Strategies for Climate Change and Impression
... performance. Faced with increasing pressures from stakeholders, companies are called to develop performance indicators and to disclose information on climate performance in order to legitimize their industrial activities (e.g., Cowan and Deegan 2011; Dawkins and Fraas 2010; Hrasky 2012; Prado-Lorenz ...
... performance. Faced with increasing pressures from stakeholders, companies are called to develop performance indicators and to disclose information on climate performance in order to legitimize their industrial activities (e.g., Cowan and Deegan 2011; Dawkins and Fraas 2010; Hrasky 2012; Prado-Lorenz ...
vulnerability analysis to climate change in the caribbean belize
... Current and future effects of climate change are constantly more complex, creating more pressure on ecosystems and affecting the lifestyles of the people who depend on natural resources under constantly changing conditions. For this reason coastal communities need to anticipate and prepare for chang ...
... Current and future effects of climate change are constantly more complex, creating more pressure on ecosystems and affecting the lifestyles of the people who depend on natural resources under constantly changing conditions. For this reason coastal communities need to anticipate and prepare for chang ...
Paleoecological evidence for abrupt cold reversals during peak
... published by Francis et al. (2006), who added 29 calibration sites from Baffin Island to a training set of 39 sites across eastern Canada (Walker et al., 1991a; 1997). The weighted-averaging regression model uses square-root transformed species data and has a root mean squared error of prediction (RM ...
... published by Francis et al. (2006), who added 29 calibration sites from Baffin Island to a training set of 39 sites across eastern Canada (Walker et al., 1991a; 1997). The weighted-averaging regression model uses square-root transformed species data and has a root mean squared error of prediction (RM ...
Recent observed climate change over the Arabian Peninsula
... [2] Many parts of the world and especially developed countries have benefited from assessments of observed climate changes, especially in relation to temperature and precipitation owing to the societal importance of these parameters [Goddard et al., 2001]. According to the IPCC fourth assessment rep ...
... [2] Many parts of the world and especially developed countries have benefited from assessments of observed climate changes, especially in relation to temperature and precipitation owing to the societal importance of these parameters [Goddard et al., 2001]. According to the IPCC fourth assessment rep ...
National Climate Change Response Strategy
... during September - February. This means frequent occurrence of severe floods in those areas. No significant trends in the 24-hour rainfall amounts are observed in other areas of the country. Figure 2 below shows changes in rainfall patterns in Lamu and Garissa. ...
... during September - February. This means frequent occurrence of severe floods in those areas. No significant trends in the 24-hour rainfall amounts are observed in other areas of the country. Figure 2 below shows changes in rainfall patterns in Lamu and Garissa. ...
Met Office science strategy 2010–2015
... use more unconventional observations and develop the observational base, such as radar and lidar, and how these can be linked to variables within the model, all present new challenges. At these scales, especially in convective situations, even a forecast for a few hours ahead will need to be probabi ...
... use more unconventional observations and develop the observational base, such as radar and lidar, and how these can be linked to variables within the model, all present new challenges. At these scales, especially in convective situations, even a forecast for a few hours ahead will need to be probabi ...
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... Plymouth PL1 3DH, UK The oceans are under pressure from human activities. Following 250 years of industrial activity, effects are being seen at the cellular through to regional and global scales. The change in atmospheric CO2 from 280 ppm in pre-industrial times to 392 ppm in 2011 has contributed to ...
... Plymouth PL1 3DH, UK The oceans are under pressure from human activities. Following 250 years of industrial activity, effects are being seen at the cellular through to regional and global scales. The change in atmospheric CO2 from 280 ppm in pre-industrial times to 392 ppm in 2011 has contributed to ...
PDF > Chapter 2
... the chemical and biological processes in the ocean. The warming of ocean water could lead to a d e s t a b ili z a t i o n o f s o li d m e t h a n e d e p o s i t s o n t h e s e a f l o o r. B e c a u s e o f t h e e xc e s s CO 2 , t h e o c e a n s a r e ...
... the chemical and biological processes in the ocean. The warming of ocean water could lead to a d e s t a b ili z a t i o n o f s o li d m e t h a n e d e p o s i t s o n t h e s e a f l o o r. B e c a u s e o f t h e e xc e s s CO 2 , t h e o c e a n s a r e ...
Climate Change: Issues and Events
... What has been achieved so far? At the international level, it has been thanks to this programme that agriculture has found itself on United Nations Framework on Climate Change (UNFCCC), indeed the first draft submission on agriculture that formed the basis for Africa Group of negotiators at COP 15 ...
... What has been achieved so far? At the international level, it has been thanks to this programme that agriculture has found itself on United Nations Framework on Climate Change (UNFCCC), indeed the first draft submission on agriculture that formed the basis for Africa Group of negotiators at COP 15 ...
Northwestern Debate Institute 2010 1 Sophomores Politics Updates
... The outcome, he suggested, hinges on whether or not President Barack Obama can convince enough people that the way he and his party have led the nation over the last two years is still preferable to the way the Republicans would govern. ...
... The outcome, he suggested, hinges on whether or not President Barack Obama can convince enough people that the way he and his party have led the nation over the last two years is still preferable to the way the Republicans would govern. ...
FutureMap - Committee for Melbourne
... community has, we will be adversely affected by climate change and we have an opportunity to establish leadership positions in many new technological areas and in mitigating and adapting to climate change. The Committee’s Taskforces are our main tool for enhancing our city’s livability and prosperit ...
... community has, we will be adversely affected by climate change and we have an opportunity to establish leadership positions in many new technological areas and in mitigating and adapting to climate change. The Committee’s Taskforces are our main tool for enhancing our city’s livability and prosperit ...
the impact of climate change on the development - UN
... Vulnerability Index (EVI) based on indicators of: (a) the instability of agricultural production; (b) the instability of exports of goods and services; (c) the economic importance of non-traditional economic activities (d) merchandise export concentration; (e) remoteness from world markets; (f) popu ...
... Vulnerability Index (EVI) based on indicators of: (a) the instability of agricultural production; (b) the instability of exports of goods and services; (c) the economic importance of non-traditional economic activities (d) merchandise export concentration; (e) remoteness from world markets; (f) popu ...
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... The Social Cost of Carbon (SCC) monetizes the damage from releasing a ton of CO2 to the atmosphere today. This is essential information for the determination of optimal climate policies, as policies that price carbon according to the SCC will give the correct economic incentive for r ...
... The Social Cost of Carbon (SCC) monetizes the damage from releasing a ton of CO2 to the atmosphere today. This is essential information for the determination of optimal climate policies, as policies that price carbon according to the SCC will give the correct economic incentive for r ...
Studying Climate Change: Proxy Indicators
... • Outline current and future trends and impacts of global climate change • Suggest ways we can respond to climate change Copyright © 2013 Pearson Canada Inc. © 2010 Pearson Education Canada ...
... • Outline current and future trends and impacts of global climate change • Suggest ways we can respond to climate change Copyright © 2013 Pearson Canada Inc. © 2010 Pearson Education Canada ...
Deepa Badrinarayana - Three Degrees Warmer
... LITTLE GREEN DATA BOOK 7 (2007). While at the recent meeting of the Conference of Parties at the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen all three countries made some commitments that they “noted”: China and India only agreed to reduce their carbon intensity, and not their ...
... LITTLE GREEN DATA BOOK 7 (2007). While at the recent meeting of the Conference of Parties at the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen all three countries made some commitments that they “noted”: China and India only agreed to reduce their carbon intensity, and not their ...
Climate Change Effects on Aquatic Biota, Ecosystem Structure and
... biodiversity of freshwater ecosystems throughout the Arctic and possibly initiate varying adaptive responses. The magnitude, extent, and duration of the impacts and responses will be system- and location-dependent, and difficult to separate from other environmental stressors. Biodiversity is related ...
... biodiversity of freshwater ecosystems throughout the Arctic and possibly initiate varying adaptive responses. The magnitude, extent, and duration of the impacts and responses will be system- and location-dependent, and difficult to separate from other environmental stressors. Biodiversity is related ...
Bytes of Note: Climate Change and the Cryosphere
... Features/Paleoclimatology). Subsequent research has shown that for the last few million years, Earth has experienced multiple cold (glacial) and warm (interglacial) climatic intervals over a roughly 100,000-year cycle. This process is driven by fluctuations in Earth’s orbit amplified by mechanisms i ...
... Features/Paleoclimatology). Subsequent research has shown that for the last few million years, Earth has experienced multiple cold (glacial) and warm (interglacial) climatic intervals over a roughly 100,000-year cycle. This process is driven by fluctuations in Earth’s orbit amplified by mechanisms i ...
A new scenario framework for climate change research: the concept
... forcing outcomes (as characterized by the RCPs). Some of these cells at the higher end of the forcing range, e.g. for the two RCPs attaining 6 and 8.5 W/m2 by the end of the century, may be populated by reference scenarios that project socioeconomic developments and emissions in the absence of clima ...
... forcing outcomes (as characterized by the RCPs). Some of these cells at the higher end of the forcing range, e.g. for the two RCPs attaining 6 and 8.5 W/m2 by the end of the century, may be populated by reference scenarios that project socioeconomic developments and emissions in the absence of clima ...
Public attitudes and behavior about climate change: what shapes
... Scientists around the world overwhelmingly agree that recent human activities that release large volumes of several gases (especially carbon dioxide) into the atmosphere have been causing changes in the earth’s climate. Climate changes include warmer air and sea temperatures, changed patterns of pre ...
... Scientists around the world overwhelmingly agree that recent human activities that release large volumes of several gases (especially carbon dioxide) into the atmosphere have been causing changes in the earth’s climate. Climate changes include warmer air and sea temperatures, changed patterns of pre ...
Chapter 3: U.S. Legal Developments: Legislative, Executive, and
... The United States has produced new federal climate change regulation over the past several years. However, its path to regulation, unlike that of many other countries, has been shaped significantly by litigation. Rather than greenhouse gas emissions regulation taking place under a new statute focuse ...
... The United States has produced new federal climate change regulation over the past several years. However, its path to regulation, unlike that of many other countries, has been shaped significantly by litigation. Rather than greenhouse gas emissions regulation taking place under a new statute focuse ...
warrnambool.vic.gov.au
... The purchase of 20% green power, which alone avoided 1,564 tonnes of CO2e- in one year A significant part of this Action Plan is reducing Council corporate CO2e- emissions and helping the Warrnambool community to do the same. From this context we need to look closely at how to build on Council’s suc ...
... The purchase of 20% green power, which alone avoided 1,564 tonnes of CO2e- in one year A significant part of this Action Plan is reducing Council corporate CO2e- emissions and helping the Warrnambool community to do the same. From this context we need to look closely at how to build on Council’s suc ...
Climate change in the Fertile Crescent and implications of the recent
... concentrated along the coast and in northeastern Syria. The longterm drying trend is closely mirrored by recent changes in satellite measurements of groundwater (measured in terms of liquid water equivalent) (Fig. 2C) and, to a lesser extent, by estimates of vegetation changes (Fig. 2D). The annual ...
... concentrated along the coast and in northeastern Syria. The longterm drying trend is closely mirrored by recent changes in satellite measurements of groundwater (measured in terms of liquid water equivalent) (Fig. 2C) and, to a lesser extent, by estimates of vegetation changes (Fig. 2D). The annual ...
Potential Earnings Impacts from Climate Change: Energy Infrastructure
... recognised by the regulator (e.g. enterprise value = 1.48 x Regulated Asset Base (RAB)), so changes in network growth have a multiplier impact on value. – Climate change is expected to result in a mixture of positive and negative effects on network growth, from both climatic changes and from flow on ...
... recognised by the regulator (e.g. enterprise value = 1.48 x Regulated Asset Base (RAB)), so changes in network growth have a multiplier impact on value. – Climate change is expected to result in a mixture of positive and negative effects on network growth, from both climatic changes and from flow on ...
Market and policy driven adaptation: an alternative perspective. Smart Solutions to Climate Change (opens in new window)
... Since the focus of many of these studies is on lowcost adaptation, high BCRs are not unexpected. The question is how the return on adaptation changes as we move up the adaptation cost curve and start to implement more expensive measures. A study by McKinsey and Swiss Re in eight countries confirms t ...
... Since the focus of many of these studies is on lowcost adaptation, high BCRs are not unexpected. The question is how the return on adaptation changes as we move up the adaptation cost curve and start to implement more expensive measures. A study by McKinsey and Swiss Re in eight countries confirms t ...
Climate change projections of precipitation and
... water quality is deteriorating, and water supply and irrigation services are often rationed – with consequences for human health, agricultural productivity, and the environment. According to Roudi-Fahimi and Kent (2007), the MENA region’s population stood at 432 million in 2007, and is projected to ...
... water quality is deteriorating, and water supply and irrigation services are often rationed – with consequences for human health, agricultural productivity, and the environment. According to Roudi-Fahimi and Kent (2007), the MENA region’s population stood at 432 million in 2007, and is projected to ...
Global warming
Global warming and climate change are terms for the observed century-scale rise in the average temperature of the Earth's climate system and its related effects.Multiple lines of scientific evidence show that the climate system is warming. Although the increase of near-surface atmospheric temperature is the measure of global warming often reported in the popular press, most of the additional energy stored in the climate system since 1970 has gone into ocean warming. The remainder has melted ice, and warmed the continents and atmosphere. Many of the observed changes since the 1950s are unprecedented over decades to millennia.Scientific understanding of global warming is increasing. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reported in 2014 that scientists were more than 95% certain that most of global warming is caused by increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases and other human (anthropogenic) activities. Climate model projections summarized in the report indicated that during the 21st century the global surface temperature is likely to rise a further 0.3 to 1.7 °C (0.5 to 3.1 °F) for their lowest emissions scenario using stringent mitigation and 2.6 to 4.8 °C (4.7 to 8.6 °F) for their highest. These findings have been recognized by the national science academies of the major industrialized nations.Future climate change and associated impacts will differ from region to region around the globe. Anticipated effects include warming global temperature, rising sea levels, changing precipitation, and expansion of deserts in the subtropics. Warming is expected to be greatest in the Arctic, with the continuing retreat of glaciers, permafrost and sea ice. Other likely changes include more frequent extreme weather events including heat waves, droughts, heavy rainfall, and heavy snowfall; ocean acidification; and species extinctions due to shifting temperature regimes. Effects significant to humans include the threat to food security from decreasing crop yields and the abandonment of populated areas due to flooding.Possible societal responses to global warming include mitigation by emissions reduction, adaptation to its effects, building systems resilient to its effects, and possible future climate engineering. Most countries are parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC),whose ultimate objective is to prevent dangerous anthropogenic climate change. The UNFCCC have adopted a range of policies designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to assist in adaptation to global warming. Parties to the UNFCCC have agreed that deep cuts in emissions are required, and that future global warming should be limited to below 2.0 °C (3.6 °F) relative to the pre-industrial level.