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... Results show that the changes are significantly associated with anthropogenic activity. We also used logistic regression to test the relevant spatial variables involved in the urban expansion process. our study reveals that urban planning is a spatial decision-making process, which requires a multi- ...
... Results show that the changes are significantly associated with anthropogenic activity. We also used logistic regression to test the relevant spatial variables involved in the urban expansion process. our study reveals that urban planning is a spatial decision-making process, which requires a multi- ...
“Fakery 2: Fake science, fakexperts, funny finances
... relationships and obscured money flows. Readers unused to studying financial reports should avoid those sections, especially §A, §H, §K.1, as their eyes will glaze quickly. It is very hard to make those simple. Skim Front Matter for background, mostly to see the Topics for later reference. Readers ...
... relationships and obscured money flows. Readers unused to studying financial reports should avoid those sections, especially §A, §H, §K.1, as their eyes will glaze quickly. It is very hard to make those simple. Skim Front Matter for background, mostly to see the Topics for later reference. Readers ...
The rise and fall of the kyoto protocol: climate change as a political
... Title: The Rise and Fall of the Kyoto Protocol – Climate Change as a political process Abstract: This research focuses on climate change as a political process: it describes the Kyoto Protocol, its origins and ratification process in the international climate-diplomatic arena, as well as the climate ...
... Title: The Rise and Fall of the Kyoto Protocol – Climate Change as a political process Abstract: This research focuses on climate change as a political process: it describes the Kyoto Protocol, its origins and ratification process in the international climate-diplomatic arena, as well as the climate ...
A Climate Risk Management Approach to Disaster
... becomes possible only to play one kind of risk scenario ...
... becomes possible only to play one kind of risk scenario ...
Climate Change in the Northwest: Implications for Our Landscapes
... report. In particular, the eight NCA regions, as well as the Coastal and the Ocean biogeographical regions, were asked to contribute technical input reports highlighting past climate trends, projected climate change, and impacts to specific sectors in their regions. Each region established its own p ...
... report. In particular, the eight NCA regions, as well as the Coastal and the Ocean biogeographical regions, were asked to contribute technical input reports highlighting past climate trends, projected climate change, and impacts to specific sectors in their regions. Each region established its own p ...
Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events, and the Highway System
... and engineering research, dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare. On the authority of the charter granted to it by the Congress in 1863, the Academy has a mandate that requires it to advise the federal government on scientific and technical ma ...
... and engineering research, dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare. On the authority of the charter granted to it by the Congress in 1863, the Academy has a mandate that requires it to advise the federal government on scientific and technical ma ...
Climate Change Adaptation in Clayoquot Sound
... carbonic acid. In addition, the ocean is becoming more stratified in some areas, as surface temperatures increase, and there is also decreasing oxygen availability at the surface, and also in ‘dead zones’. All these factors have been observed to be occurring already, which climate change will amplif ...
... carbonic acid. In addition, the ocean is becoming more stratified in some areas, as surface temperatures increase, and there is also decreasing oxygen availability at the surface, and also in ‘dead zones’. All these factors have been observed to be occurring already, which climate change will amplif ...
Update on Climate Geoengineering in Relation to the
... explored as a potential additional means to limit the magnitude of climate change. Such techniques have generated much discussions on their actual effectiveness and safety, and have also raised concerns over their potential impacts on biodiversity and other environmental consequences, as well as the ...
... explored as a potential additional means to limit the magnitude of climate change. Such techniques have generated much discussions on their actual effectiveness and safety, and have also raised concerns over their potential impacts on biodiversity and other environmental consequences, as well as the ...
Coastal Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerabilities
... Global Change Research Act of 1990, which requires a report to the President and Congress every four years on the status of climate change science and impacts. The NCA informs the nation about already observed changes, the current status of the climate, and anticipated trends for the future. The NCA ...
... Global Change Research Act of 1990, which requires a report to the President and Congress every four years on the status of climate change science and impacts. The NCA informs the nation about already observed changes, the current status of the climate, and anticipated trends for the future. The NCA ...
Climate Change in the Midwest - Climate Adaptation Knowledge
... of climate projections suggest increased precipitation during winter, there is little agreement on the sign of the projected change for other times of the year. Regardless of season, intensification of high magnitude precipitation events is anticipated. • During the period 1948-1999, net basin supp ...
... of climate projections suggest increased precipitation during winter, there is little agreement on the sign of the projected change for other times of the year. Regardless of season, intensification of high magnitude precipitation events is anticipated. • During the period 1948-1999, net basin supp ...
Climate Proofing: A Risk-based Approach to Adaptation
... climate variability and change (including extreme events), and exploit any positive consequences. Adaptive capacity – The potential for adjustments, processes (both natural and human), practices, or structures to moderate or offset the potential for damage, or take advantage of opportunities, create ...
... climate variability and change (including extreme events), and exploit any positive consequences. Adaptive capacity – The potential for adjustments, processes (both natural and human), practices, or structures to moderate or offset the potential for damage, or take advantage of opportunities, create ...
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... presentations, poster sessions, training sessions and study tours. The symposium was opened by the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute’s acting director, Eldredge Bermingham, who stated that “having this Symposium in Panama has been especially significant, since the Isthmus has been the cause an ...
... presentations, poster sessions, training sessions and study tours. The symposium was opened by the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute’s acting director, Eldredge Bermingham, who stated that “having this Symposium in Panama has been especially significant, since the Isthmus has been the cause an ...
South Asia - International Institute for Sustainable Development
... biased toward identification of large-scale projects funded by international development assistance organizations, and those projects about which information is available online. As such, small-scale projects that meet the review’s definition of adaptation action, particularly those occurring at the ...
... biased toward identification of large-scale projects funded by international development assistance organizations, and those projects about which information is available online. As such, small-scale projects that meet the review’s definition of adaptation action, particularly those occurring at the ...
8 — Urban Areas - Climate Change 2014 Synthesis Report
... Urban climate adaptation provides opportunities for both incremental and transformative development. {8.3, 8.4} Urban adaptation provides opportunities for incremental and transformative adjustments to development trajectories toward resilience and sustainable development via effective multilevel ur ...
... Urban climate adaptation provides opportunities for both incremental and transformative development. {8.3, 8.4} Urban adaptation provides opportunities for incremental and transformative adjustments to development trajectories toward resilience and sustainable development via effective multilevel ur ...
Climate Change Effects and Adaptation Approaches in Freshwater
... these species, habitats, and ecosystems are already experiencing the effects of a changing climate. Carbon Dioxide Concentrations, Temperature, and Precipitation Increased atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) contributes to the earth‘s greenhouse effect, leading to increased air temperature, altered pre ...
... these species, habitats, and ecosystems are already experiencing the effects of a changing climate. Carbon Dioxide Concentrations, Temperature, and Precipitation Increased atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) contributes to the earth‘s greenhouse effect, leading to increased air temperature, altered pre ...
Coffee and Climate Change - Natural Resources Institute
... by more severe and more frequently occurring extreme weather events. Specifically for tropical regions an increase in extreme weather events is predicted. Scientific research and participatory assessments show, that many of the current coffee growing regions are already suffering from these changing ...
... by more severe and more frequently occurring extreme weather events. Specifically for tropical regions an increase in extreme weather events is predicted. Scientific research and participatory assessments show, that many of the current coffee growing regions are already suffering from these changing ...
Global Climate Models and Their Limitations
... quantities and aspects of the climate system,” adding, “it is extremely likely that human activities have caused more than half of the observed increase in global average surface temperature since the 1950s” (p. 9 and 10 of the Summary for Policy Makers, Second Order Draft of AR5, dated October 5, 2 ...
... quantities and aspects of the climate system,” adding, “it is extremely likely that human activities have caused more than half of the observed increase in global average surface temperature since the 1950s” (p. 9 and 10 of the Summary for Policy Makers, Second Order Draft of AR5, dated October 5, 2 ...
Climate-Induced Population Movement: The Issue
... As stated, each separate publication focuses on a selected dimension of the issue of climateinduced population movement. These selected dimensions present the topical issues within the climate-induced population movement debate, among which are: the question of the human rights of people involved in ...
... As stated, each separate publication focuses on a selected dimension of the issue of climateinduced population movement. These selected dimensions present the topical issues within the climate-induced population movement debate, among which are: the question of the human rights of people involved in ...
Managing Protected Areas in Central and Eastern Europe Under
... recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief ...
... recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief ...
A multistage crucible of revision and approval shapes IPCC
... for the WGII AR4 and WGIII AR5 (Fig. 2), highlighting substantial deletions that occurred during their revision. Across AR5 SPM revisions, we also evaluate several examples of politically sensitive material emphasized in published perspectives and notes (7, 8, 11, 16, 17, 21, 34–36). For some of the ...
... for the WGII AR4 and WGIII AR5 (Fig. 2), highlighting substantial deletions that occurred during their revision. Across AR5 SPM revisions, we also evaluate several examples of politically sensitive material emphasized in published perspectives and notes (7, 8, 11, 16, 17, 21, 34–36). For some of the ...
Master Thesis - Erasmus University Thesis Repository
... For most of us the media are a major, sometimes sole, source of information. And so people base their opinions on what they see on the television, what they hear on the radio, what they read in the paper and what they come across on the web. In the case of climate change public opinion is therefore ...
... For most of us the media are a major, sometimes sole, source of information. And so people base their opinions on what they see on the television, what they hear on the radio, what they read in the paper and what they come across on the web. In the case of climate change public opinion is therefore ...
Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation
... coastal areas and the rupture of water infrastructure in the North as a result of permafrost degradation. As water supplies diminish, at least seasonally, and water quality problems increase, there would be less high-quality water available for human use. At the same time, agricultural, domestic and ...
... coastal areas and the rupture of water infrastructure in the North as a result of permafrost degradation. As water supplies diminish, at least seasonally, and water quality problems increase, there would be less high-quality water available for human use. At the same time, agricultural, domestic and ...
Climate Change and The Insurance Sector
... Global Sustainability Mega forces • There is a set of ten global sustainability mega forces that will impact every business over the next two decades • The mega forces were identified based on quality numerical projections, key pressures causing global environmental and social problems and the most ...
... Global Sustainability Mega forces • There is a set of ten global sustainability mega forces that will impact every business over the next two decades • The mega forces were identified based on quality numerical projections, key pressures causing global environmental and social problems and the most ...
Vulnerability Index to climate change in the Latin
... intrusion and greater susceptibility to storm surge. The consequences of these physical impacts are determined not only by a country’s exposure to the variations, but also by the underlying sensitivity of a population to these impacts and the institutional capacity to implement effective adaptation. ...
... intrusion and greater susceptibility to storm surge. The consequences of these physical impacts are determined not only by a country’s exposure to the variations, but also by the underlying sensitivity of a population to these impacts and the institutional capacity to implement effective adaptation. ...