Yukon Government Climate Change Strategy
... be infinitesimal. With such limited influence over global emission levels, the extent of Yukon’s impacts from climate change is controlled by large global emitters. Although Yukon generates low greenhouse gas emissions in comparison to other jurisdictions, our per capita emission rate is quite high. T ...
... be infinitesimal. With such limited influence over global emission levels, the extent of Yukon’s impacts from climate change is controlled by large global emitters. Although Yukon generates low greenhouse gas emissions in comparison to other jurisdictions, our per capita emission rate is quite high. T ...
Climate Change Strategy - Environment Yukon
... be infinitesimal. With such limited influence over global emission levels, the extent of Yukon’s impacts from climate change is controlled by large global emitters. Although Yukon generates low greenhouse gas emissions in comparison to other jurisdictions, our per capita emission rate is quite high. T ...
... be infinitesimal. With such limited influence over global emission levels, the extent of Yukon’s impacts from climate change is controlled by large global emitters. Although Yukon generates low greenhouse gas emissions in comparison to other jurisdictions, our per capita emission rate is quite high. T ...
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... expect from political patterns, with traditionally “blue states” such as California and New York, for example, showing relatively high concern about climate change, and “red states” such as Wyoming and Oklahoma showing lower concern. However, summarizing perceptions at the state level obscures varia ...
... expect from political patterns, with traditionally “blue states” such as California and New York, for example, showing relatively high concern about climate change, and “red states” such as Wyoming and Oklahoma showing lower concern. However, summarizing perceptions at the state level obscures varia ...
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... periods of drought, compounded by ageing infrastructure and significant transmission/distribution energy losses. The 2003 National Energy Policy focuses on the sustainable use of energy resources with minimal adverse impact on the environment, noting their important role in economic development. In ...
... periods of drought, compounded by ageing infrastructure and significant transmission/distribution energy losses. The 2003 National Energy Policy focuses on the sustainable use of energy resources with minimal adverse impact on the environment, noting their important role in economic development. In ...
Building a Resilient Energy Gulf Coast: Executive Report
... cost-to-benefit ratio less 1 will lead to approximately $135 bn in averted loss over the lifetime of measures. Pursuing all potentially attractive actions may involve an investment of approximately $120 bn over the next 20 years, and may lead to $200 bn in averted loss over the lifetime of measures ...
... cost-to-benefit ratio less 1 will lead to approximately $135 bn in averted loss over the lifetime of measures. Pursuing all potentially attractive actions may involve an investment of approximately $120 bn over the next 20 years, and may lead to $200 bn in averted loss over the lifetime of measures ...
Climate Scientists and the Consensus on Climate Change
... agree with a proposition. However, none of the items were aggregated to form Likert scales. This means we can’t judge how consistent respondents were across items of a similar kind. The data allow us to judge the patterns of opinion among groups not among individuals. Do climate scientists believe i ...
... agree with a proposition. However, none of the items were aggregated to form Likert scales. This means we can’t judge how consistent respondents were across items of a similar kind. The data allow us to judge the patterns of opinion among groups not among individuals. Do climate scientists believe i ...
Global warming as an asymmetric public bad
... in the latter. Failure to internalize this positive externality might cause under-mitigation in Russia, which is but another form of free riding. Yet in turn, mitigation in India prevents emissions due to space heating from decreasing in Russia. Failure to internalize this negative externality might ...
... in the latter. Failure to internalize this positive externality might cause under-mitigation in Russia, which is but another form of free riding. Yet in turn, mitigation in India prevents emissions due to space heating from decreasing in Russia. Failure to internalize this negative externality might ...
discussion guide - Before the Flood
... We didn’t get to this point by the actions of one nation, rather it’s been a combined effort by the industrialized nations around the world. Despite nation’s like the United States and China being the leading contributors of greenhouse gasses, the outcomes and immediate impacts disproportionately af ...
... We didn’t get to this point by the actions of one nation, rather it’s been a combined effort by the industrialized nations around the world. Despite nation’s like the United States and China being the leading contributors of greenhouse gasses, the outcomes and immediate impacts disproportionately af ...
Beyond long-term averages: making biological sense of a rapidly
... accurately capture limits under future, novel climatic conditions [24,25]. An explicit focus on the weather patterns likely to occur under future climate scenarios [26] coupled with knowledge of which factors most affect organisms [14] will provide insights into this dilemma. For example, many studi ...
... accurately capture limits under future, novel climatic conditions [24,25]. An explicit focus on the weather patterns likely to occur under future climate scenarios [26] coupled with knowledge of which factors most affect organisms [14] will provide insights into this dilemma. For example, many studi ...
The role of ecosystems in climate change adaptation and disaster
... Ecosystem management is central to building resilience of communities and nations under the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA), especially HFA Priority 4 that identifies disaster risk reduction as an integral objective of environment-related policies and plans, including land use, natural resource mana ...
... Ecosystem management is central to building resilience of communities and nations under the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA), especially HFA Priority 4 that identifies disaster risk reduction as an integral objective of environment-related policies and plans, including land use, natural resource mana ...
Environmental Threats to Louisiana`s Future
... throughout its history. While there is a tremendous amount of variability in every storm season, even over decade-long time scales, there is emerging consensus among scientists that a warming climate will make storms more powerful. We simply do not know whether it will also make them more likely.5 ...
... throughout its history. While there is a tremendous amount of variability in every storm season, even over decade-long time scales, there is emerging consensus among scientists that a warming climate will make storms more powerful. We simply do not know whether it will also make them more likely.5 ...
one way or another, everything changes
... possible, for better but mostly for worse. As I discussed in my last book, The Shock Doctrine, over the past four decades corporate interests have systematically exploited these various forms of crisis to ram through policies that enrich a small elite—by lifting regulations, cutting social spending, ...
... possible, for better but mostly for worse. As I discussed in my last book, The Shock Doctrine, over the past four decades corporate interests have systematically exploited these various forms of crisis to ram through policies that enrich a small elite—by lifting regulations, cutting social spending, ...
A Structural Land-Use Analysis of Agricultural Adaptation to Climate
... known as a leader in agricultural innovations, and its agricultural sector generally employs state-of-the-art technologies. Thirdly, a panel of detailed bundle-acreage data on both regional and annual bases is accessible from official sources. Finally, daily weather data are available from a high sp ...
... known as a leader in agricultural innovations, and its agricultural sector generally employs state-of-the-art technologies. Thirdly, a panel of detailed bundle-acreage data on both regional and annual bases is accessible from official sources. Finally, daily weather data are available from a high sp ...
Limitations of integrated assessment models of climate change
... children, who in turn matter more than their children. Thus e−ρt may be interpreted as the relative weighting given to the utility or well-being of various generations. If a generation is 35 years in duration and ρ = 0.05, the weight given to a unit of utility at the end of the second generation is ...
... children, who in turn matter more than their children. Thus e−ρt may be interpreted as the relative weighting given to the utility or well-being of various generations. If a generation is 35 years in duration and ρ = 0.05, the weight given to a unit of utility at the end of the second generation is ...
Rapporteurs Report - Jabatan Meteorologi Malaysia
... prepare ourselves against the impacts of such changes. There is no doubt that global warming is real and happening. Modelled results have also forecasted the occurrences of extreme events, thus actions by all stakeholders are needed to address the problem. Developing countries such as Malaysia will ...
... prepare ourselves against the impacts of such changes. There is no doubt that global warming is real and happening. Modelled results have also forecasted the occurrences of extreme events, thus actions by all stakeholders are needed to address the problem. Developing countries such as Malaysia will ...
The European climate under a 2 °C global warming
... reasons for concern ‘burning embers’ diagram), while the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4: IPCC 2007) stated it was ‘very likely that all regions will experience either declines in net benefits or increases in net costs for increases in temperature greater than about 2–3 ◦ C’. The European Union agreed ...
... reasons for concern ‘burning embers’ diagram), while the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4: IPCC 2007) stated it was ‘very likely that all regions will experience either declines in net benefits or increases in net costs for increases in temperature greater than about 2–3 ◦ C’. The European Union agreed ...
Adapting bridge infrastructure to climate change: institutionalizing resilience in intergovernmental transportation planning
... to be impractically specific or overly broad. The authors ultimately determine that there may be a need for adaptation actions that can bridge the difference between those categories and begin to provide insight toward best practices (Eisenack et al. 2012). In 2013, a review of climate adaptation ac ...
... to be impractically specific or overly broad. The authors ultimately determine that there may be a need for adaptation actions that can bridge the difference between those categories and begin to provide insight toward best practices (Eisenack et al. 2012). In 2013, a review of climate adaptation ac ...
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... used definition by WMO (World Meteorological Organization) is “CC refers to long–term changes in average weather conditions”. Average weather may include average temperature, precipitation and wind patterns. It involves changes in the variability or average state of the atmosphere over durations ran ...
... used definition by WMO (World Meteorological Organization) is “CC refers to long–term changes in average weather conditions”. Average weather may include average temperature, precipitation and wind patterns. It involves changes in the variability or average state of the atmosphere over durations ran ...
Adaptation to climate change in Israel
... scientific report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concludes that warming of the climate system is unequivocal and that “most aspects of climate change will persist for many centuries even if emissions of carbon dioxide are stopped.” To address the challenges of climate change, both ...
... scientific report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concludes that warming of the climate system is unequivocal and that “most aspects of climate change will persist for many centuries even if emissions of carbon dioxide are stopped.” To address the challenges of climate change, both ...
Print - Climate Change Knowledge Portal
... Highly vulnerable to climate variations, Togo’s agriculture sector constitutes 43% of GDP and is the mainstay of most Togolese livelihoods. Agriculture will remain the mainstay of economic growth for the foreseeable future, with staple crops being yams, cassava, corn, millet, sorghum, cocoa, coffee, ...
... Highly vulnerable to climate variations, Togo’s agriculture sector constitutes 43% of GDP and is the mainstay of most Togolese livelihoods. Agriculture will remain the mainstay of economic growth for the foreseeable future, with staple crops being yams, cassava, corn, millet, sorghum, cocoa, coffee, ...
Potential Impacts of Climate Change on BC Hydro`s Water Resources
... BC Hydro collaborates with leading scientists to assess impacts of climate change As part of its climate change adaptation strategy, BC Hydro has undertaken internal studies and worked with some of the world’s leading scientists in climatology, glaciology, and hydrology. BC Hydro teamed up with sci ...
... BC Hydro collaborates with leading scientists to assess impacts of climate change As part of its climate change adaptation strategy, BC Hydro has undertaken internal studies and worked with some of the world’s leading scientists in climatology, glaciology, and hydrology. BC Hydro teamed up with sci ...
ISSUE GUIDE: Changing the Social Climate
... economy through these new opportunities and new technologies. And that can also be a more just and secure world. Or there is the alternative world: A 30- or 40-year-old war of terror and fear. And I don’t think anybody in their right mind wants that second world, except those who benefit from it eco ...
... economy through these new opportunities and new technologies. And that can also be a more just and secure world. Or there is the alternative world: A 30- or 40-year-old war of terror and fear. And I don’t think anybody in their right mind wants that second world, except those who benefit from it eco ...
IOSR Journal of Mathematics (IOSR-JM) e-ISSN: 2278-5728, p-ISSN:
... change could lead to the extinction of one-fourth of Earth’s species by 2050[2]. The effect of climate change is already being experience around the globe; seasons are shifting from what obtains in the past, this can be witnessed by the current pattern of rainfall, rise in the sea level, rising temp ...
... change could lead to the extinction of one-fourth of Earth’s species by 2050[2]. The effect of climate change is already being experience around the globe; seasons are shifting from what obtains in the past, this can be witnessed by the current pattern of rainfall, rise in the sea level, rising temp ...
The global-scale impacts of climate change on water resources and
... there is a difference in the absolute numbers of people exposed to increased water resources stress or increased river flood frequency between the five SSPs. With the ‘middle-of-theroad’ SSP2, climate change by 2050 would increase exposure to water resources stress for between approximately 920 and ...
... there is a difference in the absolute numbers of people exposed to increased water resources stress or increased river flood frequency between the five SSPs. With the ‘middle-of-theroad’ SSP2, climate change by 2050 would increase exposure to water resources stress for between approximately 920 and ...
Advancing agricultural greenhouse gas quantification ∗ PERSPECTIVE
... include the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (2012) and GRACEnet (Greenhouse gas Reduction through Agricultural Carbon Enhancement network) (USDA Agricultural Research Service 2011), which aim to improve consistency of field measurement and data collection for soil carbon se ...
... include the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (2012) and GRACEnet (Greenhouse gas Reduction through Agricultural Carbon Enhancement network) (USDA Agricultural Research Service 2011), which aim to improve consistency of field measurement and data collection for soil carbon se ...