Economic Consequences of Climate Change Impacts on
... analysis of climate change impacts on the RTN showed that approximately 1.5% of the traffic is lost due to these impacts. Therefore, a 1.5% negative quantity shock was imposed on the Halifax hub – one of the five regional hubs in our RTN. As a result, this negative shock led to the loss of $503.1 mi ...
... analysis of climate change impacts on the RTN showed that approximately 1.5% of the traffic is lost due to these impacts. Therefore, a 1.5% negative quantity shock was imposed on the Halifax hub – one of the five regional hubs in our RTN. As a result, this negative shock led to the loss of $503.1 mi ...
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... equity implications. These equity considerations have domestic and international dimensions, and implications for both present and future human generations, and for the survival of other species. 1.6.2 [Insert Local Government here] acknowledges that climate equity has both domestic and internationa ...
... equity implications. These equity considerations have domestic and international dimensions, and implications for both present and future human generations, and for the survival of other species. 1.6.2 [Insert Local Government here] acknowledges that climate equity has both domestic and internationa ...
Lessons learned from the 2000s Western drought: Evolving linkages between
... Longer-range questions • Increasing requests for information on interannual and decadal time scales (+ 5, 10, 15 years) • Reservoir inflows over several years (at least 2) • Drought outlooks over the next decade • Are the historical droughts of record still a valid planning tool? • Are return period ...
... Longer-range questions • Increasing requests for information on interannual and decadal time scales (+ 5, 10, 15 years) • Reservoir inflows over several years (at least 2) • Drought outlooks over the next decade • Are the historical droughts of record still a valid planning tool? • Are return period ...
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
... to send a positive message on international cooperation. • ‘the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its Kyoto Protocol establish a regime that adequately addresses the economic, social and environmental aspects of sustainable development.’ • industrialised countries to ...
... to send a positive message on international cooperation. • ‘the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its Kyoto Protocol establish a regime that adequately addresses the economic, social and environmental aspects of sustainable development.’ • industrialised countries to ...
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... Objective This study develops a methodology for evaluating public wetlands conservation investments that takes climate change into account. We demonstrate the methodology for the Elizabeth River watershed in Virginia under plausible sea-level rise and land use scenarios. We consider a 30-year time p ...
... Objective This study develops a methodology for evaluating public wetlands conservation investments that takes climate change into account. We demonstrate the methodology for the Elizabeth River watershed in Virginia under plausible sea-level rise and land use scenarios. We consider a 30-year time p ...
Synopsis of FEWS NET-related Climate Change and Food Security
... analysis suggested that a warming Indian Ocean was likely to produce increasing dryness in extremely vulnerable areas of eastern and southern Africa. These results were presented in an extensive Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWS NET) report (C4). This work was also published by the Royal Phi ...
... analysis suggested that a warming Indian Ocean was likely to produce increasing dryness in extremely vulnerable areas of eastern and southern Africa. These results were presented in an extensive Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWS NET) report (C4). This work was also published by the Royal Phi ...
Robert H. Socolow, Professor, Co-Director, The Carbon Mitigation
... Robert Socolow is a Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University. His current research focuses on global carbon management and fossil-carbon sequestration. He is the co-principal investigator (with ecologist, Stephen Pacala) of Princeton University's Carbon Mitigation In ...
... Robert Socolow is a Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University. His current research focuses on global carbon management and fossil-carbon sequestration. He is the co-principal investigator (with ecologist, Stephen Pacala) of Princeton University's Carbon Mitigation In ...
Zero Deforestation and the future of Brazil
... Zero Deforestation and the future of Brazil In recent years, Brazil and the world have suffered from climate change. Economic and social losses, related to the extreme climate events, are now frequent. The most obvious are those related to a lack of water for agriculture, human consumption and energ ...
... Zero Deforestation and the future of Brazil In recent years, Brazil and the world have suffered from climate change. Economic and social losses, related to the extreme climate events, are now frequent. The most obvious are those related to a lack of water for agriculture, human consumption and energ ...
The Causes of Global Climate Change
... one forcing is involved, so scientists test all possible combinations of forcings to see if their combined influence can explain observed climate change (e.g., Meehl et al. 2004). Independent modeling of different components of the climate system demonstrates that man-made greenhouse gases have bee ...
... one forcing is involved, so scientists test all possible combinations of forcings to see if their combined influence can explain observed climate change (e.g., Meehl et al. 2004). Independent modeling of different components of the climate system demonstrates that man-made greenhouse gases have bee ...
Project Presentation - The Bush School of Government and Public
... • Turkmenistan has world’s 4th largest natural gas reserves • US strategy for developed based on BTC pipeline and parallel natural gas pipeline bringing this energy to the West • Traditional pipeline infrastructure from Caspian Sea region flows north to Russia • China recently completed East bound p ...
... • Turkmenistan has world’s 4th largest natural gas reserves • US strategy for developed based on BTC pipeline and parallel natural gas pipeline bringing this energy to the West • Traditional pipeline infrastructure from Caspian Sea region flows north to Russia • China recently completed East bound p ...
Zero-Dimensional Model of Earth`s Climate
... temperature distribution over much of the earth (i.e., tropics and much of summer hemisphere). • The moist adiabatic lapse rate is smaller in a warmer climate, thus temperature changes in the upper troposphere are greater than those at the surface. • Greater warming aloft increases the outgoing long ...
... temperature distribution over much of the earth (i.e., tropics and much of summer hemisphere). • The moist adiabatic lapse rate is smaller in a warmer climate, thus temperature changes in the upper troposphere are greater than those at the surface. • Greater warming aloft increases the outgoing long ...
Earth Negotiations Bulletin ADP 2-6
... workstreams. Parties, inter alia: agreed on the need to convene at least one session in 2014; invited, under workstreams 1 and 2, submissions by parties and observers building on, and in relation to, the ADP’s conclusions; invited, under workstream 2, submissions by parties and observers on further ...
... workstreams. Parties, inter alia: agreed on the need to convene at least one session in 2014; invited, under workstreams 1 and 2, submissions by parties and observers building on, and in relation to, the ADP’s conclusions; invited, under workstream 2, submissions by parties and observers on further ...
Kocornick Mina and Fankhauser 2015 (opens in new window)
... During the 2010 – 2011 La Niña event some 1,029,000 hectares of land were flooded (República de Colombia, 2014), affecting more than 2.7 million people and causing major losses and ...
... During the 2010 – 2011 La Niña event some 1,029,000 hectares of land were flooded (República de Colombia, 2014), affecting more than 2.7 million people and causing major losses and ...
Shared Vision for South Asia - Pakistan Institute of Trade And
... • A limit of the global average temperature increase – [1.5] degree Celsius above the pre-industrial level and [2] degree Celsius above the pre-industrial level • 2050 is appropriate time frame for long term goal. GHG emission reduction – 50 percent of 1990 level, 85-95% for developed counties perce ...
... • A limit of the global average temperature increase – [1.5] degree Celsius above the pre-industrial level and [2] degree Celsius above the pre-industrial level • 2050 is appropriate time frame for long term goal. GHG emission reduction – 50 percent of 1990 level, 85-95% for developed counties perce ...
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... The above rainfall chart is deficient in many ways, with gaps due to irregular meter recordings, and a virtual non-recording period between 1989 and 1999. However, the first segment does depict flow irregularity, with abnormal peaks every three or so years. This is only partly due to seasonal fluctu ...
... The above rainfall chart is deficient in many ways, with gaps due to irregular meter recordings, and a virtual non-recording period between 1989 and 1999. However, the first segment does depict flow irregularity, with abnormal peaks every three or so years. This is only partly due to seasonal fluctu ...
SCIENCE BASED TARGETS: THE CALL TO ACTION
... Targets adopted by companies to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG ) emissions are considered “science-based” if they are in line with the level of decarbonization required to keep global temperature increase below 2 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial temperatures, as described in the Fifth Assessme ...
... Targets adopted by companies to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG ) emissions are considered “science-based” if they are in line with the level of decarbonization required to keep global temperature increase below 2 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial temperatures, as described in the Fifth Assessme ...
Adaptation to climate change starts with human–environment
... Combinations of climate variability and extremes can drive a system beyond its limit of tolerance, defined by a critical threshold (Smit and Pilifosova, 2001). Because the starting point for any adaptation is current behaviour, we analyse current climate vulnerability and how that vulnerability is m ...
... Combinations of climate variability and extremes can drive a system beyond its limit of tolerance, defined by a critical threshold (Smit and Pilifosova, 2001). Because the starting point for any adaptation is current behaviour, we analyse current climate vulnerability and how that vulnerability is m ...
International Workshop on Mainstreaming Adaptation to Climate
... governance, culture, etc., they would apply as well. Which means this is an issue of aid effectiveness. There is not really a need to harmonise tools but rather harmonise approaches of donors.” ...
... governance, culture, etc., they would apply as well. Which means this is an issue of aid effectiveness. There is not really a need to harmonise tools but rather harmonise approaches of donors.” ...
Unchecked Climate Change Migration V Ramanathan F Forman
... Fifth Assessment Report of the IPCC was released. Working Group II, which focuses on impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability, noted that while we are lacking reliable quantitative data, ...
... Fifth Assessment Report of the IPCC was released. Working Group II, which focuses on impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability, noted that while we are lacking reliable quantitative data, ...
The Local Coastal Program Update Workshop #2: Adapting to a
... completed and adopted by Summer of 2017. At that point, the CAAP will incorporate the language from the LUP to ensure consistency across the two plans, and will pursue plan adoption in the Fall of 2017. Dr. Revell: Sea Level Rise and Climate Change Dr. David Revell, an expert on sea level rise and c ...
... completed and adopted by Summer of 2017. At that point, the CAAP will incorporate the language from the LUP to ensure consistency across the two plans, and will pursue plan adoption in the Fall of 2017. Dr. Revell: Sea Level Rise and Climate Change Dr. David Revell, an expert on sea level rise and c ...
Sustainable Water Management of Paddy Fields In Adapting to
... Changes of climate (e.g., air temperature, precipitation, and evapotranspiration) would have direct effects on rice plant growth. They would also cause hydrological pattern changes of an area or basin with paddy fields. The impacts on paddy & water environment are believed to have complicated ...
... Changes of climate (e.g., air temperature, precipitation, and evapotranspiration) would have direct effects on rice plant growth. They would also cause hydrological pattern changes of an area or basin with paddy fields. The impacts on paddy & water environment are believed to have complicated ...
Sudan`s INDC
... Regarding the waste sector, emissions from waste management have more than doubled, mainly due to greater amounts of municipal solid waste sent to landfill sites. There are a number of limitations and shortcomings affecting the GHG estimations in the three sectors, mainly related to serious problems ...
... Regarding the waste sector, emissions from waste management have more than doubled, mainly due to greater amounts of municipal solid waste sent to landfill sites. There are a number of limitations and shortcomings affecting the GHG estimations in the three sectors, mainly related to serious problems ...
Noaa modeling - Chesapeake Bay Program
... Development and testing of ecological indicators Integrative tool for multiple datasets – visualize data trends & effects on common scale Climate Resiliency & Adaptation: Visualize likely impacts of expected temperature increase and salinity change Support development of research agenda – ident ...
... Development and testing of ecological indicators Integrative tool for multiple datasets – visualize data trends & effects on common scale Climate Resiliency & Adaptation: Visualize likely impacts of expected temperature increase and salinity change Support development of research agenda – ident ...
GW-UUUS-2010-08
... 35th Birthday of GW: Broecker assumed a 3% growth of fossil fuel emissions, predicting 1.67 trillion tons by June 2010; the actual amount is thought to be about 1.3 trillion tons. This is amazing since Broecker didn't have the data in the most recent data. By the late 1980s this trend was noticed an ...
... 35th Birthday of GW: Broecker assumed a 3% growth of fossil fuel emissions, predicting 1.67 trillion tons by June 2010; the actual amount is thought to be about 1.3 trillion tons. This is amazing since Broecker didn't have the data in the most recent data. By the late 1980s this trend was noticed an ...