The Greenhouse Effect o
... The State Education and Environment Roundtable and The Acorn Group served as the principal consultants throughout the development of the California Education and the Environment Initiative. Special thanks for their leadership in the development of the EEI curriculum. Valuable assistance with maps, p ...
... The State Education and Environment Roundtable and The Acorn Group served as the principal consultants throughout the development of the California Education and the Environment Initiative. Special thanks for their leadership in the development of the EEI curriculum. Valuable assistance with maps, p ...
Links between native forest and climate in Australia
... Mesoscale Model (MM5) to highlight anomalies in spatial patterns of climate for January and July over an eight-year period, backdating conditions in 1788 relative to those of 1988. Their study demonstrated a strong impact on surface temperatures in southwest Western Australia and a reduction in rain ...
... Mesoscale Model (MM5) to highlight anomalies in spatial patterns of climate for January and July over an eight-year period, backdating conditions in 1788 relative to those of 1988. Their study demonstrated a strong impact on surface temperatures in southwest Western Australia and a reduction in rain ...
Wildlife Vulnerability to Climate Change
... In order to design effective adaptation strategies and prioritize limited conservation resource, practitioners need to determine which wildlife species will be most vulnerable to climate change. Vulnerability assessments are an approach used to assess a species or other conservation target’s vulnera ...
... In order to design effective adaptation strategies and prioritize limited conservation resource, practitioners need to determine which wildlife species will be most vulnerable to climate change. Vulnerability assessments are an approach used to assess a species or other conservation target’s vulnera ...
Psychological research and global climate change
... personal situations of consumers and resonates with their important values52. Social influence approaches (for example, making a public commitment or observing role models) can also be influential in reducing emissions44,47. The ‘block leader’ approach, which capitalizes on social networks by engagi ...
... personal situations of consumers and resonates with their important values52. Social influence approaches (for example, making a public commitment or observing role models) can also be influential in reducing emissions44,47. The ‘block leader’ approach, which capitalizes on social networks by engagi ...
awareness of both type 1 and 2 errors in climate science and
... avoiding type 1 errors at various stages in the assessment process, which may have worsened following the Himalayan glacier event. Growing evidence suggests that, partly owing to this treatment of error as well as other processes, consensus scientific assessments to date are likely to underestimate ...
... avoiding type 1 errors at various stages in the assessment process, which may have worsened following the Himalayan glacier event. Growing evidence suggests that, partly owing to this treatment of error as well as other processes, consensus scientific assessments to date are likely to underestimate ...
ICLEI Milestone 2 Report Climate Changes and Impacts for the City
... especially for climate stations with shorter records. Most of the region experienced little change in annual precipitation, with small increases in the west, including at YVR (~10mm/decade), and decreases in the east. The major outlier was Grouse Mountain which experienced a large decrease of -147mm ...
... especially for climate stations with shorter records. Most of the region experienced little change in annual precipitation, with small increases in the west, including at YVR (~10mm/decade), and decreases in the east. The major outlier was Grouse Mountain which experienced a large decrease of -147mm ...
The recent pause in global warming (1): What do observations of the
... The global mean temperature near the surface of the Earth is often used as the primary indicator of climate change, and often as the only indicator in many discussions. National and international negotiations on climate change tend to focus on ways of limiting global mean surface temperature rise to ...
... The global mean temperature near the surface of the Earth is often used as the primary indicator of climate change, and often as the only indicator in many discussions. National and international negotiations on climate change tend to focus on ways of limiting global mean surface temperature rise to ...
Climate variability and change: a perspective from the oceania region
... and how will these impact the coasts? 6. How to have significant benefits on climate service delivery and environmental management? 7. What are the best methods for assessing climate change risks, vulnerability and adaptation options? This review utilises these questions as the basis for the ...
... and how will these impact the coasts? 6. How to have significant benefits on climate service delivery and environmental management? 7. What are the best methods for assessing climate change risks, vulnerability and adaptation options? This review utilises these questions as the basis for the ...
Nonstate Actors in the Global Climate Regime
... narrowly focused groups. Climate change politics is still about big issues—when and how much emissions will be reduced—but it is also, increasingly, about smaller, more technical matters of implementation that animate a wide range of diverse interest groups. Thus the flourishing of NGO activity foll ...
... narrowly focused groups. Climate change politics is still about big issues—when and how much emissions will be reduced—but it is also, increasingly, about smaller, more technical matters of implementation that animate a wide range of diverse interest groups. Thus the flourishing of NGO activity foll ...
Under New Management - Forum for the Future
... Others, though, have come to the conclusion that all the different interventions by government to mitigate the impacts of climate change are highly unlikely to stabilise emissions at a so-called safe level. For them, getting on with early stage research into geoengineering is a no-brainer. This ...
... Others, though, have come to the conclusion that all the different interventions by government to mitigate the impacts of climate change are highly unlikely to stabilise emissions at a so-called safe level. For them, getting on with early stage research into geoengineering is a no-brainer. This ...
Climate Threat to the Planet
... Let me make note of the assertion that the world could be headed into colder times because of changes on the sun, because that misconception has been spread widely. Solar irradiance has been measured since the late 1970s, and the solar irradiance remains at or near a prolonged solar minimum, which i ...
... Let me make note of the assertion that the world could be headed into colder times because of changes on the sun, because that misconception has been spread widely. Solar irradiance has been measured since the late 1970s, and the solar irradiance remains at or near a prolonged solar minimum, which i ...
how will climate change affect tourism flows in europe?
... northern European tourists might prefer staying close to home instead of travelling south. Some might also perceive the summer months in some Mediterranean resorts as too hot, and thus travel elsewhere or change their traveling date. ...
... northern European tourists might prefer staying close to home instead of travelling south. Some might also perceive the summer months in some Mediterranean resorts as too hot, and thus travel elsewhere or change their traveling date. ...
Why does climate change? What is man’s role?
... Ice core samples reveal that tropospheric COS concentration has risen approximately 30 percent since the 1600s, from a mean value of 373 parts per trillion (ppt) over the period 1616-1694 to about 485 ppt today. This is a sizeable increase, and only about one-fourth of it can be attributed to anth ...
... Ice core samples reveal that tropospheric COS concentration has risen approximately 30 percent since the 1600s, from a mean value of 373 parts per trillion (ppt) over the period 1616-1694 to about 485 ppt today. This is a sizeable increase, and only about one-fourth of it can be attributed to anth ...
Climate Change Preparedness and Resiliency Checklist
... The Climate Change Preparedness and Resiliency Policy, enacted in 2013, requires that all projects subject to Boston Zoning Code Article 80B, Large Project Review, complete a Climate Change Preparedness and Resiliency Checklist (Resiliency Checklist). The Resiliency Checklist provides a framework fo ...
... The Climate Change Preparedness and Resiliency Policy, enacted in 2013, requires that all projects subject to Boston Zoning Code Article 80B, Large Project Review, complete a Climate Change Preparedness and Resiliency Checklist (Resiliency Checklist). The Resiliency Checklist provides a framework fo ...
ICTs for reducing C emissions: a development perspective
... ICTs enable energy efficiency by reducing the amount of energy to deliver a service: • By monitoring and directly managing energy consumption in major energy using sectors, • By providing the tools for more energy-efficient business models and practices and lifestyles: e-commerce, egovernment, telew ...
... ICTs enable energy efficiency by reducing the amount of energy to deliver a service: • By monitoring and directly managing energy consumption in major energy using sectors, • By providing the tools for more energy-efficient business models and practices and lifestyles: e-commerce, egovernment, telew ...
Climate change and Irish forestry
... applications such as heating where there is a high energy efficiency. ...
... applications such as heating where there is a high energy efficiency. ...
The use of agrobiodiversity in adapting to climate change
... Climate change and Tibetan agrobiodiversity —Jan Salick The IPCC predicts Tibetan climate will undergo increases in temperature and precipitation. This, coupled with glacial retreat and loss of snow cover on mountains, will lead to unpredictability of seasons and monsoons. Resultant impacts to agrob ...
... Climate change and Tibetan agrobiodiversity —Jan Salick The IPCC predicts Tibetan climate will undergo increases in temperature and precipitation. This, coupled with glacial retreat and loss of snow cover on mountains, will lead to unpredictability of seasons and monsoons. Resultant impacts to agrob ...
Discussion Paper - International Council for Science
... made to ensure that future industrial development is based on environmentally sustainable and economically appropriate production systems. Scientific research and technological innovation will continue to be an essential foundation for such developments. As with all major sustainable development cha ...
... made to ensure that future industrial development is based on environmentally sustainable and economically appropriate production systems. Scientific research and technological innovation will continue to be an essential foundation for such developments. As with all major sustainable development cha ...
The Use of New Economic Decision- Support Tools for - circle-2
... option values, thus providing context to decisions under uncertainty. It can also provide economic analysis on the benefits of flexibility and value information that reduces the uncertainty relating to climate risks. ...
... option values, thus providing context to decisions under uncertainty. It can also provide economic analysis on the benefits of flexibility and value information that reduces the uncertainty relating to climate risks. ...
What does it mean to be carbon neutral?
... business the public at large can help combat climate change; 7. Reputational risk. More and more, companies that do nothing with regards to climate change are publicly criticised. For some companies, it is too much of a risk not to be taking steps to address climate change due to the risk of negativ ...
... business the public at large can help combat climate change; 7. Reputational risk. More and more, companies that do nothing with regards to climate change are publicly criticised. For some companies, it is too much of a risk not to be taking steps to address climate change due to the risk of negativ ...
US Climate Science and Cyberinfrastructure
... Improve American Competitiveness through investments in science and technology to foster economic growth; improve the quality of life; and strengthen our national security. ...
... Improve American Competitiveness through investments in science and technology to foster economic growth; improve the quality of life; and strengthen our national security. ...
Wage et to fall unle warming i tackled
... with a 13°C peak for the ear when economie did et. “The data tell u that there are particular temperature where we human are reall good at producing tu ,” Dr urke a. “In countrie that are normall quite cold – motl wealth northern countrie – higher temperature are aociated with ...
... with a 13°C peak for the ear when economie did et. “The data tell u that there are particular temperature where we human are reall good at producing tu ,” Dr urke a. “In countrie that are normall quite cold – motl wealth northern countrie – higher temperature are aociated with ...
Print - Climate Change Knowledge Portal
... Integrated planning and implementation of adaptation actions in production zones important for national food security ...
... Integrated planning and implementation of adaptation actions in production zones important for national food security ...
Removing Climate Change as a Barrier to Economic Progress
... since the last decade of the twentieth century (Cline 1992, Nordhaus 1994, 2008). It was the focus of the Stern Review, commissioned by the United Kingdom Government (Stern 2007). The studies cited above calculate the interests of the international community as a whole in climate change mitigation, ...
... since the last decade of the twentieth century (Cline 1992, Nordhaus 1994, 2008). It was the focus of the Stern Review, commissioned by the United Kingdom Government (Stern 2007). The studies cited above calculate the interests of the international community as a whole in climate change mitigation, ...
Climate, Drought, and Wildfire Effects on Water Quality
... Shortage risk has been “rolled back” by about one year. System reservoir storage is currently about what it was in 2003. The entire Colorado River storage system decreased from 55.7 (95% capacity) to 29.7 (52% capacity) MAF from October 1, 1999 to October 1, 2004. ...
... Shortage risk has been “rolled back” by about one year. System reservoir storage is currently about what it was in 2003. The entire Colorado River storage system decreased from 55.7 (95% capacity) to 29.7 (52% capacity) MAF from October 1, 1999 to October 1, 2004. ...