Aalborg Universitet Uncertainty in Impact Assessment – EIA in Denmark
... impacts of plans, programmes or projects – we do per definition not know the exact impacts before they unfold. Also, there is an increasing focus on integration of impacts such as climate ...
... impacts of plans, programmes or projects – we do per definition not know the exact impacts before they unfold. Also, there is an increasing focus on integration of impacts such as climate ...
Link to PDF of publication
... and damage assessment methodology has not yet been developed, relevant elements can be found in methods and tools rooted in the two major school of thought referred to in paragraph 3 above: DRR and CCA, including impacts research. ...
... and damage assessment methodology has not yet been developed, relevant elements can be found in methods and tools rooted in the two major school of thought referred to in paragraph 3 above: DRR and CCA, including impacts research. ...
Climate Change and Heat Deaths: Newest Estimates
... constant. In other words, no adjustments are made for potential changes in the size or composition (e.g., age distribution) of a city’s population. The nature of any bias this introduces is uncertain, as changes in the relative proportion of vulnerable individuals in a city would need to be accounte ...
... constant. In other words, no adjustments are made for potential changes in the size or composition (e.g., age distribution) of a city’s population. The nature of any bias this introduces is uncertain, as changes in the relative proportion of vulnerable individuals in a city would need to be accounte ...
the impacts of global climate change on grassland ecosystems
... In order to describe the future climate, most investigations have relied upon projections based on simulations with GCMs, in other words, climate change scenarios. Carter (1996) has argued that these scenarios have not been used effectively enough in past assessments, because of weaknesses in the me ...
... In order to describe the future climate, most investigations have relied upon projections based on simulations with GCMs, in other words, climate change scenarios. Carter (1996) has argued that these scenarios have not been used effectively enough in past assessments, because of weaknesses in the me ...
Global Warming Answers - smallworldbigthoughts-eub-geo
... of the global atmosphere, measuring the dust preserved in 17 glaciers—in the Tatra Mountains in Poland, in the Arctic, Antarctic, Alaska, Norway, the Alps, the Himalayas, the Ruwenzori Mountains in Uganda, and the Peruvian Andes. He has published about 20 papers on climate, most of them concerning t ...
... of the global atmosphere, measuring the dust preserved in 17 glaciers—in the Tatra Mountains in Poland, in the Arctic, Antarctic, Alaska, Norway, the Alps, the Himalayas, the Ruwenzori Mountains in Uganda, and the Peruvian Andes. He has published about 20 papers on climate, most of them concerning t ...
Preserving the Ocean Circulation: Implications for Climate Policy
... threshold response in the natural system. This choice is likely more efficient in the sense of an optimal growth model than an arbitrary choice of greenhouse gas stabilization level. This approach allows us additionally to consider the economic trade-offs associated with accepting the natural thresh ...
... threshold response in the natural system. This choice is likely more efficient in the sense of an optimal growth model than an arbitrary choice of greenhouse gas stabilization level. This approach allows us additionally to consider the economic trade-offs associated with accepting the natural thresh ...
Accommodating Climate Change Science
... announced to the mediated world “with 99 percent confidence” that global warming was a real phenomenon (U.S. Congress 1988, 39). Following Hansen’s testimony, Dr. Michael Oppenheimer of the Environmental Defense Fund marveled: “I’ve never seen an environmental issue mature so quickly, shifting from s ...
... announced to the mediated world “with 99 percent confidence” that global warming was a real phenomenon (U.S. Congress 1988, 39). Following Hansen’s testimony, Dr. Michael Oppenheimer of the Environmental Defense Fund marveled: “I’ve never seen an environmental issue mature so quickly, shifting from s ...
Year of presentation
... (Aldunce et al, 2014 in prep.), and are building a vulnerability mapping protocol (Nahuelhual et al, 2014 in prep.). We have engaged more than 40 students and research assistants in these research activities, as well as five post-doctoral fellows. Moreover, we have linked CR2 to new and complementar ...
... (Aldunce et al, 2014 in prep.), and are building a vulnerability mapping protocol (Nahuelhual et al, 2014 in prep.). We have engaged more than 40 students and research assistants in these research activities, as well as five post-doctoral fellows. Moreover, we have linked CR2 to new and complementar ...
FINAL DRAFT IPCC WGII AR5 Chapter 24 Subject to Final Copyedit
... and affect many people in future. Integrated water management strategies could help adapt to climate change, including developing water saving technologies, increasing water productivity, and water reuse. The impacts of climate change on food production and food security in Asia will vary by region ...
... and affect many people in future. Integrated water management strategies could help adapt to climate change, including developing water saving technologies, increasing water productivity, and water reuse. The impacts of climate change on food production and food security in Asia will vary by region ...
SEE Project-OrientGate: A structured network for integration of
... scientific knowledge, access to information, technology, social institutions and infrastructure (IPCC- AR5, Chapter 16, 2014). In many countries, the risks of climate change for the agricultural sector are a particularly immediate and important problem because the majority of the rural population de ...
... scientific knowledge, access to information, technology, social institutions and infrastructure (IPCC- AR5, Chapter 16, 2014). In many countries, the risks of climate change for the agricultural sector are a particularly immediate and important problem because the majority of the rural population de ...
A Profile of the Greenhouse Industry in British Columbia and Clues
... small grant from the WWW research network. ...
... small grant from the WWW research network. ...
Chapter 10
... About 2.5 to 10% decrease in crop yield is projected for parts of Asia in 2020s and 5 to 30% decrease in 2050s compared with 1990 levels without CO2 effects (medium confidence) [10.4.1.1]. Freshwater availability in Central, South, East and South-East Asia, particularly in large river basins such as ...
... About 2.5 to 10% decrease in crop yield is projected for parts of Asia in 2020s and 5 to 30% decrease in 2050s compared with 1990 levels without CO2 effects (medium confidence) [10.4.1.1]. Freshwater availability in Central, South, East and South-East Asia, particularly in large river basins such as ...
3/97 - Population Health Sciences
... 1997. The course brings together faculty from Schools of Public Health, Engineering, and Arts and Sciences. Authored first resolution on Health and Climate Change that was passed by the American Public Health Association, 1995. Consultations Presidential Advisory Committee, Rensselaer Polytechnical ...
... 1997. The course brings together faculty from Schools of Public Health, Engineering, and Arts and Sciences. Authored first resolution on Health and Climate Change that was passed by the American Public Health Association, 1995. Consultations Presidential Advisory Committee, Rensselaer Polytechnical ...
CLIMATE CHANGE Indicators for Ireland (2000-LS-5.2.2-M1) Final Report
... This report has been prepared as part of the Environmental Research Technological Development and Innovation Programme under the Productive Sector Operational Programme 2000-2006. The programme is financed by the Irish Government under the National Development Plan 2000-2006. It is administered on b ...
... This report has been prepared as part of the Environmental Research Technological Development and Innovation Programme under the Productive Sector Operational Programme 2000-2006. The programme is financed by the Irish Government under the National Development Plan 2000-2006. It is administered on b ...
F_Green_Nationally_Self_Interested_Climate_Change_Mitigation (opens in new window)
... Since climate change emerged as a phenomenon of serious social scientific inquiry, generations of social science reference works have characterised the mitigation of climate change as a classic global collective action problem; a “tragedy of the commons” that has the game-theoretic form of a “prison ...
... Since climate change emerged as a phenomenon of serious social scientific inquiry, generations of social science reference works have characterised the mitigation of climate change as a classic global collective action problem; a “tragedy of the commons” that has the game-theoretic form of a “prison ...
Minutes - Transcript - Appendix 1
... our fair share of extreme weather incidents in the last decade or so? It seems that we have had an awful lot of events in the last decade or so, given the overall frequencies which you spoke about earlier, Dr Huddleston. It has been a very eventful decade. Dr Matt Huddleston (Met Office Climate Scie ...
... our fair share of extreme weather incidents in the last decade or so? It seems that we have had an awful lot of events in the last decade or so, given the overall frequencies which you spoke about earlier, Dr Huddleston. It has been a very eventful decade. Dr Matt Huddleston (Met Office Climate Scie ...
Indigenous and Traditional Peoples and Climate
... consequence of historical, social, political and economic exclusion are among those who are at greatest risk. On the other hand, people living in marginal lands have long been exposed to many kinds of environmental changes and have developed strategies for coping with these phenomena. They have valu ...
... consequence of historical, social, political and economic exclusion are among those who are at greatest risk. On the other hand, people living in marginal lands have long been exposed to many kinds of environmental changes and have developed strategies for coping with these phenomena. They have valu ...
Sep 6, 2014 - Science and Environmental Policy Project
... agency has ever regulated a gas that is necessary to and makes life on earth possible. As well, it is also the only gas the federal government has ever tried to regulate that humans exhale at a greater rate than they inhale. Given both these facts, the claim that CO2 is a “pollutant” deserves furthe ...
... agency has ever regulated a gas that is necessary to and makes life on earth possible. As well, it is also the only gas the federal government has ever tried to regulate that humans exhale at a greater rate than they inhale. Given both these facts, the claim that CO2 is a “pollutant” deserves furthe ...
Integrating Community and Ecosystem
... practice, since neglecting to include intended beneficiaries in key decisions increases the risk that interventions will not match people’s priority needs, be culturally or ecologically inappropriate, or that services (e.g. healthcare or water) will prove too costly. In the context of adaptation, th ...
... practice, since neglecting to include intended beneficiaries in key decisions increases the risk that interventions will not match people’s priority needs, be culturally or ecologically inappropriate, or that services (e.g. healthcare or water) will prove too costly. In the context of adaptation, th ...
Ted Hamilton∗ - Vermont Journal of Environmental Law
... its “core” and at its “periphery.” The climate core is where global warming’s causes and effects are directly confronted, in the sense that the science, economics, and politics of climate change provide the factual material upon which legal claims are based. Legal action at the core usually seeks go ...
... its “core” and at its “periphery.” The climate core is where global warming’s causes and effects are directly confronted, in the sense that the science, economics, and politics of climate change provide the factual material upon which legal claims are based. Legal action at the core usually seeks go ...
Enhanced weathering strategies for stabilizing climate and averting
... Chemical breakdown of rocks, weathering, is an important but very slow part of the carbon cycle that ultimately leads to CO2 being locked up in carbonates on the ocean floor. Artificial acceleration of this carbon sink via distribution of pulverized silicate rocks across terrestrial landscapes may h ...
... Chemical breakdown of rocks, weathering, is an important but very slow part of the carbon cycle that ultimately leads to CO2 being locked up in carbonates on the ocean floor. Artificial acceleration of this carbon sink via distribution of pulverized silicate rocks across terrestrial landscapes may h ...
Consensus‟ Exposed: The CRU Controversy - Inhofe
... research and, in some cases, may have violated federal laws. In addition to these findings, we believe the emails and accompanying documents seriously compromise the IPCC-backed ―consensus‖ and its central conclusion that anthropogenic emissions are inexorably leading to environmental catastrophes. ...
... research and, in some cases, may have violated federal laws. In addition to these findings, we believe the emails and accompanying documents seriously compromise the IPCC-backed ―consensus‖ and its central conclusion that anthropogenic emissions are inexorably leading to environmental catastrophes. ...
Observations and their analysis in WCRP/COPES
... • Merits, benefits, exploitation of new data • Explore proposal for a reanalysis workshop to be held at ECMWF end of June 2006. • Reanalyses Conference: A proposal to hold the next major reanalysis conference in Japan in fall 2007 was passed on and approved. Topics will include: Atmosphere, ocean, c ...
... • Merits, benefits, exploitation of new data • Explore proposal for a reanalysis workshop to be held at ECMWF end of June 2006. • Reanalyses Conference: A proposal to hold the next major reanalysis conference in Japan in fall 2007 was passed on and approved. Topics will include: Atmosphere, ocean, c ...