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deepai_org_profile_paula-harder | climate | SIMILARITY: 0.4735
Global Climate Models (GCMs) are the primary tool to simulate climate
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Climate simulations are essential in guiding our understanding of climat...
Pyrocumulonimbus (pyroCb) clouds are storm clouds generated by extreme
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A first causal discovery analysis from observational data of pyroCb (sto...
The availability of reliable, high-resolution climate and weather data i...
This work addresses the problem of solving the Cahn-Hilliard equation
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Despite the success of convolutional neural networks (CNNs) in many comp...
The recent explosion in applications of machine learning to satellite im...
A proof of convergence is given for bulk–surface finite element
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- David John Gagne IINational Center for Atmospheric ResearchVerified email at ucar.edu
- Travis M. SmithCooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations (CIWRO)Verified email at ou.edu
- Montgomery FloraPostDoctoral Research AssociateVerified email at noaa.gov
- Ann BostromWeyerhaeuser Endowed Professor in Environmental Policy, Evans School of Public Policy & GovernanceVerified email at uw.edu
- Imme Ebert-UphoffColorado State UniversityVerified email at colostate.edu
- Sue Ellen HauptNational Center for Atmospheric ResearchVerified email at ucar.edu
- Philippe TissotConrad Blucher Institute, Texas A&M University-Corpus ChristiVerified email at tamucc.edu
- Andrew BartoUniversity of Massachusetts AmherstVerified email at cs.umass.edu
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- John AllenCentral Michigan UniversityVerified email at cmich.edu
- Ryan SobashNational Center for Atmospheric ResearchVerified email at ucar.edu
- Richard S. SuttonKeen, Amii, and University of AlbertaVerified email at richsutton.com
- Julie L. DemuthProject Scientist III, National Center for Atmospheric ResearchVerified email at ucar.edu
- Randy J. ChaseResearch Scientist, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Colorado State UniversityVerified email at colostate.edu
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www_casurvival_com_faq_ | climate | SIMILARITY: 0.4399
At California Survival School we believe that weather is neither good nor bad, it just is!
As such, we operate rain or shine and do not cancel classes for rainy, windy or hot, etc. days. We just ask that students dress appropriately for the weather (and come prepared for potential changes in weather!). We also ask that students remember to bring things such as water and a lunch to our day classes in order to help their body properly regulate core temperature.
Furthermore, while we do not cancel classes for weather, we may decide to cancel classes or events if we deem that conditions are unsafe (i.e – flash flooding danger, tornadoes, forest fires, etc.). If classes are cancelled, we will do our best to contact students as quickly as possible via email and phone.
All participants under the age of 16 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian for all single day adventures. The minimum age for all overnight trips is 18 years or older unless the trip details specifically specify otherwise. Exceptions to our standard age restrictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis for all private/custom programs.
California Survival School incurs most program expenses while preparing for our courses and trips. As such, any cancellation request for a single-day public course must be received in writing via email at least 14 days prior to the course date. For all multi-day classes, overnight trips, and private events, any cancellation request must be received in writing via email at least 60 days prior to the start date of the event, course, or trip. Any cancellation request made before the applicable cancellation date is eligible to receive a full refund (minus a $15 per-person processing transaction fee for single-day public courses, a $50 processing fee for multi-day courses, trips and private events under $1500, and a 3% processing fee for all program registrations exceeding $1500). Reschedules/transfers will also be charged the applicable processing fee outside of the applicable 14 / 60 day periods as well. Once within the cancellation period (14 days or 60 days respectively), there will be no transfers, reschedules, or refunds allowed. Full refunds or reschedules free of charge will be made if California Survival School is forced to cancel a program. These standard cancellation terms are applicable unless other cancellation/refund policies are specifically written in the payment product details by California Survival School. |
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The Impact of Renewable Energy on Climate Change
The rising levels of greenhouse gases, caused mainly by the burning of fossil fuels for energy, pose one of the biggest threats to our planet in the form of climate change. Transitioning to renewable energy sources is one of the most effective solutions to this problem. But how exactly does renewable energy impact climate change? Let's delve deeper into this topic.
Understanding Renewable Energy
Renewable energy is derived from resources that naturally replenish themselves over short periods of time, such as the sun, wind, and water. The primary types of renewable energy include solar, wind, hydroelectric, biomass, and geothermal power. The crucial advantage of these sources is that they release far fewer greenhouse gases than fossil fuels.
1. Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Renewable energy impacts climate change primarily by significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Traditional energy sources, like coal, oil, and natural gas, release substantial amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases when burned for electricity generation. These gases trap heat in the earth's atmosphere, leading to a rise in global temperatures, also known as global warming.
In contrast, renewable energy sources emit little to no greenhouse gases during operation. For instance, wind turbines and solar panels produce electricity without associated CO2 emissions. Thus, transitioning to renewable energy sources can help mitigate the severity of climate change by drastically reducing our global carbon footprint.
2. Conserving Water Resources
Traditional power plants require substantial amounts of water for cooling purposes, leading to significant water withdrawals from our rivers and lakes. Moreover, the potential for water pollution from coal mining and gas extraction processes poses an additional environmental concern.
Renewable energy sources, on the other hand, use significantly less water. In particular, wind and solar photovoltaic systems require no water to generate electricity. By reducing our reliance on water-intensive energy sources, we can conserve valuable water resources, which are projected to become increasingly scarce due to climate change.
3. Promoting Energy Independence and Security
Fueled by traditional energy practices, climate change threatens both environmental and economic stability. Extreme weather events and rising sea levels can disrupt energy production and distribution.
Renewable energy sources, widely distributed over the Earth, provide a secure and robust electricity supply. They offer countries the potential to reduce their dependence on imported fuels, thereby increasing their energy security and resilience against potential disruptions caused by climate-related events or geopolitical issues.
4. Job Creation and Economic Benefits
The shift towards renewable energy also presents economic benefits. The renewable energy sector is more labor-intensive than the fossil fuel industry, creating more jobs per unit of energy produced. This can stimulate economic growth and provide some social benefits as we grapple with the impacts of climate change.
Conclusion
Renewable energy presents a powerful tool in our fight against climate change. By transitioning away from fossil fuel-based energy, we can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, conserve water resources, enhance energy security, and stimulate economic growth. While the journey towards a fully renewable energy future may be complex and challenging, its benefits for our climate and future generations make it a path worth pursuing.
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Weather Data for Hyslop Farm - 2024-09-21 00:00:00
Location:
Hyslop Farm
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57
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74
Ending at Observation Min:
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research-hub_nrel_gov_en_publications_tribute-to-weatherization-solutions-in-south-dakota-weatheriza | climate | SIMILARITY: 0.4709
Abstract
South Dakota demonstrates its commitment to technology and efficiency through the Weatherization Program. Weatherization uses advanced technologies and techniques to reduce energy costs for low-income families by increasing the energy efficiency of their homes.
| Original language | American English |
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| Number of pages | 2 |
| State | Published - 2001 |
NREL Publication Number
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- DOE/GO-102001-1419
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- DOE
- EE
- energy conservation
- energy costs
- energy efficiency
- South Dakota
- weatherization |
sleddermag_com_tag_predictions_ | climate | SIMILARITY: 0.4168
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August 26th, 2020 | Mountain Sledder
Farmer’s Almanac Winter 2021 Forecast Predicts White and Wild Winter out West
The Farmer's Almanac Winter 2021 forecast is out, and the magic formula has brewed up a prediction of a wet, white and wild winter for the West this year.
August 25th, 2017 | Mountain Sledder
Farmer’s Almanac Winter 2018 Weather Forecast and Other Predictions
Once again, the Farmer’s Almanac brings us a long-term outlook that is big on headline and little on substance; here’s why their Winter 2018 weather forecast (that everyone gets so excited about… |
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The Fountain
Biggest extinction in Earth’s history caused by global warming—and how it could happen again
Penn JL et al. Temperature-dependent hypoxia explains biogeography and severity of end-Permian marine mass extinction. Science, December 2018.
Some 252 million years ago, long before dinosaurs, the vast majority of species on Earth were wiped out in the "Great Dying," the worst mass extinction in our planet's history. Up to 96% of all marine species and 70% of land animals were killed off during this event. Scientists have been trying to find the cause for this catastrophic event, which marked the end of the Permian period. One study suggested that a type of microbe spouted large amounts of methane into the atmosphere. Other studies suggested the event was triggered by a series of volcanic eruptions that released deadly amount of carbon dioxide into the air and led to cataclysmic ocean acidification. A new research study now claims that the Great Dying was primarily as a result of rapidly increasing temperatures. The researchers examined the marine fossil records and simulated the climate conditions to observe the effects of rising temperatures 252 million years ago. Researchers first ran a climate model with Earth's configuration during the Permian period, when the tropical ocean temperatures at the surface had reached some 10 degrees Celsius (50 degrees Fahrenheit) higher. The model then reproduced dramatic changes in the oceans; oceans lost about 80 percent of their oxygen and about half the oceans' seafloor became completely oxygen-free. To investigate the effects of these paleoclimate changes on marine species, the researchers then analyzed the varying oxygen and temperature sensitivities of 61 modern marine species including crustaceans, fish, shellfish, corals and sharks. Their calculations predicted that many marine organisms went extinct under these conditions, especially the organisms that lived far from the tropics were most sensitive to oxygen levels and they were nearly completely wiped out. To test this prediction, researchers analyzed late-Permian fossil distributions from the Paleoceanography Database and confirmed that species far from the equator suffered most during the event. The agreement between the simulations and fossils strongly suggests that climate warming and oxygen loss was a primary cause of the extinction. By 2100, warming in the upper ocean is projected to approach 20 percent of warming in the late Permian, and by the year 2300 it will reach between 35 and 50 percent. This study highlights the potential for a mass extinction arising from a similar mechanism under anthropogenic climate change. It is also a clear warning that Earth is on the path to another devastating mass extinction. According to experts, Earth could already be undergoing a sixth mass extinction that would kill off most animal and plant species. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature predicts that 99.9% of critically endangered species and 67% of endangered species will be lost within the next 100 years.
New target for therapeutic brain stimulation to treat depression found
Rao VR et al. Direct Electrical Stimulation of Lateral Orbitofrontal Cortex Acutely Improves Mood in Individuals with Symptoms of Depression. Current Biology, November 2018.
Researchers have finally found an effective target in the brain for electrical stimulation to improve mood in people suffering from depression. Stimulation of a brain region called the lateral orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) reliably produced acute improvement in mood in patients who suffered from depression. In a recent study, researchers studied 25 patients with epilepsy who had electrodes placed in the brain for medical reasons to locate the origin of their seizures. Many of those patients also suffered from depression, which is often comorbid with epilepsy. With the patients' consent, researchers took advantage of those electrodes to deliver small electrical pulses to areas of the brain thought to be involved in regulating mood. The researchers focused their attention and the electrical stimulation on the OFC, which is a key hub for mood-related circuitry. Moreover, they specifically induced a pattern of activity in brain regions connected to OFC that was similar to patterns seen when patients naturally experienced positive mood states. The researchers applied these stimulation regimes while collecting verbal mood reports and questionnaire scores. Analyses of these reports revealed that unilateral stimulation of the lateral OFC produced acute, dose-dependent mood-state improvement in subjects with moderate-to-severe baseline depression. There is still substantial work remains to be completed before the deep brain stimulation (DBS) treatments could enter routine clinical practice. One major challenge in this study is to see whether stimulation of OFC produces durable improvement in mood over longer periods of time. Biomedical engineers hope to develop a medical device for patients with treatment-resistant mood disorders that can monitor brain activity in OFC and stimulate only when needed to keep that activity within a healthy range. Ultimately, it would be ideal if activity in mood-related brain circuits could be normalized indefinitely without patients needing to do anything.
How screen time can disrupt sleep
Mure LS et al. Sustained Melanopsin Photoresponse Is Supported by Specific Roles of β-Arrestin 1 and 2 in Deactivation and Regeneration of Photopigment. Cell Reports, 2018
For most of us, the time spent staring at screens on computers, phones and tablets adds up to many hours in a day and can often disrupt sleep. In a recent work, researchers now have pinpointed how certain cells in the eye process ambient light and reset our internal clocks, the daily cycles of physiological processes known as the circadian rhythm. When these cells are exposed to artificial light late into the night, our internal clocks can get confused, resulting in a host of health issues. A protein called melanopsin in these light-sensitive cells helps them process ambient light. Prolonged exposure to light causes melanopsin to regenerate and continuous regeneration of melanopsin triggers signals to the brain that inform it about ambient light conditions. The brain then uses this information to regulate sleep, alertness, and consciousness. In this study, the researchers turned on the production of melanopsin in retinal cells in mice and found that some of these cells are able to sustain light responses, but others lose sensitivity. Further investigations found that proteins called beta arrestin-1 and beta arrestin-2 help keep the melanopsin sensitive when exposed to light. One arrestin does its conventional job of arresting the response, and the other helps the melanopsin protein reload its retinal light-sensing co-factor. When these two steps are done in quick succession, the cell appears to respond continuously to light. This research uncovers the mechanisms behind how cells being exposed to artificial light confuses the internal body clock, and the ability to regulate sleep. It is hoped that this discovery could lead to new targets that could counter the impact of artificial light, for example by finding ways to influence melanopsin to reset the internal clock. This could lead to new treatments for insomnia, jet lag, and migraines. |
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By Greg Price
Taber Times
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The Town of Taber lost a good man last month.
That fact was made apparent at the packed funeral mass at St. Augustine’s Catholic Church for Paul Marcel Giroux.
I’m not going to pretend I knew Paul to any great extent, bumping into him the odd time at the golf course as he hung out with his ‘coffee crew.’ But, I felt like I did as I listened at the two-hour funeral service as the priest, his ‘coffee crew’ and family gave their testaments to the man’s life.
Maybe that’s the draw of small-town life, even acquaintances can feel like friends at times with how close our community is connected. Giroux had a life filled with many health struggles, including being the longest living heart transplant recipient in the province along with a donated kidney from his daughter 10 years ago.
After his heart transplant, courtesy of an 18-year-old donor, Giroux was quoted in the Edmonton Journal in 1987…“I was saved by a young man, I promise I will make my life good for him.”
But despite all the challenges, Paul kept his sense of humour and importance of family in place. As some of the zingers were recounted at the funeral mass I thought to myself, ‘this man has my kind of sense of humour.’
It was that same sense of humour that belongs to his daughter Steph, the one I am most connected to through the newspaper. As I sat down to take in the Gold Medal World Junior game with friends at Boston Pizza, Steph stopped by to say hi.
She did your regular pleasantries anyone does in which she inquired if I had a girl in my life. Given any steady relationship I have had in my life with members of the fairer sex occur with as much frequency as U.S. presidential campaigns, she was perhaps a tad shocked when I said ‘yes.’ “She’s not one of those girls you have to inflate is it?” she inquired.
I answered no, going even so far as to say she doesn’t even charge more for the hugging and kissing. As I said, Steph and her father Paul have my type of humour.
I’ve really only known Steph recently through her determined charity work that I have helped publish in the newspaper like the Bernice Giroux ‘We Have Not Forgotten’ Memorial Golf Tournament, the Girls Just Want to Have Fun 80s Theme Charity Golf Tournament, or the 12 Days of Christmas campaign.
Through Steph’s efforts, $34,950 was raised for Linden View Alzheimer’s and Dementia Cottages for blood pressure monitoring kits and a bladder scanner to go with $1,700 worth of recreational equipment and games that are specially designed for people with dementia or Alzheimer’s. Organization like TCAPS (Taber Community Action Prevention Society), the Taber and District Handibus Association, Safe Haven Women’s Shelter, Taber Food Bank, animal shelter, and the importance of organ donation have all got greater awareness with ventures Steph has helped spear head.
With a ‘tell-it-like-it-is’ attitude and her determination, I wonder if those were some similar traits she inherited from her father as both traits would have served them both well in the newspaper business.
Steph’s connections would serve the newspaper business as well. I was amazed when I played in the Bernice Gioux ‘We Have Not Forgotten’ Memorial Golf Tournament, the prizes she was able to secure for the fundraiser. I do not think there was a single golfer that left the tournament without a prize as I saw Paul MC part of the banquet afterwards, once again using his humour to bring smiles to people’s faces. People say I am connected in this community, but I do not hold a candle with how Steph is in the ground roots level of this community.
As I have got to know Steph more this past year-and-a half, and listened to the testimonials at Paul Giroux’s funeral, I can see how his traits have been passed on and how his legacy continues through his friends and his family.
It may sound cliché, but clichés continue to exist because of their truth. While we pass on with our mortality, our immortality comes form the impression we leave behind with our loved ones.
Judging by the outpour of emotion and testimonials at Paul Giroux’s funeral, I would be both honoured and humbled if when I leave this earth, I had a mere fraction of the impact Paul had on so many lives.
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Statement on postponement of COP26 UN Climate Change Conference
2 April, 2020
Statement from Zali Steggall MP:
The postponement of Glasgow COP 26 today is a timely reminder of the other significant global emergency that the world faces in the immediate future: a world that is more than two degrees warmer. We are seeing the impact on our economy of global events, the dire social and economic consequences when governments ignore warnings from science and health experts.
The Morrison Government now has a responsibility to rebuild the economy in an intelligent and future focused manner. We must learn from the experiences of this crisis and the disastrous impacts of the bushfires this past summer and prepare ourselves for the future. We must rebuild in a sustainable way, one that demonstrates we are listening to the experts and the scientists, limits our emissions and embraces new green technologies. Experts, such as ClimateWorks Australia in their upcoming Decarbonisation Futures report, are telling us that we already have many of the solutions and the technology to make a significant difference.
I urge the Government and the National COVID-19 Coordination Commission to consider the words of the David Thodey, Commission’s Deputy Chair a “do nothing Australia… does not look pretty” when it comes to climate change. Consider this in your decisions and strategy and let us get the economy back on track in a way that emits less, sequesters more, is more sustainable and embraces low carbon innovation.
As businesses are put into “hibernation” to wait out the COVID-19 pandemic, we must have an eye to the future when we emerge and ask: do we want everything we had before to remain the same or is this an opportunity to adapt and mitigate our emissions?
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ecww_org_event_climate-conversations-6_ | climate | SIMILARITY: 0.4334
Please join us for monthly Climate Conversations, hosted by St. Mark’s Cathedral’s Creation Care Ministry. The September Conversation DATE HAS BEEN CHANGED TO SEPTEMBER 21. This month’s topic will be Seattle Solutions to be a Voice for Conservation and Creation Care. Learn how you can be a voice for Creation and find resources to speak up. Register here https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYrdeChrD4vG9xDjXzKDLxJROb31Zvw6clP#/registration for these monthly Conversations. Contact Marjorie Ringness for more information.
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Mental Wellness & Resilience for the Climate Crisis with Bob Doppelt Nov 21
Online | £0 – £5.98
How can we build universal mental wellness & resilience for the climate crisis?
Increasing global temperatures are producing big disruptions to the systems people rely on for basic needs, mixed with more frequent, extreme, and prolonged disasters.
New thinking and approaches are needed to address the scale and scope of the traumas racing our way. This involves a public health and community-led approach to enhancing and sustaining mental health and wellbeing at a local level.
How might wide and diverse coalitions of local residents, groups, and organisations come together in communities to develop strategies that can help all of us enhance our mental wellness and resilience in the face of the climate crisis?
How can actions to slash local greenhouse gas emissions, regenerate ecological systems, and adapt to climate impacts be integrated into our community initiatives?
SCCAN and SCDC invite Bob Doppelt to help prompt discussion in a Scottish context, with community action, public health and mental wellbeing and resilience as a key focus of his research and work.
Bob Doppelt founded and coordinates the International Transformational Resilience Coalition (ITRC), a network of mental health, social service, climate, faith, and other organisations.
Bob has authored a number of books on the interface between individual, group, community, and social change and ecological regeneration. His newest book Preventing and Healing Climate Trauma: A Guide to Building Resilience and Hope in Communities will be released in early 2023 (Taylor and Francis/Routledge Publishing).
Scottish Communities Development Centre
Scottish Communities Climate Action Network
Please get in touch [email protected] for any inquiries |
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Sunny. High 56F. NW winds shifting to ENE at 10 to 15 mph..
Generally clear. Low near 30F. Winds SE at 10 to 15 mph.
Updated: February 6, 2025 @ 6:02 am
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From Governor Lamont:
Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the package of legislative proposals that he will ask the Connecticut General Assembly to consider for ratification during the 2025 regular session will include a proposal containing several initiatives to strengthen Connecticut’s resilience against the impacts of extreme weather events and climate change.
The governor noted that over the last year alone, Connecticut experienced several significant weather events, including:
- An unprecedented rainfall on August 18, 2024, that delivered severe flash flooding in Fairfield County, Litchfield County, and New Haven County, resulting in three deaths and nearly $300 million in damage;
- Repeated heavy rainstorms in January of 2024 that resulted in a near-failure of the Fitchville Pond Dam in Bozrah and severe flooding of the Yantic River in Norwich;
- Severe flooding in September of 2023 that collapsed two bridges and stranded families in Scotland; and
- Far below normal precipitation levels in the fall of 2024 that caused an extended period of drought, leading to critical fire conditions and several brush fires throughout the state, including a large fire on Lamentation Mountain in Berlin and Meriden that took several weeks to fully contain and resulted in the line-of-duty death of a firefighter.
Additionally, the period from July of 2023 to June of 2024 was the wettest year in recorded history for Connecticut, and 2024 was the hottest year and had the hottest summer on record for Hartford.
“I understand that there are different opinions about the science of climate change, but it is undeniable that each year is bringing an increased number of extreme weather events and abnormal climate patterns that are direct threats to our homes and our lives,” Governor Lamont said. “These severe weather events aren’t just happening on TV in faraway locations, they’re happening in our backyards. It is urgent that we take the steps necessary to make sound investments that harden our infrastructure, defend our natural resources, and enact the protections we need to save human lives, property, and livelihood. This is a critical issue that ought to be near the top of every lawmaker’s priorities, and for the sake of the people of Connecticut I want to work with the legislature this session on enacting a comprehensive resiliency bill.”
The bill proposal that Governor Lamont will present to the legislature in the coming days will contain the following items:
- Flood insurance notifications: Currently, only homeowners who own a home within a FEMA-designated flood zone are required to obtain flood insurance, and many homeowners who have experienced a flood are surprised to learn that homeowners’ insurance does not cover flood damage. Governor Lamont’s bill will require banks, mortgage companies, insurance companies, and insurance brokers and agents to notify homeowners about the availability of flood insurance at the time of the mortgage signing and formally acknowledge if the customer has declined to purchase a flood policy.
- Notifying homeowners and renters about flood risks: Current state law requires disclosure about mechanical, structural, lead paint, mold, and other similar issues to homeowners. Governor Lamont is proposing to amend this law to establish an additional disclosure related to the history of flooding on a property or its location in a flood zone. Additionally, the proposal will extend this flood history and flood zone notification to renters.
- Requiring additional review of coast development plans: Currently, towns refer certain development plans in coastal areas to the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) for review. However, development in recent years has been increasing in additional risk areas that are not currently covered. Governor Lamont’s proposal will expand the referral requirement to include additional activities in flood risk areas near coastal functions that help buffer flooding (wetlands, beaches, and dunes) to provide DEEP with greater opportunity to provide comment and recommendations.
- Remove the exemption for the coastal site plan review for single-family homes: Under current state law, the development of single-family homes is exempt from the coastal site plan review process, unless they are located next to specific shoreline features. Governor Lamont is proposing to remove this exemption and subject these developments to review for the purpose of protecting important coastal features and uses and minimizing risks.
- Reduce state investment in highest-risk flood areas: Residential construction in the highest-risk floodplain areas increases disaster response and recovery burdens, increases displacement, and creates an outsized risk to residents and responders. So too does the development of public infrastructure that serves these structures. Governor Lamont is proposing to prohibit state investments in new or substantial renovation of residential development in these highest-risk flood areas.
- Enhances and coordinates existing planning mechanisms: Municipalities, Councils of Governments, and the state prepare plans for land use, hazard mitigation, transportation, and evacuation. These plans are required to receive state or federal funding. Governor Lamont is proposing that climate risks become incorporated in each of these plans, at appropriate scale and analysis, to improve capital planning, land use strategies, and funding applications. He also is proposing increased sharing of mapping to improve local to state coordination.
- Modify and create local funding streams: Replacing infrastructure on a predictable and reliable basis requires a predictable and reliable funding mechanism. Municipalities currently use the municipal reserve fund and town aid road to support local capital improvements. Governor Lamont is proposing to clarify that these funds can be used to incorporate resiliency considerations. He is also proposing a new twist on the tax incremental financing mechanism for the purposes of resiliency – Resiliency Improvement Districts. Where the local capital funds focus on singular infrastructure, Resiliency Improvement Districts address community-scale vulnerabilities and support local economic development.
- Enabling a regional Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) program: TDR programs are a regulatory technique for willing participants that protects property values while reducing development in risky areas. By creating a TDR program, municipalities can incentivize development toward less-sensitive areas at their choosing. Existing statute is limited to direct transactions that can limit a program’s efficacy. Governor Lamont is proposing the expansion of a TDR program so that municipalities can work together on their development and conservation goals while reducing their vulnerabilities and preserving the local grand list.
- Requiring geolocation of culverts and bridges: Many floods result from outdated and undersized stormwater systems that were installed decades ago, such as what occurred during the August 18, 2024, flash floods. When floods wash them out, it’s dangerous for emergency response and expensive to replace, and because of their age, little information exists to aid in prioritization. Governor Lamont is proposing to require municipalities to geolocate culverts and bridges and share this data with councils of governments and appropriate state agencies.
Governor Lamont is scheduled to deliver his annual budget address to a joint session of the General Assembly on Wednesday, February 5, 2025. Documents containing the full details of his biennial budget proposal and other legislative proposals, including this bill on resiliency, will be filed on that date. |
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| 14:00~14:30 | Opening remarks | Deok-Heon, Kim CEO, eToday |
| Welcome remarks | Dr. Young-Sook, Yoo Chairperson, the Climate Change Center | |
| Congratulatory remarks |
Wha-Jin, Han Minister, Ministry of Environment
Se-Hoon, Oh Mayor, Seoul Metropolitan Government | |
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| 14:30~14:50 | Keynote Speech | “Energy Access Solutions for Building”
Kelly Alvarez Doran CEO, ha/f Climate Design
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The CCPA is excited to announce Shift Storm: Transforming Work in a Changing Climate, a newsletter on work and climate change by National Office senior researcher Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood. The Shift Storm newsletter is the new home for the Work and Climate Change Report, which was published by York University from 2011 to 2021.
Subscribe to Shift Storm here
Every month, Shift Storm will discuss all the latest research and news related to work and workers in a changing climate. I recently sat down with Hadrian to talk about Shift Storm’s origins and what subscribers can look forward to.
Jon: Let’s start with context—what was the Work and Climate Change Report? And what happened to it?
Hadrian: OK, a bit of history. For more than a decade, the Work and Climate Change Report was produced as part of a long-running and well-respected research program at York University headed by the late, great Carla Lipsig-Mummé. That program went through a few iterations, including Work in a Warming World (W3) and Adapting Canadian Work and Workplaces to Respond to Climate Change (ACW). A lot of my own work on climate policy and a just transition was supported by Carla and ACW.
The Work and Climate Change Report itself was edited by the brilliant Liz Perry and, over the years, it developed a large, international audience of labour and environmental researchers who came to rely on it as a one-stop shop for the latest developments in the field of work and climate change. Unfortunately, when the ACW grant wound down in 2022 the WCR wound down with it, and that left a void for a lot of people—myself included.
Jon: So that’s where Shift Storm picks up?
Hadrian: Exactly. There was a lot of demand to keep the WCR going but it needed a new home and a new author now that Liz is enjoying a well-deserved retirement. The folks at ACW reached out to the CCPA to see if we’d be interested in taking up the mantle. As someone who’d benefited so much from the WCR I was really honoured by the opportunity.
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Jon: How will Shift Storm be different from the Work and Climate Change Report?
Hadrian: At its core, Shift Storm will continue to provide the same valuable service that the WCR did. That means summarizing all the latest developments related to work and climate change from Canada and around the world. It will continue to be a one-stop shop for researchers and activists in the labour movement, environmental movement, academia and beyond.
Formally, Shift Storm is a project of the CCPA and is not associated with ACW or York University. That’s why there’s a new name, a new look, and a new home on the CCPA’s website. We’ll be experimenting with the actual format for the newsletter for the first few issues, so we’re very open to feedback from readers. We really want to hear from people about what kind of content is useful and what isn’t.
Jon: Speaking of the name, where did Shift Storm come from?
Hadrian: In our brainstorming we really liked the “climate shift, shift work” double entendre. It was my director Erika Shaker who remarked that all of the changes facing workers in a climate-wracked, decarbonizing economy amounted to a… different kind of storm. We brought “shift” back in and ran with it. To me, “Shift Storm” really captures the mess of changes facing workers in the climate crisis in a memorable way.
Jon: How long have you been active in the work and climate field, and what unique perspective do you bring to the legacy of the Work and Climate Change Report?
Hadrian: Liz did such thorough, thoughtful work that I’m not hoping to replace her. Shift Storm will definitely have my own spin. That being said, I’ve been living and breathing the Just Transition discourse for the past half decade. I’ve published a pile of reports on the issue of how best to support workers in the shift to a zero-carbon economy. I’ve been called as an expert witness before Parliamentary committees and the Auditor General. My work was even cited in the federal government’s new Sustainable Jobs Plan. I’m always keeping a close eye on new literature in the field and I’m excited to get to share that work with others.
Jon: What can subscribers to Shift Storm look forward to?
Hadrian: For other researchers, the most valuable thing is that Shift Storm will consolidate all of the important literature on work and climate in one place. It’ll really help folks in the labour and environmental movements, especially, to stay on top of key developments in the field.
But I hope Shift Storm will appeal to anyone concerned about the future of work in an economy increasingly shaped by the climate crisis. Whether you’re a worker, an activist, a journalist, a policy makers, or a concerned citizen—the inevitable transition to net-zero matters to everyone. Shift Storm will help you make sense of it all. |
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Hurricane Sandy has caused a lot of destruction on the East Coast, and this super storm has created a higher awareness for global warming. Some people such as Al Gore believe that global warming is responsible for many of the recent hurricanes, and could be responsible for others still to come. If there were hurricanes like Sandy once a year, the amount of damage these hurricanes could cause would be an immeasurable disaster breaking all historic records. There are many people who are not aware of global warming’s impact on these super storms and some people are reluctant to believe it. Many of the people who believe global warming think that a horrible, worldwide disaster is the only way to get a nationwide attention for global warming. By the time this disaster occurred, it could already be too late. Hopefully, we fight against global warming to prevent more of these super storms from happening.
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Bob Fleet
Vice President of Environment & Forestry, Tolko Industries Ltd.
The effects of climate change can be seen across the country in droughts, insect outbreaks, floods, increased wildfire intensity, and melting glacial ice. In an effort to slow the warming of the earth’s surface, Canada has committed to reducing the country’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30 percent by 2030. Closely related to climate change is the earth’s natural carbon cycle.
The carbon cycle refers to the continuous transfer of carbon from land and water to the atmosphere and living things. Forests are a vital part of this cycle, both storing and releasing carbon in a dynamic process of growth, decay, and renewal.
The challenge for the forest industry is to remove 30 megatonnes of CO2 per year by 2030, representing 13% of Canada’s overall target.
“There exists a perspective that is held by many that forest fires are solely the result of climate change and not the result of forest preservation and fire suppression,” says Bob Fleet, Vice President of Environment and Forestry at Tolko Industries Ltd. “Although the release of carbon is inevitable during a forest fire, it’s important to remember that this process is part of a natural cycle that’s necessary to help rejuvenate our forests over time.”
Canada’s forests are a vital global ecosystem, absorbing tremendous amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2), and an important renewable resource that contributes to our economy. Carbon is stored in wood fibre products, with storage prolonged through the recovery and recycling of forest products. As Canada faces the challenge of reducing GHGs, maintaining healthy, vibrant forests and furthering the use of wood-derived products will be important in the transition to a greener, low-carbon economy.
Tolko’s role in mitigating climate change
Sustainable forest management practices, leading-edge manufacturing facilities, and the ongoing development of innovative wood products lay the foundation of Tolko’s commitment to mitigating climate change. Tolko helped shape the collective forest industry’s commitment to fighting climate change through the development of the Forest Product Association of Canada’s “30 by 30” Climate Change Challenge in 2016. The challenge for the forest industry is to remove 30 megatonnes of CO2 per year by 2030, representing 13 percent of Canada’s overall target.
Supporting sustainable forest management
Proactive forest management is an important tool to mitigate and combat climate change. Tolko is committed to sustainable forest management that follows strict regulatory systems, environmental standards, and continuous monitoring.
“Sustainable forestry practices maintain the long-term health of forest ecosystems for present and future generations,” says Fleet. “Tolko’s practices, such as the use of new technology in forest inventories, continuous research, prompt reforestation, support of Indigenous partnerships, and harvest planning imitating natural forest ecosystems, all support sustainable management.”
Tolko forests are certified to the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) standard, an independent third-party certification that demonstrates the rigorous level of planning that’s involved to harvest and ensure successful reforestation of the forests it manages. SFI-certified forests and products are powerful tools to achieve shared goals such as fighting climate change, reducing waste, conservation, fostering biodiversity, educating future generations, and sustainable economic development. SFI standards are recognized and accepted by governments and customers around the world. The SFI Forest Management Standard requires a number of practices with direct climate benefits, such as ensuring forests remain as forests, requiring harvested areas to be promptly regenerated, and requiring practices that reduce the likelihood of wildfire or damaging invasive species.
At Tolko, research on the state of the forest and its evolution help shape the company’s understanding and informs its management strategies. In Saskatchewan, for example, ecosystem-based forest management is implemented by mimicking natural forest patterns in harvest plans. Careful planning and harvest play an important role in how forest blocks regenerate. Regeneration strategy not only includes replanting, but also allowing trees such as aspen, pine, and poplar to regenerate naturally. Deciduous forests successfully regenerate naturally through suckering in the Meadow Lake, Slave Lake, and High Prairie regions.
In Alberta, Tolko is using state-of-the-art technology and satellite imagery to capture real-time forest metrics such as tree species, height, and volume. These data help predict future forests, discover climate change impacts, and understand the dynamic forest ecosystems landscape. Healthy forests maintain their ecological and carbon functions, which are essential to providing long-term ecosystem, economic, and social benefits achieved through proper forest management.
Leading the way with modern manufacturing facilities
Over the past five years, Tolko has undertaken several initiatives to reduce its emissions through facility modernization and clean energy systems, such as:
• Investing in a new thermal oil energy system modernization at its High Prairie Division with the plant reopening. This is a closed-loop energy system that uses wood waste to heat oil. The energy systems will reduce Tolko’s natural gas consumption by 500,000 gigajoules per year, which will reduce its GHG footprint by 22,000 tonnes per year of CO2, equivalent to taking 4,750 cars off the road.
• Decommissioning High Level Division’s beehive burner in August 2020 and replacing it with a thermal energy system that runs new world-class continuous dry kilns. These changes have enabled the utilization of over 100,000 bone dry tonnes per year of formerly incinerated sawmill waste.
• In a partnership with Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc., a new pellet mill at Tolko’s High Level Division that utilizes the sawdust from the sawmill to produce energy-rich pellets, greatly reducing wood waste and replacing coal for electricity generation.
Innovative wood products
Wooden buildings store more carbon than competing products. Tolko’s innovative engineered wood products allow architects, engineers, and builders to maximize their use of wood in new ways. Building more with sustainably managed wood can deliver significant emissions reductions.
Additions to Tolko’s engineered wood portfolio include Athabasca Division’s new rip line to produce laminated strand lumber and Heffley Creek Division’s engineered parallel-laminated veneer product. Both provide a consistent high-strength wood option for the industrial sector.
Tolko’s Soda Creek Division recovers short-length lumber produced in the sawmill from logs that would otherwise be left in the forest. This lumber is converted into a highly sought-after finger jointed stud product. To help mitigate climate change, Tolko is committed to building leading-edge manufacturing facilities, promoting wood products as viable building options, and supporting science-based forest management.
About Tolko
Tolko Industries Ltd. is a leading manufacturer of a wide range of forest products for customers around the world, including lumber, plywood and veneer, oriented strand board, co-products, biomass power, and a growing number of specialty wood products. It holds third-party certification on the forestlands it sustainably manages in British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan and plays an active role in the communities where its employees live and work. |
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Investing in nature, our most precious asset - an interview with Marc Palahì, our Chief Nature Officer
Article published in Le Temps, 4 September 2023
In recent years, organisations have increasingly tried to understand the dependence of our economy on nature. PwC reported this year that more than half (55%) of the world’s gross domestic product (GDP) – the equivalent of an estimated USD $58 trillion – is moderately or highly dependent on nature, rising from USD $44 trillion in 2020. The report highlighted that nature’s decline poses significant risks to the global economy and society-at-large if organisations do not reform their practices now.
Rethinking our economy
The ECB’s recent research estimated that approximately 72% of companies in the euro area are highly dependent on nature, while almost 75% of bank loans to companies in the euro area are granted to those with a high dependency on ecosystem services provided by nature.
The above analysis highlights just how much our economy relies on nature. However, as more than just an economic good, its true value is often underestimated. Can you imagine a world without nature? It is impossible; nature is the reason we exist. It is undoubtedly our most important capital and the basis for human life. However, our economy has grown at its expense, and our sophisticated financial system has not historically invested in our most valuable asset.
It is time to rethink our economy. The climate and biodiversity crisis, as well as growing socio-economic inequalities, are different consequences of the same fundamental problem: our economic system. It is time for a new paradigm that positions nature at the heart of our economy and makes the environmental transition possible. To protect nature, and by extension our home, it must be understood and valued, but also made investable.
Connecting nature with finance
A key step companies can take in accelerating this transition is to hire a Chief Nature Officer, serving to connect nature with finance. Banks and investment managers hold enormous power when it comes to valorising the circular bioeconomy, and therefore have an important role to play in protecting it. They can effect change on a grand scale through the channelling of capital, but it is important to fully understand how to do so effectively.
This is where a dedicated role, grounded in science and research, is crucial. Over the past few years, we have seen an exponential rise in the hiring of Chief Sustainability Officers (CSO), a position responsible for a company’s overall environmental strategy. According to PwC research, the number of CSOs tripled in 2021, a positive sign that the role is increasingly valued and supported at the highest level of organisations.
The future of the Chief Nature Officer
We hope that Chief Nature Officers will follow a similar trajectory. They must work closely with the CEO’s senior leadership team, CSOs and investment professionals, building strategies with nature at their heart, which are implemented throughout the business. They must make the case for nature as our most precious asset, providing an understanding of our economic dependence on it, as well as the opportunities that nature-based solutions and the circular bioeconomy offer for the transition to a climate- and nature-positive world. Our research shows that the environmental transition is already well underway; using analysis to identify opportunities for investment holds huge potential to unlock superior returns in the years to come.
Our most important carbon sink
To protect our future, both ecologically and economically, we must afford as much importance to the biodiversity crisis as to the climate crisis: nature is our most important carbon sink. However, it will only perform this function if our natural ecosystems are healthy, resilient and sufficiently biodiverse. Investing in biodiversity is a prerequisite to guaranteeing nature’s key role in mitigating climate change. We should see carbon sequestration by nature not as a target, but as the consequence of investing in nature.
Many of the solutions required to transition to a more circular, lean, inclusive and clean (CLIC®) economy already exist. The challenge is to scale up finance to unlock their transformational potential. Counting on the expertise of a Chief Nature Officer represents a major step towards this goal.
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To those looking from outside at Australia’s response to climate change, we Aussies must seem to be a nation of idiots. Catastrophic weather events are destroying homes, livelihoods and biodiversity at unprecedented rates, yet Australia has the least ambitious climate plans of any developed nation.
With an election coming on Saturday (21 May) Scott Morrison, the prime minister, spruiks “the Australian Way”, which relies on technology to solve the problem “over time”. This absolves the government from doing anything and “back ends” our efforts so that most of them will be happening close to 2050. The Australian Way is in fact an Australian Crawl (as a rather comical swimming style is known). For a country recently devastated by the worst fires on record, and then by unprecedented floods, the Australian Way smacks of too little, far too late. The truth is that most Australians are acutely aware of the dangers of climate change and want swift action to combat it. Yet at the last election the conservative Liberal-National coalition government, which is committed to the Australian Way, was returned to power.
A lot has happened since that election. The nation has been seared by bushfires that were ten times as extensive as any before, and the pace of reconstruction has been so slow that about 90 per cent of the thousands who lost their homes remain homeless. Then came the floods, which have repeatedly devastated thousands more homes and lives. Even those living in the cities have not escaped — first enduring months of toxic smoke, then floods and inescapable mildew, and months without the sun. The beaches have been unusable, marred by ash then sewerage and other sources of polluted water.
For many, the Australia of 2022 bears no resemblance to the sunny, carefree country they grew up in. And things are set to rapidly get worse. Home ownership is the ultimate dream of many Australians, yet climate change looks set to make one in 25 homes uninsurable by 2030. Surely, you might think, it’s time for a change? Yet it’s by no means clear that a landslide of climate awareness will sweep the present government from power.
The conservative government won the 2019 election with a scare campaign. Addressing climate change, they said, would destroy the economy of entire regions as mines and power plants were closed down. And the uptake of electric vehicles would destroy the tradition of the “Australian weekend”. Any action to address climate change, in fact, was labelled as economy wrecking, a message that the polluting industries amplified. All of this was reinforced with a dog-whistled message to the “coal electorates” that if you don’t have coal, you’ve got nothing. This campaign has been running for decades, and because the Labor Party has proved unwilling to counter it with a policy platform offering a just transition to green energy, it has flourished. I happen to live in a coal electorate, so I know first-hand how effective the campaign has been.
Australia is the largest exporter of coal (by calorific value) and the largest exporter of natural gas. Huge investments have been made on the premise that these exports will continue for decades. The fact that customers might stop buying sooner because of concerns about climate change represents an existential threat to the companies involved. And with prices for fossil fuels at record levels, they have the money to spend on shaping public opinion.
As a climate activist, I’m enraged that climate change is the elephant in the room for the major parties. Among independents and minor parties, however, the issue is getting plenty of air-time. Some of the most interesting candidates are the-so-called “teal” independents (conservative blue, with a tinge of green). Across the country around a dozen are standing for election, most of them challenging conservatives in hitherto safe seats. These independents are mostly professionals, and all are concerned about climate change, corruption in government and social inequality. At the last election the first teal independent, Zali Steggall, beat the former prime minister Tony Abbott in one of the safest seats in the country. She proved indefatigable in parliament, introducing a much-needed climate change bill, and she looks certain to win again at this election.
Many of the teals come from impeccable conservative backgrounds. Kate Chaney is challenging the conservative incumbent in the seat of Curtin, Western Australia. Her grandfather, father and uncle were all prominent in the Liberal Party, but her family now proudly supports her as an independent. If Chaney and half a dozen other teals win, come Saturday they may well hold the balance of power. If that occurs, Australia looks set to embark on an aggressive, if belated, programme of action on climate change.
Tim Flannery is professorial fellow at the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne
[See also: Australia’s Scott Morrison shows that danger lies in the hollow politics of the status quo] |
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New research links intensifying wet and dry swings to the atmosphere's sponge-like ability to drop and absorb water
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Los Angeles is burning, and accelerating hydroclimate whiplash is the key climate connection.
After years of severe drought, dozens of atmospheric rivers deluged California with record-breaking precipitation in the winter of 2022-23, burying mountain towns in snow, flooding valleys with rain and snow melt, and setting off hundreds of landslides.
Following a second extremely wet winter in southern parts of the state, resulting in abundant grass and brush, 2024 brought a record-hot summer and now a record-dry start to the 2025 rainy season, along with tinder-dry vegetation that has since burned in a series of damaging wildfires.
This is just the most recent example of the kind of “hydroclimate whiplash” – rapid swings between intensely wet and dangerously dry weather – that is increasing worldwide, according to a paper published Jan. 9 in Nature Reviews.
“The evidence shows that hydroclimate whiplash has already increased due to global warming, and further warming will bring about even larger increases,” said lead author Daniel Swain, a climate scientist with UC Agriculture and Natural Resources and UCLA. “This whiplash sequence in California has increased fire risk twofold: first, by greatly increasing the growth of flammable grass and brush in the months leading up to fire season, and then by drying it out to exceptionally high levels with the extreme dryness and warmth that followed.”
Global weather records show hydroclimate whiplash has swelled globally by 31% to 66% since the mid-20th century, the international team of climate researchers found – even more than climate models suggest should have happened. Climate change means the rate of increase is speeding up. The same potentially conservative climate models project that the whiplash will more than double if global temperatures rise 3 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. The world is already poised to blast past the Paris Agreement's targeted limit of 1.5 C. The researchers synthesized hundreds of previous scientific papers for the review, layering their own analysis on top.
Anthropogenic climate change is the culprit behind the accelerating whiplash, and a key driver is the “expanding atmospheric sponge” – the growing ability of the atmosphere to evaporate, absorb and release 7% more water for every degree Celsius the planet warms, researchers said.
“The problem is that the sponge grows exponentially, like compound interest in a bank,” Swain said. “The rate of expansion increases with each fraction of a degree of warming.”
The global consequences of hydroclimate whiplash include not only floods and droughts, but the heightened danger of whipsawing between the two, including the bloom-and-burn cycle of overwatered then overdried brush, and landslides on oversaturated hillsides where recent fires removed plants with roots to knit the soil and slurp up rainfall. Every fraction of a degree of warming speeds the growing destructive power of the transitions, Swain said.
Many previous studies of climate whiplash have only considered the precipitation side of the equation, and not the growing evaporative demand. The thirstier atmosphere pulls more water out of plants and soil, exacerbating drought conditions beyond simple lack of rainfall.
“The expanding atmospheric sponge effect may offer a unifying explanation for some of the most visible, visceral impacts of climate change that recently seem to have accelerated,” Swain said. “The planet is warming at an essentially linear pace, but in the last 5 or 10 years there has been much discussion around accelerating climate impacts. This increase in hydroclimate whiplash, via the exponentially expanding atmospheric sponge, offers a potentially compelling explanation.”
That acceleration, and the anticipated increase in boom-and-bust water cycles, has important implications for water management.
“We can't look at just extreme rainfall or extreme droughts alone, because we have to safely manage these increasingly enormous influxes of water, while also preparing for progressively drier interludes,” Swain said. “That's why ‘co-management' is an important paradigm. It leads you to more holistic conclusions about which interventions and solutions are most appropriate, compared to considering drought and flood risk in isolation.”
In many regions, traditional management designs include shunting flood waters to flow quickly into the ocean, or slower solutions like allowing rain to percolate into the water table. However, taken alone, each option leaves cities vulnerable to the other side of climate whiplash, the researchers noted.
“Hydroclimate in California is reliably unreliable,” said co-author John Abatzoglou, a UC Merced climate scientist. “However, swings like we saw a couple years ago, going from one of the driest three-year periods in a century to the once-in-a-lifetime spring 2023 snowpack, both tested our water-infrastructure systems and furthered conversations about floodwater management to ensure future water security in an increasingly variable hydroclimate.”
Hydroclimate whiplash is projected to increase most across northern Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, northern Eurasia, the tropical Pacific and the tropical Atlantic, but most other regions will also feel the shift.
“Increasing hydroclimate whiplash may turn out to be one of the more universal global changes on a warming Earth,” Swain said.
In California this week, although winds are fanning the extreme fires, it's the whiplash-driven lack of rain that suspended Southern California in fire season.
“There's not really much evidence that climate change has increased or decreased the magnitude or likelihood of the wind events themselves in Southern California,” Swain said. “But climate change is increasing the overlap between extremely dry vegetation conditions later in the season and the occurrence of these wind events. This, ultimately, is the key climate change connection to Southern California wildfires.”
Under a high warming scenario, California will see an increase in both the wettest and driest years and seasons by later this century.
“The less warming there is, the less of an increase in hydroclimate whiplash we're going to see,” Swain said. “So anything that would reduce the amount of warming from climate change will directly slow or reduce the increase in whiplash. Yet we are currently still on a path to experience between 2 degrees and 3 degrees Celsius of global warming this century — so substantial further increases in whiplash are likely in our future, and we really need to be accounting for this in risk assessments and adaptation activities.”
The research was supported with funding from The Nature Conservancy of California and the Swiss National Science Foundation. |
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It is clear that all of the pillars that support the Net Zero agenda are crumbling. Yes, we have seen some warming of global temperatures, but these are likely exaggerated. Yes, CO2 emissions do have an impact on global temperatures, but the actual impact is probably lower than estimated by the IPCC.
These conclusions are supported by the fact that the predictions of climate catastrophe simply have not materialised and there’s precious little evidence that any of the key measures of extreme weather are getting worse. In reality, we have seen benefits from mild warming such as increased crop yields and a greener planet. What we should really fear is a colder climate. That is when harvests fail and people starve.
Even if the doomsayers are right that we are about to see some sort of climate breakdown, it is clear that the preferred strategy of mitigation is the wrong one. Adaptation is much the better strategy because it will produce benefits even if we pursue that strategy unilaterally and even if the climate change we are seeing is largely natural. Mitigation will probably never work and certainly will not work while developing countries continue to expand coal and gas-fired power plants and increase their CO2 emissions.
This perhaps explains why the climate catastrophists and subsidy harvesters are stepping up the propaganda to try and generate popular hysteria and demand for action. But when even someone like Tony Blair acknowledges the futility of unilateral efforts, the Net Zero edifice must be close to collapse.
https://davidturver.substack.com/p/pillars-supporting-net-zero-crumbling |
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Here a quick rather handwavy calculation on different area needs for energy production.
This time energy production from humans is compared with photovoltaic electric energy production. There is a tl;dr at the end of the calculation.
Assume Germany would be in a Tropical climate. i.e. the temperature is at least room temperature, so no need for heating and assume thus that the main demands of a human were just food, i.e no car, no cell phone etc.
To make things easy, let’s take the data from this survey from Agree.aua.gr
There the utilized agricultural area for Germany is given in 2007 (p. 13 Table 4) as
$latex 1693*10^8m^2$, so if the agricultural land need for a person would be $latex 1693 m^2$ then 100 Million people could be fed.
Since 2007 the agricultural land in Germany declined and according to world bank there were in 2012 only about $latex 1400 m^2$ agricultural land per person available and Germany has currently roughly only 80 million inhabitants but it’s sort of the same order of magnitude, so let’s take the 2007 numbers. Let’s assume a human is superefficient, i.e. all of the consumed energy via food intake could be reused, just as electric power may be reused.
yes….this is a bit unrealistic but…
Let’s further assume a human needs about $latex 1500$ kcal which is $latex 1.743$ KWh per day, i.e in a year $latex 1.743 * 365$ kWh $latex = 636.195$ kWh. So 100 million people need $latex 63619$ million KWh. According to table 3 (p.12) the energy need (machines etc.) for agriculture itself is $latex 42* 10^{15}J$ which is about 11.6 million KWh. This is not much against the $latex 63619$ million KWh, but let’s add it to conclude that the energy need via food intake for 100 million people is roughly $latex 63630$ million Kwh. Or by our 100% efficiency assumption the (food production) land need for producing $latex 63630$ million Kwh human energy is $latex 1693*10^8m^2.$
Let’s compare this with photovoltaic energy. Also if we have assumed tropical temperatures lets assume that the sun still shines dimly as in Germany so let’s take as an average 1500 sunhours per year. A typical solar 120-130 W solar panel is around $latex 0.8 m^2.$ So in an hour 1kWh needs thus more than $latex 100/130*0.8 m^2\simeq 6m^2$. Let’s take $latex 7 m^2.$ So in $latex 1500$ sun hours $latex 7 m^2$ produce around $latex 1500 kWh$ energy.
Hence the land need for producing a solar energy of $latex 63630$ million Kwh is only $latex 63630 \; million\; KWh/1500 KWh *7 m^2 = 3*10^8m^2$.
Photovoltaic energy production has the big disadvantage that the possibilities for energy storage are still rather bad -but still- the different land need is roughly a factor 560.
Where it has to be said that photovoltaic electric energy production is considered already very area consuming.
tl;dr :
If 100 million humans would rather hyperefficiently convert all food energy in a year into “available energy” , i.e. roughly “produce” $latex 63630$ million Kwh then the land need for this is roughly $latex 1693*10^8m^2.$
The land need of typical photovoltaic solar cells for this energy in a year is roughly a factor 560 smaller, i.e. $latex 3*10^8m^2$.
This calculation is only a very rough estimation, no guarantee for calculation mistakes. I didn’t check thrice, as I would usually do e.g. for an article. So error correction welcome.
supplement 25.10.15: I was actually hesitating wether the energy for the agricultural production should be added, as it is not going to be converted, even not with 100% human conversion efficiency. In principle one would need to compare these agricultural
machine investments with a human labour equivalent (which then would need to be deduced from the converted available human energy – here the 100% efficiency assumption would though beat any machine :)). Similarily I left out any invested energy for food processing (cooking etc.)…it is clear that here it gets even more difficult to let the factor not become bigger, finally it is not so easy for humans to heat up to 100 degrees Celsius.
December 1st, 2015 at 9:55 am
Sorry but the assumption of 100% efficiency for a human is quite a bullshit.
As an example: a muscle has a conversion efficiency of 14-27% while an electric motor has up to 99% conversion efficiency!
It may sound cruel, but thats how it is: a robotic lawn mower powered by solar is much cleaner that a human. It’s also cheaper by the way.
December 3rd, 2015 at 9:45 am
I agree -humans are probably the greatest danger for the environment.
I hope they take birth rates into account at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference.
October 25th, 2020 at 9:26 am
Since you seem to be exploring toy economies in conjucntion with systems theory concepts like emergy – could you please comment on the project Solar Share?
The project is part of the POST GROWTH. Ideas and toolkit for a world in crisis and We-make-money-not-art provided a concise wrap-up.
How is your “toy economy” project going? Yes I know you wrote that: “It is also still not clear wether this project will ever be finished and if in which form.” – but is there any progress?
October 26th, 2020 at 7:51 am
This idea by Baruch Gottlieb is brilliant – people need to get more feedback of what it means to burn fossil fuels. Especially the young seem to have completely lost any understanding of economical costs – and here I mean not only of the costs of burning fossils, but apparently also e.g. the costs of Corona if one watches those 600 guys attending Fetisch party in Berlin (video of party closure in german). Can you believe it ? 600 young people jammed into a considerably small space, back-to-back watching naked dances on stage, chanting and yelling loudly and that briefly before next Lockdown!
The works of Howard Odum and this solar share coin are the right way to go. We have to keep rational in these not so easy times.
October 28th, 2020 at 10:52 am
The solar share project is an art project at IMAL, which is “an art center for digital cultures and technology”. Art doesn’t need to connect too much to realities or constrain itself to realizations. So I think this “solar share project” was rather thought as an invitation to mentally engage people by pointing out challenging problems than as a real proposal for a new currency. And thus the question “How might our understanding of economics change if the instruments we used for money had an equivalent value to the solar energy required to materially produce them?” can be simply “answered” or “experienced” by putting a “price tag” on not so easily degrading things (like a table) which displays the result of a computation of the “solar energy required to materially produce them” and use those things as a currency. And it’s clear why I wrote “not so easily degrading” because of course you don’t want to enter trade negotiations with a squishy banana. :)
The last remark however makes it already suggestive that the whole lifecycle of a product has to be taken into account – not only production, but also maintenance and disposal. And this makes it also clear that accounting itself is difficult and pricey. Which -like the computation here in this post- displays in a lucid way that it furthermore seems not enough to discern our nowadays currencies with respect to physical realities like energy and life expectancies but also with respect to the “brain work” which enters them. Where “brain work” should probably be discerned w.r.t. into “rational” and “psychological” intelligence, i.e. a more or less pure computational/physical part and a part which is connecting to human thinking.
Overall it has though to be stated that “value regulation” via trade with currencies seems to be limited in problem solving efficiency – this can already be seen at the regulatory interference of central banks.
In contrast to that a too rigid regulation may be problematic too. And this need not necessarily mean regulation via a centrally planned economy but even “smaller projects” like bigger industrial and infrastructure projects may have huge (economic) consequences for the respective regions. So I am not sure whether e.g. the problem of energy distribution and generation can so easily be solved by a “totally spelled out regulation” as it seems to be proposed within the framework of a project by architect Bjarke Ingels. I mean there were some problems with Desertec – but then he probably knows about them.
I have thought quite a bit about the “discernation of currencies” into useful categories, as indicated above, but I am still distilling and I haven’t written up anything sofar. My recent interest in bio chemistry is a bit founded in the investigation of regulatory mechanisms of the human body and in particular signalling pathways. A not too small function of a currency is signalling.
Anyways at this point I simply can’t afford to invest much more into that “project” -especially not in terms of time sitting in front of a computer.
November 1st, 2020 at 8:53 am
At this place you should have cited the Gaia Hypothesis, i.e. the hypothesis that the earth is a self-regulating living organism.
November 26th, 2020 at 9:32 am
Haha so you want lets say a magenta coin for the “physical realities” and a blue coin for the “brain work” that enters a table? What about the fact that currencies can be exchanged and so macroeconomically the differences average out anyways?
November 29th, 2020 at 10:21 am
@Joe
I currently don’t want to propose anything. I just said that I find it instructive to imagine such scenarios – last but not least for getting a better understanding. Of course currencies were introduced because their “fuzziness” with respect to the respective values made exchange of goods easier. And as said already above- the work of “accounting” is certainly not negligeable and it gets rather leass easy with more currencies. In fact I think that social constructs like marriage were introduced at least in part in order to get rid of the “accounting work”.
But in view of the worlds environmental and societal problems one should think about whether there is maybe too much fuzziness and reconsider the role of trading in setting values. I should may be mention that I have been thinking about this for quite a while. Like in this preprint I asked in how far scientists should interfere in setting values and here I proposed to simulate newer economic schemes – like different value setting schemes – in multiplayer online games, but I think about this only on and off. In recent times I had actually learned a bit more about currently existing lifecycle and some other economic simulations, but as I said here – I am not sure how much I’ll further contribute to this last but not least because I think a real new scheme requires a rather profound digression into other areas.
But you are right – a crucial point about currencies is of course how well interchangeable the respective currencies are. And yes- if currencies are easily interchangeable then a difference in currencies seems not so important, like before the Euro was established you could usually pay with Deuschmarks and Schilling in Cafés in Austria and southern Germany – if I remember correctly the deutschmark were multiplied by 7 to get the amount of Schilling.
As far as I understood a value with respect to a currency is called a “price”. Things and in particular the relation price-value change considerably if a currency is not so easy interchangeable.
Coming back to the “discernation of currencies” with respect e.g. to brainwork – there exist already currencies for brainwork, like for scientific brainwork, namely e.g. citations. That is scientists “pay” other scientists with citing them in their work, if the respective “brainwork” in the other scientists article was relevant enough for their own work. And this “currency” is somewhat interchangeable into “real money”. That is if your “citation index” is high then you get usually better paid or paid at all. Where it is to note here that trading citations (“I cite you 3 times if you cite me 3 times) is not good because it is a sort of “price-rigging”.
There seem though to exist no currency where people issue some kind of points if they maybe not used the scientific work directly for their own work, but “consumed” it nonetheless. On the other hand there exist some kind of “point systems” for certain types of behaviour, like for companies for “family-friendliness” or schemes like the Economy for the Common Good (where I haven’t yet understood well enough how the accounting works) or on the individual level, like for being an honoured activist
(“The medal was awarded in a single class for outstanding improvements in production, in technology or in occupational safety.”) These “brain-and-other-labour-and-behaviour-currencies” are partially interchangeable into real money. In the case of orders the interchange scheme is often rather well-defined.
In Music you have copyright laws and sometimes you are even not allowed to use someones work if you do not cite and in particular if you do not pay. I guess you lnow that story of the song “memory” and that is sounded “like a million dollars”.
Concluding: Using a physical quantity as an accounting scheme (as in the art work of Baruch Gottlieb) is of course possible but the interchangeability seems not so easy – last but not least because of scientific laws. |
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By Zulker Naeen
December 1, 2017
During the last two decades, the UNFCCC focus has shifted from ‘mitigation’ to ‘mitigation and adaptation.’ And it now finally included ‘Loss and Damage’ in its current agenda. The emergence of ‘Loss and Damage’ as a focus area of the international climate policy arena is caused by the realization that existing mitigation commitments and actions won’t prevent dangerous climate change-related impacts.
Moreover, not all climate change impacts can be successfully adapted to, be it due to financial, technical or physical constraints. Hence, climate change will lead to unavoidable losses induced by extreme weather events as well as slow-onset changes.Vulnerable countries, like Small Island Developing States, already experience loss and damage and the scope will increase over the next years.
The COP23, the first “Island COP” with Fiji as a presidency, provides a unique opportunity for Small Island Developing States and other vulnerable developing countries to raise awareness for their climate change-related challenges, and to bring their concerns into the center of the negotiations.
Within UNFCCC, the establishment of the Warsaw International Mechanism for ‘Loss and Damage’ in 2013, got embedded institutionally within the international climate regime – providing a platform to explore and identify effective responses to climate change induced Loss and Damage, to expand the understanding of climate consequences and to find an appropriate mix of tools to address ‘Loss and Damage’.
However, ‘Loss and Damage’ is an ambiguous and multifaceted concept for the vulnerable countries, especially those disproportionally affected by climate change, have highlighted the need for compensatory measures. In contrast, developed countries have sought to limit discussion of liability and compensation, framing loss and damage as a matter of adaptation. The trade-off was that developed countries would “enable action and provide support to developing countries” to deal with the ‘Loss and Damage.’
“Developed countries can’t keep putting off the issue. It must feature in the global stock take of steps being taken by governments around the world to combat climate change.” Sandeep Chamling Rai, senior adviser for global adaptation policy, WWF International.
But, according to Harjeet Singh, global lead on climate change for ActionAid International, “Loss and Damage is at the core of the COP23 agenda. It is now the third pillar to combat climate change, becoming more important as the first two pillars mitigation and adaptation were not strengthened when they were supposed to be.”
At the COP23, another major global initiative launched to provide insurance to 400 million poor and vulnerable people around the world by 2020. The project, called the InsuResilience Global Partnership, aims to provide insurance against the damage increasingly being caused by global warming.
This scheme for both Climate and Disaster Risk Finance and Insurance Solutions at COP23, the first Partnership Forum brought together signatories and aspiring members in a joint effort to lay the foundation for effective collaboration in the field of financial protection against climate change.
The InsuResilience scheme started in 2015 by the G7 earlier. Patricia Espinosa, the UN’s climate chief, said: “People devastated by recent weather events and communities vulnerable to climatic impacts are looking to the nations meeting in Bonn for an answer. This new, higher ambition initiative represents one shining example of what can be delivered.”
It represents a joint effort of G20 and V20 countries to protect vulnerable populations from the adverse effects of climate change. More than 30 partners from governments, civil society, international organizations, academia and the industry have already expressed their support and commitment.
The forum provided an inclusive platform for participants from all sectors to discuss the role of the partnership for the broader resilience agenda and to develop concrete priorities and measures that will help build greater resilience for disproportionately affected countries. The Global Partnership Forum will take place annually to facilitate communication and exchange of information and knowledge among its members.
“The global partnership is a practical response to the needs of those who suffer loss because of climate change,” said Frank Bainimarama, prime minister of Fiji. The small island’s chairing of the climate talks has highlighted climate impacts, and climate insurance has been one of the major themes of discussion.
The UNFCCC Executive Committee of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage also launched a clearinghouse for risk transfer – a repository of information on insurance and related subjects.
The partnership forum might create the new door of negotiation where climate insurance is being one of the key strategies to better prepare countries for climate change. In Bonn, a growing number of member states planned to include insurance strategies in their efforts to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement. However, international NGO ActionAid said that insurance is not a safety net for all.
“Insurance might turn out to be a piece of the puzzle, but we can’t pretend that it’s a safety net for everyone,” said Harjeet Singh. “Insurance does sometimes help people who are impacted by floods or cyclones, but it won’t be an option for those facing certain losses. Private companies are unlikely to sell insurance to those facing rising sea levels.”
Still, it is an important question, who will bear the costs of insurance premiums for the various global initiatives. Should the poor people in vulnerable countries, need to pay for climate insurance? On the one hand, developed countries aren’t allowing UN climate talks to make any progress on the issue of climate finance. In conclusion, it is hard to say that the insurance initiatives for vulnerable to climate change impacts are on the right pathway. It is yet to pinpoint the requirements to do to account for the loss and damage suffered by communities.
However, the Warsaw International Mechanism has developed three areas of work: knowledge generation, coordination, and enabling action and providing support to developing countries.
The main dilemma is that there has been no progress on finance in this area. There is no estimate of how much money is and will be needed by countries suffering climate change-induced loss and damage now and in the future.
Within UNFCCC, Warsaw International Mechanism is preparing a report on this, but it is not scheduled for completion until June 2019. Meanwhile, such a report is being prepared by COP23 delegates, mainly from the United States and Australia to block all discussions on finances around loss and damage.
Many governments have emphasized the role of insurance firms in dealing with Loss and Damage; firms which have already reported record payouts this year following a series of storms in North America and the Caribbean, and floods in South Asia.
Nevertheless, it has pointed out that, the insurance policies did not take care of climate impacts that are relatively slow, such as drought, sea level rise and ocean acidification, which are the severe climate change impact faced by the Pacific region.
Now, it is a challenge for the vulnerable countries to develop their working mechanisms to satisfy Warsaw International Mechanism to step forward the progress on finance.
The fact, ‘Loss and Damage’ clearly reflect the divide between developed countries and those most vulnerable countries. About 44% of the Small Island Developing States and 34% of the Least Developed Countries refer to ‘Loss and Damage’ in the ‘Intended Nationally Determined Contributions’ made under the Paris Agreement, none of the industrialized countries do.
In such dilemma of financial solutions, many governments in the vulnerable countries have started developing their mechanisms for ‘Loss and Damage.’ For example, Bangladesh has already set aside contingency funds for climate-related disasters, now is being considered as the development of a dedicated ‘Loss and Damage’ mechanism. Other countries have developed regional risk pooling solutions – such as the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) – or national insurance mechanisms. Most importantly, these mechanisms need to be able to reach those most in need of financial support: poor households with a high dependency on natural resources for their livelihoods.
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ACT News. (2017). Addressing loss and damage from climate change at COP23. Amman, Jordan: ACT Alliance.
Eco-Business. (2017). NGOs may take nations to court over climate loss and damage. Ascent Singapore: Eco-Business.
GIZ. (2017). First InsuResilience Global Partnership Forum Paves The Way For Coordinated Action. Bonn: insuresilience.org.
Kreienkamp, J., & Vanhala, L. (2017). Climate Change Loss and Damage. Belgium: Global Governance Institute.
Künzel, V., Schäfer, L., Minninger, S., & Baldrich, R. (2017). Loss And Damage at COP23. Berlin: Germanwatch e.V.
The Third Pole (2017). COP23: Climate Insurance Not Enough For Loss And Damage. New Delhi: The Third Pole |
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Water cooling is a common method of keeping computing hardware at reasonable temperatures, particularly for gaming PCs, data centers, and similar high-demand applications. What if, however, a business used a similar method to keep their entire building climate-controlled?
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It’s only April, but in parts of the U.S. Southwest, it already feels like summer. With temperatures in the upper-90s last week and virtually the entire western half of the U.S. in drought, it seems we can prepare for yet another year of record-breaking weather.
Parts of Texas have yet to recover from the deadly winter storm two months ago while now facing an onslaught of hot, dry days punctuated by the upcoming hurricane season. It’s not unprecedented: Texas last saw such a severe winter storm in 2011, followed that summer by the worst year of the state’s multiyear drought which included 90 days of 100 degrees-plus temperatures and catastrophic wildfires.
But although most of Texas is in drought, the biggest area of concern is the Southwest, where some scientists say that states are in the throes of a megadrought, meaning an intense drought that lasts for decades or longer. In recent years, it has felt like a continuous drought, occasionally punctuated by rainfall relief. It brings to mind the saying attributed to a meteorologist in the 1930s, who said Texas is “a land of eternal drought, interrupted occasionally by biblical floods.”
The problem is, those eternal droughts and biblical floods have gained intensity in the last century. Climate change projections for the region from Texas to California present a stark water picture.
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The western U.S. is also home to rapid economic growth. According to the Census Bureau, 11 of the 15 fastest growing cities are in western states, in particular across Texas and Arizona. Unfortunately, climate change also threatens the economic wellbeing of those states.
Recently, the Institute for Public Policy Integrity at the New York University School of Law conducted a survey of 738 economists, Gauging Economic Consensus on Climate Change, which found that the benefits of taking action on climate change far outweigh the costs. This aligns with recent findings that the U.S. could save $8 trillion if Paris Climate Agreement targets were met compared to business-as-usual, and that figure is considered conservative. This is not wholly unexpected when we look at the number of multi-billion dollar natural disasters over the past few years, from the $16.6 billion in damage attributed to California wildfires in the fall of 2020 to the $133.8 billion cost of Hurricane Harvey in 2017 - and everything in between.
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Kate is a writer and policy wonk, with a focus on water, clean energy, climate change and environmental security. She spent over a decade running energy-water nexus and energy efficiency programs at Environmental Defense Fund as well as time at the U.S. Departments of Energy and Defense, U.S. Government Accountability Office, and state and federal legislatures. She serves as an Advisory Board member of CleanTX, which aims to accelerate the growth of the clean tech industry in Texas. |
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Imagining Our Climate Future: A Policy Perspective
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All of Belfast Climate Dialogues will host this presentation by the Belfast chapter of Citizens Climate Lobby.
The talk will be divided into two parts: first, Peter Garrett, PhD will encourage attendees to participate in the En-ROADS interactive Climate Solutions Simulator. En-ROADS allows users to explore the impact of a wide range of climate-related policies, such as electrifying transport, pricing carbon, and/or improving agricultural practices. You can see how each would impact energy prices, temperature and sea level rise. Don’t worry, it’s easy. You can choose which policy you think would make the most difference, and we’ll evaluate it together. Developed by Climate Interactive, the MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative, and Ventana Systems, En-ROADS uses the best available science, calibrated against a wide-range of existing climate models. It is intuitive and very user-friendly.
In the second part, members from the chapter will share an overview of CCL’s keystone policy initiative, the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act (H.R. 2307), and some of the reasons that it is the most aggressive solution to a transition away from fossil fuels, as well as the most compassionate for average Americans.
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Ljungqvist, Fredrik Charpentier; Thejll, Peter; Björklund, Jesper; Gunnarson, Björn E.; Piermattei, Alma; Rydval, Miloš; Seftigen, Kristina; Støve, Bård; Büntgen, Ulf (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-02)We test the application of parametric, non-parametric, and semi-parametric calibration models for reconstructing summer (June–August) temperature from a set of tree-ring width and density data on the same dendro samples ... |
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Greenhouse gases (CO2 and CH4) at an urban background site in Athens, Greece: Levels, sources and impact of atmospheric circulation
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Homes are under the weather in the unwelcome winter
With the weather being labelled as the number one homewrecker, homeowners should take extra precautions during the winter season.
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Weather-related damage is responsible for most home insurance claims. The Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) says the frequency, severity and cost of weather in Canada are increasing. Annual payouts from flooding, hail and windstorms increased from $100 million about 10 years ago to $1 billion between 2009 and 2012, according to IBC.
Don’t take the weather and your home insurance coverage for granted. Talk to your insurance broker to ensure that you have appropriate coverage. For example, sudden and accidental bursting of plumbing pipes and appliances is covered by all residential policies however, damage caused by frozen pipes may not be.
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Greater Than Sign – Symbol, Meaning, and Examples
Table of Contents
Introduction
Greater than Sign
In the realm of mathematics and comparisons, the symbol of greater than, denoted as “>”, plays a crucial role in indicating the relationship between two values. Understanding how to use this symbol and its distinction from the greater than or equal to along with the less than symbol is essential for various mathematical and real-life applications.
Analogy of Definition
What is the Greater Than Sign?
The greater than symbol, “>”, is used to represent a comparison between two values, indicating that the first value is larger than the second value. It is an essential component in mathematical expressions, equations, and inequalities, signifying the relationship of magnitude between the given quantities.
Method
How to Use the Greater Than Symbol
When using the greater than symbol, it is important to place the larger value on the left side of the symbol and the smaller value on the right side. For example, when comparing 5 and 3, the expression would be written as 5 > 3, indicating that 5 is greater than 3.
Difference Between Greater Than and Greater Than or Equal To
Examples
Example 1: Comparing 5 and 4
5 > 4
In this comparison, the greater than symbol signifies that 5, which is in the left, is larger than 4.
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Tips and Tricks
1. Think Big
Tip: Imagine the greater than sign as an alligator’s mouth that always wants to eat the bigger number. When you see the greater than sign (>), remember it’s like an alligator always looking for the bigger number to chomp on!
2. Read Carefully
Tip: When interpreting the greater than sign, remember that it points towards the larger quantity. For example, in the expression 8 > 5, read it as “8 is greater than 5.”
3. Visualize Comparisons
Tip: Picture the greater than sign as an open mouth, ready to gobble up the larger number. This mental image can help you remember its directionality.
4. Apply in Number Lines
Tip: On a number line, numbers to the right of a point are greater than the point itself. Similarly, on a number line, the arrow points to the right, indicating the direction of greater values.
5. Understand Real-World Comparisons
Tip: Relate the greater than sign to real-world scenarios, such as comparing temperatures, ages, distances, or quantities of items. For instance, if you have 5 apples and your friend has 3, you can say “I have more apples than my friend” using the greater than sign.
Real life application
Story: “The Math Olympiad Challenge with Greater Than”
The Math Olympiad Challenge was an annual event that brought together students from various schools to compete in mathematical competitions. The concept of the greater than symbol played a significant role in the challenges presented to the participants.
Challenge 1: The Speed Race
In one of the challenges, the participants were tasked with comparing the speeds of different vehicles. They had to use the greater than symbol to accurately represent the relationship between the speeds and determine the fastest vehicle in each scenario.
Challenge 2: The Temperature Analysis
Another challenge involved analyzing temperature data from different cities. The students were required to use the greater than symbol to compare the temperatures and identify the cities with the highest and lowest temperatures.
Challenge 3: The Test Scores Competition
The final challenge focused on evaluating test scores of students. The participants had to utilize the greater than symbol to compare the scores and determine the highest achievers in each category.
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