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... occur first at the local level and affect local people. These localized impacts can then cascade to have national and international ramifications. As a result, the responsibility for managing such risks requires the linkage of local, national, and global scales’. Therefore, it is imperative to study ...
... occur first at the local level and affect local people. These localized impacts can then cascade to have national and international ramifications. As a result, the responsibility for managing such risks requires the linkage of local, national, and global scales’. Therefore, it is imperative to study ...
The Austrian Strategy for Adaptation to Climate
... can be found in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 1 (UNFCCC 2007, ratified by Austria), as well as in Art. 10 (b) of the Kyoto Protocol, which came into force in 2005. These agreements require the signatory parties to develop, implement, and update national and (where appropr ...
... can be found in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 1 (UNFCCC 2007, ratified by Austria), as well as in Art. 10 (b) of the Kyoto Protocol, which came into force in 2005. These agreements require the signatory parties to develop, implement, and update national and (where appropr ...
fisheries management
... each year) performs remarkably well at tracking long-term fluctuations in stock productivity, as would be caused by climate change. The information needed to develop such a strategy relies heavily on our ability to forecast year-to-year variation in abundance but does not necessar- ...
... each year) performs remarkably well at tracking long-term fluctuations in stock productivity, as would be caused by climate change. The information needed to develop such a strategy relies heavily on our ability to forecast year-to-year variation in abundance but does not necessar- ...
Climate Predictions and Projections Program
... • Global Change Research Act: This act mandates the development of a research program whose goal is to understand climate variability and its predictability • Weather Service Organic Act: Outlines NOAA’s responsibility to produce climate forecasts • Coastal Zone Management Act: Requires understandin ...
... • Global Change Research Act: This act mandates the development of a research program whose goal is to understand climate variability and its predictability • Weather Service Organic Act: Outlines NOAA’s responsibility to produce climate forecasts • Coastal Zone Management Act: Requires understandin ...
Conference Proceedings, 2011 Low Impact Development
... economic benefits—for both construction budgets and project life-cycle costs—that are increasingly being realized by municipalities, commercial developers, and others when using Green Infrastructure (GI) for stormwater management. LID is commonly misperceived as only adding expense to a project; how ...
... economic benefits—for both construction budgets and project life-cycle costs—that are increasingly being realized by municipalities, commercial developers, and others when using Green Infrastructure (GI) for stormwater management. LID is commonly misperceived as only adding expense to a project; how ...
The Austrian Strategy for Adaptation to Climate
... can be found in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 1 (UNFCCC 2007, ratified by Austria), as well as in Art. 10 (b) of the Kyoto Protocol, which came into force in 2005. These agreements require the signatory parties to develop, implement, and update national and (where appropr ...
... can be found in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 1 (UNFCCC 2007, ratified by Austria), as well as in Art. 10 (b) of the Kyoto Protocol, which came into force in 2005. These agreements require the signatory parties to develop, implement, and update national and (where appropr ...
Climate Change and Collective Responsibility
... 3 I take this term from Hart (1968), but use it in a slightly different way. Hart argued that the “primary sense” of responsibility concerned charges that, if established, entail “liability to punishment or blame or other adverse treatment”, but focus especially on remedial or compensatory orders th ...
... 3 I take this term from Hart (1968), but use it in a slightly different way. Hart argued that the “primary sense” of responsibility concerned charges that, if established, entail “liability to punishment or blame or other adverse treatment”, but focus especially on remedial or compensatory orders th ...
Phase relationships between Antarctic and Greenland
... Steig and Alley: Relationships between Antarctic and Greenland climate As would be expected from previous work (e.g. Imbrie and others, 1993), Figure 2 shows that secular variations, i.e. the lower frequencies associated with the ice-age cycles, are generally in phase in both hemispheres.This is in ...
... Steig and Alley: Relationships between Antarctic and Greenland climate As would be expected from previous work (e.g. Imbrie and others, 1993), Figure 2 shows that secular variations, i.e. the lower frequencies associated with the ice-age cycles, are generally in phase in both hemispheres.This is in ...
Effect of climate change on air quality
... GCM–CTM studies find that climate change alone will increase summertime surface ozone in polluted regions by 1–10 ppb over the coming decades, with the largest effects in urban areas and during pollution episodes. This climate penalty means that stronger emission controls will be needed to meet a giv ...
... GCM–CTM studies find that climate change alone will increase summertime surface ozone in polluted regions by 1–10 ppb over the coming decades, with the largest effects in urban areas and during pollution episodes. This climate penalty means that stronger emission controls will be needed to meet a giv ...
climate change: realities of relocation for alaska native villages
... identified as imminently threatened had decided to relocate. The GAO reported that these communities were at varying stages in the process, and slowed down by a number of challenges, including choosing a relocation site, paying for the process, and partnering with government organizations. Addi ...
... identified as imminently threatened had decided to relocate. The GAO reported that these communities were at varying stages in the process, and slowed down by a number of challenges, including choosing a relocation site, paying for the process, and partnering with government organizations. Addi ...
Communication for Climate Change Multi
... running global youth competitions, to building a knowledge network of more than 400 partners, to supporting World Bank operations across the African continent, to organizing high-profile and mass public outreach events that reached a potential audience of 4.4 billion during the UNFCCC COP21 in 2015, ...
... running global youth competitions, to building a knowledge network of more than 400 partners, to supporting World Bank operations across the African continent, to organizing high-profile and mass public outreach events that reached a potential audience of 4.4 billion during the UNFCCC COP21 in 2015, ...
Summary of Climate Change Effects on Major Habitat Types in
... Nationwide, the effects of climate change are projected to include increasingly severe storms and floods in some places and increasing droughts in other places.15 Some locations are expected to be subject to each of these conditions during different times of the year.16 In parts of the United States ...
... Nationwide, the effects of climate change are projected to include increasingly severe storms and floods in some places and increasing droughts in other places.15 Some locations are expected to be subject to each of these conditions during different times of the year.16 In parts of the United States ...
Hydrological Cycle in the Danube basin in present
... value), the standard deviation measures the effects of the stochastic processes. The closer we are to ...
... value), the standard deviation measures the effects of the stochastic processes. The closer we are to ...
Effect of climate change on air quality
... GCM–CTM studies find that climate change alone will increase summertime surface ozone in polluted regions by 1–10 ppb over the coming decades, with the largest effects in urban areas and during pollution episodes. This climate penalty means that stronger emission controls will be needed to meet a giv ...
... GCM–CTM studies find that climate change alone will increase summertime surface ozone in polluted regions by 1–10 ppb over the coming decades, with the largest effects in urban areas and during pollution episodes. This climate penalty means that stronger emission controls will be needed to meet a giv ...
- Wiley Online Library
... et al. (1999) as further evidence that the Central Grasslands in the USA and the Earth were warming. Escalating the issue further, the news media report on this work sensationalized that ‘Global warming could mean trouble for ranchers on the plains of Colorado and New Mexico’ (Associated Press). Thi ...
... et al. (1999) as further evidence that the Central Grasslands in the USA and the Earth were warming. Escalating the issue further, the news media report on this work sensationalized that ‘Global warming could mean trouble for ranchers on the plains of Colorado and New Mexico’ (Associated Press). Thi ...
problems in evaluating regional and local trends in temperature
... et al. (1999) as further evidence that the Central Grasslands in the USA and the Earth were warming. Escalating the issue further, the news media report on this work sensationalized that ‘Global warming could mean trouble for ranchers on the plains of Colorado and New Mexico’ (Associated Press). Thi ...
... et al. (1999) as further evidence that the Central Grasslands in the USA and the Earth were warming. Escalating the issue further, the news media report on this work sensationalized that ‘Global warming could mean trouble for ranchers on the plains of Colorado and New Mexico’ (Associated Press). Thi ...
The Diverse Role Of Humans Need to Broaden the Perspective Presented to
... and ranges in 2005 for anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and other important agents and mechanisms, together with the typical geographical extent (spatial scale) of the forcing and the assessed level of scientific understanding (LOSU). The net anthropogenic radia ...
... and ranges in 2005 for anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and other important agents and mechanisms, together with the typical geographical extent (spatial scale) of the forcing and the assessed level of scientific understanding (LOSU). The net anthropogenic radia ...
Annual Transition Statement - Select Organisation
... which this annual transition statement is reporting. At the core of the 2015 Act is a statutory recognition of the ‘national transition objective’ – the goal of pursuing a low carbon, climate resilient and environmentally sustainable economy by 2050. In order to facilitate the achievement of the ‘tr ...
... which this annual transition statement is reporting. At the core of the 2015 Act is a statutory recognition of the ‘national transition objective’ – the goal of pursuing a low carbon, climate resilient and environmentally sustainable economy by 2050. In order to facilitate the achievement of the ‘tr ...
Climate Change and Heat Deaths: Newest Estimates
... emission control policy (B1), or a business-as-usual option (A1F1). The AOGCM simulations were then developed using these carbon equivalent values. To account of any potential biases in the AOGCM scenario estimates, the values produced for the 1990s were compared to the actual data from that time pe ...
... emission control policy (B1), or a business-as-usual option (A1F1). The AOGCM simulations were then developed using these carbon equivalent values. To account of any potential biases in the AOGCM scenario estimates, the values produced for the 1990s were compared to the actual data from that time pe ...
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... the value of agricultural land. Its appeal is that if land markets are operating properly, prices will reflect the present discounted value of land rents into the infinite future. MNS write the following about the hedonic approach: Instead of studying yields of specific crops, we examine how climate ...
... the value of agricultural land. Its appeal is that if land markets are operating properly, prices will reflect the present discounted value of land rents into the infinite future. MNS write the following about the hedonic approach: Instead of studying yields of specific crops, we examine how climate ...
UNFCCC First Ten Years
... observed in the last 50 years can be attributed to human activity. Greater and more abrupt climatic variations may occur in the future with increased frequency and magnitude of extreme weather events, such as hurricanes and droughts. The Panel concluded, however, that the net effects on the global e ...
... observed in the last 50 years can be attributed to human activity. Greater and more abrupt climatic variations may occur in the future with increased frequency and magnitude of extreme weather events, such as hurricanes and droughts. The Panel concluded, however, that the net effects on the global e ...
Scoping Study: Reviewing the Coverage of Economic Impacts in the
... Asia, Africa and South America. A specific issue on imported embodied water has also been identified by the review. ...
... Asia, Africa and South America. A specific issue on imported embodied water has also been identified by the review. ...
The Impact of Climate Change on Hurricane
... Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) argues that tropical storms and other extreme events are an important reason to support greenhouse gas mitigation efforts. Several scientists report an increase in hurricane intensity over the last 30 years (Emanuel 2005, IPCC 2007a). The IPCC (2001) and Swiss Re (2006 ...
... Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) argues that tropical storms and other extreme events are an important reason to support greenhouse gas mitigation efforts. Several scientists report an increase in hurricane intensity over the last 30 years (Emanuel 2005, IPCC 2007a). The IPCC (2001) and Swiss Re (2006 ...
Natural selection on thermal performance in a novel thermal
... a rapid evolutionary response to climate change. Assuming these values for heritability, the change in mean Topt and Tbr after a sudden 2.7 °C increase in operative temperature would range from 0.25–0.75 °C and 0.5–1.5 °C, respectively. Thus, even if the amount of warming expected through the end of ...
... a rapid evolutionary response to climate change. Assuming these values for heritability, the change in mean Topt and Tbr after a sudden 2.7 °C increase in operative temperature would range from 0.25–0.75 °C and 0.5–1.5 °C, respectively. Thus, even if the amount of warming expected through the end of ...
