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... Burton (2004) argues adaptation is extremely common and as old as mankind but that it is largely to a stationary spatially or temporally varying climate without considering future climate change. Carter et al. (1994) classifies adaptation as autonomous and planned as do all of the subsequent IPCC re ...
... Burton (2004) argues adaptation is extremely common and as old as mankind but that it is largely to a stationary spatially or temporally varying climate without considering future climate change. Carter et al. (1994) classifies adaptation as autonomous and planned as do all of the subsequent IPCC re ...
Iyigun et al._2013_Clustering climate regions of
... relation between the urbanization and the increase in the temperature. It is well known that the precipitation and evaporation are two components playing a crucial role in the climate system. Accordingly, the water balance in a region can be supplied by controlling these two variables (Türkeş et al. ...
... relation between the urbanization and the increase in the temperature. It is well known that the precipitation and evaporation are two components playing a crucial role in the climate system. Accordingly, the water balance in a region can be supplied by controlling these two variables (Türkeş et al. ...
Climate Change Youth Guide to Action
... Vital Statistics “Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising global average sea level.” - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Fourth Assessme ...
... Vital Statistics “Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising global average sea level.” - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Fourth Assessme ...
climate change - Union of Concerned Scientists
... mark on Pennsylvania’s landscape, livelihoods, and traditions, and over the coming decades impacts are expected to grow more substantial. They may include longer and more intense summer heat waves, reduced winter snowpack, northward shifts in the ranges of valued plant and animal species, and declin ...
... mark on Pennsylvania’s landscape, livelihoods, and traditions, and over the coming decades impacts are expected to grow more substantial. They may include longer and more intense summer heat waves, reduced winter snowpack, northward shifts in the ranges of valued plant and animal species, and declin ...
Bringing EU policy into line with the Planetary Boundaries
... Translating the Planetary Boundaries to operational levels can best be done in two consecutive steps: i) downscaling of the boundaries to the regional or national level, and ii) using the downscaled boundaries as benchmarks for regional or national environmental performance. Downscaling of the Plane ...
... Translating the Planetary Boundaries to operational levels can best be done in two consecutive steps: i) downscaling of the boundaries to the regional or national level, and ii) using the downscaled boundaries as benchmarks for regional or national environmental performance. Downscaling of the Plane ...
Carbon Disclosure submission
... business strategy. Consistent with this commitment we are responding to the Carbon Disclosure Project for the seventh year. As a major global brewer, we are committed to cost effective improvements in our operations that result in more efficient use of energy, reductions in GHG emissions and improve ...
... business strategy. Consistent with this commitment we are responding to the Carbon Disclosure Project for the seventh year. As a major global brewer, we are committed to cost effective improvements in our operations that result in more efficient use of energy, reductions in GHG emissions and improve ...
- The University of Liverpool Repository
... mate model and a single malaria model and thus it was impossible to gauge the uncertainty associated with the use of different climate models in the study. The more recent work of Caminade et al. (2014) improved somewhat on this situation by employing five dynamical and statistical malaria models dr ...
... mate model and a single malaria model and thus it was impossible to gauge the uncertainty associated with the use of different climate models in the study. The more recent work of Caminade et al. (2014) improved somewhat on this situation by employing five dynamical and statistical malaria models dr ...
- Wiley Online Library
... in local climate patterns. We directly test this assumption using the largest and most comprehensive survey of Gulf Coast residents conducted to date supplemented with monthly temperature data from the U.S. Historical Climatology Network and extreme weather events data from National Climatic Data Ce ...
... in local climate patterns. We directly test this assumption using the largest and most comprehensive survey of Gulf Coast residents conducted to date supplemented with monthly temperature data from the U.S. Historical Climatology Network and extreme weather events data from National Climatic Data Ce ...
In Search of Shelter: Mapping the Effects of Climate Change
... Migration—whether permanent or temporary, internal or international—has always been a possible adaptation strategy for people facing environmental changes. Pre-history and history are marked by (episodic and localised) migration and displacement from one climate zone to another, as people sought out ...
... Migration—whether permanent or temporary, internal or international—has always been a possible adaptation strategy for people facing environmental changes. Pre-history and history are marked by (episodic and localised) migration and displacement from one climate zone to another, as people sought out ...
organisation of king`s bibliography of books on global warming
... Christopher Booker. The real global warming disaster: is the obsession with “climate change” turning out to be the most costly scientific blunder in history? Continuum, 2009, 9781441110527 A.W. Montford. The hockey stick illusion: climategate and the corruption of science. Stacey International, 2010 ...
... Christopher Booker. The real global warming disaster: is the obsession with “climate change” turning out to be the most costly scientific blunder in history? Continuum, 2009, 9781441110527 A.W. Montford. The hockey stick illusion: climategate and the corruption of science. Stacey International, 2010 ...
Climate and finance systemic risks, more than an analogy?
... know it. This is a first-level definition of a climate systemic risk. Of course they affect society on the way, either through global damages or through localized extreme events which can propagate to larger portions of territory using different channels, physical, social or financial. We develop th ...
... know it. This is a first-level definition of a climate systemic risk. Of course they affect society on the way, either through global damages or through localized extreme events which can propagate to larger portions of territory using different channels, physical, social or financial. We develop th ...
Money Talks
... Atmospheric warming happens gradually and one of the most counterintuitive features of climate change is that emissions don’t disappear; they remain in the atmosphere for centuries, so the cumulative and total global carbon budget is what matters. Measurements and deadlines relating to this budget c ...
... Atmospheric warming happens gradually and one of the most counterintuitive features of climate change is that emissions don’t disappear; they remain in the atmosphere for centuries, so the cumulative and total global carbon budget is what matters. Measurements and deadlines relating to this budget c ...
Author's personal copy
... information differently. Scientists, for example, when choosing the focus of their research, may make an assumption of what they think decision makers need and hope their work will meet that need. Users, in turn, may define their need differently. However, scientists and users do not uniformly make t ...
... information differently. Scientists, for example, when choosing the focus of their research, may make an assumption of what they think decision makers need and hope their work will meet that need. Users, in turn, may define their need differently. However, scientists and users do not uniformly make t ...
Climate change and communicable diseases in the EU
... handbook will help authorities choose analysis methods for national assessments based on local conditions, competence and aims. The approach is designed to be flexible with multiple entry points depending on whether the assessment will focus primarily on vulnerability, adaptation or both. For the mo ...
... handbook will help authorities choose analysis methods for national assessments based on local conditions, competence and aims. The approach is designed to be flexible with multiple entry points depending on whether the assessment will focus primarily on vulnerability, adaptation or both. For the mo ...
problems in evaluating regional and local trends in temperature
... scales (Watson et al., 1996), many management decisions affecting climate-change policy and most mitigation efforts may be at local and regional scales. Thus, it is critically important to assess the direction and magnitude of climate change at local and regional scales. Such regional information is ...
... scales (Watson et al., 1996), many management decisions affecting climate-change policy and most mitigation efforts may be at local and regional scales. Thus, it is critically important to assess the direction and magnitude of climate change at local and regional scales. Such regional information is ...
McGraw Hill Higher Education - McGraw
... IFAC developed Sustainability Framework to influence the way organizations integrate sustainability ...
... IFAC developed Sustainability Framework to influence the way organizations integrate sustainability ...
let`s respond - Conservation International
... Water related infrastructure typically has a design life of 50 – 100 years: well into the era of severe climate change.Water shortage, flooding and water quality deterioration, with related deaths, disasters (and occasional opportunities) are all anticipated in different areas as climate change pick ...
... Water related infrastructure typically has a design life of 50 – 100 years: well into the era of severe climate change.Water shortage, flooding and water quality deterioration, with related deaths, disasters (and occasional opportunities) are all anticipated in different areas as climate change pick ...
India - Met Office
... available to the researchers in the project was used, unless there were good scientific reasons for not doing so. For example, some impacts areas were omitted, such as many of those associated with human health. In this case, these impacts are strongly dependant on local factors and do not easily le ...
... available to the researchers in the project was used, unless there were good scientific reasons for not doing so. For example, some impacts areas were omitted, such as many of those associated with human health. In this case, these impacts are strongly dependant on local factors and do not easily le ...
- Wiley Online Library
... scales (Watson et al., 1996), many management decisions affecting climate-change policy and most mitigation efforts may be at local and regional scales. Thus, it is critically important to assess the direction and magnitude of climate change at local and regional scales. Such regional information is ...
... scales (Watson et al., 1996), many management decisions affecting climate-change policy and most mitigation efforts may be at local and regional scales. Thus, it is critically important to assess the direction and magnitude of climate change at local and regional scales. Such regional information is ...
Impact of Climate Change on the Boreal Forest in Finland and Sweden
... studies have indicated that the fire risk in the northern high-latitude forests will increase during the forthcoming decades (e.g. Stocks et al. 1998; Flannigan et al. 2005a, 2005b; Wotton et al. 2010). Kilpeläinen et al. (2010a) studied the forest fire potential in Finland under high-emission A2 GH ...
... studies have indicated that the fire risk in the northern high-latitude forests will increase during the forthcoming decades (e.g. Stocks et al. 1998; Flannigan et al. 2005a, 2005b; Wotton et al. 2010). Kilpeläinen et al. (2010a) studied the forest fire potential in Finland under high-emission A2 GH ...
Model estimates of climate controls on pan-Arctic
... maps are useful in understanding how climate factors interact, which processes are most important, and how these fluxes might evolve under future climate change, particularly in cases where observations are sparse (as is true for CH4 emissions). In this study, we use a process-based model to charact ...
... maps are useful in understanding how climate factors interact, which processes are most important, and how these fluxes might evolve under future climate change, particularly in cases where observations are sparse (as is true for CH4 emissions). In this study, we use a process-based model to charact ...
Climate Change, Human Security and Violent Conflict
... Human security, as it affects people, has a lot more to do with the totality of the welfare and well-being of the citizens than military or police protection which is more the protection and security of the state or the government. While that must not be ignored to ensure the integrity of the state, ...
... Human security, as it affects people, has a lot more to do with the totality of the welfare and well-being of the citizens than military or police protection which is more the protection and security of the state or the government. While that must not be ignored to ensure the integrity of the state, ...
Winter 2017. - Squarespace
... Demuth received significant funding from the Georgetown Environment Initiative. The workshops will connect the most innovative climate change and climate history scholars with leading activists and journalists. The big question the workshops will seek to answer: how can scholars more effectively com ...
... Demuth received significant funding from the Georgetown Environment Initiative. The workshops will connect the most innovative climate change and climate history scholars with leading activists and journalists. The big question the workshops will seek to answer: how can scholars more effectively com ...
The Perspectives of Climate Scientists on Global Climate Change
... The claim that human activities are responsible for most or all of the recent warming trend relies on a theory, called the greenhouse theory, that predicts rising levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) will trap more heat in the atmosphere and lead to rising temperatures. “Skeptics” in the debate over globa ...
... The claim that human activities are responsible for most or all of the recent warming trend relies on a theory, called the greenhouse theory, that predicts rising levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) will trap more heat in the atmosphere and lead to rising temperatures. “Skeptics” in the debate over globa ...
GEF Investment in Climate Change Mitigation and Sound Chemicals
... The costs of the baseline activities: to be covered by normal development expenditures such as government budgets, bilateral aid, the private sector, NGO resources, and loans from international financial institutions, including IDA and the Multilateral Fund. The impacts of the baseline activitie ...
... The costs of the baseline activities: to be covered by normal development expenditures such as government budgets, bilateral aid, the private sector, NGO resources, and loans from international financial institutions, including IDA and the Multilateral Fund. The impacts of the baseline activitie ...