Global Warming & Sea Level rise
... The last time the world was three degrees warmer than today – which is what we expect later this century – sea levels were 25m higher. So that is what we can look forward to if we don't act soon.” Dr. James Hansen; Published on Friday, February 17, 2006, by the Independent/UK : ...
... The last time the world was three degrees warmer than today – which is what we expect later this century – sea levels were 25m higher. So that is what we can look forward to if we don't act soon.” Dr. James Hansen; Published on Friday, February 17, 2006, by the Independent/UK : ...
using sustainable land management practices to adapt to and
... Sub-Saharan Africa, including continuous cropping, with reductions in fallow and rotations, repetitive tillage and soil nutrient mining, continuous overstocking, overgrazing, frequent rangeland burning, and over-use or clearance of woodlands and forest. The impacts of these practices include loss of ...
... Sub-Saharan Africa, including continuous cropping, with reductions in fallow and rotations, repetitive tillage and soil nutrient mining, continuous overstocking, overgrazing, frequent rangeland burning, and over-use or clearance of woodlands and forest. The impacts of these practices include loss of ...
download: - IMPRESSIONS project
... A small set of existing global scenarios was evaluated for their usefulness within IMPRESSIONS. We opted for a small set only, given the strong preference, also expressed in the Description of Work of IMPRESSIONS, for the RCP x SSP scenarios. An evaluation against other existing global scenarios was ...
... A small set of existing global scenarios was evaluated for their usefulness within IMPRESSIONS. We opted for a small set only, given the strong preference, also expressed in the Description of Work of IMPRESSIONS, for the RCP x SSP scenarios. An evaluation against other existing global scenarios was ...
The Science of Geoengineering - Carnegie Department of Global
... Models indicate that reflection of additional sunlight away from Earth would cause a high-CO2 climate to become more similar to a low-CO2 climate (Ban-Weiss & Caldeira 2010). However, it may not be possible to simultaneously restore all climatic fields (e.g., temperature and precipitation) close to th ...
... Models indicate that reflection of additional sunlight away from Earth would cause a high-CO2 climate to become more similar to a low-CO2 climate (Ban-Weiss & Caldeira 2010). However, it may not be possible to simultaneously restore all climatic fields (e.g., temperature and precipitation) close to th ...
Who`s holding us back?
... from 194 countries will meet to grapple with the greatest challenge of our times: climate change. In the past year alone, we have seen a dramatic increase in extreme weather events exacerbated by climate change. Flooding has blighted communities across Australia, China and the US. Entire Pacific nat ...
... from 194 countries will meet to grapple with the greatest challenge of our times: climate change. In the past year alone, we have seen a dramatic increase in extreme weather events exacerbated by climate change. Flooding has blighted communities across Australia, China and the US. Entire Pacific nat ...
Changes in temperature and precipitation extremes in the CMIP5
... and climate extremes observed in the late 20th century are projected to continue into the future. A subsequent assessment by the IPCC in its special report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX) confirms these assessments (Seneviratne et al. 2012). The li ...
... and climate extremes observed in the late 20th century are projected to continue into the future. A subsequent assessment by the IPCC in its special report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX) confirms these assessments (Seneviratne et al. 2012). The li ...
Climate Change and Resource Depletion:The Challenges for Actuarie
... House. It covers energy security, particularly regarding what it describes as the forthcoming “energy crunch” caused by a restricted oil supply. The review considers that the possible consequences of restrictions in energy supply identified in the report, might be a recession and/or high inflation, ...
... House. It covers energy security, particularly regarding what it describes as the forthcoming “energy crunch” caused by a restricted oil supply. The review considers that the possible consequences of restrictions in energy supply identified in the report, might be a recession and/or high inflation, ...
Climate Change and Resource Depletion:The Challenges for Actuarie
... House. It covers energy security, particularly regarding what it describes as the forthcoming “energy crunch” caused by a restricted oil supply. The review considers that the possible consequences of restrictions in energy supply identified in the report, might be a recession and/or high inflation, ...
... House. It covers energy security, particularly regarding what it describes as the forthcoming “energy crunch” caused by a restricted oil supply. The review considers that the possible consequences of restrictions in energy supply identified in the report, might be a recession and/or high inflation, ...
Mesoamerica and and the Caribbean regional assessment
... floods, droughts, frosts, landslides, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. These are frequent occurrences throughout the year. On many occasions, physical, economic and social vulnerability exacerbates the impact of these natural events, causing losses worth millions in crops, infrastructure and econ ...
... floods, droughts, frosts, landslides, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. These are frequent occurrences throughout the year. On many occasions, physical, economic and social vulnerability exacerbates the impact of these natural events, causing losses worth millions in crops, infrastructure and econ ...
Hydrological effects of the increased CO2 and climate change in the
... twentieth century. Other climate change studies on hydrology also reported likely increases in the water yield with elevated CO2 (Jha et al. 2006; Chaplot 2007; Fontaine et al. 2001). However, other research showed that leaf area may increase with rising CO2 concentration (Wand et al. 1999; Saxe et ...
... twentieth century. Other climate change studies on hydrology also reported likely increases in the water yield with elevated CO2 (Jha et al. 2006; Chaplot 2007; Fontaine et al. 2001). However, other research showed that leaf area may increase with rising CO2 concentration (Wand et al. 1999; Saxe et ...
Briefing Paper Five - University of Newcastle
... The Briefing Paper series of the ‘Rental housing, climate change and adaptive capacity: a case study of Newcastle NSW’ project seeks to provide readers with access to current research on rental sector adaptation to climate change. Briefing Papers produced by the project team are working documents th ...
... The Briefing Paper series of the ‘Rental housing, climate change and adaptive capacity: a case study of Newcastle NSW’ project seeks to provide readers with access to current research on rental sector adaptation to climate change. Briefing Papers produced by the project team are working documents th ...
One Million Climate Jobs - Campaign against Climate Change
... How to Pay for It 6 £19 billion a year is just under £6 a week for every person in the country. The government can raise that money. Below are seven different ways they could do it. All of them involve taxing rich people in one way or another. None of them mean increased bills for electricity and he ...
... How to Pay for It 6 £19 billion a year is just under £6 a week for every person in the country. The government can raise that money. Below are seven different ways they could do it. All of them involve taxing rich people in one way or another. None of them mean increased bills for electricity and he ...
LD166 Cumbria Local Climate Impacts Profile
... the context of an estimated £15.4million loss to the tourism economy and a further £7.9million incurred through damage to infrastructure within the National Park (see Appendix 4). With these figures representing only some of the financial records, and not those of the LAs, the total cost of severe w ...
... the context of an estimated £15.4million loss to the tourism economy and a further £7.9million incurred through damage to infrastructure within the National Park (see Appendix 4). With these figures representing only some of the financial records, and not those of the LAs, the total cost of severe w ...
Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events and the Highway System
... ozone, and water vapor that absorb infrared radiation from the sun and leading to the warming of the Earth. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – The IPCC is the leading international body for the assessment of climate change. It was established by the United Nations Environment Program ...
... ozone, and water vapor that absorb infrared radiation from the sun and leading to the warming of the Earth. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – The IPCC is the leading international body for the assessment of climate change. It was established by the United Nations Environment Program ...
NO. EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. CLAUDE EARL
... for lawsuits with a strong social and political component.”6 Its principal office is located at 1100 New York Avenue, N.W., Suite 500, West Tower, Washington, D.C. 20005. Cohen Milstein is sued in its official capacity as the designee for the Attorney General of the Virgin Islands in his investigati ...
... for lawsuits with a strong social and political component.”6 Its principal office is located at 1100 New York Avenue, N.W., Suite 500, West Tower, Washington, D.C. 20005. Cohen Milstein is sued in its official capacity as the designee for the Attorney General of the Virgin Islands in his investigati ...
Appendix 7 Evolution of the Environment without the LDP SEA Topic
... the new LDP (just as it has done in the past through policies within the Structure and Local Plans). It is difficult to predict the effects that not implementing the LDP will have on soil and peat resources. Threats to the soil and peat environment could arise from major developments (e.g. housing), ...
... the new LDP (just as it has done in the past through policies within the Structure and Local Plans). It is difficult to predict the effects that not implementing the LDP will have on soil and peat resources. Threats to the soil and peat environment could arise from major developments (e.g. housing), ...
A review of the history of safety
... proposed state expenditure and they made it a condition of their support that the insurance costs would be covered by German employers. So by chance, the cost of accidents was partially internalised for German companies. The hard evidence that this was the best place to locate the cost of workplace ...
... proposed state expenditure and they made it a condition of their support that the insurance costs would be covered by German employers. So by chance, the cost of accidents was partially internalised for German companies. The hard evidence that this was the best place to locate the cost of workplace ...
Extracting and analyzing the warming trend in
... Recent publications have shown that the assumption on which these earlier attribution studies are based (i.e., temperatures and forcing variables being integrated processes) was not soundly tested and that there are strong reasons from both statistical and climate physics perspectives for questionin ...
... Recent publications have shown that the assumption on which these earlier attribution studies are based (i.e., temperatures and forcing variables being integrated processes) was not soundly tested and that there are strong reasons from both statistical and climate physics perspectives for questionin ...
From `fearing` to `empowering` climate refugees: Governing climate
... field of critical security studies, the concept of governmentality has been adopted to analyse ‘representations of social problems, the means to remedy them and their effects on the construction of subjectivity’ (Aradau and van Munster, 2007: 91). The strength of the concept lies in its ability to i ...
... field of critical security studies, the concept of governmentality has been adopted to analyse ‘representations of social problems, the means to remedy them and their effects on the construction of subjectivity’ (Aradau and van Munster, 2007: 91). The strength of the concept lies in its ability to i ...
Updated February, 2016 FRANCINA DOMINGUEZ francina@illinois
... “Dynamically Downscaled Climate Projections For Ecohydrological Applications Over The Southwest.” 3rd USGS Modeling Conference: Understanding and Predicting for a Changing World. Broomfield, CO. June 2010 ...
... “Dynamically Downscaled Climate Projections For Ecohydrological Applications Over The Southwest.” 3rd USGS Modeling Conference: Understanding and Predicting for a Changing World. Broomfield, CO. June 2010 ...
Appendix B: SEQ NRM Plan Target Maps and
... Area (ha) planted to riparian native species Area (ha) of riparian native vegetation enhanced/rehabilitated Stream bank length (km) of riparian vegetation planted to riparian native species Area (ha) of riparian native vegetation protected Length (m) of stream bank stabilised with engineering works ...
... Area (ha) planted to riparian native species Area (ha) of riparian native vegetation enhanced/rehabilitated Stream bank length (km) of riparian vegetation planted to riparian native species Area (ha) of riparian native vegetation protected Length (m) of stream bank stabilised with engineering works ...
Ireland’s Pathway to Kyoto Compliance Review of the National Climate Change
... their national emissions of greenhouse gases, we need to take stock of our progress and identify what more we need to do. Ireland’s emissions peaked in 2001. Since then, we have achieved a significant reduction, despite the continuation of steady economic growth. Structural changes in industry, agri ...
... their national emissions of greenhouse gases, we need to take stock of our progress and identify what more we need to do. Ireland’s emissions peaked in 2001. Since then, we have achieved a significant reduction, despite the continuation of steady economic growth. Structural changes in industry, agri ...
In search of impact - Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
... Impact information can be disclosed in fund factsheets to inform beneficiaries’ choices about fund selection. It can also be used by institutional investors to specify their interests and expectations about impact in ‘request for proposal’ processes, mandates and policy statements. Fund managers, co ...
... Impact information can be disclosed in fund factsheets to inform beneficiaries’ choices about fund selection. It can also be used by institutional investors to specify their interests and expectations about impact in ‘request for proposal’ processes, mandates and policy statements. Fund managers, co ...
Vulnerability of Fraser River Sockeye salmon to climate change
... imposing greatest risk on sockeye stocks, particularly those which migrate to the upper reaches of the Fraser system, and spawn earlier in the summer. The inability to alter water temperature, and highly constrained nature of sockeye management, with competing gear types and sequential fisheries ove ...
... imposing greatest risk on sockeye stocks, particularly those which migrate to the upper reaches of the Fraser system, and spawn earlier in the summer. The inability to alter water temperature, and highly constrained nature of sockeye management, with competing gear types and sequential fisheries ove ...
Working Paper No.7 - Climate Learning and Knowledge
... the Agricultural Technology and Agribusiness Advisory Services. At a district level, existing District Environment Policies are largely unknown to staff and climate change is seen more as an environ ...
... the Agricultural Technology and Agribusiness Advisory Services. At a district level, existing District Environment Policies are largely unknown to staff and climate change is seen more as an environ ...