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 ...
Northeast Regional Hub Vulnerability Assessment Final
... Network, it is gradually getting warmer. Regional annual and seasonal temperatures have generally remained above the 1901–1960 average over the last 30 years, with long-term annual and seasonal temperatures trending upward between 0.11 and 0.24°F/decade over this time period. Furthermore, the length ...
... Network, it is gradually getting warmer. Regional annual and seasonal temperatures have generally remained above the 1901–1960 average over the last 30 years, with long-term annual and seasonal temperatures trending upward between 0.11 and 0.24°F/decade over this time period. Furthermore, the length ...
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... 4. the price of wheat in each production year is known by the farmer at the start of crop sowing. Given the emergence of forward pricing options this assumption is reasonable. 5. all costs of wheat production are known with certainty. Most cropping input purchases (fertilisers, chemicals, fuel) are ...
... 4. the price of wheat in each production year is known by the farmer at the start of crop sowing. Given the emergence of forward pricing options this assumption is reasonable. 5. all costs of wheat production are known with certainty. Most cropping input purchases (fertilisers, chemicals, fuel) are ...
Integrated Risk and Uncertainty Assessment of Climate Change
... Laypersons tend to judge risks differently than experts. Laypersons’ perceptions of climate change risks and uncertainties are often influenced by past experience, as well as by emotional processes that characterize intuitive thinking. This may lead them to overestimate or underestimate the risk. ...
... Laypersons tend to judge risks differently than experts. Laypersons’ perceptions of climate change risks and uncertainties are often influenced by past experience, as well as by emotional processes that characterize intuitive thinking. This may lead them to overestimate or underestimate the risk. ...
Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation in Nunavut Setting the
... reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, with the hopes that effective and timely action will be taken before impacts on our environment and way of life become too severe. Meanwhile, Nunavummiut must increase their understanding of climate change and proactively plan for the changes being brought on b ...
... reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, with the hopes that effective and timely action will be taken before impacts on our environment and way of life become too severe. Meanwhile, Nunavummiut must increase their understanding of climate change and proactively plan for the changes being brought on b ...
National Integrated Mitigation Planning in Agriculture: A review paper
... propose NAMAs in the agriculture sector. A number of NAMAs are also under development but have not been officially communicated to the UNFCCC. A total of 62 agricultural NAMAs from 30 countries have been identified. Those NAMAs that have quantified emission reduction targets or mitigation potentials ...
... propose NAMAs in the agriculture sector. A number of NAMAs are also under development but have not been officially communicated to the UNFCCC. A total of 62 agricultural NAMAs from 30 countries have been identified. Those NAMAs that have quantified emission reduction targets or mitigation potentials ...
Climate Change and State Consent - U
... impact of the behaviours of societies will be quite general. For example sea levels are likely to rise and thus the interests of all states except land locked ones will be affected usually in some negative way. Combine this with the fact that societies will have a hard time making a significant diff ...
... impact of the behaviours of societies will be quite general. For example sea levels are likely to rise and thus the interests of all states except land locked ones will be affected usually in some negative way. Combine this with the fact that societies will have a hard time making a significant diff ...
2015 Jobs After Coal report - Mataura
... also overlooks the social disruption that results from coal mining’s boom and bust economy. The boom and bust nature of coal mining delivers social disruption to their communities. Coal Action Network Aotearoa (CANA) has never argued for the closure of an existing mine or the loss of an existing job ...
... also overlooks the social disruption that results from coal mining’s boom and bust economy. The boom and bust nature of coal mining delivers social disruption to their communities. Coal Action Network Aotearoa (CANA) has never argued for the closure of an existing mine or the loss of an existing job ...
Boreal and temperate snow cover variations
... recent observations by Aamaas et al. (2011) in Spitsbergen showed that BC aerosols tend to stay at the surface of the snowpack even during melting conditions. Building on this experimental evidence, and in contrast with Krinner et al. (2006), we will consider in this study that both dust and BC do n ...
... recent observations by Aamaas et al. (2011) in Spitsbergen showed that BC aerosols tend to stay at the surface of the snowpack even during melting conditions. Building on this experimental evidence, and in contrast with Krinner et al. (2006), we will consider in this study that both dust and BC do n ...
Integrating Mitigation and Adaptation in Climate and Land Use
... change domain, or the extent to which positive and negative interactions between mitigation and adaptation are taken into account in policy formulation. The paper is based on a systematic content analysis of major federal level climate change and land use policies. The results indicate a stronger fo ...
... change domain, or the extent to which positive and negative interactions between mitigation and adaptation are taken into account in policy formulation. The paper is based on a systematic content analysis of major federal level climate change and land use policies. The results indicate a stronger fo ...
energetics of climate models: net energy
... often obtained at the price of large increases in requested computing power. See the discussions by, e.g., Lucarini [2002], Held [2005], Lucarini et al. [2007, 2008], and Lucarini [2008]. European projects such as PRUDENCE, ENSEMBLES, and DEMETER; American initiatives such as the Third Coupled Model ...
... often obtained at the price of large increases in requested computing power. See the discussions by, e.g., Lucarini [2002], Held [2005], Lucarini et al. [2007, 2008], and Lucarini [2008]. European projects such as PRUDENCE, ENSEMBLES, and DEMETER; American initiatives such as the Third Coupled Model ...
climate change in the courts
... the Supreme Court in Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency. 5 Subsequent GHG emissions regulations have elicited numerous challenges, mostly by industry groups and states, but also by environmental groups seeking stricter regulations.6 Litigation has not played nearly as important a role ...
... the Supreme Court in Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency. 5 Subsequent GHG emissions regulations have elicited numerous challenges, mostly by industry groups and states, but also by environmental groups seeking stricter regulations.6 Litigation has not played nearly as important a role ...
The Gap of Climate Adaptation Development of the Spatial Planning
... 2.2.3 Characteristics linking planning with climate change adaptation The general/fundamental principles/characters/capacity underpin spatial planning system to facilitate climate change adaption strategies. Stead et al. (2008) identify six key principles that define the scope of spatial planning as ...
... 2.2.3 Characteristics linking planning with climate change adaptation The general/fundamental principles/characters/capacity underpin spatial planning system to facilitate climate change adaption strategies. Stead et al. (2008) identify six key principles that define the scope of spatial planning as ...
Florida on the Coast of Climate Change: Responding to
... contribute to warming and sea level rise for more than a millennium," even if GHG emissions levels were immediately stabilized.' 7 Thermal expansion alone will continue for many centuries and could result in a two-and-a-half-foot increase in sea level by 2300.18 In addition, "[w]arming tends to redu ...
... contribute to warming and sea level rise for more than a millennium," even if GHG emissions levels were immediately stabilized.' 7 Thermal expansion alone will continue for many centuries and could result in a two-and-a-half-foot increase in sea level by 2300.18 In addition, "[w]arming tends to redu ...
Climate variability and change and their health effects in small
... countries likely to be most vulnerable to climate variability and long-term climate change (IPCC 2001). Former President Leo Falcam of the Federated States of Micronesia noted “for Pacific Island States, climate change and its associated effects are our main security concern” (“Death by warming”, Ho ...
... countries likely to be most vulnerable to climate variability and long-term climate change (IPCC 2001). Former President Leo Falcam of the Federated States of Micronesia noted “for Pacific Island States, climate change and its associated effects are our main security concern” (“Death by warming”, Ho ...
Geoengineering Governance
... Mounting evidence of the seriousness of the climate change problem has prompted increased domestic and international efforts to slow or counter expected changes. The main focus of such efforts has been to curb greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, whether through cap-and-trade schemes, vehicle emission st ...
... Mounting evidence of the seriousness of the climate change problem has prompted increased domestic and international efforts to slow or counter expected changes. The main focus of such efforts has been to curb greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, whether through cap-and-trade schemes, vehicle emission st ...
Weathercaster Views on Informal Climate Education: Similarities
... Surveys have found that weathercaster views on climate change are diverse, with a large majority agreeing that climate change is happening but most remaining unconvinced that human activities are the principal cause. We hypothesized that these differences in climate change views could have implicati ...
... Surveys have found that weathercaster views on climate change are diverse, with a large majority agreeing that climate change is happening but most remaining unconvinced that human activities are the principal cause. We hypothesized that these differences in climate change views could have implicati ...
Case Study: Climate Change Resilience of Melbourne
... have taken proactive measures in identifying and monitoring climate change impacts and planning for climate change adaptation. All councils, which have undertaken climate change adaptation planning, have implemented a risk management framework for their decision making. 13 The framework, based on th ...
... have taken proactive measures in identifying and monitoring climate change impacts and planning for climate change adaptation. All councils, which have undertaken climate change adaptation planning, have implemented a risk management framework for their decision making. 13 The framework, based on th ...
Precipitation (Word) - Narragansett Bay Estuary Program
... reported as deviations from 1990–1999 precipitation rates (Figure 5). At high latitudes above 45oN an increased volume of precipitation is very likely, while in subtropical regions precipitation is likely to decrease as much as 20 percent. The seasonality of weather events will also be impacted, wit ...
... reported as deviations from 1990–1999 precipitation rates (Figure 5). At high latitudes above 45oN an increased volume of precipitation is very likely, while in subtropical regions precipitation is likely to decrease as much as 20 percent. The seasonality of weather events will also be impacted, wit ...
America's Climate Choices: Panel on Limiting the Research Council
... of climate change-related decisions and actions being taken at various levels and in different sectors and regions; it develops a framework, tools, and practical advice for ensuring that the best available technical knowledge about climate change is used to inform these decisions and actions. Americ ...
... of climate change-related decisions and actions being taken at various levels and in different sectors and regions; it develops a framework, tools, and practical advice for ensuring that the best available technical knowledge about climate change is used to inform these decisions and actions. Americ ...
Policy Tools for Local Adaptation to Sea Level Rise
... Duke University, holds both a Ph.D. and M.A. in Cultural Anthropology from the University of California, San Diego and a B.A. in Economics from the University of California, Irvine. He has worked as a Cultural Anthropologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, has held several ...
... Duke University, holds both a Ph.D. and M.A. in Cultural Anthropology from the University of California, San Diego and a B.A. in Economics from the University of California, Irvine. He has worked as a Cultural Anthropologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, has held several ...
Approaches for generating climate change scenarios for use in
... Australia are generally based on global climate model (GCM) simulations since, in the absence of regional climate modelling studies, GCMs represent the most credible tools for estimating the future response of regional climates to anthropogenic radiative forcings. A set of 23 GCMs from research grou ...
... Australia are generally based on global climate model (GCM) simulations since, in the absence of regional climate modelling studies, GCMs represent the most credible tools for estimating the future response of regional climates to anthropogenic radiative forcings. A set of 23 GCMs from research grou ...
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 ...
Use of models in detection and attribution of climate change
... and attribution of climate change Gabriele Hegerl1∗ and Francis Zwiers2 Most detection and attribution studies use climate models to determine both the expected ‘fingerprint’ of climate change and the uncertainty in the estimated magnitude of this fingerprint in observations, given the climate varia ...
... and attribution of climate change Gabriele Hegerl1∗ and Francis Zwiers2 Most detection and attribution studies use climate models to determine both the expected ‘fingerprint’ of climate change and the uncertainty in the estimated magnitude of this fingerprint in observations, given the climate varia ...
Adaptation Finance - Center For Global Development
... set aside. For adaptation transfers it is possible to imagine a fresh start, less burdened than is the official aid system by such problems as high transactions costs, considerable fragmentation (with well over 100 official bilateral and multilateral aid agencies), and major uncertainties about the ...
... set aside. For adaptation transfers it is possible to imagine a fresh start, less burdened than is the official aid system by such problems as high transactions costs, considerable fragmentation (with well over 100 official bilateral and multilateral aid agencies), and major uncertainties about the ...