A comparison of structural and behavioural adaptations to future
... changes to the building to reduce any propensity to overheat, for example additional thermal mass. However if, behavioural adaptations are then added on top of these, it might well be possible that the result is a building that is still seen as acceptable even under the assumption of a more aggressi ...
... changes to the building to reduce any propensity to overheat, for example additional thermal mass. However if, behavioural adaptations are then added on top of these, it might well be possible that the result is a building that is still seen as acceptable even under the assumption of a more aggressi ...
Executive Summary Powering Climate Action
... private sector, is that due to their complexity and scale, cities can be challenging partners to work with. However this work demonstrates that many cities are ensuring comprehensive action is taken through collaboration, confounding this missheld perception. With their broad range of capabilities – ...
... private sector, is that due to their complexity and scale, cities can be challenging partners to work with. However this work demonstrates that many cities are ensuring comprehensive action is taken through collaboration, confounding this missheld perception. With their broad range of capabilities – ...
Why Climate Demands Change Michael A. Taylor
... This year’s Lecture helps to highlight our longstanding commitment to preserving and protecting the environment. In 1982 we established the James Moss-Solomon Snr. Chair in Environmental Management, which has been integral in fostering research, innovation and leadership in this important field. Ove ...
... This year’s Lecture helps to highlight our longstanding commitment to preserving and protecting the environment. In 1982 we established the James Moss-Solomon Snr. Chair in Environmental Management, which has been integral in fostering research, innovation and leadership in this important field. Ove ...
Climate Change Adaptation: Perspectives for Disaster Risk
... Figure 1: Summary of possible climate future derived for six hydro-climate zones in South Africa as part of Phase 1 of the Long Term Adaptation Scenario (LTAS) programme............................................... 12 Figure 2: Generic modelling unit used for configuration of the WRYM ............ ...
... Figure 1: Summary of possible climate future derived for six hydro-climate zones in South Africa as part of Phase 1 of the Long Term Adaptation Scenario (LTAS) programme............................................... 12 Figure 2: Generic modelling unit used for configuration of the WRYM ............ ...
Ireland’s Climate: the road ahead IR E
... more refined in terms of detail, more inclusive of physical processes that are important for the climate system and more accurate in representing these processes. For the first time, Ireland has engaged in this global modelling process by contributing to the scientific development of a new global cl ...
... more refined in terms of detail, more inclusive of physical processes that are important for the climate system and more accurate in representing these processes. For the first time, Ireland has engaged in this global modelling process by contributing to the scientific development of a new global cl ...
Expect Above Average Temperatures: Identifying the Economic
... optimum; (4) therefore beliefs do not matter for payoffs; (5) therefore a change in climate has identical effects as a change in weather. I highlight two challenges to this argument. First, I show that this argument ignores how expectations of climate change affect past controls. Past controls (i.e. ...
... optimum; (4) therefore beliefs do not matter for payoffs; (5) therefore a change in climate has identical effects as a change in weather. I highlight two challenges to this argument. First, I show that this argument ignores how expectations of climate change affect past controls. Past controls (i.e. ...
The Great Barrier Reef, UNESCO and the Australian government
... threat and could be listed as “in danger”. Fears about the reef were sparked by its deteriorating condition and the dangers posed by further coal expansion projects in the area. An “in danger” listing allows the UNESCO World Heritage Committee to allocate assistance from the World Heritage Fund. The ...
... threat and could be listed as “in danger”. Fears about the reef were sparked by its deteriorating condition and the dangers posed by further coal expansion projects in the area. An “in danger” listing allows the UNESCO World Heritage Committee to allocate assistance from the World Heritage Fund. The ...
Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change on the Built Environment
... designing stormwater and drainage systems. As discussed below, such considerations fit squarely within the scope of analysis required by NEPA and other EIA laws. There are multiple benefits to be realized from incorporating an assessment of climate change impacts into project-level EIA. The main goa ...
... designing stormwater and drainage systems. As discussed below, such considerations fit squarely within the scope of analysis required by NEPA and other EIA laws. There are multiple benefits to be realized from incorporating an assessment of climate change impacts into project-level EIA. The main goa ...
Causes of the Global Warming Observed since the 19th Century
... 19th century. It is critically important to determine whether this global warming is due to natural causes, as contended by climate contrarians, or by human activities, as argued by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. This study updates our earlier calculations which showed that the obser ...
... 19th century. It is critically important to determine whether this global warming is due to natural causes, as contended by climate contrarians, or by human activities, as argued by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. This study updates our earlier calculations which showed that the obser ...
Working with Nature to Tackle Climate Change
... This report is based on the outcomes of a workshop which aimed to identify examples of how working with nature can help society to address climate change. The link to nature conservation goals - the key purpose of ENCA member institutions1 – is twofold, as more effective climate policies will reduce ...
... This report is based on the outcomes of a workshop which aimed to identify examples of how working with nature can help society to address climate change. The link to nature conservation goals - the key purpose of ENCA member institutions1 – is twofold, as more effective climate policies will reduce ...
Climate change impacts, vulnerability and adaptation in
... adaptation to climate change in Zimbabwe, with the intention of providing a broad overview of the key issues related to climate change facing this particular country. It draws on a set of background papers that were produced by the Policy and Advocacy for Climate Change in Zimbabwe project funded by ...
... adaptation to climate change in Zimbabwe, with the intention of providing a broad overview of the key issues related to climate change facing this particular country. It draws on a set of background papers that were produced by the Policy and Advocacy for Climate Change in Zimbabwe project funded by ...
Modelling the effects of climate and land cover change on
... temperature increased by +6.4 ◦ C and rainfall decreased by 20 percent annually, stream flow increased by 5.7 percent. Legesse et al. (2003) used the PRMS model and found that, in a tropical catchment in Ethiopia, a decrease in rainfall of 10 percent led to a reduction in stream flow of 30 percent, ...
... temperature increased by +6.4 ◦ C and rainfall decreased by 20 percent annually, stream flow increased by 5.7 percent. Legesse et al. (2003) used the PRMS model and found that, in a tropical catchment in Ethiopia, a decrease in rainfall of 10 percent led to a reduction in stream flow of 30 percent, ...
'Sensitivity of climate change detection and attribution to the characterization of internal climate variability'
... where E(ut ) = 0 , a1 and a0 are parameters, and t represents white noise, ı.e. E(t t0 ) = δtt0 . ...
... where E(ut ) = 0 , a1 and a0 are parameters, and t represents white noise, ı.e. E(t t0 ) = δtt0 . ...
Climate change and communicable diseases in the EU
... This handbook is intended to be a resource to encourage planning activities that anticipate and address the possible impact of climate change on communicable disease spread. Informed by current climate change science, particularly as it relates to communicable disease spread, this handbook suggests ...
... This handbook is intended to be a resource to encourage planning activities that anticipate and address the possible impact of climate change on communicable disease spread. Informed by current climate change science, particularly as it relates to communicable disease spread, this handbook suggests ...
BIBLIOGRAPHY BOMAL-O, CARLA G. APRIL 2012. Documentation
... planting times and alter the life cycle of major pests and diseases affecting agricultural crops. Droughts during the El Niño years cause water stress to crops and increase pest and disease infestation. These insects (also acting as pathogens) feed heavily on major agricultural crops rather than the ...
... planting times and alter the life cycle of major pests and diseases affecting agricultural crops. Droughts during the El Niño years cause water stress to crops and increase pest and disease infestation. These insects (also acting as pathogens) feed heavily on major agricultural crops rather than the ...
Accurate estimates of yield gaps - Van Bussel et al 2015
... Accurate estimation of yield gaps is only possible for locations where high quality local data are available, which are, however, lacking in many regions of the world. The challenge is how yield gap estimates based on location-specific input data can be used to obtain yield gap estimates for larger s ...
... Accurate estimation of yield gaps is only possible for locations where high quality local data are available, which are, however, lacking in many regions of the world. The challenge is how yield gap estimates based on location-specific input data can be used to obtain yield gap estimates for larger s ...
Adaptation Finance - Center For Global Development
... 3 While there is no legal agreement that adaptation funding is compensation or reparation for damages under the polluter pays principle, rich countries have acknowledged that poor countries vulnerable to the costs of climate change should receive financial support to grapple with the impacts. We use ...
... 3 While there is no legal agreement that adaptation funding is compensation or reparation for damages under the polluter pays principle, rich countries have acknowledged that poor countries vulnerable to the costs of climate change should receive financial support to grapple with the impacts. We use ...
Climate change impact on meteorological, agricultural, and
... indicators, i.e., the standardized precipitation index (SPI), the precipitation and potential evaporation anomaly, and the soil moisture anomaly, as well as the Palmer Drought Severity Index [Burke et al., 2006]. Few studies have explicitly incorporated various uncertainties of regional climate chan ...
... indicators, i.e., the standardized precipitation index (SPI), the precipitation and potential evaporation anomaly, and the soil moisture anomaly, as well as the Palmer Drought Severity Index [Burke et al., 2006]. Few studies have explicitly incorporated various uncertainties of regional climate chan ...
Seattle City Light Climate Change Analysis - CSES
... Part I: Projections of Future Regional Climate and Extreme Climatic Events from the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Regional Climate Model ...
... Part I: Projections of Future Regional Climate and Extreme Climatic Events from the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Regional Climate Model ...
climate change, disasters, and human mobility in south asia and
... Launched by the Governments of Norway and Switzerland in October 2012, the Nansen Initiative is a Stateled, bottom-up consultative process intended to build consensus on how best to protect and address the needs of people displaced across international borders in the context of drought, flooding and ...
... Launched by the Governments of Norway and Switzerland in October 2012, the Nansen Initiative is a Stateled, bottom-up consultative process intended to build consensus on how best to protect and address the needs of people displaced across international borders in the context of drought, flooding and ...
Quantifying Intensive and extensive margin adaptation responses to
... study on the impacts of climate change, which relies on an earlier report by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (1989). That study of the potential impact of climate change on the United States uses a utility planning model developed by Linder et al. (1987) to simulate the impact on electric ...
... study on the impacts of climate change, which relies on an earlier report by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (1989). That study of the potential impact of climate change on the United States uses a utility planning model developed by Linder et al. (1987) to simulate the impact on electric ...
Financing Climate Policies through Climate Bonds
... degrees Celsius since 1880. IPCC (2015) suggests that the period 1983 2012 was likely the warmest 20 year period in the last 1400 years. The trajectory of future global temperatures then is highly dependent on the extent to which greenhouse gas emissions can be signi cantly reduced in a timely mann ...
... degrees Celsius since 1880. IPCC (2015) suggests that the period 1983 2012 was likely the warmest 20 year period in the last 1400 years. The trajectory of future global temperatures then is highly dependent on the extent to which greenhouse gas emissions can be signi cantly reduced in a timely mann ...