Reasonably foreseeable futures
... The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) clearly has a role to play in how projects with a federal nexus prepare for climate change. To help agencies improve their consideration of climate change, the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) in February 2010 released Draft NEPA Guidance, which add ...
... The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) clearly has a role to play in how projects with a federal nexus prepare for climate change. To help agencies improve their consideration of climate change, the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) in February 2010 released Draft NEPA Guidance, which add ...
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... Climate Change (Scotland) Act, 2009 places duties on public bodies to take certain measures to tackle climate change. Part 4 of the Act states that „All public bodies need to be resilient to the future climate and to plan for business continuity in relation to the delivery of their functions and the ...
... Climate Change (Scotland) Act, 2009 places duties on public bodies to take certain measures to tackle climate change. Part 4 of the Act states that „All public bodies need to be resilient to the future climate and to plan for business continuity in relation to the delivery of their functions and the ...
Mainstreaming Climate Change in CAADP processes in
... Climate change has become an important phenomenon that is affecting development worldwide. Among the sectors that have become most affected by climate change is that of agriculture. This paper will therefore explore some of the recent developments and debates taking place in Malawi in as far as clim ...
... Climate change has become an important phenomenon that is affecting development worldwide. Among the sectors that have become most affected by climate change is that of agriculture. This paper will therefore explore some of the recent developments and debates taking place in Malawi in as far as clim ...
ZERO CARBON EVOLUTION Getting on track to a carbon neutral
... above pre-industrial levels to avoid the most catastrophic impacts of climate change. The average annual surface temperature across the globe has already risen by more than 0.6°C1. ...
... above pre-industrial levels to avoid the most catastrophic impacts of climate change. The average annual surface temperature across the globe has already risen by more than 0.6°C1. ...
Adapting to a changing climate
... through the exacerbation of existing biological and human threats, with the latter arising as a result of activities undertaken to mitigate or adapt to climate change by other land management sectors (e.g. Glova 1990; Hay 1990; Hollinger 1990; Keys 1990; McFadgen 1999; McGlone 2001; Green 2006; Aran ...
... through the exacerbation of existing biological and human threats, with the latter arising as a result of activities undertaken to mitigate or adapt to climate change by other land management sectors (e.g. Glova 1990; Hay 1990; Hollinger 1990; Keys 1990; McFadgen 1999; McGlone 2001; Green 2006; Aran ...
Global Climate Change
... turn the tide - 84% of people surveyed thought that humans contribute to global warming - Many corporations offer support for greenhouse gas reductions Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings ...
... turn the tide - 84% of people surveyed thought that humans contribute to global warming - Many corporations offer support for greenhouse gas reductions Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings ...
Predicting population consequences of ocean climate
... may have for other plankton predators in this system. Keywords: California Current Ecosystem, Cassin’s auklet, climate change, ocean, population dynamics, population model, seabird, stochastic ...
... may have for other plankton predators in this system. Keywords: California Current Ecosystem, Cassin’s auklet, climate change, ocean, population dynamics, population model, seabird, stochastic ...
France - Met Office
... available to the researchers in the project was used, unless there were good scientific reasons for not doing so. For example, some impacts areas were omitted, such as many of those associated with human health. In this case, these impacts are strongly dependant on local factors and do not easily le ...
... available to the researchers in the project was used, unless there were good scientific reasons for not doing so. For example, some impacts areas were omitted, such as many of those associated with human health. In this case, these impacts are strongly dependant on local factors and do not easily le ...
Turning points in climate change adaptation
... about the measures to take if our current water system reaches its limits. —Government Commissioner Wim Kuijken at the Deltas in Times of Climate Change conference,[1] 2010 The above quotation signifies a new framing of adaptation planning in Dutch water management. In this new framing, the adaptati ...
... about the measures to take if our current water system reaches its limits. —Government Commissioner Wim Kuijken at the Deltas in Times of Climate Change conference,[1] 2010 The above quotation signifies a new framing of adaptation planning in Dutch water management. In this new framing, the adaptati ...
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... Initially, we would like to comment on recent approaches to climate and society research. As the need for, and interest in, climate impact assessment has become evident during the last several years, a flurry of research activity has taken place. These efforts, however, oftentimes rely upon a rather ...
... Initially, we would like to comment on recent approaches to climate and society research. As the need for, and interest in, climate impact assessment has become evident during the last several years, a flurry of research activity has taken place. These efforts, however, oftentimes rely upon a rather ...
Greening of the Earth and its drivers
... Figure 2 | Attribution of trend in growing season integrated LAI. a, Interannual changes in anomalies of growing season integrated LAI estimated by multi-model ensemble mean (MMEM) with all drivers considered (blue line) and the average of the three remote sensing data (red line) for the period 1982 ...
... Figure 2 | Attribution of trend in growing season integrated LAI. a, Interannual changes in anomalies of growing season integrated LAI estimated by multi-model ensemble mean (MMEM) with all drivers considered (blue line) and the average of the three remote sensing data (red line) for the period 1982 ...
Food Commodity Footprints, Global GHG footprints and
... Oxfam wants to offer consumers new insights in the climate change effects and the water effects of food commodities in the regions they grow. They want to do this by linking the regional activities, which impact the environment (regional GHG footprint and water footprint), to the regions where the e ...
... Oxfam wants to offer consumers new insights in the climate change effects and the water effects of food commodities in the regions they grow. They want to do this by linking the regional activities, which impact the environment (regional GHG footprint and water footprint), to the regions where the e ...
National Park Service - UAF SNAP
... hire -- in fire suppression and technology innovation, and increased education efforts focused on Native life, science-based climate change information, and community presentations. Increased infrastructure would also be needed for tourism, with more attention to energy efficiency. Finally, the focu ...
... hire -- in fire suppression and technology innovation, and increased education efforts focused on Native life, science-based climate change information, and community presentations. Increased infrastructure would also be needed for tourism, with more attention to energy efficiency. Finally, the focu ...
Towards indicators for resilient architecture and infrastructure
... integrated cross-scale indicators of resilience for design and management of urban architecture and infrastructure. Vulnerability and resilience of the built environment Applying a hierarchical resilience framework to the built environment, architecture and infrastructure, it becomes apparent that v ...
... integrated cross-scale indicators of resilience for design and management of urban architecture and infrastructure. Vulnerability and resilience of the built environment Applying a hierarchical resilience framework to the built environment, architecture and infrastructure, it becomes apparent that v ...
Massachusetts v. EPA - Washington and Lee University
... relied in refusing to regulate motor vehicle GHG emissions. See id. at 52930–33. First, there are many sources of GHG emissions, and regulating only new motor vehicles would "result in an inefficient, piecemeal approach to the climate change issue." Id. at 52931. Second, unilateral reduction in GHG ...
... relied in refusing to regulate motor vehicle GHG emissions. See id. at 52930–33. First, there are many sources of GHG emissions, and regulating only new motor vehicles would "result in an inefficient, piecemeal approach to the climate change issue." Id. at 52931. Second, unilateral reduction in GHG ...
Signs of Climate Change in Nordic Nature
... the mid-nineteenth century – is an average of 0.6 °C (IPPC 2007). However, the temperature increase in the Northern Hemisphere is higher, and in the Nordic countries, the average temperature increase for the same period is above 1°C. For example, in Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands a tempera ...
... the mid-nineteenth century – is an average of 0.6 °C (IPPC 2007). However, the temperature increase in the Northern Hemisphere is higher, and in the Nordic countries, the average temperature increase for the same period is above 1°C. For example, in Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands a tempera ...
what is climate change? and how it will affect bangladesh
... (Alley et al, 2007). How high exactly depends on whether tough action is taken to stop greenhouse gas pollution now or if very little action is taken as at present. However, if current trends are followed, it can be expected that average global temperatures will rise by 1 - 3°C within the next fifty ...
... (Alley et al, 2007). How high exactly depends on whether tough action is taken to stop greenhouse gas pollution now or if very little action is taken as at present. However, if current trends are followed, it can be expected that average global temperatures will rise by 1 - 3°C within the next fifty ...
Discourse analysis of media coverage of climate change
... The study found that, while severe weather events may subtly influence the frequency of coverage of climate change, they do not appear to be the primary driving factor. Political events—and in particular, the disparity between climate change views held in Washington, D.C. from those held in much of ...
... The study found that, while severe weather events may subtly influence the frequency of coverage of climate change, they do not appear to be the primary driving factor. Political events—and in particular, the disparity between climate change views held in Washington, D.C. from those held in much of ...
successful adaptation implementation
... Cities around the world are preparing for a changing climate. There is no shortage of ideas concerning how cities might reduce the production of greenhouse gases or adapt to a warming planet. There are, though, significant challenges associated with making such ideas actionable. What does it take to ...
... Cities around the world are preparing for a changing climate. There is no shortage of ideas concerning how cities might reduce the production of greenhouse gases or adapt to a warming planet. There are, though, significant challenges associated with making such ideas actionable. What does it take to ...
Norway`s Fifth National Communication under the Framework
... provided the basis for the emissions trading scheme in the Kyoto Protocol commitment period (2008-2012). In the current trading period, the Norwegian system is linked to the EU ETS. The total Norwegian cap is set about 20 per cent below the 2005 emissions from the installations concerned. The offsho ...
... provided the basis for the emissions trading scheme in the Kyoto Protocol commitment period (2008-2012). In the current trading period, the Norwegian system is linked to the EU ETS. The total Norwegian cap is set about 20 per cent below the 2005 emissions from the installations concerned. The offsho ...
From science to policy: developing responses to climate change
... transformed into their present values and compared. The weight given to benefits and costs at different points in time is critical and determined by the discount rate that is used. The evaluation of projects and their relative rankings according to a benefit-cost criterion is highly sensitive to the ...
... transformed into their present values and compared. The weight given to benefits and costs at different points in time is critical and determined by the discount rate that is used. The evaluation of projects and their relative rankings according to a benefit-cost criterion is highly sensitive to the ...
Climate change in Australia | Southern and South
... ensemble output. For each time period, the model spread can be attributed to three sources of uncertainty: the range of future emissions, the climate response of the models, and natural variability. Climate projections do not make a forecast of the exact sequence of natural variability, so they are ...
... ensemble output. For each time period, the model spread can be attributed to three sources of uncertainty: the range of future emissions, the climate response of the models, and natural variability. Climate projections do not make a forecast of the exact sequence of natural variability, so they are ...
Climate Change Risk Assessment
... of climate change during the planning, design, operation and maintenance of the State’s main road infrastructure. In particular, it addresses how VicRoads will factor in anticipated changes in climatic parameters into the delivery of its activities and develop appropriate management and mitigation s ...
... of climate change during the planning, design, operation and maintenance of the State’s main road infrastructure. In particular, it addresses how VicRoads will factor in anticipated changes in climatic parameters into the delivery of its activities and develop appropriate management and mitigation s ...
Climate variability and change and their health effects in small
... than 3%. Growth rates are not associated with GDP per capita; 3% or higher growth rates were experienced in Comoros with a GDP of $278 and in Bahrain with a GDP of US$12 012. Annex 1 Table 2 shows the diversity of small island states in environment and climate indicators. As mentioned earlier, most ...
... than 3%. Growth rates are not associated with GDP per capita; 3% or higher growth rates were experienced in Comoros with a GDP of $278 and in Bahrain with a GDP of US$12 012. Annex 1 Table 2 shows the diversity of small island states in environment and climate indicators. As mentioned earlier, most ...
2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference
The 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference, commonly known as the Copenhagen Summit, was held at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Denmark, between 7 and 18 December. The conference included the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP 15) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the 5th Meeting of the Parties (MOP 5) to the Kyoto Protocol. According to the Bali Road Map, a framework for climate change mitigation beyond 2012 was to be agreed there.On Friday 18 December, the final day of the conference, international media reported that the climate talks were ""in disarray"". Media also reported that in lieu of a summit collapse, only a ""weak political statement"" was anticipated at the conclusion of the conference. The Copenhagen Accord was drafted by the United States, China, India, Brazil and South Africa on 18 December, and judged a ""meaningful agreement"" by the United States government. It was ""taken note of"", but not ""adopted"", in a debate of all the participating countries the next day, and it was not passed unanimously. The document recognised that climate change is one of the greatest challenges of the present day and that actions should be taken to keep any temperature increases to below 2 °C. The document is not legally binding and does not contain any legally binding commitments for reducing CO2 emissions.In January 2014, documents leaked by Edward Snowden and published by Dagbladet Information revealed that the US government negotiators were in receipt of information during the conference that was being obtained by spying against other conference delegations. The US National Security Agency provided US delegates with advance details other delegations' positions, including the Danish plan to ""rescue"" the talks should they flounder. Members of the Danish negotiating team said that both the US and Chinese delegations were ""peculiarly well-informed"" about closed-door discussions: ""They simply sat back, just as we had feared they would if they knew about our document.""