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... the consequences are significant, and outcomes cannot be bounded Scenarios are intended to illuminate potential vulnerabilities to the range of outcomes Once we've identified how and where we are vulnerable, we can evaluate whether we are equipped to deal with the vulnerabilities Next, we addr ...
... the consequences are significant, and outcomes cannot be bounded Scenarios are intended to illuminate potential vulnerabilities to the range of outcomes Once we've identified how and where we are vulnerable, we can evaluate whether we are equipped to deal with the vulnerabilities Next, we addr ...
module 11: how do we predict the future
... fact that very small scale processes have to represented in a fairly coarse sort of way, as well as uncertainties in our knowledge of the climate system – are there feedback mechanisms that will come into operation that we don’t know about? ...
... fact that very small scale processes have to represented in a fairly coarse sort of way, as well as uncertainties in our knowledge of the climate system – are there feedback mechanisms that will come into operation that we don’t know about? ...
Prospicience and Geoengineering
... 2. The “fat tail” problem. Climate science cannot rule out extremely nasty outcomes of even modest increases in atmospheric CO2. Might we be safer if we had tools for dealing quickly with acute emergencies? ...
... 2. The “fat tail” problem. Climate science cannot rule out extremely nasty outcomes of even modest increases in atmospheric CO2. Might we be safer if we had tools for dealing quickly with acute emergencies? ...
Session 4 – Climate controversies
... Dr. Robert Watson, the highly respected leader of the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change, was blackballed in a memo to the White House from the nation's largest oil company. The memo had its effect last Friday, when Dr.Watson lost his bid for re-election after the administration threw its w ...
... Dr. Robert Watson, the highly respected leader of the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change, was blackballed in a memo to the White House from the nation's largest oil company. The memo had its effect last Friday, when Dr.Watson lost his bid for re-election after the administration threw its w ...
PPT File - Climate Decision Making Center
... on climate response to forcings. • Forest et al. (2006) use observed climate changes to place probabilistic bounds on parameters in the IGSM climate component • These constraints provide bounds for climate system response to any scenario of future climate forcings and help provide information for de ...
... on climate response to forcings. • Forest et al. (2006) use observed climate changes to place probabilistic bounds on parameters in the IGSM climate component • These constraints provide bounds for climate system response to any scenario of future climate forcings and help provide information for de ...
Climate change alters the environment in complex ways. The Andes
... countries 1. climate change is one of many core risks to health 2. situational, ecologic, behavioural, and organisational factors modify climate/health relationships dynamically, and often in ways hard to foresee. 3. despite global warming, and despite increasing numbers of events in industrialised ...
... countries 1. climate change is one of many core risks to health 2. situational, ecologic, behavioural, and organisational factors modify climate/health relationships dynamically, and often in ways hard to foresee. 3. despite global warming, and despite increasing numbers of events in industrialised ...
Population and climate interactions: demographic perspective.
... to address adaptive capacity through studying differential vulnerability and forecasting such differentials into the future are right at the heart of what our powerful demographic toolbox has to offer. Demographers should be better at doing this than scientists from any other discipline. In the foll ...
... to address adaptive capacity through studying differential vulnerability and forecasting such differentials into the future are right at the heart of what our powerful demographic toolbox has to offer. Demographers should be better at doing this than scientists from any other discipline. In the foll ...
Environmental concerns:
... This framework convention was accepted by nearly all the world's countries 181 governments), including the United States. It is no more than a framework for further action. It called for greenhouse gases to be stabilized at safe levels, but included no binding targets and never defined an unacceptab ...
... This framework convention was accepted by nearly all the world's countries 181 governments), including the United States. It is no more than a framework for further action. It called for greenhouse gases to be stabilized at safe levels, but included no binding targets and never defined an unacceptab ...
... The historical responsibility of countries listed in the Annex I of the Convention on Climate Change has been used extensively as a justification for the lack of action of countries not included in Annex I to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. We analyzed the contribution of non-Annex I countrie ...
Results of LCCVP Collaborator Pre-project
... “Perhaps the most difficult decision managers will face is whether to intervene with active management” GSMNP: Policy direction about what actions are appropriate with the NPS framework – active versus passive management; the best scales for vulnerability assessment ROMO: Better information and real ...
... “Perhaps the most difficult decision managers will face is whether to intervene with active management” GSMNP: Policy direction about what actions are appropriate with the NPS framework – active versus passive management; the best scales for vulnerability assessment ROMO: Better information and real ...
Effects of global warming on global water and food
... • change in weather, affecting crop growth • change in occurrence of pests • change in productivity due to the direct effects of increase in CO2 concentrations • change in availability of irrigation water ...
... • change in weather, affecting crop growth • change in occurrence of pests • change in productivity due to the direct effects of increase in CO2 concentrations • change in availability of irrigation water ...
Finding Traction for Ethical Principles to Guide Climate Change Policy
... acceptable level of probability 3. Calculate reduction rates by which global GHG emissions must be zero 4. Apply an equity step to adjust the global rates to to determine an acceptable national carbon ...
... acceptable level of probability 3. Calculate reduction rates by which global GHG emissions must be zero 4. Apply an equity step to adjust the global rates to to determine an acceptable national carbon ...
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... negative health effects caused by heat waves, floods an droughts, as well as malnutrition and infectious diseases, millions more people exposed to increased water stress, increased damage from storms and floods and increased coral bleaching. • Global mean temperature changes of 1.5 to 3.5ºC would re ...
... negative health effects caused by heat waves, floods an droughts, as well as malnutrition and infectious diseases, millions more people exposed to increased water stress, increased damage from storms and floods and increased coral bleaching. • Global mean temperature changes of 1.5 to 3.5ºC would re ...
New Zealand Earthquakes
... • Most NZ insurance policies cover costs of compliance with regulations • 2010 Christchurch policy requires 67% seismic strengthening for new building (after 1st earthquake) • Council can require work if building dangerous in “moderate earthquake” • “Moderate earthquake” – based on 34% likelihood of ...
... • Most NZ insurance policies cover costs of compliance with regulations • 2010 Christchurch policy requires 67% seismic strengthening for new building (after 1st earthquake) • Council can require work if building dangerous in “moderate earthquake” • “Moderate earthquake” – based on 34% likelihood of ...
Air Quality Assessment
... achieve a more rational and sustainable use of resources, through the informed and stimulated intervention of all - promotion of an innovative environment in the energy citizens a decision making processand based on a the use andand management, by improving sponsoring prospective and projects antici ...
... achieve a more rational and sustainable use of resources, through the informed and stimulated intervention of all - promotion of an innovative environment in the energy citizens a decision making processand based on a the use andand management, by improving sponsoring prospective and projects antici ...
Prime Meridian
... Victor and Kennel argued that scientists, public and policy makers should not be assessing climate change in terms of just one factor, namely temperature, but must consider at a wide range of indicators of the state of the global environment. The Earth's mean temperature has failed to set new annual ...
... Victor and Kennel argued that scientists, public and policy makers should not be assessing climate change in terms of just one factor, namely temperature, but must consider at a wide range of indicators of the state of the global environment. The Earth's mean temperature has failed to set new annual ...
Business Week elabora lista dos que contribuem para
... zero net GHG emissions. The city-owned utility still emits 200,000 metric tons of CO2 but offsets this by buying GHG credits from other agencies and companies 9 Kenneth Livingstone and Nicki Gavron London's Mayor and Deputy Mayor, respectively They aim to turn London into a model of a sustainable fu ...
... zero net GHG emissions. The city-owned utility still emits 200,000 metric tons of CO2 but offsets this by buying GHG credits from other agencies and companies 9 Kenneth Livingstone and Nicki Gavron London's Mayor and Deputy Mayor, respectively They aim to turn London into a model of a sustainable fu ...
Schelling quote
... subsidies (tax-breaks) for reductions in emissions “Cap & Trade” tradable pollution permit systems (in place in Los Angeles (among other cities) and internationally under Kyoto Protocol ...
... subsidies (tax-breaks) for reductions in emissions “Cap & Trade” tradable pollution permit systems (in place in Los Angeles (among other cities) and internationally under Kyoto Protocol ...
Towards Strategic Framework on Climate Change and
... What should the World Bank Group’s role on climate change be within the international development community? The Concept and Issues Paper states that both mitigation and adaptation must be integrated into development efforts, where do you see the key areas of focus for the World Bank Group? What rol ...
... What should the World Bank Group’s role on climate change be within the international development community? The Concept and Issues Paper states that both mitigation and adaptation must be integrated into development efforts, where do you see the key areas of focus for the World Bank Group? What rol ...
AB 32 - National Caucus of Environmental Legislators
... Rising cost of fuel Economic expansion of China, India and other Asian nations. Growing concerns on global warming War in the Middle East and too much reliance on foreign oil Desire for a secure energy future AB 32 sends a strong signal to the market for clean technologies by adopting an enforc ...
... Rising cost of fuel Economic expansion of China, India and other Asian nations. Growing concerns on global warming War in the Middle East and too much reliance on foreign oil Desire for a secure energy future AB 32 sends a strong signal to the market for clean technologies by adopting an enforc ...