1 decade down, 9 decades to go
... 5. We cannot predict exactly when, where and how a disaster will occur, but can prepare for uncertainties. 6. Preparation of many risk scenarios may be useless. 7. Too many risk response manuals act as ‘societal tranquilizers’ 8. Keep records in more than one locality (e.g., medical information). ...
... 5. We cannot predict exactly when, where and how a disaster will occur, but can prepare for uncertainties. 6. Preparation of many risk scenarios may be useless. 7. Too many risk response manuals act as ‘societal tranquilizers’ 8. Keep records in more than one locality (e.g., medical information). ...
Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis
... Section 2: Direct Observations of Recent Climate Change – Findings Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising global average sea level. Eleven of the l ...
... Section 2: Direct Observations of Recent Climate Change – Findings Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising global average sea level. Eleven of the l ...
The Climate The Climate and Deserts Workshop Deserts Workshop:
... Lisa Graumlich School of Natural Resources, UA 9:15 Climate Change & Western Deserts: Climatological science and desert areas ...
... Lisa Graumlich School of Natural Resources, UA 9:15 Climate Change & Western Deserts: Climatological science and desert areas ...
Slide 1
... -->> recent trends in the global oceans and in continental precipitation can in part be ascribed to anthropogenic forcings -->> drought in the Sahel was forced by a warming of the oceans, in no negligible part due to GHG and aerosol forcing ...
... -->> recent trends in the global oceans and in continental precipitation can in part be ascribed to anthropogenic forcings -->> drought in the Sahel was forced by a warming of the oceans, in no negligible part due to GHG and aerosol forcing ...
Japan - unfccc
... prioritization in Each of 4 fields including environment: - Areas prioritized in environment: Climate change research, Climate change mitigation technology, Chemical substance risk and security management research, Water/material cycle and watershed, ecosystem management research, 3R (reduce, reuse ...
... prioritization in Each of 4 fields including environment: - Areas prioritized in environment: Climate change research, Climate change mitigation technology, Chemical substance risk and security management research, Water/material cycle and watershed, ecosystem management research, 3R (reduce, reuse ...
Joint UNECE – UNCTAD Workshop Geneva, Switzerland, 8 September 2010
... climate change impacts and related adaptation requirements be considered as a matter of priority along with initiatives aimed at mitigating global warming and climate change. A better understanding of climate change impacts, risks and vulnerabilities is a pre-condition to welldesigned and effective ...
... climate change impacts and related adaptation requirements be considered as a matter of priority along with initiatives aimed at mitigating global warming and climate change. A better understanding of climate change impacts, risks and vulnerabilities is a pre-condition to welldesigned and effective ...
One Book One Northwestern Discussion Guides
... much good if there is no one willing to listen to it.” When do you trust weather forecasts, and when do you not? Why? How can government and private agencies improve the likelihood of people listening to their forecasts? Silver argues, “It is forecasting’s original sin to put politics, personal ...
... much good if there is no one willing to listen to it.” When do you trust weather forecasts, and when do you not? Why? How can government and private agencies improve the likelihood of people listening to their forecasts? Silver argues, “It is forecasting’s original sin to put politics, personal ...
New Zealand Earthquakes
... • Government, via CERA, will buy Red Zone homes at current valuation (CV) • Minor damage to home but CERA paid CV ...
... • Government, via CERA, will buy Red Zone homes at current valuation (CV) • Minor damage to home but CERA paid CV ...
One Book One Northwestern Book Group Discussion
... much good if there is no one willing to listen to it.” When do you trust weather forecasts, and when do you not? Why? ¡ How can government and private agencies improve the likelihood of people listening to their forecasts? ¡ Silver argues, “It is forecasting’s original sin to put politics, perso ...
... much good if there is no one willing to listen to it.” When do you trust weather forecasts, and when do you not? Why? ¡ How can government and private agencies improve the likelihood of people listening to their forecasts? ¡ Silver argues, “It is forecasting’s original sin to put politics, perso ...
PowerPoint-Präsentation
... http://ingeniouspursuits.blogspot.pt/2014/06/consensus-in-science-revisited.html ...
... http://ingeniouspursuits.blogspot.pt/2014/06/consensus-in-science-revisited.html ...
PPT 8.2MB - Department of Geological & Atmospheric Sciences
... Gu, et al, 2008: The 2007 eastern US spring freeze: Increased cold damage in a warming world? Bioscience 58 (3), 261-270. ...
... Gu, et al, 2008: The 2007 eastern US spring freeze: Increased cold damage in a warming world? Bioscience 58 (3), 261-270. ...
Final_studyguide
... 14. There is a good chance there will be a question from the last article we read by Thomas Friedman, columnist from the New York Times. A summary of some of the ‘main points’ from this class is given below: Over the last 100 years and especially over the last thirty-five years, the Earth climate ha ...
... 14. There is a good chance there will be a question from the last article we read by Thomas Friedman, columnist from the New York Times. A summary of some of the ‘main points’ from this class is given below: Over the last 100 years and especially over the last thirty-five years, the Earth climate ha ...
Met 112: Final Exam Study Notes Part I: Climate Change: Natural
... 14. There is a good chance there will be a question from the last article we read by Thomas Friedman, columnist from the New York Times. A summary of some of the ‘main points’ from this class is given below: Over the last 100 years and especially over the last thirty-five years, the Earth climate ha ...
... 14. There is a good chance there will be a question from the last article we read by Thomas Friedman, columnist from the New York Times. A summary of some of the ‘main points’ from this class is given below: Over the last 100 years and especially over the last thirty-five years, the Earth climate ha ...
Discovering spatio-temporal cascade patterns
... exponential computations even for individual candidate patterns. In contrast, we propose to new interest measures which are computationally less expensive but still provide spatial statistical interpretation in terms of Ripley’s K-function [3] generalized for spatio-temporal events. Preliminary appr ...
... exponential computations even for individual candidate patterns. In contrast, we propose to new interest measures which are computationally less expensive but still provide spatial statistical interpretation in terms of Ripley’s K-function [3] generalized for spatio-temporal events. Preliminary appr ...
Global Climate Change: Past and Future
... Departments of Meteorology and Geosciences and Earth and Environmental Systems Institute (EESI) Penn State University Pennsylvania Consortium for Interdisciplinary Environmental Policy and the Pennsylvania Environmental Council Harrisburg PA Oct 5, 2006 ...
... Departments of Meteorology and Geosciences and Earth and Environmental Systems Institute (EESI) Penn State University Pennsylvania Consortium for Interdisciplinary Environmental Policy and the Pennsylvania Environmental Council Harrisburg PA Oct 5, 2006 ...
Appendix A - Three Rivers District Council
... Framework Convention on Climate Change produced many reports, including predictions and forecasting models for changing weather patterns. Political consensus was reached that an urgent action in adaptation to and mitigation of climate change is needed. ...
... Framework Convention on Climate Change produced many reports, including predictions and forecasting models for changing weather patterns. Political consensus was reached that an urgent action in adaptation to and mitigation of climate change is needed. ...
Project intro-wetlands wg 5 16 16 zpj edits
... ■ Increase the resiliency of the Chesapeake Bay watershed, including its living resources, habitats, public infrastructure and communities, to withstand adverse impacts from changing environmental and climate conditions ■ ‘…. changing climate conditions are a significant challenge to successful rest ...
... ■ Increase the resiliency of the Chesapeake Bay watershed, including its living resources, habitats, public infrastructure and communities, to withstand adverse impacts from changing environmental and climate conditions ■ ‘…. changing climate conditions are a significant challenge to successful rest ...
the ultimate tipping point: destruction of the present biosphere
... Scientific evidence on climate change has increased dramatically, but has not reduced the fervor of climate deniers. “The [climate change] deniers did not decide that climate change is a left-wing conspiracy by uncovering some covert socialist plot. They arrived at this analysis by taking a hard ...
... Scientific evidence on climate change has increased dramatically, but has not reduced the fervor of climate deniers. “The [climate change] deniers did not decide that climate change is a left-wing conspiracy by uncovering some covert socialist plot. They arrived at this analysis by taking a hard ...
The 5th IPCC Assessment Report and Implications for - GEF-STAP
... Anand Patwardhan, STAP Member on Climate Adaptation Diann Black-Layne, Ambassador and Focal Point for the GEF from Antigua and Barbuda ...
... Anand Patwardhan, STAP Member on Climate Adaptation Diann Black-Layne, Ambassador and Focal Point for the GEF from Antigua and Barbuda ...
RENZO PEGORARO - Disasters and Climate Change
... intensive use of fossil fuels, urbanization, industrialization, ...). The resulting Global warming and Rising Sea Level will have serious short and long-term impacts on the planet and on human life. ...
... intensive use of fossil fuels, urbanization, industrialization, ...). The resulting Global warming and Rising Sea Level will have serious short and long-term impacts on the planet and on human life. ...
Slide 1
... • December 2008: UN Climate Change Conference, Poznań, Poland • November/December 2009: UN Climate Change Conference, Copenhagen ...
... • December 2008: UN Climate Change Conference, Poznań, Poland • November/December 2009: UN Climate Change Conference, Copenhagen ...
NGSS all drafts Climate content compared
... In Earth Science – Climate is used as the ultimate example of Earth systems ...
... In Earth Science – Climate is used as the ultimate example of Earth systems ...
Climate Change - Union College
... – 10-50% of globe “high to very high probability” – 20% of world’s population lives in such areas, especially in Asia, N & S America ...
... – 10-50% of globe “high to very high probability” – 20% of world’s population lives in such areas, especially in Asia, N & S America ...
Is the Endangered Species Act the Right Place to Set U.S. Climate
... which relieves the Department of the Interior of a duty to assess the impact of climate change on endangered species, and further allows federal agencies to bypass consultation with the Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) or the National Marine Fisheries Service (“NMFS”) when determining whether feder ...
... which relieves the Department of the Interior of a duty to assess the impact of climate change on endangered species, and further allows federal agencies to bypass consultation with the Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) or the National Marine Fisheries Service (“NMFS”) when determining whether feder ...
Recent Climate Observations Compared to Projections BREVIA
... trends to previous model projections as summarized in the 2001 assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (1). The IPCC scenarios and projections start in the year 1990, which is also the base year of the Kyoto protocol, in which almost all industrialized nations accep ...
... trends to previous model projections as summarized in the 2001 assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (1). The IPCC scenarios and projections start in the year 1990, which is also the base year of the Kyoto protocol, in which almost all industrialized nations accep ...