Understanding future risks to ports in Australia
... the continuing successful operation of Australia’s seaports. In response, this report documents the activity and findings of research that was carried out to better understand the future risks that ports need to plan for. In the first instance, a comprehensive literature review was carried out to es ...
... the continuing successful operation of Australia’s seaports. In response, this report documents the activity and findings of research that was carried out to better understand the future risks that ports need to plan for. In the first instance, a comprehensive literature review was carried out to es ...
Climate Change Adaptation Planning: A Handbook for Small
... Building Political and Staff Awareness It is likely that local politicians and staff have some general awareness of climate change based on media coverage during the past few years. To reinforce this knowledge and deal with questions and concerns, the planner may want to engage council members and s ...
... Building Political and Staff Awareness It is likely that local politicians and staff have some general awareness of climate change based on media coverage during the past few years. To reinforce this knowledge and deal with questions and concerns, the planner may want to engage council members and s ...
Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy Nature’s Prophet:
... sociologists Ronald Jacobs and Eleanor Townsley. “Studying who these communicators are and what cultural practices they use in their debates is just as important as identifying the range of relevant facts that news media do or do not provide.” 5 In an effort to better understand the nature and impac ...
... sociologists Ronald Jacobs and Eleanor Townsley. “Studying who these communicators are and what cultural practices they use in their debates is just as important as identifying the range of relevant facts that news media do or do not provide.” 5 In an effort to better understand the nature and impac ...
South Asia Disaster Report 2010 UNISDR
... vulnerability to increased disaster risk was also presented in SADR 2008, which argued for a paradigm shift in development to become people and environment sensitive and inclusive. Climate change is the recent concern which is expected to affect the frequency and magnitude of hazards, as well as gen ...
... vulnerability to increased disaster risk was also presented in SADR 2008, which argued for a paradigm shift in development to become people and environment sensitive and inclusive. Climate change is the recent concern which is expected to affect the frequency and magnitude of hazards, as well as gen ...
Vulnerability to Climate Change and Reasons for
... Vulnerability to Climate Change and Reasons for Concern: A Synthesis coherent impact of 20th-century climate changes on many physical and biological systems. Signals of regional climate change impacts may be clearer in physical and biological systems than in socioeconomic systems, which also are sim ...
... Vulnerability to Climate Change and Reasons for Concern: A Synthesis coherent impact of 20th-century climate changes on many physical and biological systems. Signals of regional climate change impacts may be clearer in physical and biological systems than in socioeconomic systems, which also are sim ...
The global hydrological cycle and energy budget under climate
... For millennia, humanity has tried to understand Earth’s environment mostly in order to survive but also to some extent, by curiosity. A lot can be learnt simply by observing natural phenomena but performing experiments generally allows to understand the mechanisms leading to said phenomena. While ob ...
... For millennia, humanity has tried to understand Earth’s environment mostly in order to survive but also to some extent, by curiosity. A lot can be learnt simply by observing natural phenomena but performing experiments generally allows to understand the mechanisms leading to said phenomena. While ob ...
How is the stratosphere-troposphere coupling af
... influence of stratospheric conditions on baroclinic instability in the troposphere (Wittman et al., 2004). Synoptic-scale tropospheric responses to stratospheric changes were also found by Charlton et al. (2004). Simulations with simplified GCMs indicate that changes in both planetary wave propagati ...
... influence of stratospheric conditions on baroclinic instability in the troposphere (Wittman et al., 2004). Synoptic-scale tropospheric responses to stratospheric changes were also found by Charlton et al. (2004). Simulations with simplified GCMs indicate that changes in both planetary wave propagati ...
The Cost of Adaptation to Climate Change in Africa
... water all demonstrating that Africa is often more vulnerable to climate change along these dimensions than any other region. This vulnerability, coupled with the continent’s negligible contribution to current and/or historic emissions, means that adaptation spending is the continent’s climate invest ...
... water all demonstrating that Africa is often more vulnerable to climate change along these dimensions than any other region. This vulnerability, coupled with the continent’s negligible contribution to current and/or historic emissions, means that adaptation spending is the continent’s climate invest ...
Change - UNDP Climate Change Adaptation
... IPCC (2007) •There has been an increase in the number of heavy precipitation events over many areas during the past century, as well as an increase since the 1970s in the prevalence of droughts — especially in the ...
... IPCC (2007) •There has been an increase in the number of heavy precipitation events over many areas during the past century, as well as an increase since the 1970s in the prevalence of droughts — especially in the ...
Sailing through Changing Oceans
... challenges we are facing today, that is the impact of climate changes and the preservation of biodiversity, the polar regions are of very particular scientific interest. The jeopardised future of the polar bear with the reduction in the extent of Arctic sea ice is already well known. Yet, with a reg ...
... challenges we are facing today, that is the impact of climate changes and the preservation of biodiversity, the polar regions are of very particular scientific interest. The jeopardised future of the polar bear with the reduction in the extent of Arctic sea ice is already well known. Yet, with a reg ...
STRIVE Ireland in a Warmer Report Series No.27
... months in the middle of the century and a decrease of a comparable magnitude in the summer months. Increasing the horizontal resolution of the downscaling grid has a positive impact on the quality of the winds, since local effects, such as the distortion of the airflow by surface features, are bette ...
... months in the middle of the century and a decrease of a comparable magnitude in the summer months. Increasing the horizontal resolution of the downscaling grid has a positive impact on the quality of the winds, since local effects, such as the distortion of the airflow by surface features, are bette ...
Impacts of climate-related geo-engineering on biological
... conceivable that human forcing of climate change is increasing the probability of large, abrupt events. Were such an event to recur, the economic and ecological impacts could be large and potentially serious. Unpredictability exhibited near climate thresholds in simple models shows that some uncerta ...
... conceivable that human forcing of climate change is increasing the probability of large, abrupt events. Were such an event to recur, the economic and ecological impacts could be large and potentially serious. Unpredictability exhibited near climate thresholds in simple models shows that some uncerta ...
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF LIMITED
... sector, it is important to take advantage of the near-term opportunities to reduce operating costs and increase efficiencies in the sector. As an example, improving energy efficiency represents one such opportunity, to reduce both costs and environmental impacts. This would fall in line with the 1.5 ...
... sector, it is important to take advantage of the near-term opportunities to reduce operating costs and increase efficiencies in the sector. As an example, improving energy efficiency represents one such opportunity, to reduce both costs and environmental impacts. This would fall in line with the 1.5 ...
An Earth-System Prediction Initiative for the 21st Century
... addressing the influence of climate variability and change on regional high-impact weather. Based on the achievements, we foresee the potential to respond more effectively and realize even greater benefit from these and future investments (NRC 2007). The vulnerability of society and the environment ...
... addressing the influence of climate variability and change on regional high-impact weather. Based on the achievements, we foresee the potential to respond more effectively and realize even greater benefit from these and future investments (NRC 2007). The vulnerability of society and the environment ...
Energy Partisanship - Scholarship Repository
... gas emissions from power plants, the Keystone XL pipeline, hydraulic fracturing, offshore drilling, or renewable energy, much of the U.S. policy dialogue about energy and climate change is deeply partisan. Republicans and Democrats debate individual issues in vitriolic sound bites that indicate mini ...
... gas emissions from power plants, the Keystone XL pipeline, hydraulic fracturing, offshore drilling, or renewable energy, much of the U.S. policy dialogue about energy and climate change is deeply partisan. Republicans and Democrats debate individual issues in vitriolic sound bites that indicate mini ...
Lessons from the field: experiences of FAO climate change projects
... livelihoods calls for integration of various methodologies. Information on the local factors that influence vulnerability and coping capacity, such as microclimatic variations, farming systems and socio-economic differences, should be combined with findings from downscaled climate and climate impact ...
... livelihoods calls for integration of various methodologies. Information on the local factors that influence vulnerability and coping capacity, such as microclimatic variations, farming systems and socio-economic differences, should be combined with findings from downscaled climate and climate impact ...
Climate change in the northeastern US: regional climate model
... northeastern US. The potential future impacts for climatesensitive sectors, including coastal regions, marine fisheries, forests, agriculture, winter recreation, and human health, have been addressed by a set of previous studies (Frumhoff et al. 2008; Kirshen et al. 2008; Fogarty et al. 2008; Iverso ...
... northeastern US. The potential future impacts for climatesensitive sectors, including coastal regions, marine fisheries, forests, agriculture, winter recreation, and human health, have been addressed by a set of previous studies (Frumhoff et al. 2008; Kirshen et al. 2008; Fogarty et al. 2008; Iverso ...
Public pressure versus lobbying – how do Environmental NGOs matter most in climate negotiations? - Working Paper 70 (472 kB) (opens in new window)
... More information about the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment can be found at: http://www.lse.ac.uk/grantham. ...
... More information about the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment can be found at: http://www.lse.ac.uk/grantham. ...
More Than 1000 International Scientists Dissent Over Man
... of their goal and were labeled as nothing more than the "global warming establishment exonerating the global warming establishment." See here, here, and here. The InterAcademy Council (IAC) was the most competent of the inquires.] As new data and science continued to call into question man-made glob ...
... of their goal and were labeled as nothing more than the "global warming establishment exonerating the global warming establishment." See here, here, and here. The InterAcademy Council (IAC) was the most competent of the inquires.] As new data and science continued to call into question man-made glob ...
Proposed NSF Center on Climate Decision Making Carnegie Mellon
... related losses are driven by climate change, many of the climate data don't support this conclusion. We need to look at: - adequacy of risk assessment tools; - the way those assessments are being used; - risk portfolios. ...
... related losses are driven by climate change, many of the climate data don't support this conclusion. We need to look at: - adequacy of risk assessment tools; - the way those assessments are being used; - risk portfolios. ...
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.