Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, building
... trend for greenhouse gas emissions in 1,000 tonnes of Co2 equivalent (1991–2011) Comparison of maximum allowable heat transfer coefficients Employment and gross value creation in the trade, commerce and services sector by segment Share of permanent grassland in land used for agriculture 2010–2012 De ...
... trend for greenhouse gas emissions in 1,000 tonnes of Co2 equivalent (1991–2011) Comparison of maximum allowable heat transfer coefficients Employment and gross value creation in the trade, commerce and services sector by segment Share of permanent grassland in land used for agriculture 2010–2012 De ...
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, building
... trend for greenhouse gas emissions in 1,000 tonnes of Co2 equivalent (1991–2011) Comparison of maximum allowable heat transfer coefficients Employment and gross value creation in the trade, commerce and services sector by segment Share of permanent grassland in land used for agriculture 2010–2012 De ...
... trend for greenhouse gas emissions in 1,000 tonnes of Co2 equivalent (1991–2011) Comparison of maximum allowable heat transfer coefficients Employment and gross value creation in the trade, commerce and services sector by segment Share of permanent grassland in land used for agriculture 2010–2012 De ...
CDM in Crisis – What is at Stake?
... The CDM demonstrates to emerging country governments the value of putting a price on carbon. The CDM has demonstrated that introducing an explicit carbon price results in increased investment in renewable energy and innovative ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The CDM has built the regulatory ...
... The CDM demonstrates to emerging country governments the value of putting a price on carbon. The CDM has demonstrated that introducing an explicit carbon price results in increased investment in renewable energy and innovative ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The CDM has built the regulatory ...
APPENDIX VII. Thesis and Dissertations authored by GREF Fellows.
... Amanda S. Holden, MS 2008: “Estimating contributions of primary biomass combustion to fine particulate matter at sites in the western United States.” Advisor – Jeffrey Collett Jr. ...
... Amanda S. Holden, MS 2008: “Estimating contributions of primary biomass combustion to fine particulate matter at sites in the western United States.” Advisor – Jeffrey Collett Jr. ...
Implications of climate change for Australia`s World Heritage properties
... (UNESCO) as possessing characteristics considered to be of outstanding value to humanity. Because of their global significance, these sites are listed as World Heritage properties. However, Australia’s World Heritage properties, and their values, are under threat from global climate change. The Inte ...
... (UNESCO) as possessing characteristics considered to be of outstanding value to humanity. Because of their global significance, these sites are listed as World Heritage properties. However, Australia’s World Heritage properties, and their values, are under threat from global climate change. The Inte ...
Adaptation to climate change: the attitude and behaviour of rice
... understanding and significant support for me and our children from the very early stages of my PhD journey give me strength and motivate me to fulfil my ambitions. I also thank my children, La Hoai Dan and La Tuan Khang, for accompanying me to Australia. It is a relief to see their smiles and jump, ...
... understanding and significant support for me and our children from the very early stages of my PhD journey give me strength and motivate me to fulfil my ambitions. I also thank my children, La Hoai Dan and La Tuan Khang, for accompanying me to Australia. It is a relief to see their smiles and jump, ...
Stop Trashing the Climate
... emissions by an amount equivalent to shutting down one-fifth of the nation’s coal-fired power plants by making practical and achievable changes to America’s waste management system. Indeed, taking logical steps to reduce the amount that we waste in landfills and incinerators would also have comparab ...
... emissions by an amount equivalent to shutting down one-fifth of the nation’s coal-fired power plants by making practical and achievable changes to America’s waste management system. Indeed, taking logical steps to reduce the amount that we waste in landfills and incinerators would also have comparab ...
Sunnyvale Climate Action Plan
... sustainable, healthy, and livable Sunnyvale. The strategies outlined in this Plan will not only reduce GHG emissions but will also provide energy, fuel, water, and monetary savings while improving the quality of life in Sunnyvale. This Climate Action Plan is intended to streamline future environment ...
... sustainable, healthy, and livable Sunnyvale. The strategies outlined in this Plan will not only reduce GHG emissions but will also provide energy, fuel, water, and monetary savings while improving the quality of life in Sunnyvale. This Climate Action Plan is intended to streamline future environment ...
Abstract - Surrey Research Insight Open Access
... others, the geometrical characteristics of the pier/abutment, the river characteristics including ...
... others, the geometrical characteristics of the pier/abutment, the river characteristics including ...
Climate Change in the Baltic Sea Area
... The Baltic Sea Area is subject to global influences, such as those related to the widespread, global emissions of large quantities of greenhouse gases, particularly since the middle of the 20th century. Greenhouse gases have been shown to account for a significant proportion of the global increase i ...
... The Baltic Sea Area is subject to global influences, such as those related to the widespread, global emissions of large quantities of greenhouse gases, particularly since the middle of the 20th century. Greenhouse gases have been shown to account for a significant proportion of the global increase i ...
Protected Areas: Buffering nature against climate change
... The key message from this meeting of experts is that climate change is already well underway. Indeed it is coming faster and harder than we realise. There is no time to dither. More than enough is known already to implement a concrete rescue package quickly. The first and most important step the exp ...
... The key message from this meeting of experts is that climate change is already well underway. Indeed it is coming faster and harder than we realise. There is no time to dither. More than enough is known already to implement a concrete rescue package quickly. The first and most important step the exp ...
Climate Adaptation Plan 2014
... Recognizing that climate change is among the defining issues of the 21st century, Denver strives to be one of the most sustainable cities in the nation – an innovative and climate resilient city. We are committed to facing the challenges through preparedness, collaboration and cost-effective strateg ...
... Recognizing that climate change is among the defining issues of the 21st century, Denver strives to be one of the most sustainable cities in the nation – an innovative and climate resilient city. We are committed to facing the challenges through preparedness, collaboration and cost-effective strateg ...
Eco-Fiction: Bringing Climate Change into the Imagination
... though disproportionality, to the risks associated with our planet’s changing climate. These changes are largely caused by our unabated expulsion of CO2 emissions into the atmosphere. Our globalized world and economic activities have largely engendered the burning of fossil fuels. The 2014 report fr ...
... though disproportionality, to the risks associated with our planet’s changing climate. These changes are largely caused by our unabated expulsion of CO2 emissions into the atmosphere. Our globalized world and economic activities have largely engendered the burning of fossil fuels. The 2014 report fr ...
Extreme flood events in changing climate for a long-term
... mean value, the coefficient of variation and coefficient of skewness calculated from the observed time series with an assumption that these values do not change during the planning horizon (Thomas, 1985). However, the frequency and magnitude of extreme flood events based on historical data do not pr ...
... mean value, the coefficient of variation and coefficient of skewness calculated from the observed time series with an assumption that these values do not change during the planning horizon (Thomas, 1985). However, the frequency and magnitude of extreme flood events based on historical data do not pr ...
Turn Down the Heat - Open Knowledge Repository
... 6.4 The percentage of impacts under a 4 to 5.6°C warming avoided by limiting warming to just over 2°C by 2100 for population exposed to increased water stress (water availability below 1000 m³ per capita) 6.5 Fraction of land surface at risk of severe ecosystem change as a function of global mea ...
... 6.4 The percentage of impacts under a 4 to 5.6°C warming avoided by limiting warming to just over 2°C by 2100 for population exposed to increased water stress (water availability below 1000 m³ per capita) 6.5 Fraction of land surface at risk of severe ecosystem change as a function of global mea ...
- Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme
... “will” result is reserved for situations where experience and multiple methods of analysis all make clear that the consequence would follow inevitably from the projected change in climate. Although many details of how climate, environment, and society will evolve in the future remain uncertain, expe ...
... “will” result is reserved for situations where experience and multiple methods of analysis all make clear that the consequence would follow inevitably from the projected change in climate. Although many details of how climate, environment, and society will evolve in the future remain uncertain, expe ...
8 — Urban Areas - Climate Change 2014 Synthesis Report
... Urban climate change risks, vulnerabilities, and impacts are increasing across the world in urban centers of all sizes, economic conditions, and site characteristics. {8.2} Urban climate change-related risks are increasing (including rising sea levels and storm surges, heat stress, extreme precipita ...
... Urban climate change risks, vulnerabilities, and impacts are increasing across the world in urban centers of all sizes, economic conditions, and site characteristics. {8.2} Urban climate change-related risks are increasing (including rising sea levels and storm surges, heat stress, extreme precipita ...
Warming Impact—Disease - Open Evidence Archive
... were due to some deep ocean process, we would not expect to see continents warming more rapidly than the oceans, or the oceans warming from the top down. For increases in solar radiation, we would expect to see warming of the stratosphere rather than the observed cooling trend. Similarly, greater gl ...
... were due to some deep ocean process, we would not expect to see continents warming more rapidly than the oceans, or the oceans warming from the top down. For increases in solar radiation, we would expect to see warming of the stratosphere rather than the observed cooling trend. Similarly, greater gl ...
Climate Change Adaptation by Federal Agencies: An Analysis Jane A. Leggett, Coordinator
... “Climate” is the average and variability of meteorological and related conditions in a specific location over a long period of time—typically 30 years, but sometimes measured over a century or even thousands of years. “Weather” is the conditions day to day, or week to week. Compiling and analyzing w ...
... “Climate” is the average and variability of meteorological and related conditions in a specific location over a long period of time—typically 30 years, but sometimes measured over a century or even thousands of years. “Weather” is the conditions day to day, or week to week. Compiling and analyzing w ...
"Prices vs. Quantities at the Inter-Country Level - ETH E
... damages to the society. This is most obvious for global externalities such as the pressing issue of climate change. The excessive discharge of emissions with a greenhouse potential increases the radiative forcing of the atmosphere regardless from where these emissions arise. This inevitably results ...
... damages to the society. This is most obvious for global externalities such as the pressing issue of climate change. The excessive discharge of emissions with a greenhouse potential increases the radiative forcing of the atmosphere regardless from where these emissions arise. This inevitably results ...
DOC - Europa.eu
... Biodiversity (TEEB) to demonstrate the strong economic rationale for conserving biodiversity. ...
... Biodiversity (TEEB) to demonstrate the strong economic rationale for conserving biodiversity. ...
PDF
... Mr Andre Kong, Chief Executive Officer of the Fisheries Division in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries of Jamaica welcomed participants. He said that climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster risk management (DRM) had long been recognized as significant gaps in fisheries and aquaculture pl ...
... Mr Andre Kong, Chief Executive Officer of the Fisheries Division in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries of Jamaica welcomed participants. He said that climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster risk management (DRM) had long been recognized as significant gaps in fisheries and aquaculture pl ...
The use of the aridity index to assess climate
... Available energy (often expressed in terms of potential evaporation) and precipitation largely determine annual evapotranspiration and runoff rates in a region. The ratio of annual potential evaporation to precipitation, referred to as the aridity index by Budyko, has been shown to describe the evap ...
... Available energy (often expressed in terms of potential evaporation) and precipitation largely determine annual evapotranspiration and runoff rates in a region. The ratio of annual potential evaporation to precipitation, referred to as the aridity index by Budyko, has been shown to describe the evap ...
The use of the aridity index to assess climate change effect on
... Available energy (often expressed in terms of potential evaporation) and precipitation largely determine annual evapotranspiration and runoff rates in a region. The ratio of annual potential evaporation to precipitation, referred to as the aridity index by Budyko, has been shown to describe the evap ...
... Available energy (often expressed in terms of potential evaporation) and precipitation largely determine annual evapotranspiration and runoff rates in a region. The ratio of annual potential evaporation to precipitation, referred to as the aridity index by Budyko, has been shown to describe the evap ...
PDF - IPCC Working Group II
... World Bank and ESMAP Studies are published to communicate the results of the Bank’s work to the development community with the least possible delay. The manuscript of this paper therefore has not been prepared in accordance with the procedures appropriate to formally-edited texts. Some sources cited ...
... World Bank and ESMAP Studies are published to communicate the results of the Bank’s work to the development community with the least possible delay. The manuscript of this paper therefore has not been prepared in accordance with the procedures appropriate to formally-edited texts. Some sources cited ...