2004 community excellence awards
... Dawson Creek has been a leader on energy, climate change and sustainability in B.C. for many years. We have completed a wide range of projects to improve conservation, efficiency, and the use of renewable energy technologies in our community. We have integrated energy and climate change thinking int ...
... Dawson Creek has been a leader on energy, climate change and sustainability in B.C. for many years. We have completed a wide range of projects to improve conservation, efficiency, and the use of renewable energy technologies in our community. We have integrated energy and climate change thinking int ...
Impact of climate change on road infrastructure
... should promote agricultural production o but note the contrary view from the recent Northern Australia Land and Water Taskforce report: lack of suitable soils; high evaporation and lack of dam sites limits water storage ...
... should promote agricultural production o but note the contrary view from the recent Northern Australia Land and Water Taskforce report: lack of suitable soils; high evaporation and lack of dam sites limits water storage ...
Environmental Challenges - Jefferey M. Sellers
... the complex dimensions of the climate crisis and actions to address it, from the personal to the global levels. An initial Personal Sustainability Challenge will consist of a personal experiment in greenhouse gas reduction, to be discussed in a written report of 24 pages that will be due September 1 ...
... the complex dimensions of the climate crisis and actions to address it, from the personal to the global levels. An initial Personal Sustainability Challenge will consist of a personal experiment in greenhouse gas reduction, to be discussed in a written report of 24 pages that will be due September 1 ...
developing a regional methodology for climate adaptation in the nile
... The Nile Basin is the main source of water in the North Eastern Region of Africa and represents one of the most critical and perhaps most important shared water basins in Africa. Runoff is generated in less than a third of the basin. On average 86 percent of the annual flow is generated in the Ethio ...
... The Nile Basin is the main source of water in the North Eastern Region of Africa and represents one of the most critical and perhaps most important shared water basins in Africa. Runoff is generated in less than a third of the basin. On average 86 percent of the annual flow is generated in the Ethio ...
Impact of climate change on road infrastructure
... should promote agricultural production o but note the contrary view from the recent Northern Australia Land and Water Taskforce report: lack of suitable soils; high evaporation and lack of dam sites limits water storage ...
... should promote agricultural production o but note the contrary view from the recent Northern Australia Land and Water Taskforce report: lack of suitable soils; high evaporation and lack of dam sites limits water storage ...
Assessing adaptation and mitigation options at multiple scales in the
... Need to evaluate outcomes at different levels: globe, region, community, household: • Which are the robust options that may offer benefits at different levels under a range of different plausible futures? • What are the limits to adaptation: when/how do stressors become so great as to induce transfo ...
... Need to evaluate outcomes at different levels: globe, region, community, household: • Which are the robust options that may offer benefits at different levels under a range of different plausible futures? • What are the limits to adaptation: when/how do stressors become so great as to induce transfo ...
Climate action
... change and encouraging moves towards a low-carbon economy. Its efforts in this area date back to 1990 when the EU committed to stabilising its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions at that year’s levels by 2000, a target which it met. Since then, the Union has put in place a whole series of policy measures ...
... change and encouraging moves towards a low-carbon economy. Its efforts in this area date back to 1990 when the EU committed to stabilising its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions at that year’s levels by 2000, a target which it met. Since then, the Union has put in place a whole series of policy measures ...
WE ARE THE WEATHER MAKERS
... Bell, J. L., Sloan, L. C. & Snyder, M. 2003. Regional Changes in Extreme Climatic Events: A Future Climate Scenario. Journal of Climate 17, pp. 81–87. Climate Change: Observations and Predictions. Hadley Centre report December 2003. Met Office, UK. Climate Change Scenarios for the United Kingdom. Had ...
... Bell, J. L., Sloan, L. C. & Snyder, M. 2003. Regional Changes in Extreme Climatic Events: A Future Climate Scenario. Journal of Climate 17, pp. 81–87. Climate Change: Observations and Predictions. Hadley Centre report December 2003. Met Office, UK. Climate Change Scenarios for the United Kingdom. Had ...
Proxy Climate Data - The Department of Geological Sciences
... Implications of Pleistocene Climate Change 1. Chief instigator of climate change was earth orbital change, a very weak forcing. 2. Chief mechanisms of Pleistocene climate change are GHGs & ice sheet area, as feedbacks. 3. Climate on long time scales is very sensitive to even small forcings. 4. Huma ...
... Implications of Pleistocene Climate Change 1. Chief instigator of climate change was earth orbital change, a very weak forcing. 2. Chief mechanisms of Pleistocene climate change are GHGs & ice sheet area, as feedbacks. 3. Climate on long time scales is very sensitive to even small forcings. 4. Huma ...
CLIMATE CHANGE OBSERVATORY - International Polar Foundation
... To understand climate change and the impact that it may have on 21st century social organisation, it is necessary to place present humaninduced climate change squarely in the context of the history of climate and the effect of change on human evolution, migration and the civilisations of the past. N ...
... To understand climate change and the impact that it may have on 21st century social organisation, it is necessary to place present humaninduced climate change squarely in the context of the history of climate and the effect of change on human evolution, migration and the civilisations of the past. N ...
Global Climate Change and Children`s Health
... ecological changes in the planet. There is wide consensus among scientific organizations and climatologists that these broad effects, known as “climate change,” are the result of contemporary human activity. Climate change poses threats to human health, safety, and security, and children are uniquely ...
... ecological changes in the planet. There is wide consensus among scientific organizations and climatologists that these broad effects, known as “climate change,” are the result of contemporary human activity. Climate change poses threats to human health, safety, and security, and children are uniquely ...
Creation and Stewardship A unit for post-16 General RE
... countries, and the resulting statement – the Copenhagen Accord – was not legally binding. It was “taken note of” rather than “adopted” by the countries present. Click the icon for CAFOD’s perspective on how the outcome of the most recent talks in Durban, 2011 will affect the world’s poor. ...
... countries, and the resulting statement – the Copenhagen Accord – was not legally binding. It was “taken note of” rather than “adopted” by the countries present. Click the icon for CAFOD’s perspective on how the outcome of the most recent talks in Durban, 2011 will affect the world’s poor. ...
The Culture and Discourse of Climate Skepticism Andrew J
... restricted to the U.S. We observed a wide range of nationalities represented at the most recent climate skeptics conference, with a large number of representatives from New Zealand and Australia (although almost none from emerging economies like China, Brazil, or India). The movement is certainl ...
... restricted to the U.S. We observed a wide range of nationalities represented at the most recent climate skeptics conference, with a large number of representatives from New Zealand and Australia (although almost none from emerging economies like China, Brazil, or India). The movement is certainl ...
Rowand-the Global Warming Debate
... automobiles. The explanation of global climate change is similar to those on other US government websites. The known facts are given and the uncertainties are stated. The data showing increasing emissions of greenhouse gases from mobile vehicles is posted right on their website. It is important to r ...
... automobiles. The explanation of global climate change is similar to those on other US government websites. The known facts are given and the uncertainties are stated. The data showing increasing emissions of greenhouse gases from mobile vehicles is posted right on their website. It is important to r ...
Debate Capitalism and Climate Change: Can the Invisible Hand
... (CO 2 ) and other greenhouse gases (GHGs). These, in turn, are due to anthropogenic emissions from fossil fuel combustion as well as to a decline in the Earth’s capacity to absorb these emissions (because of tropical deforestation and ocean acidification).2 Unabated, current increasing trends in emi ...
... (CO 2 ) and other greenhouse gases (GHGs). These, in turn, are due to anthropogenic emissions from fossil fuel combustion as well as to a decline in the Earth’s capacity to absorb these emissions (because of tropical deforestation and ocean acidification).2 Unabated, current increasing trends in emi ...
Eos, Vol. 87, No. 52, 26 December 2006
... Manhattan (New York) after a fire on his ship forced him to over-winter there in 1614 [Varekamp and Varekamp, 2006]. His 1614 ‘figurative map’ shows Long Island Sound as an estuary, and introduced for the first time the name ‘Niew Nederlandt’ (New Netherlands). Historical documents provide insight i ...
... Manhattan (New York) after a fire on his ship forced him to over-winter there in 1614 [Varekamp and Varekamp, 2006]. His 1614 ‘figurative map’ shows Long Island Sound as an estuary, and introduced for the first time the name ‘Niew Nederlandt’ (New Netherlands). Historical documents provide insight i ...
Climate Change Policy: What Do the Models Tell Us?†
... include the possibility of a catastrophic outcome, why IAMs can tell us nothing about such outcomes, and how an alternative and simpler approach is likely to be more illuminating. As mentioned above, the number of IAMs in existence is large and growing. My objective is not to survey the range of IAM ...
... include the possibility of a catastrophic outcome, why IAMs can tell us nothing about such outcomes, and how an alternative and simpler approach is likely to be more illuminating. As mentioned above, the number of IAMs in existence is large and growing. My objective is not to survey the range of IAM ...
Geo-engineering the climate
... relatively cheap, it’s technically feasible and it would be likely to reduce global temperatures and do so quickly. And I’ll come back to that in a moment. First let’s look at why geoengineering? How’s this idea come about? I’ve already hinted at some of the reasons but essentially there’s three bas ...
... relatively cheap, it’s technically feasible and it would be likely to reduce global temperatures and do so quickly. And I’ll come back to that in a moment. First let’s look at why geoengineering? How’s this idea come about? I’ve already hinted at some of the reasons but essentially there’s three bas ...
Honduras: Changing Land Use Today for a More Resilient
... though soil erosion can increase by 5 percent under one scenario, erosion can be reduced by 32 percent with good land use management. By the same token, the study found that inadequate land use management can effectively erase the positive effects on the soil predicted by some climate change scenari ...
... though soil erosion can increase by 5 percent under one scenario, erosion can be reduced by 32 percent with good land use management. By the same token, the study found that inadequate land use management can effectively erase the positive effects on the soil predicted by some climate change scenari ...
What is the Price of Carbon? Five definitions - SAPIEN.S
... From a macro-economic point of view, such negative costs could be described as having a “double dividend” effect. A typical example of results obtained through a technical approach is a study by DG XII, the European Commission’s General Directorate for Research, arrived at in the late nineties, usin ...
... From a macro-economic point of view, such negative costs could be described as having a “double dividend” effect. A typical example of results obtained through a technical approach is a study by DG XII, the European Commission’s General Directorate for Research, arrived at in the late nineties, usin ...
Colour version
... I’d rather not think about it Perhaps at the heart of most forms of denial is the simple fact that climate change is the kind of issue that we would rather not have to think about. But if we deny out of fear, and fail to act, it will only mean that our greatest fears are more likely to come true. Th ...
... I’d rather not think about it Perhaps at the heart of most forms of denial is the simple fact that climate change is the kind of issue that we would rather not have to think about. But if we deny out of fear, and fail to act, it will only mean that our greatest fears are more likely to come true. Th ...
Protocols, treaties and action: the `climate change process`
... the hands of the male population in general). The question is, whether men should be considered more responsible than women for the problem. To answer that we need to look at the services and products that these carbon producing industries provide, and who uses them. Gendered responsibility for use ...
... the hands of the male population in general). The question is, whether men should be considered more responsible than women for the problem. To answer that we need to look at the services and products that these carbon producing industries provide, and who uses them. Gendered responsibility for use ...
Climate change adaptation
... Collaboration is essential to the success of climate change adaptation. Sydney Water is working with numerous stakeholders to ensure the program is well informed, aligned with the latest science and policy directions and aims to achieve a collective approach to addressing these risks. Sydney Water i ...
... Collaboration is essential to the success of climate change adaptation. Sydney Water is working with numerous stakeholders to ensure the program is well informed, aligned with the latest science and policy directions and aims to achieve a collective approach to addressing these risks. Sydney Water i ...
Debate Capitalism and Climate Change: Can the Invisible Hand
... (CO 2 ) and other greenhouse gases (GHGs). These, in turn, are due to anthropogenic emissions from fossil fuel combustion as well as to a decline in the Earth’s capacity to absorb these emissions (because of tropical deforestation and ocean acidification).2 Unabated, current increasing trends in emi ...
... (CO 2 ) and other greenhouse gases (GHGs). These, in turn, are due to anthropogenic emissions from fossil fuel combustion as well as to a decline in the Earth’s capacity to absorb these emissions (because of tropical deforestation and ocean acidification).2 Unabated, current increasing trends in emi ...