Landscape Partnership
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U.S. Department of Energy
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The mission of the Energy Department is to ensure America’s security and prosperity by addressing its energy, environmental and nuclear challenges through transformative science and technology solutions.No publisherClimate ChangeEnergyFederal AgenciesClimateClean Energy2022/11/21 17:50:00 GMT-4OrganizationCT Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
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The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection advances the conservation, use, and appreciation of Connecticut’s wildlife resources.No publisherBog TurtleEnergyWildlifeStateEndangered Species2020/12/31 00:00:00 GMT-4OrganizationSecretary Jewell Announces Decision to Protect 75,000 Acres of Eastern Tennessee Mountains From Future Surface Mining
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At the request of the State of Tennessee, the Department of the Interior has agreed to designate approximately 75,000 acres of mountain ridgelines as unsuitable for surface coal mining operations.No publisherNewsEnergy2016/12/09 15:13:35 GMT-4News ItemCentral Appalachia Prosperity Project
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The Central Appalachia Prosperity Project is part of the Presidential Climate Action Project to develop policy recommendations on climate and energy security, with a focus on what the next President of the United States could accomplish using his or her executive authority. The Central Appalachian Project draws on the input of America's most innovative experts to produce policy and program recommendations that are sufficiently bold to expedite the region's transition to a clean energy economy. An important component of these recommendations has been better coordination of the efforts being made by all levels of government - federal, regional, state and local.No publisherGISDatabaseClimate ChangeEnergyForestsMap ProductsMitigationHuman DimensionsEnvironmental PolicyRenewable EnergyCoal MiningLand UseProjectsEconomy2016/09/22 09:09:56 GMT-4LinkTools and Resources for Addressing Energy Development in the Appalachians
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On July 20, Jessica Rhodes of the Appalachian LCC gave an in-depth presentation to the Appalachian Mountains Joint Venture (AMJV) community on LCC-funded tools and resources that can address potential impacts of various energy development technologies on birds and other wildlife.
No publisherNewsEcosystem ServicesEnergy ForecastEnergy2016/07/28 09:15:00 GMT-4News ItemApplying LCC Tools to Issues Impacting the Keystone State
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Pennsylvania is a landscape filled with abundant forests and wildlife, thousands of miles of rivers and streams, and home to a productive energy industry that includes the emergence of natural gas and alternative energy sources. Natural resource agencies and conservation organizations increasingly see the value for proactive science and tools that help inform decisions both locally and regionally in order to best protect and conserve the lands, waters, and wildlife of the state while harnessing resources that benefit society and the economy.
No publisherEcosystem ServicesEnergyRiparian RestorationConservation PlanningNews2016/05/09 14:50:00 GMT-4News Item2016 Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative - Mined Land Reforestation Conference
https://www.landscapepartnership.org/news/events/2016-appalachian-regional-reforestation-initiative-mined-land-reforestation-conference
Perspectives on the Forest Reclamation ApproachNo publisherConferenceEnergyEvents2016/04/19 17:05:00 GMT-4EventAppalachian LCC Coordinator is Panelist at National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment
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Appalachian LCC Coordinator and Chief Scientist, Dr. Jean Brennan, participated as an invited speaker at the 16th National Conference and Global Forum on Science, Policy and the Environment in Washington DC.No publisherWaterNewsEnergyFood Security2016/03/14 10:24:01 GMT-4News ItemGlobal non-linear effect of temperature on economic production
https://www.landscapepartnership.org/maps-data/climate-context/cc-resources/ClimateSciPDFs/global-non-linear-effect-of-temperature-on-economic-production
Growing evidence demonstrates that climatic conditions can have a profound impact on the functioning of modern human societies (1,2), but effects on economic activity appear inconsistent. Fundamental productive elements of modern economies, such as workers and crops, exhibit highly non-linear responses to local temperature even in wealthy countries (3,4). In contrast, aggregate macroeconomic productivity of entire wealthy countries is reported not to respond to temperature (5), while poor countries respond only linearly (5,6). Resolving this conflict between micro and macro observations is critical to understanding the role of wealth in coupled human–natural systems (7,8) and to anticipating the global impact of climate change (9,10). Here we unify these seemingly contradictory results by accounting for non-linearity at the macro scale. We show that overall economic productivity is non- linear in temperature for all countries, with productivity peaking at an annual average temperature of 13 6C and declining strongly at higher temperatures. The relationship is globally generalizable, unchanged since 1960, and apparent for agricultural and non-agricultural activity in both rich and poor countries. These results provide the first evidence that economic activity in all regions is coupled to the global climate and establish a new empirical foundation for modelling economic loss in response to climate change (11,12), with important implications. If future adaptation mimics past adaptation, unmitigated warming is expected to reshape the global economy by reducing average global incomes roughly 23% by 2100 and widening global income inequality, relative to scenarios without climate change. In contrast to prior estimates, expected global losses are approximately linear in global mean temperature, with median losses many times larger than leading models indicate.No publisherTemperatureExtreme scenariosJobs and workClimate ImpactsHuman civilizationModelsSustainabilityHeatNature and SocietyEconomyHuman DimensionsExtreme riskTerrestrial ecosystemsClimate ChangeEconomic lossExtremesInfrastructure damagePropertyInvestment riskCoupledAgricultureEnergySocio-economic Toolsglobal changeEconomic risk(s)Land Use2016/01/16 20:36:52 GMT-4FileToo late for two degrees? Low carbon economy index 2012
https://www.landscapepartnership.org/maps-data/climate-context/cc-resources/ClimateSciPDFs/2012-11-06-pwc-low-carbon-economy-index-2012.pdf
Even doubling our current rate of decarbonisation would still lead to emissions consistent with 6 degrees of
warming by the end of the century. To give ourselves a more than 50% chance of avoiding 2 degrees will
require a six-fold improvement in our rate of decarbonisation. No publisherCarbon stocksConsumptionLand coverStormsSeawater intrusionExtreme scenariosTemperaturewater shortageHuman civilizationHeatClimate ChangeReportDroughtEconomyCarbon sinkExtreme riskLand atmosphere couplingFloodsJobs and workEconomic lossExtremesInfrastructure damageInvestment riskCO2EnergyWater supplyRiversGrowthEconomic risk(s)Land Use2016/01/16 20:33:59 GMT-4FileThe State of Greenhouse Gases in the Atmosphere Based on Global Observations through 2013
https://www.landscapepartnership.org/maps-data/climate-context/cc-resources/ClimateSciPDFs/1002_GHG_Bulletin.pdf
The WMO Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) coordinates observations of the most important contributors to climate change: long-lived greenhouse gases(LLGHG). In the figure, their radiative forcing (RF) is plotted along with a simple illustration of the impacts on future RF of different emission reduction scenarios. Analysis of GAW observations shows that a reduction in RF from its current level (2.92 W·m–2 in
2013)[1] requires significant reductions in anthropogenic emissions of all major greenhouse gases (GHGs). No publisherAdaptive managementExtreme scenariosClimate ImpactsHuman civilizationExtreme riskModelsRenewable EnergyEnergyGreenhouse gasesSequestrationCarbon cycleHeatGrowthEnergy ForecastClimate ChangeReportCoal MiningCarbon sinkMethane2016/01/16 20:33:56 GMT-4FileAre conservation organizations configured for effective adaptation to global change?
https://www.landscapepartnership.org/maps-data/climate-context/cc-resources/ClimateSciPDFs/Armsworth2015.pdf
Conservation organizations must adapt to respond to the ecological impacts of global change. Numerous
changes to conservation actions (eg facilitated ecological transitions, managed relocations, or increased corridordevelopment) have been recommended, but some institutional restructuring within organizations may also be needed. Here we discuss the capacity of conservation organizations to adapt to changing environmental
conditions, focusing primarily on public agencies and nonprofits active in land protection and management
in the US. After first reviewing how these organizations anticipate and detect impacts affecting target
species and ecosystems, we then discuss whether they are sufficiently flexible to prepare and respond by reallocating funding, staff, or other resources. We raise new hypotheses about how the configuration of different
organizations enables them to protect particular conservation targets and manage for particular biophysical
changes that require coordinated management actions over different spatial and temporal scales. Finally, we
provide a discussion resource to help conservation organizations assess their capacity to adapt.No publisherConservation organizationsManagementPredicted changeTemperatureClimate AdaptationFederalNGOConnectivity improvementCarbon policyAdaptive managementClimate ImpactsConservation groupsEcosystemsCorridorsTerrestrial ecosystemsClimate ChangeConservation PlanningReadiness of conservation organizationsEnergyAdaptation by organizationsAdaptationEndangered SpeciesInstitutional restructuringLandscape scale2016/01/16 20:23:46 GMT-4FileClimate: Sawyer predicted rate of warming in 1972
https://www.landscapepartnership.org/maps-data/climate-context/cc-resources/ClimateSciPDFs/448992b.pdf
Excerpt: "In four pages Sawyer summarized what was known about the role of carbon dioxide in enhancing the natural greenhouse effect, and made a remarkable prediction of the warming expected at the end of the twentieth century.He concluded that the 25% increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide predicted to occur by 2000 corresponded to an increase of 0.6 °C in world temperature..... In fact the global surface temperature rose about 0.5 °C between the early 1970s and2000. Considering that global temperatures had, if anything, been falling in the decades leading up to the early 1970s, Sawyer’s prediction of a reversal of this trend, and of the correct magnitude of the warming, is perhaps the most remarkable long-range forecast ever made.
Despite huge efforts, and advances in the science, the scientific consensus on the amount of global warming
expected from increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations has changed little from that in Sawyer’s time. No publisherCO2Predicted changeTemperatureClimate ChangeEnergyFossil fuel combustionGreenhouse gasesSawyerHeatRates of changeEmissions2016/01/16 20:23:45 GMT-4FileAssessing Future Energy Development Fact Sheet
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Provides a general overview of the need for the Energy Assessment research, the major products and findings that came out of the project, and the relevance of the study, models, and tools to the resource management community.No publisherEnergyEnergy ForecastOutreach2015/08/14 12:02:05 GMT-4FileFuture Energy Development across the Appalachian Region
https://www.landscapepartnership.org/cooperative/our-organization/sc/sc-past-meetings-and-materials/july-13-15-2015-appalachian-lcc-steering-committee-meeting/future-energy-development-across-the-appalachian-region
Overview of the Appalachian LCC funded project that uses models that combine data on energy development trends and identifies where these may intersect with important natural resource and ecosystem services to give a more comprehensive picture of what potential energy development could look like in the Appalachians. No publisherSteering CommitteeEnergyEnergy Forecast2015/07/23 16:29:29 GMT-4File