Outline for Inter-Mountain West Report - City of Flagstaff
... efforts incorporate uncertainties in population growth and economic trends. Incorporating climate variability along with other non-weather related uncertainties, the City can be better prepared, enhancing overall organizational resiliency. ...
... efforts incorporate uncertainties in population growth and economic trends. Incorporating climate variability along with other non-weather related uncertainties, the City can be better prepared, enhancing overall organizational resiliency. ...
How does climate mitigation policy affect adaptation? An empirical
... climate variables and choice sets of tree species types that are suited to each plot under the scenario. To reflect the renewable characteristics of forest resources, growth in timber volume is accounted for with empirically-estimated yield curves. We also simulate multiple carbon price scenarios th ...
... climate variables and choice sets of tree species types that are suited to each plot under the scenario. To reflect the renewable characteristics of forest resources, growth in timber volume is accounted for with empirically-estimated yield curves. We also simulate multiple carbon price scenarios th ...
Mirrors and Mazes: A guide through the climate debate – ANZEC
... Finally I would like to clarify to my readers that I do want to see the development of alternative energy technologies to diversify away from our absolute dependency on coal, oil and gas – energy sources humankind still desperately requires for its survival. Unfortunately, there is so much panic fro ...
... Finally I would like to clarify to my readers that I do want to see the development of alternative energy technologies to diversify away from our absolute dependency on coal, oil and gas – energy sources humankind still desperately requires for its survival. Unfortunately, there is so much panic fro ...
Using the UKCP09 probabilistic scenarios to model the amplified
... step of the uncertainty cascade to try to quantify the uncertainty in the impact response. However, this approach has yet to be fully endorsed by geomorphic modellers, possibly due to their long model run times and the added complexity of sediment transport. As a result, to date there are few, if an ...
... step of the uncertainty cascade to try to quantify the uncertainty in the impact response. However, this approach has yet to be fully endorsed by geomorphic modellers, possibly due to their long model run times and the added complexity of sediment transport. As a result, to date there are few, if an ...
Climate Change and Justice: A Non-Welfarist Treaty Negotiation
... across northern and southern countries, the lingering harms of the legacy of colonialism, and so forth. We reject this approach. They contend that a climate treaty should meet neither requirements of corrective justice11 nor requirements of distributive justice.12 They favor ‘a forward-looking, welf ...
... across northern and southern countries, the lingering harms of the legacy of colonialism, and so forth. We reject this approach. They contend that a climate treaty should meet neither requirements of corrective justice11 nor requirements of distributive justice.12 They favor ‘a forward-looking, welf ...
Child Rights and Climate Change Adaptation: Voices from Kenya and Cambodia
... development (UNDP-BCRP 2004). Resilience – System or community resilience can be understood as: • capacity to minimise and absorb stress or destructive forces through resistance or adaptation • c apacity to manage, or maintain certain basic functions and structures, during disastrous events • capa ...
... development (UNDP-BCRP 2004). Resilience – System or community resilience can be understood as: • capacity to minimise and absorb stress or destructive forces through resistance or adaptation • c apacity to manage, or maintain certain basic functions and structures, during disastrous events • capa ...
Will the Paris agreement save the world?
... more urgent challenge on the global governance agenda than the societal transformation to low carbon. The global climate is being severely perturbed by the emissions of climate gases from human activities and the changes are happening more rapidly than even the most progressive climate models have p ...
... more urgent challenge on the global governance agenda than the societal transformation to low carbon. The global climate is being severely perturbed by the emissions of climate gases from human activities and the changes are happening more rapidly than even the most progressive climate models have p ...
Let`s Talk Health and Climate
... concentrations of GHGs (greenhouse gases). Social + Behavioral Vulnerability: Although climate change affects all Americans, certain people and communities are more vulnerable 6 to the resulting health impacts (referred to as populations of concern). • Children are disproportionately affected by ch ...
... concentrations of GHGs (greenhouse gases). Social + Behavioral Vulnerability: Although climate change affects all Americans, certain people and communities are more vulnerable 6 to the resulting health impacts (referred to as populations of concern). • Children are disproportionately affected by ch ...
The Nation Ex-Situ: On climate change, deterritorialized nationhood
... obligations of states—and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, a treaty addressing the manner in which states mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change. Neither document has embraced climate-induced migration. The Refugee Convention does not cover such migrants, and t ...
... obligations of states—and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, a treaty addressing the manner in which states mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change. Neither document has embraced climate-induced migration. The Refugee Convention does not cover such migrants, and t ...
Producing the Climate: States, Scientists, and the
... as we shall see clearly in the climate case, political actors can play a central role in knowledge production, so a model of science and politics that separates the two domains can be misleading. Scholars working from a discursive or Foucauldian perspective do not take the constitution of global pol ...
... as we shall see clearly in the climate case, political actors can play a central role in knowledge production, so a model of science and politics that separates the two domains can be misleading. Scholars working from a discursive or Foucauldian perspective do not take the constitution of global pol ...
REPORT - BC3 Basque Centre for Climate Change
... in 2008, as one of the centres of excellence established under the BERC programme. As the name suggests, it is devoted to studying the causes and consequences of climate change and the best ways of addressing it. Given the vast range of the topic, BC3 was designed to focus on the socio-economic aspe ...
... in 2008, as one of the centres of excellence established under the BERC programme. As the name suggests, it is devoted to studying the causes and consequences of climate change and the best ways of addressing it. Given the vast range of the topic, BC3 was designed to focus on the socio-economic aspe ...
Quantifying the relative contribution of the climate and direct human
... water balance and proposed different functional forms to represent the Budyko hypothesis [Schreiber, 1904; Ol’dekop, 1911; Turc, 1954; Pike, 1964; Fu, 1981; Milly ; 1993; Zhang et al., 2001; Sankarasubramanian and Vogel, 2002; Porporato et al., 2004; Yang et al., 2008]. The sensitivity of various Bu ...
... water balance and proposed different functional forms to represent the Budyko hypothesis [Schreiber, 1904; Ol’dekop, 1911; Turc, 1954; Pike, 1964; Fu, 1981; Milly ; 1993; Zhang et al., 2001; Sankarasubramanian and Vogel, 2002; Porporato et al., 2004; Yang et al., 2008]. The sensitivity of various Bu ...
GCOS Switzerland
... GCOS Second Adequacy Report, but its measurement has a long tradition in Switzerland and consequently, its series are an important part of the Swiss climate observing system. In the following, some examples from the surface, upper air and atmospheric composition observations are given. The systemati ...
... GCOS Second Adequacy Report, but its measurement has a long tradition in Switzerland and consequently, its series are an important part of the Swiss climate observing system. In the following, some examples from the surface, upper air and atmospheric composition observations are given. The systemati ...
Vivid Economics
... The first step in a strategic approach to adaptation is to develop an understanding of the main areas of vulnerability to climate change. A broad sense of the main vulnerabilities will help policy makers to set the right sector and geographic priorities. Developing this sense of key vulnerabilities ...
... The first step in a strategic approach to adaptation is to develop an understanding of the main areas of vulnerability to climate change. A broad sense of the main vulnerabilities will help policy makers to set the right sector and geographic priorities. Developing this sense of key vulnerabilities ...
China - Open Knowledge Repository
... presented from China’s National Assessment Report on Climate Change (2007) and Second National Assessment Report on Climate Change (2011) as well as other studies by Chinese and international experts. In addition to reviewing the physical climate science, the paper also looks at trends in economic d ...
... presented from China’s National Assessment Report on Climate Change (2007) and Second National Assessment Report on Climate Change (2011) as well as other studies by Chinese and international experts. In addition to reviewing the physical climate science, the paper also looks at trends in economic d ...
Climate Change and Human Mobility in Indigenous Communities of
... and planned relocations) in the Russian part of northern Eurasia,1 with a particular emphasis on indigenous communities. The paper is based on almost twenty years of longitudinal research with Viliui Sakha, one indigenous group of northeastern Siberia with a specific focus on local perceptions and r ...
... and planned relocations) in the Russian part of northern Eurasia,1 with a particular emphasis on indigenous communities. The paper is based on almost twenty years of longitudinal research with Viliui Sakha, one indigenous group of northeastern Siberia with a specific focus on local perceptions and r ...
Cryosphere, Instability, Sea Level Rise Session 1
... Since the industrial revolution, the natural cycles of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane and other greenhouse gases have been strongly unbalanced by human activities. For CO2, this has led to carbon sinks in land and ocean systems which together absorb more than half of anthropogenic emissions, represen ...
... Since the industrial revolution, the natural cycles of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane and other greenhouse gases have been strongly unbalanced by human activities. For CO2, this has led to carbon sinks in land and ocean systems which together absorb more than half of anthropogenic emissions, represen ...
Climate Trends and Impacts in China
... presented from China’s National Assessment Report on Climate Change (2007) and Second National Assessment Report on Climate Change (2011) as well as other studies by Chinese and international experts. In addition to reviewing the physical climate science, the paper also looks at trends in economic d ...
... presented from China’s National Assessment Report on Climate Change (2007) and Second National Assessment Report on Climate Change (2011) as well as other studies by Chinese and international experts. In addition to reviewing the physical climate science, the paper also looks at trends in economic d ...
Climate change and the natural heritage
... Scotland where peatland and other carbon-rich soils represent a very significant carbon reservoir. The carbon stored in organic soils (notably peat) in Scotland is equivalent to over 180 years of greenhouse gas emissions from Scotland at current emission rates2. It is important that carbon-rich soil ...
... Scotland where peatland and other carbon-rich soils represent a very significant carbon reservoir. The carbon stored in organic soils (notably peat) in Scotland is equivalent to over 180 years of greenhouse gas emissions from Scotland at current emission rates2. It is important that carbon-rich soil ...
vulnerability analysis to climate change in the caribbean belize
... future (Marshall et al. 2009). The time for this preparation is now; consequently the vulnerability assessment considered the currently adaptive capacity to face today´s and future impacts of climate change effects. Climate change is a global process over which local communities have little influenc ...
... future (Marshall et al. 2009). The time for this preparation is now; consequently the vulnerability assessment considered the currently adaptive capacity to face today´s and future impacts of climate change effects. Climate change is a global process over which local communities have little influenc ...
"Climate Agenda: Resilient, Prosperous, and Green
... the risks for key sectors for the economy, human environment and welfare (transport, energy, ICT, health, agriculture, horticulture, nature and fisheries). In conjunction with the Delta Programme, they will be translated into a national adaptation strategy (ready by 2017 at the latest). We also need ...
... the risks for key sectors for the economy, human environment and welfare (transport, energy, ICT, health, agriculture, horticulture, nature and fisheries). In conjunction with the Delta Programme, they will be translated into a national adaptation strategy (ready by 2017 at the latest). We also need ...
Risks of Climate Change with Respect to the Singapore
... stage (at the time of writing), would be the first of its kind in Malaysia. Prime Ministers of Malaysia and Singapore jointly announced the HSR project on the 19 February 2013 and described the HSR as a “Game Changer”. The project target is to be fully operational by 2020. The key concept of the HSR ...
... stage (at the time of writing), would be the first of its kind in Malaysia. Prime Ministers of Malaysia and Singapore jointly announced the HSR project on the 19 February 2013 and described the HSR as a “Game Changer”. The project target is to be fully operational by 2020. The key concept of the HSR ...
ICPDR Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change
... The overall objective of the Blueprint is to improve EU water policy in order to ensure good quality water, in adequate quantities, for all authorised uses. It will ensure a sustainable balance between water demand and supply, taking into account the needs of both people and the natural ecosystems t ...
... The overall objective of the Blueprint is to improve EU water policy in order to ensure good quality water, in adequate quantities, for all authorised uses. It will ensure a sustainable balance between water demand and supply, taking into account the needs of both people and the natural ecosystems t ...
Climate change is simple: We do something or we`re
... best to proceed, what policies are most effective, what level of warming is tolerable … all that stuff is complicated and in need of democratic deliberation. But from the public’s point of view, the core fact here is that we have to do something or we’re screwed. Sitting this out is not an option, a ...
... best to proceed, what policies are most effective, what level of warming is tolerable … all that stuff is complicated and in need of democratic deliberation. But from the public’s point of view, the core fact here is that we have to do something or we’re screwed. Sitting this out is not an option, a ...
Communicating climate change: history, challenges, process and
... public communication of climate change and—more recently—the question of how to communicate it most effectively have witnessed a steep rise. Much of the early communication was relatively narrowly focused on scientific findings and synthesis reports (such as those published periodically by the Inter ...
... public communication of climate change and—more recently—the question of how to communicate it most effectively have witnessed a steep rise. Much of the early communication was relatively narrowly focused on scientific findings and synthesis reports (such as those published periodically by the Inter ...