Evaluating Climate Visualization
... Keywords— Evaluation, climate visualization, information visualization ...
... Keywords— Evaluation, climate visualization, information visualization ...
`Second opinion` on Örebro kommun`s Green Bond Framework
... sound framework for climate-friendly investments. The green bond framework lists eligible projects that are supportive of the objective of promoting a transition to low-carbon and climate-resilient growth and is supported by a strong governance structure. The province has ambitious mitigation and ad ...
... sound framework for climate-friendly investments. The green bond framework lists eligible projects that are supportive of the objective of promoting a transition to low-carbon and climate-resilient growth and is supported by a strong governance structure. The province has ambitious mitigation and ad ...
climate risks: impact on natural hazards insurance between now and
... to be hoped this will be the true starting point for the journey towards a “low carbon” world, one in which the long-term rise in temperatures has been controlled and, if possible, limited to 2°C, compared to the pre-industrial period. This is indispensable if we want today’s young people and future ...
... to be hoped this will be the true starting point for the journey towards a “low carbon” world, one in which the long-term rise in temperatures has been controlled and, if possible, limited to 2°C, compared to the pre-industrial period. This is indispensable if we want today’s young people and future ...
Frequency of wet and dry soil conditions in Tasmanian beef and
... in climate results in different patterns of pasture production which needs to be managed to meet feed demands on extensive livestock farm systems (beef and sheep farms). In recent decades, south eastern Australia has experienced a decline in total annual rainfall (Australian Bureau of Meteorology 20 ...
... in climate results in different patterns of pasture production which needs to be managed to meet feed demands on extensive livestock farm systems (beef and sheep farms). In recent decades, south eastern Australia has experienced a decline in total annual rainfall (Australian Bureau of Meteorology 20 ...
Contributions of past and present human generations to committed
... nonlinear radiative transfer effects become significant for larger CO2 abundances. Fig. 3 shows the evolution of atmospheric CO2 calculated for each generation, showing that even a zero-emissions strategy leads to limited near-term reductions in atmospheric CO2; that is, Fig. 3 shows that there is p ...
... nonlinear radiative transfer effects become significant for larger CO2 abundances. Fig. 3 shows the evolution of atmospheric CO2 calculated for each generation, showing that even a zero-emissions strategy leads to limited near-term reductions in atmospheric CO2; that is, Fig. 3 shows that there is p ...
Soil Organic Matter - Charles Merfield
... derived energy, i.e., solar, wind, hydro, etc., • Fossil fuels are clearly finite, over a period of decades to centuries (depending on type) • Fossil fuels are the key driver of climate change • We therefore must stop using fossil fuels, but even if we don’t they will run out in human time scales ...
... derived energy, i.e., solar, wind, hydro, etc., • Fossil fuels are clearly finite, over a period of decades to centuries (depending on type) • Fossil fuels are the key driver of climate change • We therefore must stop using fossil fuels, but even if we don’t they will run out in human time scales ...
KEY MESSAGES FOR COP 20 AND 4:17 pm
... towards regulating their practices and gradually reduce their emissions, their impact on the environment and respect for human rights. 17. We stress that the developing countries require time and resources to achieve sustainable development, whereas the developed countries must comply with their obl ...
... towards regulating their practices and gradually reduce their emissions, their impact on the environment and respect for human rights. 17. We stress that the developing countries require time and resources to achieve sustainable development, whereas the developed countries must comply with their obl ...
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... and the complex interactions between its components. Currently, more than a dozen centers around the world develop climate models to enhance our understanding of climate and climate change and to support the activities of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). However, climate models ...
... and the complex interactions between its components. Currently, more than a dozen centers around the world develop climate models to enhance our understanding of climate and climate change and to support the activities of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). However, climate models ...
Public Enemy No. 1? Understanding Media Representations of
... that the U.K. Met Office’s Hadley Centre reported that the last decade had seen a sputtering rather than a steady increase in global temperatures. Despite that the Met Office commented that “warming is set to resume quickly and strongly” (Hudson, 2009), the report spun out a flurry of associated new ...
... that the U.K. Met Office’s Hadley Centre reported that the last decade had seen a sputtering rather than a steady increase in global temperatures. Despite that the Met Office commented that “warming is set to resume quickly and strongly” (Hudson, 2009), the report spun out a flurry of associated new ...
Changes in Climate will modify the Geography of Crop Suitability
... 3. Breeding climate-resilient varieties Crop breeders now need to urgently turn their attention to the introduction of drought and heat resistance into crop varieties to reduce losses of yield from climate change impacts and to allow cultivation in areas that are not currently suitable or that will ...
... 3. Breeding climate-resilient varieties Crop breeders now need to urgently turn their attention to the introduction of drought and heat resistance into crop varieties to reduce losses of yield from climate change impacts and to allow cultivation in areas that are not currently suitable or that will ...
Exposure of global mountain systems to climate warming during the
... technologies. The emphasis is on global solutions to environmental and social sustainability. B2 (regional environmental) is a world in which the emphasis is on local solutions to economic, social, and environmental sustainability. It is a world with less rapid, and more diverse technological change ...
... technologies. The emphasis is on global solutions to environmental and social sustainability. B2 (regional environmental) is a world in which the emphasis is on local solutions to economic, social, and environmental sustainability. It is a world with less rapid, and more diverse technological change ...
Perception and adaptation to climate change by farmers in the Nile
... although informative, it did not address the extent to which different socio-economic and environmental factors affect perceptions of climate change and adaptation in Ethiopia. Deressa et al. (2009) analysed the factors affecting the choice of adaptation methods, but failed to explain explicitly how ...
... although informative, it did not address the extent to which different socio-economic and environmental factors affect perceptions of climate change and adaptation in Ethiopia. Deressa et al. (2009) analysed the factors affecting the choice of adaptation methods, but failed to explain explicitly how ...
Folie 1 - Hans von Storch
... 1. Monitoring extra-tropical storminess may be based on air pressure proxies. 2. This allows assessments for 100 and more years. 3. Decades long upward and downwards trends have been detected in recent years. ...
... 1. Monitoring extra-tropical storminess may be based on air pressure proxies. 2. This allows assessments for 100 and more years. 3. Decades long upward and downwards trends have been detected in recent years. ...
WORKSHOPS, CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS ATTENDED 1
... The work program focused on river flow forecasting modeling exercises using country data. Some of the hydrologic models used in WMO inter-comparison studies were tested. 3. Training of Trainers Course in Hydrology, 13 September to 4 October 1998, IHE, Delft, The Netherlands The work program focused ...
... The work program focused on river flow forecasting modeling exercises using country data. Some of the hydrologic models used in WMO inter-comparison studies were tested. 3. Training of Trainers Course in Hydrology, 13 September to 4 October 1998, IHE, Delft, The Netherlands The work program focused ...
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... 2.4 Thailand’s Climate change scenarios Three GCMs were chosen to construct precipitation and temperature scenarios over Thailand (TEI, 1999). The three GCMs used in the study were UK 89, UKMO and GISS as shown in Figure 6-9. Every model shows the increase in average temperature from 21.527.5oC to ...
... 2.4 Thailand’s Climate change scenarios Three GCMs were chosen to construct precipitation and temperature scenarios over Thailand (TEI, 1999). The three GCMs used in the study were UK 89, UKMO and GISS as shown in Figure 6-9. Every model shows the increase in average temperature from 21.527.5oC to ...
Projected increases in near‑surface air temperature over Ontario
... upon how well we know and how confident we are about the potential impacts of a changing climate in the context of Ontario. Therefore, as an extension of the previous work of Wang et al. (2014a), we will investigate in this study how the near-surface air temperature (at 1.5 m above sea level) over O ...
... upon how well we know and how confident we are about the potential impacts of a changing climate in the context of Ontario. Therefore, as an extension of the previous work of Wang et al. (2014a), we will investigate in this study how the near-surface air temperature (at 1.5 m above sea level) over O ...
Conflict over Climate Change Politics - GUPEA
... This paper is concentrating upon the Heathrow expansion as a question in relation to the governing of climate change. However, it also calls for the question of how an expanding policy of climate change needs to incorporate the sphere of civil aviation as a source of greenhouse gas emissions. It is ...
... This paper is concentrating upon the Heathrow expansion as a question in relation to the governing of climate change. However, it also calls for the question of how an expanding policy of climate change needs to incorporate the sphere of civil aviation as a source of greenhouse gas emissions. It is ...
Research Project Final Report
... (b) If you have answered NO, please explain why the Final report should not be released into public domain ...
... (b) If you have answered NO, please explain why the Final report should not be released into public domain ...
Means and extremes: building variability into
... nonlinear and are typified by thresholds, interactions with other climatic conditions, such as rainfall, and the potential for organisms to adapt to changed conditions (Gutschick & BassiriRad 2003; Benedetti-Cecchi et al. 2006). There is an increasing awareness of the need for experimental approache ...
... nonlinear and are typified by thresholds, interactions with other climatic conditions, such as rainfall, and the potential for organisms to adapt to changed conditions (Gutschick & BassiriRad 2003; Benedetti-Cecchi et al. 2006). There is an increasing awareness of the need for experimental approache ...
Dealing With Complexity and Extreme Events Using a Bottom-Up,
... We discuss the adoption of a bottom-up, resource-based vulnerability approach in evaluating the effect of climate and other environmental and societal threats to societally critical resources. This vulnerability concept requires the determination of the major threats to local and regional water, foo ...
... We discuss the adoption of a bottom-up, resource-based vulnerability approach in evaluating the effect of climate and other environmental and societal threats to societally critical resources. This vulnerability concept requires the determination of the major threats to local and regional water, foo ...
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... change elsewhere and can affect local food security, both for better and worse, by altering domestic prices and influencing livelihoods. 2. Climate change affects plants, animals and natural systems in many ways. Changes in temperature and rainfall regime may have considerable impacts on agricultura ...
... change elsewhere and can affect local food security, both for better and worse, by altering domestic prices and influencing livelihoods. 2. Climate change affects plants, animals and natural systems in many ways. Changes in temperature and rainfall regime may have considerable impacts on agricultura ...
Research Paper: Climate Change and Resource Sustainability
... by worldwide climate scientists. There would be a few members of the CIA who would have a good understanding of the issues involved. But the majority of actuaries may not have such understanding. As a result, actuaries have to be guided by the work done by the climate science community. No doubt, ev ...
... by worldwide climate scientists. There would be a few members of the CIA who would have a good understanding of the issues involved. But the majority of actuaries may not have such understanding. As a result, actuaries have to be guided by the work done by the climate science community. No doubt, ev ...
A modified impulse-response representation of the global response
... excess of those observed in the early 21st century (see figure 4). The BEAM model (run with parameters as given in Glotter et al. (2014), which are tuned for long time-scales) displays ...
... excess of those observed in the early 21st century (see figure 4). The BEAM model (run with parameters as given in Glotter et al. (2014), which are tuned for long time-scales) displays ...