Dealing With Complexity and Extreme Events Using a Bottom-Up,
... We discuss the adoption of a bottom-up, resource-based vulnerability approach in evaluating the effect of climate and other environmental and societal threats to societally critical resources. This vulnerability concept requires the determination of the major threats to local and regional water, foo ...
... We discuss the adoption of a bottom-up, resource-based vulnerability approach in evaluating the effect of climate and other environmental and societal threats to societally critical resources. This vulnerability concept requires the determination of the major threats to local and regional water, foo ...
CLIMATE CHANGE RISK PERCEPTION AND POLICY
... way of life. Each worldview thus represents a different ‘rationality;’ a set of presuppositions about the ideal nature of society which leads each group to perceive different risks and prefer different policy responses. Prototypical hierarchists most fear social deviance, which threatens the structu ...
... way of life. Each worldview thus represents a different ‘rationality;’ a set of presuppositions about the ideal nature of society which leads each group to perceive different risks and prefer different policy responses. Prototypical hierarchists most fear social deviance, which threatens the structu ...
AIACC Regional Study Abstracts
... Africa is one of the regions most vulnerable to climate change, is likely the most under-resourced continent for climate change research, and a region where the climate dynamics are still poorly understood. In response this project seeks to address these needs through the development of regional sce ...
... Africa is one of the regions most vulnerable to climate change, is likely the most under-resourced continent for climate change research, and a region where the climate dynamics are still poorly understood. In response this project seeks to address these needs through the development of regional sce ...
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... weather stations within 500 miles of each county. The data is weighted to give nearby stations more weight. The predicted values from that surface are used to yield monthly climate variables for each county. Seasonal climate is the arithmetic average of climate variables in winter (December, January ...
... weather stations within 500 miles of each county. The data is weighted to give nearby stations more weight. The predicted values from that surface are used to yield monthly climate variables for each county. Seasonal climate is the arithmetic average of climate variables in winter (December, January ...
Climatic change in mountain regions: a review of
... parameters, in particular temperature and precipitation, over very short distances (Becker and Bugmann, 1997); greatly enhanced direct runoff and erosion; systematic variation of other climatic (e.g., CO2, radiation) and environmental factors, such as differences in soil types. In some mountain reg ...
... parameters, in particular temperature and precipitation, over very short distances (Becker and Bugmann, 1997); greatly enhanced direct runoff and erosion; systematic variation of other climatic (e.g., CO2, radiation) and environmental factors, such as differences in soil types. In some mountain reg ...
House science testimony apr 15 final - Climate Etc.
... through reducing greenhouse gas emissions will have little impact on future climate change. Hiatus in global warming The IPCC AR5 notes a slowdown in surface warming since 1998: “[T]he rate of warming over the past 15 years (1998–2012) [is] 0.05 [–0.05 to +0.15] °C per decade which is smaller than t ...
... through reducing greenhouse gas emissions will have little impact on future climate change. Hiatus in global warming The IPCC AR5 notes a slowdown in surface warming since 1998: “[T]he rate of warming over the past 15 years (1998–2012) [is] 0.05 [–0.05 to +0.15] °C per decade which is smaller than t ...
Framing Climate: Implications for Local Government Policy
... This paper is explores the process through which the climate change issue is translated into local government planning and policy action. While its focus is on South-East Queensland local governments, the findings shed light on the difficulty of Australian local government in dealing with this comp ...
... This paper is explores the process through which the climate change issue is translated into local government planning and policy action. While its focus is on South-East Queensland local governments, the findings shed light on the difficulty of Australian local government in dealing with this comp ...
Means and extremes: building variability into
... understand the effects on biotic interactions and ecological feedbacks (Traill et al. 2010; Van der Putten et al. 2010; Walther 2010). Such an understanding is critical if we are to apply our ...
... understand the effects on biotic interactions and ecological feedbacks (Traill et al. 2010; Van der Putten et al. 2010; Walther 2010). Such an understanding is critical if we are to apply our ...
ESA - WCRP
... the last thirty years, as a significant and timely contribution to the ECV databases required by United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). ...
... the last thirty years, as a significant and timely contribution to the ECV databases required by United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). ...
Climate Change Adaptation Plan – City of Red Deer Part One
... How was the plan developed? In 2010 The City of Red Deer was approached by ICLEI Canada (International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives) regarding a unique opportunity to partner in an introductory program to develop a climate change adaptation plan for our city. ICLEI Canada was seeking ...
... How was the plan developed? In 2010 The City of Red Deer was approached by ICLEI Canada (International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives) regarding a unique opportunity to partner in an introductory program to develop a climate change adaptation plan for our city. ICLEI Canada was seeking ...
pdf - Framsenteret AS
... (http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/Regjeringen-gir-rodt-kort-til-pobelgrana-7366015.html ). It is likely that the decision is partly based on our report. This is a good example on how climate change data have direct implications for political decisions. In this case, Bjerke actively used Twitt ...
... (http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/Regjeringen-gir-rodt-kort-til-pobelgrana-7366015.html ). It is likely that the decision is partly based on our report. This is a good example on how climate change data have direct implications for political decisions. In this case, Bjerke actively used Twitt ...
The Climate Public Expenditure and Institutional Review (CPEIR
... limit the implementation of policy priorities. Limitations in the budget classification system Variability in budgetary allocation (proposed versus received) Variability in execution rates (agreed allocation versus actual expenditure) many detailed constraints (but these probably apply acros ...
... limit the implementation of policy priorities. Limitations in the budget classification system Variability in budgetary allocation (proposed versus received) Variability in execution rates (agreed allocation versus actual expenditure) many detailed constraints (but these probably apply acros ...
Cooperative Federalism and Climate Change
... Second, the Clean Air Act (CAA) has long balanced the needs of auto producing and auto consuming states. Instead of across-the-board preemption, the CAA allows California — and states that decide to follow California’s lead by adopting the same rules — to develop more stringent controls for mobile s ...
... Second, the Clean Air Act (CAA) has long balanced the needs of auto producing and auto consuming states. Instead of across-the-board preemption, the CAA allows California — and states that decide to follow California’s lead by adopting the same rules — to develop more stringent controls for mobile s ...
A climatic basis for microrefugia: the influence of terrain on climate
... Indeed, there are many implications of microrefugia and yet our understanding of them is quite limited. Most notably, we lack an understanding of the climatic basis for explaining their existence. Investigators commonly attribute their subsistence to the presence of ‘microclimates,’ and implicit ass ...
... Indeed, there are many implications of microrefugia and yet our understanding of them is quite limited. Most notably, we lack an understanding of the climatic basis for explaining their existence. Investigators commonly attribute their subsistence to the presence of ‘microclimates,’ and implicit ass ...
Aalborg Universitet environmental assessment of spatial plans
... Copyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. ? Users may download a ...
... Copyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. ? Users may download a ...
Climate change as the `new` security threat: implications for Africa
... the quality and quantity of water available for domestic and industrial use and hydropower production. Access to water in the countries of the Nile basin, for instance, is dependent on runoff from the Ethiopian highlands and the level of Lake Victoria, both of which are sensitive to variations in ra ...
... the quality and quantity of water available for domestic and industrial use and hydropower production. Access to water in the countries of the Nile basin, for instance, is dependent on runoff from the Ethiopian highlands and the level of Lake Victoria, both of which are sensitive to variations in ra ...
Corporate Disclosure of Climate Change-Related Information
... the information. Technical Reporting challenges affect many types of corporate reporting, including on climate change. Challenges include how to define materiality for climate change-related reporting purposes, which metrics or indicators to use for communicating climate change information and how t ...
... the information. Technical Reporting challenges affect many types of corporate reporting, including on climate change. Challenges include how to define materiality for climate change-related reporting purposes, which metrics or indicators to use for communicating climate change information and how t ...
4. Climate Change Scenarios
... and sea level rise – the same model was used in the IPCC TAR for this purpose. The SCENGEN component uses the global-mean temperature output from MAGICC to scale up the results from 17 transient GCMs to give regional output on temperature and precipitation on a 5 5° grid. MAGICC/SCENGEN also allow ...
... and sea level rise – the same model was used in the IPCC TAR for this purpose. The SCENGEN component uses the global-mean temperature output from MAGICC to scale up the results from 17 transient GCMs to give regional output on temperature and precipitation on a 5 5° grid. MAGICC/SCENGEN also allow ...
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... CBA with joint and several liability for climate change damages; and (5) NC CBA with liability proportional to a country’s share in cumulative emissions. As estimates of the marginal damage costs are low, standard NC CBA implies only limited emission abatement. With international permit trade, emiss ...
... CBA with joint and several liability for climate change damages; and (5) NC CBA with liability proportional to a country’s share in cumulative emissions. As estimates of the marginal damage costs are low, standard NC CBA implies only limited emission abatement. With international permit trade, emiss ...
Unchecked Climate Change Migration V Ramanathan F Forman
... responsible for significant climate-induced migration, slowly progressing but devastating changes to the environment are predicted to play a much larger large role in producing population displacement over the next century Vulnerability and adaptation Everything we presently know about vulnerability ...
... responsible for significant climate-induced migration, slowly progressing but devastating changes to the environment are predicted to play a much larger large role in producing population displacement over the next century Vulnerability and adaptation Everything we presently know about vulnerability ...