POTENTIAL MARKET BARRIERS FOR VOLUNTARY CLIMATE CHANGE
... impacts of climate change. The need for a transition to more sustainable consumption and production patterns is undeniable, and sustainable economic growth must be placed at the heart of future development for all citizens – private and public. The South African private sector is under enormous pres ...
... impacts of climate change. The need for a transition to more sustainable consumption and production patterns is undeniable, and sustainable economic growth must be placed at the heart of future development for all citizens – private and public. The South African private sector is under enormous pres ...
Biotic and Climatic Velocity Identify Contrasting Areas of
... establish in areas with newly suitable climate, or face the prospect of extirpation [1]. Such information also allows us to evaluate whether specific sites, such as existing protected areas, will serve as refugia or face loss of species and consequent changes in ecosystem processes [2]. The most com ...
... establish in areas with newly suitable climate, or face the prospect of extirpation [1]. Such information also allows us to evaluate whether specific sites, such as existing protected areas, will serve as refugia or face loss of species and consequent changes in ecosystem processes [2]. The most com ...
Estimating Future Costs for Alaska Public Infrastructure - ISER
... To start our analysis, we needed to know what experts see for the future. In 2000, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued a Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, which laid out a range of climate scenarios, each with specific assumptions about future levels of greenhouse gas em ...
... To start our analysis, we needed to know what experts see for the future. In 2000, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued a Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, which laid out a range of climate scenarios, each with specific assumptions about future levels of greenhouse gas em ...
10584_2011_45_MOESM1_ESM - Springer Static Content Server
... 19. Eriksen S, Silva JA. The vulnerability context of a savanna area in Mozambique: household drought coping strategies and responses to economic change. Environmental Science & Policy 2009,12:33-52. 20. Eriksen SH, O'Brien K. Vulnerability, poverty and the need for sustainable adaptation measures. ...
... 19. Eriksen S, Silva JA. The vulnerability context of a savanna area in Mozambique: household drought coping strategies and responses to economic change. Environmental Science & Policy 2009,12:33-52. 20. Eriksen SH, O'Brien K. Vulnerability, poverty and the need for sustainable adaptation measures. ...
Great Lakes National Parks in Peril
... Model Intercomparison Project phase 3 (CMIP3) multi-model dataset, provided by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Santa Clara University, and Climate Central multi-model dataset, with support provided by the Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy. For assis ...
... Model Intercomparison Project phase 3 (CMIP3) multi-model dataset, provided by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Santa Clara University, and Climate Central multi-model dataset, with support provided by the Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy. For assis ...
The Longest Conflict - Centre for Policy Development
... each of our programs. Finally, we would like to say thank you to CPD’s subscribers and followers. Your involvement with our Centre makes our work stronger and we are grateful for it. ...
... each of our programs. Finally, we would like to say thank you to CPD’s subscribers and followers. Your involvement with our Centre makes our work stronger and we are grateful for it. ...
UK Climate Change Risk Assessment 2017 Synthesis Report
... of risks and opportunities may be underestimated because each tends to be considered in isolation but in practice will act in combination. Actions to address risks need to be co-ordinated amongst the various responsible bodies to be effective. The adaptive capacity of organisations will be constrain ...
... of risks and opportunities may be underestimated because each tends to be considered in isolation but in practice will act in combination. Actions to address risks need to be co-ordinated amongst the various responsible bodies to be effective. The adaptive capacity of organisations will be constrain ...
Project Document for CEO Approval (Revised)
... regular basis, but irregularly in the outer islands. Daily passenger and cargo flights are operated between the four main islands, but many smaller or remote islands are served on a weekly basis, if at all. While telephone communications are available in most of the larger islands, and many smaller ...
... regular basis, but irregularly in the outer islands. Daily passenger and cargo flights are operated between the four main islands, but many smaller or remote islands are served on a weekly basis, if at all. While telephone communications are available in most of the larger islands, and many smaller ...
Final Report
... for enhancing the adaptation of tourism activities to climate change impacts across all Alpine regions: the informational basis available for decision-makers and the climate change awareness among tourism actors. In order to achieve well-informed decisions on adaptation activities in tourism regions ...
... for enhancing the adaptation of tourism activities to climate change impacts across all Alpine regions: the informational basis available for decision-makers and the climate change awareness among tourism actors. In order to achieve well-informed decisions on adaptation activities in tourism regions ...
Co-ordination, Communication and Adaptation for Climate Change
... Although every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the material contained in this publication, complete accuracy cannot be guaranteed. Neither the Environmental Protection Agency nor the author(s) accept any responsibility whatsoever for loss or damage occasioned or claimed to have been o ...
... Although every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the material contained in this publication, complete accuracy cannot be guaranteed. Neither the Environmental Protection Agency nor the author(s) accept any responsibility whatsoever for loss or damage occasioned or claimed to have been o ...
Climate Change Impacts and Risk Management
... The Guide is separated into three parts. Part A describes what the Guide is about. In addition to the items covered in the Introduction, it discusses why there is a need to assess climate change risk (Chapter 2) and the fundamentals of risk assessment and management (Chapter 3). Part B outlines how ...
... The Guide is separated into three parts. Part A describes what the Guide is about. In addition to the items covered in the Introduction, it discusses why there is a need to assess climate change risk (Chapter 2) and the fundamentals of risk assessment and management (Chapter 3). Part B outlines how ...
THE MIGHTY OPERATIONS OF NATURE
... truth—seemed to resonate with any greater authority or persuasiveness than any other. The causation arguments illustrate a view of the natural world that occupied a transitional step between traditional belief-system knowledge, such as superstition and old wives’ tales, and more systematic and ratio ...
... truth—seemed to resonate with any greater authority or persuasiveness than any other. The causation arguments illustrate a view of the natural world that occupied a transitional step between traditional belief-system knowledge, such as superstition and old wives’ tales, and more systematic and ratio ...
ProgressReport 2003-2004
... CICS is highly relevant to the first three of these goals, particularly the second one. The Research Reports provided in Section 5 list which of the mission goals is addressed by each research project. A key aspect of all 4 themes of CICS is the synergistic effect of each on the others. This leverag ...
... CICS is highly relevant to the first three of these goals, particularly the second one. The Research Reports provided in Section 5 list which of the mission goals is addressed by each research project. A key aspect of all 4 themes of CICS is the synergistic effect of each on the others. This leverag ...
Complex coastlines responding to climate change
... might retain long-term memory of previous wave-climate forcing. Such hysteresis would greatly complicate forecasting and identification of coastline behaviours to be expected with changing wave climate. We focussed on two end-member coastal morphologies, flying spits and cuspate capes (Fig. 1). Thes ...
... might retain long-term memory of previous wave-climate forcing. Such hysteresis would greatly complicate forecasting and identification of coastline behaviours to be expected with changing wave climate. We focussed on two end-member coastal morphologies, flying spits and cuspate capes (Fig. 1). Thes ...
Simulating Future Wheat Yields` Response to Climate Change and
... forcing (RF) is used. It is a metric that “represents the net change in the energy balance (radiative flux) of the Earth system” which results in a warming of the planet (Myhre et al. 2013). Between 1750 and 2005 RF has increased by 0.2 W/m2 mainly due to the increase in CO2 concentrations (from 27 ...
... forcing (RF) is used. It is a metric that “represents the net change in the energy balance (radiative flux) of the Earth system” which results in a warming of the planet (Myhre et al. 2013). Between 1750 and 2005 RF has increased by 0.2 W/m2 mainly due to the increase in CO2 concentrations (from 27 ...
Energy Partisanship - Scholarship Repository
... These partisan disagreements constrain possibilities not only for U.S. legislative efforts 17 but also for international ones. At the December 2015 climate change negotiations, for example, the groundbreaking Paris Agreement limited what clauses were binding in order to allow the United States to pa ...
... These partisan disagreements constrain possibilities not only for U.S. legislative efforts 17 but also for international ones. At the December 2015 climate change negotiations, for example, the groundbreaking Paris Agreement limited what clauses were binding in order to allow the United States to pa ...
Connecting on Climate
... co-benefits of climate action, prompting a focus on the economic, social, and health benefits of climate solutions.3 On one hand, it seems that none of these communication frames has been decisive. Yet the opposite perspective is in fact more accurate. Each of these arguments has influenced the poli ...
... co-benefits of climate action, prompting a focus on the economic, social, and health benefits of climate solutions.3 On one hand, it seems that none of these communication frames has been decisive. Yet the opposite perspective is in fact more accurate. Each of these arguments has influenced the poli ...
Climate Change Futures: Health, Ecological and Economic
... Overall costs from catastrophic weather-related events rose from an average of US $4 billion per year during the 1950s, to US $46 billion per year in the 1990s, and almost double that in 2004. In 2004, the combined weather-related losses from catastrophic and small events were US $107 billion, setti ...
... Overall costs from catastrophic weather-related events rose from an average of US $4 billion per year during the 1950s, to US $46 billion per year in the 1990s, and almost double that in 2004. In 2004, the combined weather-related losses from catastrophic and small events were US $107 billion, setti ...
Climate Change and Ontario`s Provincial Parks: Towards an
... knowledge gaps remain in many areas. As such, the results presented in this study should be taken as indicative, not predictive, of the magnitude of impact climate change may have on Ontario’s provincial parks. A historical climate regime was completed for a representative sample of eight provincial ...
... knowledge gaps remain in many areas. As such, the results presented in this study should be taken as indicative, not predictive, of the magnitude of impact climate change may have on Ontario’s provincial parks. A historical climate regime was completed for a representative sample of eight provincial ...