Jessica Ayers - Initiative on Climate Adaptation Research and
... This is especially the case in ‘invited’ participation exercises that bring a kind of instrumentalism to the process, in which citizens are enrolled in a set of institutionally pre-defined agendas, presented in a particular way.23 The participatory process is framed in terms of the most powerful (t ...
... This is especially the case in ‘invited’ participation exercises that bring a kind of instrumentalism to the process, in which citizens are enrolled in a set of institutionally pre-defined agendas, presented in a particular way.23 The participatory process is framed in terms of the most powerful (t ...
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... bonds due to the revised model – A.M. Best expects companies to incorporate model revisions as soon as practical. – Those companies that have started to use the new version apparently are quick to move as they see little or no impact on their rating or capital requirements Researcher Colloquium on E ...
... bonds due to the revised model – A.M. Best expects companies to incorporate model revisions as soon as practical. – Those companies that have started to use the new version apparently are quick to move as they see little or no impact on their rating or capital requirements Researcher Colloquium on E ...
Forced migration: a new challenge
... 24. Development policies and projects are often a major cause of forced displacement, especially in regions of high growth. These types of large-scale infrastructure projects, which include roads, dams and reservoirs, utility networks, airports and urban and industrial development, are frequently ac ...
... 24. Development policies and projects are often a major cause of forced displacement, especially in regions of high growth. These types of large-scale infrastructure projects, which include roads, dams and reservoirs, utility networks, airports and urban and industrial development, are frequently ac ...
Global public health and climate change
... How are climate change and human health linked? What health effects have been observed already, and what can we expect in the future? How do we need to respond? ...
... How are climate change and human health linked? What health effects have been observed already, and what can we expect in the future? How do we need to respond? ...
Population Growth as a Variable
... accusations. SBSTA provides an ideal context for such a discourse. It does not require parties to agree to inclusion of population measures, only to be better informed on the issue. Not to include assessments of different population outcomes, and the measures likely to achieve them, would constitute ...
... accusations. SBSTA provides an ideal context for such a discourse. It does not require parties to agree to inclusion of population measures, only to be better informed on the issue. Not to include assessments of different population outcomes, and the measures likely to achieve them, would constitute ...
Dr. John T. Everett - Ocean Associates, Inc.
... Everett, J.T., S. Garcia and H.Naeve, et al., 2005. UN Atlas of the Oceans. United Nations Sub-Committee on Oceans and Coastal Areas and FAO, Rome. www.oceansatlas.org Everett, J.T. and A. Shimada, 2000. Cooperation in Fishery Research: the Evolving U.S. Experience, in Proceedings: North Pacific Rim ...
... Everett, J.T., S. Garcia and H.Naeve, et al., 2005. UN Atlas of the Oceans. United Nations Sub-Committee on Oceans and Coastal Areas and FAO, Rome. www.oceansatlas.org Everett, J.T. and A. Shimada, 2000. Cooperation in Fishery Research: the Evolving U.S. Experience, in Proceedings: North Pacific Rim ...
Review of Climate Change in Colorado: A Synthesis... and Adaptation
... “CMIP5 models are now the de facto standard for climate projections” What are called “projections” than are just predictions in which sensitivity to initial conditions are ignored, and only the emissions specification is used to force changes. This limited set of predictions by itself should be a re ...
... “CMIP5 models are now the de facto standard for climate projections” What are called “projections” than are just predictions in which sensitivity to initial conditions are ignored, and only the emissions specification is used to force changes. This limited set of predictions by itself should be a re ...
How agriculture and forestry change climate, and how we deal with it
... The so-called land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) sector includes emissions and storage associated with conversions between land categories (e.g. from forest land, to cropland, from wetland to settlements, etc.) and as a result of activities on managed land within a category. Developing ...
... The so-called land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) sector includes emissions and storage associated with conversions between land categories (e.g. from forest land, to cropland, from wetland to settlements, etc.) and as a result of activities on managed land within a category. Developing ...
Wednesday Group 2
... history strategies to take advantage of known physical processes; changes in these processes could interrupt life cycle closure for some species. o Fronts/Thin Layers: These are features that are exploitable by “intelligent” organisms (most upper trophics, but also zooplankton); location and intensi ...
... history strategies to take advantage of known physical processes; changes in these processes could interrupt life cycle closure for some species. o Fronts/Thin Layers: These are features that are exploitable by “intelligent” organisms (most upper trophics, but also zooplankton); location and intensi ...
Observational constraints on future climate: distinguishing robust from model-dependent statements of uncertainty in climate forecasting
... assessed probability of a particular outcome or that a statement is true. This needs to be resolved in AR4, because we need to communicate the fact that we may have very different levels of confidence in various probabilistic statements. For example, we might wish to argue we have a much higher leve ...
... assessed probability of a particular outcome or that a statement is true. This needs to be resolved in AR4, because we need to communicate the fact that we may have very different levels of confidence in various probabilistic statements. For example, we might wish to argue we have a much higher leve ...
Water resources
... Why ACRE & Water Resources? ● The problem ● characteristics of multi-year drought ● short hydrologic record lengths < 100 years ● reliability of water supply systems – over-rated &/or over-allocation? ...
... Why ACRE & Water Resources? ● The problem ● characteristics of multi-year drought ● short hydrologic record lengths < 100 years ● reliability of water supply systems – over-rated &/or over-allocation? ...
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... emissions have to be reduced by 28%-35% by 2050 according to TIAM and WITCH, respectively, cuts within the range given by the IPCC (-30% to -60%). The cost, represented by the loss of surplus in TIAM and GWP losses in WITCH, increases more than 4-5 fold with the 3.5 W/m2 target compared to a 4.5 W/m ...
... emissions have to be reduced by 28%-35% by 2050 according to TIAM and WITCH, respectively, cuts within the range given by the IPCC (-30% to -60%). The cost, represented by the loss of surplus in TIAM and GWP losses in WITCH, increases more than 4-5 fold with the 3.5 W/m2 target compared to a 4.5 W/m ...
Policy on climate change for the Swedish Forest
... Such changes in climate means that forest growth most likely is affected positively, potentially around 25-30 % as an average for the country, presuming the present mix of tree species. Especially will the Norway spruce be favoured in the northern half of the country. Recent changes in climate are i ...
... Such changes in climate means that forest growth most likely is affected positively, potentially around 25-30 % as an average for the country, presuming the present mix of tree species. Especially will the Norway spruce be favoured in the northern half of the country. Recent changes in climate are i ...
Climate Change Effects on Sri Lankan Paddy Yield
... economic models and the next generation of climate impact projections for the agricultural sector. • effort is supported by state as well as academic institutions • mission is to improve substantially the characterization of world food security due to climate change and to enhance adaptation capacit ...
... economic models and the next generation of climate impact projections for the agricultural sector. • effort is supported by state as well as academic institutions • mission is to improve substantially the characterization of world food security due to climate change and to enhance adaptation capacit ...
retrieve Climate Change Impacts on the Great Lakes
... global and regional climates over the next 100-200 years under a range of future emission scenarios (see IPCC 2013). Therefore the approach taken here is to assume that there is a very high probability that some form of climate change will occur and that it would be negligent not to take this into c ...
... global and regional climates over the next 100-200 years under a range of future emission scenarios (see IPCC 2013). Therefore the approach taken here is to assume that there is a very high probability that some form of climate change will occur and that it would be negligent not to take this into c ...
Sustainable water management in the tropics and subtropics
... and gaseous is a primary process within the earth's climate system. Information on variability of states and fluxes over time is crucial for the understanding of the sustainability of local, regional, national, and international economies and ecosystems. Therefore, the eftect of climate change on st ...
... and gaseous is a primary process within the earth's climate system. Information on variability of states and fluxes over time is crucial for the understanding of the sustainability of local, regional, national, and international economies and ecosystems. Therefore, the eftect of climate change on st ...
pices xv - North Pacific Marine Science Organization
... (SST) in the offshore area of China, including the Bohai Sea, the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea and the South China Sea, and its adjacent ocean, mainly including the tropical and subtropical western Pacific, are analyzed by using the wind data from ERA-40 reanalysis data, the high-resolution reanal ...
... (SST) in the offshore area of China, including the Bohai Sea, the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea and the South China Sea, and its adjacent ocean, mainly including the tropical and subtropical western Pacific, are analyzed by using the wind data from ERA-40 reanalysis data, the high-resolution reanal ...
Climate Change Impacts in Indonesia
... temperature data in Indonesia is not available (Cruz et al., 2007). However, Hulme and Sheard (1999), find that Indonesia has become warmer since 1900 and that the annual mean temperature has increased by about 0.3°C (Figure 1). Annual precipitation overall has decreased by two to three percent acro ...
... temperature data in Indonesia is not available (Cruz et al., 2007). However, Hulme and Sheard (1999), find that Indonesia has become warmer since 1900 and that the annual mean temperature has increased by about 0.3°C (Figure 1). Annual precipitation overall has decreased by two to three percent acro ...
Climate Change, Upwelling, and California`s Coastal
... climate change to seabirds and their environment and how to potentially mitigate those changes. And at PRBO we currently have a Seabird Education Awareness, or a SEA, program in partnership with the Golden Gate National Recreation Area and the Farallones Marine Sanctuary A ...
... climate change to seabirds and their environment and how to potentially mitigate those changes. And at PRBO we currently have a Seabird Education Awareness, or a SEA, program in partnership with the Golden Gate National Recreation Area and the Farallones Marine Sanctuary A ...
Kennesaw State University High School Model United Nations
... climate change in nearly two decades. 2015 marked the year for the successor to the Kyoto Protocol to emerge. In December 2015 solidarity was shown by Member States at the Paris Climate Conference (COP21). Member States came together in Paris to discuss and create a plan that would help in the fig ...
... climate change in nearly two decades. 2015 marked the year for the successor to the Kyoto Protocol to emerge. In December 2015 solidarity was shown by Member States at the Paris Climate Conference (COP21). Member States came together in Paris to discuss and create a plan that would help in the fig ...
Climate Change Impacts on East Africa
... A Review of the Scientific Literature Africa contains about one-fifth of all known species of plants, mammals, and birds, as well as one-sixth of amphibians and reptiles. These species compose some of the world’s most diverse and biologically important ecosystems such as savannahs, tropical forests, ...
... A Review of the Scientific Literature Africa contains about one-fifth of all known species of plants, mammals, and birds, as well as one-sixth of amphibians and reptiles. These species compose some of the world’s most diverse and biologically important ecosystems such as savannahs, tropical forests, ...
2. Climate Change
... levels of air humidity and the Atlantic depressions are most active. April to July is the driest period when the sea is relatively cool. Coastal areas have 900 - 1,000mm annually, but up to double this amount falls on Dartmoor and Exmoor (Figure 2d). Areas sheltering in the lee of high ground receiv ...
... levels of air humidity and the Atlantic depressions are most active. April to July is the driest period when the sea is relatively cool. Coastal areas have 900 - 1,000mm annually, but up to double this amount falls on Dartmoor and Exmoor (Figure 2d). Areas sheltering in the lee of high ground receiv ...
Introduction to climate change
... the resource pack in order to give them practical experience of how activities might be introduced and staged in a classroom environment. The teachers pack aims to enhance young people’s meaningful understanding of climate change and the impact of their actions. By using the pack teachers can help s ...
... the resource pack in order to give them practical experience of how activities might be introduced and staged in a classroom environment. The teachers pack aims to enhance young people’s meaningful understanding of climate change and the impact of their actions. By using the pack teachers can help s ...
1072-9240/00 $2000 + .00 Technology, Vol. 7S, pp. 189-213,2000
... notwithstandingany climate changeto date. For others (suchas global deforestationand sealevel rise). recenttrends havecontinuedto worsen; but so far the contribution of any anthropogenicclimate change to theseimpactsseemsto have beenrelatively minor. Next, basedlargely uponthe Intergovernmental Pane ...
... notwithstandingany climate changeto date. For others (suchas global deforestationand sealevel rise). recenttrends havecontinuedto worsen; but so far the contribution of any anthropogenicclimate change to theseimpactsseemsto have beenrelatively minor. Next, basedlargely uponthe Intergovernmental Pane ...