Case Study: Climate Change Resilience of Melbourne
... climate change. Both strategic documents serve as models that other local councils in Australia could replicate in their climate change planning. A number of collaborations, between councils and external stakeholders have involved a number of research and community projects for climate change planni ...
... climate change. Both strategic documents serve as models that other local councils in Australia could replicate in their climate change planning. A number of collaborations, between councils and external stakeholders have involved a number of research and community projects for climate change planni ...
A Practitioner`s Guide to Climate Change Adaptation
... 2011). In the last 63 years, the average temperature in Canada has increased about 1.6oC, although there have been differences in warming trends across the country. For example, average annual temperatures increased 2.3oC in the Mackenzie region of the Northwest Territories and part of Nunavut, wher ...
... 2011). In the last 63 years, the average temperature in Canada has increased about 1.6oC, although there have been differences in warming trends across the country. For example, average annual temperatures increased 2.3oC in the Mackenzie region of the Northwest Territories and part of Nunavut, wher ...
A Practitioner`s Guide to Climate Change Adaptation
... 2011). In the last 63 years, the average temperature in Canada has increased about 1.6oC, although there have been differences in warming trends across the country. For example, average annual temperatures increased 2.3oC in the Mackenzie region of the Northwest Territories and part of Nunavut, wher ...
... 2011). In the last 63 years, the average temperature in Canada has increased about 1.6oC, although there have been differences in warming trends across the country. For example, average annual temperatures increased 2.3oC in the Mackenzie region of the Northwest Territories and part of Nunavut, wher ...
Adapting to Climate Change in Tasmania
... that the earth is warming1. Global warming is predicted to cause changes to climate variables such as rainfall, wind, evaporation, temperature and sea level. These changes are also likely to amplify other aspects of natural climate variability and result in more frequent extreme weather events in so ...
... that the earth is warming1. Global warming is predicted to cause changes to climate variables such as rainfall, wind, evaporation, temperature and sea level. These changes are also likely to amplify other aspects of natural climate variability and result in more frequent extreme weather events in so ...
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... This review focuses on the impacts of climate change on population dynamics. I introduce the MUP (Measuring, Understanding and Predicting) approach, which provides a general framework where an enhanced understanding of climate-population processes, along with improved long-term data, are merged into ...
... This review focuses on the impacts of climate change on population dynamics. I introduce the MUP (Measuring, Understanding and Predicting) approach, which provides a general framework where an enhanced understanding of climate-population processes, along with improved long-term data, are merged into ...
A Climate Risk Report - Blue Mountains City Council
... Climate Risk P/L provides professional services in relation to climate change risks and opportunities. Our technical and professional staff endeavours to work to international best practice standards using experienced scientists, sector specialists and associated experts. This document is intended t ...
... Climate Risk P/L provides professional services in relation to climate change risks and opportunities. Our technical and professional staff endeavours to work to international best practice standards using experienced scientists, sector specialists and associated experts. This document is intended t ...
Text - Reading`s CentAUR
... attribution but also for gaining a more complete understanding of the physical processes involved. While in principle this might be done by applying regression models to observations, the observational record is still not long enough to clearly separate the two effects (Stolarski et al. 2010). Thus, ...
... attribution but also for gaining a more complete understanding of the physical processes involved. While in principle this might be done by applying regression models to observations, the observational record is still not long enough to clearly separate the two effects (Stolarski et al. 2010). Thus, ...
Climate Change Adaptation Planning: A Handbook for Small
... makers determine what strategic actions need to be taken. It is especially useful for small communities without “in house” planning resources. While the Handbook is aimed at small communities, other larger municipalities may benefit from it. It is a free resource, and CIP encourages its use by any p ...
... makers determine what strategic actions need to be taken. It is especially useful for small communities without “in house” planning resources. While the Handbook is aimed at small communities, other larger municipalities may benefit from it. It is a free resource, and CIP encourages its use by any p ...
T M Climate Negotiations After the Copenhagen Overview of Emissions Targets
... Erroneous Climate Targets and Assumptions The international climate negotiations and any potential climate policy thus far are based on very serious and erroneous assumptions about the physical constraints of the planet Earth, its resources, and carrying ...
... Erroneous Climate Targets and Assumptions The international climate negotiations and any potential climate policy thus far are based on very serious and erroneous assumptions about the physical constraints of the planet Earth, its resources, and carrying ...
Executive Summary - Forest Watch
... this assessment would be significantly impacted under the scenarios of climate change presented by the models. The human health impacts - both direct (health effects of poor air quality) and indirect (warmer winters facilitating expansion of Lyme disease-carrying deer tick habitat) - of physical and ...
... this assessment would be significantly impacted under the scenarios of climate change presented by the models. The human health impacts - both direct (health effects of poor air quality) and indirect (warmer winters facilitating expansion of Lyme disease-carrying deer tick habitat) - of physical and ...
Chapter 12
... urban areas (UN, 2004), with 67% in southern Europe and 83% in northern Europe. The 25 countries belonging to the European Union (EU25) have stable economies, high productivity and integrated markets. Economic conditions among the non-EU countries are more varied. European income (as annual gross do ...
... urban areas (UN, 2004), with 67% in southern Europe and 83% in northern Europe. The 25 countries belonging to the European Union (EU25) have stable economies, high productivity and integrated markets. Economic conditions among the non-EU countries are more varied. European income (as annual gross do ...
Dis full and final - University of Otago
... New Zealand Minister of Immigration, Michael Woodhouse has stated that at present, the New Zealand Government’s focus is on climate mitigation rather than “building an ambulance at the bottom of the cliff”.11 While Woodhouse has stated that the Government does not have specific climate related immig ...
... New Zealand Minister of Immigration, Michael Woodhouse has stated that at present, the New Zealand Government’s focus is on climate mitigation rather than “building an ambulance at the bottom of the cliff”.11 While Woodhouse has stated that the Government does not have specific climate related immig ...
underfunded, underprepared, underwater? cities at risk
... in the public interest to accelerate the global transition to sustainable development. E3G builds crosssectoral coalitions to achieve carefully defined outcomes, chosen for their capacity to leverage change. E3G works closely with like-minded partners in government, politics, business, civil society ...
... in the public interest to accelerate the global transition to sustainable development. E3G builds crosssectoral coalitions to achieve carefully defined outcomes, chosen for their capacity to leverage change. E3G works closely with like-minded partners in government, politics, business, civil society ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES Yongyang Cai Kenneth L. Judd
... modeler doesn’t know the value of key parameters, e.g., climate sensitivity or some damage function parameter. The modeler has an idea about the distribution of these parameters and conducts a Monte Carlo analysis with many simulations, each being itself a deterministic run of the model with a pick ...
... modeler doesn’t know the value of key parameters, e.g., climate sensitivity or some damage function parameter. The modeler has an idea about the distribution of these parameters and conducts a Monte Carlo analysis with many simulations, each being itself a deterministic run of the model with a pick ...
New Policy Protocols for Marine ... Research: Lessons Learned from Past ... Studies Stephanie Ann Harrington
... average temperatures over large regions of the ocean. Changes in the time it takes sound to travel between known source and receiver locations are related to changes in the average temperature between them. Because the ocean is relatively transparent to sound waves, analysis of travel-time data thro ...
... average temperatures over large regions of the ocean. Changes in the time it takes sound to travel between known source and receiver locations are related to changes in the average temperature between them. Because the ocean is relatively transparent to sound waves, analysis of travel-time data thro ...
National Survey of Canada`s Infrastructure Engineers about Climate
... Regardless of the causes, it is widely acknowledged that the Earth’s climate is changing. However, the notion of climate change remains a much‐debated topic, and action around climate change tends to be influenced by a host of political and socioeconomic factors. While mitigation of climate change ...
... Regardless of the causes, it is widely acknowledged that the Earth’s climate is changing. However, the notion of climate change remains a much‐debated topic, and action around climate change tends to be influenced by a host of political and socioeconomic factors. While mitigation of climate change ...
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... USDOT Federal Highway Administration for providing excellent review comments on preliminary versions of this white paper. A portion of this report has been published in the Transportation Research Record. ...
... USDOT Federal Highway Administration for providing excellent review comments on preliminary versions of this white paper. A portion of this report has been published in the Transportation Research Record. ...
European Perceptions of Climate Change (EPCC) - ORCA
... The EPCC project was designed to maximise the relevance of the survey results for academic and nonacademic audiences. The countries involved in this project represent four key energy producing nations in Europe. They are significant not only for their large and varied energy systems, but also becaus ...
... The EPCC project was designed to maximise the relevance of the survey results for academic and nonacademic audiences. The countries involved in this project represent four key energy producing nations in Europe. They are significant not only for their large and varied energy systems, but also becaus ...
Perceptions of Climate Change and Vulnerability in Upper Svaneti
... The scenarios illustrated above paint a disconcerting picture for the mountainous region across Georgia. It is abundantly clear that this region needs comprehensive adaptation strategies, which the MEP and United Nation Development Program (UNDP) recognize. What is missing in the report to the UNFC ...
... The scenarios illustrated above paint a disconcerting picture for the mountainous region across Georgia. It is abundantly clear that this region needs comprehensive adaptation strategies, which the MEP and United Nation Development Program (UNDP) recognize. What is missing in the report to the UNFC ...
Assessing Dynamic Cost-Benefit Analysis of Climate Policy: the
... Climate change is a long term problem, as what we do today will determine what happens many years from now. To assess it a dynamic comparison of future outcomes and today’s actions is indispensable. This comparison is particularly difficult as climate change affects all important spheres of life and ...
... Climate change is a long term problem, as what we do today will determine what happens many years from now. To assess it a dynamic comparison of future outcomes and today’s actions is indispensable. This comparison is particularly difficult as climate change affects all important spheres of life and ...
2.0 Climate Change: Scenarios for the Indian Ocean Territories
... The IOT are home to distinctive ecosystems and a number of endemic species that are considered to be vulnerable to climate change. Terrestrial forests in particular, are highly sensitive to increases in temperature and humidity, and any changes in evapo-transpiration would affect soil moisture, fore ...
... The IOT are home to distinctive ecosystems and a number of endemic species that are considered to be vulnerable to climate change. Terrestrial forests in particular, are highly sensitive to increases in temperature and humidity, and any changes in evapo-transpiration would affect soil moisture, fore ...
10 Cenozoic Climatic Record for Monsoonal Rainfall over the Indian
... from the warm conditions of the early Eocene climatic optimum between ~52-50 Ma. This shift is often referred to as a transition from a greenhouse climate to an icehouse, in which permanent ice sheets formation were initialized over Antarctica (starting ~35 Ma) and Arctic regions (around ~3 Ma at Gr ...
... from the warm conditions of the early Eocene climatic optimum between ~52-50 Ma. This shift is often referred to as a transition from a greenhouse climate to an icehouse, in which permanent ice sheets formation were initialized over Antarctica (starting ~35 Ma) and Arctic regions (around ~3 Ma at Gr ...
Win-win? CDM hydropower projects and their - diss.fu
... respect to (a) their ability to advance the goals of the CDM and (b) their implications for climate justice. The text is structured into three sections. The first section explores the rationale of carbon offsetting and outlines the administrative structure of the CDM as well as the most important re ...
... respect to (a) their ability to advance the goals of the CDM and (b) their implications for climate justice. The text is structured into three sections. The first section explores the rationale of carbon offsetting and outlines the administrative structure of the CDM as well as the most important re ...
Climate change adaptation in the boardroom
... responding to climate change impacts, apparently paralysed by short-term profit-first thinking, uncertain political risks and a corporate culture unused to volatility and disruption. ...
... responding to climate change impacts, apparently paralysed by short-term profit-first thinking, uncertain political risks and a corporate culture unused to volatility and disruption. ...
Climate Role Play
... gases in the atmosphere is gradually increasing – which, in turn, leads to higher temperatures. In the opinion of the Climate Panel a rising average temperature leads to more extreme weather conditions where drought, heat waves, flooding and hurricanes occur more frequently. Researchers are also in ...
... gases in the atmosphere is gradually increasing – which, in turn, leads to higher temperatures. In the opinion of the Climate Panel a rising average temperature leads to more extreme weather conditions where drought, heat waves, flooding and hurricanes occur more frequently. Researchers are also in ...
Fred Singer
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.