Publication - World Vision International
... under monsoon influence, attracting 31% of the storms and typhoons in Vietnam annually. Hai Phong is susceptible to many disasters such as typhoons, storms, storm surges, high tidal waves, floods, saltwater intrusion, droughts, hails and cold weather. Annually, there are 3-5 storms occurring within ...
... under monsoon influence, attracting 31% of the storms and typhoons in Vietnam annually. Hai Phong is susceptible to many disasters such as typhoons, storms, storm surges, high tidal waves, floods, saltwater intrusion, droughts, hails and cold weather. Annually, there are 3-5 storms occurring within ...
Presentation on Climate Safeguards System
... Enter basic information on project, once scorecard is selected; Answer questions: possible answers are presented as a number of options, each one with a predetermined score; Add up scores and categorize: selected option scores are added up to obtain a total score for the project; Based on the total ...
... Enter basic information on project, once scorecard is selected; Answer questions: possible answers are presented as a number of options, each one with a predetermined score; Add up scores and categorize: selected option scores are added up to obtain a total score for the project; Based on the total ...
Carbon cycle
... Humans and Ecology: What are we doing, what should we do, what can we do, and does it matter? ...
... Humans and Ecology: What are we doing, what should we do, what can we do, and does it matter? ...
Discuss - Harvard University
... resulted in strip malls, huge shopping centers and big parking lots, along with long commutes, traffic congestion, and air pollution…. However, despite [the] potential benefits, new urban developments have been woefully ineffective in giving sufficient attention to natural hazards risks. Actually, t ...
... resulted in strip malls, huge shopping centers and big parking lots, along with long commutes, traffic congestion, and air pollution…. However, despite [the] potential benefits, new urban developments have been woefully ineffective in giving sufficient attention to natural hazards risks. Actually, t ...
Negotiation Indices - European Capacity Building Initiative
... • UNEP confirms that current mitigation pledges – unless strengthened – set the world on course for global warming of between 2.5 to 5°C • Africa, due to its geographic and physical characteristics, will warm around one-and-a-half times the global level, according to the IPCC • Recent studies, based ...
... • UNEP confirms that current mitigation pledges – unless strengthened – set the world on course for global warming of between 2.5 to 5°C • Africa, due to its geographic and physical characteristics, will warm around one-and-a-half times the global level, according to the IPCC • Recent studies, based ...
Climate Change, Sea-Level Rise and the Vulnerability of
... sea-level events (indicated by the diameter of the discs), caused by a sea-level rise of 0.1 m. The present statistics of extreme sea levels may be integrated with projections of the rise in mean sea level (and their associated uncertainties), in order to provide estimates of the statistics of futur ...
... sea-level events (indicated by the diameter of the discs), caused by a sea-level rise of 0.1 m. The present statistics of extreme sea levels may be integrated with projections of the rise in mean sea level (and their associated uncertainties), in order to provide estimates of the statistics of futur ...
Slide 1
... Ad Hoc Working Group (AWG) on long term Cooperative Action has been set up. AWG will complete its work in 2009 and present their outcome in COP 15 in Copenhagen. ...
... Ad Hoc Working Group (AWG) on long term Cooperative Action has been set up. AWG will complete its work in 2009 and present their outcome in COP 15 in Copenhagen. ...
Sydney/Central Coast Region
... Berowra. The result was ultimately Sydney’s second wettest June on record, with a monthly total of 510.6 mm. Significant damage and cost also resulted from a localised hailstorm on 14 April 1999, when a ‘supercell’ thunderstorm developed about 115 km southwest of Sydney and to the north of Nowra. It ...
... Berowra. The result was ultimately Sydney’s second wettest June on record, with a monthly total of 510.6 mm. Significant damage and cost also resulted from a localised hailstorm on 14 April 1999, when a ‘supercell’ thunderstorm developed about 115 km southwest of Sydney and to the north of Nowra. It ...
Melting of Polar Icecaps – Impact on Fisheries
... accelerated erosion due to increasing wave action will have a detrimental impact on reef ecosystems, but the impact of rising sea level, and particularly that which can be attributed to the melting of the polar ice caps is less clear. It is currently thought that small increases in sea level may act ...
... accelerated erosion due to increasing wave action will have a detrimental impact on reef ecosystems, but the impact of rising sea level, and particularly that which can be attributed to the melting of the polar ice caps is less clear. It is currently thought that small increases in sea level may act ...
Climate Threat to the Planet
... If Sophie is right, aerosols have only reduced the greenhouse gas forcing from 3 W to 2 W. But if Connor is right, the climate change we have already seen is a consequence of only about 1 W net forcing – implying that most of the greenhouse warming is still hidden by aerosols. In that event, just as ...
... If Sophie is right, aerosols have only reduced the greenhouse gas forcing from 3 W to 2 W. But if Connor is right, the climate change we have already seen is a consequence of only about 1 W net forcing – implying that most of the greenhouse warming is still hidden by aerosols. In that event, just as ...
ENLC FOURTH ANNUAL WORKSHOP AND FIELD TOUR
... 3. Dr. Scott Mensing, UNR, - Pollen Studies into Paleo Vegetation 4. Dr. Franco Biondi, UNR – 5. Brian Amme, BLM Washington Office – Climate Change in Public Land Management 6. Dr. Adrian Harpold, UNR – The Future of Snow Water Resources in the Great Basin. ...
... 3. Dr. Scott Mensing, UNR, - Pollen Studies into Paleo Vegetation 4. Dr. Franco Biondi, UNR – 5. Brian Amme, BLM Washington Office – Climate Change in Public Land Management 6. Dr. Adrian Harpold, UNR – The Future of Snow Water Resources in the Great Basin. ...
curriculum vitae - Asia Oceania Geosciences Society
... • climatic hazards - tropical cyclones, El Niño, floods, droughts, wildfires • physical geography of tropical Pacific islands; island karst • soil erosion and land degradation processes; environmental water quality ...
... • climatic hazards - tropical cyclones, El Niño, floods, droughts, wildfires • physical geography of tropical Pacific islands; island karst • soil erosion and land degradation processes; environmental water quality ...
PowerPoint-presentation
... Being able to use the senses, to imagine, think, and reason - and to do these things in a “truly human” way, a way informed and cultivated by an adequate education, including, but by no means limited to, literacy and basic mathematical and scientific training. Being able to use imagination and thoug ...
... Being able to use the senses, to imagine, think, and reason - and to do these things in a “truly human” way, a way informed and cultivated by an adequate education, including, but by no means limited to, literacy and basic mathematical and scientific training. Being able to use imagination and thoug ...
Su et al, Monitoring climate change - core
... changes cause loss of lives and livelihoods all over the world, but this is overwhelmingly concentrated in developing countries. As such, accurately forecasting and preparing for future changes is vital to the wellbeing of millions and will significantly influence our future lifestyles. WMO identifi ...
... changes cause loss of lives and livelihoods all over the world, but this is overwhelmingly concentrated in developing countries. As such, accurately forecasting and preparing for future changes is vital to the wellbeing of millions and will significantly influence our future lifestyles. WMO identifi ...
anthropogenic climate change: a reason for
... forests and other local modifications of land use. Instead we are referring to anthropogenic changes of regional or global scale). It is surprising for them, and most of the public, that ‘anthropogenic climate change’ is by no means novel. As we can see from Brückner’s discussion, concerns over exten ...
... forests and other local modifications of land use. Instead we are referring to anthropogenic changes of regional or global scale). It is surprising for them, and most of the public, that ‘anthropogenic climate change’ is by no means novel. As we can see from Brückner’s discussion, concerns over exten ...
Atlantic Region Adaptation Science Activities Report
... property destruction and erosion along coastal areas in all four Atlantic Provinces in the past 15 years. The most notable of these was the benchmark Atlantic storm event of January 21, 2000, declared a disaster by the Federal Government of Canada. Atlantic Canada (with the exception of northern Lab ...
... property destruction and erosion along coastal areas in all four Atlantic Provinces in the past 15 years. The most notable of these was the benchmark Atlantic storm event of January 21, 2000, declared a disaster by the Federal Government of Canada. Atlantic Canada (with the exception of northern Lab ...
Slide 1
... background PM concentrations regional air masses affect urban areas where large fraction of population is exposed, exceedance episodes are more frequent where high background PM levels are observed. ...
... background PM concentrations regional air masses affect urban areas where large fraction of population is exposed, exceedance episodes are more frequent where high background PM levels are observed. ...
1 - Intro
... What is Climate? • Climate is the mean state of the environment, defined over a finite time interval, at a given location and time. - This state can be characterized by the mean values of a range of weather variables, such as wind, temperature, precipitation, humidity, cloudiness, pressure, visibil ...
... What is Climate? • Climate is the mean state of the environment, defined over a finite time interval, at a given location and time. - This state can be characterized by the mean values of a range of weather variables, such as wind, temperature, precipitation, humidity, cloudiness, pressure, visibil ...
Global public health and climate change
... How are climate change and human health linked? What health effects have been observed already, and what can we expect in the future? How do we need to respond? ...
... How are climate change and human health linked? What health effects have been observed already, and what can we expect in the future? How do we need to respond? ...
ISSUE GUIDE: Changing the Social Climate
... economy through these new opportunities and new technologies. And that can also be a more just and secure world. Or there is the alternative world: A 30- or 40-year-old war of terror and fear. And I don’t think anybody in their right mind wants that second world, except those who benefit from it eco ...
... economy through these new opportunities and new technologies. And that can also be a more just and secure world. Or there is the alternative world: A 30- or 40-year-old war of terror and fear. And I don’t think anybody in their right mind wants that second world, except those who benefit from it eco ...
(winter storm)
... Germany would increase up to 37%. Pinto et al. (2007) apply a similar method to Western Europe by using a single GCM (ECHAM5/MPI-OM1) and estimate that the change of the mean annual loss of storms is in the range from -4% to 43% in the case of Germany. Hanson et al. (2004) estimate the future econom ...
... Germany would increase up to 37%. Pinto et al. (2007) apply a similar method to Western Europe by using a single GCM (ECHAM5/MPI-OM1) and estimate that the change of the mean annual loss of storms is in the range from -4% to 43% in the case of Germany. Hanson et al. (2004) estimate the future econom ...
Priority Research Questions for the Environment Agency and other
... Tom Nisbet (Forestry Commission) ...
... Tom Nisbet (Forestry Commission) ...
Biodiversity and Climate Change - a summary of impacts in
... Meteorological records show that between 1961 and 2006, annual average temperatures in the UK have typically risen between 1.0 and 1.7°C, with the largest increases in south and east England and the smallest in Scotland. Over the same period, there are some indications, at least in parts of the UK, ...
... Meteorological records show that between 1961 and 2006, annual average temperatures in the UK have typically risen between 1.0 and 1.7°C, with the largest increases in south and east England and the smallest in Scotland. Over the same period, there are some indications, at least in parts of the UK, ...
Case study — Monitoring potential impacts of climate change on the
... updates and reaffirms the strong scientific evidence of IPCC AR4, and shows that the pace and scale of climate change is increasing at a greater rate than previously thought by scientists. The assessment identified that biodiversity and other natural values are one of the most vulnerable sectors to ...
... updates and reaffirms the strong scientific evidence of IPCC AR4, and shows that the pace and scale of climate change is increasing at a greater rate than previously thought by scientists. The assessment identified that biodiversity and other natural values are one of the most vulnerable sectors to ...
0302_Hemer_STAR_2010_WindWave
... Make use of existing available wave data in the Pacific basin, characterise mean seasonal conditions, the historical inter-annual variability and/or trends, and the key climatological drivers of variability in the present day wave climate. Phase 2: Develop wave climate projections under future clima ...
... Make use of existing available wave data in the Pacific basin, characterise mean seasonal conditions, the historical inter-annual variability and/or trends, and the key climatological drivers of variability in the present day wave climate. Phase 2: Develop wave climate projections under future clima ...