Submission 68 - Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
... be better targeted. They recommended that any future government investment in preparedness activities needs to focus more on activities that help farmers prepare for future challenges such as drought, climate variability and reduced water availability, such as: the trialling of new innovations tha ...
... be better targeted. They recommended that any future government investment in preparedness activities needs to focus more on activities that help farmers prepare for future challenges such as drought, climate variability and reduced water availability, such as: the trialling of new innovations tha ...
The ECO-ACTIVE guide to the Science and Impacts of Climate
... The spectacular development and economic growth of the Western World in the 19th and 20th Centuries was matched by a parallel growth in the use of energy. One has driven the other. Consider for instance heating, lighting, travel and transport, food production, manufacture of goods and materials, and ...
... The spectacular development and economic growth of the Western World in the 19th and 20th Centuries was matched by a parallel growth in the use of energy. One has driven the other. Consider for instance heating, lighting, travel and transport, food production, manufacture of goods and materials, and ...
Climate change, development, poverty and economics
... From the outset, economists have devoted considerable attention to the effective management of natural resources. In the 19th century Knut Wicksell and Martin Faustmann were among the first to study the optimal harvesting cycle for slow-maturing resources like forests (Hedlund-Nyström et al. 2006). ...
... From the outset, economists have devoted considerable attention to the effective management of natural resources. In the 19th century Knut Wicksell and Martin Faustmann were among the first to study the optimal harvesting cycle for slow-maturing resources like forests (Hedlund-Nyström et al. 2006). ...
The impacts of climate change on the risk of natural disasters
... Section 9 briefly evaluates some of the implications of scientific knowledge on climate change for disaster risk reduction efforts. Section 10 offers some conclusions. ...
... Section 9 briefly evaluates some of the implications of scientific knowledge on climate change for disaster risk reduction efforts. Section 10 offers some conclusions. ...
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... concentration will lead to only a small decrease in global crop production, and developing countries are likely to bear the brunt of the problem. Dakhawa and Campbell (1998) studied the effect on crop production of differential day-night warming created by global climate change. From their findings, ...
... concentration will lead to only a small decrease in global crop production, and developing countries are likely to bear the brunt of the problem. Dakhawa and Campbell (1998) studied the effect on crop production of differential day-night warming created by global climate change. From their findings, ...
News The Rubenstein School R
... biodiversity loss, emerging diseases and the predicament of long-forgotten small-island states are all being brought to prominence through this lens. Climategate or other scandals about the issue cannot obfuscate the salience of these issues regardless of the uncertainty about the impacts of global ...
... biodiversity loss, emerging diseases and the predicament of long-forgotten small-island states are all being brought to prominence through this lens. Climategate or other scandals about the issue cannot obfuscate the salience of these issues regardless of the uncertainty about the impacts of global ...
The Global Politics of Climate Change: Challenge for Political Science
... than a coherent international regime (Keohane and Victor 2011). Although the European Union has enacted regulations that have created a price for carbon, even that price is very low, with carbon trading below $10 per ton during the winter of 2014. Meanwhile, developing countries such as India and Ch ...
... than a coherent international regime (Keohane and Victor 2011). Although the European Union has enacted regulations that have created a price for carbon, even that price is very low, with carbon trading below $10 per ton during the winter of 2014. Meanwhile, developing countries such as India and Ch ...
The Decline and Fall of Global Warming
... The Decline and Fall of Global Warming 31 Figure 9 Observed warming (°C) in Santer et al. (1996) from 1963 to 1987 (top). The highlighted region in the Southern Hemisphere shows the strong observed warming. The entire temperature history over the same region from 1957 to 1995 shows no significant w ...
... The Decline and Fall of Global Warming 31 Figure 9 Observed warming (°C) in Santer et al. (1996) from 1963 to 1987 (top). The highlighted region in the Southern Hemisphere shows the strong observed warming. The entire temperature history over the same region from 1957 to 1995 shows no significant w ...
Prediction markets prove—Dems win now in 2016
... After years of ducking presidential-campaign battles over gun laws out of fear of the powerful gun lobby, it appears that Democrats are finally ready to go on the offensive. Democrats are becoming more and more outspoken about gun violence in the wake of seemingly ever increasing mass shootings, des ...
... After years of ducking presidential-campaign battles over gun laws out of fear of the powerful gun lobby, it appears that Democrats are finally ready to go on the offensive. Democrats are becoming more and more outspoken about gun violence in the wake of seemingly ever increasing mass shootings, des ...
Barriers to Effective Climate Change Adaptation
... science and knowledge to be updated and incorporated as they are refined over time. Multiple approaches can be used in parallel to inform decision making in the absence of certainty (e.g. real options ...
... science and knowledge to be updated and incorporated as they are refined over time. Multiple approaches can be used in parallel to inform decision making in the absence of certainty (e.g. real options ...
Principles of Justice in the Context of Global Climate Change
... context it becomes complicated by the empirical debates concerning responsibility for causing climate change. It does underlie, however, various proposals that have emerged in climate negotiations—including those for “differentiation” of commitments (see below) or at its most basic, the recognition ...
... context it becomes complicated by the empirical debates concerning responsibility for causing climate change. It does underlie, however, various proposals that have emerged in climate negotiations—including those for “differentiation” of commitments (see below) or at its most basic, the recognition ...
A Pacific Regional Perspective on Capacity Building for Climate
... technical issues • Lack of capacity to articulate/formulate proposals to remedy situation ...
... technical issues • Lack of capacity to articulate/formulate proposals to remedy situation ...
Climate Change
... Be sure to look at the ‘Notes pages’ (below) for added comments to help in presenting and for more information and sources. Please feel free to email me with suggestions for improvements or useful comments. The intention is that YOU SHOULD PICK AND CHOOSE FROM THESE ...
... Be sure to look at the ‘Notes pages’ (below) for added comments to help in presenting and for more information and sources. Please feel free to email me with suggestions for improvements or useful comments. The intention is that YOU SHOULD PICK AND CHOOSE FROM THESE ...
THE MONITOR CLIMATE TOURISm
... profitable, and irreplaceable ski zones (Elsasser and Bürki, 2002). Some economists have put forward evidence that the impact of climate change on tourism might result in an overall loss to global welfare (Berrittella et al., 2004). Tourism is currently a fast growing industry, however, and in the n ...
... profitable, and irreplaceable ski zones (Elsasser and Bürki, 2002). Some economists have put forward evidence that the impact of climate change on tourism might result in an overall loss to global welfare (Berrittella et al., 2004). Tourism is currently a fast growing industry, however, and in the n ...
Adaptation - ACCA Global
... Governments, businesses and the financial markets increasingly recognise the reality we face, that we have both to reduce our emissions (mitigate) and to adapt to this inevitable change. There is no choice between mitigation and adaptation; organisations and individuals have to pursue complementary ...
... Governments, businesses and the financial markets increasingly recognise the reality we face, that we have both to reduce our emissions (mitigate) and to adapt to this inevitable change. There is no choice between mitigation and adaptation; organisations and individuals have to pursue complementary ...
Climate change scenarios
... One can think of them as the prediction of a model, contingent upon the GHG emissions scenario Since estimates of regional change by models differ substantially, an individual model estimate should be treated more as a scenario ...
... One can think of them as the prediction of a model, contingent upon the GHG emissions scenario Since estimates of regional change by models differ substantially, an individual model estimate should be treated more as a scenario ...
Ten Overlooked Issues in Climate Change Science Roger A. Pielke Sr.
... conditions provides a very effective analysis tool to assess societal and environmental vulnerability to future climate, regardless of the extent the future climate is altered by human activity. Our current and future vulnerability, however, will be different than in the past, even if climate were n ...
... conditions provides a very effective analysis tool to assess societal and environmental vulnerability to future climate, regardless of the extent the future climate is altered by human activity. Our current and future vulnerability, however, will be different than in the past, even if climate were n ...
MS Word format, with endnotes - Christianity For Thinkers Home Page
... repository gives up its carbon after it dies, adding huge quantities of CO2 to the atmosphere and exacerbating the problem of global warming. What the Future Could Look Like. So what does all this added CO2 mean to you, your children, and your children’s children? Well, for starters it means some lo ...
... repository gives up its carbon after it dies, adding huge quantities of CO2 to the atmosphere and exacerbating the problem of global warming. What the Future Could Look Like. So what does all this added CO2 mean to you, your children, and your children’s children? Well, for starters it means some lo ...
`Global Climate Change`.
... have focused public attention on possible outcomes of potential long-term climate change and a need for a better understanding of regional climates on decadal to century scales. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) researchers reported that the 12 warmest years (globally averaged ...
... have focused public attention on possible outcomes of potential long-term climate change and a need for a better understanding of regional climates on decadal to century scales. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) researchers reported that the 12 warmest years (globally averaged ...
udall rcrf update boulder 4 21 2009
... • 1st Step: Historical Hydrology Model “Bake-off” • 2nd Step: Drive Hydrology Model w/Climate Models • Many Hydrology Models: VIC, CBRFC SACSnow17, NOAH, Hoerling ‘Bucket’ Model • Note: SNWA Hosted Meeting Nov 14 to Discuss – 50 Participants from around the Basin ...
... • 1st Step: Historical Hydrology Model “Bake-off” • 2nd Step: Drive Hydrology Model w/Climate Models • Many Hydrology Models: VIC, CBRFC SACSnow17, NOAH, Hoerling ‘Bucket’ Model • Note: SNWA Hosted Meeting Nov 14 to Discuss – 50 Participants from around the Basin ...
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... of climate to increasing CO2 concentration) by a suite of seven models having a wide range of sensitivities - including one with a particularly high sensitivity. And also, at the ‘low-end’: * Cosmetic “rounding up” of the calculated number from 1.0 to 1.4 0C, thus serving to lift it clear of the 1.0 ...
... of climate to increasing CO2 concentration) by a suite of seven models having a wide range of sensitivities - including one with a particularly high sensitivity. And also, at the ‘low-end’: * Cosmetic “rounding up” of the calculated number from 1.0 to 1.4 0C, thus serving to lift it clear of the 1.0 ...
res_5_13_climate_change_0
... Recalling also the endorsement by MOP4 of AEWA Guidelines on measures needed to help waterbirds to adapt to climate change as guidance for the Contracting Parties, Noting the need, expressed in Article III of the Agreement, for Contracting Parties to identify networks of sites and habitats for migra ...
... Recalling also the endorsement by MOP4 of AEWA Guidelines on measures needed to help waterbirds to adapt to climate change as guidance for the Contracting Parties, Noting the need, expressed in Article III of the Agreement, for Contracting Parties to identify networks of sites and habitats for migra ...
150716_CWCF statement on climate change_final
... Paris, France to negotiate a global treaty on climate change. The Canadian Worker Cooperative Federation (CWCF) is an organisation representing worker co-operatives across Canada, and Principle 7 of the Co-operative Principles states that “Co-operatives work for the sustainable development of their ...
... Paris, France to negotiate a global treaty on climate change. The Canadian Worker Cooperative Federation (CWCF) is an organisation representing worker co-operatives across Canada, and Principle 7 of the Co-operative Principles states that “Co-operatives work for the sustainable development of their ...
FP7 Starting Independent Researcher Grant: Ideas and dates
... interpret Article 2 is in terms of the aggregate benefits for human well-being of staying below a ‘safe’ ceiling of atmospheric CO2 concentrations. Early accounts suggested that a doubling of CO2 over its pre-industrial level of 280 parts per million might be safe but no more. More recently, it has ...
... interpret Article 2 is in terms of the aggregate benefits for human well-being of staying below a ‘safe’ ceiling of atmospheric CO2 concentrations. Early accounts suggested that a doubling of CO2 over its pre-industrial level of 280 parts per million might be safe but no more. More recently, it has ...