Rapid climate change did not cause population collapse at
... climate is often assumed, without sufficient critical attention, to be the primary driver of societal change. Using new methods to analyse palaeoclimatic and archaeological datasets, we overturn the deterministic idea that population collapse at the end of the NW European Bronze Age was caused by ra ...
... climate is often assumed, without sufficient critical attention, to be the primary driver of societal change. Using new methods to analyse palaeoclimatic and archaeological datasets, we overturn the deterministic idea that population collapse at the end of the NW European Bronze Age was caused by ra ...
climate change studies in mongolia
... Some socio-economic and policy issues: Recently, Mongolia is divided into five regions for the purpose of the economic development: Western, Khangai, Central, Eastern and Ulaanbaatar. The regions differ by their economic development. For instance, GDP per capita in the western region is 2.5 times lo ...
... Some socio-economic and policy issues: Recently, Mongolia is divided into five regions for the purpose of the economic development: Western, Khangai, Central, Eastern and Ulaanbaatar. The regions differ by their economic development. For instance, GDP per capita in the western region is 2.5 times lo ...
Off the charts: Extreme Australian summer heat
... region in summer. While many factors influence the potential for bushfires, so called ‘fire weather’ is highly sensitive to changes in climatic conditions (Clarke et al., 2012). Changes such as hotter temperatures, longer duration of heat events, high winds due to strong temperature gradients and dr ...
... region in summer. While many factors influence the potential for bushfires, so called ‘fire weather’ is highly sensitive to changes in climatic conditions (Clarke et al., 2012). Changes such as hotter temperatures, longer duration of heat events, high winds due to strong temperature gradients and dr ...
RS Integration
... • The ExternE methodology estimates effects of technologies for energy conversion and assesses them based on preferences of the effected population for a large number of impact pathways. • The methodology is already widely used for decision aid in the fields of energy conversion, transport and envir ...
... • The ExternE methodology estimates effects of technologies for energy conversion and assesses them based on preferences of the effected population for a large number of impact pathways. • The methodology is already widely used for decision aid in the fields of energy conversion, transport and envir ...
PPT
... • C is the atmospheric variable perturbed by emission E • I is the impact function of interest (T, sea level, precip, GNP, health…) • W(t) is the temporal weighting factor W(t) = 1 for t < tH , = 0 for t > tH (as for GWP) W(t) = (t – tH) Dirac function (as for GTP) W(t) = exp[-t/tH] exponent ...
... • C is the atmospheric variable perturbed by emission E • I is the impact function of interest (T, sea level, precip, GNP, health…) • W(t) is the temporal weighting factor W(t) = 1 for t < tH , = 0 for t > tH (as for GWP) W(t) = (t – tH) Dirac function (as for GTP) W(t) = exp[-t/tH] exponent ...
Ancient Risks, Current Challenges in the Himalayas
... DRM is currently perceived as a necessary constraint, rather than a driver of development. As long as this is so, society will only be “catching-up” to the increasing risks posed by development and climate change. Due to the inherent regional challenges, economic development plans must be based on a ...
... DRM is currently perceived as a necessary constraint, rather than a driver of development. As long as this is so, society will only be “catching-up” to the increasing risks posed by development and climate change. Due to the inherent regional challenges, economic development plans must be based on a ...
Carbon Sequestration and Trading
... 77% less feedstuffs, 65% less water, and 90% less land The carbon footprint was reduced 63% ...
... 77% less feedstuffs, 65% less water, and 90% less land The carbon footprint was reduced 63% ...
Review of the UN-REDD Policy Board Structure
... • The present situation is one where demand and supply for each type of energy is in a precarious balance. For biomass supply is being met in an unsustainable way through deforestation. Uganda has a total of 3.6 million hectares of forest land. The total deforestation rate per year is 1.8%. Although ...
... • The present situation is one where demand and supply for each type of energy is in a precarious balance. For biomass supply is being met in an unsustainable way through deforestation. Uganda has a total of 3.6 million hectares of forest land. The total deforestation rate per year is 1.8%. Although ...
Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership (MCCIP) Report card
... The time that it takes to collect data and recognise a trend varies between all of the topics covered in this card. There are also challenges with attributing these trends directly to climate change. Below we provide two illustrations highlighting some of the issues; the collation of physical time s ...
... The time that it takes to collect data and recognise a trend varies between all of the topics covered in this card. There are also challenges with attributing these trends directly to climate change. Below we provide two illustrations highlighting some of the issues; the collation of physical time s ...
Ocean surface warming: The North Atlantic remains within the
... E-mail address: [email protected] (V.J. Hobson). 0967-0637/$ - see front matter r 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2007.11.003 ...
... E-mail address: [email protected] (V.J. Hobson). 0967-0637/$ - see front matter r 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2007.11.003 ...
A Just Climate: Our Responsibility To Act
... As an international aid and development agency rooted in the principles of Catholic Social Teaching, Caritas Australia has a unique and significant voice to add to the conversation on climate change. It is not only our commitment to create new opportunities for the world’s poorest and most marginali ...
... As an international aid and development agency rooted in the principles of Catholic Social Teaching, Caritas Australia has a unique and significant voice to add to the conversation on climate change. It is not only our commitment to create new opportunities for the world’s poorest and most marginali ...
Working Paper 217 - Bettis et al 2016 (opens in new window)
... Insurance companies are required to hold capital against the risk of failing to meet their liabilities, in particular of failing to pay claims to their policyholders in an unusually bad year, in which there are too many claims. Bankruptcy can follow. This is known in the industry as the ‘risk of rui ...
... Insurance companies are required to hold capital against the risk of failing to meet their liabilities, in particular of failing to pay claims to their policyholders in an unusually bad year, in which there are too many claims. Bankruptcy can follow. This is known in the industry as the ‘risk of rui ...
Divestment is a powerful tactic for stigmatising
... the world. This has not happened, however, because fossil fuel companies have corrupted many governments around the world by direct and indirect means. It is a widespread failure of good governance that has forced the creation of the movement for fossil fuel divestment. ‘We’ve had nearly a century o ...
... the world. This has not happened, however, because fossil fuel companies have corrupted many governments around the world by direct and indirect means. It is a widespread failure of good governance that has forced the creation of the movement for fossil fuel divestment. ‘We’ve had nearly a century o ...
biodiversity and climate change
... essential for human well-being because it provides services, such as food, medicines, clean water and soil stabilisation (POSTnote 281). This biodiversity is already under threat from the loss and fragmentation of habitat, pollution and invasive non-native species. Climate change poses a new challen ...
... essential for human well-being because it provides services, such as food, medicines, clean water and soil stabilisation (POSTnote 281). This biodiversity is already under threat from the loss and fragmentation of habitat, pollution and invasive non-native species. Climate change poses a new challen ...
Polycentric systems for coping with collective action and
... 1. Introduction Many problems conceptualized as ‘‘global problems’’ are the cumulative result of actions taken by individuals, families, small groups, private firms, and local, regional, and national governments. A pressing global problem faced in the contemporary world is reducing the emission of gr ...
... 1. Introduction Many problems conceptualized as ‘‘global problems’’ are the cumulative result of actions taken by individuals, families, small groups, private firms, and local, regional, and national governments. A pressing global problem faced in the contemporary world is reducing the emission of gr ...
Download country chapter
... According to 2013 figures from the state-owned Tanzania Electric Supply Company (TANESCO), the country’s energy mix is made up of 90% biomass, 8% petroleum products, 1.5% electricity, and 0.5% coal and renewables. According to the US Energy Association (USEA), only 18% of the population has access t ...
... According to 2013 figures from the state-owned Tanzania Electric Supply Company (TANESCO), the country’s energy mix is made up of 90% biomass, 8% petroleum products, 1.5% electricity, and 0.5% coal and renewables. According to the US Energy Association (USEA), only 18% of the population has access t ...
I laghi alpini d`alta quota si trovano per lo più in aree
... exhibit high resilience and may thus be used as early warning systems. The air temperature increase and the changing of the precipitation patterns are causing glacier retreat and altering the thermal and hydrological regime of lakes, rivers and streams. This sounds as one of the cause of potential b ...
... exhibit high resilience and may thus be used as early warning systems. The air temperature increase and the changing of the precipitation patterns are causing glacier retreat and altering the thermal and hydrological regime of lakes, rivers and streams. This sounds as one of the cause of potential b ...
on the side
... income communities. Ansje Miller, Environmental Justice and Climate Change Initiative, emphasized the need for climate change solutions to address social and environmental justice, as well as create mechanisms to protect vulnerable communities, other than those under the Kyoto Protocol. Discussion: ...
... income communities. Ansje Miller, Environmental Justice and Climate Change Initiative, emphasized the need for climate change solutions to address social and environmental justice, as well as create mechanisms to protect vulnerable communities, other than those under the Kyoto Protocol. Discussion: ...
The Uses and Misuses of Technology Development as a Component... Abstract Henry D. Jacoby
... energy use decisions and the one paying the bills (the landlord-tenant problem), or where there is some form of non-priced externality (like urban air pollution). These conditions lead to calls for government action, in the interest of economic efficiency, ranging from labeling rules to device perfo ...
... energy use decisions and the one paying the bills (the landlord-tenant problem), or where there is some form of non-priced externality (like urban air pollution). These conditions lead to calls for government action, in the interest of economic efficiency, ranging from labeling rules to device perfo ...
Communicating Uncertainty PPT Slides
... Long-term risk, affect future generations. Concern to other nations only serious mitigative/adaptive action unlikley climate change causes obscure (uncertainties) people lack experience make risks apparent, real or impending, cost benefits, Public opinion ...
... Long-term risk, affect future generations. Concern to other nations only serious mitigative/adaptive action unlikley climate change causes obscure (uncertainties) people lack experience make risks apparent, real or impending, cost benefits, Public opinion ...
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... Professional Advice and Planning Grant Rural Financial Counsellors have lists of consultants who can provide advice using the Professional advice and training grants of up to $5500 (Inc GST). Visit the RAA website www.raa.nsw.gov.au for a complete list of all rural counsellors. The scope of the gran ...
... Professional Advice and Planning Grant Rural Financial Counsellors have lists of consultants who can provide advice using the Professional advice and training grants of up to $5500 (Inc GST). Visit the RAA website www.raa.nsw.gov.au for a complete list of all rural counsellors. The scope of the gran ...