climate change and insurance law
... Sector, The Geneva Papers, 2008, pp. 71-90 ; W. R. STAHEL, Global Climate Change in the Wider Context of Sustainability, The Geneva Papers, 2008, pp. 507-529 ; W. R. STAHEL, In Favour of a Proactive Insurance Approach to Climate Change, The Geneva Papers, 2009, pp. 319-322 ; E. MILLS, A Global Revie ...
... Sector, The Geneva Papers, 2008, pp. 71-90 ; W. R. STAHEL, Global Climate Change in the Wider Context of Sustainability, The Geneva Papers, 2008, pp. 507-529 ; W. R. STAHEL, In Favour of a Proactive Insurance Approach to Climate Change, The Geneva Papers, 2009, pp. 319-322 ; E. MILLS, A Global Revie ...
Integrating biophysical models and evolutionary theory to
... selection (i) and then computed the response to selection (R = ih2VP) under high and low heritability values (0·15, 0·5) for a standardized trait with a phenotypic variance (VP) of one. We appreciate that heritabilities may change; for instance genetic variance is depleted by directional selection, ...
... selection (i) and then computed the response to selection (R = ih2VP) under high and low heritability values (0·15, 0·5) for a standardized trait with a phenotypic variance (VP) of one. We appreciate that heritabilities may change; for instance genetic variance is depleted by directional selection, ...
Integrating biophysical models and evolutionary theory
... selection (i) and then computed the response to selection (R = ih2VP) under high and low heritability values (0·15, 0·5) for a standardized trait with a phenotypic variance (VP) of one. We appreciate that heritabilities may change; for instance genetic variance is depleted by directional selection, ...
... selection (i) and then computed the response to selection (R = ih2VP) under high and low heritability values (0·15, 0·5) for a standardized trait with a phenotypic variance (VP) of one. We appreciate that heritabilities may change; for instance genetic variance is depleted by directional selection, ...
Future deforestation in the Amazon and consequences
... forest could potentially create a positive feedback by driving greater expansion of agricultural area through additional deforestation (Lapola et al., 2010) although agricultural expansion and deforestation have become increasingly decoupled in recent years (Lapola et al., 2014). The objective of th ...
... forest could potentially create a positive feedback by driving greater expansion of agricultural area through additional deforestation (Lapola et al., 2010) although agricultural expansion and deforestation have become increasingly decoupled in recent years (Lapola et al., 2014). The objective of th ...
Targeting deforestation rates in climate change policy: a
... and "permanence" (the potentially transitory nature of biospheric carbon due to factors such as pest outbreak or fire) and the likelihood that those credits would be used by developed nations to meet their fossil fuel CO2 emissions reductions leading to, at best, a zero sum game from a long-term atm ...
... and "permanence" (the potentially transitory nature of biospheric carbon due to factors such as pest outbreak or fire) and the likelihood that those credits would be used by developed nations to meet their fossil fuel CO2 emissions reductions leading to, at best, a zero sum game from a long-term atm ...
A global ranking of port cities with high exposure to climate extremes
... Port cities are important concentrations for population with 13 out of the 20 most populated cities in the world in 2005 being port cities. In addition, these cities form a vital component of national and global economies, particularly in developing countries, with a global tripling in the volume of ...
... Port cities are important concentrations for population with 13 out of the 20 most populated cities in the world in 2005 being port cities. In addition, these cities form a vital component of national and global economies, particularly in developing countries, with a global tripling in the volume of ...
- Wiley Online Library
... range shifts are tightly coupled to shifts in thermal envelope (Pinksy et al., 2013). Therefore, the magnitude of anticipated climate warming effects on thermally constrained latitudinal ranges of hypothetical oxygen- and capacity-limited FENs was estimated based on the best supported mean temperatu ...
... range shifts are tightly coupled to shifts in thermal envelope (Pinksy et al., 2013). Therefore, the magnitude of anticipated climate warming effects on thermally constrained latitudinal ranges of hypothetical oxygen- and capacity-limited FENs was estimated based on the best supported mean temperatu ...
Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change on the Built Environment
... applied to regional and local impact analysis.7 In 2010, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) published an international survey that found there is “ample scope for employing EIA procedures as a vehicle for enhancing the resilience of projects to the impacts of climate ch ...
... applied to regional and local impact analysis.7 In 2010, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) published an international survey that found there is “ample scope for employing EIA procedures as a vehicle for enhancing the resilience of projects to the impacts of climate ch ...
case study: weyerhaeuser - Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
... cycle of its timberlands—from planting to final harvest— against losses from storms, pest infestation, wildfires, and drought. The company regularly updates its forest timber inventories, growth projections, harvest schedules, and planting activities to account for potential and actual annual losses ...
... cycle of its timberlands—from planting to final harvest— against losses from storms, pest infestation, wildfires, and drought. The company regularly updates its forest timber inventories, growth projections, harvest schedules, and planting activities to account for potential and actual annual losses ...
Small Island States
... which currently are experiencing a high incidence of vectorand water-borne diseases. This is attributable partly to changes in temperature and rainfall, which may be linked to the ENSO phenomenon, and partly to changes in the patterns of droughts and floods. Climate extremes also place a huge burden ...
... which currently are experiencing a high incidence of vectorand water-borne diseases. This is attributable partly to changes in temperature and rainfall, which may be linked to the ENSO phenomenon, and partly to changes in the patterns of droughts and floods. Climate extremes also place a huge burden ...
National Programme for Spatial Adaptation to Climate Change (ARK)
... simultaneous shift will take place towards more local decision making in the area of spatial planning, there will be major questions to contend with in matters of organisation, direction and participative decision making. After all, climate change, being a global problem and having countless facets ...
... simultaneous shift will take place towards more local decision making in the area of spatial planning, there will be major questions to contend with in matters of organisation, direction and participative decision making. After all, climate change, being a global problem and having countless facets ...
Western Cape Climate Change Response Strategy 2014
... 2 PROBLEM FRAMING – GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gasses (GHG) have risen, with carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions increasing from 280 to around 400 parts per million (ppm). An increase in GHGs causes an increase in globa ...
... 2 PROBLEM FRAMING – GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gasses (GHG) have risen, with carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions increasing from 280 to around 400 parts per million (ppm). An increase in GHGs causes an increase in globa ...
Winter precipitation and cyclones in the Mediterranean region: future
... experiment) and two for future conditions (2071–2100) carried out with the regional climate model RegCM under the IPCC A2 and B2 emission scenarios. The A2 is a high emission scenario, lying towards the high end of the IPCC range, while the B2 is a low emission scenario lying towards the low end of ...
... experiment) and two for future conditions (2071–2100) carried out with the regional climate model RegCM under the IPCC A2 and B2 emission scenarios. The A2 is a high emission scenario, lying towards the high end of the IPCC range, while the B2 is a low emission scenario lying towards the low end of ...
- Adaptation Learning Mechanism
... 39. The economic cost linked to the biophysical effects of the sea level rise is steep for Senegal. For the years 2050 and 2100 amount, economic costs are about 182 and 292 billion FCFA, respectively in relation to the Cap – Verde peninsula and with a 7cm high level of flooding. The estuary resource ...
... 39. The economic cost linked to the biophysical effects of the sea level rise is steep for Senegal. For the years 2050 and 2100 amount, economic costs are about 182 and 292 billion FCFA, respectively in relation to the Cap – Verde peninsula and with a 7cm high level of flooding. The estuary resource ...
Towards Climate Change Resilient of Hail Haor, Sylhet:
... Bangladesh is one of the poor countries in the South Asia where most of the people depend on fishes for their nutrition. About 60% of total demand of protein is fulfilled from fishes. Wetlands, rivers, khals, and estuaries are the major sources of fishes and its highly productive environment support ...
... Bangladesh is one of the poor countries in the South Asia where most of the people depend on fishes for their nutrition. About 60% of total demand of protein is fulfilled from fishes. Wetlands, rivers, khals, and estuaries are the major sources of fishes and its highly productive environment support ...
International Perspectives on Disaster Management and
... principles that enable all response partners to prepare for and provide a unified national response to disasters and emergencies. It establishes a comprehensive, national, all-hazards approach to domestic incident response effective March 22, 2008. Defines the principles, roles, and structures that ...
... principles that enable all response partners to prepare for and provide a unified national response to disasters and emergencies. It establishes a comprehensive, national, all-hazards approach to domestic incident response effective March 22, 2008. Defines the principles, roles, and structures that ...
FACT SHEET PACKET (Executive Summary - FACT SHEET #6)
... current atmospheric CO2 levels have risen approximately 138 percent above those of the pre-industrial period (Tans, 2010). ...
... current atmospheric CO2 levels have risen approximately 138 percent above those of the pre-industrial period (Tans, 2010). ...
Nitrogen pollution and climate change reduce carbon storage and
... wildlife and support unusual and rare species that are uniquely adapted to low nutrient levels and often highly acidic soils, such as peat-forming Sphagnum mosses, carnivorous plants like sundew, or vascular plants such as sedges. The EU Habitats Directive’s Annex 1 lists more than a dozen such habi ...
... wildlife and support unusual and rare species that are uniquely adapted to low nutrient levels and often highly acidic soils, such as peat-forming Sphagnum mosses, carnivorous plants like sundew, or vascular plants such as sedges. The EU Habitats Directive’s Annex 1 lists more than a dozen such habi ...
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... to the continental United States. The GCM contemporary climate represented by a 10year window corresponds roughly to that of the 1990s, selected from the HadCM2 simulations without enhanced greenhouse gas (GHG) forcing (Johns et al. 1997). The future scenario climate is from a transient simulation t ...
... to the continental United States. The GCM contemporary climate represented by a 10year window corresponds roughly to that of the 1990s, selected from the HadCM2 simulations without enhanced greenhouse gas (GHG) forcing (Johns et al. 1997). The future scenario climate is from a transient simulation t ...
Review of current monitoring efforts in coastal ecosystems
... The second objective is to estimate the distribution and rate of change of population, urbanization, and land use/land cover in the coastal zone. It is believed that using current datasets these rates can be estimated within 1 year. The third goal is to assess the vulnerability of ecosystems in ...
... The second objective is to estimate the distribution and rate of change of population, urbanization, and land use/land cover in the coastal zone. It is believed that using current datasets these rates can be estimated within 1 year. The third goal is to assess the vulnerability of ecosystems in ...
NAPAs and NAPs in Least Developed Countries
... progress on this matter is to be reviewed at COP 20 in 2014, GEF is expected to report on its response at COP 19. However, this brief assumes that the Parties will not be in a position to revise the initial NAP guidelines this year, as countries are still in the early stages of applying the guidelin ...
... progress on this matter is to be reviewed at COP 20 in 2014, GEF is expected to report on its response at COP 19. However, this brief assumes that the Parties will not be in a position to revise the initial NAP guidelines this year, as countries are still in the early stages of applying the guidelin ...
Carbon Price Forecasts - Parliamentary Commissioner for the
... extent of international agreement and cooperation. The scenarios chosen for analysis, and as recommended by PCE, reflect expectations of future developments in climate change policy and the assumptions used by researchers in producing projections. The three scenarios are summarised in Table 1; they ...
... extent of international agreement and cooperation. The scenarios chosen for analysis, and as recommended by PCE, reflect expectations of future developments in climate change policy and the assumptions used by researchers in producing projections. The three scenarios are summarised in Table 1; they ...
Why Have the Leading Journals in Management
... THE COVERAGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE TOP JOURNALS ...
... THE COVERAGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE TOP JOURNALS ...
19 Assessing key vulnerabilities and the risk from climate change Coordinating Lead Authors:
... likely to have already increased the risk of certain extreme events such as heatwaves, and it is more likely than not that warming has contributed to the intensification of some tropical cyclones, with increasing levels of adverse impacts as temperatures increase (very high confidence). • The distri ...
... likely to have already increased the risk of certain extreme events such as heatwaves, and it is more likely than not that warming has contributed to the intensification of some tropical cyclones, with increasing levels of adverse impacts as temperatures increase (very high confidence). • The distri ...
July 2016 - American Bar Association
... Since at least the late 1970s, scientists have known that greenhouse gas emissions from human activity are contributing to the warming of the planet. In 1988, NASA scientist James Hansen testified before the U.S. Congress about the need to take action on climate change, and his call to action was wi ...
... Since at least the late 1970s, scientists have known that greenhouse gas emissions from human activity are contributing to the warming of the planet. In 1988, NASA scientist James Hansen testified before the U.S. Congress about the need to take action on climate change, and his call to action was wi ...