of my research. As the territorial capital of Nunavut, Iqaluit is an anomalous community in terms of its size and diversity. With roughly 7,000 inhabitants and an ethnic make up of 65% Inuit and 35% Non Inuit, the community is much larger and ethnically diverse than communities found ...
... focus community of my research. As the territorial capital of Nunavut, Iqaluit is an anomalous community in terms of its size and diversity. With roughly 7,000 inhabitants and an ethnic make up of 65% Inuit and 35% Non Inuit, the community is much larger and ethnically diverse than communities found ...
Finding your place on the science – advocacy continuum
... approximate continuum (Fig. 1). On the science-dominant end, judgements are more objective in nature. As scientists proceed towards the advocacy side of the continuum, personal worldview tends to have a greater influence on those judgements. The scientific uncertainty embedded in those judgements te ...
... approximate continuum (Fig. 1). On the science-dominant end, judgements are more objective in nature. As scientists proceed towards the advocacy side of the continuum, personal worldview tends to have a greater influence on those judgements. The scientific uncertainty embedded in those judgements te ...
Making Sense of the New Climate Change Scenarios? (PDF)
... science of climate change advances. The most recent projections for 21st century climate change (IPCC 2013)[1] align with and confirm earlier projections (e.g., IPCC 2007).[2] 1. How much and how fast climate changes occur depends on both the amount of greenhouse gas emissions and how the climate ch ...
... science of climate change advances. The most recent projections for 21st century climate change (IPCC 2013)[1] align with and confirm earlier projections (e.g., IPCC 2007).[2] 1. How much and how fast climate changes occur depends on both the amount of greenhouse gas emissions and how the climate ch ...
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... The authors of the report conclude that the current understanding of the impacts of climate change on tourism is still limited, and they call for further research. Some basic recommendations for adaptation in tourism have, however, been developed (“no-regret-options”). Furthermore, action links with ...
... The authors of the report conclude that the current understanding of the impacts of climate change on tourism is still limited, and they call for further research. Some basic recommendations for adaptation in tourism have, however, been developed (“no-regret-options”). Furthermore, action links with ...
History of the greenhouse effect
... of the twentieth century. This was fundamentally a re-examination of the hypotheses of Arrhenius (1896) and Chamberlain (1899) in the context of human activities. This represents the transition from a theory of glacial climatic change through to the human influence on atmospheric carbon dioxide leve ...
... of the twentieth century. This was fundamentally a re-examination of the hypotheses of Arrhenius (1896) and Chamberlain (1899) in the context of human activities. This represents the transition from a theory of glacial climatic change through to the human influence on atmospheric carbon dioxide leve ...
The California Model for Combating Climate Change
... How to engage other govt agencies (transportation, forestry, ag, PUC, local govts etc) Need help from Feds with air and maritime ...
... How to engage other govt agencies (transportation, forestry, ag, PUC, local govts etc) Need help from Feds with air and maritime ...
IASC Consultations on the Humanitarian Impact of
... Key areas of adaptation work in support to Governments and communities ...
... Key areas of adaptation work in support to Governments and communities ...
Environmental Protection
... www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/climate/greenhouse_effect_gases.html ...
... www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/climate/greenhouse_effect_gases.html ...
Resilience an approach for urban climate change
... disaster, especially typhoons, floods and droughts. By the end of 21st century, temperatures in Vietnam would raise 2.3oC relative to the average of 1980-1999, annual and rainy season’s rainfall will increase about 5% compared to that of the period 1980-1999, by mid 21st century sea level is expecte ...
... disaster, especially typhoons, floods and droughts. By the end of 21st century, temperatures in Vietnam would raise 2.3oC relative to the average of 1980-1999, annual and rainy season’s rainfall will increase about 5% compared to that of the period 1980-1999, by mid 21st century sea level is expecte ...
alpine tundra - University of Colorado Boulder
... decade that indicate that the world’s mountain regions comprise an area where the effects of global warming is likely to be amplified. In particular, many of these studies have documented an amplification of temperature trends with height [Diaz and Graham, 1996; Liu and Chen, 2000; Diaz et al., 2003 ...
... decade that indicate that the world’s mountain regions comprise an area where the effects of global warming is likely to be amplified. In particular, many of these studies have documented an amplification of temperature trends with height [Diaz and Graham, 1996; Liu and Chen, 2000; Diaz et al., 2003 ...
Climate change and the groundwater
... saturated and transmit pressure pulse rapidly. Thus, the changes in recharge pattern will affect the specific storage of an aquifer. In a climate change scenario, unconfined aquifers of semiarid and arid regions are considered to be more vulnerable than aquifers of wet regions. In dry areas, there i ...
... saturated and transmit pressure pulse rapidly. Thus, the changes in recharge pattern will affect the specific storage of an aquifer. In a climate change scenario, unconfined aquifers of semiarid and arid regions are considered to be more vulnerable than aquifers of wet regions. In dry areas, there i ...
02_Lunch_BWielicki Economic Value - A
... • Climate scientists often say that the results from their research “will inform societal decisions with trillion dollar impacts” • But is this statement verified and traceable in any way? • How could we quantify an economic value to climate science? – Climate change science value exists decades int ...
... • Climate scientists often say that the results from their research “will inform societal decisions with trillion dollar impacts” • But is this statement verified and traceable in any way? • How could we quantify an economic value to climate science? – Climate change science value exists decades int ...
What is the FGEF? - Fonds Français pour l`Environnement Mondial
... construction sectors are helping regulations and practices to evolve towards energy savings of more than 50%, in China, Lebanon, Tunisia, Afghanistan and, in the near future, Morocco. 6 M€ have been invested in China, 2 M€ in Tunisia, 1.3 M€ in Afghanistan and 0.9 M€ in Lebanon. A further 0.9 M€ hav ...
... construction sectors are helping regulations and practices to evolve towards energy savings of more than 50%, in China, Lebanon, Tunisia, Afghanistan and, in the near future, Morocco. 6 M€ have been invested in China, 2 M€ in Tunisia, 1.3 M€ in Afghanistan and 0.9 M€ in Lebanon. A further 0.9 M€ hav ...
Integrating Climate Information and Adaptation in Project
... Analysing and Explaining Risks, Costs and Benefits a. A range of adaptation measures to address the identified climate risks should be explained and analysed. These should be compared in terms of cost and benefits in order to inform decision making. b. The costs (if any) associated with adaptation m ...
... Analysing and Explaining Risks, Costs and Benefits a. A range of adaptation measures to address the identified climate risks should be explained and analysed. These should be compared in terms of cost and benefits in order to inform decision making. b. The costs (if any) associated with adaptation m ...
Pramod
... • Aeolian sediment transport systems and landforms responses to climate change : Supply of sediment ...
... • Aeolian sediment transport systems and landforms responses to climate change : Supply of sediment ...
ISEES_GrandChallengeQuestions
... confronted by rapid change due to other human activities as well, including habitat fragmentation and degradation from human-engineered structures, and declining air and water quality due to broadly dispersed outputs of industrial and other activities (Staudinger et al. 2012) These factors not only ...
... confronted by rapid change due to other human activities as well, including habitat fragmentation and degradation from human-engineered structures, and declining air and water quality due to broadly dispersed outputs of industrial and other activities (Staudinger et al. 2012) These factors not only ...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - Institute of Arctic Biology
... climate models to generate future climate data. The models are based on how much carbon likely will be in the atmosphere in future years (using cautiously optimistic levels). They gathered habitat information on caribou, swans and marmots from scientific field surveys. Still, the report gives potent ...
... climate models to generate future climate data. The models are based on how much carbon likely will be in the atmosphere in future years (using cautiously optimistic levels). They gathered habitat information on caribou, swans and marmots from scientific field surveys. Still, the report gives potent ...
Atmospheric circulation as a source of uncertainty in climate change
... observed system represents but one. Figure 3 shows such a calculation for wintertime changes over a 55-year period in the Eurasian– North Atlantic sector. The distribution of possible changes in surface temperature is seen to be distinct from that in the control ensemble with no climate change. This ...
... observed system represents but one. Figure 3 shows such a calculation for wintertime changes over a 55-year period in the Eurasian– North Atlantic sector. The distribution of possible changes in surface temperature is seen to be distinct from that in the control ensemble with no climate change. This ...
Life history and spatial traits predict extinction risk due to climate
... the contiguous US and, although we present extensive sensitivity analyses, some effects of the taxonomic sampling are apparent. In particular, dispersal ability is not ranked among the most important predictors of vulnerability to climate change. This is because all species assessed in this analysis ...
... the contiguous US and, although we present extensive sensitivity analyses, some effects of the taxonomic sampling are apparent. In particular, dispersal ability is not ranked among the most important predictors of vulnerability to climate change. This is because all species assessed in this analysis ...
finalpaper_jinhui_wang - Protected Areas Law Capacity
... solutions to issues presented by the transportation facilities by encouraging alternative fuels to reduce emission. The local communities have a significant role in supporting the park to mitigate climate change. One of the major roles of the local communities is incorporating green practices in the ...
... solutions to issues presented by the transportation facilities by encouraging alternative fuels to reduce emission. The local communities have a significant role in supporting the park to mitigate climate change. One of the major roles of the local communities is incorporating green practices in the ...
Emerging responses to climate change in pastoral systems
... change. It identified a wide range of technical and institutional innovations that pastoralists developed to adapt to new conditions, while seeking food security, sustainable resource management and improved governance within their socio-political units. Many of these innovations are related to main ...
... change. It identified a wide range of technical and institutional innovations that pastoralists developed to adapt to new conditions, while seeking food security, sustainable resource management and improved governance within their socio-political units. Many of these innovations are related to main ...
SCIENCE BASED TARGETS: THE CALL TO ACTION
... companies established emission reduction or energyspecific targets in the 2014-15 financial year1 ; evidence that the business community is investing in a stable climate and seizing opportunities in the new low-carbon economy. The next step in protecting that investment is to ensure that GHG reducti ...
... companies established emission reduction or energyspecific targets in the 2014-15 financial year1 ; evidence that the business community is investing in a stable climate and seizing opportunities in the new low-carbon economy. The next step in protecting that investment is to ensure that GHG reducti ...