Source control as an adaptation measure to
... of sewer networks be exceeded. In some cases, this situation could have significant impacts that could lead to increased flooding, detention basin overflows and increased combined sewer overflows. In order to evaluate the potential impacts of CC on urban drainage systems and to define specific appro ...
... of sewer networks be exceeded. In some cases, this situation could have significant impacts that could lead to increased flooding, detention basin overflows and increased combined sewer overflows. In order to evaluate the potential impacts of CC on urban drainage systems and to define specific appro ...
Management Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change Annex
... The predicted changes in intensity and seasonality of hurricanes, the intensity, frequency and seasonality of fires, floods and droughts can potentially destroy the island’s biodiversity in addition to the crippling effects on the social and economic fabric of the society especially in communities o ...
... The predicted changes in intensity and seasonality of hurricanes, the intensity, frequency and seasonality of fires, floods and droughts can potentially destroy the island’s biodiversity in addition to the crippling effects on the social and economic fabric of the society especially in communities o ...
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... build engagement and trust for Britain through the exchange of knowledge and ideas between people worldwide. Climate change is one of the defining issues of the age, with far-reaching impacts on all aspects of our lives as well as upon the natural environment. It will affect everyone on the planet, ...
... build engagement and trust for Britain through the exchange of knowledge and ideas between people worldwide. Climate change is one of the defining issues of the age, with far-reaching impacts on all aspects of our lives as well as upon the natural environment. It will affect everyone on the planet, ...
Massachusetts v. EPA, 127 S.Ct. 1438 (2007)
... gases into the atmosphere -- may be producing a longterm and substantial increase in the average temperature on Earth," §1102(1), 101 Stat. 1408, Congress directed EPA to propose to Congress a "coordinated national policy on global climate change...Congress emphasized that "ongoing pollution and def ...
... gases into the atmosphere -- may be producing a longterm and substantial increase in the average temperature on Earth," §1102(1), 101 Stat. 1408, Congress directed EPA to propose to Congress a "coordinated national policy on global climate change...Congress emphasized that "ongoing pollution and def ...
A DYNAMIC SIMULATION MODEL OF CARBON CIRCULATION
... Although climate change in IPCC usage refers to “any change in climate over time, whether due to natural variability or as a result of human activity”, activities of mankind have surely precipitated it with disastrous results. Today, increased emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs), especially of carb ...
... Although climate change in IPCC usage refers to “any change in climate over time, whether due to natural variability or as a result of human activity”, activities of mankind have surely precipitated it with disastrous results. Today, increased emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs), especially of carb ...
nota di lavoro - Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei
... processes and uncertainties would demand dynamic stochastic optimization in a complex climate-economy model. However, numerical stochastic dynamic optimization generally necessitates a large number of iterations to compute an entire set of contingencies, and the size of computation easily becomes pr ...
... processes and uncertainties would demand dynamic stochastic optimization in a complex climate-economy model. However, numerical stochastic dynamic optimization generally necessitates a large number of iterations to compute an entire set of contingencies, and the size of computation easily becomes pr ...
Diplom/Master`s Thesis - Institute for the Study of Society and
... Decision Making. Invited Study Participant; focus on the First U.S. National Assessment of the Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change. 2003-present Climate Change Communication and Social Change – Project funded by the MacArthur Foundation; included an interdisciplinary workshop in ...
... Decision Making. Invited Study Participant; focus on the First U.S. National Assessment of the Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change. 2003-present Climate Change Communication and Social Change – Project funded by the MacArthur Foundation; included an interdisciplinary workshop in ...
The Business of AdApTing To ClimATe ChAnge
... CCE has committed to reducing the carbon footprint of ‘the drink in your hand’ by one third by 2020. To achieve this, we are adopting a value chain approach, and aim to reduce emissions from our ingredients, packaging, manufacturing, distribution and cooling equipment. To do this will require not on ...
... CCE has committed to reducing the carbon footprint of ‘the drink in your hand’ by one third by 2020. To achieve this, we are adopting a value chain approach, and aim to reduce emissions from our ingredients, packaging, manufacturing, distribution and cooling equipment. To do this will require not on ...
U.S. Global Change Research Program · 1717 Pennsylvania... Washington, D.C. 20006 USA · 1-202-223-6262 (voice) ·...
... environmental changes. The SAPs are important steps toward achieving that vision and help to translate the USGCRP’s extensive observational and research database into informational tools that directly address key questions being asked of the research community. ...
... environmental changes. The SAPs are important steps toward achieving that vision and help to translate the USGCRP’s extensive observational and research database into informational tools that directly address key questions being asked of the research community. ...
wetland news - Association of State Wetland Managers
... sustain the state’s rich wildlife and fishery resources. Wetland adaptation planning and implementation can not only protect and conserve wetlands but deliver ecosystem services that have high economic and social value as part of the state’s overall climate change adaptation strategy. The concept of ...
... sustain the state’s rich wildlife and fishery resources. Wetland adaptation planning and implementation can not only protect and conserve wetlands but deliver ecosystem services that have high economic and social value as part of the state’s overall climate change adaptation strategy. The concept of ...
The Impact of Climate Change on Natural Disasters
... age, will not influence the occurrence of climate extremes but they can impact the way populations are able to prepare for, withstand, and recover from the impacts (IPCC 2012a). For example, as explained in Sen’s (1981) widely cited book about the connection between poverty and famine, drought is no ...
... age, will not influence the occurrence of climate extremes but they can impact the way populations are able to prepare for, withstand, and recover from the impacts (IPCC 2012a). For example, as explained in Sen’s (1981) widely cited book about the connection between poverty and famine, drought is no ...
Hobday and Pecl_Global Marine Hotspots
... ocean regions that are warming most rapidly. Hotspots represent one of the front-line regions for climate change, and thus are prime locations for assessing impacts and evaluating adaptation options for marine ecosystems, fisheries and aquaculture. For example, data from regions with rapid warming c ...
... ocean regions that are warming most rapidly. Hotspots represent one of the front-line regions for climate change, and thus are prime locations for assessing impacts and evaluating adaptation options for marine ecosystems, fisheries and aquaculture. For example, data from regions with rapid warming c ...
1093 EN
... 1990-2007. While removals by grasslands remained fairly constant, emissions from cropland have significantly decreased. Main drivers for this trend are the overall reduction of the cropland surface in the new Member States, the introduction of obligatory set aside, and increased protection of perman ...
... 1990-2007. While removals by grasslands remained fairly constant, emissions from cropland have significantly decreased. Main drivers for this trend are the overall reduction of the cropland surface in the new Member States, the introduction of obligatory set aside, and increased protection of perman ...
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... Society cannot avoid the risks of climate change entirely. Challenge for decision-makers will be the limits to our ability to identify and reduce uncertainties related to climate change. Major uncertainties include: • the natural internal variability of the climate system, • the trajectories of futu ...
... Society cannot avoid the risks of climate change entirely. Challenge for decision-makers will be the limits to our ability to identify and reduce uncertainties related to climate change. Major uncertainties include: • the natural internal variability of the climate system, • the trajectories of futu ...
Climate Change Risks and Supply Chain Responsibility
... Are companies aware of climate events affecting their agricultural supply chains? Are they taking actions to help producers build their capacity to respond in the face of such events? What more could companies be doing? To ground the discussions in reality, we focused on examples of crops which thes ...
... Are companies aware of climate events affecting their agricultural supply chains? Are they taking actions to help producers build their capacity to respond in the face of such events? What more could companies be doing? To ground the discussions in reality, we focused on examples of crops which thes ...
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... power of discounting. 5 However, a high discount rate also dampens the uncertainty of future development and climate; and it may be that authors who advocate lower discount rates would also be more alarmed about climate change. Figure 1 also shows the difference between all studies and the studies t ...
... power of discounting. 5 However, a high discount rate also dampens the uncertainty of future development and climate; and it may be that authors who advocate lower discount rates would also be more alarmed about climate change. Figure 1 also shows the difference between all studies and the studies t ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES USING THE MARKET TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE:
... ABSTRACT Emissions of greenhouse gases linked with global climate change are affected by diverse aspects of economic activity, including individual consumption, business investment, and government spending. An effective climate policy will have to modify the decision calculus for these activities in ...
... ABSTRACT Emissions of greenhouse gases linked with global climate change are affected by diverse aspects of economic activity, including individual consumption, business investment, and government spending. An effective climate policy will have to modify the decision calculus for these activities in ...
Climate Change and Water in Africa: Analysis of Knowledge Gaps
... 2005). Dry regime, rainfall less than 400 mm year‐1, covers 41% of the continent. The intermediate regime, between 400 and 1000 mm year‐1, covers 25% of the continent. Mean annual rainfall ranges from less than 1 mm year‐1 in parts of the Sahara to over 5000 mm year‐1 in some are ...
... 2005). Dry regime, rainfall less than 400 mm year‐1, covers 41% of the continent. The intermediate regime, between 400 and 1000 mm year‐1, covers 25% of the continent. Mean annual rainfall ranges from less than 1 mm year‐1 in parts of the Sahara to over 5000 mm year‐1 in some are ...
Preparing for worst case climate change scenarios
... International Affairs Think Tank, scheduled for 8 July 2009, will address to the topic “Preparing for worst case climate change scenarios”. A number of developments have led to this decision. Up till now the last IPCC report (AR4) has been the basis for Dutch and European climate change policies and ...
... International Affairs Think Tank, scheduled for 8 July 2009, will address to the topic “Preparing for worst case climate change scenarios”. A number of developments have led to this decision. Up till now the last IPCC report (AR4) has been the basis for Dutch and European climate change policies and ...
Chapter 9. Establishing Common Ground: Finding Better Ways to
... put in place the policies, incentives, and ready-to-be-deployed technologies required to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, they are unable do so to the extent needed because they have to answer to their constituencies. Put another way, only if the majority of the global society sees the need to mitig ...
... put in place the policies, incentives, and ready-to-be-deployed technologies required to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, they are unable do so to the extent needed because they have to answer to their constituencies. Put another way, only if the majority of the global society sees the need to mitig ...
Does global environmental change cause vulnerability to disaster
... irrevocably. At the same time globalisation makes us more aware of the impacts of natural hazards, and our perceptions of risk from them cannot be divorced from its social setting. The physical basis of many natural hazards is assumed to be periodic but essentially in equilibrium. Some elements of t ...
... irrevocably. At the same time globalisation makes us more aware of the impacts of natural hazards, and our perceptions of risk from them cannot be divorced from its social setting. The physical basis of many natural hazards is assumed to be periodic but essentially in equilibrium. Some elements of t ...
Local Adaptation Plan of Action District Multan
... 127,821 acres of land in the district causing loss of billions of rupees to farmers with cotton cultivators suffering the most. The last four years of continuous flooding has had a long-term bearing on the farmers’ ability to produce food. The roots of hunger lie in inadequate access and control ove ...
... 127,821 acres of land in the district causing loss of billions of rupees to farmers with cotton cultivators suffering the most. The last four years of continuous flooding has had a long-term bearing on the farmers’ ability to produce food. The roots of hunger lie in inadequate access and control ove ...
CLIMATE FORCINGS, FEEDBACKS, AND TELECONNECTIONS IN THE LAND SURFACE-VEGETATION-WATER COMPONENTS OF THE
... denotes the rate at which the climate system returns the added forcing to space as infrared radiation or as reflected solar radiation (by changes in clouds, ice and snow, etc.)." Thus T is the "global average surface temperature." However, where is this temperature and its change with time, T', diag ...
... denotes the rate at which the climate system returns the added forcing to space as infrared radiation or as reflected solar radiation (by changes in clouds, ice and snow, etc.)." Thus T is the "global average surface temperature." However, where is this temperature and its change with time, T', diag ...
Sand lizard (Lacerta agilis) phenology in a warming world
... for natural selection and hence for evolutionary adaptation. The analysis revealed both population-level plasticity and individual-level variation in average laying date. In contrast, we found no evidence for variation among females in their plastic responses to spring temperature, which could demon ...
... for natural selection and hence for evolutionary adaptation. The analysis revealed both population-level plasticity and individual-level variation in average laying date. In contrast, we found no evidence for variation among females in their plastic responses to spring temperature, which could demon ...
2011 CO Basin Assessment Capacity - CLIMAS
... However, workshop participants also commented on the need for increasing crossinstitutional communication and organization. Specific issues they have observed: • inefficiency and possible duplication of work between institutions • competition and “awkward” memorandums of understanding between diff ...
... However, workshop participants also commented on the need for increasing crossinstitutional communication and organization. Specific issues they have observed: • inefficiency and possible duplication of work between institutions • competition and “awkward” memorandums of understanding between diff ...
Climate engineering
Climate engineering, also referred to as geoengineering or climate intervention, is the deliberate and large-scale intervention in the Earth’s climatic system with the aim of limiting adverse climate change. Climate engineering is an umbrella term for two types of measures: carbon dioxide removal and solar radiation management. Carbon dioxide removal addresses the cause of climate change by removing one of the greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide) from the atmosphere. Solar radiation management attempts to offset effects of greenhouse gases by causing the Earth to absorb less solar radiation.Climate engineering approaches are sometimes viewed as additional potential options for limiting climate change, alongside mitigation and adaptation. There is substantial agreement among scientists that climate engineering cannot substitute climate change mitigation. Some approaches might be used as accompanying measures to sharp cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. Given that all types of measures addressing climate change have economic, political or physical limitations a some climate engineering approaches might eventually be used as part of an ensemble of measures. Research on costs, benefits, and various types of risks of most climate engineering approaches is at an early stage and their understanding needs to improve to judge their adequacy and feasibility.No known large-scale climate engineering projects have taken place to date. Almost all research into solar geoengineering has consisted of computer modelling or laboratory tests, and attempts to move to real-world experimentation have proved controversial for many types of climate engineering. Some practices, such as planting of trees and whitening of surfaces as well as bio-energy with carbon capture and storage projects are underway, their scalability to effectively affect global climate is however debated. Ocean iron fertilization has been given small-scale research trials, sparking substantial controversy.Most experts and major reports advise against relying on geoengineering techniques as a simple solution to climate change, in part due to the large uncertainties over effectiveness and side effects. However, most experts also argue that the risks of such interventions must be seen in the context of risks of dangerous climate change. Interventions at large scale may run a greater risk disrupting natural systems resulting in a dilemma that those approaches that could prove highly (cost-) effective in addressing extreme climate risk, might themselves cause substantial risk. Some have suggested that the concept of geoengineering the climate presents a moral hazard because it could reduce political and public pressure for emissions reduction, which could exacerbate overall climate risks.Groups such as ETC Group and some climate researchers (such as Raymond Pierrehumbert) are in favour of a moratorium on out-of-doors testing and deployment of SRM.