Resources list. - Society of Environmental Journalists
... The monthly Sea Ice Index provides up-to-date daily and monthly records of sea ice extent, concentration, anomalies, and trends over time. The data is displayed in high-quality maps and graphs. http://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/ Relevant Organizations/Projects Arctic Climate Change Emerging Leaders ...
... The monthly Sea Ice Index provides up-to-date daily and monthly records of sea ice extent, concentration, anomalies, and trends over time. The data is displayed in high-quality maps and graphs. http://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/ Relevant Organizations/Projects Arctic Climate Change Emerging Leaders ...
London, UK - World Bank Group
... and rural areas surrounding the city. (City centers create heat, too, although this is thought to be less of a factor for London.) During prolonged heat waves, the difference in temperature can be as much as up to 9 degrees Celsius. This will contribute to detrimental effects on air quality and will ...
... and rural areas surrounding the city. (City centers create heat, too, although this is thought to be less of a factor for London.) During prolonged heat waves, the difference in temperature can be as much as up to 9 degrees Celsius. This will contribute to detrimental effects on air quality and will ...
Adaptation Learning Highways: Working with
... from the C2C KEFs, CSIFs, and FIP are presented together with the concerns raised at each forum for discussion and to come up with solutions. The consultation workshop’s primary objective is to set in motion a process that results in the formulation of adaptation strategies to respond to stress resu ...
... from the C2C KEFs, CSIFs, and FIP are presented together with the concerns raised at each forum for discussion and to come up with solutions. The consultation workshop’s primary objective is to set in motion a process that results in the formulation of adaptation strategies to respond to stress resu ...
The Economic Impacts of Climate Change
... mix of crops, or even decide to use their farmland for another activity (e.g., a housing complex). Since farmer adaptations are completely constrained in the production function approach, it is likely to produce estimates of climate change that are biased downward. The hedonic approach attempts to m ...
... mix of crops, or even decide to use their farmland for another activity (e.g., a housing complex). Since farmer adaptations are completely constrained in the production function approach, it is likely to produce estimates of climate change that are biased downward. The hedonic approach attempts to m ...
Initial NationalCommunication St. Kitts-Nevis
... coastal waters. The rural areas are characterized by ribbon developments, none of which can be said to have occurred as part of a planned physical development strategy, although there are a handful of locations where planned developments have been implemented. The major urban areas are Basseterre - ...
... coastal waters. The rural areas are characterized by ribbon developments, none of which can be said to have occurred as part of a planned physical development strategy, although there are a handful of locations where planned developments have been implemented. The major urban areas are Basseterre - ...
Analysis of Monthly, Seasonal and Annual Air Temperature
... perature of the Earth within a range suitable for life. However, as the levels of these gases build up in the atmosphere, they act like the transparent roof of a greenhouse, which allows in sunlight while trapping the heat energy. Climate change over the last century is a subject of great topical in ...
... perature of the Earth within a range suitable for life. However, as the levels of these gases build up in the atmosphere, they act like the transparent roof of a greenhouse, which allows in sunlight while trapping the heat energy. Climate change over the last century is a subject of great topical in ...
GOVERNMENT OF NIUE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT
... The National Portfolio Formulation Exercise (NPFE) serves as a priority setting tool to identify and describe the national strategic priorities under each of the GEF focal areas of biodiversity, climate change ...
... The National Portfolio Formulation Exercise (NPFE) serves as a priority setting tool to identify and describe the national strategic priorities under each of the GEF focal areas of biodiversity, climate change ...
Burden Sharing and Fairness Principles in International
... a set of fairness principles that are widely shared in international society, and, if so, what are they? Second, could these principles serve as useful keys to distributing commitments among parties in future climate policy negotiations? Scholarly interest in the relationship of fairness principles ...
... a set of fairness principles that are widely shared in international society, and, if so, what are they? Second, could these principles serve as useful keys to distributing commitments among parties in future climate policy negotiations? Scholarly interest in the relationship of fairness principles ...
Sensitivity of Amazon Regional Climate to Deforestation
... land covers and convection schemes, for example Xue et al. [60] that the new vegetated dataset (changes in particular in LAI, soil properties were deemed important) produced significantly different latent heat flux’s and surface temperatures which can cause a significantly different response in rain ...
... land covers and convection schemes, for example Xue et al. [60] that the new vegetated dataset (changes in particular in LAI, soil properties were deemed important) produced significantly different latent heat flux’s and surface temperatures which can cause a significantly different response in rain ...
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... Climate change is expected to increase weather variability and incidences of extreme events, which will have an impact on livelihoods and wellbeing as it emasculates development efforts (IPCC 2012). Its negative impacts are mostly felt by poor people in developing countries (IPCC 2001a). Kenya in th ...
... Climate change is expected to increase weather variability and incidences of extreme events, which will have an impact on livelihoods and wellbeing as it emasculates development efforts (IPCC 2012). Its negative impacts are mostly felt by poor people in developing countries (IPCC 2001a). Kenya in th ...
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CLIMATE LIMITED
... metropolitan markets for agricultural goods. Saint Lucia, in particular has been significantly affected. In January 2006 the Banana Trade War between the United States of America and the European Union was brought to an end with the elimination of preferential access to the European Union banana mar ...
... metropolitan markets for agricultural goods. Saint Lucia, in particular has been significantly affected. In January 2006 the Banana Trade War between the United States of America and the European Union was brought to an end with the elimination of preferential access to the European Union banana mar ...
Sea-level rise impacts on transport infrastructure: the notorious case
... which the line will be disrupted during the remainder of the 21st century and consider the potential costs of these disruptions to both the railway industry and the region more broadly. A conclusion discussing the wider implications of both our findings and our methodology brings the paper to a close ...
... which the line will be disrupted during the remainder of the 21st century and consider the potential costs of these disruptions to both the railway industry and the region more broadly. A conclusion discussing the wider implications of both our findings and our methodology brings the paper to a close ...
High Speed Rail aff – DDI 2012 KM
... build out of a 21st century rail system, much like is going on in places like China, could create as many as 1.3 million related jobs. The APTA is a nonprofit international association of 1,500 public and private member organizations, engaged in the areas of bus, paratransit, light rail, commuter ra ...
... build out of a 21st century rail system, much like is going on in places like China, could create as many as 1.3 million related jobs. The APTA is a nonprofit international association of 1,500 public and private member organizations, engaged in the areas of bus, paratransit, light rail, commuter ra ...
Sensitivity and response of northern hemisphere altitudinal and
... to environmental change are increasingly discussed in terms of climate change, often forgetting that climate is only one aspect of environmental variation. As treeline heterogeneity increases from global to regional and smaller scales, assessment of treeline sensitivity at the landscape and local sc ...
... to environmental change are increasingly discussed in terms of climate change, often forgetting that climate is only one aspect of environmental variation. As treeline heterogeneity increases from global to regional and smaller scales, assessment of treeline sensitivity at the landscape and local sc ...
Industrialized-Country Mitigation Policy and Resource Transfers to
... found that on average 90 percent believe climate change to be a “serious problem,” with concern rising sharply over the last several years (Globescan 2006). According to a 2007 ...
... found that on average 90 percent believe climate change to be a “serious problem,” with concern rising sharply over the last several years (Globescan 2006). According to a 2007 ...
Cities and climate change - Urban Climate Change Research Network
... 5. Tragedy of the Commons While local adaptation activities benefit a city directly, the benefits of local mitigation activities are non-excludable. Because the greenhouse effect of emissions occurs globally and independently of their place of origin, local mitigation measures lead to very small ben ...
... 5. Tragedy of the Commons While local adaptation activities benefit a city directly, the benefits of local mitigation activities are non-excludable. Because the greenhouse effect of emissions occurs globally and independently of their place of origin, local mitigation measures lead to very small ben ...
RI Climate Change Commission 2012 report
... assets upon which tourism and boating industries rely.4 Scientists are studying the relationship between ocean acidification and carbon dioxide (C02) emissions. Many of these climatological, oceanographic, ecological, and economic changes and transformations are occurring more rapidly than anticipat ...
... assets upon which tourism and boating industries rely.4 Scientists are studying the relationship between ocean acidification and carbon dioxide (C02) emissions. Many of these climatological, oceanographic, ecological, and economic changes and transformations are occurring more rapidly than anticipat ...
NO. EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. CLAUDE EARL
... aimed at changing public policy, not investigating actual violations of existing law: It could be David and Goliath, the Virgin Islands against a huge corporation, but we will not stop until we get to the bottom of this and make it clear to our residents as well as the American people that we have t ...
... aimed at changing public policy, not investigating actual violations of existing law: It could be David and Goliath, the Virgin Islands against a huge corporation, but we will not stop until we get to the bottom of this and make it clear to our residents as well as the American people that we have t ...
Effects of climate change and seed dispersal on airborne ragweed
... Europe because current loads are small and any increase will be significant, whereas in south/central Europe current loads are high. However, in absolute numbers, the increase in the latter areas can be larger, which represents higher risk for the population. Alternative sensitivity simulations were ...
... Europe because current loads are small and any increase will be significant, whereas in south/central Europe current loads are high. However, in absolute numbers, the increase in the latter areas can be larger, which represents higher risk for the population. Alternative sensitivity simulations were ...
climate change: realities of relocation for alaska native villages
... effects. Traditionally, many communities would adapt to the seasonal variability by migrating between hunting grounds throughout the year. However, beginning around the turn of the 20th century, Alaska Natives were forced to settle by the U.S. government, creating a dependence on the immediate are ...
... effects. Traditionally, many communities would adapt to the seasonal variability by migrating between hunting grounds throughout the year. However, beginning around the turn of the 20th century, Alaska Natives were forced to settle by the U.S. government, creating a dependence on the immediate are ...
Working Group I Fifth Assessment Report
... resulting atmospheric concentrations of radiatively important gases and aerosols and by changing land surface properties. Previous assessments have already shown through multiple lines of evidence that the climate is changing across our planet, largely as a result of human activities. The most compe ...
... resulting atmospheric concentrations of radiatively important gases and aerosols and by changing land surface properties. Previous assessments have already shown through multiple lines of evidence that the climate is changing across our planet, largely as a result of human activities. The most compe ...
Combating Climate Change by Keeping Land in
... ● According to AFT’s Greener Fields report, an acre of farmland emits 66x fewer greenhouse gases than an acre of developed land. ● Keeping land in farming and promoting good stewardship of the land is an important tool for achieving reductions in GHG emissions. ● If the annual rate of farmland loss ...
... ● According to AFT’s Greener Fields report, an acre of farmland emits 66x fewer greenhouse gases than an acre of developed land. ● Keeping land in farming and promoting good stewardship of the land is an important tool for achieving reductions in GHG emissions. ● If the annual rate of farmland loss ...
6. Climate change in the Arctic: A discussion of the impact on
... Cod and herring are very important commercial marine species in the atlantic arctic region, and both of these are generally assumed to benefit from increased plankton growth associated with higher temperature and less sea ice5. For cod, the longer time series display migration further north and east ...
... Cod and herring are very important commercial marine species in the atlantic arctic region, and both of these are generally assumed to benefit from increased plankton growth associated with higher temperature and less sea ice5. For cod, the longer time series display migration further north and east ...
Analyses of the Effects of Global Change on Human Health and
... systems, making it possible for vector-, water-, and food-borne diseases to spread or emerge in areas where they had been limited or not existed, or for such diseases to disappear by making areas less hospitable to the vector or pathogen (NRC, 2001). Climate change can also affect the incidence of d ...
... systems, making it possible for vector-, water-, and food-borne diseases to spread or emerge in areas where they had been limited or not existed, or for such diseases to disappear by making areas less hospitable to the vector or pathogen (NRC, 2001). Climate change can also affect the incidence of d ...