However, many complex factors, such as relative changes in temperature patterns or local socioeconomic conditions, must also be considered to provide a better understanding of overall heat vulnerability in a changing climate. Here, we utilize a multivariate approach to establish county-level risk ...
among other factors and should only be considered by sophisticated investors with the financial capability to accept the loss of all or part of the assets devoted to such strategies.
but these events were less widespread and generally less severe3than the bleaching events in the twenty-first century4. Stress bands in coral skeletal cores have provided potential evidence for pre-1980s bleaching in the GBR and Coral Sea, such as during the 1877–78 El Niño12. However,...
Days Twenty-Two to Twenty-Five: Head to Rurrenabaque Day 22 is a heavy travel day as you return from Cochabamba, back to La Paz, and on to Rurrenabaque. Keep your eyes peeled for toucans in Madidi National Park. All of this can be done via bus (eight hours from Cochabamba to ...
This was the fifth time that a record high annual temperature was set in the twenty-first century (along with 2005, 2010, 2014, and 2015) (Global Climate Report-Annual 2016). This increased heating is the result of higher atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and ...
Twenty of the 22 predicted a 25 basis points (bps) cut and two a 50 bps reduction. Several economists said on Wednesday that they were still expecting a 25 bps cut, the same size of reduction as in September, when the central bank cut rates for the first time in more than fo...
Chiappinelli: Interesting. So this is becoming more of an enterprise-level function. What are some of the results that companies get from approaching risk this way? Martonik: Absolutely. It has to be an enterprise approach. I was recently asked, “Well, who owns climate change?” Everyone...
risk related to wood-based bioenergy in Troms County in Norway. The semi-structured approach gave the interviewees the opportunity to elaborate their answers, not pre-categorised in the interview schedule. In addition to an introduction, the interview guide was structured around seven topics: ...
The STEEP analysis is a tool used to map the external factors that impact an organization. STEEP stands for the five key areas on which the analysis focuses: socio-cultural, technological, economic, environmental/ecological, and political. Usually, the S
Understanding tree species’ vulnerability to various disturbance agents is crucial for climate-smart forest management. Using a dataset on salvage cutting in Slovenian forests from 1995 to 2022 (n = 48,124,386 trees), we examined (1) the main trends in forest vulnerability to seven natural...