Financing Adaptation: The Case of Morne Trois Pitons and Morne
... engage in long-term planning. What inhibits us are incentive structures deeply embedded in our political and economic systems. When an important new signal, such as that of a changing climate, emerges, a lag in response must be expected until institutional arrangements and incentive structures are p ...
... engage in long-term planning. What inhibits us are incentive structures deeply embedded in our political and economic systems. When an important new signal, such as that of a changing climate, emerges, a lag in response must be expected until institutional arrangements and incentive structures are p ...
Uncertainty in predictions of the climate response to rising levels of greenhouse gases
... b, Variations in the relative r.m.s.e. of model versions. The unperturbed model is shown by the red diamond. Model versions with only a single parameter perturbed are highlighted by yellow diamonds. The triangles show the CMIP II models for which data are available; HadCM3 (having the same atmospher ...
... b, Variations in the relative r.m.s.e. of model versions. The unperturbed model is shown by the red diamond. Model versions with only a single parameter perturbed are highlighted by yellow diamonds. The triangles show the CMIP II models for which data are available; HadCM3 (having the same atmospher ...
Adaptation investments
... allocation rules in existing adaptation funds, which tend to assess the merits of particular proposals individually (Klein and Möhner 2009; Anderson et al. 2009). The issue of country allocation pits ethical considerations of entitlement and need against economic concerns like delivery and effective ...
... allocation rules in existing adaptation funds, which tend to assess the merits of particular proposals individually (Klein and Möhner 2009; Anderson et al. 2009). The issue of country allocation pits ethical considerations of entitlement and need against economic concerns like delivery and effective ...
Portage La Prairie - Climate Change Connection
... Compact use packs people into one area and concentrates emissions in the area and causes problems with city infrastructure, such as piping used for water. This type of development contributes to compacting, congesting and wearing out of infrastructure. ...
... Compact use packs people into one area and concentrates emissions in the area and causes problems with city infrastructure, such as piping used for water. This type of development contributes to compacting, congesting and wearing out of infrastructure. ...
Are Carbon Dioxide Emissions Rising More Rapidly Than Expected?
... Monitoring Emissions Trends. Watchfulness over annual CO2 and other GHG emissions is a vital element of addressing climate change and evaluating the effectiveness of actions to mitigate it, and it is important to use appropriate data in monitoring progress. Evaluating recent trends may help to disce ...
... Monitoring Emissions Trends. Watchfulness over annual CO2 and other GHG emissions is a vital element of addressing climate change and evaluating the effectiveness of actions to mitigate it, and it is important to use appropriate data in monitoring progress. Evaluating recent trends may help to disce ...
7th EU Framework Programme challenges and opportunities
... particular in co-operation: - including priorities/ areas of interest to SME’s - propose appropriate funding schemes → this will be complemented by the Competitiveness & Innovation Programme SME-participation in the “Industry-academia partnerships and pathways” of the “People” programme ...
... particular in co-operation: - including priorities/ areas of interest to SME’s - propose appropriate funding schemes → this will be complemented by the Competitiveness & Innovation Programme SME-participation in the “Industry-academia partnerships and pathways” of the “People” programme ...
LEIF CHRISTIAN STIGE, Dr. scient.
... Co-author and PhD supervisor. Adaptive management of living marine resources by integrating different data sources and key ecological processes - ADMAR (Norw. Res. Council; SIP; 31 mill. NOK). Coauthor and WP leader. Spatiotemporal variability in mortality and growth of fish larvae in the Lofoten-Ba ...
... Co-author and PhD supervisor. Adaptive management of living marine resources by integrating different data sources and key ecological processes - ADMAR (Norw. Res. Council; SIP; 31 mill. NOK). Coauthor and WP leader. Spatiotemporal variability in mortality and growth of fish larvae in the Lofoten-Ba ...
Combating Climate Change – A Role for UK
... The independent assessment was commissioned by the Forestry Commission to examine the potential of the UK’s trees and woodlands to mitigate and adapt to our changing climate. It forms part of the UK response to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 4th Assessment Report published in 2 ...
... The independent assessment was commissioned by the Forestry Commission to examine the potential of the UK’s trees and woodlands to mitigate and adapt to our changing climate. It forms part of the UK response to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 4th Assessment Report published in 2 ...
Knock, Knock: Where is the Evidence for Dangerous Human
... The issue of dangerous human-caused global warming is a complex one. It can be assessed meaningfully only against our knowledge of natural climate change, which is incomplete and in some regards even rudimentary. There is no Theory of Climate, in the sense that there is a Theory of Gravitation or Re ...
... The issue of dangerous human-caused global warming is a complex one. It can be assessed meaningfully only against our knowledge of natural climate change, which is incomplete and in some regards even rudimentary. There is no Theory of Climate, in the sense that there is a Theory of Gravitation or Re ...
Chapter 4 – Climate and Climate Change
... Sections 3.1 - 3.6 in the Climate and Climate Change Assessment (Appendix H) outlines climate change projections for the Gladstone region for rainfall, temperature and average wind for 2030 and 2070, sea level up to 2100 and extreme weather. Generally, projections for 2030 show little variation betw ...
... Sections 3.1 - 3.6 in the Climate and Climate Change Assessment (Appendix H) outlines climate change projections for the Gladstone region for rainfall, temperature and average wind for 2030 and 2070, sea level up to 2100 and extreme weather. Generally, projections for 2030 show little variation betw ...
The Scientific Guide to Global Warming Skepticism
... El Niño exchange massive amounts of heat between the ocean and atmosphere, so surface temperature jumps up and down from year to year. To work out the long-term trend, scientists use techniques such as moving averages or linear regression that take into account all the data. These show that surface ...
... El Niño exchange massive amounts of heat between the ocean and atmosphere, so surface temperature jumps up and down from year to year. To work out the long-term trend, scientists use techniques such as moving averages or linear regression that take into account all the data. These show that surface ...
Knock, Knock: Where is the Evidence for Dangerous Human
... The issue of dangerous human-caused global warming is a complex one. It can be assessed meaningfully only against our knowledge of natural climate change, which is incomplete and in some regards even rudimentary. There is no Theory of Climate, in the sense that there is a Theory of Gravitation or Re ...
... The issue of dangerous human-caused global warming is a complex one. It can be assessed meaningfully only against our knowledge of natural climate change, which is incomplete and in some regards even rudimentary. There is no Theory of Climate, in the sense that there is a Theory of Gravitation or Re ...
1 - Ev-K2-CNR
... Mountains are an important part of the global system. Because of their vertical extent, their climates change with elevation and thus differ from those in adjacent lowland areas and generate essential and often complementary natural resources, of which water is only the most obvious. Their verticali ...
... Mountains are an important part of the global system. Because of their vertical extent, their climates change with elevation and thus differ from those in adjacent lowland areas and generate essential and often complementary natural resources, of which water is only the most obvious. Their verticali ...
Letter to Lamar Smith 18 December 2015 (opens in new window)
... The second half of Dr Lomborg’s testimony purports to provide estimates of the “costs” associated with realising the pledges for reductions in annual emissions of greenhouse gases contained in the INDCs. However, Dr Lomborg makes a number of inaccurate claims that are not supported by the published ...
... The second half of Dr Lomborg’s testimony purports to provide estimates of the “costs” associated with realising the pledges for reductions in annual emissions of greenhouse gases contained in the INDCs. However, Dr Lomborg makes a number of inaccurate claims that are not supported by the published ...
Climate Finance Briefing: Small Island Developing States
... he Small Island Developing States (SIDS) together bear little responsibility for climate change, but their geographical, socioeconomic and climate profiles make them particularly vulnerable to its impacts. Spread across three regions, the 39 SIDS nations have received USD 1085 million from the dedic ...
... he Small Island Developing States (SIDS) together bear little responsibility for climate change, but their geographical, socioeconomic and climate profiles make them particularly vulnerable to its impacts. Spread across three regions, the 39 SIDS nations have received USD 1085 million from the dedic ...
recently observed changes
... in North Atlantic tropical storms over the historic maximum of the mid-1950, which at the time was considered extreme: But while the numbers are not contested, their significance most certainly is. Another study considered how this information was being collected, and research suggested that the i ...
... in North Atlantic tropical storms over the historic maximum of the mid-1950, which at the time was considered extreme: But while the numbers are not contested, their significance most certainly is. Another study considered how this information was being collected, and research suggested that the i ...
tc7_17_climate_change_waterbirds_0
... 100 years. This has increased the frequency and intensity of drought and floods in the land-masses around the Pacific, especially in the Southern Hemisphere sub-tropics. Warming has driven sea-level rise through thermal expansion of seawater and widespread loss of land ice. Based on tide gauge recor ...
... 100 years. This has increased the frequency and intensity of drought and floods in the land-masses around the Pacific, especially in the Southern Hemisphere sub-tropics. Warming has driven sea-level rise through thermal expansion of seawater and widespread loss of land ice. Based on tide gauge recor ...
Farm-level adaptation options: south-eastern South Australia
... Understanding which adaptation options to pursue in response to climate change remains a challenge, due to uncertainty regarding the full extent of future climate change, the response of different crops, and future commodity prices and input costs. Combining expert farmer knowledge with both crop an ...
... Understanding which adaptation options to pursue in response to climate change remains a challenge, due to uncertainty regarding the full extent of future climate change, the response of different crops, and future commodity prices and input costs. Combining expert farmer knowledge with both crop an ...
Climate Engineering under the Paris Agreement
... have implications for agriculture and food security, which carry with them human rights concerns and trade-offs against other sustainability goals. SRM technologies involve greater scientific uncertainty and also involve significant risks. For example, changes to global average temperatures would no ...
... have implications for agriculture and food security, which carry with them human rights concerns and trade-offs against other sustainability goals. SRM technologies involve greater scientific uncertainty and also involve significant risks. For example, changes to global average temperatures would no ...
Global imprint of climate change on marine life
... of 3.1 days dec−1 (ref. 12) that was not significantly different from the estimate reported in ref. 11. � Recalculated using leading-edge (cold limit) observations spanning ≥19 yr, and with data after 1990. ...
... of 3.1 days dec−1 (ref. 12) that was not significantly different from the estimate reported in ref. 11. � Recalculated using leading-edge (cold limit) observations spanning ≥19 yr, and with data after 1990. ...
Document
... Customer driven programs such as “Block-by-Block Weatherization” and “Multi-family Energy Saving” created demand reduction of 80 MW (=54,000 homes) Developed “Businesses for an Environmentally Sustainable Tomorrow (BEST)” and EPA’s “Climate Wise ...
... Customer driven programs such as “Block-by-Block Weatherization” and “Multi-family Energy Saving” created demand reduction of 80 MW (=54,000 homes) Developed “Businesses for an Environmentally Sustainable Tomorrow (BEST)” and EPA’s “Climate Wise ...
Climate change and human health: Impacts, vulnerability and public
... changes in the way in which diagnoses may be recorded. Empirical observation of the health consequences of recent climate change, followed by formulation, testing and then modification of hypotheses would require long time-series (probably several decades) of careful monitoring. While this process m ...
... changes in the way in which diagnoses may be recorded. Empirical observation of the health consequences of recent climate change, followed by formulation, testing and then modification of hypotheses would require long time-series (probably several decades) of careful monitoring. While this process m ...
Research Project Final Report
... any action resulting from the research (e.g. IP, Knowledge Transfer). ...
... any action resulting from the research (e.g. IP, Knowledge Transfer). ...
Dangerous Scientific Reticence
... [I note that R2 suggested “potentially dangerous”; probably you meant to refer to R2, rather than R4.] There is a very important issue at play here: the relevant scientific community, in our opinion, has been exercising self-censorship in its warning to the public about the danger of human-made clim ...
... [I note that R2 suggested “potentially dangerous”; probably you meant to refer to R2, rather than R4.] There is a very important issue at play here: the relevant scientific community, in our opinion, has been exercising self-censorship in its warning to the public about the danger of human-made clim ...
Tropical rainforest canopies and climate change
... the atmosphere and the biosphere and its vital role in many key ecological processes. Although we know that rainforests have a major influence on the world’s climate what is less clear is how rainforest canopies are being affected and will be affected by climate change, and how rainforest canopies a ...
... the atmosphere and the biosphere and its vital role in many key ecological processes. Although we know that rainforests have a major influence on the world’s climate what is less clear is how rainforest canopies are being affected and will be affected by climate change, and how rainforest canopies a ...