of Penguin Random House LLC. Knopf Canada and colophon are trademarks of Penguin Random House Canada Ltd. Cover design by John Gall Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Gates, Bill, 1955– author. Title: How to avoid a climate disaster : the solutions we have and the ...
Furthermore, the advent of COVID-19 has profoundly affected the implementation of distance learning or remote education within the realm of education. The current circumstances challenge certain students in their adjustment to the educational environment, leading to many of them discontinuing their studie...
Disaster and Climate Resiliency Broadband Regionalization Leadership & Capacity Development Community Facilities These are all based on the needs RCAP sees on the ground across the country in rural and Tribal communities and will be our priorities for at least the first two years of the five...
Global warming is expected to raise sea levels by 18 to 59 cm by the end of the 21stcentury through the melting of glaciers and polar ice plus the thermal expansion of seawater [5,14]. Rising sea levels will affect the extent of saline (>30 parts per thousand or ppt salt) or brackish...
Coasts in Guangdong Province are divided into 5 risk rating areas in comprehensive consideration of the range and impact scope of sea level rise, regional social and economic environments, strength of disaster-causing factors and regional disaster resistant capacity. ...
estimatescostsofover5%ofGDPperlargedisasteron averageinlow-incomecountriesbetween1997and2001. •In1991-92,thelogisticalcostsofimportingcerealintodrought affectedsouthernAfricancountrieswere$500m. •In1991-92,droughtinZimbabwe,increasedeficitfrom6%to 12%ofGDP.Bytheendof1992,realGDPhasfallenby9% and...
Keywords: index of global pollution; environment; impact assessment; graphical method 1. Aims and Background The main phases of the Disaster Management Cycle are: prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response, recovery and rebuilding. Environmental pollution risk analysis and risk management related to ...
According to Leiserowitz [18], the term global warming had negative connotations for nearly all respondents; alarming images of disaster brought out the strongest negative affect, while naysayers produced very low negative affect. Prior studies found that affect and affective imagery have a strong ...
publications Article Deep Impact: A Study on the Impact of Data Papers and Datasets in the Humanities and Social Sciences Barbara McGillivray 1 , Paola Marongiu 2, Nilo Pedrazzini 3 , Marton Ribary 4,* , Mandy Wigdorowitz 5,6 and Eleonora Zordan 7 1 Department of Digital Humanities, ...
Specifically, BA is considered the single most important information for addressing global mandates that seek to reduce fire emissions, such as the Kyoto Protocol, the Paris Agreement, United Nations Sendai Framework on Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),...