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Reprint 915 Sea-level Rise and Storm Surge – Impacts of ...
www.weather.gov.hk- 1 - Sea-level Rise and Storm Surge – Impacts of Climate Change on Hong Kong B Y Lee, W T Wong and W C Woo Hong Kong Observatory ABSTRACT: A direct consequence of global warming is thermal expansion of sea water and
UNIFIED SEA LEVEL RISE PROJECTION
southeastfloridaclimatecompact.org1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact reconvened the Sea Level Rise Work Group for the purpose of updating the unified regional projection …
Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of the IPCC (2007) on ...
www.bmu.deSea level rise: If the same emission scenarios are applied, models show a sea level rise of 18 – 38 cm for a low scenario and 26 – 59 cm for a high scenario during the course of the century. The range published in TAR (9 to 88 cm) would have shown similar results if uncertainties, on which now
Land Use Impacts and Solutions to Sea Level Rise
risingsea.net472 The cooperative agreement between the EPA and South Florida Regional Planning Council (S FRPC) r epresents the first attempt to examine the long-term response to sea level rise through
Fact Sheet Sea Level Rise Risk Assessment for DoD Coastal ...
www.dodworkshops.orgREVISED 11/13/2009 Land cover change for a moderate sea level rise projection at one NC coastal installation illustrates the dramatic conversion of land to open water for the Dare County, NC peninsula.
Flood and Coastal Defence Appraisal Guidance FCDPAG3 ...
www.sdcg.org.ukPage 3 of 9 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs October 2006 Table 1: Regional net sea level rise allowances Administrative or Net Sea-Level Rise (mm/yr)
GENDER AND CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES IN …
www.fao.orgModule 2: Concepts: gender and climate change issues in agriculture and food security 17 Sea level rise The global sea level rise is estimated to be up to 60cm by 2100; however, some important
Climate Change Impacts on South African Coastal ...
www.cfoo.co.za3 uncertainties in trends in extreme sea levels and their implications for ensuring the protection of life and property in coastal regions. There is now a better understanding of the present contributions to sea level rise from
THE NATIONAL SECURITY IMPLICATIONS OF A CHANGING …
obamawhitehouse.archives.govAssessment,” U.S. Global Change Research Program, 2014. climate change. Sea level rise, coupled with storm surge, will continue to increase the risk of major coastal impacts on transportation infrastructure, including both temporary and permanent flooding of airports , ports and harbors, roads, rail lines, tunnels, and bridges. 4
The Social Cost of Carbon - OECD.org
www.oecd.orgMarket Non Market (Socially Contingent) Projection (e,g, sea level Rise) Bounded Risks (e.g. droughts, floods, storms) System change & surprises (e.g. major
C-Change Working Paper: Mobilizing Local Knowledge to ...
www.coastalchange.caC-Change Working Paper #35. Abstract . Over the last 10 years, Canada has helped to lead the way in terms of modeling sea level rise and storm surge threats for coastal communities.
CLIMATE RISK INFORMATION - Welcome to NYC.gov
www.nyc.gov4 • Brief, intense precipitation events that can cause inland fl ooding are also likely to increase • Storm-related coastal fl ooding due to sea level rise is very likely to increase
Secretary Matthew Beaton Ed DeWitt Executive …
www.apcc.org3 emissions, which affect human health and the Cape’s environmental resources. Included in those impacts are the consequences of climate change and sea level rise, which every town on Cape Cod is
Andrew Mather1 and Andre Theron2 - CFOO
www.cfoo.co.za3 Recent observations from satellites, very carefully calibrated, are that global sea level rise over the last decade has been +3.3+/- 0.4 mm/y (Rahmstorf et al, 2007)).
Sea Level Rise - IPCC
www.ipcc.chclimate-sea level connections on a decade-to-century timescale Next, the possible contributing factors - thermal expansion of the oceans and the melting of land ice - to both past and future sea level change are examined Finally, the issue of future sea level due to global warming is addressed 9.2 Factors Affecting Sea Level
SEA LEVEL RISE ADAPTATION PRIMER - British Columbia
www2.gov.bc.caforeseeable future. One of the recognized impacts of climate change – and potentially the most dramatic for the many coastal communities of Canada – is sea level rise (SLR).2 As oceans warm, they expand, raising global sea levels. Melting ice …
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