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... interactions, links and feedbacks. Models are necessary in order to understand the issues involved and to derive e¢ cient policies. It is clear that, in order to attain these objectives, these models should be coupled models of ecosystems and economics systems. The modeling of coupled ecological and ...
... interactions, links and feedbacks. Models are necessary in order to understand the issues involved and to derive e¢ cient policies. It is clear that, in order to attain these objectives, these models should be coupled models of ecosystems and economics systems. The modeling of coupled ecological and ...
Assessing Future Climate Risks
... quantify the rainfall amounts preceding similar levels of inundations. These amounts can then be used to construct a threshold providing the bounds of the coping range for a community within a catchment. for agriculture, rainfall may be used as a proxy for loss of production or given levels of food ...
... quantify the rainfall amounts preceding similar levels of inundations. These amounts can then be used to construct a threshold providing the bounds of the coping range for a community within a catchment. for agriculture, rainfall may be used as a proxy for loss of production or given levels of food ...
Cosmopolitan Justice, Responsibility, and Global Climate Change
... it be those best able to deal with the problem? Or should it be someone else? In this paper I defend a distinctive cosmopolitan theory of justice, criticize a key principle of international environmental law, and, moreover, challenge the ‘common but differentiated responsibility’ approach that is af ...
... it be those best able to deal with the problem? Or should it be someone else? In this paper I defend a distinctive cosmopolitan theory of justice, criticize a key principle of international environmental law, and, moreover, challenge the ‘common but differentiated responsibility’ approach that is af ...
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... interactions, links and feedbacks. Models are necessary in order to understand the issues involved and to derive e¢ cient policies. It is clear that, in order to attain these objectives, these models should be coupled models of ecosystems and economics systems. The modeling of coupled ecological and ...
... interactions, links and feedbacks. Models are necessary in order to understand the issues involved and to derive e¢ cient policies. It is clear that, in order to attain these objectives, these models should be coupled models of ecosystems and economics systems. The modeling of coupled ecological and ...
Climate Change Scenarios for New Zealand Rainfall
... rainfall. The expectation was that such an analog approach should provide useful information on local spatial scales about extreme rainfall behavior that is not available directly from GCM output. Given that the basic physics of the atmosphere can be considered invariant, warm and windy periods from ...
... rainfall. The expectation was that such an analog approach should provide useful information on local spatial scales about extreme rainfall behavior that is not available directly from GCM output. Given that the basic physics of the atmosphere can be considered invariant, warm and windy periods from ...
Personal experience and the `psychological distance` of
... construals of objects and events. When an object is perceived to be psychologically close to the self, it tends to be perceived in more concrete, low level terms, whereas when psychologically distant from the self, objects tend to be construed more abstractly. Concrete construals focus on the detail ...
... construals of objects and events. When an object is perceived to be psychologically close to the self, it tends to be perceived in more concrete, low level terms, whereas when psychologically distant from the self, objects tend to be construed more abstractly. Concrete construals focus on the detail ...
Meteorologists` Views About Global Warming: A Survey of American
... ideological positioning rather than a wish for problem solving (Fiorina and Abrams 2008). Schweizer et al. (2011) found similar sentiments expressed by broadcast meteorologists in relation to conf lict about climate change within AMS. We believe that, when members of a professional group (including ...
... ideological positioning rather than a wish for problem solving (Fiorina and Abrams 2008). Schweizer et al. (2011) found similar sentiments expressed by broadcast meteorologists in relation to conf lict about climate change within AMS. We believe that, when members of a professional group (including ...
Use of general circulation model output in the creation of climate
... 1986a, 1986b; the 'State-of-the-Art' reports of the Department of Energy (MacCracken and Luther, 1985a, b; NRC, 1985; Trabalka, 1985; Strain and Cure, 1985; White, 1985); Ramanathan, 1988; Houghton et al., 1990). These all suggest that the effects of greenhouse warming will become dominant over the ...
... 1986a, 1986b; the 'State-of-the-Art' reports of the Department of Energy (MacCracken and Luther, 1985a, b; NRC, 1985; Trabalka, 1985; Strain and Cure, 1985; White, 1985); Ramanathan, 1988; Houghton et al., 1990). These all suggest that the effects of greenhouse warming will become dominant over the ...
Marine Climate Change in Australia
... climate change factors Factors other than increasing ocean temperatures have had no observed impacts on macroalgae and other temperate marine organisms in Australia. This lack of observed impacts may stem from two issues. First, there is a general lack of both historical and contemporary data on how ...
... climate change factors Factors other than increasing ocean temperatures have had no observed impacts on macroalgae and other temperate marine organisms in Australia. This lack of observed impacts may stem from two issues. First, there is a general lack of both historical and contemporary data on how ...
Key aspects of global climate change
... emphasizes that in the years to come, efforts will be undertaken in three directions: 1) coordination of strategies of global observations; 2) provision of the pure, stable and efficient use of energy; 3) provision of stable agricultural production and biodiversity. In the context of climate problem ...
... emphasizes that in the years to come, efforts will be undertaken in three directions: 1) coordination of strategies of global observations; 2) provision of the pure, stable and efficient use of energy; 3) provision of stable agricultural production and biodiversity. In the context of climate problem ...
7.6 adaptation
... concern that climate change is a significant threat to sustainable development, especially to non-Annex I Parties. Identifying which regions, populations and food production systems are at greatest risk from climate change can help in setting priorities for adaptation. This chapter focuses on the me ...
... concern that climate change is a significant threat to sustainable development, especially to non-Annex I Parties. Identifying which regions, populations and food production systems are at greatest risk from climate change can help in setting priorities for adaptation. This chapter focuses on the me ...
Climate Change
... The Report of Working Group I of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (February 2007) has contributed to a shift in the climate change debate, due mainly to its unanimous conclusions. It is now widely acknowledged that it is necessary to also focus on the need to adapt to climate change, an ...
... The Report of Working Group I of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (February 2007) has contributed to a shift in the climate change debate, due mainly to its unanimous conclusions. It is now widely acknowledged that it is necessary to also focus on the need to adapt to climate change, an ...
English - Inter-American Development Bank
... eople used to take the weather and climate for granted— but not anymore! They are both now studied intensively by scientists and discussed by celebrities and newscasters as they become increasingly important to our own daily lives. Every place on Earth has a climate. A climate includes factors that ...
... eople used to take the weather and climate for granted— but not anymore! They are both now studied intensively by scientists and discussed by celebrities and newscasters as they become increasingly important to our own daily lives. Every place on Earth has a climate. A climate includes factors that ...
Adapting to Climate Change in Urban Areas
... nations to the nations with the largest historic and current contributions to greenhouse gas emissions. But within each locality, what is needed is a coherent, integrated response to all environmental hazards and risks. There is not much point in discussing how city or municipal governments can adap ...
... nations to the nations with the largest historic and current contributions to greenhouse gas emissions. But within each locality, what is needed is a coherent, integrated response to all environmental hazards and risks. There is not much point in discussing how city or municipal governments can adap ...
Livestock – Climate Change`s Forgotten Sector: Global Public
... cent of the global total. This is more than the emissions produced from powering all the world’s road vehicles, trains, ships and aeroplanes combined.1 It is considerably more than the emissions produced by the world’s largest national economy, the United States.2 New technologies and changes in liv ...
... cent of the global total. This is more than the emissions produced from powering all the world’s road vehicles, trains, ships and aeroplanes combined.1 It is considerably more than the emissions produced by the world’s largest national economy, the United States.2 New technologies and changes in liv ...
The Surveyor’s Role in Monitoring, Mitigating, and Adapting to Climate Change FIG REPORT
... 2. The administration and use of rural areas. Land use is responsible for more than 30% of all greenhouse gas emissions. Changes in land use (such as re-forestation) can thus have special importance in mitigating climate change both by lowering emissions and by removing such gases from the atmosphe ...
... 2. The administration and use of rural areas. Land use is responsible for more than 30% of all greenhouse gas emissions. Changes in land use (such as re-forestation) can thus have special importance in mitigating climate change both by lowering emissions and by removing such gases from the atmosphe ...
Climate Change and Democratisation
... economic growth and development has been a driving force behind greenhouse gas emissions, although whether one type of political regime excels over others in producing growth and development still occasions much dispute. In his recent The Politics of Climate Change, Anthony Giddens argues that it is ...
... economic growth and development has been a driving force behind greenhouse gas emissions, although whether one type of political regime excels over others in producing growth and development still occasions much dispute. In his recent The Politics of Climate Change, Anthony Giddens argues that it is ...
What is climate change - Committees
... Nottingham Declaration on Climate Change in November 2002. By signing the declaration, we committed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from our own authority’s operations especially energy sourcing and use, travel and transport, waste production and disposal and the purchasing of goods and services. ...
... Nottingham Declaration on Climate Change in November 2002. By signing the declaration, we committed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from our own authority’s operations especially energy sourcing and use, travel and transport, waste production and disposal and the purchasing of goods and services. ...
Livestock – Climate Change`s Forgotten Sector
... cent of the global total. This is more than the emissions produced from powering all the world’s road vehicles, trains, ships and aeroplanes combined.1 It is considerably more than the emissions produced by the world’s largest national economy, the United States.2 New technologies and changes in liv ...
... cent of the global total. This is more than the emissions produced from powering all the world’s road vehicles, trains, ships and aeroplanes combined.1 It is considerably more than the emissions produced by the world’s largest national economy, the United States.2 New technologies and changes in liv ...
Climate Change Adaptation Discussion Paper MS Word
... The purpose of the discussion paper ................................................................................................................... 2 Climate change adaptation context ................................................................................................................ ...
... The purpose of the discussion paper ................................................................................................................... 2 Climate change adaptation context ................................................................................................................ ...
Lash et al 2014 RWH and Adaptation final submitted
... collecting and reusing rainwater and recycling grey water, particularly in new buildings or those undergoing major renovation. Reusing water can reduce pressure on the supply system and our drainage infrastructure.’ (2.2, page 20). ...
... collecting and reusing rainwater and recycling grey water, particularly in new buildings or those undergoing major renovation. Reusing water can reduce pressure on the supply system and our drainage infrastructure.’ (2.2, page 20). ...
Volume 3: Climate and Global Change and Risks
... Experimental investigations of the real climatic system (monitoring) and theoretical investigations of the global climate system (mathematical modeling) came to a new turning point of combined investigations. To develop such investigations, it is necessary to construct the relevant hierarchy of inte ...
... Experimental investigations of the real climatic system (monitoring) and theoretical investigations of the global climate system (mathematical modeling) came to a new turning point of combined investigations. To develop such investigations, it is necessary to construct the relevant hierarchy of inte ...
Impacts of climate change on stratospheric ozone
... 1980 values are used as the reference levels for full recovery. However, there had already been a significant build up of anthropogenic ODSs by 1980, and referencing to an earlier date (e.g., 1960) might be a better measure of anthropogenic activities. We therefore consider recovery relative to both ...
... 1980 values are used as the reference levels for full recovery. However, there had already been a significant build up of anthropogenic ODSs by 1980, and referencing to an earlier date (e.g., 1960) might be a better measure of anthropogenic activities. We therefore consider recovery relative to both ...
Adapting ecosystems to climate change
... Meet the mitigation challenge: The adaptive capacity of Australia’s ecosystems is limited, making strong emissions mitigation essential. Where ecosystem-based mitigation efforts (e.g. vegetation management) can, they should seek to deliver adaptation benefits (e.g. corridors and replanting riparian ...
... Meet the mitigation challenge: The adaptive capacity of Australia’s ecosystems is limited, making strong emissions mitigation essential. Where ecosystem-based mitigation efforts (e.g. vegetation management) can, they should seek to deliver adaptation benefits (e.g. corridors and replanting riparian ...
Monitoring Chemical Climate Change in America
... SO4/NH4/NH3/NO3/HNO3 Inorganic SO4 has low volatility & reacts readily with NH3 to form stable salts • (NH4)2SO4 : NH4/SO4 = 1.00 • (NH4)3H(SO4)2 : NH4/SO4 = 0.75 • (NH4)HSO4 : NH4/SO4 = 0.50 • H2SO4 : NH4/SO4 = 0.00 Ammonia-rich environment: NH4/SO4>1.00 (Seinfeld, Saxena,Tanner,etal.) ...
... SO4/NH4/NH3/NO3/HNO3 Inorganic SO4 has low volatility & reacts readily with NH3 to form stable salts • (NH4)2SO4 : NH4/SO4 = 1.00 • (NH4)3H(SO4)2 : NH4/SO4 = 0.75 • (NH4)HSO4 : NH4/SO4 = 0.50 • H2SO4 : NH4/SO4 = 0.00 Ammonia-rich environment: NH4/SO4>1.00 (Seinfeld, Saxena,Tanner,etal.) ...