NPS Central AK report - Scenarios Network for Alaska + Arctic
... stakeholders; adjust harvest regulations and seasons; increase development of alternative energy sources in response to high fuel costs; and increase interpretation and education efforts with respect to the changing landscape. In addition, better baseline data are needed on variables such as river f ...
... stakeholders; adjust harvest regulations and seasons; increase development of alternative energy sources in response to high fuel costs; and increase interpretation and education efforts with respect to the changing landscape. In addition, better baseline data are needed on variables such as river f ...
Climate Change, Migration, and Conflict
... America, a number of other Andean countries will be massively affected, including Bolivia, Ecuador, and Colombia. This development will put water security, agricultural production, and power generation at risk—all factors that could prompt people to leave their homes and migrate. The IPCC report arg ...
... America, a number of other Andean countries will be massively affected, including Bolivia, Ecuador, and Colombia. This development will put water security, agricultural production, and power generation at risk—all factors that could prompt people to leave their homes and migrate. The IPCC report arg ...
New England Climate Adaptation PROJECT - NECAP
... Introduction and Overview of NECAP The New England Climate Adaptation Project (NECAP) recognizes the serious threats that climate change poses to coastal communities, including an increased risk of intensified storms and flooding, sea level rise, saltwater intrusion into marshes and farmland, coasta ...
... Introduction and Overview of NECAP The New England Climate Adaptation Project (NECAP) recognizes the serious threats that climate change poses to coastal communities, including an increased risk of intensified storms and flooding, sea level rise, saltwater intrusion into marshes and farmland, coasta ...
Climate change in Australia | East Coast cluster report
... statements based on scientific research. The reader is advised and needs to be aware that such information may be incomplete or unable to be used in any specific situation. No reliance or actions must therefore be made on that information without seeking prior expert professional, scientific and tec ...
... statements based on scientific research. The reader is advised and needs to be aware that such information may be incomplete or unable to be used in any specific situation. No reliance or actions must therefore be made on that information without seeking prior expert professional, scientific and tec ...
Climate change: island life in a volatile world
... about which particular groups or sectors of humanity have had the most impact, and which groups are most likely to suffer the worst consequences. Section 2 of this course looks at the way that climate change as a global process implicates people who are literally oceans apart. It introduces the noti ...
... about which particular groups or sectors of humanity have had the most impact, and which groups are most likely to suffer the worst consequences. Section 2 of this course looks at the way that climate change as a global process implicates people who are literally oceans apart. It introduces the noti ...
The role of biospheric feedbacks in the simulation of the... historical land cover change on the Australian January climate
... Foley, 2000; Eastman et al., 2001; de Fries et al., 2002] or without biospheric feedbacks [see Table 1 in Costa and Foley, 2000] demonstrate a regional- or global-scale impact of LCC on climate. Some studies incorporate either the physiological feedback [Henderson-Sellers et al., 1995; Sellers et al ...
... Foley, 2000; Eastman et al., 2001; de Fries et al., 2002] or without biospheric feedbacks [see Table 1 in Costa and Foley, 2000] demonstrate a regional- or global-scale impact of LCC on climate. Some studies incorporate either the physiological feedback [Henderson-Sellers et al., 1995; Sellers et al ...
Incorporating estuaries as a source or sink of sediment within
... marine climate drivers. However, along the New South Wales coast, many more people live on the margins of estuaries or other coastal water bodies than along the open shoreline. The impact of climate change will be felt differently within estuaries. Their response to climate change is mediated by est ...
... marine climate drivers. However, along the New South Wales coast, many more people live on the margins of estuaries or other coastal water bodies than along the open shoreline. The impact of climate change will be felt differently within estuaries. Their response to climate change is mediated by est ...
climate change adaptation guided by the law
... levels could conceivably rise more than a metre by the end of the century if emissions continue at their current pace. For those of us living and working in cities like London, New York, Shanghai or Sydney, the prospects for the coming decades are worrying. But for those living in Pacific Island Cou ...
... levels could conceivably rise more than a metre by the end of the century if emissions continue at their current pace. For those of us living and working in cities like London, New York, Shanghai or Sydney, the prospects for the coming decades are worrying. But for those living in Pacific Island Cou ...
Climate Change Adaptation Project Report
... greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change. Because the impacts of unchecked production of emissions would likely overwhelm efforts to adapt, both mitigation and adaptation are necessary for communities to fully deal with the impacts of climate change. Mitigation can be conducted by both org ...
... greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change. Because the impacts of unchecked production of emissions would likely overwhelm efforts to adapt, both mitigation and adaptation are necessary for communities to fully deal with the impacts of climate change. Mitigation can be conducted by both org ...
VULNERABILITY AND ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE
... land, and erosion (with resulting high-cost damages to socio-economic and cultural infrastructure). In the Pacific islands region cyclones accounted for 76 per cent of the reported disasters from 1950 to 2004 with the average costs relating to damage caused per cyclone standing at USD 75.7 million i ...
... land, and erosion (with resulting high-cost damages to socio-economic and cultural infrastructure). In the Pacific islands region cyclones accounted for 76 per cent of the reported disasters from 1950 to 2004 with the average costs relating to damage caused per cyclone standing at USD 75.7 million i ...
Western Cape Climate Change Response Strategy 2014
... In recognition of the urgent need to act now to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to climate changes already being experienced, the Western Cape Government (WCG) recognises the need to contribute to global efforts to reduce its carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, partic ...
... In recognition of the urgent need to act now to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to climate changes already being experienced, the Western Cape Government (WCG) recognises the need to contribute to global efforts to reduce its carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, partic ...
Responses of runoff to historical and future climate variability over
... the Yellow River basin, and the Liao River basin. Although the aforementioned studies have certainly made advances in understanding the climate elasticity of R in China, our knowledge about the responses of R to climate change over various temporal and spatial scales remains rather limited due to th ...
... the Yellow River basin, and the Liao River basin. Although the aforementioned studies have certainly made advances in understanding the climate elasticity of R in China, our knowledge about the responses of R to climate change over various temporal and spatial scales remains rather limited due to th ...
An investor enquiry: how much big oil spends on obstructive climate
... Details of our methodology are given in the next section. We limited our coverage to the leading entities in this debate – the two largest investor-owned integrated oil/gas companies - ExxonMobil and Shell and three oil/gas industry trade associations - the API and the WSPA in the US and the APPEA i ...
... Details of our methodology are given in the next section. We limited our coverage to the leading entities in this debate – the two largest investor-owned integrated oil/gas companies - ExxonMobil and Shell and three oil/gas industry trade associations - the API and the WSPA in the US and the APPEA i ...
Combat vs. Climate - Institute for Policy Studies
... a new Congress shifted the focus to deficit reduction, passing the Budget Control Act (BCA) in 2011. This 10-year budget framework put caps on federal spending, and ended the ARRA’s significant energy transition funding stream. The Obama administration has managed to boost climate change spending mo ...
... a new Congress shifted the focus to deficit reduction, passing the Budget Control Act (BCA) in 2011. This 10-year budget framework put caps on federal spending, and ended the ARRA’s significant energy transition funding stream. The Obama administration has managed to boost climate change spending mo ...
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... The pursuit of climate adaptation has expanded rapidly in recent years, due to increasing awareness of its potential value with respect to reducing societal and ecological vulnerability to current climate variability, while managing the risks posed by future climate change [1–4]. Whereas once adapta ...
... The pursuit of climate adaptation has expanded rapidly in recent years, due to increasing awareness of its potential value with respect to reducing societal and ecological vulnerability to current climate variability, while managing the risks posed by future climate change [1–4]. Whereas once adapta ...
Adaptation planning for climate change
... considered climate variable is indeed increasing (and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future) because of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. As a result, the community makes a decision at T2 to extend their coping range upwards (e.g. by building a new overflow reservoir). Implementati ...
... considered climate variable is indeed increasing (and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future) because of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. As a result, the community makes a decision at T2 to extend their coping range upwards (e.g. by building a new overflow reservoir). Implementati ...
Quantifying the relative contribution of the climate and direct human
... the streamflow change. As a result, in Figure 1 the movement of a watershed along the horizontal direction (i.e., the change of Ep/P) is only driven by climate change or variability. The movement of a watershed along the vertical direction can be driven by both climate change and direct human impact ...
... the streamflow change. As a result, in Figure 1 the movement of a watershed along the horizontal direction (i.e., the change of Ep/P) is only driven by climate change or variability. The movement of a watershed along the vertical direction can be driven by both climate change and direct human impact ...
263. Cass R. Sunstein, "The Availability Heuristic, Intuitive Cost
... waste dumps and terrorism, but not to take a highly precautionary approach to the risks associated with climate change, indoor air pollution, poverty, poor diet, and obesity. It would be most valuable to attempt to see which nations are especially precautionary with respect to which risks, and also ...
... waste dumps and terrorism, but not to take a highly precautionary approach to the risks associated with climate change, indoor air pollution, poverty, poor diet, and obesity. It would be most valuable to attempt to see which nations are especially precautionary with respect to which risks, and also ...
Climate Change in the African Small Island Developing States: From
... The African Small Island Developing States (SIDS) comprise Cabo Verde, the Comoros, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritius, Sao Tome and Principe, and Seychelles. In its Fifth Assessment Report, published in 2014, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change underscored that small island States will continue to ...
... The African Small Island Developing States (SIDS) comprise Cabo Verde, the Comoros, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritius, Sao Tome and Principe, and Seychelles. In its Fifth Assessment Report, published in 2014, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change underscored that small island States will continue to ...
CLIMATE CHANGE and AGRARIAN SOCIETIES IN
... rainfall to be lost in evaporation, and the intensity of tropical storms ensures that much of it runs off in floods. Water supply is not only meagre in absolute terms but also of very limited availability for human and natural uses. The other dominant characteristic of dryland climates is substantia ...
... rainfall to be lost in evaporation, and the intensity of tropical storms ensures that much of it runs off in floods. Water supply is not only meagre in absolute terms but also of very limited availability for human and natural uses. The other dominant characteristic of dryland climates is substantia ...
Governing the future under climate change: contested visions of
... and improvement positions. They reflect increasingly ambitious goals with respect to how much change adaptation should try to achieve and, therefore, reflect different perceptions of human agency and the relationship between the present and future. The first, the “partial ...
... and improvement positions. They reflect increasingly ambitious goals with respect to how much change adaptation should try to achieve and, therefore, reflect different perceptions of human agency and the relationship between the present and future. The first, the “partial ...
Climate change impacts on groundwater hydrology
... for low flow simulations (Bastola et al. 2011, Velazquez et al. 2013). Similarly, in a study on groundwater well field capture zones, Sonnenborg et al. (2015) found that the uncertainty at a ‘downstream’ point (geology) in the calculation chain dominated, making the effects of climate model uncertai ...
... for low flow simulations (Bastola et al. 2011, Velazquez et al. 2013). Similarly, in a study on groundwater well field capture zones, Sonnenborg et al. (2015) found that the uncertainty at a ‘downstream’ point (geology) in the calculation chain dominated, making the effects of climate model uncertai ...
Towards Policy Integration of Disaster Risk, Climate Adaptation, and
... priority action is strengthening disaster risk governance to manage disaster risk through “mainstreaming and integrating DRR within and across sectors” at different levels, empowering local authorities, coordinating with civil societies, formulating relevant policy, and addressing risk reduction nee ...
... priority action is strengthening disaster risk governance to manage disaster risk through “mainstreaming and integrating DRR within and across sectors” at different levels, empowering local authorities, coordinating with civil societies, formulating relevant policy, and addressing risk reduction nee ...
1 - WMO
... recognized the importance of high quality well spaced data for climate-related purposes and have noted that, in many instances, either the geographic coverage, quantity or quality of the data produced by current global and regional observing systems are inadequate. Most of the problems occur in deve ...
... recognized the importance of high quality well spaced data for climate-related purposes and have noted that, in many instances, either the geographic coverage, quantity or quality of the data produced by current global and regional observing systems are inadequate. Most of the problems occur in deve ...
The Availability Heuristic, Intuitive Cost
... waste dumps and terrorism, but not to take a highly precautionary approach to the risks associated with climate change, indoor air pollution, poverty, poor diet, and obesity. It would be most valuable to attempt to see which nations are especially precautionary with respect to which risks, and also ...
... waste dumps and terrorism, but not to take a highly precautionary approach to the risks associated with climate change, indoor air pollution, poverty, poor diet, and obesity. It would be most valuable to attempt to see which nations are especially precautionary with respect to which risks, and also ...