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Research on the correlation between forest management and climate change in bao thang district, lao cai province local peoples perception and potential uses of GIS technology
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28/04/2016, 13:42
... economic, public health, and social benefits that these ecosystems provide The challenge for humans and modern science is to understand and regulate the effects of these changes, and the complex interaction ... of both climate change and anthropogenic activities Land use and land cover change affects a wide range of human and natural systems and contributes to changes in carbon exchange and climate ... 2008) Or in other words, climate is the interaction of all of the components of the Earth’s system and it includes the solar and infrared radiation and sensible and latent heat fluxes that are all...
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BONDS AND CLIMATE CHANGE THE STATE OF THE MARKET IN 2012 pdf
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06/03/2014, 04:20
... account for the bulk of issuance The climate- themed bond universe is dominated by the transport and energy sectors, which together make up 85% of the total Beyond the climatethemed bonds, there are ... investors that this market is niche and lacking both scale and liquidity Broader and deeper than expected In the pipeline What is significant about these findings is that they present a climatethemed ... asset class is growing, but what is the current investment opportunity already out there? This report, commissioned by the HSBC Climate Change Centre of Excellence and prepared by the Climate Bonds...
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Livestock and Climate Change What if the key actors in climate change are…cows, pigs, and chickens? docx
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08/03/2014, 09:20
... when disposed in landfills, incinerators, and waterways • Production, distribution, and disposal of byproducts, such as leather, feathers, skin, and fur, and their packaging Production, distribution, ... stems from the likelihood, once the current economic crisis is resolved, that demand for oil will rise to levels impossible to meet because of a terminal decline in production (the peak oil phenomenon) ... before one considers the extra lift that might be achieved from interest in slowing climate change The risks of business as usual outweigh the risks of change The case for change is no longer only...
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Air pollution and Climate Change - Report from a workshop under the Swedish EU Presidency doc
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15/03/2014, 16:20
... particular One issue is the vertical distribution of air pollutants, including their exchange between the boundary layer and free troposphere Another issue is the availability of realistic emission inventories ... this opportunity, the conference agreed on the following general conclusions: Address under the revision of the Gothenburg Protocol the climate effects of air pollutants and the short-lived climate ... effects and climate change Nitrogen biogeochemistry is the main link between air pollution and climate change effects on ecosystems This is not reflected in many relevant scientific and policy...
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Báo cáo " Balance of rice for the Mekong Delta - Viet Nam to 2050 in terms of industrialization and climate change '''' doc
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24/03/2014, 01:21
... and climate change was 1% (2) Int J Agric Sci and climate change as today, the Mekong Delta’s paddy land is 1619.8 thousand in 2020 and is only 993.9 thousand in 2050 Fact and the above analysis ... 57% of the country's rice land is reduced at the 3.3 Analysis the change of population, same time The main reason is due to the recovery cultivated land, rice output when other factors land of ... level rises land, so rice sown area is offset and expanded Climate change has caused disasters in Viet However, the reclamation and restoration land Nam increasing in number, intensity and extent...
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Financing energy efficiency and climate change migration a guide for investors in belarus, bulgaria, kazakhstan, the russian federation, and ukraine new york geneva, 2005
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04/06/2014, 16:24
... when the World Bank and the IMF sent a mission to the government, the Ministry of Economy, and the Ministry of Finances The aim of the mission was to monitor state/government expenditure The recommendations ... the Council of Ministers compose the executive branch The President appoints the Prime Minister and the Deputy Pdme Ministers The legal system of the country is based on civil law, suffrage is ... of the National Assembly, the Council of Ministers, the Supreme Court of Cassation, the Supreme Administrative Court, the Chief Prosecutor, and the President The Constitution and the Law on the...
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Migration, Environment and Climate Change: ASSESSING THE EVIDENCE docx
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28/06/2014, 12:20
... evidence base and that is the key purpose of this book The book assesses the existing body of evidence relating to the likely impact of environmental and climate change on migration, and proposes ... Environment and Climate Change: Assessing the Evidence Enhancing the Knowledge Base Contextualizing the migration, environment and climate change debate The migration, environment and climate change ... link is a challenge The key is assessing the extent to which the environment or climate change 17 Migration, Environment and Climate Change: Assessing the Evidence Enhancing the Knowledge Base is...
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ICTs, the Environment and Climate Change doc
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28/06/2014, 23:20
... Kolkata and Alexandria; on the other, Miami, Greater New York, OsakaKobe and New Orleans (OECD, 2007).29 © OECD 2010 38 Greener and Smarter: ICTs, the Environment and Climate Change ICTs and the ... methodologically diverse, making comparisons difficult © OECD 2010 Greener and Smarter: ICTs, the Environment and Climate Change GREENER AND SMARTER: ICTS, THE ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE Introduction1 Boosting ... on climate change, energy use and energy conservation are the aspects typically analysed It is evident that climate change is severely affecting ecosystems, business and human activities, and...
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báo cáo khoa học: " Rethinking the conceptual terrain of AIDS scholarship: lessons from comparing 27 years of AIDS and climate change research" ppt
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11/08/2014, 14:21
... to be crisis-oriented, focusing on understanding impacts as they happened AIDS research and response has followed the evolution of the disease and the epidemic The key issues changed as the epidemic ... of climate change are not, and will not be, even, and the problem, again, is that the heavy focus on the "globalness" can mask these very uneven vulnerabilities The second important parallel is ... differences in the evolution of the AIDS and climate change fields The key divergence discussed in this paper offers an important way AIDS scholars could learn from the work of their climate change colleagues...
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báo cáo khoa học: " The economics of health and climate change: key evidence for decision making" pdf
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11/08/2014, 14:21
... “Review of the Economics of Climate Change (RECC) whose aim is to contribute to the regional debate on the costs and benefits of climate change adaptation and mitigation, including advocacy and support ... including: the future emissions scenarios; the future impact of climate change on temperature; the link of temperature to other health-affecting climate variables (e.g rainfall, storms); and the implications ... Second, the studies did not consider the full range of climatesensitive disease burdens Heat-related impacts, disaster-related (weather) impacts, and infectious diseases other than malaria and diarrhoea...
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Tài liệu The maximum achievement seminar online- the keys to peak performance and personal leadership ppt
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16/01/2014, 16:33
... of the key ideas and principles that have been discovered by other successful people throughout the ages When you learn and apply these principles you will begin to get the same results that they ... tools and commands to change the way you think and feel about yourself As you are thinking and feeling the changes, your attitudes, beliefs and expectations change as well Your behavior then begins ... achieving men and women use a series of systematic processes and plans to achieve their goals Unsuccessful men and women, on the other hand, throw themselves at their goals in a random way and are...
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Tài liệu Megacities and Climate Change ppt
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19/01/2014, 17:20
... inequality and violence, including the impact these issues have on the creation and maintenance of public space, Urban Age is charting the future of cities and climate change is at the forefront of this ... of this first legislation, the working group in the city Chapter Land use and urban planning Case study 44 Megacities and Climate Change The SDF is the underlying document that steers the implementation ... it is essential that we better understand the key drivers for land use change Challenges Megacities and Climate Change 40 It is not always population or poverty alone that drives land use changes...
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Tài liệu Báo cáo " Climate change adaptation from small and medium scale hydropower plants: A case study for Lao Cai province " doc
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13/02/2014, 12:20
... assess climate change impacts in Lao Cai Province, namely: Baseline scenario using the historical data and simulating the climate during the period 1961-1990, low emission Scenario B1, medium emission ... energy and conservation of the local environment GHG emission from the reservoirs represents only some 0.2% of the avoided greenhouse gas emission from the coalfired thermal plants, and can therefore ... method is applied to summarise the process by which the intervention is expected to influence stakeholders (targeted and others), and to assess the overall result anticipated by each of the main...
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Tài liệu Air Pollution and Climate Change at Contrasting Altitude and Latitude docx
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17/02/2014, 10:20
... from these area) were studied The structure of conducting and mechanic tissues, the leaf shapes and dimensions, the variation in mesophyll thickness, the distribution and the frequency of the ... the spring and ceased later in the autumn in S Finland than in N Finland, and the DOC concentrations in TF were also normally higher during the growing season on the plots in the south This is ... (photosynthesis) or sink (meristems) limited The classical view is that source activity drives sink activity I will advocate that, on a global scale, it is the other way round, namely that source...
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Báo cáo " Development of climate change scenarios for small areas in Vietnam by using the MAGICC/SCENGEN software in combination with statistic correction" docx
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05/03/2014, 16:20
... (2010) 179-184 climate and ice-melt, can be used to estimate the mean global temperature and effects of sea level rise under the different emission GHGs and aerosol scenarios MAGICC model is developed ... with the observed data, SCENGEN can generate climate scenarios for any regions and any time period in the 21st century The baseline climate data used in the model is the period of 1961-1990 and ... region, and other climatic regions of Vietnam as well [5] and most recently climate change scenarios for Da Nang, Quy Nhon and Can Tho To build climate change scenarios for Da Nang, Quy Nhon and...
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An Assessment of the Environmental Implications of Oil and Gas Production: A Regional Case Study pot
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06/03/2014, 16:20
... distinct sources of emissions and discharges Nevertheless, the findings in this report demonstrate that on an aggregate basis, the environmental footprint of oil and gas production in Region and ... bodies, and other stakeholder groups and citizens have issued studies or scrutinized the environmental implications and potential risks of expanding oil and gas production on public lands and in ... complexity of the underlying issues and inevitable conflicts that arise The following discussion addresses these main water issues: • Water discharges governed by regulations promulgated under the Clean...
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China's Superbank: Debt, Oil and Influence - How China Development Bank is Rewriting the Rules of Finance
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16/03/2014, 21:32
... focusing on that kind of return on investment is missing the point A stadium boosts the value of the surrounding land, and that means more money for the local government, which can sell that land to ... Resource Centers And in many cases, the company that values the land is in the same office as the city’s state land bureau, as is the case in Loudi Once the LGFV could be dressed up with land assets ... landscape remains state dominated While economists in the West before the financial crisis believed that the best way to prosperity is to reduce government involvement in the economy and let the...
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Adapting for a Green Economy: Companies, Communities and Climate Change docx
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19/03/2014, 16:20
... incorporate climate risks into their operations and value chains Only around onethird of the companies reported that their climate change strategy has a “strong emphasis” on the issue of climate change ... addressing climate impacts This chapter highlights the connections among climate change impacts, human development, and economic and social stability, and the resulting risks and opportunities that climate ... the capacity for self-organization, and the capacity to adapt to stress and change. ” A list of key climate change terms and concepts used in this report is provided as Annex A at the end of the...
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Targeted Monitoring of Air Pollution and Climate Change Impacts on Biodiversity doc
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23/03/2014, 00:20
... woodland Acid grassland • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • England Wales N Ireland N Ireland Scotland Wales England England N Ireland N Ireland N Ireland England England Mixed Woodland Raised ... England England England England England Heathland, valley mire within the New Forest 11 11 11 11 11 • • • • • • Scotland Scotland Wales Wales Wales England England England England England England ... Wales Scotland Scotland Scotland Scotland Scotland England England England England Raised bog Birchwood and acid grassland Semi natural broadleaved woodland Semi natural broadleaved woodland Semi...
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Urban Air Pollution and Climate Change as Environmental Risk Factors of Respiratory Allergy: An Update potx
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23/03/2014, 02:20
... and possible variations induced by climate change is of great importance The climate changes projected during the next century will influence plant and fungal reproductive systems and alter the ... sizes DEPs exert their effect through chemical agents such as PAHs The particles are deposited on the mucosa of the airways and their hydrophobic nature mean that the PAHs allow them to diffuse ... pollution and outdoor exercise could contribute to the development of asthma in children Nevertheless, although there is extensive evidence that ambient air pollution exacerbates existing asthma, the...
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