Birmingham`s Climate Portfolio
... A probability greater than 0.3 of annual rainfall being below 750mm. Rainfall predominantly falling in the winter half of the year. Gregory (1976) compares the climate of the Midlands to that of north eastern coastal areas, Shropshire, Lincoln and around Dublin. The prevailing air mass is essentiall ...
... A probability greater than 0.3 of annual rainfall being below 750mm. Rainfall predominantly falling in the winter half of the year. Gregory (1976) compares the climate of the Midlands to that of north eastern coastal areas, Shropshire, Lincoln and around Dublin. The prevailing air mass is essentiall ...
The Politics of Climate Change in Germany
... practically no credence to anthropogenic influences on world climate. It was not until late 1987 that the Council finally acknowledged the possibility of climate change due to CO2 emissions and other greenhouse gases (Hatch,1995:426). In other words, government officials did not receive much early w ...
... practically no credence to anthropogenic influences on world climate. It was not until late 1987 that the Council finally acknowledged the possibility of climate change due to CO2 emissions and other greenhouse gases (Hatch,1995:426). In other words, government officials did not receive much early w ...
http://germanwatch.org/en/download/8551.pdf
... The Germanwatch Global Climate Risk Index is an analysis based on one of the most reliable data sets available on the impacts of extreme weather events and associated socioeconomic data. The Germanwatch Climate Risk Index 2014 is the 9th edition of the annual analysis. It represents one important pi ...
... The Germanwatch Global Climate Risk Index is an analysis based on one of the most reliable data sets available on the impacts of extreme weather events and associated socioeconomic data. The Germanwatch Climate Risk Index 2014 is the 9th edition of the annual analysis. It represents one important pi ...
Template: Tribal Climate Change Adaptation Plan
... planning initiative with your tribe. There are many available guidebooks, some of which provide frameworks similar to the Preparing for Climate Change guidebook, and others have a focus on a particular region of the U.S. or sector, such as water resources or fish and wildlife. There are similarities ...
... planning initiative with your tribe. There are many available guidebooks, some of which provide frameworks similar to the Preparing for Climate Change guidebook, and others have a focus on a particular region of the U.S. or sector, such as water resources or fish and wildlife. There are similarities ...
Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap
... Among the future trends that will impact our national security is climate change. Rising global temperatures, changing precipitation patterns, climbing sea levels, and more extreme weather events will intensify the challenges of global instability, hunger, poverty, and conflict. They will likely lea ...
... Among the future trends that will impact our national security is climate change. Rising global temperatures, changing precipitation patterns, climbing sea levels, and more extreme weather events will intensify the challenges of global instability, hunger, poverty, and conflict. They will likely lea ...
Effects of climate change on agriculture - Deltaproof
... years, so that the differences between separate years are apparent and c) for extreme weather conditions in a particular year. Last but not least, d) calculations for weather scenarios. In this version, water damage (root and soil problems) is a function of oxygen stress and therefore based on proce ...
... years, so that the differences between separate years are apparent and c) for extreme weather conditions in a particular year. Last but not least, d) calculations for weather scenarios. In this version, water damage (root and soil problems) is a function of oxygen stress and therefore based on proce ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES THE CLIMATE POLICY DILEMMA Robert S. Pindyck
... (i.e., reflecting the opinions and objectives of policy makers). As a behavioral parameter, the consensus range, based on the macroeconomics and finance literatures, extends from about 1.5 to at least 4. As a policy parameter, we can consider the fact that η also reflects aversion to consumption ine ...
... (i.e., reflecting the opinions and objectives of policy makers). As a behavioral parameter, the consensus range, based on the macroeconomics and finance literatures, extends from about 1.5 to at least 4. As a policy parameter, we can consider the fact that η also reflects aversion to consumption ine ...
Macro Policies For Climate Change: Free
... the greatest and widest-ranging market failure ever seen” (Stern, 2006). What did Stern mean by this statement and what were its implications for public policy regarding climate change? This is the main question we are addressing in this essay. For that purpose, in the first section we briefly analy ...
... the greatest and widest-ranging market failure ever seen” (Stern, 2006). What did Stern mean by this statement and what were its implications for public policy regarding climate change? This is the main question we are addressing in this essay. For that purpose, in the first section we briefly analy ...
Financing an efficient adaptation programme to climate change: A
... cultivated for rubber, oil palm, cocoa, coconut, fruits and vegetables (Austin and Baharuddin, 2012). The consequences of extreme climate change such as floods and unexpected temperatures could seriously affect the Malaysian economy and society. For example, an estimated RM 84 million (RM 10 = $ 2.4) ...
... cultivated for rubber, oil palm, cocoa, coconut, fruits and vegetables (Austin and Baharuddin, 2012). The consequences of extreme climate change such as floods and unexpected temperatures could seriously affect the Malaysian economy and society. For example, an estimated RM 84 million (RM 10 = $ 2.4) ...
assessing trade and business groups` positions on climate change
... have different stakes in, and approaches to influencing, climate policy. As a result, it is common for associations to take policy positions on climate that may not represent all of their members’ views or even those of their boards of directors. This is especially true of umbrella groups, such as ...
... have different stakes in, and approaches to influencing, climate policy. As a result, it is common for associations to take policy positions on climate that may not represent all of their members’ views or even those of their boards of directors. This is especially true of umbrella groups, such as ...
Climate change impacts on South American Rangelands
... to affect future primary production. The inter-annual variation in precipitation leads to time ...
... to affect future primary production. The inter-annual variation in precipitation leads to time ...
Presentation Subject
... Prior to entering into any Transaction, you should determine, without reliance upon us or our affiliates, the economic risks and merits (and independently determine that you are able to assume these risks) as well as the legal, tax and accounting characterizations and consequences of any such Transa ...
... Prior to entering into any Transaction, you should determine, without reliance upon us or our affiliates, the economic risks and merits (and independently determine that you are able to assume these risks) as well as the legal, tax and accounting characterizations and consequences of any such Transa ...
for International Climate Action? - Penn Law
... politics that often shift with electoral changes. Non-state actors are now as important as nations in international environmental issues, but the current international climate change regime relies exclusively on national governments to implement emissions-reduction regulations. By adding a system of ...
... politics that often shift with electoral changes. Non-state actors are now as important as nations in international environmental issues, but the current international climate change regime relies exclusively on national governments to implement emissions-reduction regulations. By adding a system of ...
Mission Report Downscalling - Global Climate Change Alliance
... RCM results with respect to understanding the impacts of the projected changes and what they actually mean for the communities in the study area. Perhaps an area that could be looked at in future in this regard is “Community disaster risk management”, given that projected climate change is indeed go ...
... RCM results with respect to understanding the impacts of the projected changes and what they actually mean for the communities in the study area. Perhaps an area that could be looked at in future in this regard is “Community disaster risk management”, given that projected climate change is indeed go ...
Effects of climate change on water resources in China
... being the 2 warmest since systematic meteorological observations began in 1951 (PRC 2008). Temperature change in China is in line with global warming, but with some specific characteristics. Mean annual temperature rose from the 1920s to 1940s, then declined from 1950s to 1980s, and then went up aga ...
... being the 2 warmest since systematic meteorological observations began in 1951 (PRC 2008). Temperature change in China is in line with global warming, but with some specific characteristics. Mean annual temperature rose from the 1920s to 1940s, then declined from 1950s to 1980s, and then went up aga ...
Tackling climate change and promoting sustainable
... deeper action. Wealthier countries such as Australia, which have contributed more to climate change through their cumulative emissions and have greater capacity to act, need to act first and fastest, with large emitters in the developing world following shortly afterwards. Many developed and develop ...
... deeper action. Wealthier countries such as Australia, which have contributed more to climate change through their cumulative emissions and have greater capacity to act, need to act first and fastest, with large emitters in the developing world following shortly afterwards. Many developed and develop ...
New York`s New Sea Level Rise Projections Will Affect Land Use
... impact statements for state or local actions that may significantly affect the environment. However, on Jan. 20, 2017, DEC released a set of proposed revisions to its regulations under SEQRA, which have not been significantly amended since 1995. One of the proposed revisions would require that envir ...
... impact statements for state or local actions that may significantly affect the environment. However, on Jan. 20, 2017, DEC released a set of proposed revisions to its regulations under SEQRA, which have not been significantly amended since 1995. One of the proposed revisions would require that envir ...
The road to Paris and beyond (opens in new window)
... Effective international cooperation can enable the world to (i) develop along a pathway that provides a reasonable chance that global average temperatures will not increase by more than 2°C above pre-industrial levels; and (ii) adapt to the climatic changes already locked-in as a result of past and ...
... Effective international cooperation can enable the world to (i) develop along a pathway that provides a reasonable chance that global average temperatures will not increase by more than 2°C above pre-industrial levels; and (ii) adapt to the climatic changes already locked-in as a result of past and ...
Climate Change: Sources of Warming in the Late
... Later, in 2001, Visbeck, Hurrell, Polvani, and Cullen wrote that “Because global average temperatures are dominated by temperature variability over the northern land masses, a significant fraction of the recent warming trend in global surface temperatures can be explained as a response to observed c ...
... Later, in 2001, Visbeck, Hurrell, Polvani, and Cullen wrote that “Because global average temperatures are dominated by temperature variability over the northern land masses, a significant fraction of the recent warming trend in global surface temperatures can be explained as a response to observed c ...
On Assessing the Relative Roles of Initial and Boundary Conditions
... these we denote GSO1-4. Hence in September 1974, GS1 and GSO1 have exactly the same initial conditions in both the atmosphere and ocean, but have slight changes in radiative forcing which can be thought of as a small perturbation to the atmospheric initial state (as do GS2 and GSO2 etc.). Global mea ...
... these we denote GSO1-4. Hence in September 1974, GS1 and GSO1 have exactly the same initial conditions in both the atmosphere and ocean, but have slight changes in radiative forcing which can be thought of as a small perturbation to the atmospheric initial state (as do GS2 and GSO2 etc.). Global mea ...
Peatlands and flooding
... peat wet, we prevent it from releasing this carbon into the atmosphere. Over five billion tonnes of carbon are stored in UK peatlands. That is equivalent to nearly a year s worth of global greenhouse gas emissions — and is well worth keeping locked up! You can read more in another of our leaflets: F ...
... peat wet, we prevent it from releasing this carbon into the atmosphere. Over five billion tonnes of carbon are stored in UK peatlands. That is equivalent to nearly a year s worth of global greenhouse gas emissions — and is well worth keeping locked up! You can read more in another of our leaflets: F ...
June 2012 - International Association for Urban Climate
... A study conducted by Columbia University and City University of New York of three test roofs built by Con Edison in Queens found that the green roof − an extensive roof, planted with sedum − cut the rate of heat gained through the roof in summer by 84 percent, and the rate of heat lost through the r ...
... A study conducted by Columbia University and City University of New York of three test roofs built by Con Edison in Queens found that the green roof − an extensive roof, planted with sedum − cut the rate of heat gained through the roof in summer by 84 percent, and the rate of heat lost through the r ...
FiELDiNG CLiMATE CHANGE iN CULTURAL
... views of climate change, its causes, and its impacts (Tschakert 2007b). By comparing conceptual models of farmers and “experts,” she highlights where they diverge and where they may complement each other through collective learning. She also applies ethnographic methods to identify soil fertility st ...
... views of climate change, its causes, and its impacts (Tschakert 2007b). By comparing conceptual models of farmers and “experts,” she highlights where they diverge and where they may complement each other through collective learning. She also applies ethnographic methods to identify soil fertility st ...
Increasing Mississippi river discharge throughout the 21st century
... River discharge is a critical component of the global water cycle and plays an important role in driving the climate system, as freshwater movement into the ocean may influence oceanic circulation patterns [Durack et al., 2012]. It also affects the distribution of water resources, nutrient export, an ...
... River discharge is a critical component of the global water cycle and plays an important role in driving the climate system, as freshwater movement into the ocean may influence oceanic circulation patterns [Durack et al., 2012]. It also affects the distribution of water resources, nutrient export, an ...
Climate Change Legislation in the 113th Congress
... 2. other mechanisms intended to encourage mitigation of GHG emissions (e.g., sequestration of emissions); 3. research on climate change-related issues; 4. adaptation activities related to expected climate change impacts; 5. support for international climate change-related activities; and 6. action t ...
... 2. other mechanisms intended to encourage mitigation of GHG emissions (e.g., sequestration of emissions); 3. research on climate change-related issues; 4. adaptation activities related to expected climate change impacts; 5. support for international climate change-related activities; and 6. action t ...