Methods of assessing human health vulnerability and public health
... systems caused by the combined impact of growing human population and economic activities. Environmental changes are now affecting the whole planet and disrupting earth’s life-supporting mechanisms, but the extent to which this affects human well-being and health varies substantially in different pa ...
... systems caused by the combined impact of growing human population and economic activities. Environmental changes are now affecting the whole planet and disrupting earth’s life-supporting mechanisms, but the extent to which this affects human well-being and health varies substantially in different pa ...
About observed and future climate changes in Flanders and Belgium
... ‘To what extent is climate change already noticeable in Flanders and Belgium?’ and ‘What are the expectations for the future?’, these are the central questions that this MIRA Climate Report 2015 seeks to address. The report begins with an explanation of the mechanism that is at the basis of global c ...
... ‘To what extent is climate change already noticeable in Flanders and Belgium?’ and ‘What are the expectations for the future?’, these are the central questions that this MIRA Climate Report 2015 seeks to address. The report begins with an explanation of the mechanism that is at the basis of global c ...
likely effects of global climate change on the purse seine fishery for
... This paper explores the possible effect that changes in global climate under a 2x atmospheric CO2 concentration may have on the fishery for Cape anchovy. Anchovy is one of the dominant small pelagic fish species in the Benguela upwelling system, and form the target of an important pelagic purse sein ...
... This paper explores the possible effect that changes in global climate under a 2x atmospheric CO2 concentration may have on the fishery for Cape anchovy. Anchovy is one of the dominant small pelagic fish species in the Benguela upwelling system, and form the target of an important pelagic purse sein ...
Forecasting non-life insurance demand in the BRICS economies: a preliminary evaluation of the impacts of income and climate change - Working Paper 61 (398 kB) (opens in new window)
... The Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP) was established by the University of Leeds and the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2008 to advance public and private action on climate change through innovative, rigorous research. The Centre is funded by the UK Economi ...
... The Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP) was established by the University of Leeds and the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2008 to advance public and private action on climate change through innovative, rigorous research. The Centre is funded by the UK Economi ...
Ecosystems, their properties, goods and services
... freshwater lakes and wetlands, C = croplands, O = oceans. Data are from Sabine et al. (2004, Table 2.2, p. 23), except for carbon content of yedoma permafrost and permafrost (light blue columns, left and right, respectively, Zimov et al., 2006), ocean organic carbon content (dissolved plus particula ...
... freshwater lakes and wetlands, C = croplands, O = oceans. Data are from Sabine et al. (2004, Table 2.2, p. 23), except for carbon content of yedoma permafrost and permafrost (light blue columns, left and right, respectively, Zimov et al., 2006), ocean organic carbon content (dissolved plus particula ...
Climate Change as Metaphor & Catalyst
... it and the universal quests of humankind identified by scholars of anthropology (Boas 1911 (1938), Douglas and Wildavsky 1982, LeVine and Campbell 1971/1972, Mead 1956, 1970, Textor 1967), comparative literature and religion (Campbell 1949, 1988, Smith 1958), psychology (LeVine and Campbell 1971/19 ...
... it and the universal quests of humankind identified by scholars of anthropology (Boas 1911 (1938), Douglas and Wildavsky 1982, LeVine and Campbell 1971/1972, Mead 1956, 1970, Textor 1967), comparative literature and religion (Campbell 1949, 1988, Smith 1958), psychology (LeVine and Campbell 1971/19 ...
A Warm Response, Our Climate Change Challenge
... consensus on anthropogenic global warming has emerged. Today there is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is attributable to human activities and that human-induced climate change, additional to that caused by natural variability, is now taking place (I ...
... consensus on anthropogenic global warming has emerged. Today there is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is attributable to human activities and that human-induced climate change, additional to that caused by natural variability, is now taking place (I ...
Annex II Risk profile outline
... To support informed decision making, the Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention, in collaboration with the Arctic Council‘s Arctic Monitoring Assessment Program (AMAP) have prepared a systematic and authoritative global review of the impacts of climate change on the dynamics and toxicity of persist ...
... To support informed decision making, the Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention, in collaboration with the Arctic Council‘s Arctic Monitoring Assessment Program (AMAP) have prepared a systematic and authoritative global review of the impacts of climate change on the dynamics and toxicity of persist ...
Carbon Disclosure submission
... Molson Coors’ Board and Executive Leadership Team have identified world class corporate responsibility performance as one of the four drivers of our global business strategy. Consistent with this commitment we are responding to the Carbon Disclosure Project for the seventh year. As a major global br ...
... Molson Coors’ Board and Executive Leadership Team have identified world class corporate responsibility performance as one of the four drivers of our global business strategy. Consistent with this commitment we are responding to the Carbon Disclosure Project for the seventh year. As a major global br ...
Coastal Councils and Planning for Climate Change
... to assist councils in setting benchmarks for strategic planning in relation to coastal hazards, and in providing guidance on when and how to conduct adaptive activities that address climate change risks in the coastal zone. ...
... to assist councils in setting benchmarks for strategic planning in relation to coastal hazards, and in providing guidance on when and how to conduct adaptive activities that address climate change risks in the coastal zone. ...
Loss and Damage: The Role of Ecosystem Services
... The case studies show that causal links between climate change and a specific event, with subsequent loss and damage, are often complicated. Oversimplification must be avoided and the role of different factors, such as governance or management of natural resources, should be explored further. For ex ...
... The case studies show that causal links between climate change and a specific event, with subsequent loss and damage, are often complicated. Oversimplification must be avoided and the role of different factors, such as governance or management of natural resources, should be explored further. For ex ...
1 OCTOBER TERM, 2006 Syllabus
... gases as air pollutants. The Court has no difficulty reconciling Con gress’ various efforts to promote interagency collaboration and re search to better understand climate change with the agency’s pre existing mandate to regulate “any air pollutant” that may endanger the public welfare. FDA v. Brown ...
... gases as air pollutants. The Court has no difficulty reconciling Con gress’ various efforts to promote interagency collaboration and re search to better understand climate change with the agency’s pre existing mandate to regulate “any air pollutant” that may endanger the public welfare. FDA v. Brown ...
Food security and adaptation in the context of potential CSA
... • Climatic shock variables significantly change the impacts of practices • Rainfall variability drives yield effects: In high variability areas… • Crop rotation has positive effects • Inorganic fertilizer & hybrids not effective ...
... • Climatic shock variables significantly change the impacts of practices • Rainfall variability drives yield effects: In high variability areas… • Crop rotation has positive effects • Inorganic fertilizer & hybrids not effective ...
1 OCTOBER TERM, 2006 Syllabus
... gases as air pollutants. The Court has no difficulty reconciling Con gress’ various efforts to promote interagency collaboration and re search to better understand climate change with the agency’s pre existing mandate to regulate “any air pollutant” that may endanger the public welfare. FDA v. Brown ...
... gases as air pollutants. The Court has no difficulty reconciling Con gress’ various efforts to promote interagency collaboration and re search to better understand climate change with the agency’s pre existing mandate to regulate “any air pollutant” that may endanger the public welfare. FDA v. Brown ...
Children and Climate Change
... change, but they ought to be central to these debates because they—as well as future generations—have a much larger stake in the outcome than we do. Compared with adults, children are physically more vulnerable to the direct effects of extreme heat, drought, and natural disasters. Climate change’s i ...
... change, but they ought to be central to these debates because they—as well as future generations—have a much larger stake in the outcome than we do. Compared with adults, children are physically more vulnerable to the direct effects of extreme heat, drought, and natural disasters. Climate change’s i ...
The economics of climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean
... Climate change poses one of the most formidable challenges of the twenty-first century. Its planet-wide causes and consequences are coupled with uneven, asymmetrical impacts on different regions, countries and socioeconomic groups, with those that have contributed the least to global warming often b ...
... Climate change poses one of the most formidable challenges of the twenty-first century. Its planet-wide causes and consequences are coupled with uneven, asymmetrical impacts on different regions, countries and socioeconomic groups, with those that have contributed the least to global warming often b ...
Mesozoic Climates. - Return to Home Page
... climatic variability. Changes in climate can be defined by the differences between average conditions at two separate times. Climate may vary in different ways and over different time scales. Variations may be periodic (and hence predictable), quasi-periodic or non-periodic (Hare, 1979). This guide ...
... climatic variability. Changes in climate can be defined by the differences between average conditions at two separate times. Climate may vary in different ways and over different time scales. Variations may be periodic (and hence predictable), quasi-periodic or non-periodic (Hare, 1979). This guide ...
A Methodology for Constructing Marginal Abatement Cost Curves for
... for innovation, accountability of decision-makers and accessibility to policy instruments; and is more conducive than at the neighbourhood-scale due to the availability of financial resources to implement climate programs. The economics of GHG mitigation options and its financial implications for ci ...
... for innovation, accountability of decision-makers and accessibility to policy instruments; and is more conducive than at the neighbourhood-scale due to the availability of financial resources to implement climate programs. The economics of GHG mitigation options and its financial implications for ci ...
Transformational Adaptation: Concepts, Examples, and their
... number of barriers will need to be overcome to facilitate transformational adaptation, including psychological barriers that make it difficult for people to imagine the possible nature and impacts of climate change. This might be addressed using analogues of future impacts based on past extreme even ...
... number of barriers will need to be overcome to facilitate transformational adaptation, including psychological barriers that make it difficult for people to imagine the possible nature and impacts of climate change. This might be addressed using analogues of future impacts based on past extreme even ...
Chapter 12. Human Security - Center for International Earth Science
... address climate change and human security links, but provide evidence of climate change impacts on human security (Ford et al., 2010). Individual case studies often make causal claims in given contexts, but their results may not be generalized. Where results from multiple comparative case studies ag ...
... address climate change and human security links, but provide evidence of climate change impacts on human security (Ford et al., 2010). Individual case studies often make causal claims in given contexts, but their results may not be generalized. Where results from multiple comparative case studies ag ...
a guidebook on climate scenarios
... Climate change is unequivocal. There is ample evidence from around the globe that changes have already occurred. This reality is forcing decision-makers to evaluate the potential impacts, risks, vulnerabilities and opportunities that climate change presents. The development of adaptation plans and a ...
... Climate change is unequivocal. There is ample evidence from around the globe that changes have already occurred. This reality is forcing decision-makers to evaluate the potential impacts, risks, vulnerabilities and opportunities that climate change presents. The development of adaptation plans and a ...
workingpaper - School of Psychology
... attitudes or social representations (Rogers-Hayden & Pidgeon, 2007), and this means that public attitudes and views can legitimately be fed into decision making processes around the development and regulation of geoengineering. Interest in upstream engagement – and the broader notion of ‘responsible ...
... attitudes or social representations (Rogers-Hayden & Pidgeon, 2007), and this means that public attitudes and views can legitimately be fed into decision making processes around the development and regulation of geoengineering. Interest in upstream engagement – and the broader notion of ‘responsible ...
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... greenhouse gases takes more than fifty years. Therefore, the global warming problem will persist for at least the next century. Climate change is expected to do damages to the economy, with estimates of, on average, 2% of GDP (IPCC, 2001b) by 2100 and perhaps much higher damages after that. Conseque ...
... greenhouse gases takes more than fifty years. Therefore, the global warming problem will persist for at least the next century. Climate change is expected to do damages to the economy, with estimates of, on average, 2% of GDP (IPCC, 2001b) by 2100 and perhaps much higher damages after that. Conseque ...