Scientific Advice in Government: Collaborating and Communicating Bootle Town Hall Sir John Beddington
... Foot and Mouth 2001 “The involvement of independent sources of scientific advice early in the 2001 epidemic was due to the personal intervention of the Chairman of the Food Standards Agency. The formal engagement of a scientific advisory group was not until 35 days after the start of the ...
... Foot and Mouth 2001 “The involvement of independent sources of scientific advice early in the 2001 epidemic was due to the personal intervention of the Chairman of the Food Standards Agency. The formal engagement of a scientific advisory group was not until 35 days after the start of the ...
Global and Climate Change
... may allow a more robust evaluation of planning alternatives, particularly when there is concern that study outcomes and decisions be sensitive to climate assumptions. • Key Point 7: Evidence of past climate change and current expectations about future climate might lead to less reliance on historica ...
... may allow a more robust evaluation of planning alternatives, particularly when there is concern that study outcomes and decisions be sensitive to climate assumptions. • Key Point 7: Evidence of past climate change and current expectations about future climate might lead to less reliance on historica ...
The FWs` Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program and Coastal
... both goals are achievable, but the prognosis seems to be that this may not always be the case (Harris et al. 2006). Inextricably linked to this discussion is the question of whether the focus should be on maintaining historical species assemblages versus maintaining space and capacity for ecosystem ...
... both goals are achievable, but the prognosis seems to be that this may not always be the case (Harris et al. 2006). Inextricably linked to this discussion is the question of whether the focus should be on maintaining historical species assemblages versus maintaining space and capacity for ecosystem ...
National Disaster Management Centre
... supports the Climate Change Adaptation Approach of the Government’s National Climate Change Response Policy, to effectively manage inevitable climate change impacts through interventions that build and sustain South Africa’s social, economic and environmental resilience and emergency response capaci ...
... supports the Climate Change Adaptation Approach of the Government’s National Climate Change Response Policy, to effectively manage inevitable climate change impacts through interventions that build and sustain South Africa’s social, economic and environmental resilience and emergency response capaci ...
Class Slides
... • CO2 levels are rising and will likely double by 2070. • The greenhouse relationship between higher CO2 levels and warmer temperatures is indisputable. • Even with perfect knowledge of future CO2 levels, there is significant uncertainty about how much warming would occur and how fast it would occur ...
... • CO2 levels are rising and will likely double by 2070. • The greenhouse relationship between higher CO2 levels and warmer temperatures is indisputable. • Even with perfect knowledge of future CO2 levels, there is significant uncertainty about how much warming would occur and how fast it would occur ...
State of the Climate: New Jersey 2013
... State of the Climate: New Jersey provides an overview of recent climate events and trends, their impacts, and their implications for the future of New Jersey. The changes that we are experiencing in New Jersey will be examined in the context of human-induced climate change, an important driver of re ...
... State of the Climate: New Jersey provides an overview of recent climate events and trends, their impacts, and their implications for the future of New Jersey. The changes that we are experiencing in New Jersey will be examined in the context of human-induced climate change, an important driver of re ...
Financial Institutions: Preparing the Market for adapting to Climate
... The project, moreover, developed three e-learning programmes for internal capacity building in the bank. Dissemination throughout the project duration was excellent. Three members of the project team attended the UNFCCC COP18 in Doha, at which the project manager gave an interview on RTCC TV channel ...
... The project, moreover, developed three e-learning programmes for internal capacity building in the bank. Dissemination throughout the project duration was excellent. Three members of the project team attended the UNFCCC COP18 in Doha, at which the project manager gave an interview on RTCC TV channel ...
hydroclimate projections to engineering practices for water
... and loss of forests have had physical impacts on the hydrological cycle especially in the recent decades. Increased frequency of floods, increased catchment erosion and siltation, inadequate environmental flows, increased pollution and deterioration of river water quality, and limited water supply a ...
... and loss of forests have had physical impacts on the hydrological cycle especially in the recent decades. Increased frequency of floods, increased catchment erosion and siltation, inadequate environmental flows, increased pollution and deterioration of river water quality, and limited water supply a ...
What is Climate Change?
... 12,000 factories and power stations are given carbon dioxide quotas. If they overshoot they can buy extra allowances in the market or pay a financial penalty; if they undershoot they can sell them. Prices in the EU market are now about 7.2 euros per metric ton. 8. What if a country misses its target ...
... 12,000 factories and power stations are given carbon dioxide quotas. If they overshoot they can buy extra allowances in the market or pay a financial penalty; if they undershoot they can sell them. Prices in the EU market are now about 7.2 euros per metric ton. 8. What if a country misses its target ...
NSW IMOS and productivity
... What’s so special about the ocean? • Life in the ocean has been evolving 2.7 B years longer than on land Earth is 79% ocean! ...
... What’s so special about the ocean? • Life in the ocean has been evolving 2.7 B years longer than on land Earth is 79% ocean! ...
Global Climate Change Assumptions
... GEMCo, a consortium of Canadian energy companies focusing on marketbased ways of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, today announced an agreement with IGF Insurance Company, the fourth largest crop insurer in the US, to buy up to 2.8 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emission reduction ...
... GEMCo, a consortium of Canadian energy companies focusing on marketbased ways of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, today announced an agreement with IGF Insurance Company, the fourth largest crop insurer in the US, to buy up to 2.8 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emission reduction ...
Climate Science is Not Settled
... Society's choices in the years ahead will necessarily be based on uncertain knowledge of future climates. That uncertainty need not be an excuse for inaction. There is well-justified prudence in accelerating the development of lowemissions technologies and in cost-effective energy-efficiency measure ...
... Society's choices in the years ahead will necessarily be based on uncertain knowledge of future climates. That uncertainty need not be an excuse for inaction. There is well-justified prudence in accelerating the development of lowemissions technologies and in cost-effective energy-efficiency measure ...
How to handle the issue of uncertainty in Local Climate Change
... Suggestions on new approaches which might handle the issue of uncertainty in a better way Connecting in a better way climate change mitigation and adaptation Differing between four modes of climate vulnerability Differing between four modes of climate adaptation Identifying a set of “rules ...
... Suggestions on new approaches which might handle the issue of uncertainty in a better way Connecting in a better way climate change mitigation and adaptation Differing between four modes of climate vulnerability Differing between four modes of climate adaptation Identifying a set of “rules ...
Resettlement - WordPress.com
... Finance: Establishment of financial mechanisms for capacity building and anticipatory planning in developing countries exposed most to climate risks, with joint funding by donors and the exposed countries themselves, since many M&A projects will not generate revenues that could offset costs ...
... Finance: Establishment of financial mechanisms for capacity building and anticipatory planning in developing countries exposed most to climate risks, with joint funding by donors and the exposed countries themselves, since many M&A projects will not generate revenues that could offset costs ...
Presentation: Gender and Climate Change
... Why Women are Essential cont’d Women who are active in policy advocacy can influence effective, gender-responsive legislation in their local governments. Khawla Al Sheikh explains that her role in alleviating the scarcity of water is important because “only a woman can sell to a woman” and she beli ...
... Why Women are Essential cont’d Women who are active in policy advocacy can influence effective, gender-responsive legislation in their local governments. Khawla Al Sheikh explains that her role in alleviating the scarcity of water is important because “only a woman can sell to a woman” and she beli ...
Assessing Human Health Vulnerability and Public Health Adaptation
... • Climate change can not be totally avoided • Climate change may be more rapid and more pronounced than current estimates • The severity of impacts will depend on the capacity to adapt and its effective deployment • Immediate benefits can be gained from better adaptation to climate variability and e ...
... • Climate change can not be totally avoided • Climate change may be more rapid and more pronounced than current estimates • The severity of impacts will depend on the capacity to adapt and its effective deployment • Immediate benefits can be gained from better adaptation to climate variability and e ...
International Energy Agency: Inaugural Big Ideas Seminar Mary
... out of poverty, improve public services and power their economies - just as the developed world has done. ...
... out of poverty, improve public services and power their economies - just as the developed world has done. ...
Coastal cities inundated, farming regions parched, ocean currents
... warmer world may be much to Russia’s liking, whether it comes by strategy or accident. And how long until high-latitude nations realize global warming might be in their interests? In recent years, Canada has increased its greenhouse-gas output more rapidly than most other rich countries. Maybe this ...
... warmer world may be much to Russia’s liking, whether it comes by strategy or accident. And how long until high-latitude nations realize global warming might be in their interests? In recent years, Canada has increased its greenhouse-gas output more rapidly than most other rich countries. Maybe this ...
Charnwood Climate Local Consultation
... Raising Awareness: How we plan to help stakeholders understand what help is available and what they can do themselves to reduce their impact on the environment Reducing Our Impact on Climate Change: What the Council can do to reduce its impact on the environment, and how we plan to work with partner ...
... Raising Awareness: How we plan to help stakeholders understand what help is available and what they can do themselves to reduce their impact on the environment Reducing Our Impact on Climate Change: What the Council can do to reduce its impact on the environment, and how we plan to work with partner ...
Journal Club Phenotypic Plasticity, SS 2015
... June 30: Lena M. & Christine; 21 Valladares et al. 2014. The effects of phenotypic plasticity and local adaptation on forecasts of species range shifts under climate change. Ecol Lett 17: 1351-1364 ...
... June 30: Lena M. & Christine; 21 Valladares et al. 2014. The effects of phenotypic plasticity and local adaptation on forecasts of species range shifts under climate change. Ecol Lett 17: 1351-1364 ...
1 The Politics of the Carbon Economy Peter Newell and Matthew
... of the incoming ‘New Labour’ government in the UK was to seek to reassure the markets of the credibility of their handling of the economy by handing over control over interest rates to the Bank of England. But the immediate effect of increased interest rates was what became known as the debt crisis ...
... of the incoming ‘New Labour’ government in the UK was to seek to reassure the markets of the credibility of their handling of the economy by handing over control over interest rates to the Bank of England. But the immediate effect of increased interest rates was what became known as the debt crisis ...
CSPR Briefing CS PR Br
... Goodsite, M. (2013). In Hac Vita Project Briefing No 1, 2013. Centre for Climate Science and Policy Research, Linköping University, Norrköping, Sweden. Available at www.cspr.se and www.liu.se/climatevisualization ...
... Goodsite, M. (2013). In Hac Vita Project Briefing No 1, 2013. Centre for Climate Science and Policy Research, Linköping University, Norrköping, Sweden. Available at www.cspr.se and www.liu.se/climatevisualization ...
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... that obligate long-distance migrants may suffer more than other groups of species, which may be able to adapt their behaviour. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) defines adaptation as ‘the adjustment in natural systems in response to climatic stimuli or their effects, which moderat ...
... that obligate long-distance migrants may suffer more than other groups of species, which may be able to adapt their behaviour. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) defines adaptation as ‘the adjustment in natural systems in response to climatic stimuli or their effects, which moderat ...