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1 0 MAINE WON’T WAIT S T R A T E G Y A Embrace the Future of Transportation in Maine Transportation is responsible for 54% of Maine’s annual greenhouse gas emissions. To meet our emissions-reductions goals by 2030 and 2050, our state must pivot to the future by pursuing aggressive transition strategies and innovative s...
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1.1.3 Ocean Scientific evidence is mounting of the significant changes occurring in the oceans. This is captured in the recent IPCC report:14 “It is virtually certain that the global ocean has warmed unabated since 1970 and has taken up more than 90% of the excess heat in the climate system (high confidence). Since 199...
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103 Land Stewardship Project. “LSP White Paper: Farming to Capture Carbon and Address Climate Change Through Building Soil Health.” January 27, 2020. 104 U.S. Department of Agriculture. Wisconsin Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative: Stategic Plan 2011–2016. December 2011.
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14 F. State agencies and local governments should develop climate change adaptation plans for critical infrastructures for which they are responsible. Climate change impacts, particularly sea level rise and storm surge vulnerability in coastal areas of Virginia, should be taken into account in all critical infrastructu...
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211 “Overview: Weather, Global Warming and Climate Change,” NASA, accessed November 10, 2020. 220 “Ecosystem Services,” National Wildlife Foundation, accessed October 28, 2020.
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24. Corringham, T. W., Westerling, A. L. & Morehouse, B. J. Exploring use of climate information in wildland fire management: A decision calendar study. J. Forest. 106, 71–77 (2008). 25. Pulwarty, R. S. & Redmond, K. T. Climate and salmon restoration in the Columbia River Basin: The role and usability of seasonal forec...
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257 “Explaining Electric & Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles,” U.S. EPA, last modified October 29, 2020. 258 Delaware Department of Finance, Division of Revenue, State of Delaware Tax Preference Report: 2019 Edition. 259 “Scientific Consensus: Earth’s Climate is Warming,” NASA, accessed November 10, 2020. php?id=790.
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3. Merton, R. K. The Sociology of Science: Theoretical and Empirical Investigations (Univ. of Chicago Press, 1973). 4. Gibbons, M. The New Production of Knowledge: The Dynamics of Science and Research in Contemporary Societies (Sage, 1994). 5.
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4 The project released a report in April 2015 putting forth recommendations for local gov-ernments to make their communities more resilient to the effects of climate change. The report outlines six main conclusions as well as 36 specific recommendations that touch on assessing, planning, and man-aging for resilience; de...
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42 AEP initiatives to reduce CO2 emissions include improving plant efficiencies, utilizing renewables such as wind (800 MW) and hydro (300 MW), and using forestry projects to help offset emissions. The current $500,000 per year investment in forestry projects offsets .35MM tons of CO2 emissions. AEP believes that the p...
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43 3. Observed Trends and Future Projections 8 Wildfires are increasing in frequency and severity While forest fires occur naturally and provide important ecological benefits for many ecosystems, the frequency and severity of fires is expected to increase due to climate change. Warmer air temperatures, reduced snowpack...
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5-7 Transportation and Land Use Sectors Policy Descriptions The policy options described briefly here not only result in significant emission reductions but also offer a host of additional benefits, such as reduced local air pollution; more livable, healthier communities; and increased transportation choices. A more th...
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55. Glantz, M. H. Consequences and responsibilities in drought forecasting: The Case of Yakima, 1977. Water Resour. Res. 18, 3–13 (1982).
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6. Build on existing monitoring and evaluation programs to detect problems with tree growth, phenology, reproduction, or tree health. F-3.
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96 6. Ocean and Coastlines Washington Shellfish Initiative In December 2011, Washington became the first state in the nation to have the Governor endorse an agreement among federal and state government, tribes, and the shellfish industry to respond and expand Washington’s shellfish resources, promote clean-water commer...
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A six-week campaign was offered to Abbott employees and their covered spouses to educate, motivate and build skills in the area of stress management.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS E ala! E alu! E kuilima! The Office of Planning would like to acknowledge the many individuals, organizations, and state and county agencies that contributed to the development of this plan. Mahalo to the Hawai‘i 2050 Sustainability Plan project team who supported the development of this plan, led by Da...
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ADAPTiNG TO A CHANGiNG CLiMATE Climate change will have significant economic, health, and natural resource impacts throughout New Hampshire in the twenty-first century. Unfortunately, because of the levels of greenhouse gases already in the atmosphere, the state’s climate will continue to change even if immediate steps...
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Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change. Maryland Department of the Environment 2030 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Act Plan XIII partners and individual actions, and often evolves at different spatial and temporal scales. Maryland recognizes the need to include robust adaptation and resiliency efforts alongside ...
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Additionally, partnerships with community groups and organiza-tions known as trusted resources can help reach vulner-able populations. Increase Public Education Offerings Related to Climate and Energy • Develop enhanced educational opportunities for climate science and clean-energy careers in Maine public schools to me...
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Additionally, residents who receive food assistance through Hawai‘i's emergency food relief system often receive donated foods that have high levels of fat and sugar and poor nutritional quality, impacting residents who receive food assistance (Creamer 2019a). Other health challenges include lack of access to mental he...
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All changes relative to 1916-2006; numbers rounded to nearest whole value (Elsner et al. 2010) The risk of lower low flows (e.g., lower 7Q10** flows) increases in all basin types to varying degrees. The decrease in 7Q10 flows is greater in rain dominant and transient basins relative to snow-dominant basins, which gener...
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All reports issued by the IPCC undergo a rigorous four-tiered approval process, with the first three tiers each involving an expert review and revision under supervision of review editors, and the fourth and final review consisting of a line-by-line approval by government delegations in a joint plenary session. The 4th...
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Almost 12 inches of precipitation was reported over the 10-day period in a series of events. April 2017 has preliminarily been ranked as the wettest April on record by NOAA. Additional details for historical flood events are provided in the following paragraphs.
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As a result, extensive mapping and hydraulic analyses have been provided for areas protected by the SPFC, high-resolution imagery has been developed for the California coastal shoreline, and maps characterizing the geologic conditions of California’s alluvial fans are available. Flood forecasts have greatly improved Ca...
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As in the Colorado River basin, the projected changes in monthly runoff for the South Platte basin across all studies show a strong tendency towards earlier spring peak flows and reduced summer flows. Arkansas River Basin The BCSD5 projected changes in annual runoff for the Arkansas River basin for mid-century shown in...
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Assess and monitor assets in subsidence zones, leveraging available public agency data. Increased wildfire frequency and intensity Assess wildfire risk through weather forecast model data and communicate risks to guide operational fire prevention activities and readiness for response. Implement broad strategy of wildfi...
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Attribution is the process of establishing the most likely causes for the detected change with some defined level of confidence. Climate Climate is first defined as the average weather, or more rigorously, as the statistical description in terms of the mean and variability of relevant quantities over a period of time r...
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Both the greenhouse gas scenarios and global climate models are periodically updated as the science of climate change advances. The most recent projections for 21st century climate change (IPCC 2013)[1] align with and confirm earlier projections (e.g., IPCC 2007).[2] 1. How much and how fast climate changes occur depen...
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But there is unlikely to be a significant reduction in the range of model projections at global or regional scales under a given emissions scenario. Key points • The global climate system has warmed since 1900, particularly in the past 30 years, as evidenced by increased surface, atmospheric, and ocean temperatures; me...
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CHAPTER 4–PROFILING CALIFORNIA’S SETTING CALIFORNIA STATE HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN │ SEPTEMBER 2018 SECTION 4.3 -PAGE 157 Best Practices Highlight 4.A: Santa Cruz County Plan for Climate Action and Adaptation In 2017, the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors approved a county Climate Action Strategy that incorporated a...
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CHAPTER 7–FLOOD HAZARDS CALIFORNIA STATE HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN │ SEPTEMBER 2018 SECTION 7.4 -PAGE 490 CURRENT LEVEE FAILURE HAZARD MITIGATION EFFORTS State Flood Management Initiatives California voters have approved billions of dollars in bonds over the years to finance various critical infrastructure improvements an...
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CHAT is a decision-support tool for city, county, and state practitioners involved in public health and local planning efforts to better prepare for extreme heat in the future. This online, interactive tool will support the inclusion of extreme heat and its impact on human health into long-term policy and planning deci...
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Chapter 4 examines the complex relationships involving California’s disaster history, growth factors exacerbating hazards and risk, development trends, vulnerable populations and new statewide climate change mitigation and adaptation planning initiatives. Notably, the Safeguarding California Plan: 2018 Update integrate...
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Chapter 8. Public Health 64 These mechanisms can be supported through integrated local and regional transportation planning using Complete Streets principles. Reductions in fuel use and emissions can also be achieved through congestion mitigation and smart growth planning that facilitates the establishment of more walk...
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Climate Impacts Group P a g e | 3‐1 College of the Environment, University of Washington SECTION 3 Making Sense of the New Climate Change Scenarios The speed with which the climate will change and the total amount of change projected depend on the amount of greenhouse gas emissions and the response of the climate to th...
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Climate projections are distinguished from climate predictions in order to emphasize that climate projections depend upon the emissions (or radiative forcing) scenario used, which are based on assumptions concerning, for example, future socioeconomic and technological developments that may or may not be realized and ar...
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Climatic Change 102(1-2): 159-186, doi: 10.1007/s10584-010-9852-3. TAG 1, Built Environment: Infrastructure and Communities Interim Report January 26, 2011 43 Jevrejeva, S., J. C. Moore, and A. Grinsted. 2010. How will sea level respond to changes in natural and anthropogenic forcings by 2100? Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, ...
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Co-Benefits: The actions supporting this strategy will also support smart growth, improvements to non-auto modes of transportation which will help reduce GHG emissions, and water quality. Technical Feasibility: Yes Strategy 4: Increase the resilience of critical infrastructure to severe weather and other climate change...
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Communities can support long-term, secure livelihoods for their residents through diverse economic development and employment opportunities. Business support, skills training programs, and access to financing options can help people and businesses respond to natural disasters and economic challenges linked to climate c...
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Compensation Compensation & & Benefits Benefits We offer a competitive and integrated total rewards package designed to attract, motivate and retain top talent.
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Complex and global issues such as climate change require a strong understanding of natural science, resource management, and environmental change. The best way to address this is by increasing edu-cational attainment in Alaska and increasing student proficiency in math, technology, engineering, and science. Because of ...
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Consider the adoption of a “one water approach” to provide integrated planning and implementation approach to managing finite water resources for long-term resilience and reliability, meeting both community and ecosystem needs. Utilize green building performance tracking and metrics for building retrofits and consider ...
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Creating new wetlands to offset anticipated loss or degradation of refugia elsewhere, 5. Managing water levels to reduce fluctuations and to maintain water temperature & chemistry (identify and reduce water diversions, and reintroduce native species such as beaver.  State water pollution laws and regulations  State w...
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CropScience carried out additional training courses on the subject of sustainability audits.
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Develop a state water plan that allows holistic planning of water resources and responses climate change. (Freshwater 2.2.1) 4. Evaluate Shoreline Master Programs to address current practices and institutional barriers that prevent inland migration of critical coastal habitats at risk from inundation. Options might inc...
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Develop and provide state and local jurisdictions with green shoreline design manuals for different types of shoreline along Puget Sound and the Pacific coast. 5. Incorporate future sea level rise in the prioritization, design, and post-project maintenance of toxic clean-up sites near the shoreline. C-4.
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During 2016, technical and professional checks were carried out on 124 firms (29 contractors and 95 subcontractors) and a positive opinion of the execution of the works and services contracted was given for 94 firms (9 contractors and 85 subcontractors).
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EJ areas—Shorthand for “Environmental Justice census tracts,” where 20% or more individuals live in poverty, and/or 30% or more of the population is minority. Overburdened populations—“Minority, low-income, tribal, or indigenous populations or geographic locations … that potentially experience disproportionate environm...
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Each participant measured their daily step count using an accelerometer and entered their results online.
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Energy-intensive industries contribute a similar level of emissions to buildings— from onsite fuel usage and emissions inherent in certain industrial processes like cement manufacturing. Natural and working lands – which include emissions from agriculture and land-use changes (i.e., developing green spaces or impacting...
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Engagement is the state of emotional and intellectual involvement and commitment that leads people to do their best at work.
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Ensure that water quality improvement and water reuse strategies are incorporated with land use planning. Establish mandatory recycled water use zones within reasonable transport distances from major sources of recycled water and establish incentives for developers. Upgrade Water Reuse regulations to allow unrestricted...
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Evaluation versus valuation. Although evaluation is not explicit in most definitions of climate services (Table 1), these experts agreed that it is crucial and an important weakness in current prac-tice17. Participants reported that few organizations are attempting systematic and comprehensive evaluation because it is ...
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Expand capacity of DSS from pilot scope to statewide/ regional scope WDFW – Priority Habitat and Species Database; online NOAA/USGS Pilot Project in Methow to develop climate change DSS for land use managers. DataBasin Long-term, sustainable decision support system. TAG3 Interim Report February/2011 50 | P a g e FOREST...
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External influences such as public pressure, the perception of vulnerability41,59,60 or actual water scar-city22 can help overcome resistance to using novel information. For instance, because of intense water-supply challenges, water resource managers in Australia perceived themselves to be at greater risk from not usi...
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Figure 47 outlines the types of strategies that can be deployed in sequence to identify and adapt to the impacts of increased average temperatures on the Commonwealth’s recreation and tourism sector. The order in which strategies are deployed is dependent on actors’ understanding of impacts, the availability of decisio...
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Finally, this policy should provide specific incentives or policies that would eliminate or limit barriers and expand distributed generation in South Carolina. 6-1 Chapter 6 Transportation and Land Use Sectors Overview of Greenhouse Gas Emissions The transportation sector is the second largest contributor to South Caro...
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Findings from a case study in Rajasthan, India. Environ. Dev. 25, 43–58 (2018). 104. Maharjan, A. et al. Migration and household adaptation in climate-sensitive hotspots in South Asia. Curr. Clim. Change Rep. 6, 1–16 (2020).
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Fish and wildlife resources suffered, recreational use of lakes and rivers decreased, forestry losses and fires increased, and hydroelectric power production decreased. In February 1991, DWR and Cal OES surveyed drought conditions in all 58 California counties and found five main problems: extremely dry rangeland, irri...
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Florida sources would be expected to mitigate 18.46 MMtCO2e more than required to meet targets due to the relatively low cost of mitigation and the opportunity to sell allowances to other WCI Partner sources. Complete 7 A 100 percent auction is assumed due to limitations in the model resulting from RGGI’s low cost miti...
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For example, if the pivot point for all passenger cars is, say, 23 mpg (or 0.043 gpm), then a car getting 18 mpg (0.056 gpm) is 0.013 gpm worse than the pivot point, and so incurs a $1,300 fee. Another car getting 36 mpg (0.028 gpm) is 0.015 gpm better than the pivot point, so it earns a $1,500 rebate. With a $1,000 pe...
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For example, managers are assessed on how well they work to ensure diversity among job candidates.
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For instance, the state’s Greenhouse Gas Inventory estimat-ed that the land-use sector offset roughly 4.6% of Delaware’s gross greenhouse gas emissions in 2016.153 However, the tools and methods for estimating the carbon seques-tration potential from some ecosystems, such as tidal and nontidal wetlands, are still in th...
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For the two studies with small ensembles of projections deliberately selected to span the range of the full ensemble, the individual projected changes are shown with horizontal bars. The values in red show the percentage of individual projections indicating a future decrease in flow. “HModel” identifies the hydrologic ...
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Four of the nation’s 15 largest cities are in California (Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, and San Francisco), and all are at risk for some type of flooding. Integrated Water Management (IWM) is, along with land use planning and increasing agency collaboration, one of the top priorities for addressing the states flood...
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From informal mentoring to formal classroom instruction for new hires and seasoned veterans alike, we provide targeted work-related training and development opportunities to our team members.
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Further, the APSC should identify appropriate incentives that are necessary and in the public interest, to further encourage the utilities to offer energy efficiency, conservation, and DSM programs. There are currently no regulatory requirements for municipally owned electric systems and electric cooperatives to offer ...
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Generally, wetland areas have low commercial potential and are valued for their ecological, recreation and aesthetic qualities, so expanded protections are likely equitable. Cost-effectiveness: Identification of these critical areas through remote sensing and analysis is relatively cost-effective, but will require some...
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Global sea level rise, which integrates many of the effects of warming, continues at the same rate as in the 1990s. So why is global surface temperature— which is based on thousands of land-surface and sea-surface measurements—showing a recent slowdown in warming? A large part of the explanation involves the natural va...
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Having a market for harvested wood products is important to incentivize forest management that will result in higher carbon removal from the atmosphere over the long term, but perhaps an even greater benefit is the incentive it gives the landowner to 157 Maryland Clean Energy Center. 2020. Seeing the Forest for the Tre...
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Having a system in place to gather and track fossil fuel usage data at the municipal level, as well as best practices for municipalities to implement for reduction of fossil fuel use, are action that enables other actions that help Vermont reach its GHG mitigation requirements. Equity: To enhance equity of this strateg...
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Horizontal and vertical integration continues to be an ongoing process in California as shown by 2018 SHMP Goal 4 that promotes integration of mitigation efforts and policy within and among state agencies and with regional and local jurisdictions. Parallel to this general movement toward formal integration, California ...
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However, 2 0 1 8 National Climate Assessment warns that “the prevailing evidence strongly suggests” climate change will partially counteract the progress made in reducing ozone precursors.56 The 2018 National Climate Assessment clearly documents that impacts to air quality, particularly ozone and particulate matter-rel...
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However, as the concentrations of these gases continue to increase in the atmosphere, the Earth’s temperature is rising above traditional levels. According to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration data, the Earth’s average surface temperature...
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However, many developers may not be taking full advantage of existing EE incentive programs in this sector. Opportunities exist to better align multifamily utility EE incentives with new NC Housing Finance Agency projects and their refinancing cycles, and to seek out complementary funding such as US Department of Agric...
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However, the rate at which emission reductions can be achieved is highly uncertain. View Description  CLIMATE JUSTICE During the listening sessions conducted in association with the State Climate Strategy, Nevadans expressed support for adoption of Clean Cars Nevada in that it would improve air quality. On the other h...
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If such substances are used during research into new pharmaceuticals, they are first checked with respect to the Convention on Biological Diversity.
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In addi-tion, increased temperatures and CO2 levels would lead to increased pollen production in several key allergenic species such as ragweed12. Infectious Diseases – An increase in hot weather would likely facilitate the spread of vector-borne infectious diseases such as Lyme disease, eastern equine encephalitis and...
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In addition, we are updating our Supplier Guiding Principles implementation guide, which will further address land rights.
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In aquatic environments, invasive species threaten aquaculture operations, recreational boating, agriculture, water conveyance, commercial and recreational fishing, marine transportation, and tourism, among other industries, all of which are essential to California’s economy. In 2013, California’s ocean-based economy e...
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In contrast to RCI-1, -2, -4, and -6, which affect a wide range of energy uses, RCI-9 focuses on a specific end use through adoption of appliance standards. RCI-7 targets a set of energy users— state and local governments—that are in a good position to demonstrate the benefits of energy-efficient building design and op...
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In some contexts, salience and interplay become more important in driving usability. For example, in a study of climate information use in the context of a boundary organization, it was found that credibility and trust were established quickly allowing interactions to focus primarily on improving information fit and pr...
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In the U.K., where we began our programs more than a decade ago, the breakfast clubs supported by Kellogg serve more than 1.5 million morning meals annually.
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In this example, choose Flood Buyout 2015. The Spatial filter dropdown menu will give the user the option to query results that have a spatial relationship (intersect or inside) with a shape drawn on the map or with features in another layer. For this example, choose the second (Only return features that have a spatial...
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In this section, we examine the role of temperature and precipitation in hydrology, and explore the range of future hydrologic outcomes for Colorado as presented in recent studies and assessments. Because the translation of the CMIP5 climate model projections into basin-scale hydrology output for Colorado and the weste...
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Incremental effects are not simply the Annual Effects of a given year minus the Annual Effects of the prior year, since these net effects would fail to account for program attrition, equipment degradation, building demolition, and participant dropouts. Please note that Incremental Effects are not a monthly disaggregate...
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It is therefore important that articles are clear about the appropriateness of inferring trends from their sample to generalized insights and discuss whether their results are representative of some larger population, what biases might arise and to what extent their results are generaliz-able. In several instances, the...
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It shows how ongoing state-funded research is supporting and informing adaptation policy and action, then details each sector’s ongoing actions and next steps for every high-level recommendation. This structure is also intended to link directly with the “Natural and Managed Resources and Systems, and Their Uses” chapte...
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Journal of the American Water Works Association, 92(9), 77-87. 17 Salathe Jr, EP, Zhang Y, Leung LR, Qian Y (2009) Regional climate model projections for the State of Washington, Washington climate change impacts assessment: evaluating Washington’s future in a changing climate. In press. Shea, K.M., Truckner, R.T., Web...
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Jurisdictions can meet the requirements of SB 379 by including climate change in their LHMPs and adopting their LHMP into the safety element of their general plans, which can also gain the post-disaster financial benefits of AB 2140. This effort encourages cross-linkages of various local planning efforts with hazard mi...
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Keene, New Hampshire 30. Albany, New York 31. Groton, Connecticut 32. Guilford, Connecticut 33. New York, New York 34. Chester, Pennsylvania 35. Baltimore, Maryland 36. Anne Arundel, Maryland 37. Dorchester County, Maryland 38. Somerset County, Maryland 39. Lewes, Delaware 40. Worcester County, Maryland 41. Satellite B...
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L-5.4. Make climate justice in local planning a key connection to state activities around climate adaptation. L-5.4a. Support local implementation of general plan statute requirements on climate justice. L-5.5. Collaborate with foundations, non-profits, and community groups to foster greater engagement with State agenc...
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Lack of infrastructure (chiefly community wastewater and water systems) makes compact settlement a challenge, thereby causing housing development to follow the path of least resistance, which is dispersed single-family home development on large lots along rural roads. This de facto development pattern will only exacerb...
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Low tax levels are expected to have little impact on purchasing decisions. High taxes and subsequent tax holidays will have a greater impact on consumers' buying energy-efficient equipment. ! The assumed state tax rate is 6%, which is the amount used to estimate the increased purchases from the tax holiday.
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MAIN POLICIES The management Model adopted mirrors the main Group Policies, among which we can recall the “Values and Ethical Code”, the “Code of Conduct” and the “Premium Integrity” Programme (to which an update paragraph is dedicated later in this report), the “Social Responsibility Policy for Occupational Health, Sa...
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MEA recorded the talks and are using these talks as educational material for legislators and their staff. • Maryland Geological Survey is working with NASA to identify any technologies that would assist in identifying methane emitters such as transmissive geologic faults, poorly abandoned wells, fissures, etc. There is...
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Many of these rules have been rescinded or delayed, leading to significant uncertainty in the regulatory landscape. Given this uncertainty at the federal level, Maryland has elected to lead by example by mitigating SLCP from sources such as the natural gas industry and landfills. Maryland is working on an ambitious set...
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Modeling the Fate of New Jersey’s Salt Marshes Under Future Sea Level Rise. Center for Remote Sensing & Spatial Analysis, Rutgers University. 30 Richard Lathrop. 2014. Modeling the Fate of New Jersey’s Salt Marshes Under Future Sea Level Rise.
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More detailed discussion of these and other approaches can be found in Means et al. (2010), Vogel and Smith (2010), Vogel et al. (2011), and Barsugli et al. (2012). Vulnerability Assessment Typically, a prerequisite for integrating climate change information into adaptation planning is conducting a vulnerability assess...
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