Indigenous Peoples, Lands, and Resources
... Indigenous traditional knowledge has emerged in national and international arenas as a source of rich information for indigenous and non-indigenous climate assessments, policies, and adaptation strategies. Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report rec ...
... Indigenous traditional knowledge has emerged in national and international arenas as a source of rich information for indigenous and non-indigenous climate assessments, policies, and adaptation strategies. Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report rec ...
Demographic Amplification of Climate Change Experienced by the
... been previously argued to be strongly associated with coastal zones and navigable rivers and only weakly with climate conditions [19] we included distance from waterway (calculated as the shortest distance between the centroid of each county and the Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, or the Great Lakes ...
... been previously argued to be strongly associated with coastal zones and navigable rivers and only weakly with climate conditions [19] we included distance from waterway (calculated as the shortest distance between the centroid of each county and the Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, or the Great Lakes ...
Environmental refugees: The impact of climate change on emigration
... data from 1960 to 2000.3 I focus on how climate-change variables, i.e., temperature and precipitation patterns, affect emigration levels for capturing the conditions that force people to leave their country. The results do indeed suggest that high levels of temperature make people to emigrate from t ...
... data from 1960 to 2000.3 I focus on how climate-change variables, i.e., temperature and precipitation patterns, affect emigration levels for capturing the conditions that force people to leave their country. The results do indeed suggest that high levels of temperature make people to emigrate from t ...
Climate change science and the climate change scare Contents
... are not warmed by the greenhouse effect but by the fact that their glass prevents cool air from blowing in and warm air from blowing out.) Measurement of Temperature. Temperatures past and present are measured by three methods. The first is by thermometer. Reliable thermometers were developed in the ...
... are not warmed by the greenhouse effect but by the fact that their glass prevents cool air from blowing in and warm air from blowing out.) Measurement of Temperature. Temperatures past and present are measured by three methods. The first is by thermometer. Reliable thermometers were developed in the ...
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... We show that most of the changes in land use are attributable to the impact of temperature, indicating that temperature is the climate factor to which land allocation, at current production technologies, does not provide efficient adaptation. An in-depth look into the bundles‟ technological attribut ...
... We show that most of the changes in land use are attributable to the impact of temperature, indicating that temperature is the climate factor to which land allocation, at current production technologies, does not provide efficient adaptation. An in-depth look into the bundles‟ technological attribut ...
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... travel delays due to wildfires, are occurring more frequently and with greater intensity as a result of a warming climate. As seen in Washington, these types of events have the potential to cause significant damage to the transportation system and impose costly traveler delay, and yet to date, relat ...
... travel delays due to wildfires, are occurring more frequently and with greater intensity as a result of a warming climate. As seen in Washington, these types of events have the potential to cause significant damage to the transportation system and impose costly traveler delay, and yet to date, relat ...
This background paper focuses specifically on the relationships
... change, relative to men, by restricting their employment opportunities outside the home, limiting their control over resources, constraining their movements and educational opportunities, and assigning them disproportionate care responsibilities. Barrett (2013) finds that uneven power relationships ...
... change, relative to men, by restricting their employment opportunities outside the home, limiting their control over resources, constraining their movements and educational opportunities, and assigning them disproportionate care responsibilities. Barrett (2013) finds that uneven power relationships ...
Washington`s New World Order Weapons Have
... While there is no concrete evidence of HAARP having been used, scientific findings suggest that it is at present fully operational. What this means is that HAARP could potentially be applied by the US military to selectively modify the climate of an "unfriendly nation" or "rogue state" with a view t ...
... While there is no concrete evidence of HAARP having been used, scientific findings suggest that it is at present fully operational. What this means is that HAARP could potentially be applied by the US military to selectively modify the climate of an "unfriendly nation" or "rogue state" with a view t ...
Risk Insurance and Facility Management
... above the rate of inflation. Aging buildings, Facility Condition Index (FCI) increasing, expect increase in building operating costs. Insurers are pursuing subrogation opportunities with more conviction and are interpreting insurance policies with more care in an effort to better their bottom line – ...
... above the rate of inflation. Aging buildings, Facility Condition Index (FCI) increasing, expect increase in building operating costs. Insurers are pursuing subrogation opportunities with more conviction and are interpreting insurance policies with more care in an effort to better their bottom line – ...
The Obama Administration`s Clean Air Act Legacy and the UNFCC
... This became a point of controversy over statutory interpretation. The EPA read the statute to require that once GHGs were “regulated pollutants” under the mobile source sections of the Act, they must be regulated under the stationary source permitting programs. In other words, the agency saw the eff ...
... This became a point of controversy over statutory interpretation. The EPA read the statute to require that once GHGs were “regulated pollutants” under the mobile source sections of the Act, they must be regulated under the stationary source permitting programs. In other words, the agency saw the eff ...
Understanding the Links between Climate Change and Development
... deteriorating irrigation infrastructure, as previously postulated, but also to adverse climate phenomena from local pollution and global warming.25 Extrapolating from past year-to-year variations in climate and agricultural outcomes, yields of major crops in India are projected to decline by 4.5 t ...
... deteriorating irrigation infrastructure, as previously postulated, but also to adverse climate phenomena from local pollution and global warming.25 Extrapolating from past year-to-year variations in climate and agricultural outcomes, yields of major crops in India are projected to decline by 4.5 t ...
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... Holdren’s claim. . . .they found that the both the strength of the blocking events as well as the associated surface temperature anomalies over the continental U.S. were considerably moderated. In other words, global warming was expected to make “polar vortex” associated cold outbreaks less cold. “T ...
... Holdren’s claim. . . .they found that the both the strength of the blocking events as well as the associated surface temperature anomalies over the continental U.S. were considerably moderated. In other words, global warming was expected to make “polar vortex” associated cold outbreaks less cold. “T ...
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... sharing; joint implementation of climate action; informing members of the UN Chief Executives Board on climate change issues; coordinating the UN position and presence at UNFCCC COP and other relevant fora; and preparing joint outreach and communication tools.17 This process will be monitored to ide ...
... sharing; joint implementation of climate action; informing members of the UN Chief Executives Board on climate change issues; coordinating the UN position and presence at UNFCCC COP and other relevant fora; and preparing joint outreach and communication tools.17 This process will be monitored to ide ...
D1.1.2_Deliverable_Snow_Depth - MONARCH-A
... instrument onboard the DMSP (Defense Meteorological Satellite Program) series (since 1987). These radiometers with incidence angle from 50.2 to 52.8 degrees provided measurements of brightness temperature at different frequencies and at different (vertical or horizontal) polarizations. We have used ...
... instrument onboard the DMSP (Defense Meteorological Satellite Program) series (since 1987). These radiometers with incidence angle from 50.2 to 52.8 degrees provided measurements of brightness temperature at different frequencies and at different (vertical or horizontal) polarizations. We have used ...
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... Even if the above three factors were known with certainty, there would still be uncertainty about future levels of Greenhouse gas emissions. Given that these three factors are far from known with certainty, combined uncertainty about greenhouse gas emissions is very high. ...
... Even if the above three factors were known with certainty, there would still be uncertainty about future levels of Greenhouse gas emissions. Given that these three factors are far from known with certainty, combined uncertainty about greenhouse gas emissions is very high. ...
Water Quality and Quantity, Climate Change and Public Health
... http://files.dnr.state.mn.us/publications/waters/mn_water_supply.pdf ___________. 2010. Water Availability Assessment Report. Available online: http://files.dnr.state.mn.us/aboutdnr/reports/legislative/2010_water_availablity.pdf ___________. 2011a. Drought. Available online: http://www.dnr.state.mn. ...
... http://files.dnr.state.mn.us/publications/waters/mn_water_supply.pdf ___________. 2010. Water Availability Assessment Report. Available online: http://files.dnr.state.mn.us/aboutdnr/reports/legislative/2010_water_availablity.pdf ___________. 2011a. Drought. Available online: http://www.dnr.state.mn. ...
Federal Climate Change Funding from FY2008 to FY2014
... FY2008 through FY2013. The large majority—more than 75%—has funded technology development and deployment, primarily through the Department of Energy (DOE). More than one-third of the identified funding was included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (P.L. 111-5). The President’s r ...
... FY2008 through FY2013. The large majority—more than 75%—has funded technology development and deployment, primarily through the Department of Energy (DOE). More than one-third of the identified funding was included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (P.L. 111-5). The President’s r ...
Regional Climate Adaptation Planning Alliance
... their jurisdiction, establishing a mitigation work to ensure that adaption actions are not increasing vision for the community and greenhouse gas emissions. developing the steps necessary along the way to achieve that vision. B: Build and budget assuming 3-4°C (5.4-7.2°F)* of warming. This is When c ...
... their jurisdiction, establishing a mitigation work to ensure that adaption actions are not increasing vision for the community and greenhouse gas emissions. developing the steps necessary along the way to achieve that vision. B: Build and budget assuming 3-4°C (5.4-7.2°F)* of warming. This is When c ...
Dynamic Earth - The State Museum of Pennsylvania
... the atmosphere on a local scale. An area’s climate amounts to its average weather conditions and the extent to which those conditions vary over longer time scales. Measurements of climate include the long-term pattern of temperature and precipitation averages and extremes at a location. That locatio ...
... the atmosphere on a local scale. An area’s climate amounts to its average weather conditions and the extent to which those conditions vary over longer time scales. Measurements of climate include the long-term pattern of temperature and precipitation averages and extremes at a location. That locatio ...
Common Knowledge? Public Understanding of Climate Change in
... values, and moral responsibilities for future and distant environments and societies. Section three outlines the ways in which respondents interpreted their responsibilities towards the global environment. Although morally sanctioned, and seen as a valid means of achieving other goals, actions taken ...
... values, and moral responsibilities for future and distant environments and societies. Section three outlines the ways in which respondents interpreted their responsibilities towards the global environment. Although morally sanctioned, and seen as a valid means of achieving other goals, actions taken ...
Does tomorrow ever come?
... necessarily broad image of lay perceptions of climate change is described in a set of exploratory studies using various approaches designed to characterize public understanding of climate change: Bostrom et al., 1994; Bord et al., 1998; Berk and Fovell, 1999; O’Connor et al., 1999; Alerby, 2000; Bla ...
... necessarily broad image of lay perceptions of climate change is described in a set of exploratory studies using various approaches designed to characterize public understanding of climate change: Bostrom et al., 1994; Bord et al., 1998; Berk and Fovell, 1999; O’Connor et al., 1999; Alerby, 2000; Bla ...
Coastal habitats shield people and property from sea
... of vulnerability and so on). Previous efforts have mapped physical vulnerability of coastal areas using data and forecasts for sea-level rise and storm surge16,17 and used social metrics of vulnerability18 to identify where consequences of physical hazards will be greatest for people2,19 . Missing, ...
... of vulnerability and so on). Previous efforts have mapped physical vulnerability of coastal areas using data and forecasts for sea-level rise and storm surge16,17 and used social metrics of vulnerability18 to identify where consequences of physical hazards will be greatest for people2,19 . Missing, ...