Agreeing to disagree: Uncertainty management in assessing climate
... Groups, and do not exclude that other dimensions could also be considered. The division between the objective and the subjective views of probabilities is the oldest. Objective views of probabilities include the classical approach (probability is the proportion of favorable cases over total cases), ...
... Groups, and do not exclude that other dimensions could also be considered. The division between the objective and the subjective views of probabilities is the oldest. Objective views of probabilities include the classical approach (probability is the proportion of favorable cases over total cases), ...
Stop Trashing the Climate
... communities — the same people who are least responsible for rapidly increasing greenhouse gas emissions.3 To effectively address global climate change, the U.S. must dramatically shift its relationship to natural resources. A zero waste approach is a crucial solution to the climate change problem. S ...
... communities — the same people who are least responsible for rapidly increasing greenhouse gas emissions.3 To effectively address global climate change, the U.S. must dramatically shift its relationship to natural resources. A zero waste approach is a crucial solution to the climate change problem. S ...
National Landmarks at Risk - Union of Concerned Scientists
... Founded in 1630 by English Puritans seeking religious freedom, Boston is one of the oldest cities in the United States and the birthplace of the American Revolution.5 But in the city where the Sons of Liberty plotted independence from Great Britain, some cherished landmarks and historic districts ar ...
... Founded in 1630 by English Puritans seeking religious freedom, Boston is one of the oldest cities in the United States and the birthplace of the American Revolution.5 But in the city where the Sons of Liberty plotted independence from Great Britain, some cherished landmarks and historic districts ar ...
Assessing the Impacts of Land Cover Change on
... vegetation since European colonization. Despite the magnitude of ecosystem loss, non-Amazonian South America accounts for significantly fewer studies addressing land surface-atmospheric processes compared to the Amazon region, highlighting the knowledge gap in relation to the main topic of this thes ...
... vegetation since European colonization. Despite the magnitude of ecosystem loss, non-Amazonian South America accounts for significantly fewer studies addressing land surface-atmospheric processes compared to the Amazon region, highlighting the knowledge gap in relation to the main topic of this thes ...
Climate-Smart Development - Open Knowledge Repository
... Figure 3.1: Climate Benefits of Sustainable Transport Policies in 2030......................................................................12 Figure 3.2: Socioeconomic and Climate Benefits of Sustainable Transport Policies in 2030 by Region....................12 Figure 3.3: Climate Benefits of E ...
... Figure 3.1: Climate Benefits of Sustainable Transport Policies in 2030......................................................................12 Figure 3.2: Socioeconomic and Climate Benefits of Sustainable Transport Policies in 2030 by Region....................12 Figure 3.3: Climate Benefits of E ...
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... modernization in which capitalism is not abandoned but re-organized in a way that it would not threaten the world ecological systems but also protect its survival. In the sphere of sub-national scales, the world cities in particular, where economic globalization had found expression, came up with ca ...
... modernization in which capitalism is not abandoned but re-organized in a way that it would not threaten the world ecological systems but also protect its survival. In the sphere of sub-national scales, the world cities in particular, where economic globalization had found expression, came up with ca ...
Climate Change
... Human activities have contributed substantially to climate change by adding CO2 and other heat-trapping gases (known collectively as Greenhouse Gases) into the atmosphere. These Greenhouse Gases have increased the Greenhouse Effect and caused Earth’s surface temperature to rise. The primary human ac ...
... Human activities have contributed substantially to climate change by adding CO2 and other heat-trapping gases (known collectively as Greenhouse Gases) into the atmosphere. These Greenhouse Gases have increased the Greenhouse Effect and caused Earth’s surface temperature to rise. The primary human ac ...
Curriculum Vitae - CHG - University of California, Santa Barbara
... Research Director, UCSB Geography Climate Hazard Group (CHG), 2008 to present Affiliated Research Professor, Department of Geography, UC Santa Barbara Lead Scientist: USAID FEWS NET climate change adaptation program Oversee research activities at UCSB CHG (chg.geog.ucsb.edu) Coordinate with ...
... Research Director, UCSB Geography Climate Hazard Group (CHG), 2008 to present Affiliated Research Professor, Department of Geography, UC Santa Barbara Lead Scientist: USAID FEWS NET climate change adaptation program Oversee research activities at UCSB CHG (chg.geog.ucsb.edu) Coordinate with ...
S Moser Final Report 11 11 08
... Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s (ORNL) Community and Regional Resilience Initiative (CARRI) is a program of the Congressionally funded Southeast Region Research Initiative. CARRI is a regional program with national implications for how communities and regions prepare for, respond to, and recover fro ...
... Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s (ORNL) Community and Regional Resilience Initiative (CARRI) is a program of the Congressionally funded Southeast Region Research Initiative. CARRI is a regional program with national implications for how communities and regions prepare for, respond to, and recover fro ...
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... Cities consume much of the world’s energy, and thus produce much of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. Yet cities, to varying extents, are also vulnerable to climate change impacts, with poor populations facing the greatest risk. Thus, adaptation and increased resilience constitute priorities for ...
... Cities consume much of the world’s energy, and thus produce much of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. Yet cities, to varying extents, are also vulnerable to climate change impacts, with poor populations facing the greatest risk. Thus, adaptation and increased resilience constitute priorities for ...
Ocean Acidification and the UNFCCC
... an important role in the climate system, the impacts of CO2 on the oceans must be considered within the mandate of the UNFCCC.35 Climate change is the consequence of increases in a range of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, of which CO2 is the most important. Ocean acidification, on the other hand, is ...
... an important role in the climate system, the impacts of CO2 on the oceans must be considered within the mandate of the UNFCCC.35 Climate change is the consequence of increases in a range of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, of which CO2 is the most important. Ocean acidification, on the other hand, is ...
Saltwater Intrusion and Climate Change
... In coastal areas, fresh groundwater from inland sources mixes with saline (salty) groundwater originating beneath the ocean floor. The boundary between fresh groundwater and saline groundwater does not always remain in the same place and can often shift inland or seaward, depending on the conditions ...
... In coastal areas, fresh groundwater from inland sources mixes with saline (salty) groundwater originating beneath the ocean floor. The boundary between fresh groundwater and saline groundwater does not always remain in the same place and can often shift inland or seaward, depending on the conditions ...
Historical Responsibility in the UNFCCC Mathias Friman
... some addresses equity explicitly and some implicitly. 9 This report focuses on one principle for how to distribute rights and restrictions to the atmosphere based on outspoken ethical arguments, namely the principle of historical responsibility. Proponents of historical responsibility argue that pas ...
... some addresses equity explicitly and some implicitly. 9 This report focuses on one principle for how to distribute rights and restrictions to the atmosphere based on outspoken ethical arguments, namely the principle of historical responsibility. Proponents of historical responsibility argue that pas ...
Impact Assessment Part 2 - European Commission
... The main climatic drivers are temperature rise, changes in precipitation patterns, changes in intensity and frequency of extreme weather events (extreme precipitation, heat waves, cold spells, storms), sea level rise and changing wind patterns (Altvater et al., 2011a). The average temperature in Eur ...
... The main climatic drivers are temperature rise, changes in precipitation patterns, changes in intensity and frequency of extreme weather events (extreme precipitation, heat waves, cold spells, storms), sea level rise and changing wind patterns (Altvater et al., 2011a). The average temperature in Eur ...
MODELING THE EMISSIONS OF NITROUS OXIDE ) FROM THE (N
... the freezing point. The hydrological model and the two-factor model are driven by surface temperature and precipitation, which links methane emission with climate. For present-day climate and soil data sets the N2 0 emission model predicts an annual flux of 11.3 Tg-N/year (17.8 Tg N20/year). The spa ...
... the freezing point. The hydrological model and the two-factor model are driven by surface temperature and precipitation, which links methane emission with climate. For present-day climate and soil data sets the N2 0 emission model predicts an annual flux of 11.3 Tg-N/year (17.8 Tg N20/year). The spa ...
Technology Needs Assessments – Mitigation Report
... Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh ii ...
... Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh ii ...
Climate Change - Karnataka State Pollution Control Board
... A large number of concerns /recommendations have been expressed in these meetings, and they are grouped under 19 headings as in Chapters 4 and 8. These headings are: Water and Sanitation; Land use and planning; Forests and biodiversity; Western Ghats; Coastal Ecology; Agriculture, horticulture and ...
... A large number of concerns /recommendations have been expressed in these meetings, and they are grouped under 19 headings as in Chapters 4 and 8. These headings are: Water and Sanitation; Land use and planning; Forests and biodiversity; Western Ghats; Coastal Ecology; Agriculture, horticulture and ...
REPORT ON ACTIONS UNDERTAKEN IN RESPONSE AND
... c) Create transparent and clear criteria for reviewing PIFs, PPGs and other project documents including putting review sheets, or some version thereof, into the public domain, so that these are used only for issues that are crucial for the early preparatory phase – those issues relevant for the ela ...
... c) Create transparent and clear criteria for reviewing PIFs, PPGs and other project documents including putting review sheets, or some version thereof, into the public domain, so that these are used only for issues that are crucial for the early preparatory phase – those issues relevant for the ela ...
Baseline study for the Climate Change, Agriculture and Poverty
... The Climate Change, Agriculture and Poverty alleviation initiative is a project being implemented through a partnership between ActionAid MJUMITA, MVIWATA, TOAM and TFCG with site-level activities in Kilosa and Chamwino Districts. The objective of the project is for Tanzania to be implementing polic ...
... The Climate Change, Agriculture and Poverty alleviation initiative is a project being implemented through a partnership between ActionAid MJUMITA, MVIWATA, TOAM and TFCG with site-level activities in Kilosa and Chamwino Districts. The objective of the project is for Tanzania to be implementing polic ...
Terminal Evaluation - Evaluation Resource Center
... There have been appreciable impacts identified in various areas such as the environment, ICAM policy, poverty reduction, and the socio-economic environment. The project contributes considerably to the management of environmental issues related to loss of biodiversity. As part of enhancing ecosystems ...
... There have been appreciable impacts identified in various areas such as the environment, ICAM policy, poverty reduction, and the socio-economic environment. The project contributes considerably to the management of environmental issues related to loss of biodiversity. As part of enhancing ecosystems ...
Food and Climate change: A review of the effects of climate change
... Agricultural adaptation to climate change will lead to the development of new crops bred to survive in different climatic conditions or in new geographical areas. These developments may also occur as agricultural systems reduce their GHG emissions. It is important to ensure that crop breeding should ...
... Agricultural adaptation to climate change will lead to the development of new crops bred to survive in different climatic conditions or in new geographical areas. These developments may also occur as agricultural systems reduce their GHG emissions. It is important to ensure that crop breeding should ...
land use and climate changes and their impacts on runoff in the
... floods are likely to be minimal for large scale catchments (Calder, 2007). In addition, effects of forests on dry season flows (low flows) remain unclear. The effects of land use on annual and monthly runoff were analysed in this study, whereas flood events and low flows were not considered. Empirical re ...
... floods are likely to be minimal for large scale catchments (Calder, 2007). In addition, effects of forests on dry season flows (low flows) remain unclear. The effects of land use on annual and monthly runoff were analysed in this study, whereas flood events and low flows were not considered. Empirical re ...
FIFTH NATIONAL COMMUNICATION of the Austrian Federal
... Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, by the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, by several Länder and by environmental NGOs. Amendments to the draft report have been contributed by the members of the Interministerial Committee for the Co-ordina ...
... Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, by the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, by several Länder and by environmental NGOs. Amendments to the draft report have been contributed by the members of the Interministerial Committee for the Co-ordina ...
