The Faithful Skeptics: Conservative Christian Religious Beliefs and
... The Faithful Skeptics: Conservative Christian Religious Beliefs and Perceptions of Climate Change Chairperson: Michael Patterson, Ph.D. Global climate change presents one of the most challenging ecological and social problems facing the world today. In order to prevent potentially harmful ecological ...
... The Faithful Skeptics: Conservative Christian Religious Beliefs and Perceptions of Climate Change Chairperson: Michael Patterson, Ph.D. Global climate change presents one of the most challenging ecological and social problems facing the world today. In order to prevent potentially harmful ecological ...
Portfolio Selection with Parameter and Model Uncertainty: A Multi
... aversion to ambiguity. This special case is of particular importance because it allows us to compare the ambiguity-averse model of this paper with the traditional Bayesian approach, where the decision maker is neutral to ambiguity. The analytic solutions also indicate how the model with ambiguity av ...
... aversion to ambiguity. This special case is of particular importance because it allows us to compare the ambiguity-averse model of this paper with the traditional Bayesian approach, where the decision maker is neutral to ambiguity. The analytic solutions also indicate how the model with ambiguity av ...
Climate-Induced Population Movement: The Issue
... contemporary challenges. According to scientific estimations, the number of those likely to relocate due to climatic reasons ranges between 50 and 350 million people by 2050.2 Though these numbers are debatable, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), in its Fifth Assessment Report, is ...
... contemporary challenges. According to scientific estimations, the number of those likely to relocate due to climatic reasons ranges between 50 and 350 million people by 2050.2 Though these numbers are debatable, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), in its Fifth Assessment Report, is ...
Global Climate Change and Coral Bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef
... communities is central to any consideration of the current health and future outlook for the Great Barrier Reef, and it is the subject of ongoing research by the authors. For this study, we needed to stand back from that level of detail while still producing a report that captures our current assess ...
... communities is central to any consideration of the current health and future outlook for the Great Barrier Reef, and it is the subject of ongoing research by the authors. For this study, we needed to stand back from that level of detail while still producing a report that captures our current assess ...
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... optimally. Several reasons why optimal adaptation levels may not be attainable have been identified in the literature, such as lack of information, or inertia in the decision making process. We refer to barriers or constraints resulting in suboptimal levels of adaptation as adaptation restrictions. ...
... optimally. Several reasons why optimal adaptation levels may not be attainable have been identified in the literature, such as lack of information, or inertia in the decision making process. We refer to barriers or constraints resulting in suboptimal levels of adaptation as adaptation restrictions. ...
Review of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP)
... and WCRP must learn to flexibly respond, either by evolving into a more relevant form by broadening it s scientific base, or by focusing on current streng ths and being ready to collaborate with others on new programmes. The world has changed, and, to be successful, WCRP must adapt accordingly. This ...
... and WCRP must learn to flexibly respond, either by evolving into a more relevant form by broadening it s scientific base, or by focusing on current streng ths and being ready to collaborate with others on new programmes. The world has changed, and, to be successful, WCRP must adapt accordingly. This ...
Global Catastrophic Risks - The Global Priorities Project
... Justinian’ killed 25-33 million people come close to the nightmare scenar– between 13% and 17% of the world io on a number of occasions. Perhaps population at the time.1 The plague the narrowest escape came on 27th had trans-generational consequencOctober 1962. Two Russian B-59 subes: many historian ...
... Justinian’ killed 25-33 million people come close to the nightmare scenar– between 13% and 17% of the world io on a number of occasions. Perhaps population at the time.1 The plague the narrowest escape came on 27th had trans-generational consequencOctober 1962. Two Russian B-59 subes: many historian ...
South Asia - International Institute for Sustainable Development
... community level, are not fully represented within the review. Climate Vulnerability Over the past several decades, South Asian countries have become increasingly prone to weatherrelated threats that previously had not been experienced at a regional scale, and have witnessed an increase in the intens ...
... community level, are not fully represented within the review. Climate Vulnerability Over the past several decades, South Asian countries have become increasingly prone to weatherrelated threats that previously had not been experienced at a regional scale, and have witnessed an increase in the intens ...
Differential sensitivity to regional‑scale drought in six central
... As a consequence, this regional scale drought provided a unique opportunity to coordinate response measurements and assess ecosystem sensitivities across a range of grassland types. Grasslands are valuable model ecosystems for assessing differential drought sensitivity. They are highly responsive to ...
... As a consequence, this regional scale drought provided a unique opportunity to coordinate response measurements and assess ecosystem sensitivities across a range of grassland types. Grasslands are valuable model ecosystems for assessing differential drought sensitivity. They are highly responsive to ...
The exchange of carbon dioxide between wet arctic - HAL-Insu
... Abstract. The exchange fluxes of carbon dioxide between wet arctic polygonal tundra and the atmosphere were investigated by the micrometeorological eddy covariance method. The investigation site was situated in the centre of the Lena River Delta in Northern Siberia (72◦ 22′ N, 126◦ 30′ E). The study ...
... Abstract. The exchange fluxes of carbon dioxide between wet arctic polygonal tundra and the atmosphere were investigated by the micrometeorological eddy covariance method. The investigation site was situated in the centre of the Lena River Delta in Northern Siberia (72◦ 22′ N, 126◦ 30′ E). The study ...
Is there an ASEAN policy on Climate Change?
... the cost of inaction could cost up to 20% or more of global GDP, while in contrast the costs of action undertaken now to address climate change to avoid the worst impacts can be limited to 1% of global GDP each year. In the on-going negotiations for renewed and urgent actions on climate change, the ...
... the cost of inaction could cost up to 20% or more of global GDP, while in contrast the costs of action undertaken now to address climate change to avoid the worst impacts can be limited to 1% of global GDP each year. In the on-going negotiations for renewed and urgent actions on climate change, the ...
Building Climate Resilience in the Agriculture Sector of Asia and the
... Figure 2.2: Climate Change Vulnerability Map of Southeast Asia Figure 2.3: Countries Vulnerable to Climate Change Figure 3.1: The IMPACT 2009 Modeling Framework Figure 3.2: Yield Changes between 2000 and 2050 by Crop and Management System for Three GCMs With and Without CO2 Fertilization Effects Fig ...
... Figure 2.2: Climate Change Vulnerability Map of Southeast Asia Figure 2.3: Countries Vulnerable to Climate Change Figure 3.1: The IMPACT 2009 Modeling Framework Figure 3.2: Yield Changes between 2000 and 2050 by Crop and Management System for Three GCMs With and Without CO2 Fertilization Effects Fig ...
CGE training material
... − “…a ‘business as usual’ projection of…GHG emissions between 2008 and 2020. It is assumed that recent trends in population and economic growth will continue and that no GHG abatement measures will be implemented.” − “…business-as-usual (BAU) baseline projections from 2000 until 2020, taking into ac ...
... − “…a ‘business as usual’ projection of…GHG emissions between 2008 and 2020. It is assumed that recent trends in population and economic growth will continue and that no GHG abatement measures will be implemented.” − “…business-as-usual (BAU) baseline projections from 2000 until 2020, taking into ac ...
Behavioural Adaptation of Skiers and Snowboarders in
... 0.74°C during the past 100 years. However, in only the last 50 years, this warming trend has occurred at twice this rate (IPCC, 2007). Eleven of the last twelve years (1995‐2006) rank among the warmest years in the instrumental record of global surface temperature since 1850 (IPCC, 2007). Averag ...
... 0.74°C during the past 100 years. However, in only the last 50 years, this warming trend has occurred at twice this rate (IPCC, 2007). Eleven of the last twelve years (1995‐2006) rank among the warmest years in the instrumental record of global surface temperature since 1850 (IPCC, 2007). Averag ...
The Marine Nitrogen Cycle: Overview and Challenges
... time of fixed nitrogen in the ocean of a few thousand years only (Gruber, 2004), an order of magnitude shorter than that of phosphorus, whose residence time is of the order of several tens of thousands years (Delaney, 1998). This makes the marine nitrogen cycle very dynamic and at the same time susc ...
... time of fixed nitrogen in the ocean of a few thousand years only (Gruber, 2004), an order of magnitude shorter than that of phosphorus, whose residence time is of the order of several tens of thousands years (Delaney, 1998). This makes the marine nitrogen cycle very dynamic and at the same time susc ...
The City of Lewes Hazard Mitigation and Climate Adaptation Action
... 3.2 Summary table of potential normalized annualized losses from natural hazards ......................................... 19 3.3 Potential damage to critical facilities from tropical storm wind events ........................................................ 20 3.4 Extreme summer heat dates cau ...
... 3.2 Summary table of potential normalized annualized losses from natural hazards ......................................... 19 3.3 Potential damage to critical facilities from tropical storm wind events ........................................................ 20 3.4 Extreme summer heat dates cau ...
PDF - AMS Journals - American Meteorological Society
... the establishment of National Severe Storms Forecast Center in the early part of the 1950s (Agee ...
... the establishment of National Severe Storms Forecast Center in the early part of the 1950s (Agee ...
Adapting to Coastal Climate Change
... require that development planners – and the donors who assist with development – give special urgency to the task of helping to build resiliency against the impacts of climate change. The changes are many and already underway. They include rising sea level, increasingly intense cyclones, altered pre ...
... require that development planners – and the donors who assist with development – give special urgency to the task of helping to build resiliency against the impacts of climate change. The changes are many and already underway. They include rising sea level, increasingly intense cyclones, altered pre ...
Preparing for a Changing Climate in Northern Ireland
... recommended that information on sensitivity to current weather is collated by public sector organisations. The UKCIP08 climate change scenarios, due in 2008, are not likely to alter the strategic findings of this report. However, significantly more detail will be provided, including probabilistic pr ...
... recommended that information on sensitivity to current weather is collated by public sector organisations. The UKCIP08 climate change scenarios, due in 2008, are not likely to alter the strategic findings of this report. However, significantly more detail will be provided, including probabilistic pr ...
Wolf, J. and Susanne C. Moser (2011). Individual understandings
... Development of a Systems Model-Based Decision Support Tool for Green Infrastructure Development in Milwaukee, WI. Collaboration with Climate Interactive. Funded through ...
... Development of a Systems Model-Based Decision Support Tool for Green Infrastructure Development in Milwaukee, WI. Collaboration with Climate Interactive. Funded through ...
Climate change and human health RISKS AND RESPONSES Editors
... warmest since instrumental records began in the nineteenth century, and contained 9 of the 10 warmest years ever recorded. The causes of this change are increasingly well understood. The Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, published in 2001, goes further than it ...
... warmest since instrumental records began in the nineteenth century, and contained 9 of the 10 warmest years ever recorded. The causes of this change are increasingly well understood. The Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, published in 2001, goes further than it ...
Vulnerability Index to climate change in the Latin
... climate change is driven by a number of factors which contribute to the physical, social and livelihood circumstances present within each country. Many of the Mesoamerican countries and some of the larger Caribbean island nations generally display the highest levels of sensitivity to climate change ...
... climate change is driven by a number of factors which contribute to the physical, social and livelihood circumstances present within each country. Many of the Mesoamerican countries and some of the larger Caribbean island nations generally display the highest levels of sensitivity to climate change ...
En56-155-2000E - Publications du gouvernement du Canada
... In collaboration with Parks Canada, a screening level assessment of the impacts of climate change in Canada’s system of national parks and national park reserves was completed. Seasonal climate change scenarios, based on four doubled-CO 2 General Circulation Model experiments, were assembled for eac ...
... In collaboration with Parks Canada, a screening level assessment of the impacts of climate change in Canada’s system of national parks and national park reserves was completed. Seasonal climate change scenarios, based on four doubled-CO 2 General Circulation Model experiments, were assembled for eac ...
Climate change and human health
... warmest since instrumental records began in the nineteenth century, and contained 9 of the 10 warmest years ever recorded. The causes of this change are increasingly well understood. The Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, published in 2001, goes further than it ...
... warmest since instrumental records began in the nineteenth century, and contained 9 of the 10 warmest years ever recorded. The causes of this change are increasingly well understood. The Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, published in 2001, goes further than it ...