Climate Variability and Change with Implications for Transportation
... one of a family of scenarios describing “a future world of very rapid economic growth, low population growth and rapid introduction of new and more efficient technology” and is midway between the other two scenarios at the end of the 21st century. The A2 scenario envisions “a very heterogeneous worl ...
... one of a family of scenarios describing “a future world of very rapid economic growth, low population growth and rapid introduction of new and more efficient technology” and is midway between the other two scenarios at the end of the 21st century. The A2 scenario envisions “a very heterogeneous worl ...
Second National Communication
... Furthermore, this Ministry has recently established a Climate Change Division with the aim of devising and enforcing adaptation measures to mitigate the adverse impact of climate change and to ensure a safe environment for the welfare of the population. This Ministry, as the focal point of the UN F ...
... Furthermore, this Ministry has recently established a Climate Change Division with the aim of devising and enforcing adaptation measures to mitigate the adverse impact of climate change and to ensure a safe environment for the welfare of the population. This Ministry, as the focal point of the UN F ...
from boom to bust? climate risk in the golden state
... timber, and agricultural products helped make the state a global economic leader, in turn supporting growth in industries such as manufacturing, tourism, entertainment, and information technology. The same risk-taking spirit that originally drew gold-seeking ‘49ers to the state endures in California ...
... timber, and agricultural products helped make the state a global economic leader, in turn supporting growth in industries such as manufacturing, tourism, entertainment, and information technology. The same risk-taking spirit that originally drew gold-seeking ‘49ers to the state endures in California ...
Climate Change Effects: Issues for International and US
... An increasing number of countries regard climate change as a security threat. Largely at the urging of the United Kingdom (U.K.), the United Nations (UN) Security Council held its first debate on the impact of climate change on peace and security in April 2007. The following March, the National Secu ...
... An increasing number of countries regard climate change as a security threat. Largely at the urging of the United Kingdom (U.K.), the United Nations (UN) Security Council held its first debate on the impact of climate change on peace and security in April 2007. The following March, the National Secu ...
Winter Sports and Climate Change
... to solutions to global warming versus being the “buy it” nation of clean technologies if action is delayed. Furthermore, the most comprehensive economic study on climate change projects the global market for low-carbon energy technologies will be worth at least US$500 billion annually and perhaps mu ...
... to solutions to global warming versus being the “buy it” nation of clean technologies if action is delayed. Furthermore, the most comprehensive economic study on climate change projects the global market for low-carbon energy technologies will be worth at least US$500 billion annually and perhaps mu ...
CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION: Engaging
... (including plantations and especially palm oil, rubber, and tea), oil and gas, water and utilities, energy, fast-moving consumer goods, consulting, transportation, infrastructure, engineering, tourism, cement, and health care, as well as conglomerates. While the results are not wholly representative ...
... (including plantations and especially palm oil, rubber, and tea), oil and gas, water and utilities, energy, fast-moving consumer goods, consulting, transportation, infrastructure, engineering, tourism, cement, and health care, as well as conglomerates. While the results are not wholly representative ...
ACSRI report - Columbia University
... legislatures, and will entail tough choices, trade-offs, and compromises by political leaders, as they balance private economic interest and public environmental concern. Thus the denial of human agency in climate change is a first order problem in the climate change debate. The consensus scientific ...
... legislatures, and will entail tough choices, trade-offs, and compromises by political leaders, as they balance private economic interest and public environmental concern. Thus the denial of human agency in climate change is a first order problem in the climate change debate. The consensus scientific ...
Improving the 5th UK carbon budget
... (spanning 2013-2020), and this has given the government more room to manoeuvre than they would have anticipated when they first agreed these carbon budgets. The opposite may happen in future, however: if the Climate Change Committee has underestimated ETS allocations in Phase 4 or Phase 5, the gover ...
... (spanning 2013-2020), and this has given the government more room to manoeuvre than they would have anticipated when they first agreed these carbon budgets. The opposite may happen in future, however: if the Climate Change Committee has underestimated ETS allocations in Phase 4 or Phase 5, the gover ...
Working paper: Preference Attainment: Why are some Countries
... somewhere in the mid-point of your scale [measuring success] in terms of having had to make some sacrifices on the one hand but seeing their views reflected throughout the Agreement on the other. This shows the value of international relations, where countries can give and take on national positions ...
... somewhere in the mid-point of your scale [measuring success] in terms of having had to make some sacrifices on the one hand but seeing their views reflected throughout the Agreement on the other. This shows the value of international relations, where countries can give and take on national positions ...
Annex C: Simulated Changes in Vegetation Distribution under
... The Regional Impacts of Climate Change Other reports in this collection ...
... The Regional Impacts of Climate Change Other reports in this collection ...
The tipping point trend in climate change communication
... however, a generative metaphor alters perception by re-weighting select aspects of a situation. The difficulties in explaining complex phenomena are obvious enough, and we often get more than we bargain for in using metaphor. In 2002, Carl Wunsch found seven different inconsistent definitions of ‘‘the ...
... however, a generative metaphor alters perception by re-weighting select aspects of a situation. The difficulties in explaining complex phenomena are obvious enough, and we often get more than we bargain for in using metaphor. In 2002, Carl Wunsch found seven different inconsistent definitions of ‘‘the ...
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... modelling study. Finally, there is frequently a simultaneous presence of multiple knowledge frames, reflecting varying perceptions different persons may have of what the main problems are, what is at stake, or which goals should be achieved. These can cause “ambiguity”. Assessing climate change impa ...
... modelling study. Finally, there is frequently a simultaneous presence of multiple knowledge frames, reflecting varying perceptions different persons may have of what the main problems are, what is at stake, or which goals should be achieved. These can cause “ambiguity”. Assessing climate change impa ...
Resilient Midwestern Cities - Neighborhood Solutions Inc.
... focus of the media, policymakers, and advocates seeking climate change solutions. Although far from the country’s saltwater coasts, the Midwest also is threatened by climate change and is among the regions most vulnerable to climate change effects such as more extreme heat, heavy downpours, and floo ...
... focus of the media, policymakers, and advocates seeking climate change solutions. Although far from the country’s saltwater coasts, the Midwest also is threatened by climate change and is among the regions most vulnerable to climate change effects such as more extreme heat, heavy downpours, and floo ...
What Are Climate Forcings?
... respectively) and deserves greater attention. Some forcings are especially effective at high latitudes, so concerted efforts to reduce their emissions could still “save the Arctic”, while also having major benefits for human health, agricultural productivity, and the global environment." http://www. ...
... respectively) and deserves greater attention. Some forcings are especially effective at high latitudes, so concerted efforts to reduce their emissions could still “save the Arctic”, while also having major benefits for human health, agricultural productivity, and the global environment." http://www. ...
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... agriculture will not be included in the ETS until practical difficulties related to measurement of agricultural emissions are resolved. This emphasis on the eventual inclusion of agriculture in the ETS and resolution of measurement problems has a number of important ramifications. It precludes a ri ...
... agriculture will not be included in the ETS until practical difficulties related to measurement of agricultural emissions are resolved. This emphasis on the eventual inclusion of agriculture in the ETS and resolution of measurement problems has a number of important ramifications. It precludes a ri ...
Standard PDF - Wiley Online Library
... the planet and reduce global warming. The decision to implement such a scheme would require a comparison of its benefits, dangers, and costs to those of other responses to global warming, including doing nothing. Here we evaluate those factors for stratospheric geoengineering with sulfate aerosols. ...
... the planet and reduce global warming. The decision to implement such a scheme would require a comparison of its benefits, dangers, and costs to those of other responses to global warming, including doing nothing. Here we evaluate those factors for stratospheric geoengineering with sulfate aerosols. ...
Thomas Sheffer Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of
... and those already being experienced. Laden with uncertainty and complexity, preparing for predicted coastal impacts such as sea-level rise and increased storm intensity has met many barriers that current “top-down” national and state leadership seems unable to overcome. At the same time, “bottom up” ...
... and those already being experienced. Laden with uncertainty and complexity, preparing for predicted coastal impacts such as sea-level rise and increased storm intensity has met many barriers that current “top-down” national and state leadership seems unable to overcome. At the same time, “bottom up” ...
Population and climate change scoping paper
... as a legitimate response to climate change. 4. Linking population dynamics, particularly population growth with climate change is sensitive; there is a need to forge consensus within the sexual and reproductive health and rights world and beyond on addressing this link in ways that emphasize the nee ...
... as a legitimate response to climate change. 4. Linking population dynamics, particularly population growth with climate change is sensitive; there is a need to forge consensus within the sexual and reproductive health and rights world and beyond on addressing this link in ways that emphasize the nee ...
Impacts of future climate change on soil frost in the midwestern
... VIC model version 4.1.0 r3 was used in this study with the finite difference thermal solution described by Cherkauer and Lettenmaier [1999] using a constant bottom boundary temperature based on the annual average air temperature for each grid cell. The initial temperature at the thermal damping dept ...
... VIC model version 4.1.0 r3 was used in this study with the finite difference thermal solution described by Cherkauer and Lettenmaier [1999] using a constant bottom boundary temperature based on the annual average air temperature for each grid cell. The initial temperature at the thermal damping dept ...
adaptation planning developing resilience to climate change in the
... Guidance and information on adaptation to climate change is provided by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The science in relation to the warming of the climate system is unequivocal (IPCC, 2013). It is within this cont ...
... Guidance and information on adaptation to climate change is provided by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The science in relation to the warming of the climate system is unequivocal (IPCC, 2013). It is within this cont ...
Climate Change Impacts on Environmental Hazards on the Great
... The Great Hungarian Plain is situated in the middle of the Carpathian Basin, in southeast Hungary (Fig. 1). The Great Hungarian Plain is a lowland area (75–180 m above sea level) with low relative relief. The surface is covered by 20–400 m unconsolidated sandy and silty sediments, mostly of Pleistoc ...
... The Great Hungarian Plain is situated in the middle of the Carpathian Basin, in southeast Hungary (Fig. 1). The Great Hungarian Plain is a lowland area (75–180 m above sea level) with low relative relief. The surface is covered by 20–400 m unconsolidated sandy and silty sediments, mostly of Pleistoc ...
approach and technical work - Parliamentary Monitoring Group
... The group’s carbon footprint make-up is similar for each entity The group shares similar carbon mitigation opportunities and/or constraints; and/or The group is organised and can work together in order to further the collective interests of the group; and/or The group could all benefit from specific ...
... The group’s carbon footprint make-up is similar for each entity The group shares similar carbon mitigation opportunities and/or constraints; and/or The group is organised and can work together in order to further the collective interests of the group; and/or The group could all benefit from specific ...
Extreme!Events!and!Climate!
... Extreme precipitation in the Northeast US (NE) can have devastating impacts on health, economies and infrastructure due to flooding and significant snowfall. This research examines the nature of NE extreme precipitation, and identifies the key ingredients and underlying dynamics associated with thes ...
... Extreme precipitation in the Northeast US (NE) can have devastating impacts on health, economies and infrastructure due to flooding and significant snowfall. This research examines the nature of NE extreme precipitation, and identifies the key ingredients and underlying dynamics associated with thes ...
Permafrost-and-Climate
... However the resource, where specified below, contains other 3rd party materials under their own licenses. The licenses and attributions are outlined below: 1. From Slide 11 – Illustration of permafrost migration in response to climate change from: French, H.M. 2007. The Periglacial Environment (3rd ...
... However the resource, where specified below, contains other 3rd party materials under their own licenses. The licenses and attributions are outlined below: 1. From Slide 11 – Illustration of permafrost migration in response to climate change from: French, H.M. 2007. The Periglacial Environment (3rd ...
Potential effects of climate change on geographic distribution
... Since the maximum extension of ice sheets during LGM (Last Glacial Maximum, from 26,000 to 19,000 calendar years before the present, with cold conditions also prevailing until 14,500 yrs ago), the global climate has undergone rapid and remarkable changes toward a generally warmer current level1. To ...
... Since the maximum extension of ice sheets during LGM (Last Glacial Maximum, from 26,000 to 19,000 calendar years before the present, with cold conditions also prevailing until 14,500 yrs ago), the global climate has undergone rapid and remarkable changes toward a generally warmer current level1. To ...