Can actuaries really afford to ignore climate
... Our goal has been to make use of the most reliable and most up to date climate science available, and to avoid conclusions that are not supported by the majority of climate scientists. In order to achieve this, we have collaborated with Professor Andy Pitman, Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence ...
... Our goal has been to make use of the most reliable and most up to date climate science available, and to avoid conclusions that are not supported by the majority of climate scientists. In order to achieve this, we have collaborated with Professor Andy Pitman, Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence ...
National Park Service - Montana State University
... Embedded with these millennial scale changes (largely related to variations in the seasonal cycle of solar radiation), are centennial climate variations such as the Medieval Climate Anomaly (ca. 950–1250) and the Little Ice Age (ca. 1400–1700). These variations had less dramatic impacts on vegetatio ...
... Embedded with these millennial scale changes (largely related to variations in the seasonal cycle of solar radiation), are centennial climate variations such as the Medieval Climate Anomaly (ca. 950–1250) and the Little Ice Age (ca. 1400–1700). These variations had less dramatic impacts on vegetatio ...
Adaptation Planning – What Other States are Doing
... impacts of climate change are already occurring. Several U.S. legislative committees are considering federal greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction policies, and dozens of states are taking action to reduce their own GHG emissions. While these actions are vital to mitigating the impacts of future c ...
... impacts of climate change are already occurring. Several U.S. legislative committees are considering federal greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction policies, and dozens of states are taking action to reduce their own GHG emissions. While these actions are vital to mitigating the impacts of future c ...
Sensitivity of Amazon Regional Climate to Deforestation
... interest once that the Amazon is home to more than 40 million people, which, despite intense urbanization, still live and depend on the region’s natural resources. Presently, the best way to understand the complex nature of land surface-atmosphere interactions and their impact on rainfall is through ...
... interest once that the Amazon is home to more than 40 million people, which, despite intense urbanization, still live and depend on the region’s natural resources. Presently, the best way to understand the complex nature of land surface-atmosphere interactions and their impact on rainfall is through ...
a discussion based on contributions from climate modeling
... In addition to the recovery of the past temperature evolution BTPs have also been used to evaluate the role of heat storage in the lithospheric crust within the global energy balance (Levitus et al., 2001; Pielke, 2003; Levitus et al., 2005; Hansen et al., 2005) by calculating the amount of energy s ...
... In addition to the recovery of the past temperature evolution BTPs have also been used to evaluate the role of heat storage in the lithospheric crust within the global energy balance (Levitus et al., 2001; Pielke, 2003; Levitus et al., 2005; Hansen et al., 2005) by calculating the amount of energy s ...
early human health effects of climate change and stratospheric
... unanswered and have yet to be investigated scientifically. Publication bias could have affected the literature to reflect only the results from positive studies. The focus in future should be on more holistic approaches for understanding the impact of problems identified to date. The authors would l ...
... unanswered and have yet to be investigated scientifically. Publication bias could have affected the literature to reflect only the results from positive studies. The focus in future should be on more holistic approaches for understanding the impact of problems identified to date. The authors would l ...
Adaptation to Climate Change in the Houston
... warming. Figure 2 provides a summary of the impacts of increasing temperatures. As we can see, the damaging impacts of climate change are only in their beginning stages. We recognize that this is an intense political issue for many individuals, groups, and communities. The debate surrounding climate ...
... warming. Figure 2 provides a summary of the impacts of increasing temperatures. As we can see, the damaging impacts of climate change are only in their beginning stages. We recognize that this is an intense political issue for many individuals, groups, and communities. The debate surrounding climate ...
Managing Climate Risk Integrating Adaptation into World Bank Group Operations World Bank Group
... This concern has prompted the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to give more attention to adaptation and to establish funding channels to support developing countries in reducing their risk. The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has already activated the Least Developed ...
... This concern has prompted the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to give more attention to adaptation and to establish funding channels to support developing countries in reducing their risk. The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has already activated the Least Developed ...
Communication for Climate Change Multi
... Connect4Climate Advocacy Initiatives ................................................................................... 40 Film4Climate ........................................................................................................................... 40 Sport4Climate............... ...
... Connect4Climate Advocacy Initiatives ................................................................................... 40 Film4Climate ........................................................................................................................... 40 Sport4Climate............... ...
Lecture 1 CIP Module Montreal Conference Draft
... Figure 17 Depiction of the global carbon cycle and capacity of various sources and sinks. .................. 35 Figure 18 Observed changes in global average surface temperature, average sea level and Northern Hemisphere snow cover relative to period 1961–1990. ....................................... ...
... Figure 17 Depiction of the global carbon cycle and capacity of various sources and sinks. .................. 35 Figure 18 Observed changes in global average surface temperature, average sea level and Northern Hemisphere snow cover relative to period 1961–1990. ....................................... ...
Net primary production of terrestrial ecosystems in China
... defines a combination of sand, silt and clay proportions (Table 1). As shown in Plate 2b, soil texture is generally more coarse in northern China than in southern China. For contemporary climate, we use the long-term average climate data from the global climate dataset of Cramer and Leemans (Wolfga ...
... defines a combination of sand, silt and clay proportions (Table 1). As shown in Plate 2b, soil texture is generally more coarse in northern China than in southern China. For contemporary climate, we use the long-term average climate data from the global climate dataset of Cramer and Leemans (Wolfga ...
Egypt - Met Office
... changed, and plan for future, is improving all the time. But there is still a long way to go. These reports – led by the Met Office Hadley Centre in collaboration with many institutes and scientists around the world – aim to provide useful, up to date and impartial information, based on the best cli ...
... changed, and plan for future, is improving all the time. But there is still a long way to go. These reports – led by the Met Office Hadley Centre in collaboration with many institutes and scientists around the world – aim to provide useful, up to date and impartial information, based on the best cli ...
Smoke, Mirrors & Hot Air How ExxonMobil Uses Big Tobacco’s Tactics
... Seth Shulman was the lead investigator and primary author of this report. Kate Abend and Alden Meyer contributed the final chapter. Kate Abend, Brenda Ekwurzel, Monica La, Katherine Moxhet, Suzanne Shaw, and Anita Spiess assisted with research, fact checking, and editing. UCS would like to thank Ker ...
... Seth Shulman was the lead investigator and primary author of this report. Kate Abend and Alden Meyer contributed the final chapter. Kate Abend, Brenda Ekwurzel, Monica La, Katherine Moxhet, Suzanne Shaw, and Anita Spiess assisted with research, fact checking, and editing. UCS would like to thank Ker ...
Major Issues with IPCC Report
... acted as peer-reviewers for each other’s work. [4] Of the 44 contributing authors, more than half have coauthored papers with the Lead Authors or Coordinating Lead Authors. The review editor of that chapter - who was also a Coordinating Lead Author for the corresponding chapter of the previous asses ...
... acted as peer-reviewers for each other’s work. [4] Of the 44 contributing authors, more than half have coauthored papers with the Lead Authors or Coordinating Lead Authors. The review editor of that chapter - who was also a Coordinating Lead Author for the corresponding chapter of the previous asses ...
Extreme Weather Events
... the 1980s and 90s, but it failed miserably when temperatures plateaued in the new millennium. ...
... the 1980s and 90s, but it failed miserably when temperatures plateaued in the new millennium. ...
Ethnographic Perspectives on Resilience To Climate Variability in
... change. This is recognised by both the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It is well established that island communities are extremely vulnerable to extreme events such as droughts, cyclones, floods and storm surge ...
... change. This is recognised by both the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It is well established that island communities are extremely vulnerable to extreme events such as droughts, cyclones, floods and storm surge ...
White Paper on the Ethical Dimensions of Climate Change
... The Program on the Ethical Dimensions of Climate Change Seeks to: • Facilitate express examination of ethical dimensions of climate change particularly for those issues entailed by specific positions taken by governments, businesses, NGOs, organizations, or individuals on climate change policy matte ...
... The Program on the Ethical Dimensions of Climate Change Seeks to: • Facilitate express examination of ethical dimensions of climate change particularly for those issues entailed by specific positions taken by governments, businesses, NGOs, organizations, or individuals on climate change policy matte ...
Public open house summary
... portfolio standards, emission targets, revisions to the royalty system, carbon pricing, and a carbon tax were also mentioned. Education was viewed as a core component in successfully understanding the need to address climate change and what actions can be taken. A small number of comments indicated ...
... portfolio standards, emission targets, revisions to the royalty system, carbon pricing, and a carbon tax were also mentioned. Education was viewed as a core component in successfully understanding the need to address climate change and what actions can be taken. A small number of comments indicated ...
organisation of king`s bibliography of books on global warming
... William James Burroughs. Climate Change in Prehistory: The End of the Reign of Chaos, Cambridge University Press, 2005, 0521824095, ...
... William James Burroughs. Climate Change in Prehistory: The End of the Reign of Chaos, Cambridge University Press, 2005, 0521824095, ...
CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS FOR MACEDONIA
... if the results of GCMs in a large‐scale are realistic also their direct interpolations to location representing Macedonian region should be realistic. A stronger increase of air temperature in summer in comparison to other periods of the year could be related to the expec ...
... if the results of GCMs in a large‐scale are realistic also their direct interpolations to location representing Macedonian region should be realistic. A stronger increase of air temperature in summer in comparison to other periods of the year could be related to the expec ...
Climate Extremes Communications Guidebook
... or climate events that are, individually, not extreme themselves (though their accumulation is extreme). • “Compound events, that is, two or more events occurring simultaneously, can lead to high impacts, even if the two single events are not extreme per se (only their combination).” It is also esse ...
... or climate events that are, individually, not extreme themselves (though their accumulation is extreme). • “Compound events, that is, two or more events occurring simultaneously, can lead to high impacts, even if the two single events are not extreme per se (only their combination).” It is also esse ...
Climate Change Effects on Vegetation Distribution and
... still cause significant distress to local ecological and economic systems. The rate of increase in forest vegetation density is constrained by its growth rate, which can lag behind climate change. On the other hand, the rate of decline in vegetation density is physically constrained by the rate of c ...
... still cause significant distress to local ecological and economic systems. The rate of increase in forest vegetation density is constrained by its growth rate, which can lag behind climate change. On the other hand, the rate of decline in vegetation density is physically constrained by the rate of c ...