Victorian climate change adaptation plan
... Understanding where risks exist can help inform future decisions about where and how to invest both from a public and private point of view to ensure the State’s continued prosperity. In particular, gradual changes in temperature potentially enable industries to transition and develop. The plan is g ...
... Understanding where risks exist can help inform future decisions about where and how to invest both from a public and private point of view to ensure the State’s continued prosperity. In particular, gradual changes in temperature potentially enable industries to transition and develop. The plan is g ...
DRAFT New Jersey Climate and Health Profile Report is available
... This report begins with a review of NJCAA’s history of engagement on climate change and health issues and gives a background on New Jersey’s geographic features including climate regions. The next section is a baseline assessment of New Jersey’s climate and an analysis of recent trends related to te ...
... This report begins with a review of NJCAA’s history of engagement on climate change and health issues and gives a background on New Jersey’s geographic features including climate regions. The next section is a baseline assessment of New Jersey’s climate and an analysis of recent trends related to te ...
Changes in Global Ocean Bottom Properties and Volume Transports
... Montégut et al. 2004). The observed MLD in the North Atlantic and Southern Ocean was obtained from the climatology of de Boyer Montégut et al. (2004), using the same density threshold criterion. The sea ice is also shown, as it can have a large impact on the MLD at high latitudes through brine rejec ...
... Montégut et al. 2004). The observed MLD in the North Atlantic and Southern Ocean was obtained from the climatology of de Boyer Montégut et al. (2004), using the same density threshold criterion. The sea ice is also shown, as it can have a large impact on the MLD at high latitudes through brine rejec ...
Peru-Chile upwelling dynamics under climate change - HAL-Insu
... IPSL-CM4 surface winds along the Peru and Chile coasts under idealized preindustrial (PI), doubling and quadrupling CO2 scenarios. Their results confirmed the wind strengthening off Chile, whereas they show a decrease in the annual mean off Peru, consequence of an austral summer decrease and a modera ...
... IPSL-CM4 surface winds along the Peru and Chile coasts under idealized preindustrial (PI), doubling and quadrupling CO2 scenarios. Their results confirmed the wind strengthening off Chile, whereas they show a decrease in the annual mean off Peru, consequence of an austral summer decrease and a modera ...
Phasing Down the Use of Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)
... drive energy efficiency improvements of up to 60% in some sub-sectors. These efficiency gains were the result of replacing old products and equipment with new, higher-efficiency machines. For example, in the US, CFC-free building chillers are estimated to be up to 50% more energy efficient than the ...
... drive energy efficiency improvements of up to 60% in some sub-sectors. These efficiency gains were the result of replacing old products and equipment with new, higher-efficiency machines. For example, in the US, CFC-free building chillers are estimated to be up to 50% more energy efficient than the ...
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE LIMITED
... Globally, tourism is one of the largest and fastest growing economic sectors and the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) expects the positive growth trend of the past 60 years to continue (UNWTO, 2011). In its Tourism 2020 Vision forecast, UNWTO had projected an annual growth rate of 4 ...
... Globally, tourism is one of the largest and fastest growing economic sectors and the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) expects the positive growth trend of the past 60 years to continue (UNWTO, 2011). In its Tourism 2020 Vision forecast, UNWTO had projected an annual growth rate of 4 ...
Regional temperature change over the HuangHuaiHai Plain of
... on regional climate, especially on temperature. The effect of irrigation and urbanization on temperature is separately documented in several studies. However, there are few studies analysing the combined effects of irrigation and urbanization on temperature. In this study, changes in surface tempera ...
... on regional climate, especially on temperature. The effect of irrigation and urbanization on temperature is separately documented in several studies. However, there are few studies analysing the combined effects of irrigation and urbanization on temperature. In this study, changes in surface tempera ...
Nowhere to ruN - National Wildlife Federation
... Over-whelming scientific evidence shows that human activities are causing the climate to change. Air temperatures in the United States and around the world are rising due primarily to the addition of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases to the atmosphere. Carbon pollution is generated primar ...
... Over-whelming scientific evidence shows that human activities are causing the climate to change. Air temperatures in the United States and around the world are rising due primarily to the addition of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases to the atmosphere. Carbon pollution is generated primar ...
Climate Protection as a World Citizen Movement
... The 5th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) makes it unmistakeably clear: unacceptable climatic impacts, which are likely to escalate beyond the 2 °C guard rail, can only be avoided if further increases in greenhouse-gas concentrations are halted as soon as poss ...
... The 5th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) makes it unmistakeably clear: unacceptable climatic impacts, which are likely to escalate beyond the 2 °C guard rail, can only be avoided if further increases in greenhouse-gas concentrations are halted as soon as poss ...
The Stern Review - Productivity Commission
... The Review’s approach to analysing the impacts of climate change is twofold. 1. It engages in a lengthy qualitative discussion of the impacts of climate change on water availability, sea levels, biodiversity, food production and human health. No monetary values are ascribed to impacts in this bottom ...
... The Review’s approach to analysing the impacts of climate change is twofold. 1. It engages in a lengthy qualitative discussion of the impacts of climate change on water availability, sea levels, biodiversity, food production and human health. No monetary values are ascribed to impacts in this bottom ...
ARTICLES CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION AND THE STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
... [I]nterest in adaptation was overwhelmed by concern about the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and stabilize atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations. Proponents of adaptation faced two obstacles that were attributed to adaptation: reducing the apparent need for mitigation; and playing down ...
... [I]nterest in adaptation was overwhelmed by concern about the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and stabilize atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations. Proponents of adaptation faced two obstacles that were attributed to adaptation: reducing the apparent need for mitigation; and playing down ...
Author`s personal copy
... there may be an information deficit caused by divided science. An information deficit exists when an individual lacks a scientific understanding of an issue. It is often assumed that if these individuals are presented with factual and consistent scientific information, they will come to view the iss ...
... there may be an information deficit caused by divided science. An information deficit exists when an individual lacks a scientific understanding of an issue. It is often assumed that if these individuals are presented with factual and consistent scientific information, they will come to view the iss ...
Small global-mean cooling due to volcanic radiative forcing
... (Fig. 1a), and is projected to continue to rise during the present century at a rate which depends on the emissions scenario. For example, the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change considered a set of scenarios under which the nominal radiative forcing at 210 ...
... (Fig. 1a), and is projected to continue to rise during the present century at a rate which depends on the emissions scenario. For example, the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change considered a set of scenarios under which the nominal radiative forcing at 210 ...
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... become less productive, or even disappear. Some of these impacts can be easily predicted, like the direct impact of a heat wave on a specific plant at a specific moment of its growth (provided that it has been well studied enough). Others are more complex to predict, like the effect of a certain cli ...
... become less productive, or even disappear. Some of these impacts can be easily predicted, like the direct impact of a heat wave on a specific plant at a specific moment of its growth (provided that it has been well studied enough). Others are more complex to predict, like the effect of a certain cli ...
stxb201409051755 Spatio-temporal distribution pattern of
... Junggar Basin is located in the northern Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China. It is the second largest interior basin in China and is a representative area in the arid zone. It was found between the Tianshan Mountains and Altai Mountains, forming an irregular triangle, and its terrain tilts t ...
... Junggar Basin is located in the northern Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China. It is the second largest interior basin in China and is a representative area in the arid zone. It was found between the Tianshan Mountains and Altai Mountains, forming an irregular triangle, and its terrain tilts t ...
Impactsof climate variability and change inthe Pacific Northwest University of Washington
... variations have on the Pacific Northwest, and illustrates that there are both winners and loser when the climate is different from the “average.” The mild winter and spring of 1997—98 saw an early snow melt, which strained regional water supplies during the summer and fall months. An especially warm ...
... variations have on the Pacific Northwest, and illustrates that there are both winners and loser when the climate is different from the “average.” The mild winter and spring of 1997—98 saw an early snow melt, which strained regional water supplies during the summer and fall months. An especially warm ...
Omitted Damages What`s Missing from the Social Cost of Carbon.indd
... sectors: agriculture, forestry, and fisheries (including pests, pathogens, and weeds, erosion, fires, and ocean acidification); ecosystem services (including biodiversity and habitat loss); health impacts (including Lyme disease and respiratory illness from increased ozone pollution, pollen, and wildfir ...
... sectors: agriculture, forestry, and fisheries (including pests, pathogens, and weeds, erosion, fires, and ocean acidification); ecosystem services (including biodiversity and habitat loss); health impacts (including Lyme disease and respiratory illness from increased ozone pollution, pollen, and wildfir ...
Climate Change and European Agriculture - EDOC HU
... distribution of results. That way, uncertainty stemming from different climate projections is accounted for. Further, a closely connected purpose of this study is to consider climate change induced adaptation of farmers to changes in the relative profitability of crops. Thereby, it is shown that cli ...
... distribution of results. That way, uncertainty stemming from different climate projections is accounted for. Further, a closely connected purpose of this study is to consider climate change induced adaptation of farmers to changes in the relative profitability of crops. Thereby, it is shown that cli ...
Historical Responsibility in the UNFCCC Mathias Friman
... some addresses equity explicitly and some implicitly. 9 This report focuses on one principle for how to distribute rights and restrictions to the atmosphere based on outspoken ethical arguments, namely the principle of historical responsibility. Proponents of historical responsibility argue that pas ...
... some addresses equity explicitly and some implicitly. 9 This report focuses on one principle for how to distribute rights and restrictions to the atmosphere based on outspoken ethical arguments, namely the principle of historical responsibility. Proponents of historical responsibility argue that pas ...
T M Climate Negotiations After the Copenhagen Overview of Emissions Targets
... ppm CO2e would more or less guarantee that global average temperature rise would be limited to 2°C. The IPCC claims that a concentration of 450 ppm CO2e (400 ppm CO2) would only provide approximately a 50% chance (within a probability distribution of 26 – 78%) of remaining below a dangerous global a ...
... ppm CO2e would more or less guarantee that global average temperature rise would be limited to 2°C. The IPCC claims that a concentration of 450 ppm CO2e (400 ppm CO2) would only provide approximately a 50% chance (within a probability distribution of 26 – 78%) of remaining below a dangerous global a ...
Stabilization of atmospheric carbon dioxide via zero emissions—An
... its limitations. In subsequent sections, we propose a new stabilization concept, in which CO2 emissions are reduced to zero at some time, typically in the next century, and; thereafter, CO2 concentration decreases by natural removal processes, finally reaching an equilibrium state, which we call “Zer ...
... its limitations. In subsequent sections, we propose a new stabilization concept, in which CO2 emissions are reduced to zero at some time, typically in the next century, and; thereafter, CO2 concentration decreases by natural removal processes, finally reaching an equilibrium state, which we call “Zer ...
Economics, Institutions and Adaptation to Climate Change
... shape the decision environment of private actors (Aakre/Rübbelke 2010). The second role assigned to governments by normative neoclassical economic theory is that of ‘direct adaptation policies’. In these cases the government is the operating or financing agent on behalf of its citizens (Aakre/Rübbel ...
... shape the decision environment of private actors (Aakre/Rübbelke 2010). The second role assigned to governments by normative neoclassical economic theory is that of ‘direct adaptation policies’. In these cases the government is the operating or financing agent on behalf of its citizens (Aakre/Rübbel ...
Impacts of climate change on air pollution levels in the Northern
... contributes to a significant change in the typical life time of many species, since OH are participating in a large number of chemical reactions. It is e.g. found that more SO42− will be present in the future over the already polluted areas and this increase can be explained by an enhanced conversio ...
... contributes to a significant change in the typical life time of many species, since OH are participating in a large number of chemical reactions. It is e.g. found that more SO42− will be present in the future over the already polluted areas and this increase can be explained by an enhanced conversio ...
Transformational adaptation
... Responses from participants (working in research, policy and practice) at a UKCIP workshop, March 2015 on ‘What is transformational adaptation?’ • Transformation may occur at different levels and dimensions, mediated by power relations, but usually implies a systemic or paradigm shift, possibly tri ...
... Responses from participants (working in research, policy and practice) at a UKCIP workshop, March 2015 on ‘What is transformational adaptation?’ • Transformation may occur at different levels and dimensions, mediated by power relations, but usually implies a systemic or paradigm shift, possibly tri ...
Emerging trends in heavy precipitation and hot temperature
... climdex.pcic, which uses the resampling procedure suggested by Zhang et al. [2005] to avoid inhomogeneities in the temperature extremes. As reference period the 1961–1990 period was chosen, and only the summer months June, July, and August have been considered. Note that Rx1day, TXx, and TX90p are i ...
... climdex.pcic, which uses the resampling procedure suggested by Zhang et al. [2005] to avoid inhomogeneities in the temperature extremes. As reference period the 1961–1990 period was chosen, and only the summer months June, July, and August have been considered. Note that Rx1day, TXx, and TX90p are i ...