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... uncertainty, it is reasonable to challenge government priorities, assessing the long-term economic and social performance of every dollar of government spending and every regulation. Chief among the state’s priorities is Governor Schwarzenegger’s Executive Order #S-3-05 (Schwarzenegger 2005) which c ...
... uncertainty, it is reasonable to challenge government priorities, assessing the long-term economic and social performance of every dollar of government spending and every regulation. Chief among the state’s priorities is Governor Schwarzenegger’s Executive Order #S-3-05 (Schwarzenegger 2005) which c ...
Community-based Climate Change Action Grants
... Technical expertise was often essential in this process to ensure that communities had good information on which to base their decisions, especially in relation to new technologies. Without adequate expertise, activities invested in by communities may not be proportionate to the risks, deliver the b ...
... Technical expertise was often essential in this process to ensure that communities had good information on which to base their decisions, especially in relation to new technologies. Without adequate expertise, activities invested in by communities may not be proportionate to the risks, deliver the b ...
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community
... The outcome of this project is the production of three key reports: this Impact Assessment Technical Report, a preliminary Adaptation Strategy Report, and a Community Action Plan with recommendations for future adaptation options and strategies. This technical report comprises the first milestone of ...
... The outcome of this project is the production of three key reports: this Impact Assessment Technical Report, a preliminary Adaptation Strategy Report, and a Community Action Plan with recommendations for future adaptation options and strategies. This technical report comprises the first milestone of ...
Abbreviations and acronyms - Caribbean Regional Fisheries
... Fisheries and aquaculture in the CARICOM region are extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and variability, and to several hazards that typically result in disasters. The concern is with hydro-meteorological and geological hazards while acknowledging interaction with technological haz ...
... Fisheries and aquaculture in the CARICOM region are extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and variability, and to several hazards that typically result in disasters. The concern is with hydro-meteorological and geological hazards while acknowledging interaction with technological haz ...
M D N R
... its sensitivity or exposure to climate changes (Williams et al. 2008, Glick et al. 2011). Vulnerability is like risk, and much can be learned from the field of risk management (Brooks 2003). Risk management offers a different mental frame for understanding climate change and its potential to affect ...
... its sensitivity or exposure to climate changes (Williams et al. 2008, Glick et al. 2011). Vulnerability is like risk, and much can be learned from the field of risk management (Brooks 2003). Risk management offers a different mental frame for understanding climate change and its potential to affect ...
POTENTIAL MARKET BARRIERS FOR VOLUNTARY CLIMATE CHANGE
... impacts of climate change. The need for a transition to more sustainable consumption and production patterns is undeniable, and sustainable economic growth must be placed at the heart of future development for all citizens – private and public. The South African private sector is under enormous pres ...
... impacts of climate change. The need for a transition to more sustainable consumption and production patterns is undeniable, and sustainable economic growth must be placed at the heart of future development for all citizens – private and public. The South African private sector is under enormous pres ...
National Climate Response Strategy
... The Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD) has provided data of temperature and rainfall changes in Kenya over the last fifty years. From the early 1960s, Kenya has generally experienced increasing temperatures over vast areas. Over inland areas, the trends in both minimum (night-time/early morning) ...
... The Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD) has provided data of temperature and rainfall changes in Kenya over the last fifty years. From the early 1960s, Kenya has generally experienced increasing temperatures over vast areas. Over inland areas, the trends in both minimum (night-time/early morning) ...
3. Ranking Criteria and Examples
... The paper suggests that the main driver for action was an unplanned response to intense heat. Friends/family acted as an important factor in helping older individuals/households to cope with extreme heat events. A potential barrier, however, was knowledge about the effect heat risks on the health of ...
... The paper suggests that the main driver for action was an unplanned response to intense heat. Friends/family acted as an important factor in helping older individuals/households to cope with extreme heat events. A potential barrier, however, was knowledge about the effect heat risks on the health of ...
Climate change as a major risk management challenge: Prepared by
... Insuring risks in a modern economy is a complex business that interacts with many aspects of our lives. The importance of the insurance industry for an economy can only in part be measured by the number of its employees in a given country, the assets under management, or its contribution to the nati ...
... Insuring risks in a modern economy is a complex business that interacts with many aspects of our lives. The importance of the insurance industry for an economy can only in part be measured by the number of its employees in a given country, the assets under management, or its contribution to the nati ...
A Warm Response, Our Climate Change Challenge
... Through the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) a scientific consensus on anthropogenic global warming has emerged. Today there is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is attributable to human activities and that human-induced cl ...
... Through the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) a scientific consensus on anthropogenic global warming has emerged. Today there is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is attributable to human activities and that human-induced cl ...
Understanding the Forecast Second Edition David Archer d
... Human forcing of climate is expected to be small compared to the variability associated with the weather. Temperature in the coming century is projected to rise a by few degrees centigrade (Chapter 12). This is pretty small compared to the temperature differences between the equator and the pole, b ...
... Human forcing of climate is expected to be small compared to the variability associated with the weather. Temperature in the coming century is projected to rise a by few degrees centigrade (Chapter 12). This is pretty small compared to the temperature differences between the equator and the pole, b ...
Fluvial responses to climate and sea-level change
... Fluvial responses to climate and sea-level change INTRODUCTION Studies of continental stratigraphic records, Quaternary and ancient, were energized in the ®nal decades of the twentieth century by two somewhat distinct trends that emerged within the geosciences. First, there was increasingly widespr ...
... Fluvial responses to climate and sea-level change INTRODUCTION Studies of continental stratigraphic records, Quaternary and ancient, were energized in the ®nal decades of the twentieth century by two somewhat distinct trends that emerged within the geosciences. First, there was increasingly widespr ...
Climate Protection as a World Citizen Movement
... Climate Protection as a World Citizen Movement Special Report Climate Protection as a World Citizen Movement ...
... Climate Protection as a World Citizen Movement Special Report Climate Protection as a World Citizen Movement ...
DEVELOPMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN TANZANIA: FOCUS
... critical ecosystem, biodiversity hotspot, and source of freshwater. This part of the analysis draws upon extended field research by a case study consultant in collaboration with national and international partners. Analysis of recent climate trends reveals that climate change poses significant risks ...
... critical ecosystem, biodiversity hotspot, and source of freshwater. This part of the analysis draws upon extended field research by a case study consultant in collaboration with national and international partners. Analysis of recent climate trends reveals that climate change poses significant risks ...
IPCC report
... on land from hot deserts to permafrost areas and increasingly at sea. Owing to the private nature and high economic value to the energy sector, they have been designed to higher tolerance levels than most transportation infrastructure. Climate change may require changes in design standards for the c ...
... on land from hot deserts to permafrost areas and increasingly at sea. Owing to the private nature and high economic value to the energy sector, they have been designed to higher tolerance levels than most transportation infrastructure. Climate change may require changes in design standards for the c ...
Pension Fund Trustees and Climate Change Research report 106
... increasingly evident that the current global financial crisis clearly has its roots in weak governance practices and low levels of ethical behaviour and accountability. In the pension fund industry, the role of the pension fund trustee has been scrutinised intensely since the turn of the century as ...
... increasingly evident that the current global financial crisis clearly has its roots in weak governance practices and low levels of ethical behaviour and accountability. In the pension fund industry, the role of the pension fund trustee has been scrutinised intensely since the turn of the century as ...
Full English report
... and has ratified both the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol. Egypt has several domestic initiatives to address climate change, including an inter-ministerial National Committee on Climate Change established in 1997, an ongoing GEF Climate Change Ca ...
... and has ratified both the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol. Egypt has several domestic initiatives to address climate change, including an inter-ministerial National Committee on Climate Change established in 1997, an ongoing GEF Climate Change Ca ...
Abstract - Surrey Research Insight Open Access
... of local scour failure. Initially, statistical analysis of existing flow records is used to obtain ...
... of local scour failure. Initially, statistical analysis of existing flow records is used to obtain ...
CLIMATE ASSESSMENT REPORT
... event. Various lines of evidence including new climate change simulations performed as part of this assessment ...
... event. Various lines of evidence including new climate change simulations performed as part of this assessment ...
Fossil Fuel Divestment: Implications For The Future Of Sustainability
... sustainable practices in campus operations and environments (Ferrer-Balas et al. 2009). Second, universities are seen primarily as spaces of concentrated learning. Through their teaching and curricula, they can promote action on advancing sustainability (Colucci-Gray et al. 2013). Third, higher educ ...
... sustainable practices in campus operations and environments (Ferrer-Balas et al. 2009). Second, universities are seen primarily as spaces of concentrated learning. Through their teaching and curricula, they can promote action on advancing sustainability (Colucci-Gray et al. 2013). Third, higher educ ...
Durban Climate Change Strategy
... the 21st Century. Historical records show that the earth‟s climate has varied naturally over time; however, human-induced climate change refers specifically to global warming that is occurring as a result of emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) from a wide range of human activities. The latest resea ...
... the 21st Century. Historical records show that the earth‟s climate has varied naturally over time; however, human-induced climate change refers specifically to global warming that is occurring as a result of emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) from a wide range of human activities. The latest resea ...
Win-win? CDM hydropower projects and their - diss.fu
... GHGs regulated under the Kyoto Protocol1. Eligible are mainly renewable energy and energy efficiency projects as well as technologies that capture and burn certain industrial or landfill gases. Hydropower is by far the most common project type, accounting for more than one quarter of all projects in ...
... GHGs regulated under the Kyoto Protocol1. Eligible are mainly renewable energy and energy efficiency projects as well as technologies that capture and burn certain industrial or landfill gases. Hydropower is by far the most common project type, accounting for more than one quarter of all projects in ...
Coastal Councils and Planning for Climate Change
... Climate change is expected to have significant impacts on local communities in Australia, particularly coastal communities. These impacts include water scarcity, more frequent and intense storms, sea level rise, coastal zone erosion and inundation, the spread of disease and pressure to infrastructur ...
... Climate change is expected to have significant impacts on local communities in Australia, particularly coastal communities. These impacts include water scarcity, more frequent and intense storms, sea level rise, coastal zone erosion and inundation, the spread of disease and pressure to infrastructur ...
Radiative Forcing of Climate Change
... Pinatubo eruption, and are comparable to the low values seen in about 1979, a quiescent period for volcanic activity. Although episodic in nature and transient in duration, stratospheric ...
... Pinatubo eruption, and are comparable to the low values seen in about 1979, a quiescent period for volcanic activity. Although episodic in nature and transient in duration, stratospheric ...