Regional Climate Change Adaptation Plan for the Eyre Peninsula
... For natural resource managers, the focus will be on water resources management and biodiversity conservation, both of which will be impacted by declining rainfall and projected increased temperatures. The adaptation pathways analysis focussed on eight issues and areas of decision making (described i ...
... For natural resource managers, the focus will be on water resources management and biodiversity conservation, both of which will be impacted by declining rainfall and projected increased temperatures. The adaptation pathways analysis focussed on eight issues and areas of decision making (described i ...
Rethinking the Role of Cost-Benefit Analysis
... also been used as a means of evading clear statutory mandates. Use of CBA to delay or block implementation of these statutory mandates via OMB review of regulations is in serious tension with the presiden5 tial duty to “take care that the laws be faithfully executed.” If CBA is to be applied to larg ...
... also been used as a means of evading clear statutory mandates. Use of CBA to delay or block implementation of these statutory mandates via OMB review of regulations is in serious tension with the presiden5 tial duty to “take care that the laws be faithfully executed.” If CBA is to be applied to larg ...
UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
... temperature rose by 1.2°F in the same period. The rise in US temperatures in the coming century will likely be equal to or marginally higher than the global average, with a concentration of warming in the winter and in higher latitudes. Reducing emissions of carbon dioxide, even by over 80%, will ha ...
... temperature rose by 1.2°F in the same period. The rise in US temperatures in the coming century will likely be equal to or marginally higher than the global average, with a concentration of warming in the winter and in higher latitudes. Reducing emissions of carbon dioxide, even by over 80%, will ha ...
Annex I Annex D in the Convention
... To support informed decision making, the Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention, in collaboration with the Arctic Council’s Arctic Monitoring Assessment Program (AMAP) have prepared a systematic and authoritative global review of the impacts of climate change on the dynamics and toxicity of persist ...
... To support informed decision making, the Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention, in collaboration with the Arctic Council’s Arctic Monitoring Assessment Program (AMAP) have prepared a systematic and authoritative global review of the impacts of climate change on the dynamics and toxicity of persist ...
Climate Change Impacts on the Mediterranean Coastal Zones
... Nitrous oxide concentrations have increased since pre-industrial times from 275 ppbv to 312 ppbv. Many sources contribute to the generation of N2 O emissions. The most important souces are natural ones which are probably twice as large as human induced ones. The main anthropogenic sources are repre ...
... Nitrous oxide concentrations have increased since pre-industrial times from 275 ppbv to 312 ppbv. Many sources contribute to the generation of N2 O emissions. The most important souces are natural ones which are probably twice as large as human induced ones. The main anthropogenic sources are repre ...
League of Conservation Voters 2013
... proposing the Clean Power Plan, which will be the first-ever national limits on carbon pollution from U.S. power plants. We successfully defeated relentless attacks on clean air, clean water, and public health from an environmentally-hostile U.S. House of Representatives and made denying climate sci ...
... proposing the Clean Power Plan, which will be the first-ever national limits on carbon pollution from U.S. power plants. We successfully defeated relentless attacks on clean air, clean water, and public health from an environmentally-hostile U.S. House of Representatives and made denying climate sci ...
PDF - World Agroforestry Centre
... The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau covers the Chinese provinces of Tibet A.R. and Qinghai, and parts of Gansu, northwest Sichuan and northwest Yunnan. The total land area of the Plateau is around 2.5 million km2, accounting for about 26% of China’s land area (Zhang et al. 2002). The average altitude of the P ...
... The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau covers the Chinese provinces of Tibet A.R. and Qinghai, and parts of Gansu, northwest Sichuan and northwest Yunnan. The total land area of the Plateau is around 2.5 million km2, accounting for about 26% of China’s land area (Zhang et al. 2002). The average altitude of the P ...
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... uncertainty about the magnitude of damages. This uncertainty rapidly increases when the temperature hike exceeds the threshold of 3 degrees centigrade. For an increase of 3 degrees centigrade, the current estimates of the welfare effects range from slight gains to losses of around 10 percent of worl ...
... uncertainty about the magnitude of damages. This uncertainty rapidly increases when the temperature hike exceeds the threshold of 3 degrees centigrade. For an increase of 3 degrees centigrade, the current estimates of the welfare effects range from slight gains to losses of around 10 percent of worl ...
climate change under nepa: avoiding cursory consideration of
... file detailed impact studies which will fill governmental archives,”8 the agencies are largely free to pursue less environmentally protective alternatives so long as they have met their procedural obligations to consider the impacts.9 Despite these shortcomings, NEPA can serve an important informati ...
... file detailed impact studies which will fill governmental archives,”8 the agencies are largely free to pursue less environmentally protective alternatives so long as they have met their procedural obligations to consider the impacts.9 Despite these shortcomings, NEPA can serve an important informati ...
ENHANCINGRESILIENCETO CLIMATERESILIENCEAND CLIMATE
... and climate change adaptation, in particular for food security, energy access, and overall sustainable development. The poorest populations, including vulnerable indigenous populations, will not, and indeed, cannot, adapt if this will require looking beyond their immediate food security needs. The p ...
... and climate change adaptation, in particular for food security, energy access, and overall sustainable development. The poorest populations, including vulnerable indigenous populations, will not, and indeed, cannot, adapt if this will require looking beyond their immediate food security needs. The p ...
working group on adaptation and climate resilience final report
... The warming being experienced in Canada will require ambitious action to meet the objectives set out in the Paris Agreement; however, the response to climate change cannot be limited to reducing GHG emissions. It must include action to build climate resilience. This is not an admission of defeat; it ...
... The warming being experienced in Canada will require ambitious action to meet the objectives set out in the Paris Agreement; however, the response to climate change cannot be limited to reducing GHG emissions. It must include action to build climate resilience. This is not an admission of defeat; it ...
Development finance and climate finance - IIED
... money from core SDG provision, and provide a more accurate picture of development-related finance. Other attempts to resolve this debate over ‘new and additional’ climate finance have not made progress and are not very useful whilst most countries are well below the 0.7 per cent gross national incom ...
... money from core SDG provision, and provide a more accurate picture of development-related finance. Other attempts to resolve this debate over ‘new and additional’ climate finance have not made progress and are not very useful whilst most countries are well below the 0.7 per cent gross national incom ...
Impacts of thermohaline circulation shutdown in the twenty
... recovery occurs at a rate that is more than twice as slow: +0.6 Sv/decade, compared to 1.4 Sv/decade for P. The THC recovery rate in PG is not simply that of P minus the anthropogenic weakening rate from G. Clearly, the feedbacks that set the recovery rate of the overturning in HadCM3 depend non-lin ...
... recovery occurs at a rate that is more than twice as slow: +0.6 Sv/decade, compared to 1.4 Sv/decade for P. The THC recovery rate in PG is not simply that of P minus the anthropogenic weakening rate from G. Clearly, the feedbacks that set the recovery rate of the overturning in HadCM3 depend non-lin ...
Quantifying non-cooperative climate engineering
... of consumption for a given amount of SRM. We provide boundary analysis via sensitivity scenarios. In addition, in order to capture a specific consequence of SRM regarding the potential impact from abrupt warming or cooling, which is not covered by standard damage functions, we assume a damage terms ...
... of consumption for a given amount of SRM. We provide boundary analysis via sensitivity scenarios. In addition, in order to capture a specific consequence of SRM regarding the potential impact from abrupt warming or cooling, which is not covered by standard damage functions, we assume a damage terms ...
Climate Change and its Health Implications
... (Box 1.1). An important point, and one that causes endless confusion in debates about climate, is that change not attributed to global warming is not classified as ‘climate change’, but rather as ‘natural climate variation’: a possible example is the recent increase in storms, which are not at prese ...
... (Box 1.1). An important point, and one that causes endless confusion in debates about climate, is that change not attributed to global warming is not classified as ‘climate change’, but rather as ‘natural climate variation’: a possible example is the recent increase in storms, which are not at prese ...
Consensus‟ Exposed: The CRU Controversy - Inhofe
... emerged to support that claim.8 Others have suggested the responsibility lies with an internal CRU source, who, as some have further speculated, was acting as a ―whistleblower.‖9 ...
... emerged to support that claim.8 Others have suggested the responsibility lies with an internal CRU source, who, as some have further speculated, was acting as a ―whistleblower.‖9 ...
Impact Assessment on Aquaculture Framers in Sarawak, Malaysia
... The joint of mitigation and adaptation aspect in risk reduction management will maximize the social welfare under the climate change conditions. The adaptations seems applicable to the community especially for the lower income farmers due to the less implementation cost as compared to the cost of mi ...
... The joint of mitigation and adaptation aspect in risk reduction management will maximize the social welfare under the climate change conditions. The adaptations seems applicable to the community especially for the lower income farmers due to the less implementation cost as compared to the cost of mi ...
Impacts of Climate Related Geo-engineering on Biological Diversity
... enhancement of soil carbon are already employed as climate change mitigation activities and are not regarded by some as geo-engineering technologies. To have a significant impact on the climate, CDR interventions, individually or collectively, would need to involve the removal from the atmosphere of ...
... enhancement of soil carbon are already employed as climate change mitigation activities and are not regarded by some as geo-engineering technologies. To have a significant impact on the climate, CDR interventions, individually or collectively, would need to involve the removal from the atmosphere of ...
A Region Responds to a Changing Climate
... adaptation planning in response to projected sea level rise. In May 2010, elected officials and other leaders representing the Compact Counties jointly advocated in Washington, D.C. to highlight the region’s vulnerabilities and needs related to climate change impacts, to seek support for greater rec ...
... adaptation planning in response to projected sea level rise. In May 2010, elected officials and other leaders representing the Compact Counties jointly advocated in Washington, D.C. to highlight the region’s vulnerabilities and needs related to climate change impacts, to seek support for greater rec ...