Islands are the first to be affected by climate change (CC): their small size, generally low altitudes and external dependence increase their vulnerability to natural, particularly coastal hazards, aggravated by CC (Bertrand and Richard, 2011). Nowadays, the introduction of adaptation to CC is criti...

The French geography has never really succeeded in considering the environmental issue, which is fundamentally political, to be the logical body of its field of intervention. And despite the rise in contemporary environmental challenges, it seems to continue to do so. The organisation, by the Geogra...

Diet for a low-carbon planet / Alan Miller, Development in a Changing Climate, World Bank blog, 5/05/2011 http://blogs.worldbank.org/climatechange/diet-low-carbon-planet Most of the proposed solutions to climate change such as substitution of fossil fuels require large investments, policies that are...

Sivo-pepeljasti sloj i pepeljasta leća otkopani u Veloj spili na Korčuli na dubini od oko 5,80 m, odnosno 6,25 m, sastoje se od vulkanskoga pepela izbačenoga tijekom erupcije napuljskoga žutog tufa (NYT) prije približno petnaest tisuća godina i tijekom erupcije piroklastike Ponti Rossi prije šesnaes...

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The quest to reduce national and global environmental impacts has had a significant impact on the construction industry. In most developed countries, the construction sector is responsible for 35% of waste generation, 32% of energy consumption, and 19% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Both theory...

CoE Technology Domain Workshop on Urban Solutions & Ressource Resilience, Singapore, SINGAPOUR, 11-/03/2016 - 11/03/2016

California Red Scale (PRC), Aonidiella aurantii (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) is considered as a key pest. In eastern Spain, it has spread over the last decades to cover a wide range of citrus fruits. Chemical control is difficult and often followed by recurrent infestations in a short period of time, th...

International audience The augmented Noah land surface model described in the first part of the two-part series was evaluated here over global river basins. Across various climate zones, global-scale tests can reveal a model's weaknesses and strengths that a local-scale testing cannot. In addition,...

Energy policies of IEA countries - Denmark 2011 review. IEA/OECD, Feb. 2012, 162 p. http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/energy/energy-policies-of-iea-countries-denmark-2011_9789264098213-en Denmark is a leader among OECD member countries in terms of its well-designed policies for renewable energy, energy e...

In our study we tested the hypothesis that one of the causes of climate change could also be the recently observed solar hyperactivity, since it differentiates the way clouds are formed. We analyzed, from specific databases, the speed (km/s) and the proton density (p/cm3) of the solar storms in the...

believed this article in the newspaper "UK. Our Church. Evangelische Zeitung für Westfalen & Lippe" (link) (link) (click on flicker to change the wide view by clicking on “Actions”) — Press release of the Evangelische Landeskirche für Westfalen (Evangelische Landeskirche für Westfalen)

Transport generates many externalities, some related to atmospheric pollution. In this paper, we focus on two: greenhouse gases, and local pollution. In the search for optimal transport policies, these two externalities have usually been analysed separately. Here, we study them jointly, in a sequent...

International audience Climate change is a major issue for the wine industry. Climate and in particular temperature plays a key role in vine physiology and phenology. Temperatures can be highly variable inside a winegrowing region and they are strongly related to local environment (topography, water...

Brazil: Curbing forests emissions and anticipating energy issues / Emilio La Rovere & Marcelo Poppe. IDDRI, Idées pour le débat, 2012, 20 p. (Working Papers N°07/2012. Challenges for climate policy and governance in key emerging countries Series) http://www.iddri.org/Publications/Collections/Idees-p...

The Kyoto and Copenhagen Protocols on climate change mitigation postponed the specification of binding commitments to a future negotiation. This paper analyzes the strategic implications of delayed negotiations. While, as iswell-understood, the incentive to free ride leads to excessive emissions pri...

Phytoplankton activity is responsible for the oceanic production of volatile compounds which, once released into the atmosphere, have an impact on its oxidative capacity, on aerosol formation and on climate evolution. The oceanic emissions of most of these compounds are, however, poorly known becaus...

Mediterranean regions are particularly exposed to hydro-meteorological risks, such as intense rainfall and rapid floods, storms causing marine and heavy wave flooding, heat waves and forest fires droughts. The intensity and frequency of these extreme hydro-meteorological events are likely to change...

My dissertation examines the intersection of medieval and Early Modern Arthurian literature, English and British nationalism, and new materialism – specifically thing theory and object-oriented ontology. Arthur was not a true historical figure, yet throughout much of British history his cultural and...

Program Publc Intl Conf Ethics, Climate, Energy

[ES] The current high energy consumption means the release of large amounts of pollution into the atmosphere, facilitating climate change through the greenhouse effect, as well as affecting soil and water. Although this is a topic that has been discussed for many decades now, it is only in 2012 that...

[ES] The following project is a proposal to upgrade a dwelling based on the design of a roof with integrated solar panels to make the dwelling self-sufficient. Due to advances in solar photovoltaic energy, economies of scale, as well as the large number of suppliers, current prices are very competit...

encouraged by the fight against climate change, the development of sustainable energy poses major challenges for the protection of biodiversity. The note presented by ORÉE starts from the principle that biodiversity protection and the energy transition are two key and interconnected concepts. Based...