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Adapting for climate change - City of Sydney
... gas emissions across our local government area and in our own operations by 2030. To achieve our targets, we have developed a series of innovative master plans for energy efficiency, renewable energy, and tri-generation. We have already made considerable progress. Greenhouse gas emissions in our org ...
... gas emissions across our local government area and in our own operations by 2030. To achieve our targets, we have developed a series of innovative master plans for energy efficiency, renewable energy, and tri-generation. We have already made considerable progress. Greenhouse gas emissions in our org ...
Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events
... While there are various levels of certainty associated with the linkages between climate change and extreme weather events, decision-makers should take each of them into account when calculating the costs of climate change. Changing levels of precipitation, more severe El Niños or tropical cyclones, ...
... While there are various levels of certainty associated with the linkages between climate change and extreme weather events, decision-makers should take each of them into account when calculating the costs of climate change. Changing levels of precipitation, more severe El Niños or tropical cyclones, ...
The Availability Heuristic, Intuitive Cost
... It has become standard to say that with respect to risks, Europe and the United States can be distinguished along a single axis: Europe accepts the Precautionary Principle, and the United States does not. On this view, Europeans attempt to build a “margin of safety” into public decisions, taking car ...
... It has become standard to say that with respect to risks, Europe and the United States can be distinguished along a single axis: Europe accepts the Precautionary Principle, and the United States does not. On this view, Europeans attempt to build a “margin of safety” into public decisions, taking car ...
Support for facilitating access to environmentally sound
... enhance endogenous capacities related to climate technologies. ...
... enhance endogenous capacities related to climate technologies. ...
Climate change in Australia | East Coast cluster report
... Management Planning for Climate Change Fund. This fund has enabled significant research into the impact of the future climate on Australia’s natural resources, as well as adaptation opportunities for protecting and managing our land, soil, water, plants and animals. Australia has 54 natural resource ...
... Management Planning for Climate Change Fund. This fund has enabled significant research into the impact of the future climate on Australia’s natural resources, as well as adaptation opportunities for protecting and managing our land, soil, water, plants and animals. Australia has 54 natural resource ...
Climate: Observations, projections and impacts: South Korea
... Peter Stott, Met Office Kate Willett, Met Office Myles Allen, University of Oxford Nigel Arnell, Walker Institute, University of Reading Dan Bernie, Met Office Richard Betts, Met Office Niel Bowerman, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology Bastiaan Brak, University of Leeds John Caesar, Met Office Andy Ch ...
... Peter Stott, Met Office Kate Willett, Met Office Myles Allen, University of Oxford Nigel Arnell, Walker Institute, University of Reading Dan Bernie, Met Office Richard Betts, Met Office Niel Bowerman, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology Bastiaan Brak, University of Leeds John Caesar, Met Office Andy Ch ...
Ecosystem-based approaches to building resilience in urban areas
... include ecosystem-based approaches as ones that can be more cost-effective (although not always); more sustainable in the long term; provide labour intensive job opportunities; and, provide multiplebenefits (jobs, mitigation of GHGs, beautification and in many instances other ecosystem services in a ...
... include ecosystem-based approaches as ones that can be more cost-effective (although not always); more sustainable in the long term; provide labour intensive job opportunities; and, provide multiplebenefits (jobs, mitigation of GHGs, beautification and in many instances other ecosystem services in a ...
Migration, Environment and Climate Change
... ways. Migration can help people manage risks, diversify livelihoods and cope with environmental changes affecting their lives (IOM, 2008). To date, however, very few countries have developed explicit policies to promote migration as an adaptation strategy. Migration is not usually integrated into na ...
... ways. Migration can help people manage risks, diversify livelihoods and cope with environmental changes affecting their lives (IOM, 2008). To date, however, very few countries have developed explicit policies to promote migration as an adaptation strategy. Migration is not usually integrated into na ...
Togo - unfccc
... the medium term in order to fulfil its General Policy Declaration (DPG) based on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) covering the 2006-2015 period and to transform Togo into an emerging country within the next 15 to 20 years. The sectoral policies and strategies in effect for vulnerable economic ...
... the medium term in order to fulfil its General Policy Declaration (DPG) based on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) covering the 2006-2015 period and to transform Togo into an emerging country within the next 15 to 20 years. The sectoral policies and strategies in effect for vulnerable economic ...
Climate Change and San Francisco Bay-Delta Tidal Wetlands
... salt in brackish and freshwater tidal systems, in addition to causing increases in atmospheric CO2 concentration, warmer temperatures, and shifts in precipitation. In the San Francisco Bay–Delta, the areas most likely to be affected—brackish and freshwater tidal wetlands—are also the sites with the ...
... salt in brackish and freshwater tidal systems, in addition to causing increases in atmospheric CO2 concentration, warmer temperatures, and shifts in precipitation. In the San Francisco Bay–Delta, the areas most likely to be affected—brackish and freshwater tidal wetlands—are also the sites with the ...
C - UBC Blogs
... Climate is a stochastic process: – the climate of any location involves variability in realized weather; – extreme weather events occur rarely; – the most visible/memorable impacts are due to these extremes; ...
... Climate is a stochastic process: – the climate of any location involves variability in realized weather; – extreme weather events occur rarely; – the most visible/memorable impacts are due to these extremes; ...
HS Mui Nallanthigall 1AC v Raghavan Pereda Rd2
... the privileged classes in the industrialized nations. The international policy frameworks in place are far from adequate to address the urgency of the climate crisis.¶ International Frameworks¶ The Kyoto Protocol, linked to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change adopted in 1997, t ...
... the privileged classes in the industrialized nations. The international policy frameworks in place are far from adequate to address the urgency of the climate crisis.¶ International Frameworks¶ The Kyoto Protocol, linked to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change adopted in 1997, t ...
Marshall Islands
... high cost of these products remains a fundamental obstacle to improving standards of living and business profitability in the country. The RMI Government is currently supported by donors and development partners to mitigate impacts of high oil prices at policy level, focused on increasing energy eff ...
... high cost of these products remains a fundamental obstacle to improving standards of living and business profitability in the country. The RMI Government is currently supported by donors and development partners to mitigate impacts of high oil prices at policy level, focused on increasing energy eff ...
20 July 2012 - Productivity Commission
... required to deal with it. This chart pulls out that learning. The perception is government is doing too much, not doing enough. But it does show a weighting towards those who believe that climate change is human induced, that we think that something should be done. There is a slide that you don't h ...
... required to deal with it. This chart pulls out that learning. The perception is government is doing too much, not doing enough. But it does show a weighting towards those who believe that climate change is human induced, that we think that something should be done. There is a slide that you don't h ...
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... lead municipalities to the erroneous conclusion that they can postpone action [16], especially because decisions on the local level often focus on shorter time periods, in many cases, election periods [8,17]. Informational and cognitive barriers also can prevent decision makers from beginning or adv ...
... lead municipalities to the erroneous conclusion that they can postpone action [16], especially because decisions on the local level often focus on shorter time periods, in many cases, election periods [8,17]. Informational and cognitive barriers also can prevent decision makers from beginning or adv ...
AHEAD OF THE STORM…. Preparing Toronto for Climate Change
... Climate changes are already being seen in Toronto. In the last decade, the City has been subjected to extreme heat, floods, drought, new insect pests, new vector-borne diseases and other problems made worse by climate change. Even if the world is successful in getting emissions under control, clima ...
... Climate changes are already being seen in Toronto. In the last decade, the City has been subjected to extreme heat, floods, drought, new insect pests, new vector-borne diseases and other problems made worse by climate change. Even if the world is successful in getting emissions under control, clima ...
at least -48 - Monash University
... If Australia were to contribute to a global target with 75 per cent likelihood of holding warming to below 2°C, Australia’s national emissions budget most likely will be exhausted by 2015. Effectively, when it comes to living within its emissions budget, Australia is out of time. Even the minimum eq ...
... If Australia were to contribute to a global target with 75 per cent likelihood of holding warming to below 2°C, Australia’s national emissions budget most likely will be exhausted by 2015. Effectively, when it comes to living within its emissions budget, Australia is out of time. Even the minimum eq ...
Effects of 2°C Warming IMPACT2C modelling results: climate
... Policy Briefing Notes are being produced. This Policy Brief (Number 2) provides a summary of the main climate modelling findings of the project. The note provides discussion around a number of key questions that are relevant in the context of the 2°C goal. These are: • When might we hit 2°C? • What ...
... Policy Briefing Notes are being produced. This Policy Brief (Number 2) provides a summary of the main climate modelling findings of the project. The note provides discussion around a number of key questions that are relevant in the context of the 2°C goal. These are: • When might we hit 2°C? • What ...
use of regional climate for hydrological simulations for the
... Pakistan’s economy is agro-based and highly dependent on the large scale Indus irrigation system (Snow and Ice Hydrology Project, 1990). Water issues hold a unique place in Pakistan’s policymaking history. It has generated significant heated debate and controversy for a very long time as illustrated ...
... Pakistan’s economy is agro-based and highly dependent on the large scale Indus irrigation system (Snow and Ice Hydrology Project, 1990). Water issues hold a unique place in Pakistan’s policymaking history. It has generated significant heated debate and controversy for a very long time as illustrated ...
Environmentally Induced Population Displacements
... Potential effects of climate change The IPCC’s First Assessment Report warned that the greatest effect of climate change on society could be human migration, i.e. involuntary forms of displacement and relocation (OSCE 2005). This seems to point to population mobility as a less desirable form of adap ...
... Potential effects of climate change The IPCC’s First Assessment Report warned that the greatest effect of climate change on society could be human migration, i.e. involuntary forms of displacement and relocation (OSCE 2005). This seems to point to population mobility as a less desirable form of adap ...
Mekong River flow and hydrological extremes under climate change
... differ remarkably in magnitude and even in contrasting directions. Another study by Lauri et al. (2012) also reported a wide range of discharge change between −11 and +15 % during the rainy season and between −10 and +13 % during the dry season. Both studies noted the uncertainty in hydrological imp ...
... differ remarkably in magnitude and even in contrasting directions. Another study by Lauri et al. (2012) also reported a wide range of discharge change between −11 and +15 % during the rainy season and between −10 and +13 % during the dry season. Both studies noted the uncertainty in hydrological imp ...
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... the tendencies of time series. Local analysis is presented in the paper, and beside the statistical methodological aspects, it highlights the phenomena that, probably in cause of microclimatic conditions, there can be areas that do not show the tendencies of the wider region. 2. Data and methods Mon ...
... the tendencies of time series. Local analysis is presented in the paper, and beside the statistical methodological aspects, it highlights the phenomena that, probably in cause of microclimatic conditions, there can be areas that do not show the tendencies of the wider region. 2. Data and methods Mon ...
A climate of uncertainty: accounting for error in climate variables for
... which combined, Carroll et al. (2006) refer to as the ‘double whammy’. Generally, more uncertainty in the explanatory variables induces more bias in the estimates of the model’s parameters, which can have adverse consequences for model predictions too. Errors-in-variables models aim to avoid the ‘do ...
... which combined, Carroll et al. (2006) refer to as the ‘double whammy’. Generally, more uncertainty in the explanatory variables induces more bias in the estimates of the model’s parameters, which can have adverse consequences for model predictions too. Errors-in-variables models aim to avoid the ‘do ...
Enhancing the resilience of inland fisheries and
... We interpret the term ‘complex system’ in this context to refer to a linked socio-ecological system, which is defined as “a system that includes societal (human) and ecological (biophysical) subsystems in mutual interaction” (Gallopin et al 1989). The mutual dependencies of social and ecological pro ...
... We interpret the term ‘complex system’ in this context to refer to a linked socio-ecological system, which is defined as “a system that includes societal (human) and ecological (biophysical) subsystems in mutual interaction” (Gallopin et al 1989). The mutual dependencies of social and ecological pro ...
Climate Change and US Agriculture
... vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and the chlorofluorocarbons) absorb the outgoing radiation, thereby holding heat near our planet. This process occurs naturally: without the natural greenhouse effect, our planet would be near freezing. Instead, this process warms the earth to its curre ...
... vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and the chlorofluorocarbons) absorb the outgoing radiation, thereby holding heat near our planet. This process occurs naturally: without the natural greenhouse effect, our planet would be near freezing. Instead, this process warms the earth to its curre ...