Climate impacts threatening Japan today and tomorrow
... form of social and economic disruption (Confalonieri et al., 2007). Regional climate models project an increase in heatwave intensity for Japan (Cruz et al., 2007) and rising temperatures may expose the fast aging population to increased heat stress and more infectious diseases (Stern, 2006). Incre ...
... form of social and economic disruption (Confalonieri et al., 2007). Regional climate models project an increase in heatwave intensity for Japan (Cruz et al., 2007) and rising temperatures may expose the fast aging population to increased heat stress and more infectious diseases (Stern, 2006). Incre ...
The Climate of History: Four Theses
... destructive of our general sense of history. I will return to Weisman’s experiment in the last part of this essay. There is much in the debate on climate change that should be of interest to those involved in contemporary discussions about history. For as the idea gains ground that the grave environ ...
... destructive of our general sense of history. I will return to Weisman’s experiment in the last part of this essay. There is much in the debate on climate change that should be of interest to those involved in contemporary discussions about history. For as the idea gains ground that the grave environ ...
Desertification-Climate Change Interactions
... reduces snow cover in winter, increases both surface albedo and absorption of solar energy by ground, thus average temperature becomes higher. Or when, land use change reduces retention and availability of soil moisture, hindering the establishment of flora and leading to more soil degradation until ...
... reduces snow cover in winter, increases both surface albedo and absorption of solar energy by ground, thus average temperature becomes higher. Or when, land use change reduces retention and availability of soil moisture, hindering the establishment of flora and leading to more soil degradation until ...
Climate and land use change impacts on global terrestrial
... the SRES scenarios, sometimes focussing on specific levels of global warming. Although some assessments of global hydrological impacts have used runoff projections directly from GCMs (e.g. Nohara et al., 2006), a more usual methodology for impact assessments is to use meteorological outputs from GCM ...
... the SRES scenarios, sometimes focussing on specific levels of global warming. Although some assessments of global hydrological impacts have used runoff projections directly from GCMs (e.g. Nohara et al., 2006), a more usual methodology for impact assessments is to use meteorological outputs from GCM ...
1. Background information
... European Parliament, the general public and can be used for regular reporting to national and regional parliaments and governments. For example, this data can be used to attain information on how widely financial instruments are used, on how much funding is used to support entrepreneurship in rural ...
... European Parliament, the general public and can be used for regular reporting to national and regional parliaments and governments. For example, this data can be used to attain information on how widely financial instruments are used, on how much funding is used to support entrepreneurship in rural ...
Ireland Adapts to Climate Change Report Series No. 9
... Although every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the material contained in this publication, complete accuracy cannot be guaranteed. Neither the Environmental Protection Agency nor the author(s) accept any responsibility whatsoever for loss or damage occasioned or claimed to have been o ...
... Although every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the material contained in this publication, complete accuracy cannot be guaranteed. Neither the Environmental Protection Agency nor the author(s) accept any responsibility whatsoever for loss or damage occasioned or claimed to have been o ...
Your Future Your Say
... The idea of a Class Parliament is for you to become informed about an issue, and to suggest practical actions that you can take either to let decision-makers (at the global, national and local levels) know your attitudes, or to carry out in your local community, or both. ...
... The idea of a Class Parliament is for you to become informed about an issue, and to suggest practical actions that you can take either to let decision-makers (at the global, national and local levels) know your attitudes, or to carry out in your local community, or both. ...
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... canonical cases that satisfy the condition that they are Pareto improving for all four groups — today’s rich, the future rich, today’s poor, and the future poor. Policies that are Pareto improving can distribute benefits in an infinite number of ways across these four groups. Our four canonical scen ...
... canonical cases that satisfy the condition that they are Pareto improving for all four groups — today’s rich, the future rich, today’s poor, and the future poor. Policies that are Pareto improving can distribute benefits in an infinite number of ways across these four groups. Our four canonical scen ...
Agroclimatic conditions in China under climate change scenarios
... intervals for temperature, surface pressure, wind and specific humidity, are provided by the CCSR/NIES/FRCGC MIROC3.2_hires simulations under the IPCC SRES A1B scenario, and a 150 year (1951–2100) transient simulation is conducted (Gao et al., 2012). The horizontal grid spacing of RegCM3 is 25 km, a ...
... intervals for temperature, surface pressure, wind and specific humidity, are provided by the CCSR/NIES/FRCGC MIROC3.2_hires simulations under the IPCC SRES A1B scenario, and a 150 year (1951–2100) transient simulation is conducted (Gao et al., 2012). The horizontal grid spacing of RegCM3 is 25 km, a ...
Questions for discussion ETS shelved What does the BtN story
... This is why. There have been violent protests on the streets of Bangkok, Thailand's capital. More than 20 people have been killed and a few weeks ago a young Aussie teacher was injured. KID: What are they protesting about? There are two sides that are pretty easy to recognise. One wears red and the ...
... This is why. There have been violent protests on the streets of Bangkok, Thailand's capital. More than 20 people have been killed and a few weeks ago a young Aussie teacher was injured. KID: What are they protesting about? There are two sides that are pretty easy to recognise. One wears red and the ...
How much disease could climate change cause?
... climate variations, it is inevitable that long-term climate change will have some effect on global population health. Climate change is likely to affect not only health but also many aspects of ecological and social systems, and will be slow and difficult (perhaps impossible) to reverse. Many theref ...
... climate variations, it is inevitable that long-term climate change will have some effect on global population health. Climate change is likely to affect not only health but also many aspects of ecological and social systems, and will be slow and difficult (perhaps impossible) to reverse. Many theref ...
The Challenge of Climate Change Adaptation:
... so that they can cope with a broader range of events, and more resilient, so they can respond quickly to events and recover readily from events beyond their capacity to control. National governments have already begun planning for adaptation, but planning efforts are still at a relatively early stag ...
... so that they can cope with a broader range of events, and more resilient, so they can respond quickly to events and recover readily from events beyond their capacity to control. National governments have already begun planning for adaptation, but planning efforts are still at a relatively early stag ...
here - Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy
... Agreement presents a real opportunity to ramp up the global response to climate change. However, if the Paris COP falls short it will create even greater disappointment in the international community than the Copenhagen Accord in 2009. Raising the trajectory of the Paris outcome demands fresh thinki ...
... Agreement presents a real opportunity to ramp up the global response to climate change. However, if the Paris COP falls short it will create even greater disappointment in the international community than the Copenhagen Accord in 2009. Raising the trajectory of the Paris outcome demands fresh thinki ...
1 Low Carbon Growth Partnership between the Japanese side and
... 10. Both sides can freely join other mechanisms under the framework on the Convention. 11. Both sides aim for concrete contributions to assisting adaptation efforts of Cambodia through the JCM after the JCM is converted to the tradable credit type mechanism. 12. This partnership covers the period fr ...
... 10. Both sides can freely join other mechanisms under the framework on the Convention. 11. Both sides aim for concrete contributions to assisting adaptation efforts of Cambodia through the JCM after the JCM is converted to the tradable credit type mechanism. 12. This partnership covers the period fr ...
Climate_Change_
... Collaborative financial institutions providing ready access to full spectrum capital S-curve drivers to drive innovation climate Intellectual property management agencies Rapid commercialization mechanisms Export development agencies A national culture of collaboration and competitiveness ...
... Collaborative financial institutions providing ready access to full spectrum capital S-curve drivers to drive innovation climate Intellectual property management agencies Rapid commercialization mechanisms Export development agencies A national culture of collaboration and competitiveness ...
Guide to Climate Change Convention
... While the world’s climate has always varied naturally, the vast majority of scientists now believe that rising concentrations of “greenhouse gases” in the earth’s atmosphere, resulting from economic and demographic growth over the last two centuries since the industrial revolution, are overriding th ...
... While the world’s climate has always varied naturally, the vast majority of scientists now believe that rising concentrations of “greenhouse gases” in the earth’s atmosphere, resulting from economic and demographic growth over the last two centuries since the industrial revolution, are overriding th ...
Lost in the problem: the role of boundary organisations in the
... illustrated by our analysis of IPCC. Whether or not such greater impact should be considered ‘success’ or a ‘wrong-problem problem’ is debatable, however. ...
... illustrated by our analysis of IPCC. Whether or not such greater impact should be considered ‘success’ or a ‘wrong-problem problem’ is debatable, however. ...
states and cities as actors in global climate regulation: unitary vs
... from new motor vehicles and to limit stationary source emissions with the goal of reducing GHG emissions to 1990 levels by 2020.6 California’s motor vehicle regulations are especially significant because its regulation of conventional pollutants has historically been at the leading edge of vehicle e ...
... from new motor vehicles and to limit stationary source emissions with the goal of reducing GHG emissions to 1990 levels by 2020.6 California’s motor vehicle regulations are especially significant because its regulation of conventional pollutants has historically been at the leading edge of vehicle e ...
Oxford College - Campus | Oxford Learning College
... Current with the cold Oyashio Current. The Kuroshio Current moves warm water from the equator northwards past the east coast of Japan, while the Oyashio Current brings colder water from the Arctic to the surface as it moves southwards along Japan’s north and east coasts (see Figure 7 below). During ...
... Current with the cold Oyashio Current. The Kuroshio Current moves warm water from the equator northwards past the east coast of Japan, while the Oyashio Current brings colder water from the Arctic to the surface as it moves southwards along Japan’s north and east coasts (see Figure 7 below). During ...
Interaction between Climate Change and the Cryosphere
... There has been extensive research cooperation between these three NCoEs as well as a unique collaboration in developing graduate schools with cooperative PhD education between Nordic universities. The report summarizes world-leading research on the interaction between climate change and the cryosphe ...
... There has been extensive research cooperation between these three NCoEs as well as a unique collaboration in developing graduate schools with cooperative PhD education between Nordic universities. The report summarizes world-leading research on the interaction between climate change and the cryosphe ...
Preparing for Climate Change in the Great Lakes Region
... Andy Buchsbaum, Director of the National Wildlife Federation’s Great Lakes Natural Resource Center, opened the plenary session. He presented the day’s agenda and reminded participants that the workshop’s focus was on adaptation, not mitigation, and that discussion should be focused on processes t ...
... Andy Buchsbaum, Director of the National Wildlife Federation’s Great Lakes Natural Resource Center, opened the plenary session. He presented the day’s agenda and reminded participants that the workshop’s focus was on adaptation, not mitigation, and that discussion should be focused on processes t ...
A climatic basis for microrefugia: the influence of terrain on climate
... species. These climatic constraints are likely to vary regionally. For example, in arid regions where water availability constrains species distributions, a locally moist site may act as a refugium. In contrast, at high latitudes, landscape positions that buffer against extreme minimum temperatures ...
... species. These climatic constraints are likely to vary regionally. For example, in arid regions where water availability constrains species distributions, a locally moist site may act as a refugium. In contrast, at high latitudes, landscape positions that buffer against extreme minimum temperatures ...
L`Oréal announces its new "carbon balanced" ambition for 2020
... “Voluntary initiatives that explore low-carbon business models, like those of L’Oréal, are an invaluable asset in terms of experimentation and innovation. For them to become more widespread, the COP 21 would have to result in an international agreement that provides the right economic incentives.” S ...
... “Voluntary initiatives that explore low-carbon business models, like those of L’Oréal, are an invaluable asset in terms of experimentation and innovation. For them to become more widespread, the COP 21 would have to result in an international agreement that provides the right economic incentives.” S ...
What Trees Can Do to Reduce Atmospheric C02
... Well documented increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N20) have occurred over the last 200 years. Collectively, these gases are referred to as ‘greenhouse gases’ (GHG), because they absorb longwave radiation emitted from the Earth and this leads to the heati ...
... Well documented increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N20) have occurred over the last 200 years. Collectively, these gases are referred to as ‘greenhouse gases’ (GHG), because they absorb longwave radiation emitted from the Earth and this leads to the heati ...