Primer on Hydrofluorocarbons
... 5. Energy efficient alternatives to HFCs exist in almost every sector Low-GWP alternatives to high-GWP HFCs are widely and increasingly available (see Table 2).41 Alternatives to existing high-GWP HFCs fall into two basic categories: non-fluorinated substances with low-GWP, and fluorinated substance ...
... 5. Energy efficient alternatives to HFCs exist in almost every sector Low-GWP alternatives to high-GWP HFCs are widely and increasingly available (see Table 2).41 Alternatives to existing high-GWP HFCs fall into two basic categories: non-fluorinated substances with low-GWP, and fluorinated substance ...
To What Extent Are African Countries Vulnerable to Climate
... Thornton, 2003). As a consequence there is a considerable and increasing activity by development agencies and governments to support the development of appropriate adaptation strategies. A good knowledge of the vulnerability in climate change faced by each country is necessary to guide the aid for ...
... Thornton, 2003). As a consequence there is a considerable and increasing activity by development agencies and governments to support the development of appropriate adaptation strategies. A good knowledge of the vulnerability in climate change faced by each country is necessary to guide the aid for ...
Document Title - Sanjeev Sabhlok
... magnitude of solar radiation. So if you can get me a graph that goes across 600 MILLION years, and plots these three variables, let me have it. And if you can add any other thing that might affect the onset of ice ages, do add it. Much appreciated. But there is nothing like doing first hand research ...
... magnitude of solar radiation. So if you can get me a graph that goes across 600 MILLION years, and plots these three variables, let me have it. And if you can add any other thing that might affect the onset of ice ages, do add it. Much appreciated. But there is nothing like doing first hand research ...
Program of the Climate Engineering Conference 2014
... first broadened the conversation. The 2010 Asilomar International Conference on Climate Intervention Technologies represented the first attempt by the academic community to generate research guidelines, but new governance proposals and initiatives have since proliferated. International governance fo ...
... first broadened the conversation. The 2010 Asilomar International Conference on Climate Intervention Technologies represented the first attempt by the academic community to generate research guidelines, but new governance proposals and initiatives have since proliferated. International governance fo ...
Climate Change and Wetlands: Impacts and Mitigation
... and regional climate and some other pressures (e.g., land use and land cover change). The paper also examines adaptive management options and reviews the extent to which the tools and guidelines contained in the Ramsar ‘toolkit’ of Wise Use Handbooks provides adequate guidance in support of manageme ...
... and regional climate and some other pressures (e.g., land use and land cover change). The paper also examines adaptive management options and reviews the extent to which the tools and guidelines contained in the Ramsar ‘toolkit’ of Wise Use Handbooks provides adequate guidance in support of manageme ...
climate change - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
... CO2 remains the major anthropogenic GHG, accounting for three quarters (75%) of total anthropogenic GHG emissions. The remaining 25 per cent of non-CO2 GHG emissions are made up of methane (2010: 16 per cent), nitrous oxide (2.6 per cent) and fluorinated gases (2.0 per cent). Despite occurring in mu ...
... CO2 remains the major anthropogenic GHG, accounting for three quarters (75%) of total anthropogenic GHG emissions. The remaining 25 per cent of non-CO2 GHG emissions are made up of methane (2010: 16 per cent), nitrous oxide (2.6 per cent) and fluorinated gases (2.0 per cent). Despite occurring in mu ...
Fors..a og baks..a - Arctic Portal Library
... ITEX is a scientific network of experiments focusing primarily on the impact of climate change on selected tundra plant species and vegetation. The ITEX research model combines long-term and short-term experimentation with monitoring, and is designed to examine the effects of temperature change by c ...
... ITEX is a scientific network of experiments focusing primarily on the impact of climate change on selected tundra plant species and vegetation. The ITEX research model combines long-term and short-term experimentation with monitoring, and is designed to examine the effects of temperature change by c ...
UK Climate Change Risk Assessment 2017 Synthesis Report
... sustained rainfall are consistent with projections of climate change. The Paris Agreement is a significant step forward. 195 nations including the UK will “pursue efforts” to prevent more than a 1.5°C increase in global temperatures. Current commitments to reduce emissions however, even if fully imp ...
... sustained rainfall are consistent with projections of climate change. The Paris Agreement is a significant step forward. 195 nations including the UK will “pursue efforts” to prevent more than a 1.5°C increase in global temperatures. Current commitments to reduce emissions however, even if fully imp ...
Climate change scenarios
... It has focussed on the responses for single crops, which have been chosen to represent economically important production systems in England and Wales. The commodities are wheat, potatoes, cauliflowers, grass for dairy enterprises, greenhouse tomatoes and indoor and outdoor pig production. The resear ...
... It has focussed on the responses for single crops, which have been chosen to represent economically important production systems in England and Wales. The commodities are wheat, potatoes, cauliflowers, grass for dairy enterprises, greenhouse tomatoes and indoor and outdoor pig production. The resear ...
disaster related human mobility within relevant pacific regional laws
... II. APPROACH This Discussion Paper is the outcome of a desk‑based research project, conducted over a six week period in September - October, 2013. While primarily a literature and document analysis task, primary data was also sourced from key Pacific regional and national experts (see Appendix 2) ...
... II. APPROACH This Discussion Paper is the outcome of a desk‑based research project, conducted over a six week period in September - October, 2013. While primarily a literature and document analysis task, primary data was also sourced from key Pacific regional and national experts (see Appendix 2) ...
Climate change as a major risk management challenge: Prepared by
... Executive Summary: Five theses on climate change and insurance 1. Accounting for more than 7 per cent of global GDP the insurance industry is one of the world economy’s largest sectors. Its core competency is the assessment and absorption of risk. Therefore, insurers have the potential to make a dec ...
... Executive Summary: Five theses on climate change and insurance 1. Accounting for more than 7 per cent of global GDP the insurance industry is one of the world economy’s largest sectors. Its core competency is the assessment and absorption of risk. Therefore, insurers have the potential to make a dec ...
A Summary of the Effects of Climate Change on
... Climate change will alter Ontario’s aquatic ecosystems as a result of increases in air and water temperature, decreases in ice and snow cover, and changes in the timing and amount of precipitation. These changes will affect the hydrological cycle by altering the flow of water and water chemistry. Th ...
... Climate change will alter Ontario’s aquatic ecosystems as a result of increases in air and water temperature, decreases in ice and snow cover, and changes in the timing and amount of precipitation. These changes will affect the hydrological cycle by altering the flow of water and water chemistry. Th ...
C. Survey on the impacts of Climate Change on World Heritage
... The States Parties need to be aware of the risks posed by Climate Change and that clear short term actions are needed and possible: a) Global level actions (World Heritage Convention): i) Include Climate Change as an additional source of stress in the Strategy for reducing risks from disasters at Wo ...
... The States Parties need to be aware of the risks posed by Climate Change and that clear short term actions are needed and possible: a) Global level actions (World Heritage Convention): i) Include Climate Change as an additional source of stress in the Strategy for reducing risks from disasters at Wo ...
The Impacts of Climate Change on World Heritage Properties
... The States Parties need to be aware of the risks posed by Climate Change and that clear short term actions are needed and possible: a) Global level actions (World Heritage Convention): i) Include Climate Change as an additional source of stress in the Strategy for reducing risks from disasters at Wo ...
... The States Parties need to be aware of the risks posed by Climate Change and that clear short term actions are needed and possible: a) Global level actions (World Heritage Convention): i) Include Climate Change as an additional source of stress in the Strategy for reducing risks from disasters at Wo ...
Global Warming Index - Debate Central
... 100 million years for species diversity to return to former levels. This dramatic new finding is revealed in a book by Bristol University's head of earth sciences, Michael Benton, which chronicles the geological efforts leading up to the discovery and its potential implications. Professor Benton sai ...
... 100 million years for species diversity to return to former levels. This dramatic new finding is revealed in a book by Bristol University's head of earth sciences, Michael Benton, which chronicles the geological efforts leading up to the discovery and its potential implications. Professor Benton sai ...
Di Gregorio et al 2016 - Centre for Climate Change Economics and
... ecology, sociology, politics, planning, economics and management. Our specialist areas are: sustainable development and environmental change; environmental policy, planning and governance; ecological and environmental economics; business, environment and corporate responsibility; sustainable product ...
... ecology, sociology, politics, planning, economics and management. Our specialist areas are: sustainable development and environmental change; environmental policy, planning and governance; ecological and environmental economics; business, environment and corporate responsibility; sustainable product ...
ities` action on climate change in South West England.
... South West England, as one significant link in the chain of world-wide efforts to minimize and arrest the process of climate change. My aim is to develop the findings of existing literature on how local authority decisions on this and other topics are determined, by introducing and exploring in fiel ...
... South West England, as one significant link in the chain of world-wide efforts to minimize and arrest the process of climate change. My aim is to develop the findings of existing literature on how local authority decisions on this and other topics are determined, by introducing and exploring in fiel ...
Regional: Glacial Melt and Downstream Impacts on Indus
... trends regarding increasing variability in water supply, growing risk of climate change scenarios, and possible impacts on the socioeconomy of millions of people living in the downstream areas. Furthermore, recognizing the transboundary nature of the Indus River, the study team included experts from ...
... trends regarding increasing variability in water supply, growing risk of climate change scenarios, and possible impacts on the socioeconomy of millions of people living in the downstream areas. Furthermore, recognizing the transboundary nature of the Indus River, the study team included experts from ...
Climate Change Adaptation Guidelines
... List of tables Table A-1 Vulnerabilities of source waters to climate change .............................................................. 37 Table A-2: General climate change trends for source waters ............................................................... 38 Table A-3: Detailed modelling of ...
... List of tables Table A-1 Vulnerabilities of source waters to climate change .............................................................. 37 Table A-2: General climate change trends for source waters ............................................................... 38 Table A-3: Detailed modelling of ...
Gauteng Climate Change Risk and vulnerability assessment
... Table 10 Results of the participatory impacts and risk and vulnerability assessment activity of the Gauteng stakeholder workshop, for the Disaster Risk Management sector ............... 51 Table 11 Results of the participatory impacts and risk and vulnerability assessment activity of the Gauteng sta ...
... Table 10 Results of the participatory impacts and risk and vulnerability assessment activity of the Gauteng stakeholder workshop, for the Disaster Risk Management sector ............... 51 Table 11 Results of the participatory impacts and risk and vulnerability assessment activity of the Gauteng sta ...
Integrating Mitigation and Adaptation in Climate and Land Use
... on environmental, social and economic aspects of sustainability. We draw on various social and natural science disciplines, including ecological economics, environmental economics, political science, policy studies, development studies, business and management, geography, sociology, science and tech ...
... on environmental, social and economic aspects of sustainability. We draw on various social and natural science disciplines, including ecological economics, environmental economics, political science, policy studies, development studies, business and management, geography, sociology, science and tech ...
The Third Oregon Climate Assessment Report
... change and adapt to climate change. That is, we must try to reduce or even eliminate greenhouse gas emissions, and we must make preparations and adjustments that will be needed to meet new environmental conditions, doing so at all levels of government and society, from the highest international agre ...
... change and adapt to climate change. That is, we must try to reduce or even eliminate greenhouse gas emissions, and we must make preparations and adjustments that will be needed to meet new environmental conditions, doing so at all levels of government and society, from the highest international agre ...
The Third Oregon Climate Assessment Report
... change and adapt to climate change. That is, we must try to reduce or even eliminate greenhouse gas emissions, and we must make preparations and adjustments that will be needed to meet new environmental conditions, doing so at all levels of government and society, from the highest international agre ...
... change and adapt to climate change. That is, we must try to reduce or even eliminate greenhouse gas emissions, and we must make preparations and adjustments that will be needed to meet new environmental conditions, doing so at all levels of government and society, from the highest international agre ...