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... back home on a regular basis at the time the survey was administered. We define a migration household a family where at least one member is a migrant. In this article we capture the so called extensive margin of climate change on migration, as we assess how the variation in temperature and rainfall ...
... back home on a regular basis at the time the survey was administered. We define a migration household a family where at least one member is a migrant. In this article we capture the so called extensive margin of climate change on migration, as we assess how the variation in temperature and rainfall ...
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... In spite of its prevalence, DU is controversial, both due to the conditions through which it is justified and due to its consequences for choice in economically relevant situations, such as climate-change policy. As a matter of principle, DU gives less weight to the utility of future generations and ...
... In spite of its prevalence, DU is controversial, both due to the conditions through which it is justified and due to its consequences for choice in economically relevant situations, such as climate-change policy. As a matter of principle, DU gives less weight to the utility of future generations and ...
Climate change : quantifying the health impact at national
... Special Report on Emissions Scenarios ...
... Special Report on Emissions Scenarios ...
Evaluation, characterization, and communication of uncertainty by
... potential consequences. This will be an extra challenge for the AR5 and for subsequent assessments, but it is also an enormous opportunity. Assessments cannot be alarmist, but they must henceforth push scientists beyond their comfort zones in framing conclusions that will adequately inform decision- ...
... potential consequences. This will be an extra challenge for the AR5 and for subsequent assessments, but it is also an enormous opportunity. Assessments cannot be alarmist, but they must henceforth push scientists beyond their comfort zones in framing conclusions that will adequately inform decision- ...
Climate change prediction over complex areas: spatial variability of
... economy and population trends in the future. A2 is characterized by higher emissions of greenhouse gases than B2 (Nakicénovic et al., 1998; IPCC, 2001). The resolution of these RCMs was close to 50 km (grid spacing of 0.44–0.5 degrees resolution). Related information and used datasets can be freely ...
... economy and population trends in the future. A2 is characterized by higher emissions of greenhouse gases than B2 (Nakicénovic et al., 1998; IPCC, 2001). The resolution of these RCMs was close to 50 km (grid spacing of 0.44–0.5 degrees resolution). Related information and used datasets can be freely ...
Chapter 8: Cross-cutting issues
... Implications of the vote to leave the European Union This chapter was written before the results of the EU Referendum were known. Leaving the European Union is unlikely to change the overall scale of current and future risks from climate change, but in some areas it may affect policies and programme ...
... Implications of the vote to leave the European Union This chapter was written before the results of the EU Referendum were known. Leaving the European Union is unlikely to change the overall scale of current and future risks from climate change, but in some areas it may affect policies and programme ...
2014 DOE Climate Change Adaptation Plan
... average sea level, and more frequent severe weather events. 1 The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recognizes that changes in the global climate system could have a profound impact on the Department’s mission activities. DOE is committed to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and mitigating clima ...
... average sea level, and more frequent severe weather events. 1 The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recognizes that changes in the global climate system could have a profound impact on the Department’s mission activities. DOE is committed to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and mitigating clima ...
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... Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law [email protected] and Derek Sylvan ...
... Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law [email protected] and Derek Sylvan ...
Bill McKibben on NY Attorney General`s Exxon Investigation
... threat it poses. It is difficult to believe one of the richest multinational corporations was not aware of this too. If Exxon and other fossil fuel companies were aware of the perils of climate change at the same time as they reaped hundreds of billions by making the problem worse and lied to their ...
... threat it poses. It is difficult to believe one of the richest multinational corporations was not aware of this too. If Exxon and other fossil fuel companies were aware of the perils of climate change at the same time as they reaped hundreds of billions by making the problem worse and lied to their ...
National Climate Change Action Plan
... Climate change is recognized as one of the most complex global environmental problems, one which presents the greatest challenges to society as a whole, including the scientific and technical community and government authorities. The greenhouse effect, a beneficial natural phenomenon that enables li ...
... Climate change is recognized as one of the most complex global environmental problems, one which presents the greatest challenges to society as a whole, including the scientific and technical community and government authorities. The greenhouse effect, a beneficial natural phenomenon that enables li ...
Impact of climate change on ozone related mortality and morbidity in
... Ozone is one of the most important air pollutants. Ozone is formed in photochemical reactions, with concentrations affected by weather and the supply of chemical precursors, including nitrogen oxides (NOX), volatile organic compounds (VOCs), methane (CH4) and carbon monoxide (CO). Climate change ...
... Ozone is one of the most important air pollutants. Ozone is formed in photochemical reactions, with concentrations affected by weather and the supply of chemical precursors, including nitrogen oxides (NOX), volatile organic compounds (VOCs), methane (CH4) and carbon monoxide (CO). Climate change ...
Summary Report CwD Project Profile 2012
... According to the Inter Press Service (IPS), a development news and features agency, since 2007, erratic rainfall has led to increased food shortages in southern Africa where droughts damaged and destroyed maize crops in Lesotho, Namibia, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and South Africa. As a result, ...
... According to the Inter Press Service (IPS), a development news and features agency, since 2007, erratic rainfall has led to increased food shortages in southern Africa where droughts damaged and destroyed maize crops in Lesotho, Namibia, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and South Africa. As a result, ...
Climate change prediction over complex areas: spatial variability of
... economy and population trends in the future. A2 is characterized by higher emissions of greenhouse gases than B2 (Nakicénovic et al., 1998; IPCC, 2001). The resolution of these RCMs was close to 50 km (grid spacing of 0.44–0.5 degrees resolution). Related information and used datasets can be freely ...
... economy and population trends in the future. A2 is characterized by higher emissions of greenhouse gases than B2 (Nakicénovic et al., 1998; IPCC, 2001). The resolution of these RCMs was close to 50 km (grid spacing of 0.44–0.5 degrees resolution). Related information and used datasets can be freely ...
Changing Climate, Changing Forests: The Impacts of Climate Change on
... and land use change are driving up concentrations of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The emissions of these gases, which are accelerating, are trapping heat and altering the Earth’s climate. Our climate shapes our basic living conditions. It controls the growth of agricu ...
... and land use change are driving up concentrations of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The emissions of these gases, which are accelerating, are trapping heat and altering the Earth’s climate. Our climate shapes our basic living conditions. It controls the growth of agricu ...
Case Study: Climate Change Resilience of Melbourne
... infrastructure, and community organisations.25 The risks associated with climate change goes well beyond the jurisdiction of governments and will only be affectively mitigated if private enterprise and commercial interest are included in problem solving and actioning of initiatives. ...
... infrastructure, and community organisations.25 The risks associated with climate change goes well beyond the jurisdiction of governments and will only be affectively mitigated if private enterprise and commercial interest are included in problem solving and actioning of initiatives. ...
Changing climate, changing forests
... and land use change are driving up concentrations of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The emissions of these gases, which are accelerating, are trapping heat and altering the Earth’s climate. Our climate shapes our basic living conditions. It controls the growth of agricu ...
... and land use change are driving up concentrations of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The emissions of these gases, which are accelerating, are trapping heat and altering the Earth’s climate. Our climate shapes our basic living conditions. It controls the growth of agricu ...
National adaptation is also a global concern
... and eastern part of the Pacific, in North Atlantic, in polar seas), which will have in turn consequences on the industry (profitability, jobs, etc.), markets and prices in several countries, and then on international competitiveness. The more the current panorama of international agreements will be ...
... and eastern part of the Pacific, in North Atlantic, in polar seas), which will have in turn consequences on the industry (profitability, jobs, etc.), markets and prices in several countries, and then on international competitiveness. The more the current panorama of international agreements will be ...
MCCA Regulations and Syllabus -Masters
... adaptation. It explores the fundamental changes caused by anthropogenic and natural activities that influence the alteration of the living earth’s environment. As a result of the anthropogenic climate change drivers, the global mean surface temperature is projected to increase between 1.5°C and 5.8° ...
... adaptation. It explores the fundamental changes caused by anthropogenic and natural activities that influence the alteration of the living earth’s environment. As a result of the anthropogenic climate change drivers, the global mean surface temperature is projected to increase between 1.5°C and 5.8° ...
V. Objectives of the Inter-Regional Technical Support Component
... Many drivers of malaria, and other diseases such as cholera and meningitis, are linked to climate change and variability. ...
... Many drivers of malaria, and other diseases such as cholera and meningitis, are linked to climate change and variability. ...
Effects of climate extremes on the terrestrial carbon cycle: concepts
... Received 6 September 2013 and accepted 24 January 2015 ...
... Received 6 September 2013 and accepted 24 January 2015 ...
Australia`s Energy Sector – Drivers for Change
... 6. Over the next one hundred years many Australians will be at risk from sea level rises. The IPCC warns that that 1 cm rise in sea level erodes beaches about 1 m horizontally.19 Therefore, even the lower end of the IPCC predictions, 9 cm is likely to result in as much as 9 m of eroded beach and coa ...
... 6. Over the next one hundred years many Australians will be at risk from sea level rises. The IPCC warns that that 1 cm rise in sea level erodes beaches about 1 m horizontally.19 Therefore, even the lower end of the IPCC predictions, 9 cm is likely to result in as much as 9 m of eroded beach and coa ...
An Ounce of Prevention
... In many cases, the effect of climate change is to increase the range of uncertainty. Tropical storms, particularly in the Indian and Atlantic/Caribbean oceans could increase in intensity, though not necessarily in number or landfall probability. Because storms that are higher on the Saffir-Simpson i ...
... In many cases, the effect of climate change is to increase the range of uncertainty. Tropical storms, particularly in the Indian and Atlantic/Caribbean oceans could increase in intensity, though not necessarily in number or landfall probability. Because storms that are higher on the Saffir-Simpson i ...
Ecosystem-based approaches to building resilience in urban areas
... Workshop Background Paper, August 2013 Ecosystem-based approaches to building resilience in urban areas: towards a framework for decision-making criteria ...
... Workshop Background Paper, August 2013 Ecosystem-based approaches to building resilience in urban areas: towards a framework for decision-making criteria ...
Debating Climate Change David Weisbach
... these constraints are not useful. Moreover, we do not need a theory of justice tell us that we need to comply with these constraints: we do not need a theory of justice to tell us to get out of the way of a moving train. The second step, detailed in Chapter 3, focuses on the problems of trying to ap ...
... these constraints are not useful. Moreover, we do not need a theory of justice tell us that we need to comply with these constraints: we do not need a theory of justice to tell us to get out of the way of a moving train. The second step, detailed in Chapter 3, focuses on the problems of trying to ap ...
Noosa Climate Action Plan
... economy is built and depends. NBL, in association with SEQ Catchments Ltd and University of Sunshine Coast, hosted each workshop at which panels of expert presenters shared their scientifically based knowledge and expertise, giving the most current information available for participants to make thei ...
... economy is built and depends. NBL, in association with SEQ Catchments Ltd and University of Sunshine Coast, hosted each workshop at which panels of expert presenters shared their scientifically based knowledge and expertise, giving the most current information available for participants to make thei ...