Submission DR134 - Chairman of the Australian Building Codes
... research used as a basis for future regulation needs to be robust, peer-reviewed and have the support of the scientific community. Modelling techniques can be used to assess the potential range of climate outcomes based on current understanding. This information can be presented in the form of a pro ...
... research used as a basis for future regulation needs to be robust, peer-reviewed and have the support of the scientific community. Modelling techniques can be used to assess the potential range of climate outcomes based on current understanding. This information can be presented in the form of a pro ...
Financing Adaptation: The Case of Morne Trois Pitons and Morne
... cycles. Today these cycles are joined by or expressed in political and economic terms, often equally difficult to predict. However, our ability to understand and model complex systems has given rise to the capacity to engage in long-term planning. What inhibits us are incentive structures deeply emb ...
... cycles. Today these cycles are joined by or expressed in political and economic terms, often equally difficult to predict. However, our ability to understand and model complex systems has given rise to the capacity to engage in long-term planning. What inhibits us are incentive structures deeply emb ...
EPA Research - 2015 Call Technical Description
... and Marine, as part of their administration of various payment schemes via the Land Parcel Information System, LPIS. However, the current analysis of activity data is unable to capture the underlying land management dynamic on permanent grasslands. The lack of specific information on grassland use i ...
... and Marine, as part of their administration of various payment schemes via the Land Parcel Information System, LPIS. However, the current analysis of activity data is unable to capture the underlying land management dynamic on permanent grasslands. The lack of specific information on grassland use i ...
The Next Step: Exponential Life 1 — PB
... catastrophic volcanic super-eruption that occurred 75,000 years ago, blasting an estimated 2800 cubic kilometers of material into the atmosphere. An erupted mass just 1/100th of this from the Tambora eruption (the largest in recent history) was enough to cause the 1816 “year without a summer,” where ...
... catastrophic volcanic super-eruption that occurred 75,000 years ago, blasting an estimated 2800 cubic kilometers of material into the atmosphere. An erupted mass just 1/100th of this from the Tambora eruption (the largest in recent history) was enough to cause the 1816 “year without a summer,” where ...
Investigation of the effects of increases in agricultural productivity
... a productivity increase there is a shift in the frontier of the most efficient technologies but it also an overall shift at the aggregated level. An increase in productivity does not imply increased labour opportunities but rather the contrary. In most cases, a productivity increase is due to invest ...
... a productivity increase there is a shift in the frontier of the most efficient technologies but it also an overall shift at the aggregated level. An increase in productivity does not imply increased labour opportunities but rather the contrary. In most cases, a productivity increase is due to invest ...
Communicating Science: A Primer with Applications
... precision and technicality necessary in the lab, but as Alan Alda was able to draw out in his PBS show Scientific American Frontiers, most scientists do have a sense of humor about their work and what they’ve discovered. It is this excitement that needs to work its way into how those discoveries are ...
... precision and technicality necessary in the lab, but as Alan Alda was able to draw out in his PBS show Scientific American Frontiers, most scientists do have a sense of humor about their work and what they’ve discovered. It is this excitement that needs to work its way into how those discoveries are ...
Chapter 19 - The Future
... challenge; technology imposes some constraints that add to the challenge of meeting the 2°C goal but it also provides the means by which we will meet the goal. The International Energy Agency (IEA) has recently described some of the challenges our current energy infrastructure imposes on us. In the ...
... challenge; technology imposes some constraints that add to the challenge of meeting the 2°C goal but it also provides the means by which we will meet the goal. The International Energy Agency (IEA) has recently described some of the challenges our current energy infrastructure imposes on us. In the ...
Arctic Climate and Water Change: Information Relevance for Assessment and Adaptation Arvid Bring
... e↵orts to understand transport and origin of key waterborne constituents. Further development of monitoring cannot rely only on a reconciliation of observations and projections on where climate change will be the most severe, as they diverge in this regard. Climate model simulations of drainage basi ...
... e↵orts to understand transport and origin of key waterborne constituents. Further development of monitoring cannot rely only on a reconciliation of observations and projections on where climate change will be the most severe, as they diverge in this regard. Climate model simulations of drainage basi ...
Responses of vegetation distribution to climate change in China
... the east to dry in the west. These diverse climates together with the complex topography bring about the high biodiversity in China. Most of the main vegetation types in the world can be found in China. However, the species composition and the diversity of vegetation in China are sensitive to climat ...
... the east to dry in the west. These diverse climates together with the complex topography bring about the high biodiversity in China. Most of the main vegetation types in the world can be found in China. However, the species composition and the diversity of vegetation in China are sensitive to climat ...
Assessing Current Climate Risks
... tem, climate drivers may include accumulated rainfall and evaporation, if supply is being addressed, or rainfall intensity and duration, if flooding is being addressed. On a coastline, climate variables contributing to storm surge, tidal regimes and sea level anomalies may be linked to thresholds re ...
... tem, climate drivers may include accumulated rainfall and evaporation, if supply is being addressed, or rainfall intensity and duration, if flooding is being addressed. On a coastline, climate variables contributing to storm surge, tidal regimes and sea level anomalies may be linked to thresholds re ...
Meeting the Challenge of Climate Change
... “Eleven of the last 12 years (1995–2006) rank among the warmest years in the instrumental record of global surface temperature (since 1850).” (IPCC, 2007) The IPCC expects that warming in the 21st century will be greatest over land, and at most, in the higher northern latitudes. It further suggests ...
... “Eleven of the last 12 years (1995–2006) rank among the warmest years in the instrumental record of global surface temperature (since 1850).” (IPCC, 2007) The IPCC expects that warming in the 21st century will be greatest over land, and at most, in the higher northern latitudes. It further suggests ...
Climate Change and Human Mobility in Indigenous Communities of
... a democratic political system capable of delegating responsibility and power across a vast landscape. Close-up case study: Illustrating the changes affecting livelihoods and teasing out climate effects Local peoples and ecosystems are affected and respond in different ways to climate change. Not onl ...
... a democratic political system capable of delegating responsibility and power across a vast landscape. Close-up case study: Illustrating the changes affecting livelihoods and teasing out climate effects Local peoples and ecosystems are affected and respond in different ways to climate change. Not onl ...
Effective media reporting of sea level rise projections: 1989–2009
... Accepted for publication 17 December 2010 Published 13 January 2011 Online at stacks.iop.org/ERL/6/014004 Abstract In the mass media, sea level rise is commonly associated with the impacts of climate change due to increasing atmospheric greenhouse gases. As this issue garners ongoing international p ...
... Accepted for publication 17 December 2010 Published 13 January 2011 Online at stacks.iop.org/ERL/6/014004 Abstract In the mass media, sea level rise is commonly associated with the impacts of climate change due to increasing atmospheric greenhouse gases. As this issue garners ongoing international p ...
Note on the Assumption of Hydrologic Stationarity
... economic time horizon will do so in a manner such that the hydrology will be reflected as the output of a system in a steady or a transitory state. The hydrologic inputs to water management are assumed to be realizations of stochastic processes. That assumption tacitly implies that the generating me ...
... economic time horizon will do so in a manner such that the hydrology will be reflected as the output of a system in a steady or a transitory state. The hydrologic inputs to water management are assumed to be realizations of stochastic processes. That assumption tacitly implies that the generating me ...
http://en.openei.org/w/images/2/29/GhanaGreen.pdf
... it will keep working to support economic growth, whatever the future weather conditions. What may be needed is a mix of large and small initiatives, from large-scale infrastructure adaptation to small-scale village level initiatives such as rainwater harvesting. Climate change is a risk to the natur ...
... it will keep working to support economic growth, whatever the future weather conditions. What may be needed is a mix of large and small initiatives, from large-scale infrastructure adaptation to small-scale village level initiatives such as rainwater harvesting. Climate change is a risk to the natur ...
Challenges to adaptation - National Center for Atmospheric Research
... factors that render adaptation ineffective.” They used the terms barriers and limits somewhat interchangeably, discussing physical, ecological, and technological limits alongside financial, informational, cognitive, social, and cultural barriers. Subsequent scholarship has explored these ideas furth ...
... factors that render adaptation ineffective.” They used the terms barriers and limits somewhat interchangeably, discussing physical, ecological, and technological limits alongside financial, informational, cognitive, social, and cultural barriers. Subsequent scholarship has explored these ideas furth ...
National adaptation is also a global concern
... national boundaries. The regional to global dimension of adaptation thus remains disregarded, while at least two arguments strongly support a better consideration of the transboundary effects of national policies: impacts of climate change will affect all the countries around the world, making adapt ...
... national boundaries. The regional to global dimension of adaptation thus remains disregarded, while at least two arguments strongly support a better consideration of the transboundary effects of national policies: impacts of climate change will affect all the countries around the world, making adapt ...
Global Climate Change The Evidence of Climate Change 2.1 Short
... 62) Given our current understanding about climate change and hurricanes, which statement below is most accurate? A) Hurricane Katrina was caused by global warming. B) Hurricane Katrina was influenced by global warming. C) Hurricane Katrina could not have occurred without global warming. ...
... 62) Given our current understanding about climate change and hurricanes, which statement below is most accurate? A) Hurricane Katrina was caused by global warming. B) Hurricane Katrina was influenced by global warming. C) Hurricane Katrina could not have occurred without global warming. ...
Signs of Climate Change in Nordic Nature
... world is also being affected by the impact of rising temperatures and changes in climatic conditions. In order to track such climate-related changes in Nordic ecosystems, we have identified a number of climate change sensitive indicators. We present a catalogue of 14 indicators that demonstrates the ...
... world is also being affected by the impact of rising temperatures and changes in climatic conditions. In order to track such climate-related changes in Nordic ecosystems, we have identified a number of climate change sensitive indicators. We present a catalogue of 14 indicators that demonstrates the ...
The Climate Change Tort Suits
... Interim Phase I Report Criteria for Eliminating Technologies (cont’d) Economic Impacts – Consensus: – Use CO2e as basis. – $/ton removed will be much lower for GHGs than other pollutants because of larger quantities – Alternative non-consensus views: – $3-$15/ton versus $30-$150/ton (CCS is drive ...
... Interim Phase I Report Criteria for Eliminating Technologies (cont’d) Economic Impacts – Consensus: – Use CO2e as basis. – $/ton removed will be much lower for GHGs than other pollutants because of larger quantities – Alternative non-consensus views: – $3-$15/ton versus $30-$150/ton (CCS is drive ...
II. Biodiversity and Climate Change Mitigation
... ecosystems have greater resilience to climate change which will aid in their natural adaptation, and contribute to the assurance of long-term sustainable development under changing climatic conditions. Maintaining and restoring ecosystems represents an opportunity for win-win benefits for carbon seq ...
... ecosystems have greater resilience to climate change which will aid in their natural adaptation, and contribute to the assurance of long-term sustainable development under changing climatic conditions. Maintaining and restoring ecosystems represents an opportunity for win-win benefits for carbon seq ...
EPA Research - 2016 Call EPA Research –Climate Research Call 2016
... It is anticipated that this work will be carried in out in close cooperation with the EPA and other bodies in Ireland that are working on analysis of GHG emissions and removals. The study will also provide assessment of discussions under UNFCCC and at EU level. It will seek to advance analysis of hi ...
... It is anticipated that this work will be carried in out in close cooperation with the EPA and other bodies in Ireland that are working on analysis of GHG emissions and removals. The study will also provide assessment of discussions under UNFCCC and at EU level. It will seek to advance analysis of hi ...
Attribution of recent climate change
Attribution of recent climate change is the effort to scientifically ascertain mechanisms responsible for recent changes observed in the Earth's climate, commonly known as 'global warming'. The effort has focused on changes observed during the period of instrumental temperature record, when records are most reliable; particularly in the last 50 years, when human activity has grown fastest and observations of the troposphere have become available. The dominant mechanisms (to which recent climate change has been attributed) are anthropogenic, i.e., the result of human activity. They are: increasing atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases global changes to land surface, such as deforestation increasing atmospheric concentrations of aerosols.There are also natural mechanisms for variation including climate oscillations, changes in solar activity, and volcanic activity.According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), it is ""extremely likely"" that human influence was the dominant cause of global warming between 1951 and 2010. The IPCC defines ""extremely likely"" as indicating a probability of 95 to 100%, based on an expert assessment of all the available evidence.Multiple lines of evidence support attribution of recent climate change to human activities: A basic physical understanding of the climate system: greenhouse gas concentrations have increased and their warming properties are well-established. Historical estimates of past climate changes suggest that the recent changes in global surface temperature are unusual. Computer-based climate models are unable to replicate the observed warming unless human greenhouse gas emissions are included. Natural forces alone (such as solar and volcanic activity) cannot explain the observed warming.The IPCC's attribution of recent global warming to human activities is a view shared by most scientists, and is also supported by 196 other scientific organizations worldwide (see also: scientific opinion on climate change).