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... for that. However, we are going to emphasize only economic ones. From an economic standpoint, changes in climate directly affect our infrastructure and shift our consumption and production patterns. Moreover, these changes are associated with a lot of uncertainty which increases risk of future econo ...
... for that. However, we are going to emphasize only economic ones. From an economic standpoint, changes in climate directly affect our infrastructure and shift our consumption and production patterns. Moreover, these changes are associated with a lot of uncertainty which increases risk of future econo ...
Aalborg Universitet Heiselberg, Per Kvols
... [5]. The risk of overheating in buildings is increasingly suggested to rise under future climate change scenarios [6, 7]. Overheating risk in buildings is influenced by different factors including building typology and energy efficiency level [6]. In Sweden, the risk of overheating in residential bu ...
... [5]. The risk of overheating in buildings is increasingly suggested to rise under future climate change scenarios [6, 7]. Overheating risk in buildings is influenced by different factors including building typology and energy efficiency level [6]. In Sweden, the risk of overheating in residential bu ...
Will moist convection be stronger in a warmer climate?
... profiles. The updrafts are most sensitive to the thermal structure below the freezing level, which controls the acceleration due to buoyancy (Tv0). Convective available potential energy (CAPE), which depends in addition on cloud top height and upper level lapse rates, differs less between land and o ...
... profiles. The updrafts are most sensitive to the thermal structure below the freezing level, which controls the acceleration due to buoyancy (Tv0). Convective available potential energy (CAPE), which depends in addition on cloud top height and upper level lapse rates, differs less between land and o ...
Comments on target - Ministry for the Environment
... avoid the harmful impacts of climate change. A number of submitters felt that action on climate change was a moral responsibility. Many related their response to needing to avoid a temperature rise of more than two degrees. Other issues highlighted included protecting our vulnerable communities, nei ...
... avoid the harmful impacts of climate change. A number of submitters felt that action on climate change was a moral responsibility. Many related their response to needing to avoid a temperature rise of more than two degrees. Other issues highlighted included protecting our vulnerable communities, nei ...
IMOGEN: an intermediate complexity model to evaluate terrestrial
... have a well developed regional description of the land surface and vegetation that captures its expected response to the non-stationary aspects of weather in a changing climate. The Met Office Hadley Centre land surface model, used in the various configurations of Version 3 of their GCM, consists of ...
... have a well developed regional description of the land surface and vegetation that captures its expected response to the non-stationary aspects of weather in a changing climate. The Met Office Hadley Centre land surface model, used in the various configurations of Version 3 of their GCM, consists of ...
Game-Changers in the Paris Climate Deal
... continued to grow.5 But coal and other fossil fuel use continues to rise at an alarming rate in spite of this progress,6 and fossil fuels continue to receive more than nine times more finance than renewable energy from the world’s major banks.7 A shifting political climate… In many respects the pre- ...
... continued to grow.5 But coal and other fossil fuel use continues to rise at an alarming rate in spite of this progress,6 and fossil fuels continue to receive more than nine times more finance than renewable energy from the world’s major banks.7 A shifting political climate… In many respects the pre- ...
Physical and economic consequences of climate change in Europe
... provide US$ 100 billion per year to address the needs of developing countries, including funding for adaptation. Indeed, even ambitious mitigation policies [e.g., the 2 °C target proposed by the European Union (EU) and endorsed by the G8 (2, 3)] will need to be complemented by adaptation strategies ...
... provide US$ 100 billion per year to address the needs of developing countries, including funding for adaptation. Indeed, even ambitious mitigation policies [e.g., the 2 °C target proposed by the European Union (EU) and endorsed by the G8 (2, 3)] will need to be complemented by adaptation strategies ...
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... capital that allows individuals, households, and communities to recover from disasters and adapt to permanent changes in environment. Even in vulnerable communities, not everyone will want to move, and not everyone who wants to move will be able to do so. Though migration has and will continue to be ...
... capital that allows individuals, households, and communities to recover from disasters and adapt to permanent changes in environment. Even in vulnerable communities, not everyone will want to move, and not everyone who wants to move will be able to do so. Though migration has and will continue to be ...
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... information or wrong perceptions about climate change impacts and risks, the use of socially nonoptimal discount rates, and shortcomings in public policymaking. As a consequence, optimal abatement responses may not be achieved, but a large extent of useful adaptation will nevertheless take place. Bo ...
... information or wrong perceptions about climate change impacts and risks, the use of socially nonoptimal discount rates, and shortcomings in public policymaking. As a consequence, optimal abatement responses may not be achieved, but a large extent of useful adaptation will nevertheless take place. Bo ...
Local Climate Change Governance
... There are, however, fundamental commonalities defining governance. The most important is that governance “involves processes through which collective goals are defined and pursued in which the state (or government) is not necessarily the only or most important actor” (Betsill/Bulkeley 2006: 144). Wh ...
... There are, however, fundamental commonalities defining governance. The most important is that governance “involves processes through which collective goals are defined and pursued in which the state (or government) is not necessarily the only or most important actor” (Betsill/Bulkeley 2006: 144). Wh ...
Men, Masculinities Climate Change
... responsibility of holding the household together.43 Gender socialization at the individual level, where boys and young men are often taught to be assertive, unfeeling, and unafraid, and girls and young women are taught to be passive and emotionally caring (particularly towards their families), may a ...
... responsibility of holding the household together.43 Gender socialization at the individual level, where boys and young men are often taught to be assertive, unfeeling, and unafraid, and girls and young women are taught to be passive and emotionally caring (particularly towards their families), may a ...
Recommendations from the Scientific Council Symposium Cultural
... affects the economics of the environment; if people payed the real price for clean air and safe water, they would not take these for granted. It is important to promote vernacular architecture as energy efficient, as well as socially, culturally and ecologically efficient. The energy efficiency of t ...
... affects the economics of the environment; if people payed the real price for clean air and safe water, they would not take these for granted. It is important to promote vernacular architecture as energy efficient, as well as socially, culturally and ecologically efficient. The energy efficiency of t ...
The Climate Beta
... Growth Institute. It has nine research programmes: 1. Adaptation and development 2. Carbon trading and finance 3. Ecosystems, resources and the natural environment 4. Energy, technology and trade 5. Future generations and social justice 6. Growth and the economy 7. International environmental negoti ...
... Growth Institute. It has nine research programmes: 1. Adaptation and development 2. Carbon trading and finance 3. Ecosystems, resources and the natural environment 4. Energy, technology and trade 5. Future generations and social justice 6. Growth and the economy 7. International environmental negoti ...
New Zealand`s Climate Change Target
... avoid the harmful impacts of climate change. A number of submitters felt that action on climate change was a moral responsibility. Many related their response to needing to avoid a temperature rise of more than two degrees. Other issues highlighted included protecting our vulnerable communities, nei ...
... avoid the harmful impacts of climate change. A number of submitters felt that action on climate change was a moral responsibility. Many related their response to needing to avoid a temperature rise of more than two degrees. Other issues highlighted included protecting our vulnerable communities, nei ...
Poverty and climate change: Natural disasters, agricultural
... pathways worsening the impacts (Porter et al. 2014). Under the most optimistic climate scenario – and with CO2 fertilization (an effect that suggests plants can improve photosynthesis and productivity with higher CO2 concentrations) – crop yields may decrease globally by 2% by 2030; but if emissions ...
... pathways worsening the impacts (Porter et al. 2014). Under the most optimistic climate scenario – and with CO2 fertilization (an effect that suggests plants can improve photosynthesis and productivity with higher CO2 concentrations) – crop yields may decrease globally by 2% by 2030; but if emissions ...
Clemmitt, "Climate change"
... some researchers are blaming human-induced climate warming for killer European heat waves and even for increased incidence of malaria. In response, many experts argue that public-health systems must prepare for new challenges. Planetary warming may stress already overburdened public-health systems, ...
... some researchers are blaming human-induced climate warming for killer European heat waves and even for increased incidence of malaria. In response, many experts argue that public-health systems must prepare for new challenges. Planetary warming may stress already overburdened public-health systems, ...
climate change: changing oceans
... has been part of ICES work since it was established more than one hundred years ago, but during the past two decades, there has been a growing awareness of the importance of climate change among the marine science community. This brochure provides a state-of-the-art overview of ICES studies on clima ...
... has been part of ICES work since it was established more than one hundred years ago, but during the past two decades, there has been a growing awareness of the importance of climate change among the marine science community. This brochure provides a state-of-the-art overview of ICES studies on clima ...
Climate Change Resilient Transport, May 2011
... an analysis of regional climate projections. On the basis of this projections road relevance scenarios are to be developed. Using these scenarios holistic vulnerability analyses can be conducted. ...
... an analysis of regional climate projections. On the basis of this projections road relevance scenarios are to be developed. Using these scenarios holistic vulnerability analyses can be conducted. ...
European Temperate, Humid Continental Climate Building
... much rarer. Still they are of high importance, since regional effects of climate change with no doubt will differ significantly from the worldwide predictions. For example alpine regions are expected to undergo a much stronger warming process than lower or even coastal influenced regions. In Austria ...
... much rarer. Still they are of high importance, since regional effects of climate change with no doubt will differ significantly from the worldwide predictions. For example alpine regions are expected to undergo a much stronger warming process than lower or even coastal influenced regions. In Austria ...
biodiversity and climate change
... protection. It is important to seek adaptation measures that address biodiversity loss and climate change in an integrated manner to benefit both society and the environment. The ideal goal is to identify solutions where there are benefits for adaptation, mitigation, as well as for biodiversity and ...
... protection. It is important to seek adaptation measures that address biodiversity loss and climate change in an integrated manner to benefit both society and the environment. The ideal goal is to identify solutions where there are benefits for adaptation, mitigation, as well as for biodiversity and ...
How much more global warming and sea level rise?
... if the concentrations of all greenhouse gases (GHGs) had been stabilized in the year 2000, average global surface temperature would still rise by about several tenths of a degree centrigrade by the end of the 21st century. Sea level also would continue to rise about twice as much as that which occur ...
... if the concentrations of all greenhouse gases (GHGs) had been stabilized in the year 2000, average global surface temperature would still rise by about several tenths of a degree centrigrade by the end of the 21st century. Sea level also would continue to rise about twice as much as that which occur ...
5.3 The Climate since the Earth`s formation
... consequence, the variations of CO2 concentration are large. By contrast, with high climate sensitivities, the feedback is strong enough to restrain the amplitude of the changes in CO2. For the model presented in Figure 5.12, the best agreement with reconstructions of the atmospheric CO2 concentratio ...
... consequence, the variations of CO2 concentration are large. By contrast, with high climate sensitivities, the feedback is strong enough to restrain the amplitude of the changes in CO2. For the model presented in Figure 5.12, the best agreement with reconstructions of the atmospheric CO2 concentratio ...