Dissemination of information on climate change: a case study KwaNgwanase in KwaZulu-Natal
... of Basic Education, that may target learners at schools; Departments of Environmental Affairs and Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and any other relevant department that may extend its target to the general public and engage in campaigns at alerting people on weather changes and its impact. Libr ...
... of Basic Education, that may target learners at schools; Departments of Environmental Affairs and Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and any other relevant department that may extend its target to the general public and engage in campaigns at alerting people on weather changes and its impact. Libr ...
Climate Change Strategy 2009-2014
... The strategy adopts two broad treatment options to address the risks of climate change: mitigation and adaptation. ...
... The strategy adopts two broad treatment options to address the risks of climate change: mitigation and adaptation. ...
Climate Change and the Monterey Bay Shoreline
... The combination of ice melt and the thermal expansion of seawater (due to warmer water temperatures) has led to global sea level rise.1 Over the period from 1855 (beginning of the tide gauge record) to 2009, global sea level has risen approximately 8 inches (21 cm) (Church and White 2011). During t ...
... The combination of ice melt and the thermal expansion of seawater (due to warmer water temperatures) has led to global sea level rise.1 Over the period from 1855 (beginning of the tide gauge record) to 2009, global sea level has risen approximately 8 inches (21 cm) (Church and White 2011). During t ...
Beyond the Tipping Point: Understanding Perceptions of Abrupt
... climate change. Yet many believed abrupt climate change to be capricious, irrespective of their psychometrically attributed worldviews or ‘‘ways of life.’’ Mitigation preferences—across all ways of life—were consistent with the ‘‘hegemonic myth’’ dominating climate policy, with many advocating conve ...
... climate change. Yet many believed abrupt climate change to be capricious, irrespective of their psychometrically attributed worldviews or ‘‘ways of life.’’ Mitigation preferences—across all ways of life—were consistent with the ‘‘hegemonic myth’’ dominating climate policy, with many advocating conve ...
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... stimulus (e.g., drought), the sensitivity of a system (e.g., dependency on rain) and the adaptability of the system (e.g., production alternatives or irrigation availability) (WALKENHORST and STOCK, 2009). It should be noted that with regard to CCIA, sometimes the term “resilience” is used rather th ...
... stimulus (e.g., drought), the sensitivity of a system (e.g., dependency on rain) and the adaptability of the system (e.g., production alternatives or irrigation availability) (WALKENHORST and STOCK, 2009). It should be noted that with regard to CCIA, sometimes the term “resilience” is used rather th ...
Scale-dependent regional climate predictability over North America
... statistics at finer spatial and temporal scales. In the latter case, information from coarse climate models is used as boundary constraints on a finer resolution model (a regional climate model) that resolves the smaller spatiotemporal scales of interest. In either case, there is an assumption of a ...
... statistics at finer spatial and temporal scales. In the latter case, information from coarse climate models is used as boundary constraints on a finer resolution model (a regional climate model) that resolves the smaller spatiotemporal scales of interest. In either case, there is an assumption of a ...
Presenters
... Evaluation of the radiative forcing of climate change factors and its effects to the climate system Long-term global environmental projection using an integrated earth system model in the KAKUSHIN Pro Anthropogenic Forcing Associated with Changes in Cirrus Clouds Impact of climate change mitigation ...
... Evaluation of the radiative forcing of climate change factors and its effects to the climate system Long-term global environmental projection using an integrated earth system model in the KAKUSHIN Pro Anthropogenic Forcing Associated with Changes in Cirrus Clouds Impact of climate change mitigation ...
The economic impact of climate change on road infrastructure in sub
... According to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC 2007), climate change is a change in climate attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere and which in addition to natural climate variability is observed over c ...
... According to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC 2007), climate change is a change in climate attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere and which in addition to natural climate variability is observed over c ...
Estimating climate change effects on net primary production of
... A spinup simulation was performed to create steady state conditions for the ecosystems from which future projections began. Biome-BGC requires daily estimates of maximum and minimum temperature, precipitation, daylength, solar radiation and vapor pressure deficit. Temperature and precipitation data ...
... A spinup simulation was performed to create steady state conditions for the ecosystems from which future projections began. Biome-BGC requires daily estimates of maximum and minimum temperature, precipitation, daylength, solar radiation and vapor pressure deficit. Temperature and precipitation data ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES PRESERVING THE OCEAN
... like the North Atlantic where ocean deep waters are formed. Warm and salty oceanic surface waters flowing towards the North Atlantic cool by heat loss to the overlying atmosphere. This cooling acts to increase the densities of the surface waters. This effect of the cooling is, however, counteracted ...
... like the North Atlantic where ocean deep waters are formed. Warm and salty oceanic surface waters flowing towards the North Atlantic cool by heat loss to the overlying atmosphere. This cooling acts to increase the densities of the surface waters. This effect of the cooling is, however, counteracted ...
The Scientific Consensus on Climate Change: How Do We Know
... task. The number of scientists directly involved in any given debate was usually small. A handful, a dozen, perhaps a hundred, at most, participated—in part because the total number of scientists in the world was very small (Price 1986). Moreover, because professional science was a limited activity, ...
... task. The number of scientists directly involved in any given debate was usually small. A handful, a dozen, perhaps a hundred, at most, participated—in part because the total number of scientists in the world was very small (Price 1986). Moreover, because professional science was a limited activity, ...
Does tomorrow ever come?
... scientific community that global climate change will entail serious implications for humanity, public concern for climate change appears to be tempered by uncertainty about whether and when climate change will occur, the degree of change and by competition from other seemingly more relevant issues o ...
... scientific community that global climate change will entail serious implications for humanity, public concern for climate change appears to be tempered by uncertainty about whether and when climate change will occur, the degree of change and by competition from other seemingly more relevant issues o ...
Climate change impacts in urban coastal
... Regional NRM Planning for Climate Change Fund (NRM Fund), which has been developed as part of the Australian Government's Clean Energy Future plan. ...
... Regional NRM Planning for Climate Change Fund (NRM Fund), which has been developed as part of the Australian Government's Clean Energy Future plan. ...
The conquering of climate
... Climate also yields tangible, material, yet unpredictable, benefits for all human cultures. The unpredictability of these benefits is a powerful driver of human innovation, since new technologies, practises and systems are created to build social resilience in the face of a capricious climate (Haber ...
... Climate also yields tangible, material, yet unpredictable, benefits for all human cultures. The unpredictability of these benefits is a powerful driver of human innovation, since new technologies, practises and systems are created to build social resilience in the face of a capricious climate (Haber ...
Urban Transit Systems and Conditions of Enhanced Climate Variability
... 9 Global mean sea level has risen by 0.19 [0.17 to 0.21] meter, estimated from a linear trend over the period 1901–2010, based on tide gauge records and additionally from satellite data since 1993. It is very likely that the mean rate of sea level rise was 1.7 [1.5 to 1.9] mm yr–1 between 1901 and ...
... 9 Global mean sea level has risen by 0.19 [0.17 to 0.21] meter, estimated from a linear trend over the period 1901–2010, based on tide gauge records and additionally from satellite data since 1993. It is very likely that the mean rate of sea level rise was 1.7 [1.5 to 1.9] mm yr–1 between 1901 and ...
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... models that offer a more complacent picture of climate costs for the United States. In this report, we begin by highlighting just a few categories of costs, which, if present trends continue, will add up to a bottom line of almost $1.9 trillion (in today’s dollars), or 1.8 percent of U.S. output per ...
... models that offer a more complacent picture of climate costs for the United States. In this report, we begin by highlighting just a few categories of costs, which, if present trends continue, will add up to a bottom line of almost $1.9 trillion (in today’s dollars), or 1.8 percent of U.S. output per ...
Sustainability Plan
... The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and the planet’s temperature has increased in roughly the same proportion. Scientists have determined this relationship by studying Antarctic ice core samples that reveal the atmospheric carbon dioxide from 400,000 years ago to present day. Today, there ...
... The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and the planet’s temperature has increased in roughly the same proportion. Scientists have determined this relationship by studying Antarctic ice core samples that reveal the atmospheric carbon dioxide from 400,000 years ago to present day. Today, there ...
Combined speeds of climate and land
... (Fig. 2). Interestingly, the directional effects of high cropland demand on land-use speed varied by region, with land-use speeds increasing in New England (with more forest to cropland conversion) and decreasing in the upper midwest (slower rates of urbanization). At a continental scale, speeds wer ...
... (Fig. 2). Interestingly, the directional effects of high cropland demand on land-use speed varied by region, with land-use speeds increasing in New England (with more forest to cropland conversion) and decreasing in the upper midwest (slower rates of urbanization). At a continental scale, speeds wer ...
The theme of slow onset impact
... tides, which could intensify flooding and the erosion of coastal areas and damage infrastructure on islands and in low-lying coastal areas. Recent work of the IPCC provides evidence of these impacts. The sea-level rise resolution also urges the international community to provide effective and timely ...
... tides, which could intensify flooding and the erosion of coastal areas and damage infrastructure on islands and in low-lying coastal areas. Recent work of the IPCC provides evidence of these impacts. The sea-level rise resolution also urges the international community to provide effective and timely ...
Chicago Area Climate Change Quick Guide
... The City of Chicago commissioned leading climate scientists at the University of Illinois and Texas Tech University to analyze what climate change impacts on Chicago could be, and then hired MWH, an engineering consulting firm, to use this research to develop a methodology and recommended actions t ...
... The City of Chicago commissioned leading climate scientists at the University of Illinois and Texas Tech University to analyze what climate change impacts on Chicago could be, and then hired MWH, an engineering consulting firm, to use this research to develop a methodology and recommended actions t ...
Go Green: Ontario`s Action Plan on Climate Change
... Transport Canada, and other jurisdictions to determine the most promising green vehicle technologies and applications for commercial trucking, and the programs and incentives necessary to ensure their adoption by private industry. Building on these consultations, we will introduce a $15 million prog ...
... Transport Canada, and other jurisdictions to determine the most promising green vehicle technologies and applications for commercial trucking, and the programs and incentives necessary to ensure their adoption by private industry. Building on these consultations, we will introduce a $15 million prog ...
yukon government climate change action plan
... needed to develop this Action Plan. Preparation included discussions with a wide variety of government and non-government representatives, an interdepartmental workshop, working-group meetings and several external workshops. The Scoping the Yukon Government Climate Change Action Plan Workshop invite ...
... needed to develop this Action Plan. Preparation included discussions with a wide variety of government and non-government representatives, an interdepartmental workshop, working-group meetings and several external workshops. The Scoping the Yukon Government Climate Change Action Plan Workshop invite ...
There is general agreement that the negative effects of global
... there is unfortunately plenty of evidence that status quo is a probabilistically-likely event due to the continued challenges of bringing sustainable community development to the poorest, most vulnerable parts of the world. Effective sustainable community development, or rather the lack thereof, is ...
... there is unfortunately plenty of evidence that status quo is a probabilistically-likely event due to the continued challenges of bringing sustainable community development to the poorest, most vulnerable parts of the world. Effective sustainable community development, or rather the lack thereof, is ...
The Surveyor’s Role in Monitoring, Mitigating, and Adapting to Climate Change FIG REPORT
... 3. The management of peri-urban areas. Peri-urban areas, which are found at the interface between city and country where urban and rural uses of land mix, and often clash, are likely to be affected by climate change migration. In developed countries these areas are generally managed intensively so ...
... 3. The management of peri-urban areas. Peri-urban areas, which are found at the interface between city and country where urban and rural uses of land mix, and often clash, are likely to be affected by climate change migration. In developed countries these areas are generally managed intensively so ...
CC Equity SDS- An Urban Perspective Forthcoming
... scales where differential impacts and adaptation needs will unfold. Impacts of climate change and risks are reduced by adaptation and mitigation, hence all three dimensions play a role. Impacts of climate change differ across people, because of a number of relevant (interacting) conditions, such as ...
... scales where differential impacts and adaptation needs will unfold. Impacts of climate change and risks are reduced by adaptation and mitigation, hence all three dimensions play a role. Impacts of climate change differ across people, because of a number of relevant (interacting) conditions, such as ...
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.""