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What is causing rapid change in the Arctic at the moment?
... Arctic climate is complex and the interactions between the part of the atmosphere directly influenced by the Earth’s surface, clouds, overlying sea ice and water can lead to a number of feedback mechanisms. These interactions are not well understood due to variability and inaccurate parameterisation ...
... Arctic climate is complex and the interactions between the part of the atmosphere directly influenced by the Earth’s surface, clouds, overlying sea ice and water can lead to a number of feedback mechanisms. These interactions are not well understood due to variability and inaccurate parameterisation ...
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... Third, the central quantitative …nding is that the welfare costs of relying exclusively on adaptation to address climate change (i.e., without a carbon price) may be more than twice as large when distortionary tax instruments are used to raise the necessary revenues. In particular, at a global level ...
... Third, the central quantitative …nding is that the welfare costs of relying exclusively on adaptation to address climate change (i.e., without a carbon price) may be more than twice as large when distortionary tax instruments are used to raise the necessary revenues. In particular, at a global level ...
heat waves, floods and the health impacts of climate change
... yy to build the capacity of public health leaders to be proactive in providing technical guidance on health issues, be competent in developing and implementing strategies for addressing the effects of, and adapting to, climate change, and show leadership in supporting the necessary rapid and compreh ...
... yy to build the capacity of public health leaders to be proactive in providing technical guidance on health issues, be competent in developing and implementing strategies for addressing the effects of, and adapting to, climate change, and show leadership in supporting the necessary rapid and compreh ...
An Independent National Adaptation Programme for England (625 kB) (opens in new window)
... financial, behavioural and informational barriers, as well as a lack of capacity and skills. These barriers justify a role for Government action to help ensure prosperity in the face of climate change. The role of the state is to provide an enabling framework that encourages and supports decentralis ...
... financial, behavioural and informational barriers, as well as a lack of capacity and skills. These barriers justify a role for Government action to help ensure prosperity in the face of climate change. The role of the state is to provide an enabling framework that encourages and supports decentralis ...
Climate Change and Wetlands: Impacts and Mitigation
... mitigation options. To set the context for this, the paper also provides a brief overview of the importance and global distribution of wetlands, as well as of recent and projected changes in global and regional climate and some other pressures (e.g., land use and land cover change). The paper also e ...
... mitigation options. To set the context for this, the paper also provides a brief overview of the importance and global distribution of wetlands, as well as of recent and projected changes in global and regional climate and some other pressures (e.g., land use and land cover change). The paper also e ...
Noosa Climate Action Plan
... innovatively, to become forward thinkers and get ahead in business and structural planning. This (draft) Noosa Climate Action Plan is the culmination of direct and active input and support from concerned citizens across many of the communities working in effective partnership with openness and dedic ...
... innovatively, to become forward thinkers and get ahead in business and structural planning. This (draft) Noosa Climate Action Plan is the culmination of direct and active input and support from concerned citizens across many of the communities working in effective partnership with openness and dedic ...
C - UBC Blogs
... • Few decisions hinge on climate alone AND what we do is rarely optimal. • But climate sets the context and concern about change AND allows us to ask: what are we doing and why? Creating an opening for doing better. ...
... • Few decisions hinge on climate alone AND what we do is rarely optimal. • But climate sets the context and concern about change AND allows us to ask: what are we doing and why? Creating an opening for doing better. ...
Rethinking the Role of Cost-Benefit Analysis
... interest group (p 22). Weidenbaum was an influential member of Reagan’s campaign team. The Reagan campaign attacked government regulation with a broad brush, as when Reagan said that there are “literally thousands of unnecessary regulations . . . that have add[ed] $130 billion to the cost of product ...
... interest group (p 22). Weidenbaum was an influential member of Reagan’s campaign team. The Reagan campaign attacked government regulation with a broad brush, as when Reagan said that there are “literally thousands of unnecessary regulations . . . that have add[ed] $130 billion to the cost of product ...
Chapter 3 RESPONDING TO CLIMATE CHANGE: ADAPTATION
... communities in the Cayman Islands to recover from and prepare for tropical storms. Community organization is an important factor in adaptive strategies to build resilience among hillside communities in Bolivia. Recovery from hazards in Cuba is helped by a sense of communal responsibility. Food-shari ...
... communities in the Cayman Islands to recover from and prepare for tropical storms. Community organization is an important factor in adaptive strategies to build resilience among hillside communities in Bolivia. Recovery from hazards in Cuba is helped by a sense of communal responsibility. Food-shari ...
Global action on climate change in agriculture: Linkages to food security, markets and trade policies in developing countries
... more regarding the role of agriculture in climate change adaptation and mitigation. The report offers some answers and concrete proposals – while recognizing that much more needs to be learned, more questions formulated, and more experience gained, to build an effective strategy to support global ag ...
... more regarding the role of agriculture in climate change adaptation and mitigation. The report offers some answers and concrete proposals – while recognizing that much more needs to be learned, more questions formulated, and more experience gained, to build an effective strategy to support global ag ...
Chapter 1 Introduction - Wageningen UR E
... countries has been achieved. The Climate Change Convention required 50 ratifications to enter into force. It now enters into force for each new Party 90 days after that Party ratifies the Convention. European Union (EU) As a regional economic integration organization, the EU is allowed to join the C ...
... countries has been achieved. The Climate Change Convention required 50 ratifications to enter into force. It now enters into force for each new Party 90 days after that Party ratifies the Convention. European Union (EU) As a regional economic integration organization, the EU is allowed to join the C ...
Modelling the Miocene climatic optimum, Part 1: land and atmosphere
... Dijkstra 2006). In a companion study we focus on the ocean circulation results (Herold, N., ...
... Dijkstra 2006). In a companion study we focus on the ocean circulation results (Herold, N., ...
Corporate Climate Action Strategy
... services locations. Continue to reduce inflow and infiltration into sanitary collection system, reducing extra pumping and processing requirements at pump stations and treatment plants. Improve routing of preventative maintenance work to reduce unnecessary trips. Install Skype capability in me ...
... services locations. Continue to reduce inflow and infiltration into sanitary collection system, reducing extra pumping and processing requirements at pump stations and treatment plants. Improve routing of preventative maintenance work to reduce unnecessary trips. Install Skype capability in me ...
Climate Volatility and Change in Central Asia: Economic Impacts
... for Central Asia’s predominantly rural population, especially for the poor. Agricultural production, being sensitive to weather shocks and climate volatility, may suffer from climate change if no adaptive actions are taken. Taking these into account, the present study seeks to estimate the potential ...
... for Central Asia’s predominantly rural population, especially for the poor. Agricultural production, being sensitive to weather shocks and climate volatility, may suffer from climate change if no adaptive actions are taken. Taking these into account, the present study seeks to estimate the potential ...
S T A ?
... When Superstorm Sandy made landfall in New Jersey – just days before the 2012 U.S. Presidential election – it did not simply bring exceptionally strong winds, heavy rain, and record storm surge. This devastating storm also brought renewed political will to discuss the issue of climate change, partic ...
... When Superstorm Sandy made landfall in New Jersey – just days before the 2012 U.S. Presidential election – it did not simply bring exceptionally strong winds, heavy rain, and record storm surge. This devastating storm also brought renewed political will to discuss the issue of climate change, partic ...
Indices for monitoring changes in extremes based on daily
... some areas since mediaeval times. In some areas such collections form part of the documentary record from which information about climate in the preinstrumental period is inferred.10 A related variable, the growing season length (defined as the length of time between the first and last occasions in ...
... some areas since mediaeval times. In some areas such collections form part of the documentary record from which information about climate in the preinstrumental period is inferred.10 A related variable, the growing season length (defined as the length of time between the first and last occasions in ...
Aalborg Universitet Uncertainty in Impact Assessment – EIA in Denmark
... significance. Thus categories 1-‐3 all encompass uncertainty that would influence what has been termed the identification and prediction of impacts (Glasson, Therivel and Chadwick 2005). This part of the proces ...
... significance. Thus categories 1-‐3 all encompass uncertainty that would influence what has been termed the identification and prediction of impacts (Glasson, Therivel and Chadwick 2005). This part of the proces ...
Change - UNDP Climate Change Adaptation
... scales, and aspects of seasonal and interannual variability. 3. Models ably reproduce features of past climates and climate changes. 4. Over several decades models have consistently provided a robust and unambiguous picture of significant climate warming in response to increasing ...
... scales, and aspects of seasonal and interannual variability. 3. Models ably reproduce features of past climates and climate changes. 4. Over several decades models have consistently provided a robust and unambiguous picture of significant climate warming in response to increasing ...
Climate Change and Health in New Zealand
... There is a lag period between increased GHG concentrations and increased temperature14,15 which means that, even if these concentrations were not to increase any more, the world is already committed to further warming (of at least 0.6oC) as a consequence of past emissions4. In reality, GHG concentra ...
... There is a lag period between increased GHG concentrations and increased temperature14,15 which means that, even if these concentrations were not to increase any more, the world is already committed to further warming (of at least 0.6oC) as a consequence of past emissions4. In reality, GHG concentra ...
The Value of Linking Mitigation and Adaptation: A Case Study of
... sustainable development because adaptation is more closely aligned with the development objectives of the South than mitigation. In practice, because adaptation requires reducing vulnerability and increasing adaptive capacity, there is a significant amount of overlap with development methodologies ( ...
... sustainable development because adaptation is more closely aligned with the development objectives of the South than mitigation. In practice, because adaptation requires reducing vulnerability and increasing adaptive capacity, there is a significant amount of overlap with development methodologies ( ...
Climate Change Financing - SÜDWIND
... developing countries because of its higher level of ambition and the additional transparency, and thereby put pressure on other countries to follow suit. Any definition should build on the twelve-point action plan (EU 2011b) to raise ODA levels to 0.7 % of GNI by 2015. Although intermediate goals ha ...
... developing countries because of its higher level of ambition and the additional transparency, and thereby put pressure on other countries to follow suit. Any definition should build on the twelve-point action plan (EU 2011b) to raise ODA levels to 0.7 % of GNI by 2015. Although intermediate goals ha ...
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... to several sympatric congeners and included: Dryomys sp., Psammomys sp., Eliomys sp., Allactaga sp., and Jaculus sp. Data were derived from sites spanning MIS 6-2 throughout Southern Levant. Data were analyzed by two different independent variables. The first was environment and the second was period ...
... to several sympatric congeners and included: Dryomys sp., Psammomys sp., Eliomys sp., Allactaga sp., and Jaculus sp. Data were derived from sites spanning MIS 6-2 throughout Southern Levant. Data were analyzed by two different independent variables. The first was environment and the second was period ...
Sensitivity of Northern Peatland Carbon
... ecosystem dynamics and climate sensitivity [Clymo, 1984; Gorham, 1991; Rydin and Jeglum, 2006]. Peat C accumulation is determined by the balance of biological inputs (plant growth and litter production) and outputs (organic matter decomposition); both of these processes are sensitive to climate chan ...
... ecosystem dynamics and climate sensitivity [Clymo, 1984; Gorham, 1991; Rydin and Jeglum, 2006]. Peat C accumulation is determined by the balance of biological inputs (plant growth and litter production) and outputs (organic matter decomposition); both of these processes are sensitive to climate chan ...
Proposed NSF Center on Climate Decision Making Carnegie Mellon
... to create a set of decision support tools that are appropriate given the limitations on the predictive information that we are likely to be able to acquire. As results become available from the work in Part 3 of the Center's research, these tools will be modified to incorporate additional informatio ...
... to create a set of decision support tools that are appropriate given the limitations on the predictive information that we are likely to be able to acquire. As results become available from the work in Part 3 of the Center's research, these tools will be modified to incorporate additional informatio ...
Vivid Economics
... the effect depends on the type of exposure. Crop productivity is projected to increase in northern Europe, but may fall elsewhere (Parry et al., 2007). Northern European countries with an important forestry and logging sector (e.g. Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Sweden) may also benefit as forests are pr ...
... the effect depends on the type of exposure. Crop productivity is projected to increase in northern Europe, but may fall elsewhere (Parry et al., 2007). Northern European countries with an important forestry and logging sector (e.g. Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Sweden) may also benefit as forests are pr ...
Fred Singer
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Siegfried Fred Singer (born September 27, 1924) is an Austrian-born American physicist and emeritus professor of environmental science at the University of Virginia. Singer trained as an atmospheric physicist and is known for his work in space research, atmospheric pollution, rocket and satellite technology, his questioning of the link between UV-B and melanoma rates, and that between CFCs and stratospheric ozone loss, his public denial of the health risks of passive smoking, and as an advocate for climate change denial. He is the author or editor of several books including Global Effects of Environmental Pollution (1970), The Ocean in Human Affairs (1989), Global Climate Change (1989), The Greenhouse Debate Continued (1992), and Hot Talk, Cold Science (1997). He has also co-authored Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1,500 Years (2007) with Dennis Avery, and Climate Change Reconsidered (2009) with Craig Idso.Singer has had a varied career, serving in the armed forces, government, and academia. He designed mines for the U.S. Navy during World War II, before obtaining his Ph.D. in physics from Princeton University in 1948 and working as a scientific liaison officer in the U.S. Embassy in London. He became a leading figure in early space research, was involved in the development of earth observation satellites, and in 1962 established the National Weather Bureau's Satellite Service Center. He was the founding dean of the University of Miami School of Environmental and Planetary Sciences in 1964, and held several government positions, including deputy assistant administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency, and chief scientist for the Department of Transportation. He held a professorship with the University of Virginia from 1971 until 1994, and with George Mason University until 2000.In 1990 Singer founded the Science & Environmental Policy Project to advocate for climate change denial, and in 2006 was named by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as one of a minority of scientists said to be creating a stand-off on a consensus on climate change. Singer argues there is no evidence that global warming is attributable to human-caused increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide, and that humanity would benefit if temperatures do rise.He is an opponent of the Kyoto Protocol, and has claimed climate models as not based on reality, and not evidence. Singer has been accused of rejecting peer-reviewed and independently confirmed scientific evidence in his claims concerning public health and environmental issues.