Politics - Wave 2 - TGFL - NDI
... energy bill. The problem is that he and his West Wing turn out to be not especially good at politics or communications — in other words, largely ineffective at the very things on which their campaign reputation was built. And the promises he made in two years of campaigning turn out to be much less ...
... energy bill. The problem is that he and his West Wing turn out to be not especially good at politics or communications — in other words, largely ineffective at the very things on which their campaign reputation was built. And the promises he made in two years of campaigning turn out to be much less ...
CMIP5 data provided at the IPCC Data Distribution Centre
... 2. The CMIP5 experiments. The CMIP5 strategy (Hibbard et al. 2007; Meehl and Hibbard 2007) includes two types of climate change modeling experiments: 1) long-term (century time scale) simulations and 2) near-term simulations (10–30 yr), also called decadal prediction experiments (Meehl et al. 2009). ...
... 2. The CMIP5 experiments. The CMIP5 strategy (Hibbard et al. 2007; Meehl and Hibbard 2007) includes two types of climate change modeling experiments: 1) long-term (century time scale) simulations and 2) near-term simulations (10–30 yr), also called decadal prediction experiments (Meehl et al. 2009). ...
Adaptive Capacity and Adaptation to Climate Change and Variability
... Farming households in developing countries like the Philippines are most vulnerable to climate change and variability because of their climate/weather-sensitive livelihood and lack of resources to finance adaptation measures. Climate change/variability impacts can still be disproportionate across h ...
... Farming households in developing countries like the Philippines are most vulnerable to climate change and variability because of their climate/weather-sensitive livelihood and lack of resources to finance adaptation measures. Climate change/variability impacts can still be disproportionate across h ...
What is Green IT? The Science & The Challenge Autumn/Winter 2011
... Presentations 2011/12 John Booth ...
... Presentations 2011/12 John Booth ...
Climate change scenarios in Europe and their potential
... • Europe will be affected by the changing climate • Expected changes in temperature (Max and Min), precipitation and extreme events • Our understanding of the climate system and its prediction (better models, new physics, higher resolution, probabilistic approach) is improving ...
... • Europe will be affected by the changing climate • Expected changes in temperature (Max and Min), precipitation and extreme events • Our understanding of the climate system and its prediction (better models, new physics, higher resolution, probabilistic approach) is improving ...
Biological Responses to Rapid Climate Change at the Last Glacial
... What combinations of biotic and abiotic processes will result in ecological resilience to climate change and where might these combinations occur? Late-glacial palaeoecological records demonstrate (1) rapid turnover of communities (2) novel biotic assemblages (3) migrations, invasions, and expansio ...
... What combinations of biotic and abiotic processes will result in ecological resilience to climate change and where might these combinations occur? Late-glacial palaeoecological records demonstrate (1) rapid turnover of communities (2) novel biotic assemblages (3) migrations, invasions, and expansio ...
Slide 1 - Regional Public Works Commissioners of Ontario
... On September 25, 2014 the Government outlined its priorities in public mandate letters. The path forward builds on Ontario's actions to date, including meeting our 2014 greenhouse gas reduction target. It also includes: ...
... On September 25, 2014 the Government outlined its priorities in public mandate letters. The path forward builds on Ontario's actions to date, including meeting our 2014 greenhouse gas reduction target. It also includes: ...
How uncertainties in future climate change predictions translate into
... previous section. Two reasons justify this choice: first, this variable is not available at monthly time step in the CMIP data base and, second, most of OAGCM use different soil models (depth, number of layers, soil types, etc.). Therefore, it would not be coherent to force SLAVE with different GCM ...
... previous section. Two reasons justify this choice: first, this variable is not available at monthly time step in the CMIP data base and, second, most of OAGCM use different soil models (depth, number of layers, soil types, etc.). Therefore, it would not be coherent to force SLAVE with different GCM ...
FOR GOD`S SAKE, DO SOMETHING!
... Roots of the Ecological Crisis’ in which he argued that Christianity, and to a lesser extent Judaism, were the main culprits responsible for environmental degradation. Taking the story of creation in Genesis as his starting point, he accused Christianity (particularly its Western form) of being ‘the ...
... Roots of the Ecological Crisis’ in which he argued that Christianity, and to a lesser extent Judaism, were the main culprits responsible for environmental degradation. Taking the story of creation in Genesis as his starting point, he accused Christianity (particularly its Western form) of being ‘the ...
Sub Regional Cooperation for Implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
... Group (SDWG) - Rio, BPoA, SAMOA Pathway – CROP Working Group Mechanism ...
... Group (SDWG) - Rio, BPoA, SAMOA Pathway – CROP Working Group Mechanism ...
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... emissions of greenhouse gases (IPCC 2007a), it is increasingly important to understand the impacts of climate change. Perhaps the most important economic sector that is sensitive to climate is agriculture (Pearce 1996; Tol 2002; Mendelsohn and Williams 2004). As climates warm, damages to the agricul ...
... emissions of greenhouse gases (IPCC 2007a), it is increasingly important to understand the impacts of climate change. Perhaps the most important economic sector that is sensitive to climate is agriculture (Pearce 1996; Tol 2002; Mendelsohn and Williams 2004). As climates warm, damages to the agricul ...
The Arctic: Changing Ecosystems and Resilience
... peoples in the Arctic have depended on and adapted to their environment. Their knowledge of their surroundings is a vital resource for their well-being. Adaptation to climate change is a key challenge for Arctic peoples and the world. The module is also based on knowledge and information derived fro ...
... peoples in the Arctic have depended on and adapted to their environment. Their knowledge of their surroundings is a vital resource for their well-being. Adaptation to climate change is a key challenge for Arctic peoples and the world. The module is also based on knowledge and information derived fro ...
The social cost of atmospheric release
... uncertainty associated with climate sensitivity. GDP increases at 2±1 %yr−1, as in SRES scenarios, giving a mean 2100 value of $355 trillion, consistent with USG 2013. Reference temperature change follows a business-as-usual trend with projected increases of 0.015 °C yr−1 (as in recent observations) ...
... uncertainty associated with climate sensitivity. GDP increases at 2±1 %yr−1, as in SRES scenarios, giving a mean 2100 value of $355 trillion, consistent with USG 2013. Reference temperature change follows a business-as-usual trend with projected increases of 0.015 °C yr−1 (as in recent observations) ...
NVCA Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan Milestone 1
... “Scientific evidence shows climate change is happening now. This consensus that greenhouse gas emissions are seriously affecting Earth’s climate and that climate change is having increasing negative global impacts, effects the NVCA watershed’s environment and economy. The NVCA agrees that we need to ...
... “Scientific evidence shows climate change is happening now. This consensus that greenhouse gas emissions are seriously affecting Earth’s climate and that climate change is having increasing negative global impacts, effects the NVCA watershed’s environment and economy. The NVCA agrees that we need to ...
Some thoughts on a strategy for adaptation to
... desirable if one had far more detailed projections indicating when, where, and by how much (and with what probability) climate change effects will be experienced at different points throughout the century, under alternative SRES scenarios. There is a European-wide project, PRUDENCE, which is seeking ...
... desirable if one had far more detailed projections indicating when, where, and by how much (and with what probability) climate change effects will be experienced at different points throughout the century, under alternative SRES scenarios. There is a European-wide project, PRUDENCE, which is seeking ...
Public!Intellectuals
... action on climate change. I detail how public intellectuals establish their authority, spread their ideas, and shape political discourse, analyzing the contrasting stories that they tell about the causes and ...
... action on climate change. I detail how public intellectuals establish their authority, spread their ideas, and shape political discourse, analyzing the contrasting stories that they tell about the causes and ...
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... where yield is per acre yield, climate and land represent climate and soil conditions and do not lend themselves to control by decision makers. In this study average temperature and precipitation are considered as the major climate factors, with the average slope being used as a proxy for the charac ...
... where yield is per acre yield, climate and land represent climate and soil conditions and do not lend themselves to control by decision makers. In this study average temperature and precipitation are considered as the major climate factors, with the average slope being used as a proxy for the charac ...
colorado - Center for Integrative Environmental Research
... and $2.12 (2007) billion in revenue.24,25 Changes in temperature and precipitation could affect forest health, biodiversity (the number of different species) and water availability. Forests are likely the single most threatened natural resource, since foreign and native pests and diseases, as well a ...
... and $2.12 (2007) billion in revenue.24,25 Changes in temperature and precipitation could affect forest health, biodiversity (the number of different species) and water availability. Forests are likely the single most threatened natural resource, since foreign and native pests and diseases, as well a ...
ALAP_2014_FINAL120
... risks, educated individuals are more empowered and hence more adaptive in their response to, preparation for, and recovery from disasters. Furthermore, better educated societies have greater social, economic, and institutional capabilities necessary for successful adaptation to climatic change (KC a ...
... risks, educated individuals are more empowered and hence more adaptive in their response to, preparation for, and recovery from disasters. Furthermore, better educated societies have greater social, economic, and institutional capabilities necessary for successful adaptation to climatic change (KC a ...
The Positive Feedback Loop between the Impacts of Climate
... Climate and agricultural change form a two-way feedback loop. Agriculture affects the climate through the emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) associated with agricultural productivity (e.g., from livestock and nitrogen fertiliser) and also through agricultural expansion into areas of natural vegeta ...
... Climate and agricultural change form a two-way feedback loop. Agriculture affects the climate through the emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) associated with agricultural productivity (e.g., from livestock and nitrogen fertiliser) and also through agricultural expansion into areas of natural vegeta ...
What Is the Right Price for Carbon Emissions?
... not statistically related to other bad outcomes in the aggregate economy—then insurance prices depend only on average damages. The cost of insuring a diversifiable risk is a simple calculation of the discounted value of expected (average) future damages. Pricing fire insurance appropriately is a goo ...
... not statistically related to other bad outcomes in the aggregate economy—then insurance prices depend only on average damages. The cost of insuring a diversifiable risk is a simple calculation of the discounted value of expected (average) future damages. Pricing fire insurance appropriately is a goo ...
PPT
... Climate change is changing precipitation patterns in the tropical Pacific more rain (What are the implications for rest of globe?) Present-day El Nino events are not unusual. (What caused the strong El Nino events in the 17th century, if anything?) ...
... Climate change is changing precipitation patterns in the tropical Pacific more rain (What are the implications for rest of globe?) Present-day El Nino events are not unusual. (What caused the strong El Nino events in the 17th century, if anything?) ...
On the Conflict Shoreline
... amazing coincidence: many of these attacks—from South Waziristan through northern Yemen, Somalia, Mali, Iraq, Gaza, and Libya – are directly on or close to the 200mm aridity line … To follow this line on its journey east and west is not to claim that conflicts along it have been directly determined ...
... amazing coincidence: many of these attacks—from South Waziristan through northern Yemen, Somalia, Mali, Iraq, Gaza, and Libya – are directly on or close to the 200mm aridity line … To follow this line on its journey east and west is not to claim that conflicts along it have been directly determined ...
Pastures in the high rainfall zone – their
... Queensland suggests the isoline for where equal populations of C3 and C4 plants exist, will be moved south 100 km by a temperature rise of 3oC, and 250 km when combined with a doubling of atmospheric CO2. While the warmer/seasonally drier scenario anticipated for NSW is consistent with inducing a sh ...
... Queensland suggests the isoline for where equal populations of C3 and C4 plants exist, will be moved south 100 km by a temperature rise of 3oC, and 250 km when combined with a doubling of atmospheric CO2. While the warmer/seasonally drier scenario anticipated for NSW is consistent with inducing a sh ...
Rachel Carson`s Legacy for the Citizen Activist
... research,” imagines a future conversation in which his grandchildren ask why he didn’t do more to stop climate change. By framing the issue as a “planetary emergency,” he challenges policy makers and educators to ensure that today’s youngsters do not inherit a world of environmental degradation and ...
... research,” imagines a future conversation in which his grandchildren ask why he didn’t do more to stop climate change. By framing the issue as a “planetary emergency,” he challenges policy makers and educators to ensure that today’s youngsters do not inherit a world of environmental degradation and ...