lettenmaier_egs_hydro_extremes_apr_2003
... do with attempts to perform “simple” time series type approaches to a complicated nonlinear process (issues e.g. with spatial scale of precipitation-runoff interactions and their variability with season, antecedent conditions, temporal signature of extreme precipitation, and surface conditions • Is ...
... do with attempts to perform “simple” time series type approaches to a complicated nonlinear process (issues e.g. with spatial scale of precipitation-runoff interactions and their variability with season, antecedent conditions, temporal signature of extreme precipitation, and surface conditions • Is ...
Strategy Paper 11
... health and safety are currently not incorporated into overall development costs. The failure to include social and environmental costs has put a strain on rehabilitation efforts and the livelihood of the people. The cost of the impact to the environment, infrastructure and wellbeing of the people is ...
... health and safety are currently not incorporated into overall development costs. The failure to include social and environmental costs has put a strain on rehabilitation efforts and the livelihood of the people. The cost of the impact to the environment, infrastructure and wellbeing of the people is ...
Risk Insurance and Facility Management
... Increased Labour and/or Cost Implications or Demands: Utility costs are increasing consistently above the rate of inflation. Aging buildings, Facility Condition Index (FCI) increasing, expect increase in building operating costs. Insurers are pursuing subrogation opportunities with more conviction a ...
... Increased Labour and/or Cost Implications or Demands: Utility costs are increasing consistently above the rate of inflation. Aging buildings, Facility Condition Index (FCI) increasing, expect increase in building operating costs. Insurers are pursuing subrogation opportunities with more conviction a ...
- University of Surrey
... – they should play incorporated into policy design and decision-making so that addressing climate change can deliver the broader benefits that the public values. Clearly, further research on co-benefits is needed. The number of climate skeptics was relatively small, and while community samples incre ...
... – they should play incorporated into policy design and decision-making so that addressing climate change can deliver the broader benefits that the public values. Clearly, further research on co-benefits is needed. The number of climate skeptics was relatively small, and while community samples incre ...
English - unfccc
... Meanwhile, research projects that could lead to a control of climate change have not been officially enshrined within the research programmes of the institutions that could best carry them out. ...
... Meanwhile, research projects that could lead to a control of climate change have not been officially enshrined within the research programmes of the institutions that could best carry them out. ...
Climate Change, the Oceans, and the Business of Seafood: A View
... exceeds 90 million metric tons, which significantly impacts marine environments.3 Larger issues of climate change and variability further intensify these impacts. The harvest of seafood can be improved, however, and have an immediate reduction on these negative oceanic impacts. Working toward this g ...
... exceeds 90 million metric tons, which significantly impacts marine environments.3 Larger issues of climate change and variability further intensify these impacts. The harvest of seafood can be improved, however, and have an immediate reduction on these negative oceanic impacts. Working toward this g ...
Native Communities and Climate Change
... arth’s climate is rapidly changing in significant ways. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) predicts that the 21st century will experience accelerating rates of climate change, largely due to the build up of atmospheric CO2 and the accumulation of heat in the oceans. Among the IPCC’ ...
... arth’s climate is rapidly changing in significant ways. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) predicts that the 21st century will experience accelerating rates of climate change, largely due to the build up of atmospheric CO2 and the accumulation of heat in the oceans. Among the IPCC’ ...
Restorative Land Use as Appropriate Technology: a System Account
... We are in a state of climate emergency with increasing carbon dioxide from industrial development and methane releases from damaged natural systems. Existing viable alternatives in land use need political will and policy innovation to be protected, joined-up and scaled up. The living Earth system is ...
... We are in a state of climate emergency with increasing carbon dioxide from industrial development and methane releases from damaged natural systems. Existing viable alternatives in land use need political will and policy innovation to be protected, joined-up and scaled up. The living Earth system is ...
March 15, 2016 To Stakeholders: Re:
... The proposed amended 2016 G&A Budget of $99.4 million is based on the AESO’s current understanding of the CL Plan. Should matters change which would require a further amendment to the ...
... The proposed amended 2016 G&A Budget of $99.4 million is based on the AESO’s current understanding of the CL Plan. Should matters change which would require a further amendment to the ...
Atmosphere and Wind - Cabarrus County Schools
... time periods and within small geographic areas • Climate = patterns of atmospheric conditions across large geographic regions over long periods of time • Mark Twain said, “Climate is what we expect; weather is what we get” ...
... time periods and within small geographic areas • Climate = patterns of atmospheric conditions across large geographic regions over long periods of time • Mark Twain said, “Climate is what we expect; weather is what we get” ...
Memorandum by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee
... Changes to societal choice e.g. increased concern for sustainable consumption and production, although this might be ameliorated in at least the short-term by recession in the economy. A change to global distribution of wealth is likely to affect trade and the demand for particular goods. For examp ...
... Changes to societal choice e.g. increased concern for sustainable consumption and production, although this might be ameliorated in at least the short-term by recession in the economy. A change to global distribution of wealth is likely to affect trade and the demand for particular goods. For examp ...
Presentation to the New Brunswick Select Committee on Climate
... Emissions could be reduced to meet targets by shutting down all industry (and the jobs they provide), however that is not sustainable nor prudent. A balance must be identified to reach long-term emission targets while still maintaining and adding employment for our citizens. Existing industry needs ...
... Emissions could be reduced to meet targets by shutting down all industry (and the jobs they provide), however that is not sustainable nor prudent. A balance must be identified to reach long-term emission targets while still maintaining and adding employment for our citizens. Existing industry needs ...
Melting Ice - World Climate Research Programme
... Motivation for narrower focus (recall this was briefly covered at last JSC) As the climate warms, the response of the cryosphere is inevitably enhanced melt. This has had, and will continue to have, profound, societally relevant global consequences. The most pressing of these involve: ...
... Motivation for narrower focus (recall this was briefly covered at last JSC) As the climate warms, the response of the cryosphere is inevitably enhanced melt. This has had, and will continue to have, profound, societally relevant global consequences. The most pressing of these involve: ...
3. Causes Of Beach Erosion
... Note: Beach response to climatic changes is a non-linear process; it (mainly) depends on the magnitude/rate of sea level rise, beach slope and morphology, the impinging (and generated-infragravity) wave energy and the intensity, duration and frequency of storm surges and the nature of coastal sedime ...
... Note: Beach response to climatic changes is a non-linear process; it (mainly) depends on the magnitude/rate of sea level rise, beach slope and morphology, the impinging (and generated-infragravity) wave energy and the intensity, duration and frequency of storm surges and the nature of coastal sedime ...
Coupled Climate–Economy–Biosphere (CoCEB) model – Part 1
... 25 as such, it allows one to easily formulate and compare different functional representations of climate change mitigation policies. Using different mitigation measures and their cost estimates, as found in the literature, one is able to compare these measures in a coherent way. While many studies ...
... 25 as such, it allows one to easily formulate and compare different functional representations of climate change mitigation policies. Using different mitigation measures and their cost estimates, as found in the literature, one is able to compare these measures in a coherent way. While many studies ...
International Aviation
... international air traffic could have negative im pacts on tourism revenues that are assumed to contribute to poverty alleviation in developing countries. The AFG report estimates that climate mitigation measures might increase air travel costs by 2-3% (AGF report, 2009). Also, research indicates th ...
... international air traffic could have negative im pacts on tourism revenues that are assumed to contribute to poverty alleviation in developing countries. The AFG report estimates that climate mitigation measures might increase air travel costs by 2-3% (AGF report, 2009). Also, research indicates th ...
Climate Change, Heat Waves, and Adaptation NH-12
... TRENDS IN HEAT-RELATED MORTALITY IN THE UNITED STATES ...
... TRENDS IN HEAT-RELATED MORTALITY IN THE UNITED STATES ...
approach and technical work - Parliamentary Monitoring Group
... Research will illustrate the range of possible options – ranging from existing initiatives to those requiring more effort by different sectors Modelling different scenarios- explore options for reducing emissions ...
... Research will illustrate the range of possible options – ranging from existing initiatives to those requiring more effort by different sectors Modelling different scenarios- explore options for reducing emissions ...
Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership (MCCIP) Report card
... key knowledge gaps within their topic area. MCCIP is publishing a Research Priorities report based upon the knowledge gaps identified in the MCCIP Report Cards and supplemented by Charting Progress 2 and Climate ...
... key knowledge gaps within their topic area. MCCIP is publishing a Research Priorities report based upon the knowledge gaps identified in the MCCIP Report Cards and supplemented by Charting Progress 2 and Climate ...
Thesis Population dynamics and climate change
... It is important to recognize two distinct ways in which population issues can be linked to climate change: mitigation (reducing the greenhouse gases that cause climate change) and adaptation (reducing vulnerability to the adverse effects of climate change). Few experts doubt the importance of popula ...
... It is important to recognize two distinct ways in which population issues can be linked to climate change: mitigation (reducing the greenhouse gases that cause climate change) and adaptation (reducing vulnerability to the adverse effects of climate change). Few experts doubt the importance of popula ...
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... perspective. Separate technologies are defined for each main electric and non-electric energy option. In addition to CO2 emissions, MERGE includes relations that simulate the development of energy-related emissions of other GHGs, as well as non-energyrelated GHGs. The GHGs emitted in each simulation ...
... perspective. Separate technologies are defined for each main electric and non-electric energy option. In addition to CO2 emissions, MERGE includes relations that simulate the development of energy-related emissions of other GHGs, as well as non-energyrelated GHGs. The GHGs emitted in each simulation ...
CDM Presentation
... – Projects can cause large scale relocation – Financial investment is limited ...
... – Projects can cause large scale relocation – Financial investment is limited ...
Climatic changes and associated impacts in the Mediterranean
... In the present study, output from the HadCM3 model (Gordon et al., 2000; Pope et al., 2000) driven by SRES A2 and SRES B2 scenarios are used. The model couples an atmospheric GCM to an ocean GCM. Unlike earlier atmosphere–ocean GCMs, flux adjustment (i.e., additional artificial heat and freshwater flux ...
... In the present study, output from the HadCM3 model (Gordon et al., 2000; Pope et al., 2000) driven by SRES A2 and SRES B2 scenarios are used. The model couples an atmospheric GCM to an ocean GCM. Unlike earlier atmosphere–ocean GCMs, flux adjustment (i.e., additional artificial heat and freshwater flux ...
Potential Causes of Action for Climate Change Impacts Under the
... for the management of straddling stocks and high migratory species. In cases where stocks are found within the EEZs of two or more coastal States, or an EEZ and an area beyond it, UNCLOS merely requires that the pertinent fishing States “seek” to agree upon management measures either directly or th ...
... for the management of straddling stocks and high migratory species. In cases where stocks are found within the EEZs of two or more coastal States, or an EEZ and an area beyond it, UNCLOS merely requires that the pertinent fishing States “seek” to agree upon management measures either directly or th ...