Policy indexes – what do they tell us and what are their applications? The case of climate policy and business planning in emerging markets: Working Paper 88 (678 kB) (opens in new window)
... measuring, comparing and predicting developments in non-market factors such as government policy formulation. Wharton (2008) concur stating that while new and emerging markets still present opportunities, they also provide increased political and policy risks for multi-national corporations. The abi ...
... measuring, comparing and predicting developments in non-market factors such as government policy formulation. Wharton (2008) concur stating that while new and emerging markets still present opportunities, they also provide increased political and policy risks for multi-national corporations. The abi ...
Effects of Man-Made Air Pollution on the Climate Teruyuki N
... Anthropogenic aerosols generated from global scale air pollution have been drawing recent intensive attention from the climate study community. One of the significant effects of man-made air pollution is its generation of fine aerosol particles, which further cause an earth’s climate change through ...
... Anthropogenic aerosols generated from global scale air pollution have been drawing recent intensive attention from the climate study community. One of the significant effects of man-made air pollution is its generation of fine aerosol particles, which further cause an earth’s climate change through ...
The Week That Was: 2015-11-28 (November 28, 2015) Brought to
... examine all the causes of changes to global climate. The IPCC was limited to finding and disseminating the human impact on climate. It does not test critical assumptions – hypotheses. As such, it is a limited source, an agenda-driven, political body, which has become extremely biased. As stated in t ...
... examine all the causes of changes to global climate. The IPCC was limited to finding and disseminating the human impact on climate. It does not test critical assumptions – hypotheses. As such, it is a limited source, an agenda-driven, political body, which has become extremely biased. As stated in t ...
The role of discourse in the quest for low
... as, for the market proponent, a relevant valuation and internalisation of environmental costs is the efficient way to solve environmental problems (Dryzek, 2005). Thus, while there is little preoccupation with effectiveness, the market discourse can be characterised by a ‘‘progressive gospel of effi ...
... as, for the market proponent, a relevant valuation and internalisation of environmental costs is the efficient way to solve environmental problems (Dryzek, 2005). Thus, while there is little preoccupation with effectiveness, the market discourse can be characterised by a ‘‘progressive gospel of effi ...
Transportation, Air Pollution, and Climate Change | US EPA
... the translation of these environmental impacts into economic damages. As a result, any effort to quantify and monetize the harms associated with climate change will raise serious questions of science, economics, and ethics and should be viewed as provisional. Despite the serious limits of both quant ...
... the translation of these environmental impacts into economic damages. As a result, any effort to quantify and monetize the harms associated with climate change will raise serious questions of science, economics, and ethics and should be viewed as provisional. Despite the serious limits of both quant ...
Ferruginous Hawk Climate Change Adaptation Plan for Alberta
... supplement the provincial Recovery Plan by examining in detail the scope and scale of past and projected changes in climate within the Alberta range of the FEHA, by summarizing current knowledge of the potential effects of climate change on FEHAs, and by exploring the adaptive responses that might b ...
... supplement the provincial Recovery Plan by examining in detail the scope and scale of past and projected changes in climate within the Alberta range of the FEHA, by summarizing current knowledge of the potential effects of climate change on FEHAs, and by exploring the adaptive responses that might b ...
Author's personal copy
... (NRC, 2007, 2010), in recent years, the Program has come under greater scrutiny both from those who first created it (the U.S. Congress) and from scholars who have analyzed different aspects of its design and implementation (Lambright, 1997; NRC, 2009b, 2010; Pielke, 1995). In 1992 and 2002, Congress ...
... (NRC, 2007, 2010), in recent years, the Program has come under greater scrutiny both from those who first created it (the U.S. Congress) and from scholars who have analyzed different aspects of its design and implementation (Lambright, 1997; NRC, 2009b, 2010; Pielke, 1995). In 1992 and 2002, Congress ...
An Adaptation Portfolio for the United States Coastal and Marine
... (and need) in particular locations and the spatial scale, timing, and type of instrument to employ. For example, are adaptation policies best left to state and local governments (Tol 2005)? In light of current institutional realities in the United States, we agree in principle with Tol (2005) who ...
... (and need) in particular locations and the spatial scale, timing, and type of instrument to employ. For example, are adaptation policies best left to state and local governments (Tol 2005)? In light of current institutional realities in the United States, we agree in principle with Tol (2005) who ...
Climate Change in Northern New Hampshire
... climate model simulations presented in this report can also be viewed online at the NH EPSCoR Data Discovery Center (http://epscor-ddc.sr.unh.edu). We also thank the several external reviewers who provided comments that significantly improved the report and Laurel Lloyd for copy-editing the report. ...
... climate model simulations presented in this report can also be viewed online at the NH EPSCoR Data Discovery Center (http://epscor-ddc.sr.unh.edu). We also thank the several external reviewers who provided comments that significantly improved the report and Laurel Lloyd for copy-editing the report. ...
Abstracts of research articles focusing on the climate change and
... precipitation from short-lived clouds such as form in moist air that crosses topographic barriers. This decreasing trend was partially mitigated by cloud seeding for rain enhancement, but apparently, the air pollution dominated and caused a net loss of orographic precipitation. A large portion of th ...
... precipitation from short-lived clouds such as form in moist air that crosses topographic barriers. This decreasing trend was partially mitigated by cloud seeding for rain enhancement, but apparently, the air pollution dominated and caused a net loss of orographic precipitation. A large portion of th ...
Northern New Hampshire
... climate model simulations presented in this report can also be viewed online at the NH EPSCoR Data Discovery Center (http://epscor-ddc.sr.unh.edu). We also thank the several external reviewers who provided comments that significantly improved the report and Laurel Lloyd for copy-editing the report. ...
... climate model simulations presented in this report can also be viewed online at the NH EPSCoR Data Discovery Center (http://epscor-ddc.sr.unh.edu). We also thank the several external reviewers who provided comments that significantly improved the report and Laurel Lloyd for copy-editing the report. ...
Up in smoke? Asia and the Pacific - iied iied
... The human drama of climate change will largely be played out in Asia, where over 60 per cent of the world’s population, around four billion people, live. Over half of those live near the coast, making them directly vulnerable to sea-level rise. Disruption to the region’s water cycle caused by climat ...
... The human drama of climate change will largely be played out in Asia, where over 60 per cent of the world’s population, around four billion people, live. Over half of those live near the coast, making them directly vulnerable to sea-level rise. Disruption to the region’s water cycle caused by climat ...
Determinants of Farmers` Climate Risk Perceptions in Agriculture—A
... Risk has been defined as the result of physically distinct hazards interacting with exposed systems—taking into consideration the properties of the systems, such as their sensitivity or social vulnerability. Risk also has been described as the combination of an event, its likelihood and its conseque ...
... Risk has been defined as the result of physically distinct hazards interacting with exposed systems—taking into consideration the properties of the systems, such as their sensitivity or social vulnerability. Risk also has been described as the combination of an event, its likelihood and its conseque ...
nullius in verba - The Global Warming Policy Foundation
... renewable energy do merit substantial levels of R&D investment and could well become key parts of the UK strategy for sustainable energy supply; initiatives to promote efficiency and conservation do have a part to play. But, in the light of this study, the Royal Society and the Royal Academy are con ...
... renewable energy do merit substantial levels of R&D investment and could well become key parts of the UK strategy for sustainable energy supply; initiatives to promote efficiency and conservation do have a part to play. But, in the light of this study, the Royal Society and the Royal Academy are con ...
Winter 2017. - Squarespace
... dearth often work together in articles and books on early medieval demography, economy and environment. Few historians of early medieval Europe would now doubt that severe winters, droughts and other weather extremes led to harvest failures and, through those failures, food shortages and mortality e ...
... dearth often work together in articles and books on early medieval demography, economy and environment. Few historians of early medieval Europe would now doubt that severe winters, droughts and other weather extremes led to harvest failures and, through those failures, food shortages and mortality e ...
Hydro_CC_0729 - University of Washington
... the distribution of climatic zones with drier arid area and wetter humid area. Most nonpolar arid areas and the Amazonia become drier, likely because of the weakening of the tropical circulation systems. The northern high latitudes and Asian monsoon regions become wetter. It suggests the enhanced la ...
... the distribution of climatic zones with drier arid area and wetter humid area. Most nonpolar arid areas and the Amazonia become drier, likely because of the weakening of the tropical circulation systems. The northern high latitudes and Asian monsoon regions become wetter. It suggests the enhanced la ...
unhedgeable risk: how climate change sentiment impacts investment
... impending climate-based sentiment risks in presentday financial markets based on long-term climate change projections. In fact, investors who act now may benefit from first-mover advantage, or at the very least, minimise their exposure to such risks which could evolve even more rapidly than anticipa ...
... impending climate-based sentiment risks in presentday financial markets based on long-term climate change projections. In fact, investors who act now may benefit from first-mover advantage, or at the very least, minimise their exposure to such risks which could evolve even more rapidly than anticipa ...
Climate change : quantifying the health impact at national
... pieces of information for prioritizing and defining strategies to protect population health. For policy-makers, disease burden estimates provide an indication of the current and future health gains that could be achieved by targeted protection from specific risks. To help provide a reliable source o ...
... pieces of information for prioritizing and defining strategies to protect population health. For policy-makers, disease burden estimates provide an indication of the current and future health gains that could be achieved by targeted protection from specific risks. To help provide a reliable source o ...
Saimaa University of Applied Sciences Faculty of Technology, Imatra
... mean temperature is predicted to increase by 2-6 degrees by the end 2100; increase in winter months of 3-9 degrees and summer months 1-5 degrees. The climate on the earth is changing because human activities are changing the chemical composition of the atmosphere, such that it translates into change ...
... mean temperature is predicted to increase by 2-6 degrees by the end 2100; increase in winter months of 3-9 degrees and summer months 1-5 degrees. The climate on the earth is changing because human activities are changing the chemical composition of the atmosphere, such that it translates into change ...
Co-ordination, Communication and Adaptation for Climate Change
... Climate Adaptation Platform or Climate-ADAPT, ...
... Climate Adaptation Platform or Climate-ADAPT, ...
Intermodel variability of the poleward shift of the austral jet stream in
... gested in Figure 1c applies only if the annular mode is uncorrelated with all other modes, and in the SH it has been shown that PC1 is not entirely independent of higher modes [Monahan et al., 2009]. [12] The weak correlation between t and DF may also reflect uncertainty in the model time scales and ...
... gested in Figure 1c applies only if the annular mode is uncorrelated with all other modes, and in the SH it has been shown that PC1 is not entirely independent of higher modes [Monahan et al., 2009]. [12] The weak correlation between t and DF may also reflect uncertainty in the model time scales and ...
Background Paper Nansen Initiative South Asian Regional
... unique challenges that also compel people to move, domestically and internationally.10 Given many countries’ high exposure and current adaptive capacity, South Asia is one of the regions in the world which will increasingly face the adverse effects of climate change, such as rising sea levels, salt ...
... unique challenges that also compel people to move, domestically and internationally.10 Given many countries’ high exposure and current adaptive capacity, South Asia is one of the regions in the world which will increasingly face the adverse effects of climate change, such as rising sea levels, salt ...
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... The frequency of circulation types over the Alpine region is explored using 20 different global and regional climate model chains. The projected changes in these circulation types are investigated for the 21st century using the SRES A1B scenario. The multi-model approach relies on the climate models ...
... The frequency of circulation types over the Alpine region is explored using 20 different global and regional climate model chains. The projected changes in these circulation types are investigated for the 21st century using the SRES A1B scenario. The multi-model approach relies on the climate models ...
Framework for City Climate Risk Assessment
... level rise and enhanced flooding in cities by the coasts, leading to changes in the spatial distribution and density of both formal and informal settlements. Degradation of building and infrastructure materials is also projected to occur. As warmer temperatures extend in ...
... level rise and enhanced flooding in cities by the coasts, leading to changes in the spatial distribution and density of both formal and informal settlements. Degradation of building and infrastructure materials is also projected to occur. As warmer temperatures extend in ...
Background Paper
... unique challenges that also compel people to move, domestically and internationally.10 Given many countries’ high exposure and current adaptive capacity, South Asia is one of the regions in the world which will increasingly face the adverse effects of climate change, such as rising sea levels, salt ...
... unique challenges that also compel people to move, domestically and internationally.10 Given many countries’ high exposure and current adaptive capacity, South Asia is one of the regions in the world which will increasingly face the adverse effects of climate change, such as rising sea levels, salt ...