Taking Climate Change by Storm: Theorizing Global and Local Policy-Making in
... coordination problems, the science of climate change has a much higher degree of uncertainty. These trends are even more accentuated with respect to the scientific understanding of extreme climate events and the likelihood of political coordination at various scales. The main contribution of this Ar ...
... coordination problems, the science of climate change has a much higher degree of uncertainty. These trends are even more accentuated with respect to the scientific understanding of extreme climate events and the likelihood of political coordination at various scales. The main contribution of this Ar ...
Global Climate Change - A Suggested Resources list
... Out of the Dust – 1997, Karen Hesse; Scholastic. ISBN 0590360809. Good descriptions of the dust bowl experiences from a young person’s perspective. (upper elementary/middle) Peak – 2007, Roland Smith; Scholastic; ISBN 9780545038133. A fourteen year-old boy hikes Mount Everest encountering difficulti ...
... Out of the Dust – 1997, Karen Hesse; Scholastic. ISBN 0590360809. Good descriptions of the dust bowl experiences from a young person’s perspective. (upper elementary/middle) Peak – 2007, Roland Smith; Scholastic; ISBN 9780545038133. A fourteen year-old boy hikes Mount Everest encountering difficulti ...
Climate change and respiratory disease: European Respiratory Society position statement ERS POSITION STATEMENT
... be made aware of changing patterns of disease that will occur in response to changing environmental conditions. This requires better disease surveillance and warning systems. The Environment and Health committee of the European Respiratory Society (ERS) held a workshop in Leuven (Belgium) in March 2 ...
... be made aware of changing patterns of disease that will occur in response to changing environmental conditions. This requires better disease surveillance and warning systems. The Environment and Health committee of the European Respiratory Society (ERS) held a workshop in Leuven (Belgium) in March 2 ...
Climate Change and Variability in Southeast Zimbabwe
... A lot of researches have been done on the negative impacts and challenges caused by extreme weather conditions due to climate change and variability. Not many researches have been focused on the positive side in form of opportunities presented due to climate change. The study aimed to show the clima ...
... A lot of researches have been done on the negative impacts and challenges caused by extreme weather conditions due to climate change and variability. Not many researches have been focused on the positive side in form of opportunities presented due to climate change. The study aimed to show the clima ...
Towards Climate Change Adaptation in the Baltic Sea Region
... without considering natural/cultural values). The reason for this is that it makes less sense to build dikes protecting only low-lying lands where few economic assets are situated. This makes it clear that such analyses provide only a comparative snapshot. Further climate impacts need more detailed ...
... without considering natural/cultural values). The reason for this is that it makes less sense to build dikes protecting only low-lying lands where few economic assets are situated. This makes it clear that such analyses provide only a comparative snapshot. Further climate impacts need more detailed ...
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... on pavements or structures. Illustrative assumptions were therefore developed by the project team on the basis of “What If” scenarios to test the costs of high level assumptions on the impacts of hotter, drier summers on Highways Agency pavements and structures. Impacts on pavements were assumed to ...
... on pavements or structures. Illustrative assumptions were therefore developed by the project team on the basis of “What If” scenarios to test the costs of high level assumptions on the impacts of hotter, drier summers on Highways Agency pavements and structures. Impacts on pavements were assumed to ...
Climate Change Adaptation Plan
... The average temperature of the planet has increased by 0.74 °C since 1900. A similar trend is seen right here in the City of Windsor. “And now our world is different. The climate has been permanently altered and is on an escalating vector of change, not because of what we are going to put into the a ...
... The average temperature of the planet has increased by 0.74 °C since 1900. A similar trend is seen right here in the City of Windsor. “And now our world is different. The climate has been permanently altered and is on an escalating vector of change, not because of what we are going to put into the a ...
Biomass offsets little or none of permafrost carbon release from soils
... permafrost carbon balance, these factors include nutrient dynamics, nonlinear shifts in vegetation community, human disturbance, land–water interactions, and the relationship of permafrost degradation with water balance. Because precise empirical or model-based assessments of the critical factors dr ...
... permafrost carbon balance, these factors include nutrient dynamics, nonlinear shifts in vegetation community, human disturbance, land–water interactions, and the relationship of permafrost degradation with water balance. Because precise empirical or model-based assessments of the critical factors dr ...
Integrating Climate Information and Adaptation in Project
... and benefits in order to inform decision making. b. The costs (if any) associated with adaptation measures should be clearly explained and expressed where possible in monetary terms, giving costs estimates at a level of detail appropriate for the project and based on currently available information. ...
... and benefits in order to inform decision making. b. The costs (if any) associated with adaptation measures should be clearly explained and expressed where possible in monetary terms, giving costs estimates at a level of detail appropriate for the project and based on currently available information. ...
Aasprang.Brita.Envir..
... higher temperatures and depositing, changing cycles of freeze-thaw-stability, new species of plants, fungus and insects and more frequent occurrence of extreme weather (Kvalvik et al., 2011:27). Direct effects of climate change and annual variations can be difficult to distinguish (Kvalvik et al., ...
... higher temperatures and depositing, changing cycles of freeze-thaw-stability, new species of plants, fungus and insects and more frequent occurrence of extreme weather (Kvalvik et al., 2011:27). Direct effects of climate change and annual variations can be difficult to distinguish (Kvalvik et al., ...
Abrupt Non-Linear Climate Change, Irreversibility and
... Strictly speaking, a surprise is an unanticipated outcome; by definition it is an unexpected event. Potential climate change, and more broadly, global environmental change, is replete with this kind of truly unexpected surprise because of the enormous complexities of the processes and interrelations ...
... Strictly speaking, a surprise is an unanticipated outcome; by definition it is an unexpected event. Potential climate change, and more broadly, global environmental change, is replete with this kind of truly unexpected surprise because of the enormous complexities of the processes and interrelations ...
A New Climate for Peace
... example, transboundary water conflicts can disrupt local livelihoods and access to natu ral resources, while market instability and extreme weather events can impact global supply chains, with serious local repercussions. At the same time, local natural resource conflicts and livelihood insecurity ...
... example, transboundary water conflicts can disrupt local livelihoods and access to natu ral resources, while market instability and extreme weather events can impact global supply chains, with serious local repercussions. At the same time, local natural resource conflicts and livelihood insecurity ...
Summary of FFESC climate change adaptation research projects
... In BC’s central Interior, the TACA tree regeneration model found that species vulnerability to climate change varied considerably among species, BEC zones and site types (xeric, mesic, moist). Lodgepole pine, black spruce and trembling aspen were quite resistant across the full range of sites where ...
... In BC’s central Interior, the TACA tree regeneration model found that species vulnerability to climate change varied considerably among species, BEC zones and site types (xeric, mesic, moist). Lodgepole pine, black spruce and trembling aspen were quite resistant across the full range of sites where ...
individual perceptions of climate risks
... were a wake-up call for governments, communities and businesses, alerting them of the need to better understand and prepare for climate risks. These events triggered AXA to intensify its research and modeling work on extreme weather events, a difficult task due to a lack of available data and the re ...
... were a wake-up call for governments, communities and businesses, alerting them of the need to better understand and prepare for climate risks. These events triggered AXA to intensify its research and modeling work on extreme weather events, a difficult task due to a lack of available data and the re ...
Weighing the costs and benefits of climate change to our children
... William Pizer, Ben Groom, and Simon Dietz discuss three possible reasons that we might put a higher value on future benefits. First, people disagree considerably about the correct discount rate. Other plausible interpretations of society’s preferences or observed data could increase the weight we pl ...
... William Pizer, Ben Groom, and Simon Dietz discuss three possible reasons that we might put a higher value on future benefits. First, people disagree considerably about the correct discount rate. Other plausible interpretations of society’s preferences or observed data could increase the weight we pl ...
CRS Report for Congress Global Climate Change: The Role for Energy Efficiency
... by six greenhouse gases during the period 2008 to 2012; (2) implementation through market mechanisms such as international joint implementation and emissions trading schemes; and (3) encouragement of “clean energy” development in developing countries. However, critics maintain that the Protocol does ...
... by six greenhouse gases during the period 2008 to 2012; (2) implementation through market mechanisms such as international joint implementation and emissions trading schemes; and (3) encouragement of “clean energy” development in developing countries. However, critics maintain that the Protocol does ...
Historical and future quantification of terrestrial carbon
... carbon sequestration, numerous studies have assessed trends and projections of the past and future terrestrial carbon cycle, but links to the ecosystem service concept have been hindered by the lack of appropriate quantitative service metrics. The recently introduced concept of the Greenhouse Gas Va ...
... carbon sequestration, numerous studies have assessed trends and projections of the past and future terrestrial carbon cycle, but links to the ecosystem service concept have been hindered by the lack of appropriate quantitative service metrics. The recently introduced concept of the Greenhouse Gas Va ...
The Climate Change Tort Suits
... – A draft interim (3-month) and draft final (6-month) written report is to be delivered and deliberated upon by the CAAAC for submission to the US EPA. – The draft interim report should be completed on or before December 31, 2009, be approximately ten pages (or less) and identify technical, economic ...
... – A draft interim (3-month) and draft final (6-month) written report is to be delivered and deliberated upon by the CAAAC for submission to the US EPA. – The draft interim report should be completed on or before December 31, 2009, be approximately ten pages (or less) and identify technical, economic ...
RVI111Roson_en.pdf
... it is, indeed, in eclac-ciam). For example, the exchange of “virtual carbon” can be estimated from the origin/ destination matrices of trade flows (Atkinson and others, 2010), which is very useful information in the context of international climate negotiations. ...
... it is, indeed, in eclac-ciam). For example, the exchange of “virtual carbon” can be estimated from the origin/ destination matrices of trade flows (Atkinson and others, 2010), which is very useful information in the context of international climate negotiations. ...
Impacts of climate variability and future climate change on harmful
... (CO2) concentrations have increased from roughly 280 ppmv in pre-industrial times to present day levels of ~380 ppmv, mostly due to fossil fuel burning and deforestation [1]. The direct and indirect impacts of these increases in greenhouse gas concentrations on the oceans will include increasing tem ...
... (CO2) concentrations have increased from roughly 280 ppmv in pre-industrial times to present day levels of ~380 ppmv, mostly due to fossil fuel burning and deforestation [1]. The direct and indirect impacts of these increases in greenhouse gas concentrations on the oceans will include increasing tem ...
Greenhouse Gangsters vs. Climate Justice
... government, and even most of the private sector now agree that climate change is real.7 Carbon Dioxide 64% ...
... government, and even most of the private sector now agree that climate change is real.7 Carbon Dioxide 64% ...
preparedness scoreboard - Climate
... Sound climate risks/vulnerability assessments for priority vulnerable sectors are undertaken to support adaptation decision making. The selection of vulnerable sectors may be based on a lighter pre-screening vulnerability assessment Climate risks/vulnerability assessments take transboundary risks in ...
... Sound climate risks/vulnerability assessments for priority vulnerable sectors are undertaken to support adaptation decision making. The selection of vulnerable sectors may be based on a lighter pre-screening vulnerability assessment Climate risks/vulnerability assessments take transboundary risks in ...
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... B A C KG RO U N D T O T H E S T U DY This study was commissioned by Sustainability West Midlands, a consortium of organisations from the region convened to improve the consideration of sustainable development issues within the West Midlands. Sustainability West Midlands (SWM) seeks to communicate, ...
... B A C KG RO U N D T O T H E S T U DY This study was commissioned by Sustainability West Midlands, a consortium of organisations from the region convened to improve the consideration of sustainable development issues within the West Midlands. Sustainability West Midlands (SWM) seeks to communicate, ...
Chapter 10 Liability
... Date of knowledge and foreseeability The key issues in any legal action are likely to be based around when the claim was triggered and what action should have been taken prior to that date to prevent or minimise the loss, based on the available knowledge at that time. This will of course vary on a c ...
... Date of knowledge and foreseeability The key issues in any legal action are likely to be based around when the claim was triggered and what action should have been taken prior to that date to prevent or minimise the loss, based on the available knowledge at that time. This will of course vary on a c ...
Climate Literacy Principles
... “Climate Forecast” A forecast for how rainfall or temperature in a coming season is likely to be different from climatology (see definition). Climate forecasts are generally based on the chances (or probability) that an event will occur, for example that rainfall or temperature will be either below ...
... “Climate Forecast” A forecast for how rainfall or temperature in a coming season is likely to be different from climatology (see definition). Climate forecasts are generally based on the chances (or probability) that an event will occur, for example that rainfall or temperature will be either below ...
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (or CPRS) was a proposed cap-and-trade system of emissions trading for anthropogenic greenhouse gases, due to be introduced in Australia in 2010 by the Rudd government, as part of its climate change policy. It marked a major change in the energy policy of Australia. The policy began when the Australian Labor Party was in opposition and the six Labor-controlled states commissioned an independent review on energy policy, the Garnaut Climate Change Review, which published a number of reports. Labor, after winning the federal election and forming a government, published a Green paper for discussion and comment. The Federal Treasury then modelled some of the financial and economic impacts of the proposed scheme.The Rudd Government published a final white paper on 15 December 2008. The Government announced that the legislation was intended to take effect in July 2010; but the legislation for the CPRS (aka ETS) failed to gain adequate support and was twice rejected creating a double dissolution election trigger. After a bitter political debate which saw former opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull lose his leadership of the opposition to the anti-CPRS Tony Abbott. The Rudd government did not call an election and the CPRS lost public support. In April 2010, Labor then deferred the CPRS. A successor to the CPRS, the Carbon Pricing Mechanism (CPM) was passed into law as part of the Clean Energy Futures Package (CEF) in 2011, but was repealed in July 2014 following a change in government.