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A woman and his son play in front of her house with the solar panels on the roof. All the electronic devices in this house are powered by the energy created by the solar panels.
IMF Photo/Tamara Merino
23 June 2021
Pica, Chile
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A worker stands next to the heliostats. With a total weight of 1.8 tons each, there are 10,600 heliostats (mirrors), which concentrate solar radiation onto the solar receiver, located at the top of a 250-meter-high tower. The concentric arrangement of the plant covers an area of more than 700 hectares (7 square kilometers), with a diameter of 3 kilometers.
The Cerro Dominador solar power plant produces 110 MW, which are directly connected to the National Electric System. The plant is located in the Atacama Desert, the driest desert in the world, which has the highest levels of direct solar radiation on the planet. In the Cerro Dominador solar power plant, the solar energy is reflected by 10,600 heliostats (mirrors) to the top of a 250-meter-high tower, where liquid salts are heated; the hot salts then help to generate steam, which in contact with an electric generation turbine produces the final energy. The main characteristic of the solar thermal plant is that, unlike photovoltaic, it solves the problem of intermittency, being able to produce energy during 17 hours without the presence of the sun and maintaining the production of 110 MW even at night.
IMF Photo/Tamara Merino
30 June 2021
Maria Elana, Chile
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A solar water heater is located in the house of Mariela Ojeda, leader of the Colonial Sports Club. Territorial integration is a fundamental pillar of the company. They are integrated into the territory respecting the environment and the communities surrounding the wind farms, and work together with the community to develop projects that improve their quality of life and promote local development.
The Aurora Wind Farm is one of the largest in Chile and the largest of its kind operating in the region. It comprises 43 wind turbines, with an installed capacity of 129 MW. The operation of this wind farm generates energy capable of supplying 195 thousand homes, which is equivalent to the total number of homes in the regions of Los Ríos and Aysén. In addition, its operation avoids the annual emission of 134 thousand tons of CO2, which translates into the removal of approximately 111 thousand cars from circulation. Llanquihue, Chile on Tuesday, June 15, 2021.
IMF Photo/Tamara Merino
15 June 2021
Llanquihue, Chile
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Climate Corporate Governance for Financial Institutions - Building resilience to climate change risk
During the past decade, with extreme weather causing hundreds of USD billions of
losses per year and the changing climate intensifying the adverse effects of wasteful
practices, environmental considerations have overtaken economic concerns as the
main sources of global risk, according to the World Economic Forum.
Financial regulators and the European Union are responding with recommendations
and guidance on the disclosure of climate-related financial risks to help integrate
sustainability into investor portfolio management. Credit rating agencies are
developing new ways to anticipate how climate-related risks could impact businesses
and financial institutions.
But is this enough?
To assess whether the financial sector is adequately equipped, the EBRD is brought
together representatives from financial institutions to share their practical experience
of the ‘what’ and ‘how’ of climate-related risk management.
The event discuseed ways to achieve an effective investor-led climate response
via climate corporate governance, standards-based climate finance, climate risk
management, climate-related capital market products.
Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hold a Climate Crisis Summit at Drake University, Des Moines
Dedé Batista Pinto, 36, crosses a wooden beam that is improvised as a bridge in front of his floating house - in the village of Cacau Pirêra, in Iranduba, Amazonas, Brazil, on April 6, 2021. Unemployed for a year due to the pandemic of Covid-19, Dedé, who usually acts as a vigilante, is facing problems getting around the area by boat and with animals - such as snakes and alligators - that invade the residence and offer eprigo in this part of the year. Although floating, many houses of this type do not have the adequate structure to face the period of heavy rains in the Amazon, which can cause them to sink. The state of Amazonas is expecting a record high of its rivers. The Civil Defense has been monitoring all river channels in the state: Juruá, Purus, Solimões, Negro, Madeira and Amazonas.
IMF Photo/Raphael Alves
6 April 2021
Iranduba, Amazonas, Brazil
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Youth climate advocates from all over the Philippines take the streets of Bacolod City to call for the climate and environmental justice. The activity is part of the National Ecological Justice Youth Summit 2019, an initiative to build a grassroots youth climate movement, demanding to moving away from fossil fuels and harmful land use practices, and helping jump-start a clean energy economy. Photos: Fread De Mesa
Climate activists in Edinburgh sent a message to world politicians who are meeting now in Lima, asking them to agree a deal to prevent catastrophic climate change.
They took to the streets on Saturday to collect signatures supporting the Edinburgh Climate Action Pledge which also calls on the City of Edinburgh Council to take urgent steps to cut the city’s greenhouse gas emissions.
Matthew Crighton of Friends of the Earth Edinburgh commented
“To look after our planet and ourselves we have to stop burning fossil fuels – coal, natural gas and oil – and switch to renewables. It’s practical and can improve people’s lives at the same time. Transforming our energy system will create jobs, cut pollution and tackle dangerous climate change.
“Let’s take vigorous action now, rather than face the consequences of climate change- devastation to farming around the world, rising food prices and rising hunger, mass migrations and unrest, flooding of coastal areas; and disaster for the natural world.
“So we want a global agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions; and we also want action in Scotland to meet our emissions targets. We support Edinburgh Council’s target to reduce the city’s carbon emissions by 42% by 2020. We want to see action taken now to achieve and then exceed that target”.
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) held its 23rd Conference of the Parties (COP 23) from November 6-17, 2017 in Bonn, Germany. Led by the Presidency of Fiji, negotiators from nearly 200 countries convened to advance implementation of the Paris Agreement. WRI’s experts hosted or participated numerous events.
Photo credit: Rhys Gerholdt (WRI)
Electrical substation, where the voltage coming from the wind turbines is increased from 33 kV to 220 kV to be delivered to the system. The Aurora Wind Farm is one of the largest in Chile and the largest of its kind operating in the region. It comprises 43 wind turbines, with an installed capacity of 129 MW. The operation of this wind farm generates energy capable of supplying 195 thousand homes, which is equivalent to the total number of homes in the regions of Los Ríos and Aysén. In addition, its operation avoids the annual emission of 134 thousand tons of CO2, which translates into the removal of approximately 111 thousand cars from circulation.
IMF Photo/Tamara Merino
15 June 2021
Llanquihue, Chile
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Climate spiral at Klimahaus, Bremerhaven.
Canon EOS 50D
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A message of solidarity with the activists who pushed for climate justice
at COP21.
Projection by San Francisco Projection Department.
Klimastreik der Bewegung Fridays for Future am 20.09. vor dem Berliner Bundeskanzleramt. Auf der Bühne der Schriftsteller Marc-Uwe Kling. Berlin 2024
Climate strike of the movement Fridays for Future in front of the chancellery building. On stage is the writer Marc-Uwe Kling. Berlin 2024.
Mr. Alexandre Gorelik (right), Director of UNIC Moscow and Mr. Frode Mauring, the UN Resident Coordinator in the Russian Federation. Mr. Mauring opened an event at UNIC Moscow on the topic of climate change. (Photo credit: UNIC Moscow, 17 June 2009)
This one week training was held in June 2016. In attendance were officers from Rwanda Meteorological Agency, Rwanda Agriculture Board, NGOs and the Media.
Photo: V. Atakos (CCAFS)
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A large amount of garbage and waste is observed in Igarapé do Franco, one of the most well-known water courses, located in the west of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, on April 21, 2021. Despite being cut by several streams, Manaus has a weak basic sanitation network and most of the city's waste is discharged into its watercourses. The state of Amazonas is experiencing a period of rain and river flooding. The rivers usually flood from November to June, and this event can be changed due to factors such as "repiquete" (when the river shows signs that it will stop filling, but suddenly starts to flood quickly) and climatic phenomena such as La Ninã and El Niño, which can interrupt or intensify the rains.
IMF Photo/Raphael Alves
21 April 2021
Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
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WASHINGTON DC. APRIL 29th - Activists marching down Pennsylvania Avenue on their way to encircle the White House to demand action on climate change in mass protests that fell on President Trump's 100th day in office.
Around 200,000 people marched through the streets of Washington DC for climate action, jobs, and justice. Photo by Eman Mohammed
Environmental Science, Geology and Journalism collaborated to produce climate solutions news pieces.
Nearly 200 people in Reading, UK signed our petition to the banks asking them to increase their investments in renewable energy and divest from fossil fuels. (We think the bankers are 'jesting' with their customers when they continue to invest in fossil fuels - hence the costumes!)
Dear Sirs & Mdms,
_*Oxley BizHub 2 Preview Phase (Final Week)*_
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As we approach the Official Launch, we are extending our final invites
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*Use of Units: *URA Business 1 (B1 Clean & Light Industry). No noise, no
smell, no wet goods
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*[Industrial as an Investment]*
Industrial properties have always been a popular choice for REITs (Real
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Below are some value-adds that industrial projects have over residential:
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- Attractive & Upcoming investment option for Foreigners, PRs and Locals
buying 3rd property
- Rare plot of land near MRT, bought before Development Charge increase
*- Recent new rule prohibits new IGLS (Industrial Government Land Sales)
to be strata subdivided within 10 years after TOP *
- Limited supply in future, rare opportunity to own unit direct from
developer
- Affordable Low Quantum
- Higher rental yield than residential - more passive income from rental
& repay full mortgage faster
- No restrictions on HDB Owners - even if owners are within the minimum
occupation period (MOP), they *_can_ *purchase industrial properties
- Unique BizHub with multiple businesses operating here - large user
pool, beneficial for business, and future rental & resale
- Increasing Land Price and Development Charge by URA poised to increase
the launch price of new developments
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Interchange)
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Central
*[Opportunities for Businesses]*
- Upcoming Paya Lebar Business Hub poised to increase activities in this
locality
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Tata Communications etc
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(Tai Seng MRT opened only in Apr 2010), before enhancements to location
by future developments.
*[Corporate Environment]*
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- Lifestyle Facilities Swimming Pool & Gym to enhance the corporate image
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_Canteen_
1884 sqft
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*[Project Facts]*
Only 271 units
No. of floors: 11
Developer: Oxley Ascend Realty Pte Ltd (Fully owned by the SGX-Listed
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Site Area: approx 12,378 sqm
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BPLDC no.: 08_04_000052
Page Title: Climate
Collection: Tupper Scrapbooks Collection
Album: Volume 26: Lower Egypt. Pyramids.
Call no. 4098B.104 v26 (p. 51)
Creator: Tupper, William Vaughn
Description: Scrapbook page containing written information about Egypt's climate, quoted from the work of W.M. Flinders Petrie. There are no images.
Subjects:
Scrapbooks
desert climate
Page size: 33 x 38.1 cm
Annotations:
Climate-
In prehistoric times before the subsidence of Egypt and the elevation of the surrounding lands"the climate was for ages quite as moist as that of the Mediterranean at present and there can be no doubt that the country was wooded as in all other wet climates. The cause of the present dryness of Egypt is that it is surrounded by higher lands on all sides but the north and the north wind must become heated in blowing south and cannot lose any moisture. The only rain now precipitated is curiously in the low lands west & south west of Egypt which are entirely desert. On the south and east the higher mountains drain the air of all the moisture it can part with"-- W.M. Flinders Petrie
Language: English
Rights: No known restrictions.
Coverage: Egypt
Notes: Title supplied by cataloger, derived from captions or annotated information.
Format: Scrapbooks
BPL Department: Print Department
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On December 4th, The Rainforest Action Network helped to create an action in downtown Calgary highlighting the impact on climate change of individual investments in the 5 major Canadian banks.
NPS | Margaret Barse
The Exploring Earth Science Teacher Workshop 2017 took place over August 2nd and 3rd. Participating teachers spent two days in Shenandoah National Park learning and participating in activities around the theme "Shenandoah Salamander: Climate Change Casualty or Survivor."
This program is supported by a generous donation from the Shenandoah National Park Association and the Shenandoah National Park Trust.
Grape varieties adaptable
Story by DR BRUNO HOLZAPFEL
THE wide range of grape varieties available for production in different climatic zones shows the adaptability potential of grape production to altered climatic conditions.
Climatic changes in Europe have occurred over the centuries and have impacted on grape ripening. Harvest date records going back several 100 years reflect the climatic variation over the centuries and can assist in reconstructing past climate.
More recent data sets from over a few decades have shown advancement in key phenological stages and the harvest dates. In Australia harvest dates have advanced from half a day to three days per year between 1993 and 2006.
These observed changes and the projections of the impact of global climate change on wine production indicate the need for major adjustment in terms of the grape varieties and management practices employed.
Using a balanced global climate model forecast, mean growing season temperatures are forecast to be 1.5 to 2 degrees Celsius above 1990 levels by 2050 in most wine regions of NSW.
These projections indicate a number of consequences for grape production in the major warmer inland regions. Predictions on the impact on grape production are based on temperature changes and take little or no account of grapevine adaptive responses to predicted changes in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere or increased likelihood of water shortage.
It is predicted that the winter rainfall in the catchment areas of rivers supplying the irrigation water will be reduced by up to 10 per cent by the middle of this century, leading to potential reduction of inflow by 10 to 25pc. This would require a further improvement in water use efficiency for perennial crops.
The positive effect of higher CO2 levels on vine growth and water use efficiency might be reduced or completely cancelled by the negative effects of the predicted warmer temperatures associated with the increase of CO2.
Under such conditions a reduction of photosynthesis, higher respirations and shorter developmental stages will be likely responses. In addition, the increased temperatures will lead to earlier growing seasons leading potentially to higher frost risk and sub-optimal growing conditions.
The further advancement of seasonal vine development will result in fruit maturation occurring at a warmer time of year. This will together with a predicted greater likelihood of heat stress events negatively influence on grape quality of the currently grown varieties.
Viticultural production will be especially affected by climatic changes due to the strong relationships that exists between climate and winegrape quality attributes.
The plantings of alternative varieties with better suitability to the warmer conditions might present marketability difficulties.
The interaction between limited water supply and increased temperatures as well as seasonal and annual variation in both, will require a considerable adaptation and transition challenge for the Australian wine industry.
Contact: Dr Bruno Holzapfel, Senior Research Viticulturist, National Wine & Grape Industry Centre (02) 6933 4023.
Story first published in Agriculture Today 2009 www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/aboutus/news/agriculture-today
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