Quantifying the relative contribution of the climate and direct human
... [9] In this paper, the direct human impact represents the change of precipitation partitioning given climate conditions, and it does not include indirect human-induced climate change. The climate change represents the contribution of mean annual potential evaporation and precipitation to the streamf ...
... [9] In this paper, the direct human impact represents the change of precipitation partitioning given climate conditions, and it does not include indirect human-induced climate change. The climate change represents the contribution of mean annual potential evaporation and precipitation to the streamf ...
Building bridges: Supporting adaptation in industry VCCAR think
... be substantial. Heat stress is a significant risk to exposed businesses such as construction, heavy industry and defence. Extreme heat can also increase the rate of equipment failure and maintenance costs. For example, mining industry equipment may need to be serviced more regularly.20 The effects o ...
... be substantial. Heat stress is a significant risk to exposed businesses such as construction, heavy industry and defence. Extreme heat can also increase the rate of equipment failure and maintenance costs. For example, mining industry equipment may need to be serviced more regularly.20 The effects o ...
When Science and Ideology Collide: Explaining
... scientific knowledge…This knowledge is apparently sufficiently well developed and routinized that it can lead its users to accept conclusions they are predisposed against.” There is certainly evidence to support that contention too. Zaller, for instance, notes that elites of all predispositions gene ...
... scientific knowledge…This knowledge is apparently sufficiently well developed and routinized that it can lead its users to accept conclusions they are predisposed against.” There is certainly evidence to support that contention too. Zaller, for instance, notes that elites of all predispositions gene ...
Alpine strategy for adaptation to climate change in the field of natural
... adjustment. Because it has always been and will always be sensitive to a wide range of natural hazards, keeping all actors up-to-date in the methods for adapting risk management practice to new requirements is a key task in the alpine space, in particular. Disastrous natural events are common phenom ...
... adjustment. Because it has always been and will always be sensitive to a wide range of natural hazards, keeping all actors up-to-date in the methods for adapting risk management practice to new requirements is a key task in the alpine space, in particular. Disastrous natural events are common phenom ...
Cities and the Governing of Climate Change
... A second feature of the new generation of municipal climate networks is the way in which they mobilize private actors alongside the (local) state (42). For example, the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group has bought together 40 of the world’s global cities to address climate change (39). This networ ...
... A second feature of the new generation of municipal climate networks is the way in which they mobilize private actors alongside the (local) state (42). For example, the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group has bought together 40 of the world’s global cities to address climate change (39). This networ ...
Climate warming will reduce growth and survival of Scots pine
... to those derived when the slopes were related to the values of growth and survival at 0! DMAT (i.e. the intercept). Using data from all sites with significant (P < 0.1) linear relations, the percent change in growth and survival was related to the MAT and latitude of the site (see Figures 3 and 4). ...
... to those derived when the slopes were related to the values of growth and survival at 0! DMAT (i.e. the intercept). Using data from all sites with significant (P < 0.1) linear relations, the percent change in growth and survival was related to the MAT and latitude of the site (see Figures 3 and 4). ...
Understanding Climate Change: Lesson Plans for
... opinions about climate change and global warming, and ask them where they have obtained their information. Some questions to consider: ...
... opinions about climate change and global warming, and ask them where they have obtained their information. Some questions to consider: ...
Linköping University Postprint Technology obscuring equity
... Is the distinction between Annex 1 and non-Annex 1 parties, then, based on historical responsibility? In talks regarding the future commitments of the South, this seems not to have been the case. For example: according to Pinguelli Rosa and others, as of 1990 the relative share of energy sector CO2 ...
... Is the distinction between Annex 1 and non-Annex 1 parties, then, based on historical responsibility? In talks regarding the future commitments of the South, this seems not to have been the case. For example: according to Pinguelli Rosa and others, as of 1990 the relative share of energy sector CO2 ...
Adaptation to Climate Change in Management of Prairie Grasslands
... habitat degradation, pollution, etc.), rather than in isolation (Heller and Zavaleta 2009). According to Hansen and Biringer (2003), increasing the resilience of natural systems is a general goal for conservation. Natural systems are already affected by an array of stresses, and climate change will ...
... habitat degradation, pollution, etc.), rather than in isolation (Heller and Zavaleta 2009). According to Hansen and Biringer (2003), increasing the resilience of natural systems is a general goal for conservation. Natural systems are already affected by an array of stresses, and climate change will ...
National Park Service - UAF SNAP
... planning exercises, reports and other informational products for all NPS units in Alaska, with efforts organized around each of the four Inventory and Monitoring (I&M) networks. The Climate Change Scenario Planning project began in August 2010, when the NPS Climate Change Response Program partnered ...
... planning exercises, reports and other informational products for all NPS units in Alaska, with efforts organized around each of the four Inventory and Monitoring (I&M) networks. The Climate Change Scenario Planning project began in August 2010, when the NPS Climate Change Response Program partnered ...
appendix - UA Atmospheric Sciences
... Hygroscopic and Chemical Properties of Aerosols collected near a Copper Smelter: Implications for Public and Environmental Health, Environmental Science and Technology, 46, 9473-9480. Janae Csavina, Jason Field, Mark P. Taylor, Song Gao, Andrea Landázuri, Eric A. Betterton, A. Eduardo Sáez (2012), A ...
... Hygroscopic and Chemical Properties of Aerosols collected near a Copper Smelter: Implications for Public and Environmental Health, Environmental Science and Technology, 46, 9473-9480. Janae Csavina, Jason Field, Mark P. Taylor, Song Gao, Andrea Landázuri, Eric A. Betterton, A. Eduardo Sáez (2012), A ...
Applying Risk Informed Decision-Making Framework for Climate
... Hawai‛i Climate Change Partners. These are key partners working on climate change issues statewide that would have relevant input and expertise related to the pilot study. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Pacific Islands Climate Change Cooperative (PICCC). PICCC is the landscape conservation coope ...
... Hawai‛i Climate Change Partners. These are key partners working on climate change issues statewide that would have relevant input and expertise related to the pilot study. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Pacific Islands Climate Change Cooperative (PICCC). PICCC is the landscape conservation coope ...
Natural Hazards and Climate Change in European Regions
... characteristics, as for example the exposure of a region to natural hazards and the population density, are decisive for the vulnerability of a region. Consequently local decision making is central to the delivery of territorially defined place-based policies addressing natural hazards and climate c ...
... characteristics, as for example the exposure of a region to natural hazards and the population density, are decisive for the vulnerability of a region. Consequently local decision making is central to the delivery of territorially defined place-based policies addressing natural hazards and climate c ...
The effects of climate changes on aquifer storage
... maximum value at the river and its minimum at the catchment divide. Examples of the generated variation in transmissivity are shown in Fig. 3(a) and (b). In practice, a good estimate of the value of c is likely to be available, while b may be chosen as some reasonable value based on expert knowledge ...
... maximum value at the river and its minimum at the catchment divide. Examples of the generated variation in transmissivity are shown in Fig. 3(a) and (b). In practice, a good estimate of the value of c is likely to be available, while b may be chosen as some reasonable value based on expert knowledge ...
Climate Change Adaptation Project Report
... percent and the annual emissions of solid waste decomposition is 5.7 percent. According to the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC),1 mitigation may reduce the future concentration of GHGs, but current levels that are already in the Earth’s atmosphere will continue to influence the ...
... percent and the annual emissions of solid waste decomposition is 5.7 percent. According to the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC),1 mitigation may reduce the future concentration of GHGs, but current levels that are already in the Earth’s atmosphere will continue to influence the ...
Top-down vs bottom-up - working paper version
... 2007). For a comparison of costs see Jonathan Pickering, Frank Jotzo, and Peter J. Wood, ‘Splitting the Difference: Can Limited Coordination Achieve a Fair Distribution of the Global Climate Financing Effort?’, Global Environmental ...
... 2007). For a comparison of costs see Jonathan Pickering, Frank Jotzo, and Peter J. Wood, ‘Splitting the Difference: Can Limited Coordination Achieve a Fair Distribution of the Global Climate Financing Effort?’, Global Environmental ...
Adaptation
... Ideas under debate… • Relevant part of adaptation is a “private good” that could be efficiently provided by the individual/firm • Today about 60% of funding for climate-related investments originates from the private sector (Buchner 2011). ...
... Ideas under debate… • Relevant part of adaptation is a “private good” that could be efficiently provided by the individual/firm • Today about 60% of funding for climate-related investments originates from the private sector (Buchner 2011). ...
Facilitator Guide - Climate Finance and Markets
... There are many issues with this project in terms of its support for a flawed development model (wind energy is displacing coal, the project will hire few local workers, it abuses Mexico’s ‘selfsupply’ law, etc.) which you can read more about on the accompanying case study fact sheet. But here are tw ...
... There are many issues with this project in terms of its support for a flawed development model (wind energy is displacing coal, the project will hire few local workers, it abuses Mexico’s ‘selfsupply’ law, etc.) which you can read more about on the accompanying case study fact sheet. But here are tw ...
Author`s personal copy
... solely in ideological or partisan terms. Instead, their partisan and ideologically based positions are often framed through other mechanisms (e.g. morality, economic interests, and scientific perspectives). For example, Boswell (2009) argues that scientific knowledge is often only brought into a pol ...
... solely in ideological or partisan terms. Instead, their partisan and ideologically based positions are often framed through other mechanisms (e.g. morality, economic interests, and scientific perspectives). For example, Boswell (2009) argues that scientific knowledge is often only brought into a pol ...