Uncertainty contributions to low
... the contributions to the uncertainty in low-flow projections resulting from hydrological model uncertainty and climate projection uncertainty. Model uncertainty is quantified by different parameterisations of a conceptual semi-distributed hydrologic model (TUWmodel) using 11 objective functions in t ...
... the contributions to the uncertainty in low-flow projections resulting from hydrological model uncertainty and climate projection uncertainty. Model uncertainty is quantified by different parameterisations of a conceptual semi-distributed hydrologic model (TUWmodel) using 11 objective functions in t ...
Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States
... from the atmosphere. The second involves “adaptation” measures to improve our ability to cope with or avoid harmful impacts and take advantage of beneficial ones, now and in the future. Both of these are necessary elements of an effective response strategy. These two types of responses are linked in ...
... from the atmosphere. The second involves “adaptation” measures to improve our ability to cope with or avoid harmful impacts and take advantage of beneficial ones, now and in the future. Both of these are necessary elements of an effective response strategy. These two types of responses are linked in ...
Impacts of climate-related geo-engineering on biological
... time scales. Associated with these external forcings were systematic changes in circulation. Here, we explore the effect of similar but artificially induced forcings that mimic natural radiative perturbations in order to stabilize surface climate. Injection of sulfate aerosols into the stratosphere, ...
... time scales. Associated with these external forcings were systematic changes in circulation. Here, we explore the effect of similar but artificially induced forcings that mimic natural radiative perturbations in order to stabilize surface climate. Injection of sulfate aerosols into the stratosphere, ...
Public Perception of geoengineering and its consequences for
... egalitarian bias (society should be more equal) warned of the possible dangers of using geoengineering, advising extreme care over its use or denouncing it completely. The relation of mankind to nature is another highly relevant issue in perception patterns of geoengineering. Corner et al. (2013) fo ...
... egalitarian bias (society should be more equal) warned of the possible dangers of using geoengineering, advising extreme care over its use or denouncing it completely. The relation of mankind to nature is another highly relevant issue in perception patterns of geoengineering. Corner et al. (2013) fo ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES TEMPERATURE, HUMAN HEALTH, AND ADAPTATION:
... economic model of health production in the presence of ‘adaptation’. The model highlights the tradeoff between health production and costly adaptation. A key implication is that in the extreme, it is possible that individuals can fully adapt such that extreme temperatures would have no ...
... economic model of health production in the presence of ‘adaptation’. The model highlights the tradeoff between health production and costly adaptation. A key implication is that in the extreme, it is possible that individuals can fully adapt such that extreme temperatures would have no ...
Friending Planet Earth - Catholic Climate Covenant
... common sense. Yet a broad consensus of modern science is that human activity is [is altering] the earth's atmospheric characteristics in serious, perhaps profound ways. For the past century, researchers have been gathering and verifying data that reveal an increase in the global average temperature. ...
... common sense. Yet a broad consensus of modern science is that human activity is [is altering] the earth's atmospheric characteristics in serious, perhaps profound ways. For the past century, researchers have been gathering and verifying data that reveal an increase in the global average temperature. ...
Integrated analysis of risks of coastal flooding and cliff
... wave overtopping of the structures protecting the promenade of Great Yarmouth, is unlikely to lead to inundation due to the relative level of the hinterland. However, wave overtopping and overflow of the harbour walls at Great Yarmouth are more likely and extreme sea levels in the tidal flats of Bre ...
... wave overtopping of the structures protecting the promenade of Great Yarmouth, is unlikely to lead to inundation due to the relative level of the hinterland. However, wave overtopping and overflow of the harbour walls at Great Yarmouth are more likely and extreme sea levels in the tidal flats of Bre ...
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... s)F[s)F&> j mYiL&> ni[>Fi[. TiETl T*>k&> hi[v&> ji[Ea[ an[ b[ Y) vFir[ l)T) n Yiy. aºy pi[ATs< {1}p\i[j[±T TiETl {2}j*Yni s¿yi[ni nim {3}h[t&ai[ {4}(vAtirni[ n±Si[ {5}p¹F(t {6}p(rNimi[ {7}tirNi[ {8}smAyini uk[ln[ smivti rcvi. j[mi> (vAtirni[ n±Si[ m*kvi[ j$r) C[ k[ k[m t[ p\i[j[±T upr aiFi(rt C[. pi ...
Universal Ownership Why environmental externalities
... way we do business. If we are to create a truly sustainable global economy, then we must change our economic models so that business can become part of the solution, not part of the problem. ...
... way we do business. If we are to create a truly sustainable global economy, then we must change our economic models so that business can become part of the solution, not part of the problem. ...
Climate change and natural disasters.
... Many hazards that lead to disasters cannot be prevented, but their consequences can be limited. Hazards may be natural or technical in origin, but it is the way in which societies develop that causes them to become disasters.3 Measures are needed at all levels to prevent disasters, reduce exposure t ...
... Many hazards that lead to disasters cannot be prevented, but their consequences can be limited. Hazards may be natural or technical in origin, but it is the way in which societies develop that causes them to become disasters.3 Measures are needed at all levels to prevent disasters, reduce exposure t ...
The Role of Local Institutions in Adaptation to Climate Change
... The most important implications of climate change from the perspective of the World Bank concern its potentially disastrous impacts on the prospects for development, especially for poorer populations in the global South. Earlier writings on climate change had tended to focus more on its links with b ...
... The most important implications of climate change from the perspective of the World Bank concern its potentially disastrous impacts on the prospects for development, especially for poorer populations in the global South. Earlier writings on climate change had tended to focus more on its links with b ...
Technical Summary
... Exposure: The presence of people, livelihoods, environmental services and resources, infrastructure, or economic, social, or cultural assets in places that could be adversely affected. Vulnerability: The propensity or predisposition to be adversely affected. Impacts: Effects on natural and human sys ...
... Exposure: The presence of people, livelihoods, environmental services and resources, infrastructure, or economic, social, or cultural assets in places that could be adversely affected. Vulnerability: The propensity or predisposition to be adversely affected. Impacts: Effects on natural and human sys ...
Bird Species and Climate Change
... mid-range climate change is predicted to threaten almost three quarters of rainforest birds there with extinction in the next 100 years (Shoo et al., 2005a). Table 1 provides estimates of bird extinction rates in four regions around the world, from Thomas et al. (2004). However, many current project ...
... mid-range climate change is predicted to threaten almost three quarters of rainforest birds there with extinction in the next 100 years (Shoo et al., 2005a). Table 1 provides estimates of bird extinction rates in four regions around the world, from Thomas et al. (2004). However, many current project ...
Climate Projections for Metro Vancouver
... Temperatures in Metro Vancouver are warming. Global climate models project an average increase of about 3°C in our region by the 2050s. Metro Vancouver’s ability to adapt to climate change requires specific information on how changes in temperature and precipitation will play out locally, how expect ...
... Temperatures in Metro Vancouver are warming. Global climate models project an average increase of about 3°C in our region by the 2050s. Metro Vancouver’s ability to adapt to climate change requires specific information on how changes in temperature and precipitation will play out locally, how expect ...
Reconciling International Investment Law and Climate Change
... of the awards pertain to natural resource, environmental, and energy policies.5 According to an open letter by a group of over 100 academics, judges, practicing attorneys, and legislators advocating the exclusion of ISDS from the TPP, that figure is as high as 70%.6 A few particularly salient exampl ...
... of the awards pertain to natural resource, environmental, and energy policies.5 According to an open letter by a group of over 100 academics, judges, practicing attorneys, and legislators advocating the exclusion of ISDS from the TPP, that figure is as high as 70%.6 A few particularly salient exampl ...
Print - Science Advances
... times the magnitude of the higher-income group (b = 0.012, P = 0.455, n = 322,044). Next, splitting the sample along a common age dimension—over or under 65 years of age—we find that our effects in older adults (b = 0.041, P = 0.043, n = 223,211) are nearly twice the magnitude of those found in youn ...
... times the magnitude of the higher-income group (b = 0.012, P = 0.455, n = 322,044). Next, splitting the sample along a common age dimension—over or under 65 years of age—we find that our effects in older adults (b = 0.041, P = 0.043, n = 223,211) are nearly twice the magnitude of those found in youn ...
Getting to Zero - Forum for the Future
... sincerity of any neutrality claim – either because the use of their product or service leads to emissions that dwarf their direct emissions, or because they are seen as fundamentally unsustainable. For those companies, we recommend that they avoid the use of the language of carbon neutrality, and i ...
... sincerity of any neutrality claim – either because the use of their product or service leads to emissions that dwarf their direct emissions, or because they are seen as fundamentally unsustainable. For those companies, we recommend that they avoid the use of the language of carbon neutrality, and i ...
TECHNICAL GUIDANCE ON REPORTING GREENHOUSE GAS
... Section 4). Methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from biomass-related sources must be ...
... Section 4). Methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from biomass-related sources must be ...
Development of a Coastal Community Climate Change Action Plan
... Knowledge has a place in predicting local climate change impacts. In some areas, climate change science and predicted impacts are in direct conflict with the locally observed changes. Local knowledge must be included in determining the possible impact of climate change in order to create a fully fun ...
... Knowledge has a place in predicting local climate change impacts. In some areas, climate change science and predicted impacts are in direct conflict with the locally observed changes. Local knowledge must be included in determining the possible impact of climate change in order to create a fully fun ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES RARE DISASTERS, TAIL-HEDGED INVESTMENTS, AND RISK-ADJUSTED DISCOUNT RATES
... is a widespread if somewhat more vague sense that “in between” cases should involve “in between”discount rates, where the “in between”relative importance of each of the two prototype components re‡ects, in some way or another, the degree of correlation of their payo¤s with the payo¤s of the particul ...
... is a widespread if somewhat more vague sense that “in between” cases should involve “in between”discount rates, where the “in between”relative importance of each of the two prototype components re‡ects, in some way or another, the degree of correlation of their payo¤s with the payo¤s of the particul ...
Evanston Climate Action Plan
... reductions, costs, existing resources and community priorities. This plan is not a policy; there are recommendations in some sections to examine current policies and develop new ones, but any policy changes resulting from this plan will require a separate process of investigation and adoption. While ...
... reductions, costs, existing resources and community priorities. This plan is not a policy; there are recommendations in some sections to examine current policies and develop new ones, but any policy changes resulting from this plan will require a separate process of investigation and adoption. While ...
CURRICULUM VITAE
... Uncertainty: Weather Information, Economic Planning and Business Management. In Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 52:326-328. 13. Easterling, W. E., N. J. Rosenberg, M. S. McKenney and C. A. Jones. 1992. An Introduction to the Methodology, the Region of the Study, and a Historical Analog of Clima ...
... Uncertainty: Weather Information, Economic Planning and Business Management. In Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 52:326-328. 13. Easterling, W. E., N. J. Rosenberg, M. S. McKenney and C. A. Jones. 1992. An Introduction to the Methodology, the Region of the Study, and a Historical Analog of Clima ...
GDI 12 – Warming Core – Final
... considerable gap in expertise between the two groups. An alternative measure of the quality and credibility of a scientist's contribution is the number of times their work is cited by other scientists. Again, there is a considerable gap between the number of citations of papers by convinced scientis ...
... considerable gap in expertise between the two groups. An alternative measure of the quality and credibility of a scientist's contribution is the number of times their work is cited by other scientists. Again, there is a considerable gap between the number of citations of papers by convinced scientis ...
Statistical methods for the analysis of simulated and observed
... planning, nature conservation, water management, energy supply and tourism for example. Climate change impacts can already be observed at many places and they will inevitably be felt more in the future (see for example: DAS, 2008, Chmielewski et al. 2009, Henson, 2011, Jendritzky, 2007, Zebisch et a ...
... planning, nature conservation, water management, energy supply and tourism for example. Climate change impacts can already be observed at many places and they will inevitably be felt more in the future (see for example: DAS, 2008, Chmielewski et al. 2009, Henson, 2011, Jendritzky, 2007, Zebisch et a ...
THE URBAN DOMINO EFFECT: A
... impossible for citizens to be self-subsistent or rely upon agriculture as their main source of income. Likewise, growing food (in combination with another job) as a diversification strategy is rarely viable. The spatial concentration of political and economic centres translates, on the one hand, int ...
... impossible for citizens to be self-subsistent or rely upon agriculture as their main source of income. Likewise, growing food (in combination with another job) as a diversification strategy is rarely viable. The spatial concentration of political and economic centres translates, on the one hand, int ...