No. 1-2014 - Statkraft
... department will serve Statkraft, SN Power and Agua Imara. “We will gather cutting-edge hydropower development expertise in this department,” says Kosberg. “Our role will be to follow the start-up and establishment of new projects on behalf of the project owner.” The department, which will expand Sta ...
... department will serve Statkraft, SN Power and Agua Imara. “We will gather cutting-edge hydropower development expertise in this department,” says Kosberg. “Our role will be to follow the start-up and establishment of new projects on behalf of the project owner.” The department, which will expand Sta ...
Eco-Fiction: Bringing Climate Change into the Imagination
... though disproportionality, to the risks associated with our planet’s changing climate. These changes are largely caused by our unabated expulsion of CO2 emissions into the atmosphere. Our globalized world and economic activities have largely engendered the burning of fossil fuels. The 2014 report fr ...
... though disproportionality, to the risks associated with our planet’s changing climate. These changes are largely caused by our unabated expulsion of CO2 emissions into the atmosphere. Our globalized world and economic activities have largely engendered the burning of fossil fuels. The 2014 report fr ...
Climate-Smart Agriculture Sourcebook MODULE 10: Climate-smart fisheries and aquaculture
... fisheries (see Box 10.3), while Bell et al., (2011) focused on the vulnerability of species, food webs and ecosystems, and explored the issues related to tunas, their food web, coral reefs, mangroves, freshwater habitats and fisheries activities in the tropical Pacific islands. Cinner et al. (2012) ...
... fisheries (see Box 10.3), while Bell et al., (2011) focused on the vulnerability of species, food webs and ecosystems, and explored the issues related to tunas, their food web, coral reefs, mangroves, freshwater habitats and fisheries activities in the tropical Pacific islands. Cinner et al. (2012) ...
Adapting to Climate Change
... certain that the climate will continue to change. International efforts to reduce GHGs, such as the Kyoto Protocol, will only slow the rate of change. Most assessments of future climate change impacts have been based on greenhouse gas emissions, and atmospheric concentration scenarios developed by t ...
... certain that the climate will continue to change. International efforts to reduce GHGs, such as the Kyoto Protocol, will only slow the rate of change. Most assessments of future climate change impacts have been based on greenhouse gas emissions, and atmospheric concentration scenarios developed by t ...
Abbreviations and acronyms - Caribbean Regional Fisheries
... storms and hurricanes on small-scale marine fisheries. Despite the regional downscaling of global climate models there remains considerable uncertainty about the physical and chemical changes, variability and hazards that may arise, especially as they interact with each other, and the biological res ...
... storms and hurricanes on small-scale marine fisheries. Despite the regional downscaling of global climate models there remains considerable uncertainty about the physical and chemical changes, variability and hazards that may arise, especially as they interact with each other, and the biological res ...
Queensland`s biodiversity under climate change:
... ) and the calcite and aragonite saturation coefficients (Ω), for each of the Queensland MEOW ecoregions superimposed (modified for Queensland: area numbers referenced in Table 1). Data courtesy Richard Matear, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research........ 57 Figure 19: Map of Queensland’s Coastal Pl ...
... ) and the calcite and aragonite saturation coefficients (Ω), for each of the Queensland MEOW ecoregions superimposed (modified for Queensland: area numbers referenced in Table 1). Data courtesy Richard Matear, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research........ 57 Figure 19: Map of Queensland’s Coastal Pl ...
Climate Change and India: A 4x4 Assessment
... climate change began with the adoption of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in 1992. The importance and significance of the vulnerability of natural and human systems to climatic changes and adaptation to such changes is increasingly being realized. Consequently, there is now ...
... climate change began with the adoption of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in 1992. The importance and significance of the vulnerability of natural and human systems to climatic changes and adaptation to such changes is increasingly being realized. Consequently, there is now ...
The Rockefeller Foundation Initiative Asian Cities Climate Change
... design of city-level resilience plans. The Foundation deserves recognition for its timely identification of this important area for investment, and for making Asian cities a core part of the larger Building Climate Change Resilience Initiative that also includes another major component on resilience ...
... design of city-level resilience plans. The Foundation deserves recognition for its timely identification of this important area for investment, and for making Asian cities a core part of the larger Building Climate Change Resilience Initiative that also includes another major component on resilience ...
Technical note on science- based targets
... to [email protected] by 15 April 2016. Be sure to tick the box indicating it is an official check and fill out the form as clearly, completely and accurately as possible. Missing or disorganized information may cause significant delays in the review process and may result in the assessmen ...
... to [email protected] by 15 April 2016. Be sure to tick the box indicating it is an official check and fill out the form as clearly, completely and accurately as possible. Missing or disorganized information may cause significant delays in the review process and may result in the assessmen ...
World Bank Document
... diverse information sources into an aggregated vulnerability index. Normative challenges include the aggregation of future and current climate risks. ...
... diverse information sources into an aggregated vulnerability index. Normative challenges include the aggregation of future and current climate risks. ...
FOREWORD Mongolia`s harsh climatic conditions create one of the
... barriers to its economic development, and the anticipated climate change will limit it even further. Therefore, Mongolia has consistently demonstrated its strong support of international initiatives in protection of global climate. Mongolia was one of over 150 countries to sign the United Nations Fr ...
... barriers to its economic development, and the anticipated climate change will limit it even further. Therefore, Mongolia has consistently demonstrated its strong support of international initiatives in protection of global climate. Mongolia was one of over 150 countries to sign the United Nations Fr ...
Global Climate Change: National Security Implications
... On March 30-31, 2007, the Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) and the Triangle Institute for Security Studies (TISS) held a colloquium on “Global Climate Change: National Security Implications.” The 2-day event took place in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and was wellattended by both academics and mem ...
... On March 30-31, 2007, the Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) and the Triangle Institute for Security Studies (TISS) held a colloquium on “Global Climate Change: National Security Implications.” The 2-day event took place in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and was wellattended by both academics and mem ...
Europe
... impacts in Europe in multiple economic sectors as well as adverse social and health effects (high confidence). {Table 23-1} There is limited evidence that resilience to heat waves and fires has improved in Europe (medium confidence), {23.9.1, 23.5} while some countries have improved their flood prot ...
... impacts in Europe in multiple economic sectors as well as adverse social and health effects (high confidence). {Table 23-1} There is limited evidence that resilience to heat waves and fires has improved in Europe (medium confidence), {23.9.1, 23.5} while some countries have improved their flood prot ...
Presentation 16 Apr 2013
... Simulated land use (% of the farmland available) over a 20 yearperiod in cases of low and high yield loss (penalty) due to monocultural cultivation (and e.g. low and high pest pressure), under risk averse and risk neutral economic behaviour ...
... Simulated land use (% of the farmland available) over a 20 yearperiod in cases of low and high yield loss (penalty) due to monocultural cultivation (and e.g. low and high pest pressure), under risk averse and risk neutral economic behaviour ...
Climate Change and Tourism - Sustainable Development of Tourism
... transport to total GHG emissions was agreed to be rising rapidly. Schemes to achieve carbonneutral air transport by the introduction of voluntary levies have already been described. There is evidence from countries such as the UK and New Zealand that carbon taxes of one kind or another are increasin ...
... transport to total GHG emissions was agreed to be rising rapidly. Schemes to achieve carbonneutral air transport by the introduction of voluntary levies have already been described. There is evidence from countries such as the UK and New Zealand that carbon taxes of one kind or another are increasin ...
Results from Collie CCS Hub workshop: What do the locals think?
... invitations to attend the workshop were also posted to 15 landowners located near the site of the Collie Hub Project. In order to maximise attendance, invitees who had confirmed their attendance were encouraged to forward the invitation and workshop details to their colleagues and other community me ...
... invitations to attend the workshop were also posted to 15 landowners located near the site of the Collie Hub Project. In order to maximise attendance, invitees who had confirmed their attendance were encouraged to forward the invitation and workshop details to their colleagues and other community me ...
Implications of Climate Change for Biodiversity
... future climate change across Australian landscapes and by our ability to predict the associated ecological changes. Biodiversity managers will also need to consider the interactions with other processes that threaten the resilience of biodiversity, including how future societies themselves shape the ...
... future climate change across Australian landscapes and by our ability to predict the associated ecological changes. Biodiversity managers will also need to consider the interactions with other processes that threaten the resilience of biodiversity, including how future societies themselves shape the ...
World Climate Conference-3
... Territories owe their origins not so much to their more publicly visible role in daily weather forecasting as to their national responsibility for longterm observation, description and monitoring of climate. In planning for a new global frame work for climate service provision through World Climate ...
... Territories owe their origins not so much to their more publicly visible role in daily weather forecasting as to their national responsibility for longterm observation, description and monitoring of climate. In planning for a new global frame work for climate service provision through World Climate ...
Sociological Perspectives on Global Climate Change
... and consequences of climate change have become increasingly apparent, social scientists have found themselves called on to contribute to the scientific understanding of the role of humans in global climate change. The opportunities for social science at the international climate change table have te ...
... and consequences of climate change have become increasingly apparent, social scientists have found themselves called on to contribute to the scientific understanding of the role of humans in global climate change. The opportunities for social science at the international climate change table have te ...
Technical Summary - Climate Change 2013
... TS.1 Introduction Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis is the contribution of Working Group I (WGI) to the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). This comprehensive assessment of the physical aspects of climate change puts a focus on those e ...
... TS.1 Introduction Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis is the contribution of Working Group I (WGI) to the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). This comprehensive assessment of the physical aspects of climate change puts a focus on those e ...
Climate Change and Our Natural Resources A Report from the
... change to our homelands, waters, and ways of life. We have a historical and contemporary relationship with the watersheds and ecosystems of the Pacific Ocean coast, the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Hood Canal, and Puget Sound. Virtually all of the resources and activities that our treaties protect—fishin ...
... change to our homelands, waters, and ways of life. We have a historical and contemporary relationship with the watersheds and ecosystems of the Pacific Ocean coast, the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Hood Canal, and Puget Sound. Virtually all of the resources and activities that our treaties protect—fishin ...
the User Guide
... This document has been prepared with all due diligence and care, based on the best available information at the time of publication. The department holds no responsibility for any errors or omissions within this document. Any decisions made by other parties based on this document are solely the resp ...
... This document has been prepared with all due diligence and care, based on the best available information at the time of publication. The department holds no responsibility for any errors or omissions within this document. Any decisions made by other parties based on this document are solely the resp ...
Ozone hole and Southern Hemisphere climate change
... polar regions to the subtropics, remains unclear at present. This question is especially pertinent in view of the predicted recovery of stratospheric ozone [e.g., Eyring et al., 2007] which, as a result of the implementation of the Montreal Protocol, is expected to occur in the next 50– 60 years. [3 ...
... polar regions to the subtropics, remains unclear at present. This question is especially pertinent in view of the predicted recovery of stratospheric ozone [e.g., Eyring et al., 2007] which, as a result of the implementation of the Montreal Protocol, is expected to occur in the next 50– 60 years. [3 ...
ABSTRACT - Coastal Environmental Change Lab
... Kure Beach to Fort Fisher, is considered part of the mainland, but features low-lying sandy shorelines and is backed by a water body (Cape Fear River), similar to a barrier island. The barrier islands along the southern flank of Cape Fear are primarily composed of channel-fill and are more tide-dom ...
... Kure Beach to Fort Fisher, is considered part of the mainland, but features low-lying sandy shorelines and is backed by a water body (Cape Fear River), similar to a barrier island. The barrier islands along the southern flank of Cape Fear are primarily composed of channel-fill and are more tide-dom ...