Norway`s Fifth National Communication under the Framework
... full-blown global economic crisis in autumn 2008 also affected Norway, amplifying the downturn that was already underway. However, the impact of the financial crisis has so far been less severe in Norway than in many other countries. Emission intensity1 in Norway has on average fallen by about 2.5 p ...
... full-blown global economic crisis in autumn 2008 also affected Norway, amplifying the downturn that was already underway. However, the impact of the financial crisis has so far been less severe in Norway than in many other countries. Emission intensity1 in Norway has on average fallen by about 2.5 p ...
The BBC and ClimaTe Change: a Triple BeTrayal
... We were masters of the techniques of promoting our point of view under the cloak of impartiality. The simplest was to hold a discussion between a fluent and persuasive proponent of the view you favoured, and a humourless bigot representing the other side. With a big story, like shale gas for example ...
... We were masters of the techniques of promoting our point of view under the cloak of impartiality. The simplest was to hold a discussion between a fluent and persuasive proponent of the view you favoured, and a humourless bigot representing the other side. With a big story, like shale gas for example ...
A Climate Change Vulnerability and Risk Assessment
... The Southeastern United States will experience several impacts from climate change over the coming decades, including average temperature increases of several degrees, more frequent droughts, and heavier rain and flood events (Diffenbaugh, Pal et al. 2005; Christensen, Hewitson et al. 2007; Karl, Me ...
... The Southeastern United States will experience several impacts from climate change over the coming decades, including average temperature increases of several degrees, more frequent droughts, and heavier rain and flood events (Diffenbaugh, Pal et al. 2005; Christensen, Hewitson et al. 2007; Karl, Me ...
Land Use and Driving - Urban Land Institute
... long-term challenges ever faced by communities around the world. ULI’s engagement in research and dialogue about climate change is part of a broader groundswell of inquiry that is revisiting the underlying assumptions around what we build, where we build, and how we build. The ULI community clearly ...
... long-term challenges ever faced by communities around the world. ULI’s engagement in research and dialogue about climate change is part of a broader groundswell of inquiry that is revisiting the underlying assumptions around what we build, where we build, and how we build. The ULI community clearly ...
Michigan Climate and Health Profile Report 2015
... Through the 20th and into the 21st century, Michigan’s climate has changed in measurable and impactful ways. Since 1951 the average annual temperature has increased by 0.6°F in the southeastern Lower Peninsula, and up to 1.3°F in the northwestern Lower Peninsula. During that same period total annual ...
... Through the 20th and into the 21st century, Michigan’s climate has changed in measurable and impactful ways. Since 1951 the average annual temperature has increased by 0.6°F in the southeastern Lower Peninsula, and up to 1.3°F in the northwestern Lower Peninsula. During that same period total annual ...
Climate change vulnerability in South East Queensland: a spatial
... spatial and sectoral levels. In SEQ, climate change is projected to lead to an increase in average annual temperatures, a change in average rainfall and sea-level rise. In addition, more extreme weather events are projected, with an increase in extreme rainfall events, an increase in the number and ...
... spatial and sectoral levels. In SEQ, climate change is projected to lead to an increase in average annual temperatures, a change in average rainfall and sea-level rise. In addition, more extreme weather events are projected, with an increase in extreme rainfall events, an increase in the number and ...
The social values at risk from sea-level rise
... We know of no value-based assessments of the potential social impacts of sea-level rise. For the most part, this is because approaches for conducting such research in the context of sea-level rise, and climate change more generally, are not well established, and also in part because there is little ...
... We know of no value-based assessments of the potential social impacts of sea-level rise. For the most part, this is because approaches for conducting such research in the context of sea-level rise, and climate change more generally, are not well established, and also in part because there is little ...
Grenada - Climate Investment Funds
... The Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR) housed within the Strategic Climate Funds (SCF) established under the Climate Investment Fund (CIF) aims to help countries transform to a lowcarbon climate resilient development path, consistent with poverty reduction and sustainable development goals. ...
... The Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR) housed within the Strategic Climate Funds (SCF) established under the Climate Investment Fund (CIF) aims to help countries transform to a lowcarbon climate resilient development path, consistent with poverty reduction and sustainable development goals. ...
- Nottingham ePrints
... In the past, the link between climate change and extreme weather has generally been hedged with caveats, as the process of unpicking signal from noise in weather data is extremely difficult. However, this link is now being strongly manifested in the domains of scientific evidence (Peterson et al., 2 ...
... In the past, the link between climate change and extreme weather has generally been hedged with caveats, as the process of unpicking signal from noise in weather data is extremely difficult. However, this link is now being strongly manifested in the domains of scientific evidence (Peterson et al., 2 ...
Environment, Politics and Development Working Paper Series
... As the climate-development discourse merges and overlaps, it brings climate change economists and development economists closer to an ethic of development. Should the clean development mechanism be guided by a development ethic? And if so how can the clean development mechanism be designed and imple ...
... As the climate-development discourse merges and overlaps, it brings climate change economists and development economists closer to an ethic of development. Should the clean development mechanism be guided by a development ethic? And if so how can the clean development mechanism be designed and imple ...
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... were assigned a dummy value of 1 for yes and 0 for no. The responses were average into a single value for ‘natural ...
... were assigned a dummy value of 1 for yes and 0 for no. The responses were average into a single value for ‘natural ...
Urban Climate Adaptation Planning - Resilient Cities
... between climate adaptation and environmental sustainability measures, including those designed to ensure the viability of ecosystem services, improve greenspace, foster urban agriculture, and facilitate improvements in buildings and urban infrastructure. Adaptation also goes beyond environment to ad ...
... between climate adaptation and environmental sustainability measures, including those designed to ensure the viability of ecosystem services, improve greenspace, foster urban agriculture, and facilitate improvements in buildings and urban infrastructure. Adaptation also goes beyond environment to ad ...
Improving*the*Outlook*for* Caribbean*Coral*Reefs
... evolved!under!conditions!of!very!stable! temperature,!and!most!are!not!well!equipped!to! deal!with!temperatures!outside!their!normal!range.! The!most!dramatic!effect!of!rising!sea!temperatures! is!coral!bleaching.! As!global!warming!in!increasing!the!amount!of!heat! stored!in!the!oceans,!the!occurre ...
... evolved!under!conditions!of!very!stable! temperature,!and!most!are!not!well!equipped!to! deal!with!temperatures!outside!their!normal!range.! The!most!dramatic!effect!of!rising!sea!temperatures! is!coral!bleaching.! As!global!warming!in!increasing!the!amount!of!heat! stored!in!the!oceans,!the!occurre ...
Relevant Science What do we know about the potential impacts of
... conservation generally? How might climate change affect the goals of conservation easements and private conservation efforts? A. CONSERVATION EASEMENTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN CONTEXT There are 1,500 land trusts in the U.S., holding over 18,000 conservation easements across 8+ million acres of land. I ...
... conservation generally? How might climate change affect the goals of conservation easements and private conservation efforts? A. CONSERVATION EASEMENTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN CONTEXT There are 1,500 land trusts in the U.S., holding over 18,000 conservation easements across 8+ million acres of land. I ...
Avoiding Adaptation Apartheid: Climate Change Adaptation and
... framework to the management-based problem of climate change-is, even if normatively desirable, akin to fitting a square peg in a round hole. Such management-based problems frequently involve technical experts, policy analysts, and policymakers who collectively negotiate and design long-term, coordin ...
... framework to the management-based problem of climate change-is, even if normatively desirable, akin to fitting a square peg in a round hole. Such management-based problems frequently involve technical experts, policy analysts, and policymakers who collectively negotiate and design long-term, coordin ...
(2012) Blue Carbon Policy Framework 2.0
... The storage of carbon is the consequence of the capacity of those ecosystems to act as a net carbon sink over very long periods of time. If these ecosystems are degraded or damaged by human activities, their carbon sink capacity is lost and the resulting emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) contribute ...
... The storage of carbon is the consequence of the capacity of those ecosystems to act as a net carbon sink over very long periods of time. If these ecosystems are degraded or damaged by human activities, their carbon sink capacity is lost and the resulting emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) contribute ...
Part IV - Urban Climate Change Research Network
... city-scale or macro-scale patterns, and built environment to refer to micro-scale or structural aspects of cities. A city’s urban form, the overall characteristics of a city’s existing built environment, e.g., dispersed versus compact settlement form, the extent and pattern of open spaces and imperv ...
... city-scale or macro-scale patterns, and built environment to refer to micro-scale or structural aspects of cities. A city’s urban form, the overall characteristics of a city’s existing built environment, e.g., dispersed versus compact settlement form, the extent and pattern of open spaces and imperv ...
Slide 1
... Credit - ‘Hea 07 Hazards’ aims to reduce or negate the impacts of natural hazards on the building (requires risk assessment demonstration of mitigation measures) with weighting of issue is adjusted to reflect importance of the issue in the country in question BREEAM Communities - Deals with flood ri ...
... Credit - ‘Hea 07 Hazards’ aims to reduce or negate the impacts of natural hazards on the building (requires risk assessment demonstration of mitigation measures) with weighting of issue is adjusted to reflect importance of the issue in the country in question BREEAM Communities - Deals with flood ri ...
It Depends Which Way the Wind Blows
... The Board with the support of communities and Adelaide University developed this report as the first of many steps needed in our Region to look at the impact of climate change on the land and possible effects on community’s ability to look after that land. The Board was keen that this was not just a ...
... The Board with the support of communities and Adelaide University developed this report as the first of many steps needed in our Region to look at the impact of climate change on the land and possible effects on community’s ability to look after that land. The Board was keen that this was not just a ...
a proposal for a convention on climate change refugees
... with climate change refugees,7 this Article presents several advances. It provides a more in-depth examination of a climate change refugee legal instrument that draws on multiple areas of the law, including human rights, humanitarian, and international environmental law. It looks to legal precedent ...
... with climate change refugees,7 this Article presents several advances. It provides a more in-depth examination of a climate change refugee legal instrument that draws on multiple areas of the law, including human rights, humanitarian, and international environmental law. It looks to legal precedent ...
Impact of Global Warming on Insurance Lawyers and Their Clients
... no, how do you account for climate change in your risk management? Describe your company’s process for identifying climate change-related risks and assessing the degree that they could affect your business, including financial implications. Summarize the current or anticipated risks that climate cha ...
... no, how do you account for climate change in your risk management? Describe your company’s process for identifying climate change-related risks and assessing the degree that they could affect your business, including financial implications. Summarize the current or anticipated risks that climate cha ...
Special Interests and the Media: Theory and an Application to Climate Change Seminar is joint with Political Economy.
... an endogenous limit on the amount of information that the journalist can communicate in equilibrium. The reason is that a captured journalist wants to make a very informative report, which means that a journalist wishing to appear neutral avoids conveying a lot of information to the voter. This anal ...
... an endogenous limit on the amount of information that the journalist can communicate in equilibrium. The reason is that a captured journalist wants to make a very informative report, which means that a journalist wishing to appear neutral avoids conveying a lot of information to the voter. This anal ...
Ecosystem Vulnerability Assessment and Synthesis
... The scope of this assessment is primarily ecological; it considers ecological vulnerabilities in northern Wisconsin with particular emphasis on tree species. It provides very limited direct consideration of water and wildlife, although these are vital topics. Although we provide limited consideratio ...
... The scope of this assessment is primarily ecological; it considers ecological vulnerabilities in northern Wisconsin with particular emphasis on tree species. It provides very limited direct consideration of water and wildlife, although these are vital topics. Although we provide limited consideratio ...
NorthSouth asymmetry in the modeled phytoplankton community
... [2009a, 2009b]. Coupled climate model spin-up includes a 1000 year preindustrial control simulation followed by a transient simulation for the 1870–2099 period [Thornton et al., 2009]. Fossil fuel CO2 emissions are prescribed from 1870–1999 historical data and from the SRES (Special Report on Emissi ...
... [2009a, 2009b]. Coupled climate model spin-up includes a 1000 year preindustrial control simulation followed by a transient simulation for the 1870–2099 period [Thornton et al., 2009]. Fossil fuel CO2 emissions are prescribed from 1870–1999 historical data and from the SRES (Special Report on Emissi ...
Special Interests and the Media
... an endogenous limit on the amount of information that the journalist can communicate in equilibrium. The reason is that a captured journalist wants to make a very informative report, which means that a journalist wishing to appear neutral avoids conveying a lot of information to the voter. This anal ...
... an endogenous limit on the amount of information that the journalist can communicate in equilibrium. The reason is that a captured journalist wants to make a very informative report, which means that a journalist wishing to appear neutral avoids conveying a lot of information to the voter. This anal ...