Water Utilities and Climate Change: A Research Workshop on
... gives a series of findings and recommendations for needed research and applications to assist water utilities in mainstreaming climate change adaptation into their operations and maintenance activities, infrastructure, and policies. The research team for the project was drawn primarily from the Colu ...
... gives a series of findings and recommendations for needed research and applications to assist water utilities in mainstreaming climate change adaptation into their operations and maintenance activities, infrastructure, and policies. The research team for the project was drawn primarily from the Colu ...
Ville Kumpu A climate for reduction? Futures imagined in
... future with their actions. From this perspective, the ambitions, goals and capabilities of agents in the present form the basis for imagining futures. From a discourse-theoretical perspective, highlighting the importance of the process of meaning making, this article studies how futures were imagine ...
... future with their actions. From this perspective, the ambitions, goals and capabilities of agents in the present form the basis for imagining futures. From a discourse-theoretical perspective, highlighting the importance of the process of meaning making, this article studies how futures were imagine ...
Climate change and integrated analysis of mountain
... to days), a rock glacier is effectively a sediment store because its rate of sediment transfer is generally below detectable limits. However, over months to years, it may become an important sediment transfer, perhaps even a dominant one over many decades. Over very long time-scales (millennia and b ...
... to days), a rock glacier is effectively a sediment store because its rate of sediment transfer is generally below detectable limits. However, over months to years, it may become an important sediment transfer, perhaps even a dominant one over many decades. Over very long time-scales (millennia and b ...
Climate sensitivity of shrub growth across the tundra biome
... moisture, standing water can also lead to reduced growth and shrub dieback6 . Previous studies have identified summer temperatures as an important driver of vegetation change1,13,14,26 , but the role of soil moisture is less often examined. A recent synthesis of two decades of ecological monitoring ...
... moisture, standing water can also lead to reduced growth and shrub dieback6 . Previous studies have identified summer temperatures as an important driver of vegetation change1,13,14,26 , but the role of soil moisture is less often examined. A recent synthesis of two decades of ecological monitoring ...
Discounting and climate change - a non-marginal policy choice
... capita on a path where greenhouse gas emissions are uncontrolled (i=b where b stands for ‘business-asusual’), resulting in climate change that has a non-marginal effect on consumption per capita and hence utility per capita both through the costs of adaptation and especially through residual impacts ...
... capita on a path where greenhouse gas emissions are uncontrolled (i=b where b stands for ‘business-asusual’), resulting in climate change that has a non-marginal effect on consumption per capita and hence utility per capita both through the costs of adaptation and especially through residual impacts ...
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... Rainfall and Temperature Evaluation System (ARTES) (World Bank, 2003). This dataset, created by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association’s Climate Prediction Center, interpolates between ground station measurements. The mean annual temperature and precipitation for each country in the sample ...
... Rainfall and Temperature Evaluation System (ARTES) (World Bank, 2003). This dataset, created by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association’s Climate Prediction Center, interpolates between ground station measurements. The mean annual temperature and precipitation for each country in the sample ...
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... “In 2008 the League of Women Voters of Utah decided to do a study of Utah water so that we could better advocate for our members’ deep concerns about water for people and water for the environment. This paper is concerned with accounting for our water and how we manage it, not with water quality ...
... “In 2008 the League of Women Voters of Utah decided to do a study of Utah water so that we could better advocate for our members’ deep concerns about water for people and water for the environment. This paper is concerned with accounting for our water and how we manage it, not with water quality ...
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... behavior (and conversely, given the feedbacks between localized climate and production). As Earth heads toward temperature increases of 1.5 ◦ C by 2100 (relative to 1850-1900), climate models predict warmer and more frequent “hot” days, warmer and fewer “cold” days, expanses in areas prone to drough ...
... behavior (and conversely, given the feedbacks between localized climate and production). As Earth heads toward temperature increases of 1.5 ◦ C by 2100 (relative to 1850-1900), climate models predict warmer and more frequent “hot” days, warmer and fewer “cold” days, expanses in areas prone to drough ...
Inuit vulnerability and adaptive capacity to climate change in
... Northwest Territories and the adaptive strategies employed. It is based on collaborative research involving semistructured interviews, secondary sources of information, and participant observations. In the context of subsistence hunting, changes in temperature, seasonal patterns (for example timing ...
... Northwest Territories and the adaptive strategies employed. It is based on collaborative research involving semistructured interviews, secondary sources of information, and participant observations. In the context of subsistence hunting, changes in temperature, seasonal patterns (for example timing ...
Natural and forced air temperature variability in the Labrador region
... to poor ice and snow conditions (Wolf et al. 2013). Regional climate models suggest that these conditions will occur more frequently due to regional warming expected to be on the order of 3 °C by 2038–2070 (Finnis 2013). However, relevant internal climate variability associated with North Atlantic s ...
... to poor ice and snow conditions (Wolf et al. 2013). Regional climate models suggest that these conditions will occur more frequently due to regional warming expected to be on the order of 3 °C by 2038–2070 (Finnis 2013). However, relevant internal climate variability associated with North Atlantic s ...
Oceanic Influences on Recent Continental
... models for a shorter period (1991-2000). The results are generally consistent with those for the 19912006 period (Table 2). While all models show a small negative bias in their mean difference between the simulated and observed land warming, none is significantly different from zero at the 5% level ...
... models for a shorter period (1991-2000). The results are generally consistent with those for the 19912006 period (Table 2). While all models show a small negative bias in their mean difference between the simulated and observed land warming, none is significantly different from zero at the 5% level ...
Drivers of adaptation: Responses to weather
... Programmes of Action (NAPAs) by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, there is growing recognition of the importance of local governments as sites of action for both climate mitigation and adaptation (Bulkeley, 2010). More than half of the world’s population now lives in urban areas, with p ...
... Programmes of Action (NAPAs) by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, there is growing recognition of the importance of local governments as sites of action for both climate mitigation and adaptation (Bulkeley, 2010). More than half of the world’s population now lives in urban areas, with p ...
Sensitivity of thermohaline circulation to decadal and
... 1200-year spin-up run, during which no stochastic forcing was applied. The intensity of the freshwater input varied according to a white Gaussian noise distribution with zero mean and a standard deviation of 0.16 Sv. These values were chosen because previous studies indicated that the strength of t ...
... 1200-year spin-up run, during which no stochastic forcing was applied. The intensity of the freshwater input varied according to a white Gaussian noise distribution with zero mean and a standard deviation of 0.16 Sv. These values were chosen because previous studies indicated that the strength of t ...
Climate change, food, water and population health in China
... change proceeds, continuing temperature increases and changes in precipitation patterns will lead to rises in sea level and climatic zonal shifts. Climate change already appears to be increasing the frequency and intensity of droughts, floods, heatwaves, storms and other extreme weather events.2 At ...
... change proceeds, continuing temperature increases and changes in precipitation patterns will lead to rises in sea level and climatic zonal shifts. Climate change already appears to be increasing the frequency and intensity of droughts, floods, heatwaves, storms and other extreme weather events.2 At ...
PPCR Risk Analysis – Impact of Climate Change
... Water Quality, No proper drainage Social disruption and Infrastructure damage (Flood leading to severe disturbances in everyday life ) Water Quality (Poor waste management ), Open defecation Human Health (Encephalitis) Water Quality (Contaminated water supply) ...
... Water Quality, No proper drainage Social disruption and Infrastructure damage (Flood leading to severe disturbances in everyday life ) Water Quality (Poor waste management ), Open defecation Human Health (Encephalitis) Water Quality (Contaminated water supply) ...
CLIMATE WORLDWIDE
... 1. Read, listen to your partners and agree on the title for your text. Write it on the heading line. ...
... 1. Read, listen to your partners and agree on the title for your text. Write it on the heading line. ...
Cooperative Federalism and Climate Change
... Congress explicitly gives states the authority to adopt standards that are more protective than federal standards. Local governments may have enforcement and monitoring responsibilities, as well as implement grants and demonstration projects. Today, federal efforts to prevent environmental harm - pa ...
... Congress explicitly gives states the authority to adopt standards that are more protective than federal standards. Local governments may have enforcement and monitoring responsibilities, as well as implement grants and demonstration projects. Today, federal efforts to prevent environmental harm - pa ...
Telling the Weather Story - Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction
... natural catastrophes have ranged between $10B and $50B a year internationally over the past decade. In Canada, catastrophic events cost roughly $1.6B in 2011 and almost $1B in each of the two previous years. The majority of these insured losses were caused by extreme weather events, but Canada’s hom ...
... natural catastrophes have ranged between $10B and $50B a year internationally over the past decade. In Canada, catastrophic events cost roughly $1.6B in 2011 and almost $1B in each of the two previous years. The majority of these insured losses were caused by extreme weather events, but Canada’s hom ...
Telling the Weather Story - IBC Public Assets
... natural catastrophes have ranged between $10B and $50B a year internationally over the past decade and in 2011 topped $100 B. In Canada, catastrophic events cost roughly $1.6B in 2011 and almost $1B in each of the two previous years. The majority of these insured losses were caused by extreme weathe ...
... natural catastrophes have ranged between $10B and $50B a year internationally over the past decade and in 2011 topped $100 B. In Canada, catastrophic events cost roughly $1.6B in 2011 and almost $1B in each of the two previous years. The majority of these insured losses were caused by extreme weathe ...
Climate sensitivity of shrub growth across the tundra biome
... tundra biome as a whole could be weaker than predicted at present. We quantified the climate sensitivity of shrub growth—that is, the strength of relationship between annual growth and climate variables (including temperature and precipitation, specific calculations described below)—to test four hyp ...
... tundra biome as a whole could be weaker than predicted at present. We quantified the climate sensitivity of shrub growth—that is, the strength of relationship between annual growth and climate variables (including temperature and precipitation, specific calculations described below)—to test four hyp ...
... To make an application under this topic area, you must use the following: Call Topic Reference: Climate Change Call Project 1 Under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, (UNFCCC), Ireland makes an annual report on greenhouse gas emissions related to agricultural land management. ...
Sensitivity of thermohaline circulation to decadal
... terms of the larger-scale motions. This feature represents the principal source of uncertainty of CGCMs. Advances in supercomputer technology, which has permitted higher model resolutions, have helped to reduce these uncertainties, but significant differences remain between the predicted and the obs ...
... terms of the larger-scale motions. This feature represents the principal source of uncertainty of CGCMs. Advances in supercomputer technology, which has permitted higher model resolutions, have helped to reduce these uncertainties, but significant differences remain between the predicted and the obs ...