Colorado Climate Change Vulnerability Study
... electricity supplies are fairly well studied, less is known about impacts to fossil fuel extraction and production. In addition, the energy sector is unique in that energy-related activities are fundamental drivers and responders to both climate mitigation and adaptation measures. Potential key vuln ...
... electricity supplies are fairly well studied, less is known about impacts to fossil fuel extraction and production. In addition, the energy sector is unique in that energy-related activities are fundamental drivers and responders to both climate mitigation and adaptation measures. Potential key vuln ...
Academic paper: Vulnerability: A generally applicable conceptual
... Let me illustrate the problem by a hypothetical question: “Which of two regions is more vulnerable to climate change and variability: Florida or Tibet?” Different scholars may reasonably provide different answers to this question. Many of them will suggest that Tibet is more vulnerable because it h ...
... Let me illustrate the problem by a hypothetical question: “Which of two regions is more vulnerable to climate change and variability: Florida or Tibet?” Different scholars may reasonably provide different answers to this question. Many of them will suggest that Tibet is more vulnerable because it h ...
Master Thesis - Erasmus University Thesis Repository
... (Weingart et al, 2000, Zehr, 2000) Therefore, scientific findings usually require translation into more colloquial terms in order to be comprehensible. Like any other dimension of reality, science is reconstructed and not merely mirrored in the media. Depictions of the world in the media result from ...
... (Weingart et al, 2000, Zehr, 2000) Therefore, scientific findings usually require translation into more colloquial terms in order to be comprehensible. Like any other dimension of reality, science is reconstructed and not merely mirrored in the media. Depictions of the world in the media result from ...
Preparing for a Changing Climate in Northern Ireland
... Current climate, in particular extreme weather, can present difficulties and the examples documented provide some indication of the sensitivity to climate change. For this reason, it is recommended that information on sensitivity to current weather is collated by public sector organisations. The UKC ...
... Current climate, in particular extreme weather, can present difficulties and the examples documented provide some indication of the sensitivity to climate change. For this reason, it is recommended that information on sensitivity to current weather is collated by public sector organisations. The UKC ...
Assessing the costs of adaptation to climate
... However, the studies have a number of deficiencies which need to be transparent and addressed more systematically in the future. A re-assessment of the UNFCCC estimates for 2030 suggests that they are likely to be substantial under-estimates. The purpose of this report is to illustrate the uncertain ...
... However, the studies have a number of deficiencies which need to be transparent and addressed more systematically in the future. A re-assessment of the UNFCCC estimates for 2030 suggests that they are likely to be substantial under-estimates. The purpose of this report is to illustrate the uncertain ...
Enabling Environment for Private Sector Adaptation
... These publications can all be found at www.ifc. org/Report-MobilizingGreenInvestment. ...
... These publications can all be found at www.ifc. org/Report-MobilizingGreenInvestment. ...
Floating Houses and Mosquito Nets: Emerging Climate
... events like heat waves, droughts, intense rains, storms and flooding cannot be predicted today, natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina in 2005 demonstrate how dramatic the consequences can be if such events occur more frequently. There is consensus that the effects of climate change have to be kep ...
... events like heat waves, droughts, intense rains, storms and flooding cannot be predicted today, natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina in 2005 demonstrate how dramatic the consequences can be if such events occur more frequently. There is consensus that the effects of climate change have to be kep ...
Building Resilience for Adaptation to Climate Change in the Agriculture Sector
... types of insurance and ex-post payments, it was shown that the possibility of extreme climatic events significantly changes the decision environment and that government’s best response to this ambiguity is the implementation of “robust” policies, which may not be optimal under any given scenario, bu ...
... types of insurance and ex-post payments, it was shown that the possibility of extreme climatic events significantly changes the decision environment and that government’s best response to this ambiguity is the implementation of “robust” policies, which may not be optimal under any given scenario, bu ...
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... I would like to thank EcoPlan International and Compass Resource Management from Vancouver, Canada, for developing the original version of this guide in 2010, with input from an extensive peer review group. My gratitude as well to the Cities and Climate Change Initiative (CCCI) which tested the guid ...
... I would like to thank EcoPlan International and Compass Resource Management from Vancouver, Canada, for developing the original version of this guide in 2010, with input from an extensive peer review group. My gratitude as well to the Cities and Climate Change Initiative (CCCI) which tested the guid ...
An Analysis of Adaptation as a Response to Climate Change
... released the “Green Paper on Adaptation” (see EU, 2007) and many EU countries have prepared and started to implement national adaptation plans. The Bali action plan (2008) has identified the need for enhanced adaptation action by Parties of the Convention, and adaptation is among the five key buildi ...
... released the “Green Paper on Adaptation” (see EU, 2007) and many EU countries have prepared and started to implement national adaptation plans. The Bali action plan (2008) has identified the need for enhanced adaptation action by Parties of the Convention, and adaptation is among the five key buildi ...
Climate Change Adaptation by Federal Agencies: An Analysis Jane A. Leggett, Coordinator
... “It’s really hot this week; the climate must be warming!” “There haven’t been any major land-falling hurricanes in two years. I guess the climate isn’t changing.” What is flawed in these statements? They, like many people, confuse “weather” with “climate.” Keeping in mind the difference can help dec ...
... “It’s really hot this week; the climate must be warming!” “There haven’t been any major land-falling hurricanes in two years. I guess the climate isn’t changing.” What is flawed in these statements? They, like many people, confuse “weather” with “climate.” Keeping in mind the difference can help dec ...
DRAFT Chapter 6 Arctic Tundra and Polar Desert Ecosystems
... of research sites is currently small. Future warming of tundra soils would probably lead to a pulse of trace gases into the atmosphere, particularly in disturbed areas and areas that are drying. It is not known if the circum-Arctic tundra will be a carbon source or sink in the long term, but current ...
... of research sites is currently small. Future warming of tundra soils would probably lead to a pulse of trace gases into the atmosphere, particularly in disturbed areas and areas that are drying. It is not known if the circum-Arctic tundra will be a carbon source or sink in the long term, but current ...
Impacts of Climate Change and Variability on Transportation
... For Chapter 2 Burkett, V.R., R.C. Hyman, R. Hagelman, S.B. Hartley, M. Sheppard, T.W. Doyle, D.M. Beagan, A. Meyers, D.T. Hunt, M.K. Maynard, R.H. Henk, E.J. Seymour, L.E. Olson, J.R. Potter, and N.N. Srinivasan, 2008: Why Study the Gulf Coast? In: Impacts of Climate Change and Variability on Transp ...
... For Chapter 2 Burkett, V.R., R.C. Hyman, R. Hagelman, S.B. Hartley, M. Sheppard, T.W. Doyle, D.M. Beagan, A. Meyers, D.T. Hunt, M.K. Maynard, R.H. Henk, E.J. Seymour, L.E. Olson, J.R. Potter, and N.N. Srinivasan, 2008: Why Study the Gulf Coast? In: Impacts of Climate Change and Variability on Transp ...
Wolf, J. and Susanne C. Moser (2011). Individual understandings
... Evaluation of the RISA experience, with special emphasis on the science-practice interaction; NOAA-Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessment (RISA) Program, Pilot projects with the Hawai’i/Pacific Island and Alaska RISA centers. Adaptation Opportunities and Barriers in New England, research was pa ...
... Evaluation of the RISA experience, with special emphasis on the science-practice interaction; NOAA-Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessment (RISA) Program, Pilot projects with the Hawai’i/Pacific Island and Alaska RISA centers. Adaptation Opportunities and Barriers in New England, research was pa ...
Petition - Center for International Environmental Law
... this petition on behalf of herself, 62 other named individuals, and all Inuit of the arctic regions of the United States of America and Canada who have been affected by the impacts of climate change described in this petition. Global warming refers to an average increase in the Earth’s temperature, ...
... this petition on behalf of herself, 62 other named individuals, and all Inuit of the arctic regions of the United States of America and Canada who have been affected by the impacts of climate change described in this petition. Global warming refers to an average increase in the Earth’s temperature, ...
Petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human
... this petition on behalf of herself, 62 other named individuals, and all Inuit of the arctic regions of the United States of America and Canada who have been affected by the impacts of climate change described in this petition. Global warming refers to an average increase in the Earth’s temperature, ...
... this petition on behalf of herself, 62 other named individuals, and all Inuit of the arctic regions of the United States of America and Canada who have been affected by the impacts of climate change described in this petition. Global warming refers to an average increase in the Earth’s temperature, ...
Policy Implications of Warming Permafrost
... Carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane emissions from thawing permafrost could amplify warming due to anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. This amplification is called the permafrost carbon feedback. Permafrost contains ~1700 gigatonnes (Gt) of carbon in the form of frozen organic matter, almost twice ...
... Carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane emissions from thawing permafrost could amplify warming due to anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. This amplification is called the permafrost carbon feedback. Permafrost contains ~1700 gigatonnes (Gt) of carbon in the form of frozen organic matter, almost twice ...
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... Climate change has been defined as a wicked problem; complex at all levels, riddled with uncertainty, and influenced by multiple, plausible perspectives (Ludwig 2001). For wildlife managers, climate change impacts involve complex ecological interactions that are difficult to understand and predict. ...
... Climate change has been defined as a wicked problem; complex at all levels, riddled with uncertainty, and influenced by multiple, plausible perspectives (Ludwig 2001). For wildlife managers, climate change impacts involve complex ecological interactions that are difficult to understand and predict. ...
Effects of permafrost degradation on ecosystems
... bodies on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is the largest permafrost region in the mid and low latitude, which is estimated at about 1.5×106 km2 and account for 69.77% the total permafrost area in china[11]. Permafrost controlled by air temperature in the thickness, presence and geographic extent reacts s ...
... bodies on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is the largest permafrost region in the mid and low latitude, which is estimated at about 1.5×106 km2 and account for 69.77% the total permafrost area in china[11]. Permafrost controlled by air temperature in the thickness, presence and geographic extent reacts s ...
Chapters X and XI: Appendices and Bibliography
... Note: While the information described here pertains to Washington State, it is often applicable for subglobal (e.g., regional, local) modeling elsewhere. Global climate models do not account for the atmospheric processes that determine the unique spatially heterogeneous climatic features of Washingt ...
... Note: While the information described here pertains to Washington State, it is often applicable for subglobal (e.g., regional, local) modeling elsewhere. Global climate models do not account for the atmospheric processes that determine the unique spatially heterogeneous climatic features of Washingt ...
Coastal Hazards and Climate Change
... government. However, the foreseeable future provides some challenges for those tasked with the sustainable management of coastal margins. A high proportion of New Zealand’s urban development has occurred in coastal areas. Some of this development has been located in areas that are vulnerable to coas ...
... government. However, the foreseeable future provides some challenges for those tasked with the sustainable management of coastal margins. A high proportion of New Zealand’s urban development has occurred in coastal areas. Some of this development has been located in areas that are vulnerable to coas ...
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... Unsurprisingly, deniers are not happy about these calls for investigation. They're scrambling for a defense, but finding none, they've instead gone on the offensive. The most entertaining read comes from LubosMotl who makes a number of interesting claims with his trademark hyperbole and lack of sel ...
... Unsurprisingly, deniers are not happy about these calls for investigation. They're scrambling for a defense, but finding none, they've instead gone on the offensive. The most entertaining read comes from LubosMotl who makes a number of interesting claims with his trademark hyperbole and lack of sel ...
Major impacts of climate change on deep
... The deep sea encompasses the largest ecosystems on Earth. Although poorly known, deep seafloor ecosystems provide services that are vitally important to the entire ocean and biosphere. Rising atmospheric greenhouse gases are bringing about significant changes in the environmental properties of the o ...
... The deep sea encompasses the largest ecosystems on Earth. Although poorly known, deep seafloor ecosystems provide services that are vitally important to the entire ocean and biosphere. Rising atmospheric greenhouse gases are bringing about significant changes in the environmental properties of the o ...
Instrumental temperature record
The instrumental temperature record shows fluctuations of the temperature of earth's climate system. Initially the instrumental temperature record only documented land and sea surface temperature, but in recent decades instruments have also begun recording ocean temperature. Data is collected from thousands of meteorological stations around the globe and through satellite observations. The longest-running temperature record is the Central England temperature data series, that starts in 1659. The longest-running quasi-global record starts in 1850.