Is climate change causing increased rockfall frequency in
... Between 1901 and 2010, a total of 252 rockfalls (according to the definition outlined above) were registered and documented in all of Austria, leaving out the federal states of Burgenland and Vienna which have no share of the Alps. This equates to 3.2 events per 1000 km2 or 0.029 events per 1000 km2 ...
... Between 1901 and 2010, a total of 252 rockfalls (according to the definition outlined above) were registered and documented in all of Austria, leaving out the federal states of Burgenland and Vienna which have no share of the Alps. This equates to 3.2 events per 1000 km2 or 0.029 events per 1000 km2 ...
Climate change implications for New Zealand
... a combination of three factors: changes in the frequency and severity of climate-related hazards; the consequences in terms of exposure of people, infrastructure and ecosystems to those hazards; and their vulnerability to those hazards (i.e. ‘the propensity or predisposition to be adversely affected ...
... a combination of three factors: changes in the frequency and severity of climate-related hazards; the consequences in terms of exposure of people, infrastructure and ecosystems to those hazards; and their vulnerability to those hazards (i.e. ‘the propensity or predisposition to be adversely affected ...
Reconstructing Climatic and Environmental Changes of the Past
... Even with limited knowledge of the diverse range of local climatic behavior, the Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age are not expected to be spatially homogeneous or temporally synchronous. The beginning and end dates of these climate anomalies require a better understanding (e.g., for the Li ...
... Even with limited knowledge of the diverse range of local climatic behavior, the Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age are not expected to be spatially homogeneous or temporally synchronous. The beginning and end dates of these climate anomalies require a better understanding (e.g., for the Li ...
SYNCHRONIZATION OF POLAR CLIMATE VARIABILITY OVER
... be, but if that complexity can be reduced in some measure by detecting and recognizing long-range symmetries caused by synchronization, our understanding of climate dynamics would greatly benefit. The focus of this paper is on the last ice age’s millennial to centennial (subMilankovitch) rapid tempe ...
... be, but if that complexity can be reduced in some measure by detecting and recognizing long-range symmetries caused by synchronization, our understanding of climate dynamics would greatly benefit. The focus of this paper is on the last ice age’s millennial to centennial (subMilankovitch) rapid tempe ...
georgia - Climate Forum East
... 3.2..4 Impact assessment by Heat Index .................................................................................................................................................................................. 28 3.2..5 Recommendations for sustainability/resistance of health care sector to c ...
... 3.2..4 Impact assessment by Heat Index .................................................................................................................................................................................. 28 3.2..5 Recommendations for sustainability/resistance of health care sector to c ...
Non-paper Guidelines for Project Managers: Making vulnerable
... committed to perform national risk assessments by the end of 2011 and to further develop national risk assessment approaches. The main underlying principles and recommendations in the Disaster Management Guidelines could well be replicated at lower local and regional levels and applied by other rele ...
... committed to perform national risk assessments by the end of 2011 and to further develop national risk assessment approaches. The main underlying principles and recommendations in the Disaster Management Guidelines could well be replicated at lower local and regional levels and applied by other rele ...
Proceedings of Fifth International Conference on Climate Change
... might be implying that drought vulnerability is not gender biased. It is the unemployed, poor femaleheaded households in Chivi who were failing to adapt. Therefore it is important to note that though gender adaptation variations are peculiar in this District due to various socio-economic issues, the ...
... might be implying that drought vulnerability is not gender biased. It is the unemployed, poor femaleheaded households in Chivi who were failing to adapt. Therefore it is important to note that though gender adaptation variations are peculiar in this District due to various socio-economic issues, the ...
TSRA Climate Change Strategy-2014-2018
... communities amongst the most vulnerable in Australia. The effects of climate change threaten the islands themselves as well as marine and coastal ecosystems and resources, and therefore the life, livelihoods and unique culture of Torres Strait Islanders. Indigenous communities are more vulnerable to ...
... communities amongst the most vulnerable in Australia. The effects of climate change threaten the islands themselves as well as marine and coastal ecosystems and resources, and therefore the life, livelihoods and unique culture of Torres Strait Islanders. Indigenous communities are more vulnerable to ...
Climate politics in the lower Mekong basin
... which cloak predicted impacts in uncertainty. Uncertainty makes climate mitigation and adaptation a ‘wicked’ problem without clear-cut policy solutions. It affects political priorities among decision-makers negatively, as short term returns on climate-related investments may be low and susceptible t ...
... which cloak predicted impacts in uncertainty. Uncertainty makes climate mitigation and adaptation a ‘wicked’ problem without clear-cut policy solutions. It affects political priorities among decision-makers negatively, as short term returns on climate-related investments may be low and susceptible t ...
A Practitioner`s Guide to Climate Change Adaptation
... strengths and its usefulness depends on the specific adaptation process and the stakeholders involved. Because of the uncertainties associated with some adaptation options, it is also important to build flexibility and ‘learning-by-doing’ approach into decisions. Generally speaking, options can incl ...
... strengths and its usefulness depends on the specific adaptation process and the stakeholders involved. Because of the uncertainties associated with some adaptation options, it is also important to build flexibility and ‘learning-by-doing’ approach into decisions. Generally speaking, options can incl ...
A Practitioner`s Guide to Climate Change Adaptation
... strengths and its usefulness depends on the specific adaptation process and the stakeholders involved. Because of the uncertainties associated with some adaptation options, it is also important to build flexibility and ‘learning-by-doing’ approach into decisions. Generally speaking, options can incl ...
... strengths and its usefulness depends on the specific adaptation process and the stakeholders involved. Because of the uncertainties associated with some adaptation options, it is also important to build flexibility and ‘learning-by-doing’ approach into decisions. Generally speaking, options can incl ...
Ethics and Geoengineering: Reviewing the Moral Issues Raised by
... may be to consider them within this temporal frame based on when each issue first arises. In a discussion of how the precautionary principle factors into the geoengineering discussion, Elliot identified three temporal spaces in which precaution should be considered (‘Discussing Geoengineering’, ‘Res ...
... may be to consider them within this temporal frame based on when each issue first arises. In a discussion of how the precautionary principle factors into the geoengineering discussion, Elliot identified three temporal spaces in which precaution should be considered (‘Discussing Geoengineering’, ‘Res ...
American Teens` Knowledge of Climate Change
... American teens have an in-depth understanding of climate change. For comparison, the same 75 questions were used to grade American adults. On this scale, 30 percent of adults received a passing grade. This “grade”, however, should be interpreted with caution. Some questions clearly were harder to an ...
... American teens have an in-depth understanding of climate change. For comparison, the same 75 questions were used to grade American adults. On this scale, 30 percent of adults received a passing grade. This “grade”, however, should be interpreted with caution. Some questions clearly were harder to an ...
IFC Definitions and Metrics for Climate
... temperature and rainfall patterns, rising sea levels, and more frequent natural disasters bring new risks that must be professionally managed in order for their companies to stay competitive. At the same time as climate change increasingly strains scarce resources such as water, energy, food, and la ...
... temperature and rainfall patterns, rising sea levels, and more frequent natural disasters bring new risks that must be professionally managed in order for their companies to stay competitive. At the same time as climate change increasingly strains scarce resources such as water, energy, food, and la ...
Report on the Activities of the Working Group on Climate Change
... detection and its attribution. So what can a small Working Group on Climate Change Detection contribute to this major endeavor? This is the question Tom Peterson (US) asked himself when he accepted, in April 1999, the Chair of the joint WMO Commission for Climatology / CLIVAR Working Group on Climat ...
... detection and its attribution. So what can a small Working Group on Climate Change Detection contribute to this major endeavor? This is the question Tom Peterson (US) asked himself when he accepted, in April 1999, the Chair of the joint WMO Commission for Climatology / CLIVAR Working Group on Climat ...
Report on the Activities of the Working Group on Climate
... detection and its attribution. So what can a small Working Group on Climate Change Detection contribute to this major endeavor? This is the question Tom Peterson (US) asked himself when he accepted, in April 1999, the Chair of the joint WMO Commission for Climatology / CLIVAR Working Group on Climat ...
... detection and its attribution. So what can a small Working Group on Climate Change Detection contribute to this major endeavor? This is the question Tom Peterson (US) asked himself when he accepted, in April 1999, the Chair of the joint WMO Commission for Climatology / CLIVAR Working Group on Climat ...
HENRY N. POLLACK, PhD Professor of Geophysics
... Keynote address, NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab conference on the Great Lakes (2008) 3rd Annual Carolina Climate Lecturer, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (2008) Mary and Richard Holland Lecturer, Omaha, Nebraska (2007) Purdue Sinai Forum Lecturer, Michigan City, Indiana (2006 ...
... Keynote address, NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab conference on the Great Lakes (2008) 3rd Annual Carolina Climate Lecturer, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (2008) Mary and Richard Holland Lecturer, Omaha, Nebraska (2007) Purdue Sinai Forum Lecturer, Michigan City, Indiana (2006 ...