Author : Interagency Working Group on Climate Change and Health (U.S.)
Publisher :
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 18,78 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Climatic changes
ISBN :
Author : Patrick A. Ray
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 29,38 MB
Release : 2015-08-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1464804788
Confronting Climate Uncertainty in Water Resources Planning and Project Design describes an approach to facing two fundamental and unavoidable issues brought about by climate change uncertainty in water resources planning and project design. The first is a risk assessment problem. The second relates to risk management. This book provides background on the risks relevant in water systems planning, the different approaches to scenario definition in water system planning, and an introduction to the decision-scaling methodology upon which the decision tree is based. The decision tree is described as a scientifically defensible, repeatable, direct and clear method for demonstrating the robustness of a project to climate change. While applicable to all water resources projects, it allocates effort to projects in a way that is consistent with their potential sensitivity to climate risk. The process was designed to be hierarchical, with different stages or phases of analysis triggered based on the findings of the previous phase. An application example is provided followed by a descriptions of some of the tools available for decision making under uncertainty and methods available for climate risk management. The tool was designed for the World Bank but can be applicable in other scenarios where similar challenges arise.
Author : United States. President (1989-1993 : Bush)
Publisher :
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 42,35 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Atmospheric carbon dioxide
ISBN :
Author : Horace M. Karling
Publisher : Nova Publishers
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 18,8 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781560729990
Now that the Bush Administration has kiboshed the Kyoto Protocol, are efforts to curtail global warming dead? Are even more technical studies called for? The issue of global warming would appear to be one which will force pollution control even before the public will need to walk around with gas masks as part of their daily attire. Such controls, however, will require a gutsy administration in Washington which may not surface in the short run. This new book brings presents the issues of global climate change in a crystal clear manner leaving no doubt that a crisis is enveloping the world.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
Publisher :
Page : 1506 pages
File Size : 33,75 MB
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN :
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies
Publisher :
Page : 1434 pages
File Size : 30,57 MB
Release : 1991
Category : United States
ISBN :
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
Publisher :
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 46,93 MB
Release : 1992
Category : United States
ISBN :
Author : Philippe Sands
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 13,96 MB
Release : 2014-01-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1134161867
Environmental problems do not respect international boundaries; they affect the entire globe, and dealing with them is a matter for international political negotiation, law and institutions. Greening International Law assesses the extent to which the international community has so far adapted to address environmental problems, and examines the fundamental changes needed to the structure and organisation of the legal system and its institutions. The contributors to this volume have all played a central role in the development of international environmental law over the past decade, and their essays will be of interest to all those professionally, academically or individually concerned with the resolution of environmental problems.
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher :
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 25,56 MB
Release : 1991
Category : United States
ISBN :
Author : J. van Ham
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 36,16 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9401109826
The background This volume contains the proceedings of the first International symposium on "Non-C0 Greenhouse Gases: Why and How to 2 Control?" held in Maastricht, The Netherlands from 13-15 Decem ber 1993. Of the known greenhouse gases, political attention to date has been primarily focused on carbon dioxide (C0 ) and the 2 CFCs - the latter because of their interaction with stratospheric ozone. The other greenhouse gases, notably methane (CH ), nitrous 4 oxide (N 0), HCFCs, HFCs and tropospheric ozone and its precur 2 sors nitrogen oxides (NO), carbon monoxide (CO) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs), may appear collectively to be of equal importance for global warming but have attracted less attention. Nevertheless, a comprehensive approach to climate change respon se, taking into account all sources and sinks of all greenhouse gases, is explicitly allowed in the Framework Convention on Clima te Change. The Netherlands' policy on climate already addresses all greenhouse gases. In order to stimulate the development of international climate policy on this subject, the Dutch Ministry of Housing, Physical Planning and Environment supported the initative of organizing an international symposium on the science and policy of the non-C0 greenhouse gases. An important rationale behind 2 this initative was recognizing that for the non-C0 greenhouse 2 gases, abatement options are available that do not only address other environmental problems but that also do not require the major structural changes in society that an effective CO policy 2 may.
