Meeting the Challenge of Climate Change
... Ontario region, predictions vary widely between models in terms of both total change and the seasonal distribution of those changes. Further, because of the scale of the global models, the smallest prediction units are in the range of 100,000 square kilometres, it is not possible to effectively pred ...
... Ontario region, predictions vary widely between models in terms of both total change and the seasonal distribution of those changes. Further, because of the scale of the global models, the smallest prediction units are in the range of 100,000 square kilometres, it is not possible to effectively pred ...
climate change and emissions pathways
... emissions pathway depends on uncertainty in our understanding and modeling of the climate system. Thus, any stabilization level for greenhouse gases can produce a distribution of possible temperature increases, some of which may exceed a given threshold for DAI, some of which may not. Analysis of st ...
... emissions pathway depends on uncertainty in our understanding and modeling of the climate system. Thus, any stabilization level for greenhouse gases can produce a distribution of possible temperature increases, some of which may exceed a given threshold for DAI, some of which may not. Analysis of st ...
Climatic Threat Spaces as a Tool to Assess Current and Future
... AIACC Working Papers, published on-line by Assessments of Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change (AIACC), is a series of papers and paper abstracts written by researchers participating in the AIACC project. Papers published in AIACC Working Papers have been peer reviewed and accepted for publicat ...
... AIACC Working Papers, published on-line by Assessments of Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change (AIACC), is a series of papers and paper abstracts written by researchers participating in the AIACC project. Papers published in AIACC Working Papers have been peer reviewed and accepted for publicat ...
Diabetes and Climate Change Report
... Global trends in demography, migration, urbanisation, consumption and production are creating new challenges that threaten to damage human health and livelihoods, and derail human development and economic growth. Two urgent challenges in the 21st century are the global diabetes epidemic and climate ...
... Global trends in demography, migration, urbanisation, consumption and production are creating new challenges that threaten to damage human health and livelihoods, and derail human development and economic growth. Two urgent challenges in the 21st century are the global diabetes epidemic and climate ...
Bronze Age Review - ePrints Soton
... Over the last twenty years there have been tremendous advances in our knowledge of climate change in later British prehistory from a wide variety of proxy-climate sources. This chapter will summarise our present understanding for the period 2000-500 BC and highlight the areas in which further resear ...
... Over the last twenty years there have been tremendous advances in our knowledge of climate change in later British prehistory from a wide variety of proxy-climate sources. This chapter will summarise our present understanding for the period 2000-500 BC and highlight the areas in which further resear ...
Promising Practices on cLimate cHange in UrBan sUB
... Sub-Saharan Africa is a case in point. Desertification, destructive floods and other disasters expose decades of nonexistent urban planning and huge backlogs in basic services. It is not just the Millennium Development Goals, poverty reduction or food security that are now coming under threat, but a ...
... Sub-Saharan Africa is a case in point. Desertification, destructive floods and other disasters expose decades of nonexistent urban planning and huge backlogs in basic services. It is not just the Millennium Development Goals, poverty reduction or food security that are now coming under threat, but a ...
Climate Justice: Equity and Justice informing a new
... global agreement. These constituencies include grassroots organizations, vulnerable communities, young people, small businesses, local governments, trade unions, and civil society. To be effective in creating political will, actors not traditionally associated with environmental issues will have to ...
... global agreement. These constituencies include grassroots organizations, vulnerable communities, young people, small businesses, local governments, trade unions, and civil society. To be effective in creating political will, actors not traditionally associated with environmental issues will have to ...
FOUNDATION PAPER |ONE CLIMATE CHANGE Victoria: the
... and analysing environmental trends – working to bring the best possible scientific knowledge to our considerations of policy direction and public debate. Each ‘discipline’ is seeking to explain biophysical changes and social dynamics through rigorous scientific inquiry and research processes relevan ...
... and analysing environmental trends – working to bring the best possible scientific knowledge to our considerations of policy direction and public debate. Each ‘discipline’ is seeking to explain biophysical changes and social dynamics through rigorous scientific inquiry and research processes relevan ...
Implications of global climate change for natural resource damage
... intensity of extreme weather events, there will be an increase in the likelihood of spills, releases of hazardous substances from storage facilities (Table 2), and mobilization of pollutants from contaminated sites [9]. Here, we only briefly highlight how GCC will affect the initial release of contam ...
... intensity of extreme weather events, there will be an increase in the likelihood of spills, releases of hazardous substances from storage facilities (Table 2), and mobilization of pollutants from contaminated sites [9]. Here, we only briefly highlight how GCC will affect the initial release of contam ...
Marine Science - Climate
... et al., 2011). Increased stratification caused by sea surface freshening and/or warming is also a main driver of ocean deoxygenation through decreased ventilation (Whitney et al., 2007). Rykaczewski and Dunne (2010) hypothesized that decreased ventilation in upwelling zones may increase production d ...
... et al., 2011). Increased stratification caused by sea surface freshening and/or warming is also a main driver of ocean deoxygenation through decreased ventilation (Whitney et al., 2007). Rykaczewski and Dunne (2010) hypothesized that decreased ventilation in upwelling zones may increase production d ...
Marine Science
... The potential implications of climate change for marine ecosystems, and goods and services derived from marine ecosystems, have prompted the formation of integrated interdisciplinary research partnerships to quantify these impacts in many regions throughout the world (Figure 1; Barange et al., 2011; ...
... The potential implications of climate change for marine ecosystems, and goods and services derived from marine ecosystems, have prompted the formation of integrated interdisciplinary research partnerships to quantify these impacts in many regions throughout the world (Figure 1; Barange et al., 2011; ...
Climate change
... countries in the world. While some countries (as e.g. Russia, the Nordic countries) might benefit, provided that temperature increases are not too high, many countries, amongst them the poorest countries in the world will face severe negative impacts. A main point of concern for any country is that ...
... countries in the world. While some countries (as e.g. Russia, the Nordic countries) might benefit, provided that temperature increases are not too high, many countries, amongst them the poorest countries in the world will face severe negative impacts. A main point of concern for any country is that ...
effects of changing climate on weather and human activities
... year. The environment was ravaged in many parts of the globe. Many of these losses were caused by weird weather associated with the biggest El Niño on record in 1997–98, and they were probably exacerbated by global warming: the human-induced climate change arising from increasing carbon dioxide and ...
... year. The environment was ravaged in many parts of the globe. Many of these losses were caused by weird weather associated with the biggest El Niño on record in 1997–98, and they were probably exacerbated by global warming: the human-induced climate change arising from increasing carbon dioxide and ...
- Wiley Online Library
... X901M, X902L, X903H, X904M, X905L, and X906H from the Integrated Global System Model (IGSM) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In the current dynamic vegetation model, some parameters are more important than others in determining the vegetation distribution. Parameters that control ...
... X901M, X902L, X903H, X904M, X905L, and X906H from the Integrated Global System Model (IGSM) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In the current dynamic vegetation model, some parameters are more important than others in determining the vegetation distribution. Parameters that control ...
Climate Change Adaptation Project Report
... The City of Castlegar spent nearly a year working with residents to explore potential climate change impacts on the community and what actions might be taken to maintain community life in a changed climate. The project focused on examining where the community is likely to be vulnerable to climate ch ...
... The City of Castlegar spent nearly a year working with residents to explore potential climate change impacts on the community and what actions might be taken to maintain community life in a changed climate. The project focused on examining where the community is likely to be vulnerable to climate ch ...
51st DIRECTING COUNCIL
... to take place in Brazil in 2012. A key theme of that Conference is the green economy in the context of poverty eradication and sustainable development. This approach is understood to be an important contribution toward reducing the global ecological footprint and greenhouse gases that contribute to ...
... to take place in Brazil in 2012. A key theme of that Conference is the green economy in the context of poverty eradication and sustainable development. This approach is understood to be an important contribution toward reducing the global ecological footprint and greenhouse gases that contribute to ...
Strengthening Sovereignty
... and national security is that whole-of-government approaches, with a prominent and expanding military role, will be indispensible to reducing friction and lessening the prospects for armed conflict. The main body of the paper is divided into five sections. First, we will examine the strategic contex ...
... and national security is that whole-of-government approaches, with a prominent and expanding military role, will be indispensible to reducing friction and lessening the prospects for armed conflict. The main body of the paper is divided into five sections. First, we will examine the strategic contex ...
Science Communication Research
... ! Strategies that scientists can adopt for establishing and maintaining trust among members of the public and policymakers. ! Strategies for identifying and recruiting everyday opinion-‐leaders who are highly skille ...
... ! Strategies that scientists can adopt for establishing and maintaining trust among members of the public and policymakers. ! Strategies for identifying and recruiting everyday opinion-‐leaders who are highly skille ...
Myanmar`s Intended Nationally Determined Contribution
... suffering caused by climate change and enable sustainable and durable development of the poor, both in rural and urban areas. However, as one of the world’s least developed countries (an “LDC”), existing technological, financial and capacity gaps limit Myanmar’s ability to achieve its vision for sus ...
... suffering caused by climate change and enable sustainable and durable development of the poor, both in rural and urban areas. However, as one of the world’s least developed countries (an “LDC”), existing technological, financial and capacity gaps limit Myanmar’s ability to achieve its vision for sus ...
A blind expert test of contrarian claims about climate data
... mainstream may be insufficient to convince the public or journalists that contrarian claims are flawed: given that climate change is considered a ‘‘hoax’’ by some politically prominent voices (Inhofe, 2012)—a claim echoed in numerous books by contrarians (Bell, 2011; Montford, 2010; Solomon, 2008; Sus ...
... mainstream may be insufficient to convince the public or journalists that contrarian claims are flawed: given that climate change is considered a ‘‘hoax’’ by some politically prominent voices (Inhofe, 2012)—a claim echoed in numerous books by contrarians (Bell, 2011; Montford, 2010; Solomon, 2008; Sus ...
TSRA Climate Change Strategy-2014-2018
... change will have an immense impact on Torres Strait communities, potentially threatening their viability. Large increases would result in several Torres Strait islands being completely inundated and uninhabitable. To date, the Torres Strait Regional Authority (TSRA), in partnership with relevant loc ...
... change will have an immense impact on Torres Strait communities, potentially threatening their viability. Large increases would result in several Torres Strait islands being completely inundated and uninhabitable. To date, the Torres Strait Regional Authority (TSRA), in partnership with relevant loc ...
Written submissions received for the Adapting to Climate Change in
... are likely to be at risk from a changing climate; but that this risk does not appear to be addressed at a strategic level, nor is there any perceived proactive assessment of the extent and possible impacts of these risks. Publicly owned infrastructure is managed by individual Tasmanian Government ag ...
... are likely to be at risk from a changing climate; but that this risk does not appear to be addressed at a strategic level, nor is there any perceived proactive assessment of the extent and possible impacts of these risks. Publicly owned infrastructure is managed by individual Tasmanian Government ag ...
The Paris Agreement: A New Beginning
... made with the express specification that it will be implemented ‘in the light of different national circumstances’ (Art. 2.2), which resonates with the notions of ‘dynamic differentiation’ (a term favoured by the e.u.6) and ‘self-differentiation’ (a term favoured by the u.s.7). The further qualifica ...
... made with the express specification that it will be implemented ‘in the light of different national circumstances’ (Art. 2.2), which resonates with the notions of ‘dynamic differentiation’ (a term favoured by the e.u.6) and ‘self-differentiation’ (a term favoured by the u.s.7). The further qualifica ...
Incorporating climate change and growth into the post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction (opens in new window)
... more populous world, it may be little wonder then that losses are rising (Hallegatte, 2011). But, surprisingly, in many regions, losses are rising more quickly than aggregate wealth (UNISDR, 2009). This suggests that DRM is failing to keep pace with increasing exposure. It also suggests that such ma ...
... more populous world, it may be little wonder then that losses are rising (Hallegatte, 2011). But, surprisingly, in many regions, losses are rising more quickly than aggregate wealth (UNISDR, 2009). This suggests that DRM is failing to keep pace with increasing exposure. It also suggests that such ma ...
First Year Booklet 2016-17
... At its most basic, economics can be seen as the study of the relationship between people and objects as occurring through production, circulation, and consumption. Most of the theories which comprise the modern field of economics were developed to describe Western capitalist systems. E ...
... At its most basic, economics can be seen as the study of the relationship between people and objects as occurring through production, circulation, and consumption. Most of the theories which comprise the modern field of economics were developed to describe Western capitalist systems. E ...