Annex II Risk profile outline
... Qualitative and quantitative uncertainty .......................................................................... 39 ...
... Qualitative and quantitative uncertainty .......................................................................... 39 ...
Impact of Climate Change Heating and Cooling Energy Use in
... aspects of the environment and human activities in buildings. One area directly affected by climate change is the energy consumption for heating and cooling. To quantify the impact, this study used the HadCM3 Global Circulation Model (GCM) to generate weather data for future typical meteorological y ...
... aspects of the environment and human activities in buildings. One area directly affected by climate change is the energy consumption for heating and cooling. To quantify the impact, this study used the HadCM3 Global Circulation Model (GCM) to generate weather data for future typical meteorological y ...
New England Climate Adaptation PROJECT - NECAP
... precipitation events, coastal storm surges, and sea level rise. More than 1,900 parcels of land will be at moderate to high risk of flooding over the long term in Wells. • Additional risks to Wells include a higher likelihood of heat waves and more frequent extreme heat events. • Changes in temper ...
... precipitation events, coastal storm surges, and sea level rise. More than 1,900 parcels of land will be at moderate to high risk of flooding over the long term in Wells. • Additional risks to Wells include a higher likelihood of heat waves and more frequent extreme heat events. • Changes in temper ...
Landscaping climate change: a mapping technique for
... apparently participatory act, which (on the next pages) becomes a place to order educational material and more information. Most participatory spaces on the web may allow many to post messages and request information and many to read both, but they seem to refer and keep only to themselves. Similar ...
... apparently participatory act, which (on the next pages) becomes a place to order educational material and more information. Most participatory spaces on the web may allow many to post messages and request information and many to read both, but they seem to refer and keep only to themselves. Similar ...
Chapter 20
... rangelands67,3. In Australia fire management considers the concept of fire danger, which is a combination of the chances of a fire starting, its rate of spread, intensity and the difficulty of its suppression119. The burning of vegetation on GBR islands by humans has occurred for thousands of years, ...
... rangelands67,3. In Australia fire management considers the concept of fire danger, which is a combination of the chances of a fire starting, its rate of spread, intensity and the difficulty of its suppression119. The burning of vegetation on GBR islands by humans has occurred for thousands of years, ...
Climatic Change
... different extreme event types, magnitudes, durations or proximity influence public perceptions of extreme weather experience. Our goal is to investigate the geographic correspondence of subjective personal experience of extreme weather events with the recorded locations of events. In so doing, we wi ...
... different extreme event types, magnitudes, durations or proximity influence public perceptions of extreme weather experience. Our goal is to investigate the geographic correspondence of subjective personal experience of extreme weather events with the recorded locations of events. In so doing, we wi ...
Chapter 19 Climate Change Effects on Watershed Processes in
... Some of these changes are related not only to climate change, but also to climate variability, such as ENSO (Bonsal et al. 200). The warm (cold) phase of ENSO was associated with a significant increase (decrease) in the occurrence of warm (cold) spells and the number of extreme warm (cold) days acro ...
... Some of these changes are related not only to climate change, but also to climate variability, such as ENSO (Bonsal et al. 200). The warm (cold) phase of ENSO was associated with a significant increase (decrease) in the occurrence of warm (cold) spells and the number of extreme warm (cold) days acro ...
A Cost-benefit Analysis of the Australian Carbon Tax
... through bargaining and without intervention or assistance by the public sector. (Coase, 1960, p. 2) In the years since its publication, “The Problem of Social Costs” and Coase’s theorem have been the subject of much scrutiny. By discussing the limitations to Coase’s Theorem, one can more readily con ...
... through bargaining and without intervention or assistance by the public sector. (Coase, 1960, p. 2) In the years since its publication, “The Problem of Social Costs” and Coase’s theorem have been the subject of much scrutiny. By discussing the limitations to Coase’s Theorem, one can more readily con ...
Marine Ecosystem Sensitivity to Climate Change Raymond C. Smith
... duration. The blue and pink shading represent cool and warm periods, respectively. From left to right, resolution of the record increases and its duration decreases. The Lallemand Fjord record (Shevenell et al. 1996)represents the last 8000 radiocarbon years and is based on percentage of total organ ...
... duration. The blue and pink shading represent cool and warm periods, respectively. From left to right, resolution of the record increases and its duration decreases. The Lallemand Fjord record (Shevenell et al. 1996)represents the last 8000 radiocarbon years and is based on percentage of total organ ...
Recent warming trends inferred from borehole temperature data in
... obtained a warming by 0.1–1 °C in last century. This conclusion agrees with the results obtained from the analysis of air temperature records at the Oujda meteorological station. In this paper we present a new reconstruction of the past climate change in the Figuig oasis, located at the eastern end ...
... obtained a warming by 0.1–1 °C in last century. This conclusion agrees with the results obtained from the analysis of air temperature records at the Oujda meteorological station. In this paper we present a new reconstruction of the past climate change in the Figuig oasis, located at the eastern end ...
i. executive summary
... adaptation and disaster risk reduction b. 2 provincial development plans have been formulated provincial plans, policies and (DRR) issues; through consultations with local government and budgets b. Number of subnational adaptation and communities. DRR action plans developed and implemented by local ...
... adaptation and disaster risk reduction b. 2 provincial development plans have been formulated provincial plans, policies and (DRR) issues; through consultations with local government and budgets b. Number of subnational adaptation and communities. DRR action plans developed and implemented by local ...
contributions by the world meteorological organization to the
... and issue regional seasonal climate outlooks, which are downscaled and used at the national level by policymakers and sectoral users, including poor people whose livelihoods depend on climate stability. The RCOF process has facilitated a better understanding of the links between the climate system a ...
... and issue regional seasonal climate outlooks, which are downscaled and used at the national level by policymakers and sectoral users, including poor people whose livelihoods depend on climate stability. The RCOF process has facilitated a better understanding of the links between the climate system a ...
the results of the scientific congress
... include global mean surface temperature, sea-level rise, global ocean temperature, Arctic sea ice extent, ocean acidification, and extreme climatic events. With unabated emissions, many trends in climate will likely accelerate, leading to an increasing risk of abrupt or irreversible climatic shifts. ...
... include global mean surface temperature, sea-level rise, global ocean temperature, Arctic sea ice extent, ocean acidification, and extreme climatic events. With unabated emissions, many trends in climate will likely accelerate, leading to an increasing risk of abrupt or irreversible climatic shifts. ...
... regulation, reducing deforestation, and geoengineering), the spatial scale (local, regional, national, global), time scale (precautionary or adaptive, over decades or centuries), normative criteria, and other parameters of policy choice. We will examine current legal measures to manage climate chang ...
Local Climate Change Governance
... discussions are more concerned with the amount of future temperature rise, the impacts of this rise, and the ways human societies will need to react to climate change in order to prosper. A consequence of transforming attitudes to anthropogenic climate change is a global movement in the direction of ...
... discussions are more concerned with the amount of future temperature rise, the impacts of this rise, and the ways human societies will need to react to climate change in order to prosper. A consequence of transforming attitudes to anthropogenic climate change is a global movement in the direction of ...
Planning the resilient city: Concepts and strategies for coping with
... a few among many tragic disasters. Importantly, the issue at stake is not the climate change impacts alone but ‘‘. . .a whole spectrum of global environmental changes that interplay with interdependent and rapidly globalizing human societies’’ (Folke et al., 2011) and the resulting risks that human ...
... a few among many tragic disasters. Importantly, the issue at stake is not the climate change impacts alone but ‘‘. . .a whole spectrum of global environmental changes that interplay with interdependent and rapidly globalizing human societies’’ (Folke et al., 2011) and the resulting risks that human ...
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... spending, with highest TFP increase observed in SSP5 and lowest in SSP1. We also plot historical TFP over 1964-2004 period using information presented in Fuglie (2010). Our results indicate that optimal TFP in 21st century should grow faster, from 1% (SSP1) to 1.3% (SSP5) per year, than it was obse ...
... spending, with highest TFP increase observed in SSP5 and lowest in SSP1. We also plot historical TFP over 1964-2004 period using information presented in Fuglie (2010). Our results indicate that optimal TFP in 21st century should grow faster, from 1% (SSP1) to 1.3% (SSP5) per year, than it was obse ...
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... countries accounted for just under half of total energy-related carbon dioxide emissions in 2005, but for 85 per cent of the total increase in emissions from 2000 to 2005. China alone accounted for 55 per cent of the global rise. China is believed to have overtaken the US as the largest carbon dioxi ...
... countries accounted for just under half of total energy-related carbon dioxide emissions in 2005, but for 85 per cent of the total increase in emissions from 2000 to 2005. China alone accounted for 55 per cent of the global rise. China is believed to have overtaken the US as the largest carbon dioxi ...
Vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in water hazard assessments using regional
... space scales does not imply that our confidence is any greater in the resulting scenarios.” ...
... space scales does not imply that our confidence is any greater in the resulting scenarios.” ...
Ocean-sourced Carbonate Production
... eroded through these processes and bioeroders constitute a food source for fish (Stromberg 2004). Trilbollet and Golubic (2011) have postulated that ...
... eroded through these processes and bioeroders constitute a food source for fish (Stromberg 2004). Trilbollet and Golubic (2011) have postulated that ...
Abstract Book The Human Side of Climate Change Bergen 16
... they engage and respond to them. Her research examines the relationships between individual perceptions and understandings of environmental issues - specifically climate change, its causes and consequences over different timescales - and behavioural change. Her recent work includes understanding ind ...
... they engage and respond to them. Her research examines the relationships between individual perceptions and understandings of environmental issues - specifically climate change, its causes and consequences over different timescales - and behavioural change. Her recent work includes understanding ind ...