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Publisher
[Southwest Climate Change Initiative]
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
This report summarizes the results of a rapid landscape-scale climate vulnerability assessment for the Gunnison Basin. The primary objective of this assessment was to determine what ecosystems/habitats and species are most at risk to climate change (and why) under climate change scenarios predicted for 2050. This report summarizes the results of a landscape-scale climate change vulnerability assessment of 24 ecosystems (17 terrestrial and seven freshwater...
Author
Publisher
Western Water Assessment
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A significant body of academic research indicates that climate change is having a profound effect on the hydrology of the Colorado River Basin and those water systems dependent upon the river. In this study, we trace how the subject of climate change is featured in media coverage of Colorado River Basin water issues, acknowledging the salient role of the media in shaping public understanding and sentiment.
Publisher
Western Water Assessment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Colorado's climate has warmed in recent decades, and climate models unanimously project this warming trend will continue into the future. Colorado experiences numerous climate related disasters, such as floods, droughts and wildfires, which will continue to occur in the future and pose serious hazards to public safety and the economy, regardless of the rate at which the climate warms. Key vulnerabilities are defined as "those aspects of the state's...
Publisher
Western Water Assessment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
This report is a synthesis of climate science relevant for management and planning for Colorado's water resources. It focuses on observed climate trends, climate modeling, and projections of temperature, precipitation, snowpack, and streamflow. Climate projections are reported for the mid-21st century because this time frame is the focus of adaptation strategies being developed by the State of Colorado and other water entities.
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Publisher
[Center for Energy & Environmental Security]
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Under existing SEC disclosure requirements, a public corporation is required to fully and fairly disclose facts about its operations that are "material" to a shareholder's investment decision. But despite the growing evidence of climate change's broad range of impacts, 76.3% of annual reports filed in 2008 by S&P 500 corporations failed to even mention climate change. The true test of proper climate risk disclosure will be its quality, assessed using...
Author
Publisher
Energy & Environmental Security Initiative
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
The research objective for the Climate Action Database (CAD) was to compile proposals relating to the issue of climate change. These proposals include documents (and/or proposals embedded in such documents) that call for U.S. federal policy changes with respect to climate change and/or related to renewable energy policy changes.
Author
Series
Natural hazard research working paper volume 64
Publisher
Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center, Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado
Pub. Date
[1988]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Western Water Assessment
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Climate variability and change, including drought, affects multiple sectors, from agriculture to transportation, but the Colorado Climate Preparedness Project (CCPP) study especially found a gap in, and demand for, more information about climate impacts in the outdoor recreation sector.
15) Western watersheds and climate change: water and aquatic system tools workshop : evaluation results
Author
Publisher
University of Colorado Boulder
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
The USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station, in collaboration with USFS Region 2 and NOAA hosted the Western Watersheds and Climate Change: Water and Aquatic System Tools workshop on November 17-19, 2009 in Boulder, Colorado. This workshop, funded by the FY08 Forest Service Global Change Program, brought together 25 USFS National Forest (NF) staff working in western water and aquatic ecosystems, and 19 scientists from both other agencies and the academic...
Author
Publisher
Colorado Natural Heritage Program
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The 5 million-acre San Juan Region lies in southwest Colorado and is considered part of the Four Corners area. The Colorado Natural Heritage Program tracks 122 plant species within this region. Recently published climate models for the Southern San Juan Region project a median decrease in May precipitation across southwestern Colorado and a 4.3⁰ F increase in average annual temperatures, suggesting drought may become problematic for these species...
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Series
Glaciological data volume rept. GD-27
Publisher
World Data Center for Glaciology (Snow and Ice)
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
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