Climate change impacts on working people: how to develop prevention policies Maria Nilsson
... little to link occupational health to the protection of people from the direct health hazards of climate change. The most recent scientific document from the WHO on the risks of workplace heat exposures was published more than 40 years ago (27). Another international agency, the International Labor ...
... little to link occupational health to the protection of people from the direct health hazards of climate change. The most recent scientific document from the WHO on the risks of workplace heat exposures was published more than 40 years ago (27). Another international agency, the International Labor ...
Climate Change and Plant Community Composition in National
... would benefit greatly from the synthesis of data across multiple parks and I&M networks. Understanding climate–vegetation relationships across parks can help NPS managers address several concerns about the current and future condition of natural resources (Box 1). A forward-thinking strategy to prep ...
... would benefit greatly from the synthesis of data across multiple parks and I&M networks. Understanding climate–vegetation relationships across parks can help NPS managers address several concerns about the current and future condition of natural resources (Box 1). A forward-thinking strategy to prep ...
Letter from Peter Lilley to Bob Ward, 2 January 2013
... 3. Inconsistent discounting of costs and benefits. Although Stern discounts benefits of curbing emissions at an ultra-low rate, he does not discount the true cost of doing so – the returns foregone on alternative investments – at the same low rate. As a result, his estimate of the cost of avoiding c ...
... 3. Inconsistent discounting of costs and benefits. Although Stern discounts benefits of curbing emissions at an ultra-low rate, he does not discount the true cost of doing so – the returns foregone on alternative investments – at the same low rate. As a result, his estimate of the cost of avoiding c ...
Physiology and Ecology to Inform Climate Adaptation Strategies for
... more extreme weather driven by climate change. Most desert species are explosive breeders, taking advantage of rainfall large enough to potentially support reproduction. Hence, management strategies for amphibians in general may not apply to anurans in temperate and subtropical deserts. Sustaining p ...
... more extreme weather driven by climate change. Most desert species are explosive breeders, taking advantage of rainfall large enough to potentially support reproduction. Hence, management strategies for amphibians in general may not apply to anurans in temperate and subtropical deserts. Sustaining p ...
Dynamic Planet Exam Questions Tectonic Activity: Possible exam
... Why is it difficult to predict how climate will change in the future? (6) Economic and Environmental Challenges in the UK and developing world For a named country, suggest one possible impact of higher global temperatures. (2) Explain the possible economic impacts of climate change on a named ...
... Why is it difficult to predict how climate will change in the future? (6) Economic and Environmental Challenges in the UK and developing world For a named country, suggest one possible impact of higher global temperatures. (2) Explain the possible economic impacts of climate change on a named ...
The Stability of the Thermohaline Circulation in Global Warming
... A simplified climate model of the coupled ocean–atmosphere system is used to perform extensive sensitivity studies concerning possible future climate change induced by anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. Supplemented with an active atmospheric hydrological cycle, experiments with different rates ...
... A simplified climate model of the coupled ocean–atmosphere system is used to perform extensive sensitivity studies concerning possible future climate change induced by anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. Supplemented with an active atmospheric hydrological cycle, experiments with different rates ...
Climate Change and the Skiing Industry: Impacts and Potential
... significant potential environmental impact. The figures only indicate traffic within Switzerland, not traffic to and from the country for the purpose of skiing. Hence, the percentage indicating the share of skiing related traffic is likely to be much higher. 2.2.3 Impacts of buildings and infrastruc ...
... significant potential environmental impact. The figures only indicate traffic within Switzerland, not traffic to and from the country for the purpose of skiing. Hence, the percentage indicating the share of skiing related traffic is likely to be much higher. 2.2.3 Impacts of buildings and infrastruc ...
Global warming and changes in drought
... Advances in recent years include a “self calibrating” version, the scPDSI25, that uses local climate data to calibrate the index so that the categories conform better to those originally intended by Palmer. ...
... Advances in recent years include a “self calibrating” version, the scPDSI25, that uses local climate data to calibrate the index so that the categories conform better to those originally intended by Palmer. ...
Indonesia Second National Communication Under The United
... World Bank and DFID study, which suggested Indonesia to be the 3rd largest emitter country. The study estimated that the total emission from Indonesia was about 3,014,000 Gg CO2 where LUCF contributed about 85% or about 2,563,000 Gg CO2 (twice the SNC estimate above). Indeed, a further study from th ...
... World Bank and DFID study, which suggested Indonesia to be the 3rd largest emitter country. The study estimated that the total emission from Indonesia was about 3,014,000 Gg CO2 where LUCF contributed about 85% or about 2,563,000 Gg CO2 (twice the SNC estimate above). Indeed, a further study from th ...
climate policy: separating fact from fantasy
... dramatic reductions in global net emissions for some time, at least for a decade or more. We will see efforts to move in that direction at the local, national, and international level. But we will not likely see significant results, at least in terms of global emission reductions. The reason is that ...
... dramatic reductions in global net emissions for some time, at least for a decade or more. We will see efforts to move in that direction at the local, national, and international level. But we will not likely see significant results, at least in terms of global emission reductions. The reason is that ...
to review/download the Cookeville Case Study.
... to preserve water resources, sequester carbon, and maintain natural habitat in the face of extreme climate pressures yet to come. It is also critical because the need for climate action calls for every possible mitigation tool to be utilized in the very near future. Communities cannot afford to sta ...
... to preserve water resources, sequester carbon, and maintain natural habitat in the face of extreme climate pressures yet to come. It is also critical because the need for climate action calls for every possible mitigation tool to be utilized in the very near future. Communities cannot afford to sta ...
Financing Adaptation: The Case of Morne Trois Pitons and Morne
... “Applying the concept of adaptive capacity to Dominica, it is clear that in order to confront climate change, response/adaptive capacity must be built such that the planning mechanisms are put in place to lay the foundation for more directed adaptation actions. Risk must be managed through careful a ...
... “Applying the concept of adaptive capacity to Dominica, it is clear that in order to confront climate change, response/adaptive capacity must be built such that the planning mechanisms are put in place to lay the foundation for more directed adaptation actions. Risk must be managed through careful a ...
STANDARDIZATION, ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE
... At the UNFCCC agenda, REDD+ has inter-linkages with other issues ...
... At the UNFCCC agenda, REDD+ has inter-linkages with other issues ...
The Meaning of Uncertainty: Debating Climate Change in the Gilded
... proponents of modern science who believed in climate change acknowledged that the causes of the change remained in the realms of the “unknown.”7 Sometimes ardent expansionists admitted that Manifest Destiny and capitalist expansion had damaged landscapes and climates. And sometimes even determined a ...
... proponents of modern science who believed in climate change acknowledged that the causes of the change remained in the realms of the “unknown.”7 Sometimes ardent expansionists admitted that Manifest Destiny and capitalist expansion had damaged landscapes and climates. And sometimes even determined a ...
Climate Change Impacts on International Seaports
... damages in the US by 54%, from $8 billion to $12 billion per year. Another recent study found that surrounding port lands at 35 of 44 Caribbean ports will be inundated by 1 m of SLR, unless protected by new coastal structures (Simpson et al. 2010). Climate change will disproportionately affect ports ...
... damages in the US by 54%, from $8 billion to $12 billion per year. Another recent study found that surrounding port lands at 35 of 44 Caribbean ports will be inundated by 1 m of SLR, unless protected by new coastal structures (Simpson et al. 2010). Climate change will disproportionately affect ports ...
From Impacts Towards Adaptation—Mississippi Watershed
... Warming of the climate system is unequivocal and recent warming is very likely due to humans. Climate is and will continue to change irrespective of initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions: even if global emissions could be capped tomorrow at 2000 levels an additio ...
... Warming of the climate system is unequivocal and recent warming is very likely due to humans. Climate is and will continue to change irrespective of initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions: even if global emissions could be capped tomorrow at 2000 levels an additio ...
consequences
... The nexus of environment, climate change and migration is becoming an increasingly important issue as climate change is generally understood as the potential cause of mass migration especially from the areas where low-income and resource –dependent communities live in environments that are already e ...
... The nexus of environment, climate change and migration is becoming an increasingly important issue as climate change is generally understood as the potential cause of mass migration especially from the areas where low-income and resource –dependent communities live in environments that are already e ...
Dispersal will limit ability of mammals to track climate change in the
... changes in the tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forest biome of the western Amazon. In this biome, on average, 14.5% of species will likely be unable to keep pace with climate change. The inability of mammals to track climate change will be driven more by rapid climatic changes in some regio ...
... changes in the tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forest biome of the western Amazon. In this biome, on average, 14.5% of species will likely be unable to keep pace with climate change. The inability of mammals to track climate change will be driven more by rapid climatic changes in some regio ...
Target Atmospheric CO2: Where Should Humanity Aim?
... vegetation distribution, and continental shelf exposure, was 3.5 ± 1 W/m2 [14] relative to the Holocene. Additional forcing due to reduced amounts of long-lived GHGs (CO2, CH4, N2O), including the indirect effects of CH4 on tropospheric ozone and stratospheric water vapor (Fig. S1) was -3 ± 0.5 W/m2 ...
... vegetation distribution, and continental shelf exposure, was 3.5 ± 1 W/m2 [14] relative to the Holocene. Additional forcing due to reduced amounts of long-lived GHGs (CO2, CH4, N2O), including the indirect effects of CH4 on tropospheric ozone and stratospheric water vapor (Fig. S1) was -3 ± 0.5 W/m2 ...
National Policy on Climate Change for Namibia 2011
... has been the warmest period in the history of global temperature records (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report, 2007). Human induced global warming is caused by the emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs), which trap heat in the atmosphere, causing a gradual warming of the earth’s sur ...
... has been the warmest period in the history of global temperature records (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report, 2007). Human induced global warming is caused by the emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs), which trap heat in the atmosphere, causing a gradual warming of the earth’s sur ...