Arctic Resource Development and Climate Impacts, Adaptation and
... sediments that underlay the site. For larger structures such as runways, roads and pipelines, concerns include differential settlement due to spatial variations in soil characteristics and ice content, and slope instability resulting from permafrost thawing. Current engineering practices minimize th ...
... sediments that underlay the site. For larger structures such as runways, roads and pipelines, concerns include differential settlement due to spatial variations in soil characteristics and ice content, and slope instability resulting from permafrost thawing. Current engineering practices minimize th ...
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... instead a disaggregated model with explicit representation of trade links between industries and regions. Our work complements a recent paper by Dell et al. (2008), who use annual variation in temperature and precipitation over the past 50 years to examine the impact of climatic changes on economic ...
... instead a disaggregated model with explicit representation of trade links between industries and regions. Our work complements a recent paper by Dell et al. (2008), who use annual variation in temperature and precipitation over the past 50 years to examine the impact of climatic changes on economic ...
Powerpoint - Climate Finance and Markets
... • Funds that will be transferred to developing countries to cover their investments in mitigation and adaptation. – Global Economic and Governance Program, Oxford University • An effort to support developing countries by providing funding from the developed world to assist these countries in mitigat ...
... • Funds that will be transferred to developing countries to cover their investments in mitigation and adaptation. – Global Economic and Governance Program, Oxford University • An effort to support developing countries by providing funding from the developed world to assist these countries in mitigat ...
(Still) Disagreeing about Climate Change: What Way
... therefore an exemplar case of scientific knowledge, personal experience and the human imagination interacting in multiple, complex and changing social contexts. As Lucien Boia observes in his book Weather in the Imagination, “Global warming and global cooling are physical phenomenon. But the battle ...
... therefore an exemplar case of scientific knowledge, personal experience and the human imagination interacting in multiple, complex and changing social contexts. As Lucien Boia observes in his book Weather in the Imagination, “Global warming and global cooling are physical phenomenon. But the battle ...
Wildlife Vulnerability to Climate Change
... Hypothesize how these impacts will affect your target. For example, if you were assessing the vulnerability of sea turtles to climate change, knowledge of the importance of nesting habitat in species success would lead towards the identification of important climate change factors. In this case incr ...
... Hypothesize how these impacts will affect your target. For example, if you were assessing the vulnerability of sea turtles to climate change, knowledge of the importance of nesting habitat in species success would lead towards the identification of important climate change factors. In this case incr ...
Examples of adaptation for marine and coastal stakeholders
... The report Adapting to climate change; a guide for businesses in Scotland provides guidance for the private sector gives an overview of what risk and opportunities climate change may pose for Scottish businesses; explains how to build the adaptive capacity to deal with these risks and provides a sig ...
... The report Adapting to climate change; a guide for businesses in Scotland provides guidance for the private sector gives an overview of what risk and opportunities climate change may pose for Scottish businesses; explains how to build the adaptive capacity to deal with these risks and provides a sig ...
colorado - Center for Integrative Environmental Research
... mountain pine beetle. The most severe damage has been caused by the mountain pine beetle, which benefits from longer summers and warmer winters that no longer are cold enough to kill it. The beetle killed 1.2 million acres of alpine trees in 2004 and has destroyed 1.5 million acres of lodgepole pine ...
... mountain pine beetle. The most severe damage has been caused by the mountain pine beetle, which benefits from longer summers and warmer winters that no longer are cold enough to kill it. The beetle killed 1.2 million acres of alpine trees in 2004 and has destroyed 1.5 million acres of lodgepole pine ...
REPORT ON THE DECC/RCUK GREENHOUSE GAS REMOVAL
... total needed to limit a global temperature rise to below 2C above pre-industrial levels. It may therefore become necessary to remove CO2 from the atmosphere.” In 2015 a UK Climate Change Committee report outlining the scientific context for the UK’s fifth carbon budget described GGR and BECCS in par ...
... total needed to limit a global temperature rise to below 2C above pre-industrial levels. It may therefore become necessary to remove CO2 from the atmosphere.” In 2015 a UK Climate Change Committee report outlining the scientific context for the UK’s fifth carbon budget described GGR and BECCS in par ...
Chapter 10 Communication
... needs of the targeted audience and not to the needs of the people or institutions generating the information (although the national communication should be deemed as credible by those generating the information; in other words, the communication should accurately report and not distort the analyses ...
... needs of the targeted audience and not to the needs of the people or institutions generating the information (although the national communication should be deemed as credible by those generating the information; in other words, the communication should accurately report and not distort the analyses ...
outreach materials for climate day partners
... And taking the lead on climate-friendly business practices can also help make your company more attractive to potential investors who are increasingly focused on climate. Climate Day is co-hosted by New Hope and the Climate Collaborative, a project of OSC2 and SFTA, and is a wonderful opportunity t ...
... And taking the lead on climate-friendly business practices can also help make your company more attractive to potential investors who are increasingly focused on climate. Climate Day is co-hosted by New Hope and the Climate Collaborative, a project of OSC2 and SFTA, and is a wonderful opportunity t ...
The social construct of climate and climate change
... ment of risks is influenced by social and cultural factors. The first view tends to focus on the manufacture (by experts) of conjectures, stressing their objective, undeniable consequences, while the second approach chooses to emphasize the reception (by laymen) of such hypotheses in different socia ...
... ment of risks is influenced by social and cultural factors. The first view tends to focus on the manufacture (by experts) of conjectures, stressing their objective, undeniable consequences, while the second approach chooses to emphasize the reception (by laymen) of such hypotheses in different socia ...
Role of CDM in the UK - Capacity Development for the CDM
... • Natsource Europe (based in London) have helped create the GG-CAP carbon asset management tool • GG-CAP is the world's first large-scale privately run "buyers pool" designed for companies to purchase compliance-ready reductions of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. • Targeted for launch later this yea ...
... • Natsource Europe (based in London) have helped create the GG-CAP carbon asset management tool • GG-CAP is the world's first large-scale privately run "buyers pool" designed for companies to purchase compliance-ready reductions of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. • Targeted for launch later this yea ...
Menu of Learning Experiences
... Maori and the Environment smartboard resource on Maori protocol (tikanga) for sustainability of the environment Pay it Forward - Saving the World - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tn06FQbIRGU ‘The inconvenient truth’ view CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT – Balancing the environment and economy (movie of sc ...
... Maori and the Environment smartboard resource on Maori protocol (tikanga) for sustainability of the environment Pay it Forward - Saving the World - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tn06FQbIRGU ‘The inconvenient truth’ view CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT – Balancing the environment and economy (movie of sc ...
Life history and spatial traits predict extinction risk due to climate
... coupled niche–demographic models should be used whenever data allow such models, especially in cases where the impact of climate change depends in part on species interactions28 . We also emphasize that these results are based on amphibian and reptile species in the contiguous US and, although we pr ...
... coupled niche–demographic models should be used whenever data allow such models, especially in cases where the impact of climate change depends in part on species interactions28 . We also emphasize that these results are based on amphibian and reptile species in the contiguous US and, although we pr ...
Increasing Atmospheric Poleward Energy Transport with Global
... moist static energy (MSE) flux when kinetic energy transport is neglected, is one of the most fundamental aspects of the climate system. In midlatitudes, the atmospheric transport is much larger than the oceanic transport [Trenberth and Caron, 2001] and is partitioned approximately equally between d ...
... moist static energy (MSE) flux when kinetic energy transport is neglected, is one of the most fundamental aspects of the climate system. In midlatitudes, the atmospheric transport is much larger than the oceanic transport [Trenberth and Caron, 2001] and is partitioned approximately equally between d ...
How do the effects of SAE and CO 2 reduction
... Disadvantages of sulfate aerosol enhancement – regional climate change SAE modulates incoming short-wave solar radiation, as opposed to GHGs which modulates outgoing long-wave terrestrial radiation. Diurnal, seasonal and spatial pattern of the radiative forcing change through SAE is quite different ...
... Disadvantages of sulfate aerosol enhancement – regional climate change SAE modulates incoming short-wave solar radiation, as opposed to GHGs which modulates outgoing long-wave terrestrial radiation. Diurnal, seasonal and spatial pattern of the radiative forcing change through SAE is quite different ...
GENERAL Climate Change, Water and Policy-making in
... One of the major issues in the present century is global warming. Studies on global warming and its effect on climatic change are being pursued vigorously as a multidisciplinary problem. Global warming due to enhanced greenhouse effect is expected to cause major changes in various climatic variables ...
... One of the major issues in the present century is global warming. Studies on global warming and its effect on climatic change are being pursued vigorously as a multidisciplinary problem. Global warming due to enhanced greenhouse effect is expected to cause major changes in various climatic variables ...
It took two local `housewives` several years and an inspiring level of
... In this workshop the focus was on exploring the ‘Options for Action’. Scenarios were used to focus participant’s minds on different possible adaptive challenges for the Peninsula. They were derived from two key variables, whether climate change related sea level rise is high (worst case scenario) or ...
... In this workshop the focus was on exploring the ‘Options for Action’. Scenarios were used to focus participant’s minds on different possible adaptive challenges for the Peninsula. They were derived from two key variables, whether climate change related sea level rise is high (worst case scenario) or ...
Science of Climate Change
... stated that “warming of the climate system is unequivocal”; and that there was a greater than 90 percent probability that most of the warming since the mid-20th century had been caused by the rapid increase in greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations due to human activities since the start of the industr ...
... stated that “warming of the climate system is unequivocal”; and that there was a greater than 90 percent probability that most of the warming since the mid-20th century had been caused by the rapid increase in greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations due to human activities since the start of the industr ...
Current and future climate of the Cook Islands
... Pacific: Scientific Assessment and New Research. Volume 1: Regional Overview. Volume 2: Country Reports. Available from November 2011. ...
... Pacific: Scientific Assessment and New Research. Volume 1: Regional Overview. Volume 2: Country Reports. Available from November 2011. ...
Referencing Guides: Harvard
... Sometimes you may need to refer to an author who is cited in another source. Ideally you should use the original (primary) source, but if you are unable to access the primary source, you may cite it as a secondary source, clearly identifying this as follows: Example: The greenhouse effect was first ...
... Sometimes you may need to refer to an author who is cited in another source. Ideally you should use the original (primary) source, but if you are unable to access the primary source, you may cite it as a secondary source, clearly identifying this as follows: Example: The greenhouse effect was first ...