CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION: Engaging
... The report is based on a series of business and multi-stakeholder dialogues on the role of the private sector in climate change adaptation. These dialogues were designed to initiate and facilitate an engagement process that would produce a better understanding of the barriers and opportunities to ha ...
... The report is based on a series of business and multi-stakeholder dialogues on the role of the private sector in climate change adaptation. These dialogues were designed to initiate and facilitate an engagement process that would produce a better understanding of the barriers and opportunities to ha ...
Climate Change Impacts on Tourism in the Mediterranean
... As one can see, the expansion in the service industries comes at the expense of the other two sectors, particularly Manufacturing. This is an example of a phenomenon, which is known in the literature as “the Dutch disease”6, and the meaning is that higher competitiveness in the tourism industry brin ...
... As one can see, the expansion in the service industries comes at the expense of the other two sectors, particularly Manufacturing. This is an example of a phenomenon, which is known in the literature as “the Dutch disease”6, and the meaning is that higher competitiveness in the tourism industry brin ...
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... In the United States, heat waves are the most prominent cause of weather-related mortality, exceeding the mortality rates for all other weather events combined. (S. A. Changnon, et al., "Impacts and Responses to the 1995 Heat Wave: A Call to Action," Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc. 77: 1497-1506 (1996).) M ...
... In the United States, heat waves are the most prominent cause of weather-related mortality, exceeding the mortality rates for all other weather events combined. (S. A. Changnon, et al., "Impacts and Responses to the 1995 Heat Wave: A Call to Action," Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc. 77: 1497-1506 (1996).) M ...
Joint projections of temperature and precipitation change from
... experiments. These studies unequivocally predict even larger future warming, in the absence of significant curbing of GHG emissions, with 2 ◦ C of additional warming being generally viewed as a lower bound estimate of the expected global change at the end of the 21st century, under so-called ‘busines ...
... experiments. These studies unequivocally predict even larger future warming, in the absence of significant curbing of GHG emissions, with 2 ◦ C of additional warming being generally viewed as a lower bound estimate of the expected global change at the end of the 21st century, under so-called ‘busines ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES CLIMATE ECONOMICS: A META-REVIEW AND SOME SUGGESTIONS Geoffrey Heal
... topic: we have probably seen more economics papers on climate change in the last year than in all preceding history, including an entire issue of The Economists’Voice and a large collection in World Economics.1 And many of them were by very distinguished colleagues, so the Stern Review provoked not ...
... topic: we have probably seen more economics papers on climate change in the last year than in all preceding history, including an entire issue of The Economists’Voice and a large collection in World Economics.1 And many of them were by very distinguished colleagues, so the Stern Review provoked not ...
Migration, Environment and Climate Change
... other multiple factors, such as social capital, education and employment opportunities, health-care needs, local government safety nets, age and gender (Bilegsaikhan, 2015; Diniega, 2016). Complementary to the findings of a 2009 population survey, the authors found that social or family connections, ...
... other multiple factors, such as social capital, education and employment opportunities, health-care needs, local government safety nets, age and gender (Bilegsaikhan, 2015; Diniega, 2016). Complementary to the findings of a 2009 population survey, the authors found that social or family connections, ...
PPAI Goals - US CLIVAR
... * Tasks would include studies of predictability & experimental predictions for tropical Pacific variability characteristics * Leverage ongoing decadal predictability experiments at GFDL & NCAR; experimental decadal predictions from ENSEMBLES Societally relevant question (e.g.): “ Can we expect more/ ...
... * Tasks would include studies of predictability & experimental predictions for tropical Pacific variability characteristics * Leverage ongoing decadal predictability experiments at GFDL & NCAR; experimental decadal predictions from ENSEMBLES Societally relevant question (e.g.): “ Can we expect more/ ...
The Surveyor’s Role in Monitoring, Mitigating, and Adapting to Climate Change FIG REPORT
... While individual surveyors have had a substantial involvement in climate change studies for almost three decades, it wasn’t until 2002 that climate change issues became a formal part of the deliberations within the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG). The initial emphasis was on climate chan ...
... While individual surveyors have had a substantial involvement in climate change studies for almost three decades, it wasn’t until 2002 that climate change issues became a formal part of the deliberations within the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG). The initial emphasis was on climate chan ...
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... moisture and soil fertility, changes in the length of the growing season, and an increased probability of extreme climatic conditions (Parry, 1990). To simulate these climatic effects of carbon dioxide-equivalent doubling, several research centers have developed global climate models (GCMs). Based ...
... moisture and soil fertility, changes in the length of the growing season, and an increased probability of extreme climatic conditions (Parry, 1990). To simulate these climatic effects of carbon dioxide-equivalent doubling, several research centers have developed global climate models (GCMs). Based ...
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... rejecting these tenets on scientific grounds, 97-98% of those who are active and prominent climate scientists were endorsers3 (Anderegg et al., 2010). Many other important aspects of climate change, particularly about its consequences, are less well established. Estimates of these have various degre ...
... rejecting these tenets on scientific grounds, 97-98% of those who are active and prominent climate scientists were endorsers3 (Anderegg et al., 2010). Many other important aspects of climate change, particularly about its consequences, are less well established. Estimates of these have various degre ...
Proceedings WARMING UP SEMINAR
... opportunities to save energy through improved efficiency. Controlling emissions and switching to low carbon power sources are both potential sources of carbon financing that can help offset development costs and new technologies. The global carbon market value reached $64 billion in 2007, of which $ ...
... opportunities to save energy through improved efficiency. Controlling emissions and switching to low carbon power sources are both potential sources of carbon financing that can help offset development costs and new technologies. The global carbon market value reached $64 billion in 2007, of which $ ...
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... home country markets and increase competition between imported and domestic goods, thus further lowering the compliance costs. By increasing the dissemination of climatefriendly goods and technologies at a lower cost, trade liberalization will make it less difficult to set stringent GHG emission tar ...
... home country markets and increase competition between imported and domestic goods, thus further lowering the compliance costs. By increasing the dissemination of climatefriendly goods and technologies at a lower cost, trade liberalization will make it less difficult to set stringent GHG emission tar ...
Assessing Climate Risks to Low Carbon Urban Projects
... 2015). Buildings, roads and other infrastructure in cities have long lifetimes, sometimes spanning 50 to 100 years of use. Urban infrastructure construction choices of today – retrofitting existing buildings for energy efficiency, setting green building standards for new infrastructure, encouraging ...
... 2015). Buildings, roads and other infrastructure in cities have long lifetimes, sometimes spanning 50 to 100 years of use. Urban infrastructure construction choices of today – retrofitting existing buildings for energy efficiency, setting green building standards for new infrastructure, encouraging ...
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... for climate change mitigation. Tree-based farming systems store carbon in soils and woody biomass, and they may also reduce greenhouse gas emissions from soils [33,34]. The substantial carbon sequestration potential of agroforestry stems not so much from a high carbon density, but from the large are ...
... for climate change mitigation. Tree-based farming systems store carbon in soils and woody biomass, and they may also reduce greenhouse gas emissions from soils [33,34]. The substantial carbon sequestration potential of agroforestry stems not so much from a high carbon density, but from the large are ...
Terms of Reference Pilot Program for Climate Resilience and Forest
... pilot landscape interventions and preservation efforts to transform the country’s rural sector into a more sustainable and low carbon economy through sustainable forest management and preservation of national forest ecosystems. Proposed objectives of the Rwanda FIP interventions include, among other ...
... pilot landscape interventions and preservation efforts to transform the country’s rural sector into a more sustainable and low carbon economy through sustainable forest management and preservation of national forest ecosystems. Proposed objectives of the Rwanda FIP interventions include, among other ...
The relationship between affective connections to animals and
... wildlife and nature; and their self-reported engagement in proenvironmental behaviors. Overall results of the study indicate zoo and aquarium visitors exhibit higher levels of acceptance, awareness, and concern about climate change than the general U.S. public (see also, Leiserowitz et al. 2012). Lu ...
... wildlife and nature; and their self-reported engagement in proenvironmental behaviors. Overall results of the study indicate zoo and aquarium visitors exhibit higher levels of acceptance, awareness, and concern about climate change than the general U.S. public (see also, Leiserowitz et al. 2012). Lu ...
Sustainable Agriculture Land Management
... greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere (see 1.3). These natural and human activities include: industrialisation, deforestation, destruction of ecosystems (wetlands, oceans, lakes, wildlife), agriculture and livestock production, transport, energy production, waste, urbanisation, building, and cha ...
... greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere (see 1.3). These natural and human activities include: industrialisation, deforestation, destruction of ecosystems (wetlands, oceans, lakes, wildlife), agriculture and livestock production, transport, energy production, waste, urbanisation, building, and cha ...
njpn-environment-group-notes-dates-and-resources-september-2016
... future’. It will be held at Southwark’s Anglican Cathedral and is organised by The Climate Change Collaboration, Operation Noah and Quaker Peace & Social Witness. http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=31069 Climate Change An interfaith symposium was held at St. John’s, Waterloo, on 21 Se ...
... future’. It will be held at Southwark’s Anglican Cathedral and is organised by The Climate Change Collaboration, Operation Noah and Quaker Peace & Social Witness. http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=31069 Climate Change An interfaith symposium was held at St. John’s, Waterloo, on 21 Se ...
Danish Climate Centre Report 07-02 Regional climate change
... In this chapter, we compare the simulated present-day (1961-1990) climate over Greenland with observation-based data. For a region as remote as Greenland, this is not a straightforward task. A number of stations, run by the Danish Meteorological Institute, exist along Greenland’s coasts. For seven o ...
... In this chapter, we compare the simulated present-day (1961-1990) climate over Greenland with observation-based data. For a region as remote as Greenland, this is not a straightforward task. A number of stations, run by the Danish Meteorological Institute, exist along Greenland’s coasts. For seven o ...
Climate Change and Conservation: A Primer for Assessing Impacts
... Ecosystem‐based adaptation is a term whose history can be traced to the international climate policy arena. At its core, it refers to taking conservation actions that will benefit both nature and people in the face of climate change impacts. The Conservancy is currently involved in hundreds of c ...
... Ecosystem‐based adaptation is a term whose history can be traced to the international climate policy arena. At its core, it refers to taking conservation actions that will benefit both nature and people in the face of climate change impacts. The Conservancy is currently involved in hundreds of c ...
Miller-vita-short web version-2016 - UCAR Staff
... Tyedmers, 2001. The 1999 Pacific Salmon Agreement: A Sustainable Solution? Canadian – American Public Policy Occasional Paper, No. 47. Canadian – American Center, University of Maine, Orono, ME. Cohen, S.J. and K.A. Miller (Coordinating Lead Authors), 2001. “North America,” Ch.15, pp.733-800 in Clim ...
... Tyedmers, 2001. The 1999 Pacific Salmon Agreement: A Sustainable Solution? Canadian – American Public Policy Occasional Paper, No. 47. Canadian – American Center, University of Maine, Orono, ME. Cohen, S.J. and K.A. Miller (Coordinating Lead Authors), 2001. “North America,” Ch.15, pp.733-800 in Clim ...
NASA faked the moon landing—therefore
... who espouse science denial is not entirely surprising because if an overwhelming scientific consensus cannot be accepted as the result of researchers independently converging on the same evidence-based view, then the very existence of the consensus calls for an alternative explanation. The ideation ...
... who espouse science denial is not entirely surprising because if an overwhelming scientific consensus cannot be accepted as the result of researchers independently converging on the same evidence-based view, then the very existence of the consensus calls for an alternative explanation. The ideation ...
Climate sCienCe
... 2012, the warming trend was between -0.05 and +0.15°C per decade.16 Because of internal variability in the climate system, such decade-long pauses are to be expected.17 The early and mid-20th century even saw periods of cooling. In their AR5 report, the IPCC attributed the recent hiatus to a combina ...
... 2012, the warming trend was between -0.05 and +0.15°C per decade.16 Because of internal variability in the climate system, such decade-long pauses are to be expected.17 The early and mid-20th century even saw periods of cooling. In their AR5 report, the IPCC attributed the recent hiatus to a combina ...
Climate Change Survey Measures: Exploring Perceived Bias and
... 2010). However, there are fewer studies of survey research specifically targeting midwestern or Great Plains populations about climate change. Examples include Diggs’s survey of dryland farmers in North Dakota and northern Colorado to assess decision-making behavior related to climate change (Diggs ...
... 2010). However, there are fewer studies of survey research specifically targeting midwestern or Great Plains populations about climate change. Examples include Diggs’s survey of dryland farmers in North Dakota and northern Colorado to assess decision-making behavior related to climate change (Diggs ...
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... 1.1 Definitions and the climate change framework Climate change is an issue of world importance not only because it affects the global physical environment but also because its consequences will spread through planetary economic and social mechanisms to every nation irrespective of the local severit ...
... 1.1 Definitions and the climate change framework Climate change is an issue of world importance not only because it affects the global physical environment but also because its consequences will spread through planetary economic and social mechanisms to every nation irrespective of the local severit ...