Climate Change and Agricultural Commodities
... Former UK Government Advisor and Director of Policy and Research for the Commission for Africa ...
... Former UK Government Advisor and Director of Policy and Research for the Commission for Africa ...
Local Strategies for Addressing Climate Change Vol 2
... Coastal resource managers are on the front lines of climate change. Flooding and erosion from rising sea levels, more intense wind and waves from coastal storms, worsening water quality—many impacts of climate change will be felt in coastal areas first. In fact, many coastal areas are already seeing ...
... Coastal resource managers are on the front lines of climate change. Flooding and erosion from rising sea levels, more intense wind and waves from coastal storms, worsening water quality—many impacts of climate change will be felt in coastal areas first. In fact, many coastal areas are already seeing ...
Potential future climatic conditions on tourists: A case study focusing
... climate according to its thermal, physical and aesthetic aspects, where the thermal aspect incorporates air temperature, humidity, wind and solar radiation; the physical aspect includes rain and wind; and the aesthetic aspect relates to sunshine or cloud conditions. Tourist-related climatic indices ...
... climate according to its thermal, physical and aesthetic aspects, where the thermal aspect incorporates air temperature, humidity, wind and solar radiation; the physical aspect includes rain and wind; and the aesthetic aspect relates to sunshine or cloud conditions. Tourist-related climatic indices ...
PREDICTING ECOLOGICAL CHANGES IN THE FLORIDA
... For resource managers, a major point is that climate change needs to be explicitly considered while the multi-billion dollar Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) is implemented, or else that project may not achieve its intended outcomes. A careful process is needed that: (1) acknowledges ...
... For resource managers, a major point is that climate change needs to be explicitly considered while the multi-billion dollar Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) is implemented, or else that project may not achieve its intended outcomes. A careful process is needed that: (1) acknowledges ...
Final Background paper UNFCCC Latin American workshop on a…
... Table 1. GEF-funded AIACC projects in Latin America Table 2. Projected changes in temperature and precipitation for broad sub-regions of Central and South America Table 3. Projected number of people living in Mesoamerica and South America in water-stressed areas Table 4. Deforestation in Brazil (200 ...
... Table 1. GEF-funded AIACC projects in Latin America Table 2. Projected changes in temperature and precipitation for broad sub-regions of Central and South America Table 3. Projected number of people living in Mesoamerica and South America in water-stressed areas Table 4. Deforestation in Brazil (200 ...
Hydrological Climate Change Impact Assessment at Small and
... of high-resolution AOGCMs for generating large ensembles of long multi-century climate simulations. A typical grid spacing in CMIP5 is in the range 100–250 km, which is not sufficient to provide CC information on the regional to local scale required by many users. Besides long-term projections, typi ...
... of high-resolution AOGCMs for generating large ensembles of long multi-century climate simulations. A typical grid spacing in CMIP5 is in the range 100–250 km, which is not sufficient to provide CC information on the regional to local scale required by many users. Besides long-term projections, typi ...
Spain - Met Office
... cited supporting literature, were mostly based on global studies. This was to ensure consistency, whilst recognising that this might not always provide enough focus on impacts of most relevance to a particular country. Although time available for the project was short, generally all the material ava ...
... cited supporting literature, were mostly based on global studies. This was to ensure consistency, whilst recognising that this might not always provide enough focus on impacts of most relevance to a particular country. Although time available for the project was short, generally all the material ava ...
Ted Hamilton∗ - Vermont Journal of Environmental Law
... climate change provide the factual material upon which legal claims are based. Legal action at the core usually seeks government intervention to stop public or private contributions to warming or to provide relief from climate-change harms. The climate periphery is where issues indirectly related to ...
... climate change provide the factual material upon which legal claims are based. Legal action at the core usually seeks government intervention to stop public or private contributions to warming or to provide relief from climate-change harms. The climate periphery is where issues indirectly related to ...
Peak and Decline Emissions Paths and the Global Warming Target
... with climate models of varying degrees of complexity used to assess the implied climate outcomes for each pathway. The prevailing approach in the literature to providing guidance on what future paths are consistent with a given temperature target is to infer the conditions that the paths must meet f ...
... with climate models of varying degrees of complexity used to assess the implied climate outcomes for each pathway. The prevailing approach in the literature to providing guidance on what future paths are consistent with a given temperature target is to infer the conditions that the paths must meet f ...
Explaining Public Support for Climate Change Mitigation Policies
... It could be argued that these three items might be measuring individual „willingness to sacrifice‟ or „willingness to pay‟ for protecting the environment - a function of a person‟s financial situation, rather than her willingness to support an environmental policy. Indeed, their study did not examin ...
... It could be argued that these three items might be measuring individual „willingness to sacrifice‟ or „willingness to pay‟ for protecting the environment - a function of a person‟s financial situation, rather than her willingness to support an environmental policy. Indeed, their study did not examin ...
Strategy Guide on Climate Change: Implications and Strategies for the Community Sector
... report Towards Climate Justice: A Strategy Guide for the Community Sector in Responding to Climate Change, which was prepared for the Environmental Protection Agency. Initiatives such as this will help to bring home the reality of climate justice to the public and will encourage debate about the bes ...
... report Towards Climate Justice: A Strategy Guide for the Community Sector in Responding to Climate Change, which was prepared for the Environmental Protection Agency. Initiatives such as this will help to bring home the reality of climate justice to the public and will encourage debate about the bes ...
Applying the VFM framework to business case design and appraisal
... climate variability and where there is an existing climate deficit. Examples include investments in climate smart agriculture and water management. These options are often well suited to costbenefit analysis (although this can be more challenging where non-market sectors such as health are involved ...
... climate variability and where there is an existing climate deficit. Examples include investments in climate smart agriculture and water management. These options are often well suited to costbenefit analysis (although this can be more challenging where non-market sectors such as health are involved ...
Building bridges: Supporting adaptation in industry VCCAR think
... (floods) and drier (drought) due to climate change. Similar events occurring in the future have the potential to significantly harm a wide range of economic, social and natural values. Although experience of past events can inform understanding of some potential futures, it is not complete and new ‘ ...
... (floods) and drier (drought) due to climate change. Similar events occurring in the future have the potential to significantly harm a wide range of economic, social and natural values. Although experience of past events can inform understanding of some potential futures, it is not complete and new ‘ ...
Considerations for Addressing Climate Change
... assessments conducted by BCMoTI and 20 risk assessments of infrastructure systems from across Canada conducted under the auspices of the Engineers Canada PIEVC initiative. Each study included in the analysis was conducted with input and guidance from expert working groups, who ensured that the asses ...
... assessments conducted by BCMoTI and 20 risk assessments of infrastructure systems from across Canada conducted under the auspices of the Engineers Canada PIEVC initiative. Each study included in the analysis was conducted with input and guidance from expert working groups, who ensured that the asses ...
Read More... - Greater Sudbury Climate Change Consortium
... 3. Climate Change adaptation strategies and risk management measures must address impacts on water resources, both quantity and quality; municipal and NDCA infrastructure throughout the community; human health impacts; other stresses in the community, etc. 4. The NDCA can do a number of things now t ...
... 3. Climate Change adaptation strategies and risk management measures must address impacts on water resources, both quantity and quality; municipal and NDCA infrastructure throughout the community; human health impacts; other stresses in the community, etc. 4. The NDCA can do a number of things now t ...
Incorporating Climate Change Adaptation into Catchment
... The CAF as a process-based tool helps to explore and assess management actions; as such the process and conversations involved are as valuable as the identification of management actions. The CAF is divided into seven parts that are explored, discussed and ultimately assessed. The results of each as ...
... The CAF as a process-based tool helps to explore and assess management actions; as such the process and conversations involved are as valuable as the identification of management actions. The CAF is divided into seven parts that are explored, discussed and ultimately assessed. The results of each as ...
CHAPTER 13
... showing generally positive results include cotton, corn for grain and silage, soybeans, sorghum, barley, sugar beets, and citrus fruits. Pastures also showed increased productivity. For other crops including wheat, rice, oats, hay, sugar cane, potatoes, and tomatoes, yields are projected to increase ...
... showing generally positive results include cotton, corn for grain and silage, soybeans, sorghum, barley, sugar beets, and citrus fruits. Pastures also showed increased productivity. For other crops including wheat, rice, oats, hay, sugar cane, potatoes, and tomatoes, yields are projected to increase ...
Linking the scales of process, observation and modeling of dust
... How can we forecast changes in the first two factors to assess future dust emissions, on the scale of seasons to a few decades? ...
... How can we forecast changes in the first two factors to assess future dust emissions, on the scale of seasons to a few decades? ...
Chicago Area Climate Change Quick Guide
... Action Plan. Vegetated roofs, for instance, cool the city as temperatures rise and retain water during storms (adaptation), while they also help increase the energy efficiency of buildings (mitigation). Increasing the size of the Chicago urban forest canopy can provide shade to decrease the urban he ...
... Action Plan. Vegetated roofs, for instance, cool the city as temperatures rise and retain water during storms (adaptation), while they also help increase the energy efficiency of buildings (mitigation). Increasing the size of the Chicago urban forest canopy can provide shade to decrease the urban he ...
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... regard to changes in the trend and in the variance of deviations (see figure legend). For example, the green lines show the development of the probability of the hypothesis that the slope of the trend is constant over time, while variance increases. In 1952, all models have the same initial weight d ...
... regard to changes in the trend and in the variance of deviations (see figure legend). For example, the green lines show the development of the probability of the hypothesis that the slope of the trend is constant over time, while variance increases. In 1952, all models have the same initial weight d ...
Climate: Observations, projections and impacts
... cited supporting literature, were mostly based on global studies. This was to ensure consistency, whilst recognising that this might not always provide enough focus on impacts of most relevance to a particular country. Although time available for the project was short, generally all the material ava ...
... cited supporting literature, were mostly based on global studies. This was to ensure consistency, whilst recognising that this might not always provide enough focus on impacts of most relevance to a particular country. Although time available for the project was short, generally all the material ava ...
White Paper on the Ethical Dimensions of Climate Change
... options. Although these issues will be dealt with in later sections of this paper and program, we note them here to flag their importance and to invite special reflection on these matters. We also note them here because many of the policy tools often employed to solve environmental problems such as ...
... options. Although these issues will be dealt with in later sections of this paper and program, we note them here to flag their importance and to invite special reflection on these matters. We also note them here because many of the policy tools often employed to solve environmental problems such as ...
Adaptation to Climate Change
... increasing in parallel with the growth of the world economy. Over the last century, atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide have increased from a pre-industrial value of 278 parts per million to 385 parts per million in 2008, and the average global temperatures rose by 0.74 degree Celsius. Acco ...
... increasing in parallel with the growth of the world economy. Over the last century, atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide have increased from a pre-industrial value of 278 parts per million to 385 parts per million in 2008, and the average global temperatures rose by 0.74 degree Celsius. Acco ...
2012 2013 FINAL CICS Annual Report
... collaboration between Princeton University and the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The mission of CICS is to focus the core scientific competencies of Princeton University into answering key questions related to the sc ...
... collaboration between Princeton University and the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The mission of CICS is to focus the core scientific competencies of Princeton University into answering key questions related to the sc ...
Climate Change and Security in Africa
... The security challenge of climate change As science has revealed the speed and scope of climate change, we have begun to realize that it holds potentially serious implications for international security. Climate change—by redrawing the maps of water availability, food security, disease prevalence an ...
... The security challenge of climate change As science has revealed the speed and scope of climate change, we have begun to realize that it holds potentially serious implications for international security. Climate change—by redrawing the maps of water availability, food security, disease prevalence an ...
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.