PPT-Fig. 4.1: Potential Impacts from Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Key Message 1 4 Ch 4 Energy Supply Delivery and Demand The Nations energy system is already affected by extreme weather events and due to climate change it is projected to be increasingly threatened by more frequent and longerlasting. Introduction. Before the end of June 2011, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) officially declared the year as being among the most extreme weather-event years in recorded U.S. history (. November 2014 – Part . 2 . Earlier and more abundant grass & tree pollen . Tree pollen is emerging roughly two weeks earlier in the spring in much of . N.A.. . Pollen counts are expected to more than double by 2040 . Closing points. Research Outputs. Briefing: Heat wave coping measures for housing. . Porritt. , S., . Goodier. , C. I., and Shao, L.. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Energy. Vol.162(3) pp 101-103, 2009. 2015 VMC Annual Conference. “Insect eats it’s way across Vermont!”. Pear . thrips. defoliating sugar maple forests. Spring phenology monitoring. Forest songbirds. Distribution of amphibians and reptiles. What is it? . An assessment of the risks . climate change poses to human health in the United . States . An Interagency product of the US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP). Part of the ongoing National Climate Assessment (NCA) process. Sea Level Rise and the Future of Coastal Cities. Boston University. 14 November 2014. Outline. Context. What do we know, and how do we know?. Implications for the future. Actions for today. We are a coastal city…. Edward P. Richards, JD, MPH. Clarence . W. Edwards Professor of . Law. LSU . Law School. richards@lsu.edu. National Security Threats. Destabilization of political regimes and demographic catastrophes. Edward P. Richards, JD, MPH. Director, Program in Law, Science, and Public Health. Clarence W. Edwards Professor of Law. LSU Law School. richards@lsu.edu. http://biotech.law.lsu.edu. http://sites.law.lsu.edu/coast. Ethiopian agricultural and . the role of agricultural insurance in disaster risk reduction and resilience . jemsethio@gmail.com , Jemal.Seida@eiar.gov.et. Africa-Asia Conclave on Loss and Damage Due to Climate Change. State and Federal . partnership. Climate Change. 1. Impacts . from Climate Change. Shoreline changes. Coastal areas. Communities. Coastal hazards. 18 ft. tide. 18.5 ft. tide. Scope of Work. A west coast-wide assessment . Stephen . Matthews. 1,2. , Louis Iverson. 2. ,. Anantha Prasad. 2. , Matthew Peters. 2. . . 1. School of Environment and Natural Resources . Ohio State University. 2. USFS Northern . Research . Station. First Meeting of the Task Force on Extreme Weather Events. Rome, 21 – 22 April 2008. 4/21/2008. 2. Climate change will affect, in profoundly adverse ways, some of the most fundamental determinants of health: food, air, water.. Kerry Emanuel. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, MIT. This Evening’s Program. Overview . of climate and climate change. . Effect of global warming on extreme weather. Common Misperceptions about Climate and Climate Science. Determinants of health. Person’s individual characteristics and behaviors. Physical environment. Social and economic environment. Source: www.who.int/hia/evidence/doh/en/. Potential . impacts of . climate .