Sustainability at - Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute
... on rooftop gardens in Australia’s hot, dry climate, she went bush. Farrell, a modern-day plant-hunter, set off for a remote Victorian National Park to investigate which plants were thriving on rocky outcrops with shallow soils (conditions similar to green roofs). She identified a range of species th ...
... on rooftop gardens in Australia’s hot, dry climate, she went bush. Farrell, a modern-day plant-hunter, set off for a remote Victorian National Park to investigate which plants were thriving on rocky outcrops with shallow soils (conditions similar to green roofs). She identified a range of species th ...
Barriers to Effective Climate Change Adaptation
... scenarios of design events that are permissible or the methodologies to apply them, and as a result organisations are going it alone. This risks inconsistent, and possibly inadequate, adaptation ...
... scenarios of design events that are permissible or the methodologies to apply them, and as a result organisations are going it alone. This risks inconsistent, and possibly inadequate, adaptation ...
Estimation of Climate Change Impacts (Pece Ristevski
... oceans, ice and surface processes of low layer of the land t.e. climatic system are shown by mathematical models and these characteristics are based on physical-meteorological laws and appropriate empirical relations and functional dependences based on physical laws. The second group includes any sc ...
... oceans, ice and surface processes of low layer of the land t.e. climatic system are shown by mathematical models and these characteristics are based on physical-meteorological laws and appropriate empirical relations and functional dependences based on physical laws. The second group includes any sc ...
Ch 18 Global Climate Change
... • Founded in 1988 by the UN Environmental Program and the World Meteorological Society to provide accurate and relevant information leading to understanding human-induced climate change • Working Group I: assesses scientific issues of climate change • Working Group II: evaluates impacts and adaptati ...
... • Founded in 1988 by the UN Environmental Program and the World Meteorological Society to provide accurate and relevant information leading to understanding human-induced climate change • Working Group I: assesses scientific issues of climate change • Working Group II: evaluates impacts and adaptati ...
climatic adaptation of coastal communities on the southwest of taiwan
... coastal communities in Taiwan. This study applied an evaluation framework comprising five categories, namely “community competence,” “infrastructure stability,” “social-economic support,” “interior environmental capacity,” and “outdoor environment adaptability,” to six coastal communities of Tainan ...
... coastal communities in Taiwan. This study applied an evaluation framework comprising five categories, namely “community competence,” “infrastructure stability,” “social-economic support,” “interior environmental capacity,” and “outdoor environment adaptability,” to six coastal communities of Tainan ...
18_Lecture_Presentation
... • Founded in 1988 by the UN Environmental Program and the World Meteorological Society to provide accurate and relevant information leading to understanding human-induced climate change • Working Group I: assesses scientific issues of climate change • Working Group II: evaluates impacts and adaptati ...
... • Founded in 1988 by the UN Environmental Program and the World Meteorological Society to provide accurate and relevant information leading to understanding human-induced climate change • Working Group I: assesses scientific issues of climate change • Working Group II: evaluates impacts and adaptati ...
Climate Change and Health
... 8. Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health 2009. Position Statement on Climate Change. 9. World Bank, IFC, MIGA 2016. World Bank Group Climate Change Action Plan 2016–2020. Washington DC: World Bank. 10. The Royal Society 2016. Energy, environment and climate. https://royalsociety.org/topicspo ...
... 8. Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health 2009. Position Statement on Climate Change. 9. World Bank, IFC, MIGA 2016. World Bank Group Climate Change Action Plan 2016–2020. Washington DC: World Bank. 10. The Royal Society 2016. Energy, environment and climate. https://royalsociety.org/topicspo ...
Robustness of pattern scaled climate change scenarios for adaptation decision support
... in combination with some downscaling/weather generator method generates the information needed at “decision relevant” scales [26]. This paper addresses directly some of the questions possed by Moss et al [26, 25]. In their work the authors state that it is necessary to evaluate “whether the results ...
... in combination with some downscaling/weather generator method generates the information needed at “decision relevant” scales [26]. This paper addresses directly some of the questions possed by Moss et al [26, 25]. In their work the authors state that it is necessary to evaluate “whether the results ...
Managing the business risks and opportunities of a changing climate
... of extreme weather conditions and the availability of water can have a direct bearing on firms’ risk profiles and, in some cases, strategic positioning. Recent experience with extreme weather highlights our economic exposure to these changes: in 2010, 950 natural catastrophes caused global losses to ...
... of extreme weather conditions and the availability of water can have a direct bearing on firms’ risk profiles and, in some cases, strategic positioning. Recent experience with extreme weather highlights our economic exposure to these changes: in 2010, 950 natural catastrophes caused global losses to ...
Climate, conflict, and social stability: what does the evidence say
... rainfall, and water availability—these variables may be averaged over long or short observational periods. Some authors argue that short averaging periods (e.g. annual) only describe the “weather” or “climate variability” and thus have little to say about the impact of “climate.” We think this view ...
... rainfall, and water availability—these variables may be averaged over long or short observational periods. Some authors argue that short averaging periods (e.g. annual) only describe the “weather” or “climate variability” and thus have little to say about the impact of “climate.” We think this view ...
Our Climate Options Have Shrunk
... scientific report. To achieve consensus, the text of the SPM was made vaguer in many places, and its content diluted to the extent that in some places not much substance remained." • “Far from being too alarmist, these criticisms suggest that the IPCC's summary reports are too conservative. Like Was ...
... scientific report. To achieve consensus, the text of the SPM was made vaguer in many places, and its content diluted to the extent that in some places not much substance remained." • “Far from being too alarmist, these criticisms suggest that the IPCC's summary reports are too conservative. Like Was ...
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... 1. Introduction A key challenge today’s policy makers are facing concerns the reduction of greenhouse gases emissions; the major cause of climate change. If emissions continue to grow as they have over the last century, the consequences on the ecologic and human systems could be daunting. This is t ...
... 1. Introduction A key challenge today’s policy makers are facing concerns the reduction of greenhouse gases emissions; the major cause of climate change. If emissions continue to grow as they have over the last century, the consequences on the ecologic and human systems could be daunting. This is t ...
Important data of cloud properties for assessing the response of
... It is in regimes of large-scale subsidence (associated with low-level clouds) that the relationship between cloud radiative forcing and SST : (1) Differs the most among models in climate change (explains most of inter-model differences in cloud feedbacks) ...
... It is in regimes of large-scale subsidence (associated with low-level clouds) that the relationship between cloud radiative forcing and SST : (1) Differs the most among models in climate change (explains most of inter-model differences in cloud feedbacks) ...
Climate Change and Outdoor Recreation Resources
... © 2009 Resources for the Future. All rights reserved. No portion of this paper may be reproduced without permission of the authors. Backgrounders are research materials circulated by their authors for purposes of information and discussion. They have not necessarily undergone formal peer review. ...
... © 2009 Resources for the Future. All rights reserved. No portion of this paper may be reproduced without permission of the authors. Backgrounders are research materials circulated by their authors for purposes of information and discussion. They have not necessarily undergone formal peer review. ...
Polar amplification as a preferred response in an idealized
... budget does depend only (with the assumptions made here) on the distribution of SSTs, but this budget does not as directly control the local SSTs. For this reason, we have chosen to continue with the surface-approach rather than using the more standard TOA approach. In Section 2 we will present the ...
... budget does depend only (with the assumptions made here) on the distribution of SSTs, but this budget does not as directly control the local SSTs. For this reason, we have chosen to continue with the surface-approach rather than using the more standard TOA approach. In Section 2 we will present the ...
Climate change economic growth and health
... Recently, the links between air pollutants and greenhouse gases and the impact on human health through these links have received much attention (Swart et al., 2004; EEA, 2004). Such studies typically consider a global cooling effect of aerosols to partially offset global warming, and hence they do n ...
... Recently, the links between air pollutants and greenhouse gases and the impact on human health through these links have received much attention (Swart et al., 2004; EEA, 2004). Such studies typically consider a global cooling effect of aerosols to partially offset global warming, and hence they do n ...
et al
... Betts, R. A. (2000). "Offset of the potential carbon sink from boreal forestation by decreases in surface albedo." Nature 408: 187-190. Claussen, M., V. Brovkin, et al. (2001). "Biogeophysical versus biogeochemical feedbacks of large-scale land cover change." Geophysical Research Letters 28(6): 1011 ...
... Betts, R. A. (2000). "Offset of the potential carbon sink from boreal forestation by decreases in surface albedo." Nature 408: 187-190. Claussen, M., V. Brovkin, et al. (2001). "Biogeophysical versus biogeochemical feedbacks of large-scale land cover change." Geophysical Research Letters 28(6): 1011 ...
ECMWF`s activities in atmospheric composition and climate
... ● MACC – Monitoring Atmospheric Composition and Climate HE-01 Tools and Information for Health Decision-Making ...
... ● MACC – Monitoring Atmospheric Composition and Climate HE-01 Tools and Information for Health Decision-Making ...
Economic Impacts Of Climate Change On Georgia
... Policymakers across the country are now seeking solutions to curb greenhouse gas emissions and to help us adapt to the impending impacts triggered by past emissions. The debate to date has primarily focused on the perceived costs of alternative solutions, yet there can also be significant costs of i ...
... Policymakers across the country are now seeking solutions to curb greenhouse gas emissions and to help us adapt to the impending impacts triggered by past emissions. The debate to date has primarily focused on the perceived costs of alternative solutions, yet there can also be significant costs of i ...
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... b. It also touches, directly and indirectly, upon many social and economic issues. Therefore global environmental issues can be characterized by involving the simultaneous evolution of research and policy making processes. The importance of these two characteristics cannot be over-emphasized. The ne ...
... b. It also touches, directly and indirectly, upon many social and economic issues. Therefore global environmental issues can be characterized by involving the simultaneous evolution of research and policy making processes. The importance of these two characteristics cannot be over-emphasized. The ne ...
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS IN NEW ZEALAND: A CROSS
... The key changes in Step 1 above were the climate projections from NIWA, demographics, social variables, and wildcard variables. In summary, for the social scenarios we assumed an overall growth in the New Zealand population up to over five million people by the 2080s with larger Maori, Pacific Islan ...
... The key changes in Step 1 above were the climate projections from NIWA, demographics, social variables, and wildcard variables. In summary, for the social scenarios we assumed an overall growth in the New Zealand population up to over five million people by the 2080s with larger Maori, Pacific Islan ...
The distributional impact of climate change on rich and poor countries
... large losses of precipitation in Latin America and North America and small losses in Europe but large gains elsewhere. CGCM1 predicts losses of precipitation in every continent except North America and North Asia. There is clearly no consensus across the models about what will happen to local precip ...
... large losses of precipitation in Latin America and North America and small losses in Europe but large gains elsewhere. CGCM1 predicts losses of precipitation in every continent except North America and North Asia. There is clearly no consensus across the models about what will happen to local precip ...
Effects of Climate Warming, North Atlantic Oscillation, and
... of anticipated global warming (see Box 1), aquatic ecologists have made great effort during the past 10–15 years in exploring possible changes in freshwater ecosystems induced by recent warming trends or extreme weather conditions, or both. Current warming trends largely match projections of a warme ...
... of anticipated global warming (see Box 1), aquatic ecologists have made great effort during the past 10–15 years in exploring possible changes in freshwater ecosystems induced by recent warming trends or extreme weather conditions, or both. Current warming trends largely match projections of a warme ...
Climate-human-environment interactions: resolving our past
... that can offer sustainable management policies in the face of changing climate and social change. At this scale, two sets of questions about vulnerability and adaptation can be applied to all locations on earth: – How sensitive or resilient are modern ecosystems and socio-ecological systems to incre ...
... that can offer sustainable management policies in the face of changing climate and social change. At this scale, two sets of questions about vulnerability and adaptation can be applied to all locations on earth: – How sensitive or resilient are modern ecosystems and socio-ecological systems to incre ...
Global warming controversy
The global warming controversy concerns the public debate over whether global warming is occurring, how much has occurred in modern times, what has caused it, what its effects will be, whether any action should be taken to curb it, and if so what that action should be. In the scientific literature, there is a strong consensus that global surface temperatures have increased in recent decades and that the trend is caused primarily by human-induced emissions of greenhouse gases. No scientific body of national or international standing disagrees with this view, though a few organizations with members in extractive industries hold non-committal positions. Disputes over the key scientific facts of global warming are now more prevalent in the popular media than in the scientific literature, where such issues are treated as resolved, and more in the United States than globally.Political and popular debate concerning the existence and cause of climate change includes the reasons for the increase seen in the instrumental temperature record, whether the warming trend exceeds normal climatic variations, and whether human activities have contributed significantly to it. Scientists have resolved many of these questions decisively in favour of the view that the current warming trend exists and is ongoing, that human activity is the primary cause, and that it is without precedent in at least 2000 years. Disputes that also reflect scientific debate include estimates of how responsive the climate system might be to any given level of greenhouse gases (climate sensitivity), and what the consequences of global warming will be.Global warming remains an issue of widespread political debate, often split along party political lines, especially in the United States. Many of the largely settled scientific issues, such as the human responsibility for global warming, remain the subject of politically or economically motivated attempts to downplay, dismiss or deny them – an ideological phenomenon categorised by academics and scientists as climate change denial. The sources of funding for those involved with climate science – both supporting and opposing mainstream scientific positions – have been questioned by both sides. There are debates about the best policy responses to the science, their cost-effectiveness and their urgency. Climate scientists, especially in the United States, have reported official and oil-industry pressure to censor or suppress their work and hide scientific data, with directives not to discuss the subject in public communications. Legal cases regarding global warming, its effects, and measures to reduce it have reached American courts. The fossil fuels lobby and free market think tanks have often been identified as overtly or covertly supporting efforts to undermine or discredit the scientific consensus on global warming.