by Judith Curry
Best practices in adapting to sea level rise use a framework suitable for decision making under deep uncertainty.
by Judith Curry
Best practices in adapting to sea level rise use a framework suitable for decision making under deep uncertainty.
Posted in Adaptation, Oceans, Uncertainty
by Judith Curry
How did the state of New Jersey come to adopt sea level rise projections for their adaptation planning that are more than twice as high as the IPCC’s values?
Posted in Adaptation, Uncertainty
by Judith Curry
New Jersey has a sea level rise problem. How should this be managed?
Posted in Adaptation, Oceans
by Telis Koskinas
On February 2017, Oroville Dam gained worldwide attention when its main spillway suddenly failed, seemingly without precedent, under natural operating conditions.
Posted in Adaptation, Extreme events
by Javier
A possible mechanism for the effect of solar variability on climate, whereby solar variability acts over the stratospheric pressure system transmitting the changes top-down, and over ocean temperatures bottom-up.
Posted in Adaptation, Data and observations
by Judith Curry
Design with the natural cycle in mind to ensure that carbon ends up in the right places. — William McDonough
Posted in Adaptation
by Jim Steele
Is bleaching the legacy of a marvelous adaptation mechanism or a prelude to extirpation?
Posted in Adaptation, Oceans
Posted in Adaptation
by Judith Curry
Ahmedabad’s Heat Action Plan offers a proven track record and model to protect their residents from heat waves. My Georgia Tech/CFAN colleagues Violeta Toma, Peter Webster and Mark Jelinek are enabling this Plan with a pioneering heat wave forecast product to help the Ahmedabad Municipal Council determine when to implement a heat alert.
Posted in Adaptation
Posted in Adaptation
by Judith Curry
I have just returned from my engagement at the National Press Club, sponsored by the Marshall Institute Roundtable.
Posted in Adaptation, Attribution, Policy
by Judith Curry
If we really want to help globally, there is clear evidence that most can be accomplished through effective support at a community level for locally-designed and implemented adaptation measures in Africa and poor Asian countries where the real vulnerability exists, not nugatory mitigation that helps no one. – W. David Montgomery
Posted in Adaptation
by Judith Curry
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/25/upshot/buying-insurance-against-climate-change.html?hpw&rref=&_r=0
Posted in Adaptation, Economics
by Judith Curry
This post discusses Workshop presentations on the utility of climate models for regional adaptation decisions.
Posted in Adaptation, climate models
by Judith Curry
This post discusses Workshop presentations on methodologies and application examples of decision analytical strategies to support robust decision making on climate adaptation.
Posted in Adaptation
by Judith Curry
Perspectives on climate change adaptation from Coca Cola, SwissRe, and Acclimatise.
Posted in Adaptation
by Judith Curry
Last week, I was privileged to host the UK-US Workshop on Climate Science Needed to Support Robust Adaptation Decisions.
Posted in Adaptation