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... • LDCs have the largest existing burdens of climate-sensitive diseases and the least effective public health systems. They suffer 34% of the global human deaths linked to climate change, the largest causes being the spread of malaria and water borne diseases, and this number is expected to rise to 4 ...
... • LDCs have the largest existing burdens of climate-sensitive diseases and the least effective public health systems. They suffer 34% of the global human deaths linked to climate change, the largest causes being the spread of malaria and water borne diseases, and this number is expected to rise to 4 ...
nullius in verba - The Global Warming Policy Foundation
... and Ralph Cicerone (President of the NAS) defended global warming concern by noting essentially that carbon dioxide (CO2) was increasing and that climate was changing. Of course, climate is always changing, and increasing CO2 must make some contribution, but none of this suggests anything alarming. ...
... and Ralph Cicerone (President of the NAS) defended global warming concern by noting essentially that carbon dioxide (CO2) was increasing and that climate was changing. Of course, climate is always changing, and increasing CO2 must make some contribution, but none of this suggests anything alarming. ...
Climate Change Impacts and Spatial Planning Decision Support
... better decisions under a changing climate. ...
... better decisions under a changing climate. ...
Risk, uncertainty and the institutional geographies of
... ambiguity, ignorance, surprise and indeterminacy, as a term for qualifying our knowledge about the world and its dynamics (Stirling, 2007; Wynne, 1992). Thus Knight (1921) classically distinguished risk, where the probability and impacts of an event occurring are known in advance so that expected ga ...
... ambiguity, ignorance, surprise and indeterminacy, as a term for qualifying our knowledge about the world and its dynamics (Stirling, 2007; Wynne, 1992). Thus Knight (1921) classically distinguished risk, where the probability and impacts of an event occurring are known in advance so that expected ga ...
National Policy on Climate Change for Namibia 2011
... has been the warmest period in the history of global temperature records (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report, 2007). Human induced global warming is caused by the emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs), which trap heat in the atmosphere, causing a gradual warming of the earth’s sur ...
... has been the warmest period in the history of global temperature records (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report, 2007). Human induced global warming is caused by the emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs), which trap heat in the atmosphere, causing a gradual warming of the earth’s sur ...
Scenario
... In addition to the cascading uncertainties that propagate from model to model, the cumulative effects of which have yet to be quantified, the results of these impacts assessment are subject to potentially large systematic errors which tend to substantially overstate negative impacts while simultaneo ...
... In addition to the cascading uncertainties that propagate from model to model, the cumulative effects of which have yet to be quantified, the results of these impacts assessment are subject to potentially large systematic errors which tend to substantially overstate negative impacts while simultaneo ...
Temperate Grassland Responses to Climate
... Three conclusions were drawn regarding the interpretation of experiments : (1) initial ecosystem responses to stepwise changes can be different in both magnitude and sign to equilibrium responses, and this can continue for many years ; (2) grazing can drastically alter the magnitude and sign of the ...
... Three conclusions were drawn regarding the interpretation of experiments : (1) initial ecosystem responses to stepwise changes can be different in both magnitude and sign to equilibrium responses, and this can continue for many years ; (2) grazing can drastically alter the magnitude and sign of the ...
Can actuaries really afford to ignore climate
... We have predicted a wide range of increases in mean claim costs from bushfire, cyclones and riverine floods. This wide range reflects the uncertainty in the level of future emissions, the lack of certainty on the impact of climate change on natural perils in Australia, and calls for further climat ...
... We have predicted a wide range of increases in mean claim costs from bushfire, cyclones and riverine floods. This wide range reflects the uncertainty in the level of future emissions, the lack of certainty on the impact of climate change on natural perils in Australia, and calls for further climat ...
Using the Kyoto Protocol as a stepping stone.
... even 268 new projects submitted in November 2011. In the beginning it took about a year from the start of the validation to get a CDM project registered, but after some criticism that non-additional projects were registered up to 70% of the CDM project went into the review cycle and other delays th ...
... even 268 new projects submitted in November 2011. In the beginning it took about a year from the start of the validation to get a CDM project registered, but after some criticism that non-additional projects were registered up to 70% of the CDM project went into the review cycle and other delays th ...
The Role of Protected Areas in Regard to Climate Change
... Georgia, being a non-Annex I Party to the UNFCCC (0.03% of global emissions in 2006), has no international commitments to mitigate GHG emissions and hence, national standards have not been set up for GHG emissions. Although, it is likely that due to current population and development trends in the c ...
... Georgia, being a non-Annex I Party to the UNFCCC (0.03% of global emissions in 2006), has no international commitments to mitigate GHG emissions and hence, national standards have not been set up for GHG emissions. Although, it is likely that due to current population and development trends in the c ...
Initial NationalCommunication St. Kitts-Nevis
... Miocene era and has continued since (Lang and Caroll, 1964). St. Kitts has since undergone numerous and considerable changes in elevation but is now relatively stable. Newer volcanics rest on a basement of older rocks, now only exposed where the newer deposits have been denuded. Mt. Liamuiga, the mo ...
... Miocene era and has continued since (Lang and Caroll, 1964). St. Kitts has since undergone numerous and considerable changes in elevation but is now relatively stable. Newer volcanics rest on a basement of older rocks, now only exposed where the newer deposits have been denuded. Mt. Liamuiga, the mo ...
Motivated Recall in the Service of the Economic System
... The contemporary political landscape is characterized by numerous divisive issues. Unlike many other issues, however, much of the disagreement about climate change centers not on how best to take action to address the problem, but on whether the problem exists at all. Psychological studies indicate ...
... The contemporary political landscape is characterized by numerous divisive issues. Unlike many other issues, however, much of the disagreement about climate change centers not on how best to take action to address the problem, but on whether the problem exists at all. Psychological studies indicate ...
Anticipated Effects of Climate Change on Coastal
... (more land) and southern (less land) mid-latitude oceans, combined with tropical warming, the Northern Hemisphere Hadley Cell is predicted to decrease in intensity while that of the Southern Hemisphere will increase in intensity [9]. It is still unclear how these future shifts in the Hadley Cell mig ...
... (more land) and southern (less land) mid-latitude oceans, combined with tropical warming, the Northern Hemisphere Hadley Cell is predicted to decrease in intensity while that of the Southern Hemisphere will increase in intensity [9]. It is still unclear how these future shifts in the Hadley Cell mig ...
2012 2013 FINAL CICS Annual Report
... Climate modeling at Princeton University and GFDL is continually producing new models, including atmospheric, oceanic and land models, coupled models, chemistry-radiative forcing models, cloud resolving models with new microphysics, and a non-hydrostatic limited area model. These models may, in prin ...
... Climate modeling at Princeton University and GFDL is continually producing new models, including atmospheric, oceanic and land models, coupled models, chemistry-radiative forcing models, cloud resolving models with new microphysics, and a non-hydrostatic limited area model. These models may, in prin ...
Assessing knowledge of social representations of climate change
... offered by tourist destinations and thus, any change in atmospheric conditions could have a considerable impact [4–9]. Similarly, it should not be forgotten that tourism has been, and is, one of the factors responsible for climate change: at present, tourism reflects the general energy consumption m ...
... offered by tourist destinations and thus, any change in atmospheric conditions could have a considerable impact [4–9]. Similarly, it should not be forgotten that tourism has been, and is, one of the factors responsible for climate change: at present, tourism reflects the general energy consumption m ...
pub02_GulfEcosystem_met_climate
... methane which would accelerate the greenhouse heating rate. In other cases, “negative feedback” acts to suppress the original process such as when increased evaporation from warming creates more low level clouds which reflect sunlight and thus cool the atmosphere. Further, the processes and their fe ...
... methane which would accelerate the greenhouse heating rate. In other cases, “negative feedback” acts to suppress the original process such as when increased evaporation from warming creates more low level clouds which reflect sunlight and thus cool the atmosphere. Further, the processes and their fe ...
The costs of adaptation: Working Paper 7 (260 kB) (opens in new window)
... specified, but the use of current investment flows as the basis implies that the numbers represent short-term adaptation needs. The wide range points to a fundamental problem with the chosen estimation approach. There is not enough empirical information about the size of the mark ups for “climate pr ...
... specified, but the use of current investment flows as the basis implies that the numbers represent short-term adaptation needs. The wide range points to a fundamental problem with the chosen estimation approach. There is not enough empirical information about the size of the mark ups for “climate pr ...
2012 Annual Report on the Monitoring of
... extensive private land in close proximity or flow manipulations not under the jurisdiction of the Forest Service, it was removed and another randomly selected site was substituted for it. The sample size was not large enough to evaluate trends in condition over the period of collection from 2000-10. ...
... extensive private land in close proximity or flow manipulations not under the jurisdiction of the Forest Service, it was removed and another randomly selected site was substituted for it. The sample size was not large enough to evaluate trends in condition over the period of collection from 2000-10. ...
Tipping Points, Thresholds and the Keystone Role of Physiology in
... in species range boundaries, but at least in some cases may be localized extinctions even well within range boundaries. Moreover, recent studies have documented geographic variability in physiological tolerance (Pearson et al., 2009) and have experimentally shown evidence of local adaptation (Kuo an ...
... in species range boundaries, but at least in some cases may be localized extinctions even well within range boundaries. Moreover, recent studies have documented geographic variability in physiological tolerance (Pearson et al., 2009) and have experimentally shown evidence of local adaptation (Kuo an ...
Chapter 17.
... carnivores at the southern limits of their distribution, they are the “canaries in the coal mine” for regional climate change (Stirling and Derocher 1993). They require ice as a platform from which to hunt seals, as habitat on which to seek mates and breed, as a surface on which to travel long dista ...
... carnivores at the southern limits of their distribution, they are the “canaries in the coal mine” for regional climate change (Stirling and Derocher 1993). They require ice as a platform from which to hunt seals, as habitat on which to seek mates and breed, as a surface on which to travel long dista ...
Climate Change Adaptation in the Great Barrier Reef Iconic National
... Great Barrier Reef Outlook Report 2014 indicates that the three major threats to the GBR’s environmental, economic and social values continue to be climate change, declining water quality from land-based runoff, and coastal development (GBRMPA 2014). Climate change is predicted to impact the GBR thr ...
... Great Barrier Reef Outlook Report 2014 indicates that the three major threats to the GBR’s environmental, economic and social values continue to be climate change, declining water quality from land-based runoff, and coastal development (GBRMPA 2014). Climate change is predicted to impact the GBR thr ...
Climate Change Legislation in the 110 Congress
... Another market-based option is to establish a “carbon tax” — a direct tax on GHG emissions or on the fuels that generate emissions when combusted. To the extent that emissions reductions can be achieved at costs lower than the tax rate, those reductions will be undertaken; if emissions reductions ar ...
... Another market-based option is to establish a “carbon tax” — a direct tax on GHG emissions or on the fuels that generate emissions when combusted. To the extent that emissions reductions can be achieved at costs lower than the tax rate, those reductions will be undertaken; if emissions reductions ar ...
Population Engineering and the Fight against Climate Change
... into a catastrophic 4°C rise in average surface temperature by 2100.12 The consensus among scientists and policy experts is that averting the harms of climate change requires that we act quickly and decisively to mitigate climate disruption by changing our carbon practices (by reducing consumption, ...
... into a catastrophic 4°C rise in average surface temperature by 2100.12 The consensus among scientists and policy experts is that averting the harms of climate change requires that we act quickly and decisively to mitigate climate disruption by changing our carbon practices (by reducing consumption, ...
Challenges of Growth 2013
... Associated changes in procedure may have an environmental impact whilst capacity will be reduced at airports with no crosswind runway. ...
... Associated changes in procedure may have an environmental impact whilst capacity will be reduced at airports with no crosswind runway. ...