Climate Change, Humidity, and Mortality in the United States
... conditions. Incorporating the costs of this self-protection is important for developing credible estimates of the “heath-related” costs of climate change (Deschênes and Greenstone, 2007). In this paper, I make two key contributions to the literature: First, I provide comprehensive estimates of the e ...
... conditions. Incorporating the costs of this self-protection is important for developing credible estimates of the “heath-related” costs of climate change (Deschênes and Greenstone, 2007). In this paper, I make two key contributions to the literature: First, I provide comprehensive estimates of the e ...
- Arjen Y. Hoekstra
... The performance of the two dike heightening strategies has been evaluated based on three different discharge scenarios: a scenario without uncertainty in the probability distribution function, a scenario including uncertainty and a scenario with a gradual increase of the design discharge to reflect ...
... The performance of the two dike heightening strategies has been evaluated based on three different discharge scenarios: a scenario without uncertainty in the probability distribution function, a scenario including uncertainty and a scenario with a gradual increase of the design discharge to reflect ...
On the Economics of Happiness and Climate Change Filka Sekulova
... consisting of 840 observations, is used to study the effect of various parameters on happiness, including consumption and changes in income. Some of the other variables tested are located in the domains of social capital and work, such as flexible labour conditions, environmental awareness and the v ...
... consisting of 840 observations, is used to study the effect of various parameters on happiness, including consumption and changes in income. Some of the other variables tested are located in the domains of social capital and work, such as flexible labour conditions, environmental awareness and the v ...
CLIMATE CHANGE AND TOURISM
... number reaches US$ 1.1 trillion, or over US$ 3 billion a day (UNWTO, 2009). According to the projections of the United Nations World Tourism Organization, the number of international arrivals is expected to reach 1.6 billion by 2020 (UNWTO, 2001). In other words, assuming international tourism only ...
... number reaches US$ 1.1 trillion, or over US$ 3 billion a day (UNWTO, 2009). According to the projections of the United Nations World Tourism Organization, the number of international arrivals is expected to reach 1.6 billion by 2020 (UNWTO, 2001). In other words, assuming international tourism only ...
Report of a global survey on Lessons learned about the ways and means to conserve and use genetic diversity to build resilience to climate change in food and agriculture systems
... Effects of climate change on the conservation and use of genetic resources for food and agriculture; Technical and policy related adaptation and mitigation activities; The contribution of the Global Plans of Action for genetic resources; Research, information management public awareness and ...
... Effects of climate change on the conservation and use of genetic resources for food and agriculture; Technical and policy related adaptation and mitigation activities; The contribution of the Global Plans of Action for genetic resources; Research, information management public awareness and ...
Argentinean soy based biodiesel - Tyndall°Centre for Climate
... the currency to the US dollar, deregulated commerce and reduced social programmes, instituted in return for assistance by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) (ibid). A decade of rapid economic growth followed under Carlos Menem, followed once more by economic collapse an ...
... the currency to the US dollar, deregulated commerce and reduced social programmes, instituted in return for assistance by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) (ibid). A decade of rapid economic growth followed under Carlos Menem, followed once more by economic collapse an ...
3.5.2. Water resources
... One of the key activities of the Focal Point has been to oversee the preparation of the Initial National Communication (INC). As a non-Annex I member country, in accordance with Article 4 of the Convention, BiH will carry out its obligations to that extent that it receives technical and financial a ...
... One of the key activities of the Focal Point has been to oversee the preparation of the Initial National Communication (INC). As a non-Annex I member country, in accordance with Article 4 of the Convention, BiH will carry out its obligations to that extent that it receives technical and financial a ...
South America - International Institute for Sustainable Development
... enhanced coordination among expanding networks of adaptation actors is needed to ensure resources are deployed quickly and effectively. Responding to this concern, a review of current and planned adaptation action in South America was undertaken by the Adaptation Partnership1 between October 2010 an ...
... enhanced coordination among expanding networks of adaptation actors is needed to ensure resources are deployed quickly and effectively. Responding to this concern, a review of current and planned adaptation action in South America was undertaken by the Adaptation Partnership1 between October 2010 an ...
America's Climate Choices: Panel on Adapting to the
... • What are the major scientific and technological advances needed to better understand and respond to climate change? • What are the major impediments (e.g., practical, institutional, economic, ethical, intergenerational, etc.) to responding effectively to climate change, and what can be done to o ...
... • What are the major scientific and technological advances needed to better understand and respond to climate change? • What are the major impediments (e.g., practical, institutional, economic, ethical, intergenerational, etc.) to responding effectively to climate change, and what can be done to o ...
The Impact of Climate Change on Montana`s Outdoor Economy
... earth since the mid-20th century and that the warming will continue through into the next century. Using geographically more detailed versions of Global Climate Models, the earth’s observed and predicted warming can be brought down to a regional U.S. state level and smaller sub0state regions to anal ...
... earth since the mid-20th century and that the warming will continue through into the next century. Using geographically more detailed versions of Global Climate Models, the earth’s observed and predicted warming can be brought down to a regional U.S. state level and smaller sub0state regions to anal ...
Synthesis Report on Ten ASEAN Countries Disaster Risks
... and assessments regarding disaster risks at the country and regional levels within the scope of the tripartite Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), between ASEAN Secretariat, the UNISDR and the World Bank. The MoC on DRR is a part of ASEAN Agreement for Disaster Manageme ...
... and assessments regarding disaster risks at the country and regional levels within the scope of the tripartite Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), between ASEAN Secretariat, the UNISDR and the World Bank. The MoC on DRR is a part of ASEAN Agreement for Disaster Manageme ...
High Resolution Version - American Meteorological Society
... the intensity and likelihood of extreme weather events is a frontier science challenge. This fourth edition of explaining extreme events of the previous year (2014) from a climate perspective is the most extensive yet with 33 different research groups exploring the causes of 29 different events that ...
... the intensity and likelihood of extreme weather events is a frontier science challenge. This fourth edition of explaining extreme events of the previous year (2014) from a climate perspective is the most extensive yet with 33 different research groups exploring the causes of 29 different events that ...
Adaptation to a Changing Climate in the Arab Countries
... The report and background documents are expected to provide input to the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report scheduled for 2013–14, which could lead to a comprehensive treatment of the Arab countries in that document. In addition, seven IPCC leading and coordinating authors are on the Team and Advisory Pan ...
... The report and background documents are expected to provide input to the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report scheduled for 2013–14, which could lead to a comprehensive treatment of the Arab countries in that document. In addition, seven IPCC leading and coordinating authors are on the Team and Advisory Pan ...
Climate Change and Hazard Zonation in the Circum
... extraction, transportation networks, communication lines, industrial projects, civil facilities, and engineering maintenance systems have all increased substantially in recent decades. Rapid and extensive development has had large costs, however, in both environmental and human terms (e.g., Williams ...
... extraction, transportation networks, communication lines, industrial projects, civil facilities, and engineering maintenance systems have all increased substantially in recent decades. Rapid and extensive development has had large costs, however, in both environmental and human terms (e.g., Williams ...
Kyoto Protocol and CDM
... • Which greenhouse gas is more powerful: CO2 or CH4? • If we cut all GHG emissions, how long will it take for climate change to stop? • How realistic was the movie “The Day After Tomorrow?” ...
... • Which greenhouse gas is more powerful: CO2 or CH4? • If we cut all GHG emissions, how long will it take for climate change to stop? • How realistic was the movie “The Day After Tomorrow?” ...
Modelling the evolution of Vadret da Morteratsch, Switzerland, since
... permanent snow or ice cover. Our glacier model does not account for the details of this effect, so these parts are kept ice-free in all simulations. However, it is reasonable to assume that snow falling on these ice-free parts will ultimately end up on the glacier and thus contribute to its mass bal ...
... permanent snow or ice cover. Our glacier model does not account for the details of this effect, so these parts are kept ice-free in all simulations. However, it is reasonable to assume that snow falling on these ice-free parts will ultimately end up on the glacier and thus contribute to its mass bal ...
Responses to Rapid Environmental Change
... changes in the sediment budget but also leave the most tangible imprint in the stratigraphic record. In fact, many studies of fluvial archives aim to identify fluvial unconformities resulting from phases of incision with regional significance that may be ascribed to allogenic forcing. However, the p ...
... changes in the sediment budget but also leave the most tangible imprint in the stratigraphic record. In fact, many studies of fluvial archives aim to identify fluvial unconformities resulting from phases of incision with regional significance that may be ascribed to allogenic forcing. However, the p ...
Climate Change Issues for the Cayman Islands
... Map 15 Ciguatera Fish Poisoning Reported in 24 Participating Countries, 1996-2006 ....................... 80 Map 16 Buildings Affected by 0.25m-increment Sea-Level Rises, Grand Cayman ............................ 85 Map 17 Building Values Affected by 0.25m-increment Sea-Level Rises, Grand Cayman ... ...
... Map 15 Ciguatera Fish Poisoning Reported in 24 Participating Countries, 1996-2006 ....................... 80 Map 16 Buildings Affected by 0.25m-increment Sea-Level Rises, Grand Cayman ............................ 85 Map 17 Building Values Affected by 0.25m-increment Sea-Level Rises, Grand Cayman ... ...
Likely ecological impacts of global warming and climate change on
... cover are likely to occur by 2050. It is estimated that corals on the Great Barrier Reef will experience between 2 degrees Celsius and 6 degrees Celsius increases in sea temperature by 2100. Torres Strait temperatures will be found at the southern Great Barrier Reef as early as 2030. As with coral r ...
... cover are likely to occur by 2050. It is estimated that corals on the Great Barrier Reef will experience between 2 degrees Celsius and 6 degrees Celsius increases in sea temperature by 2100. Torres Strait temperatures will be found at the southern Great Barrier Reef as early as 2030. As with coral r ...
Africa Agriculture Status Report 2014
... food production, increase the vulnerability of African smallholder farmers, and can result in food price shocks and increased rural poverty. As noted elsewhere in this publication, agriculture – even the low-input smallholder agriculture of sub-Saharan Africa – is both a ‘victim and a culprit’ relat ...
... food production, increase the vulnerability of African smallholder farmers, and can result in food price shocks and increased rural poverty. As noted elsewhere in this publication, agriculture – even the low-input smallholder agriculture of sub-Saharan Africa – is both a ‘victim and a culprit’ relat ...
Africa Agriculture Status Report 2014
... food production, increase the vulnerability of African smallholder farmers, and can result in food price shocks and increased rural poverty. As noted elsewhere in this publication, agriculture – even the low-input smallholder agriculture of sub-Saharan Africa – is both a ‘victim and a culprit’ relat ...
... food production, increase the vulnerability of African smallholder farmers, and can result in food price shocks and increased rural poverty. As noted elsewhere in this publication, agriculture – even the low-input smallholder agriculture of sub-Saharan Africa – is both a ‘victim and a culprit’ relat ...
Wolf, J. and Susanne C. Moser (2011). Individual understandings
... Pilot projects with the Hawai’i/Pacific Island and Alaska RISA centers. Adaptation Opportunities and Barriers in New England, research was part of a large multi-collaborator climate change impacts assessment for the Northeast (NECIA). Also member of the synthesis team for the entire assessment. Publ ...
... Pilot projects with the Hawai’i/Pacific Island and Alaska RISA centers. Adaptation Opportunities and Barriers in New England, research was part of a large multi-collaborator climate change impacts assessment for the Northeast (NECIA). Also member of the synthesis team for the entire assessment. Publ ...
climate change: a deadly threat to coral reefs
... coal, oil and gas has led to the world’s longest ever global bleaching event, beginning in 2014 and ongoing in 2017, with repeated bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef and other reefs worldwide offering no reprieve. In March 2017, the latest surveys of the Great Barrier Reef show severe bleaching has ...
... coal, oil and gas has led to the world’s longest ever global bleaching event, beginning in 2014 and ongoing in 2017, with repeated bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef and other reefs worldwide offering no reprieve. In March 2017, the latest surveys of the Great Barrier Reef show severe bleaching has ...
Canada`s Sixth National Report on Climate Change 2014
... electricity generation plants. Moreover, Canada’s per capita emissions are at a historic low of 20.4 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2 eq) per person—their lowest level since tracking began in 1990. Canada has also demonstrated progress in decoupling emissions growth from economic growth. Sin ...
... electricity generation plants. Moreover, Canada’s per capita emissions are at a historic low of 20.4 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2 eq) per person—their lowest level since tracking began in 1990. Canada has also demonstrated progress in decoupling emissions growth from economic growth. Sin ...
India - unfccc
... On behalf of the Government of India, I have great pleasure in presenting India’s Second National Communication in fulfilment of commitment under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The Communication has been prepared by a national effort and contributions of experts involving ...
... On behalf of the Government of India, I have great pleasure in presenting India’s Second National Communication in fulfilment of commitment under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The Communication has been prepared by a national effort and contributions of experts involving ...