Israel Country report 2013
... The ENPI CLIMA-South is implemented in a dynamic region, with rapidly changing social and political environments. At the same time, climate change is at a critical stage of the international negotiations in which new developments may be expected. Flexibility is therefore of the utmost importance and ...
... The ENPI CLIMA-South is implemented in a dynamic region, with rapidly changing social and political environments. At the same time, climate change is at a critical stage of the international negotiations in which new developments may be expected. Flexibility is therefore of the utmost importance and ...
individual perceptions of climate risks
... available data and the resulting high degree of uncertainty. The first impact studies were also carried out to measure how risks will evolve in a warmer future climate. More than ten years have now passed, and climate change has become much more than an environmental issue. It is a global challenge ...
... available data and the resulting high degree of uncertainty. The first impact studies were also carried out to measure how risks will evolve in a warmer future climate. More than ten years have now passed, and climate change has become much more than an environmental issue. It is a global challenge ...
Stephen Schneider 1945–2010 A Biographical Memoir by B. D. Santer
... and ecosystems. His research helped to show that human beings are now active agents of changes in the climate system—not just innocent bystanders—and that we are already influencing the distributions and abundances of most plants and animals. In a number of different areas, from oceans to clouds and ...
... and ecosystems. His research helped to show that human beings are now active agents of changes in the climate system—not just innocent bystanders—and that we are already influencing the distributions and abundances of most plants and animals. In a number of different areas, from oceans to clouds and ...
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... depends on agriculture, directly or indirectly, for their livelihoods. The majority of farmers are small subsistence operators who are depend on agriculture both as a source of income as well as ...
... depends on agriculture, directly or indirectly, for their livelihoods. The majority of farmers are small subsistence operators who are depend on agriculture both as a source of income as well as ...
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... The atmosphere, which is a layer of gases surrounding the earth, contains, in part, water vapour, carbon dioxide, and other gases. Some of these gases, defined as greenhouse gases, enable solar radiation to pass through, but also absorb the incoming radiation from the earth, which converts to heat. ...
... The atmosphere, which is a layer of gases surrounding the earth, contains, in part, water vapour, carbon dioxide, and other gases. Some of these gases, defined as greenhouse gases, enable solar radiation to pass through, but also absorb the incoming radiation from the earth, which converts to heat. ...
Inadequacies and criticisms of the Intergovernmental Panel on
... have provided conclusive evidence that human emissions of greenhouse gases are warming the climate. The IPCC has provided nothing of the sort, but rather has a predisposition towards that conclusion built into its terms of reference. Indeed, despite the overwhelming public assumption regarding human ...
... have provided conclusive evidence that human emissions of greenhouse gases are warming the climate. The IPCC has provided nothing of the sort, but rather has a predisposition towards that conclusion built into its terms of reference. Indeed, despite the overwhelming public assumption regarding human ...
Climate change and Tourism in the Alps: a position paper in view of
... Data about past average trends is certainly informative but its usefulness can be questioned when it comes to the estimation of future climate dynamics at the local level. This is because (a) the climate system exhibits a complex and non linear behaviour, and (b) different micro-climates may coexist ...
... Data about past average trends is certainly informative but its usefulness can be questioned when it comes to the estimation of future climate dynamics at the local level. This is because (a) the climate system exhibits a complex and non linear behaviour, and (b) different micro-climates may coexist ...
Piedmont Upland Pools and Depressions
... is not expected to have a major effect on them. The change in hydroperiod may be more important. These communities are important breeding sites for amphibians, and it is possible that reduced duration of flooding would leave too little time for larvae to mature in some years. Warmer water temperatur ...
... is not expected to have a major effect on them. The change in hydroperiod may be more important. These communities are important breeding sites for amphibians, and it is possible that reduced duration of flooding would leave too little time for larvae to mature in some years. Warmer water temperatur ...
Climate Change and Children`s Health—A Call for Research
... Human-induced climate change is one of the biggest social, environmental and public health challenges we face in this century [1]. Groups such as children, the elderly and people with low socioeconomic status are particularly vulnerable to the effects resulting from such change [2]. Climate change p ...
... Human-induced climate change is one of the biggest social, environmental and public health challenges we face in this century [1]. Groups such as children, the elderly and people with low socioeconomic status are particularly vulnerable to the effects resulting from such change [2]. Climate change p ...
Carbon impact - Electricity North West
... change impact. The majority of research to date has focussed on reducing the carbon intensity of electricity supply with a diverse range of technologies from renewables, to nuclear power and fossil fuels with carbon capture and storage. However, it is just as important to understand the delivery and ...
... change impact. The majority of research to date has focussed on reducing the carbon intensity of electricity supply with a diverse range of technologies from renewables, to nuclear power and fossil fuels with carbon capture and storage. However, it is just as important to understand the delivery and ...
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... GHG levels in 1990. Most developed countries must reduce their GHG emissions below the 1990 level to comply with the Protocol, but Ireland received a concession that allowed an increase in its GHG emissions by a further 13 percent above the 1990 levels by the first commitment period. Despite this co ...
... GHG levels in 1990. Most developed countries must reduce their GHG emissions below the 1990 level to comply with the Protocol, but Ireland received a concession that allowed an increase in its GHG emissions by a further 13 percent above the 1990 levels by the first commitment period. Despite this co ...
Climate Change and the Skiing Industry: Impacts and Potential
... soil development. Immediate effects of skiing and other sports are soil compaction, leading to surfaces that are more impermeable and, thus, generating higher surface runoff. It is argued that skiing as a major anthropogenic factor is able to have similar profound impacts on woodland communities and ...
... soil development. Immediate effects of skiing and other sports are soil compaction, leading to surfaces that are more impermeable and, thus, generating higher surface runoff. It is argued that skiing as a major anthropogenic factor is able to have similar profound impacts on woodland communities and ...
BCS331 Module 10
... Developed by Chris Southcott Lakehead University Canada Overview Climate change is impacting the socio-economic development of northern communities and threatening their long-term sustainability. Impacts of climate change are likely to increase in the future, but specific impacts of these changes ha ...
... Developed by Chris Southcott Lakehead University Canada Overview Climate change is impacting the socio-economic development of northern communities and threatening their long-term sustainability. Impacts of climate change are likely to increase in the future, but specific impacts of these changes ha ...
Infiltrating the Frozen Fortress: the importance of the cryosphere to
... Siberia is thought to be directly connected to changes in the thickness of the active permafrost layer (Anisimov et al. 2007). The periglacial zone is determined by mean temperature, latitude, altitude, and local climate (Washburn 1979). The intense freeze-thaw cycles of periglacial zones result in ...
... Siberia is thought to be directly connected to changes in the thickness of the active permafrost layer (Anisimov et al. 2007). The periglacial zone is determined by mean temperature, latitude, altitude, and local climate (Washburn 1979). The intense freeze-thaw cycles of periglacial zones result in ...
The Business of AdApTing To ClimATe ChAnge
... International Business Leaders Forum’s industry framework on climate change adaptation, “The Business of Adapting to Climate Change”. As well as laying out the business case for action, this report provides practical recommendations on how adaptation strategies can be incorporated into core operatio ...
... International Business Leaders Forum’s industry framework on climate change adaptation, “The Business of Adapting to Climate Change”. As well as laying out the business case for action, this report provides practical recommendations on how adaptation strategies can be incorporated into core operatio ...
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... cannot be assigned to events because there is ignorance insu¢ cient information. Knight argued that uncertainty in this sense of unmeasurable uncertainty is more common in economic decision making. Knightian uncertainty should be contrasted to risk (measurable or probabilistic uncertainty) where pro ...
... cannot be assigned to events because there is ignorance insu¢ cient information. Knight argued that uncertainty in this sense of unmeasurable uncertainty is more common in economic decision making. Knightian uncertainty should be contrasted to risk (measurable or probabilistic uncertainty) where pro ...
The Importance of Carbon Footprint Estimation
... found a large variety of definitions that differ in which gases are accounted for, where boundaries of analysis are drawn, and several other criteria. In the United States, the California Climate Action Registry (CCAR) and, more recently, The Climate Registry (TCR) are common resources for defining ...
... found a large variety of definitions that differ in which gases are accounted for, where boundaries of analysis are drawn, and several other criteria. In the United States, the California Climate Action Registry (CCAR) and, more recently, The Climate Registry (TCR) are common resources for defining ...
Climate policy under sustainable discounted utilitarianism: Working Paper 42 (830 kB) (opens in new window)
... utility, SDU is an axiomatically based criterion, which departs from DU by assigning zero weight to present utility if and only if the present is better o than the future. Using the DICE integrated assessment model to run risk analysis, we show that it is possible for the future to be worse o than ...
... utility, SDU is an axiomatically based criterion, which departs from DU by assigning zero weight to present utility if and only if the present is better o than the future. Using the DICE integrated assessment model to run risk analysis, we show that it is possible for the future to be worse o than ...
House science testimony apr 15 final - Climate Etc.
... Human-caused warming depends not only on increases in greenhouse gases but also on how ‘sensitive’ the climate is to these increases. Climate sensitivity is defined as the global surface warming that occurs when the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere doubles. If climate sensitivity is ...
... Human-caused warming depends not only on increases in greenhouse gases but also on how ‘sensitive’ the climate is to these increases. Climate sensitivity is defined as the global surface warming that occurs when the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere doubles. If climate sensitivity is ...
CO2 Targets
... relative economy of mitigation compared with adaptation, and the nations priorities for limited funds. Australia has some experience with the “Price on Carbon”; it was supposed to achieve gains at $23 per Tonne but actually achieved only an efficiency of $5310 per tonne according to “The Australian” ...
... relative economy of mitigation compared with adaptation, and the nations priorities for limited funds. Australia has some experience with the “Price on Carbon”; it was supposed to achieve gains at $23 per Tonne but actually achieved only an efficiency of $5310 per tonne according to “The Australian” ...
A DYNAMIC SIMULATION MODEL OF CARBON CIRCULATION
... Although climate change in IPCC usage refers to “any change in climate over time, whether due to natural variability or as a result of human activity”, activities of mankind have surely precipitated it with disastrous results. Today, increased emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs), especially of carb ...
... Although climate change in IPCC usage refers to “any change in climate over time, whether due to natural variability or as a result of human activity”, activities of mankind have surely precipitated it with disastrous results. Today, increased emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs), especially of carb ...
... resource utilization. There are lesser studies about spatial dynamic simulation situations for climate change. In the past, climate change trend ideas were lesser included in land utilization regulations, and scholars also seldom to employ cellular automation (CA) theory in combination with geograph ...
Community based adaptation to climate change
... and aid donors are often reluctant to commit to adaptation if they do not yet know exactly what they are adapting to. Second, large-scale engineering or technological investments may not be the most cost-effective way to reduce vulnerability to climate change.13 A longstanding literature within deve ...
... and aid donors are often reluctant to commit to adaptation if they do not yet know exactly what they are adapting to. Second, large-scale engineering or technological investments may not be the most cost-effective way to reduce vulnerability to climate change.13 A longstanding literature within deve ...
Climate change and mountain ecosystems Martin F. Price and John
... current conditions. Yet, research on possible future climates requires baseline descriptions of current climates from which projections can be made. Apart from the chaotic nature of climate, there are other reasons, of more regional importance, why scientific projections of global climate are not li ...
... current conditions. Yet, research on possible future climates requires baseline descriptions of current climates from which projections can be made. Apart from the chaotic nature of climate, there are other reasons, of more regional importance, why scientific projections of global climate are not li ...
Climate Change and First Nations: Recommendations for Action
... focused on adaptation has become more important in the scientific and social scientific communities. Despite considerable examination of impacts and adaptations of climate change on a global and a Canadian regional scale, relatively little attention has been paid to identifying the impacts of climat ...
... focused on adaptation has become more important in the scientific and social scientific communities. Despite considerable examination of impacts and adaptations of climate change on a global and a Canadian regional scale, relatively little attention has been paid to identifying the impacts of climat ...