Resilient Midwestern Cities - Neighborhood Solutions Inc.
... Midwestern city officials, state and federal policymakers, and community groups must work together to build upon ongoing social justice efforts to improve access to quality housing, infrastructure, and jobs; to promote equity and inclusivity; and to build trust between community members and governm ...
... Midwestern city officials, state and federal policymakers, and community groups must work together to build upon ongoing social justice efforts to improve access to quality housing, infrastructure, and jobs; to promote equity and inclusivity; and to build trust between community members and governm ...
Losing Ground - Rocky Mountain Climate Organization
... over 100 degrees Fahrenheit from late May through September, is likely to become intolerably hot for visitors for long stretches of the year. Other southwestern national parks are also at risk of becoming too hot. (See page 18.) I Yosemite National Park and other relatively cool mountain parks are i ...
... over 100 degrees Fahrenheit from late May through September, is likely to become intolerably hot for visitors for long stretches of the year. Other southwestern national parks are also at risk of becoming too hot. (See page 18.) I Yosemite National Park and other relatively cool mountain parks are i ...
Problems with making and governing global kinds of knowledge
... nascent geographies of science being written to complement the histories, philosophies and sociologies of science. Subjecting scientific knowledge to geographical enquiry helps us to distinguish between the universalising drive of scientific enquiry and what I call here the instinct to make global kin ...
... nascent geographies of science being written to complement the histories, philosophies and sociologies of science. Subjecting scientific knowledge to geographical enquiry helps us to distinguish between the universalising drive of scientific enquiry and what I call here the instinct to make global kin ...
Multimodel projections and uncertainties of irrigation water demand
... effect of increasing precipitation. For China and the USA, IWD increases with rising temperature, and no meaningful relationship between IWD and the amount of changing precipitation is found. This may be explained by the substantial climatic range, i.e., arid to humid climate, within these countries ...
... effect of increasing precipitation. For China and the USA, IWD increases with rising temperature, and no meaningful relationship between IWD and the amount of changing precipitation is found. This may be explained by the substantial climatic range, i.e., arid to humid climate, within these countries ...
Annual Transition Statement - Select Organisation
... recognition of the ‘national transition objective’ – the goal of pursuing a low carbon, climate resilient and environmentally sustainable economy by 2050. In order to facilitate the achievement of the ‘transition objective’, the 2015 Act provides for the development and submission to Government for ...
... recognition of the ‘national transition objective’ – the goal of pursuing a low carbon, climate resilient and environmentally sustainable economy by 2050. In order to facilitate the achievement of the ‘transition objective’, the 2015 Act provides for the development and submission to Government for ...
Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration as a Climate Change Mitigation
... recommends that in the near future, the U.S. forests will continue to sequester carbon at a rate similar to that in recent years. However, this carbon assimilation is altered by environmental disturbances like wild fires and hurricanes by decreasing carbon uptake or increasing carbon release into th ...
... recommends that in the near future, the U.S. forests will continue to sequester carbon at a rate similar to that in recent years. However, this carbon assimilation is altered by environmental disturbances like wild fires and hurricanes by decreasing carbon uptake or increasing carbon release into th ...
It is beyond cavil that climate change poses grave and irreversible
... In 2009 the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) issued an important report: Sharing the effort under a global carbon budget.29 WWF proposes three trajectories to come to grips with climate change. One of our core principles aligns with the WWF’s contraction and convergence submission. The WWF suggests the fol ...
... In 2009 the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) issued an important report: Sharing the effort under a global carbon budget.29 WWF proposes three trajectories to come to grips with climate change. One of our core principles aligns with the WWF’s contraction and convergence submission. The WWF suggests the fol ...
Globally averaged temperatures have increased since the mid
... snow over the past 215 years (McConnell et al., 2007). Chemical analyses combined with air mass back-trajectory modeling indicate that eastern North American boreal forest fires were the major source of BC in Greenland precipitation prior to industrialization (1850). Since 1850, the source of BC de ...
... snow over the past 215 years (McConnell et al., 2007). Chemical analyses combined with air mass back-trajectory modeling indicate that eastern North American boreal forest fires were the major source of BC in Greenland precipitation prior to industrialization (1850). Since 1850, the source of BC de ...
- Open University of Tanzania Repository
... change issues in Monduli District. The study was guided by three objectives namely, First to examine how much Form Three Students knew and understood the issues in climate change, secondly their priority areas which should be in their studies for better understanding of climate change issues. Finall ...
... change issues in Monduli District. The study was guided by three objectives namely, First to examine how much Form Three Students knew and understood the issues in climate change, secondly their priority areas which should be in their studies for better understanding of climate change issues. Finall ...
Is climate change the number one threat to
... addressed whether global warming is the most important problem facing humanity.29 ...
... addressed whether global warming is the most important problem facing humanity.29 ...
CSKT Climate Change Strategic Plan
... precipitation, or wind) lasting for an extended period of time (decades or longer). Climate change may result from natural factors and processes and from human activities that change the atmosphere’s composition and land surface. ...
... precipitation, or wind) lasting for an extended period of time (decades or longer). Climate change may result from natural factors and processes and from human activities that change the atmosphere’s composition and land surface. ...
Evaluating sun–climate relationships since the Little Ice Age
... E[O[ Hulburt Center for Space Research\ Naval Research Laboratory\ 3444 Overlook Ave SW\ Washin`ton\ DC 19264\ U[S[A[ b Columbia University and GISS\ 1779 Broadway\ New York\ NY 09914\ U[S[A[ Received 5 November 0886^ received in revised form 01 October 0887^ accepted 08 October 0887 ...
... E[O[ Hulburt Center for Space Research\ Naval Research Laboratory\ 3444 Overlook Ave SW\ Washin`ton\ DC 19264\ U[S[A[ b Columbia University and GISS\ 1779 Broadway\ New York\ NY 09914\ U[S[A[ Received 5 November 0886^ received in revised form 01 October 0887^ accepted 08 October 0887 ...
Climate Change and San Francisco Bay-Delta Tidal Wetlands
... near future. Using those changes as a framework, we will then examine potential plant responses. Wetland vegetation will respond in a complex manner to these shifting processes, but an underlying lack of knowledge about most plant species means that we have great uncertainty about any projection of ...
... near future. Using those changes as a framework, we will then examine potential plant responses. Wetland vegetation will respond in a complex manner to these shifting processes, but an underlying lack of knowledge about most plant species means that we have great uncertainty about any projection of ...
shows
... data driven. The decade’s advances in modeling are unimaginable without the enormous increase in the quantity and precision of paleoclimate proxy data. Two of the topics we discuss below, paleo-ENSO and abrupt change, did not exist until there were methods to create high-resolution records. For othe ...
... data driven. The decade’s advances in modeling are unimaginable without the enormous increase in the quantity and precision of paleoclimate proxy data. Two of the topics we discuss below, paleo-ENSO and abrupt change, did not exist until there were methods to create high-resolution records. For othe ...
KidsCall-Climate Change
... Where do the polluters live? Areas are proportional to historic carbon dioxid emissions from fossil fuel combustion, ...
... Where do the polluters live? Areas are proportional to historic carbon dioxid emissions from fossil fuel combustion, ...
Climate change adaptation in water management for food security
... been prioritized and recognized in national policies such in the Mahinda Chinthana 2010, Haritha Lanka Programme and Randora National Infrastructure Development Programme. Mahinda Chinthana has recognized the development of agriculture sector to be commercially viable and maximized the water use th ...
... been prioritized and recognized in national policies such in the Mahinda Chinthana 2010, Haritha Lanka Programme and Randora National Infrastructure Development Programme. Mahinda Chinthana has recognized the development of agriculture sector to be commercially viable and maximized the water use th ...
Women Warming Up! - Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and
... opportunity to re-shape them into gender equitable and just communities. This report is a story of both impact and survival. The following pages contain the stories and findings of nine grassroots groups participating in Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD)’s Feminist Participato ...
... opportunity to re-shape them into gender equitable and just communities. This report is a story of both impact and survival. The following pages contain the stories and findings of nine grassroots groups participating in Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD)’s Feminist Participato ...
Including land use, land-use change, and forestry in future climate
... linked, and some form of credit trading is allowed. On the other hand, even if sectoral commitments are allowed, it may be that fulfillment of each commitment must be achieved independently. In this case the sectoral commitments are de-linked. Partial linkage (or de-linkage) can also occur. Partial ...
... linked, and some form of credit trading is allowed. On the other hand, even if sectoral commitments are allowed, it may be that fulfillment of each commitment must be achieved independently. In this case the sectoral commitments are de-linked. Partial linkage (or de-linkage) can also occur. Partial ...
Visualizing Future Climate in Latin America
... species and exacerbate the stresses already being experienced by ecosystems. There is now consensus that drastic actions are required to avert these scenarios. Climate change is the most serious challenge being faced by the global ecosystem. Regional Impacts In Latin America, climate impacts are ver ...
... species and exacerbate the stresses already being experienced by ecosystems. There is now consensus that drastic actions are required to avert these scenarios. Climate change is the most serious challenge being faced by the global ecosystem. Regional Impacts In Latin America, climate impacts are ver ...
Monroe County Climate Action Plan
... and that are vulnerable to the related impacts of rising sea levels for the purpose of prioritizing funding for infrastructure needs and adaptation planning.” Specifically, the law states: “At the option of the local government, develop an adaptation action area designation for those low-lying coas ...
... and that are vulnerable to the related impacts of rising sea levels for the purpose of prioritizing funding for infrastructure needs and adaptation planning.” Specifically, the law states: “At the option of the local government, develop an adaptation action area designation for those low-lying coas ...
Introducing the Transnational Climate Impacts Index
... The transnational aspects of climate change impacts have not been extensively studied. As noted above, IPCC Working Group II has touched upon the issue, noting, for example, that impacts “can have consequences beyond the regions in which they occur” (Oppenheimer et al. 2014, p.1059). Another section ...
... The transnational aspects of climate change impacts have not been extensively studied. As noted above, IPCC Working Group II has touched upon the issue, noting, for example, that impacts “can have consequences beyond the regions in which they occur” (Oppenheimer et al. 2014, p.1059). Another section ...
