Waste - Cumbria County Council
... these may be the most cost-effective means of minimising climate risks in the short term, say over the next 5 to 10 years. More detailed guidance on facilities management. 1.5 Retrofitting The retrofitting of more substantial climate adaptation measures to existing premises is most cost-effective as ...
... these may be the most cost-effective means of minimising climate risks in the short term, say over the next 5 to 10 years. More detailed guidance on facilities management. 1.5 Retrofitting The retrofitting of more substantial climate adaptation measures to existing premises is most cost-effective as ...
Making climate hot - Center for Science and Technology Policy
... atmospheric carbon concentrations and global average temperatures rising for hundreds of years. On the other hand, radical reductions in annual emissions over the next 50 years would be required if we aimed to stabilize CO2 concentrations (blue line). The resulting temperature increase would be stee ...
... atmospheric carbon concentrations and global average temperatures rising for hundreds of years. On the other hand, radical reductions in annual emissions over the next 50 years would be required if we aimed to stabilize CO2 concentrations (blue line). The resulting temperature increase would be stee ...
- Wiley Online Library
... carbon cycle (Edmonds and Smith, 2006). The economic impact of carbon cycle uncertainties are larger than the effect of any individual technology choice, although the effect of technology combinations (i.e. the presence or absence of multiple technologies) can have a larger impact than carbon cycle ...
... carbon cycle (Edmonds and Smith, 2006). The economic impact of carbon cycle uncertainties are larger than the effect of any individual technology choice, although the effect of technology combinations (i.e. the presence or absence of multiple technologies) can have a larger impact than carbon cycle ...
Cost Benefit Analysis Tool and Guidance
... benefits of a proposal or range of options. For periodization purposes, a policy analyst using CBA would select the best option amongst them – i.e. the one with the greatest benefits compared to costs. As long as benefits exceed the costs, the policy change or option is justified and allows resource ...
... benefits of a proposal or range of options. For periodization purposes, a policy analyst using CBA would select the best option amongst them – i.e. the one with the greatest benefits compared to costs. As long as benefits exceed the costs, the policy change or option is justified and allows resource ...
can climate change infuence protected designations of origin and
... As a result, the description of theinteraction between climate and wine is a core element of the technical file of a PDO/PGI. We underline this through the provisions of article 32, paragraph 1, letter a) and article 35, paragraph 1, letter a) from Romanian Law no. 164/ 2015 referring to grapevine a ...
... As a result, the description of theinteraction between climate and wine is a core element of the technical file of a PDO/PGI. We underline this through the provisions of article 32, paragraph 1, letter a) and article 35, paragraph 1, letter a) from Romanian Law no. 164/ 2015 referring to grapevine a ...
Catalyzing Frontiers in Water-Climate-Society Research s
... Adaptation assessment includes understanding the vulnerability of systems to suffer harm from climate variability and changes to hydrological cycles and water resources. It also examines adaptive capacity, which implies the potential of a system or population to modify its features and behavior so a ...
... Adaptation assessment includes understanding the vulnerability of systems to suffer harm from climate variability and changes to hydrological cycles and water resources. It also examines adaptive capacity, which implies the potential of a system or population to modify its features and behavior so a ...
An Abrupt Climate Change Scenario and Its
... society, or that our efforts such as those embodied in the Kyoto protocol will be sufficient to mitigate the impacts. The IPCC documents the threat of gradual climate change and its impact to food supplies and other resources of importance to humans will not be so severe as to create security threat ...
... society, or that our efforts such as those embodied in the Kyoto protocol will be sufficient to mitigate the impacts. The IPCC documents the threat of gradual climate change and its impact to food supplies and other resources of importance to humans will not be so severe as to create security threat ...
CLIMATE POLICY IN LIGHT OF CLIMATE SCIENCE: THE ICLIPS
... cost assessments stand out against highly uncertain benefit estimates), and the need to discount for both lead to a relatively modest GHG abatement as the efficient policy emerging from a cost-benefit framework. Nordhaus (1997) notes that along the economically efficient emission path ‘the long-run ...
... cost assessments stand out against highly uncertain benefit estimates), and the need to discount for both lead to a relatively modest GHG abatement as the efficient policy emerging from a cost-benefit framework. Nordhaus (1997) notes that along the economically efficient emission path ‘the long-run ...
workshop on human settlements` response to climate change
... • Stimulate cross-national understanding of the policy and research priorities for Climate Change action in built environment, • Kindle exchanges amongst academic staff and students around the concept of Climate Change, and • Initiate research collaboration between researchers and institutions in th ...
... • Stimulate cross-national understanding of the policy and research priorities for Climate Change action in built environment, • Kindle exchanges amongst academic staff and students around the concept of Climate Change, and • Initiate research collaboration between researchers and institutions in th ...
Catalyzing frontiers in water-climate-society
... Adaptation assessment includes understanding the vulnerability of systems to suffer harm from climate variability and changes to hydrological cycles and water resources. It also examines adaptive capacity, which implies the potential of a system or population to modify its features and behavior so a ...
... Adaptation assessment includes understanding the vulnerability of systems to suffer harm from climate variability and changes to hydrological cycles and water resources. It also examines adaptive capacity, which implies the potential of a system or population to modify its features and behavior so a ...
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... We defined different scenarios to embrace the whole variability of future agricultural market developments due to uncertainty about future crop yields, caused by climate change and carbon fertilization effects. The scenarios are based on a plausible combination of representative concentration pathwa ...
... We defined different scenarios to embrace the whole variability of future agricultural market developments due to uncertainty about future crop yields, caused by climate change and carbon fertilization effects. The scenarios are based on a plausible combination of representative concentration pathwa ...
Climate, Environment and Security in Sudan
... vulnerabilities – will be core elements of any strategy for building climate and conflict resilience in the area (Bronkhorst 2011). There may be opportunities to learn from these projects. Additionally, the pilot implementation projects for Sudan’s National Adaptation Programme of Action, currently ...
... vulnerabilities – will be core elements of any strategy for building climate and conflict resilience in the area (Bronkhorst 2011). There may be opportunities to learn from these projects. Additionally, the pilot implementation projects for Sudan’s National Adaptation Programme of Action, currently ...
prova de inglês
... Copenhagen: 8 reasons you should cut carbon (aside from climate change) The big global meeting held in Copenhagen (called COP15) was all about reducing carbon emissions in order to combat climate change. However, is climate change the only reason your business should reduce the energy use and carbon ...
... Copenhagen: 8 reasons you should cut carbon (aside from climate change) The big global meeting held in Copenhagen (called COP15) was all about reducing carbon emissions in order to combat climate change. However, is climate change the only reason your business should reduce the energy use and carbon ...
The impact of 1.5°C and 2.0 °C above pre-industrial levels
... In general the approach for African Semi-Arid Regions, to check the possibility of using CORDEX, and evaluate whether CORDEX extremes are reliable or not. So the work will start by different GCMs. The result of the CORDEX will be compared later with the results of the CMIP5 to see if the same signal ...
... In general the approach for African Semi-Arid Regions, to check the possibility of using CORDEX, and evaluate whether CORDEX extremes are reliable or not. So the work will start by different GCMs. The result of the CORDEX will be compared later with the results of the CMIP5 to see if the same signal ...
Nonstate Actors in the Climate Arena
... global warming by painting it as a “crisis” that requires urgent action (See also Busby 2010a, 120).. This ‘scientific urgency’ frame was routinely employed in position papers and lobbying documents at this time. Their engagement was generally seen as effective, as parties routinely discussed NGO pr ...
... global warming by painting it as a “crisis” that requires urgent action (See also Busby 2010a, 120).. This ‘scientific urgency’ frame was routinely employed in position papers and lobbying documents at this time. Their engagement was generally seen as effective, as parties routinely discussed NGO pr ...
IOSR Journal of Mathematics (IOSR-JM) e-ISSN: 2278-5728, p-ISSN:
... change which is caused by change in climatic factors such as rainfall, temperature, wind current, relative humidity e.t.c. The increasing global consensus built on empirical evidence that the world is facing a threat from climate change has sustained the feeling and belief that many countries in tro ...
... change which is caused by change in climatic factors such as rainfall, temperature, wind current, relative humidity e.t.c. The increasing global consensus built on empirical evidence that the world is facing a threat from climate change has sustained the feeling and belief that many countries in tro ...
Conceptual framework: Definitions for key concepts
... communicating knowledge from diverse scientific disciplines so that all relevant aspects of a complex societal issue can be evaluated and considered for the benefit of decision-making.” For the Mediterranean case studies, integration in this sense represents an integrated process of assessment acros ...
... communicating knowledge from diverse scientific disciplines so that all relevant aspects of a complex societal issue can be evaluated and considered for the benefit of decision-making.” For the Mediterranean case studies, integration in this sense represents an integrated process of assessment acros ...
Water and Climate Change
... Today, about 700 million people in 43 countries live below the water-stress threshold of 1,700 cubic metres per person. By 2025 that figure will reach 3 billion, as water stress intensifies in China, India and Sub-Saharan Africa. 17 ...
... Today, about 700 million people in 43 countries live below the water-stress threshold of 1,700 cubic metres per person. By 2025 that figure will reach 3 billion, as water stress intensifies in China, India and Sub-Saharan Africa. 17 ...
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... complex global environmental problems. The diverse conceptual and theoretical frameworks discussed above can guide research, policy and practice, and contribute to deeper understandings of transformation within the context of climate change. However, there is also recognition that a more comprehensi ...
... complex global environmental problems. The diverse conceptual and theoretical frameworks discussed above can guide research, policy and practice, and contribute to deeper understandings of transformation within the context of climate change. However, there is also recognition that a more comprehensi ...
Outsights_The Future of the Global Economy to 2030FORPRINT.qxp
... the initial trigger for central control over the allocation of resources. Resource availability is mainly addressed on the supply-side by governments investing in major programmes to improve energy efficiency and to introduce new technologies - "Manhattan Projects" for energy - and mandating the use ...
... the initial trigger for central control over the allocation of resources. Resource availability is mainly addressed on the supply-side by governments investing in major programmes to improve energy efficiency and to introduce new technologies - "Manhattan Projects" for energy - and mandating the use ...
Responding to Climate Change: The Three Spheres of
... complex global environmental problems. The diverse conceptual and theoretical frameworks discussed above can guide research, policy and practice, and contribute to deeper understandings of transformation within the context of climate change. However, there is also recognition that a more comprehensi ...
... complex global environmental problems. The diverse conceptual and theoretical frameworks discussed above can guide research, policy and practice, and contribute to deeper understandings of transformation within the context of climate change. However, there is also recognition that a more comprehensi ...
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... coastal zones. These activities can lower the threat of sea level rise, protect coasts from severe weather, ensure water quality, protect wetlands, and preserve biodiversity. A. Protection from Sea Level Rise and Severe Weather Events Beaches are one of the strongest natural defenses against weather ...
... coastal zones. These activities can lower the threat of sea level rise, protect coasts from severe weather, ensure water quality, protect wetlands, and preserve biodiversity. A. Protection from Sea Level Rise and Severe Weather Events Beaches are one of the strongest natural defenses against weather ...
Global Responsibilities: Ethics, Public Health, and Global
... climate change andpublic healthfrom an ethicalperspective. He begins by exploringthe link between globalenvironmentalchange andpublichealthand concludes that global warming poses a serious potential threat to human health. ProfessorJamieson then questions why the potentialhealth effects of climate c ...
... climate change andpublic healthfrom an ethicalperspective. He begins by exploringthe link between globalenvironmentalchange andpublichealthand concludes that global warming poses a serious potential threat to human health. ProfessorJamieson then questions why the potentialhealth effects of climate c ...
The Republic of China (Taiwan) Bids for
... Furthermore, Taiwan has shared its expertise with St. Christopher and Nevis as part of a bilateral project to develop renewable energy sources such as solar energy. In another project, Taiwan assisted St. Lucia in improving its energy efficiency in the public sector and promoting the use of LED str ...
... Furthermore, Taiwan has shared its expertise with St. Christopher and Nevis as part of a bilateral project to develop renewable energy sources such as solar energy. In another project, Taiwan assisted St. Lucia in improving its energy efficiency in the public sector and promoting the use of LED str ...
Vegetation Responses to Rapid Climate Change at the Late
... Hypothetical diagram of the occurrence of species A-J over an environmental gradient. The length of the gradient is expressed in standard deviation units (SD units). Broken lines (A’, C’, H’, J’) describe fitted occurrences of species A, C, H and J respectively. If sampling takes place over a gradi ...
... Hypothetical diagram of the occurrence of species A-J over an environmental gradient. The length of the gradient is expressed in standard deviation units (SD units). Broken lines (A’, C’, H’, J’) describe fitted occurrences of species A, C, H and J respectively. If sampling takes place over a gradi ...