Why Physical Geography matters - School of Geography and the
... What are the big dryland environmental issues? • Urbanisation? • Desertification? • Climate change impacts? Two‐way human‐environment interactions in a fragile environmental context. ...
... What are the big dryland environmental issues? • Urbanisation? • Desertification? • Climate change impacts? Two‐way human‐environment interactions in a fragile environmental context. ...
National Policy on Climate Change for Namibia 2011
... There is considerable uncertainty regarding the accurate detection of future climate change scenarios, despite the continuous improvements in climate science. This is because of various limitations related to the uncertainty in future global GHG emissions, understanding of the dynamics of global cli ...
... There is considerable uncertainty regarding the accurate detection of future climate change scenarios, despite the continuous improvements in climate science. This is because of various limitations related to the uncertainty in future global GHG emissions, understanding of the dynamics of global cli ...
Water and Climate Change - Background Document
... Climate change is among the global environmental issues that has received most attention across nearly all domains (political, media, scientific, and civil society). Although the Arab region does not contribute more than 5% to the causes of global climate change, its effects on the region will be ve ...
... Climate change is among the global environmental issues that has received most attention across nearly all domains (political, media, scientific, and civil society). Although the Arab region does not contribute more than 5% to the causes of global climate change, its effects on the region will be ve ...
Assessment of climate change impact on hydrological extremes in
... most of the previous studies were limited by the coarse spatial resolution of the GCMs used and the small number of GCMs that could be evaluated. In addition, the impact of using different hydrological models for a given climate change scenario is not widely investigated and reported in literature f ...
... most of the previous studies were limited by the coarse spatial resolution of the GCMs used and the small number of GCMs that could be evaluated. In addition, the impact of using different hydrological models for a given climate change scenario is not widely investigated and reported in literature f ...
Implications of global warming for the climate of African rainforests
... tropics, including the south and west of the Congo Basin, where there is a negative anomaly greater than 16 mm month21 per 8C of DTg in the AO-PPE ensemble mean. This means there is inter-model agreement that dry seasons will intensify in regions where models agree that there will be no significant ...
... tropics, including the south and west of the Congo Basin, where there is a negative anomaly greater than 16 mm month21 per 8C of DTg in the AO-PPE ensemble mean. This means there is inter-model agreement that dry seasons will intensify in regions where models agree that there will be no significant ...
Current issues in environmental management in Australia: what do
... Australian Studies Centre, Universitat de Barcelona ...
... Australian Studies Centre, Universitat de Barcelona ...
Climate Change, Public Health and Health Inequalities
... in England.5 We know people die in extremes of temperature – yet we seem unprepared when it happens. There is a 1 in 40 chance that by 2012, southern England will have a severe heatwave which could again cause up to 10,000 heat related deaths.6 A wide variety of people are at risk, but particularly ...
... in England.5 We know people die in extremes of temperature – yet we seem unprepared when it happens. There is a 1 in 40 chance that by 2012, southern England will have a severe heatwave which could again cause up to 10,000 heat related deaths.6 A wide variety of people are at risk, but particularly ...
The Rockefeller Way - Energy and Environmental Legal Institute
... investors by not disclosing the risks that climate change could have on its business. 1 This occurred only weeks after the Columbia Journalism School’s (CJS) Energy and Environment Reporting Fellowship accused Exxon of misleading the public through its Los Angeles Times article, “How Exxon went from ...
... investors by not disclosing the risks that climate change could have on its business. 1 This occurred only weeks after the Columbia Journalism School’s (CJS) Energy and Environment Reporting Fellowship accused Exxon of misleading the public through its Los Angeles Times article, “How Exxon went from ...
Mitigation of What and by What? Adaptation by Whom and
... that “people will not act on climate change until they can see the © AFP: Thiago Sampaio. immediate effects, by which time it will be too late” (Maxwell, 2010; Giddens, 2009). 6. The resulting manifestation of poverty and vulnerability in different ways across and within countries makes it hard to d ...
... that “people will not act on climate change until they can see the © AFP: Thiago Sampaio. immediate effects, by which time it will be too late” (Maxwell, 2010; Giddens, 2009). 6. The resulting manifestation of poverty and vulnerability in different ways across and within countries makes it hard to d ...
Independent Review of the Climate Change Act 2010 [MS Word
... The Andrews Labor Government commends the Independent Review Committee, chaired by Mr Martijn Wilder AM, with members Ms Anna Skarbek and Professor Rosemary Lyster, for its comprehensive review into the Victorian Climate Change Act 2010. The recommendations of the Committee complement the internatio ...
... The Andrews Labor Government commends the Independent Review Committee, chaired by Mr Martijn Wilder AM, with members Ms Anna Skarbek and Professor Rosemary Lyster, for its comprehensive review into the Victorian Climate Change Act 2010. The recommendations of the Committee complement the internatio ...
Low-Carbon Development for the Least Developed Countries (opens in new window)
... greenhouse gas emissions to cut, the geographical and industrial location of the cuts, and the timing of the cuts, subject to a credible and stable long-term climate-change policy framework. In the jargon of economists, minimising costs requires that the marginal costs of additional emissions reduct ...
... greenhouse gas emissions to cut, the geographical and industrial location of the cuts, and the timing of the cuts, subject to a credible and stable long-term climate-change policy framework. In the jargon of economists, minimising costs requires that the marginal costs of additional emissions reduct ...
Hope in God`s Future - The Methodist Church in Britain
... Development Goals is likely to be impeded and by the mid 21st century there are likely to be 200 million refugees as a result of climate change.11 For global warming as low as 1.5°C, it is estimated that 30% of species face an increased risk of extinction, while for warming of 3.5°C, 40–70% of speci ...
... Development Goals is likely to be impeded and by the mid 21st century there are likely to be 200 million refugees as a result of climate change.11 For global warming as low as 1.5°C, it is estimated that 30% of species face an increased risk of extinction, while for warming of 3.5°C, 40–70% of speci ...
AILAC Final Submission Gender and CC
... equality in the different elements of climate action, AILAC suggests the realization of annual insession workshops with focus on the mainstreaming gender equality issues within a specific area of climate action to review progress during SBs (first semester of the year), in the context of the UNFCCC ...
... equality in the different elements of climate action, AILAC suggests the realization of annual insession workshops with focus on the mainstreaming gender equality issues within a specific area of climate action to review progress during SBs (first semester of the year), in the context of the UNFCCC ...
2014, a climate emergency
... What appears to be happening is best described as the development of a more “energetic” climate, with increasingly intense weather activity stemming from more energy in the atmosphere due to carbon emissions. It follows the almost unnoticed report from the World Meteorological Organisation [8] (WMO) ...
... What appears to be happening is best described as the development of a more “energetic” climate, with increasingly intense weather activity stemming from more energy in the atmosphere due to carbon emissions. It follows the almost unnoticed report from the World Meteorological Organisation [8] (WMO) ...
D3.3 Annex 1 review pest risk mapping best practice
... Vulnerable species, habitats and ecosystems (2.7) Vulnerable people and communities (2.9) 3.2.1 Mapping the risk of plant invasions in Europe based on habitat invasibility A specific approach to mapping the risk from invasions by alien plants was recently undertaken (Chytrý et al. 2009) with fun ...
... Vulnerable species, habitats and ecosystems (2.7) Vulnerable people and communities (2.9) 3.2.1 Mapping the risk of plant invasions in Europe based on habitat invasibility A specific approach to mapping the risk from invasions by alien plants was recently undertaken (Chytrý et al. 2009) with fun ...
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... climate trends. Model parameters are drawn from several nationally representative rural household surveys, local meteorological records, and downscaled climate predictions of the Hadley (HadCM3) and CCSM models for the year 2050. The calorie-maximizing LP models are calibrated to best reflect baseli ...
... climate trends. Model parameters are drawn from several nationally representative rural household surveys, local meteorological records, and downscaled climate predictions of the Hadley (HadCM3) and CCSM models for the year 2050. The calorie-maximizing LP models are calibrated to best reflect baseli ...
The Quiet Tsunami: The Ecological, Economic, Social, and Political
... It then assesses the economic, social, and political ramifications of ocean acidification and suggests a new strategy for the promotion of climate change policy. The “quiet tsunami” of oceanic climate change necessitates a policy shift away from the business-as-usual approach to reducing carbon emis ...
... It then assesses the economic, social, and political ramifications of ocean acidification and suggests a new strategy for the promotion of climate change policy. The “quiet tsunami” of oceanic climate change necessitates a policy shift away from the business-as-usual approach to reducing carbon emis ...
Political parties` climate policies in the UK, Italy and Denmark Paper
... Political parties’ climate policies are important for at least three reasons. First, parties can be catalysts for or obstacles to governments’ climate change mitigation policies (e.g., Harrison, 2010: 523; Jensen and Spoon, 2011; Harrison, 2012; Birchall, 2014; see also Knill et al., 2010; Schulze, ...
... Political parties’ climate policies are important for at least three reasons. First, parties can be catalysts for or obstacles to governments’ climate change mitigation policies (e.g., Harrison, 2010: 523; Jensen and Spoon, 2011; Harrison, 2012; Birchall, 2014; see also Knill et al., 2010; Schulze, ...
Adaptation and the Courtroom: Judging Climate Science
... and understandings, including those related to climate change in specific locations. Finally, because of the politicization of climate science and the extensive coverage lent to climate science in the popular press, it is all the more important that judges approach cases involving climate science wi ...
... and understandings, including those related to climate change in specific locations. Finally, because of the politicization of climate science and the extensive coverage lent to climate science in the popular press, it is all the more important that judges approach cases involving climate science wi ...
NEWSLETTER
... in binding CO2 emission targets. Nevertheless, a process towards binding targets was started, but the rates of reduction are lower than those already recommended by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). This means that communities in the North Sea region are facing higher temperature ...
... in binding CO2 emission targets. Nevertheless, a process towards binding targets was started, but the rates of reduction are lower than those already recommended by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). This means that communities in the North Sea region are facing higher temperature ...
Assessing the Effect of Rising Temperatures
... temperatures and increasing frequency of extreme weather events like heat waves, intense precipitation events, and wildfires have revealed the vulnerability of our electric power system to a changing climate and the growing need to understand the potential magnitude of such risks going forward.ii Ov ...
... temperatures and increasing frequency of extreme weather events like heat waves, intense precipitation events, and wildfires have revealed the vulnerability of our electric power system to a changing climate and the growing need to understand the potential magnitude of such risks going forward.ii Ov ...
Climate change track in river floods in Europe
... spring peak flows in snowmelt- and glacier-fed rivers. However, not all such areas are experiencing changes in the magnitude of peak flow (Kundzewicz, 2012). The availability of 25 years of large flood records in the Dartmouth Flood Observatory Archive allowed analysis of the time series of flood in ...
... spring peak flows in snowmelt- and glacier-fed rivers. However, not all such areas are experiencing changes in the magnitude of peak flow (Kundzewicz, 2012). The availability of 25 years of large flood records in the Dartmouth Flood Observatory Archive allowed analysis of the time series of flood in ...
Districte Universitari de Catalunya
... among amphibians. Garner and his colleagues based their assessment on published research into the effects of climate change on amphibian habitats, and believe more than 40 species could be extinct by 2050. One study showed that as global warming alters the climate in Europe, almost every amphibian h ...
... among amphibians. Garner and his colleagues based their assessment on published research into the effects of climate change on amphibian habitats, and believe more than 40 species could be extinct by 2050. One study showed that as global warming alters the climate in Europe, almost every amphibian h ...
Neelam Patel EPA Climate Updates Tribal Air Forum 6 4 2009
... April 2, 2007– In Massachusetts v. EPA, the Supreme Court found that greenhouse gases are air pollutants covered by the Clean Air Act EPA was required determine whether: ...
... April 2, 2007– In Massachusetts v. EPA, the Supreme Court found that greenhouse gases are air pollutants covered by the Clean Air Act EPA was required determine whether: ...
Adaptation Planning – What U.S. States and Localities are Doing
... projections by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) indicate the continental United States can expect temperature increases of between 5.4ºF and 12.6ºF by the year 2100.1 This warming will have significant consequences, causing a rise in sea-level and the gradual inundation of coasta ...
... projections by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) indicate the continental United States can expect temperature increases of between 5.4ºF and 12.6ºF by the year 2100.1 This warming will have significant consequences, causing a rise in sea-level and the gradual inundation of coasta ...