Search Results - "Hall, Jim W"

Predicting spatial and temporal variability in crop yields: an inter-comparison of machine learning, regression and process-based models by Leng, Guoyong, Hall, Jim W

“…Pervious assessments of crop yield response to climate change are mainly aided with either process-based models or statistical models, with a focus on…”
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Global economic impacts of COVID-19 lockdown measures stand out in high-frequency shipping data by Verschuur, Jasper, Koks, Elco E, Hall, Jim W

“…The implementation of large-scale containment measures by governments to contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus has resulted in large impacts to the global…”
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Meat consumption, health, and the environment by Godfray, H Charles J, Aveyard, Paul, Garnett, Tara, Hall, Jim W, Key, Timothy J, Lorimer, Jamie, Pierrehumbert, Ray T, Scarborough, Peter, Springmann, Marco, Jebb, Susan A

“…Both the global average per capita consumption of meat and the total amount of meat consumed are rising, driven by increasing average individual incomes and by…”
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Pollution exacerbates China’s water scarcity and its regional inequality by Ma, Ting, Sun, Siao, Fu, Guangtao, Hall, Jim W., Ni, Yong, He, Lihuan, Yi, Jiawei, Zhao, Na, Du, Yunyan, Pei, Tao, Cheng, Weiming, Song, Ci, Fang, Chuanglin, Zhou, Chenghu

“…Inadequate water quality can mean that water is unsuitable for a variety of human uses, thus exacerbating freshwater scarcity. Previous large-scale water…”
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Understanding and managing new risks on the Nile with the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam by Wheeler, Kevin G., Jeuland, Marc, Hall, Jim W., Zagona, Edith, Whittington, Dale

“…When construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is completed, the Nile will have two of the world’s largest dams—the High Aswan Dam (HAD) and…”
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Drought and climate change impacts on cooling water shortages and electricity prices in Great Britain by Byers, Edward A., Coxon, Gemma, Freer, Jim, Hall, Jim W.

“…The risks of cooling water shortages to thermo-electric power plants are increasingly studied as an important climate risk to the energy sector. Whilst…”
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The effects of changing land use and flood hazard on poverty in coastal Bangladesh by Adnan, Mohammed Sarfaraz Gani, Abdullah, Abu Yousuf Md, Dewan, Ashraf, Hall, Jim W.

“…•We present a spatiotemporal appraisal of poverty in the coastal zone in Bangladesh.•Flood risk is positively correlated with land use/land cover (LULC)…”
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The potential of Tidal River Management for flood alleviation in South Western Bangladesh by Adnan, Mohammed Sarfaraz Gani, Talchabhadel, Rocky, Nakagawa, Hajime, Hall, Jim W.

“…Reduced sediment deposition, land subsidence, channel siltation, and salinity intrusion has been an unintended consequence of the construction of polders in…”
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Electricity generation and cooling water use: UK pathways to 2050 by Byers, Edward A., Hall, Jim W., Amezaga, Jaime M.

“…•We present a validated model of water use from UK thermoelectric generation.•We calculate cooling water abstraction and consumption for pathways to…”
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Targeting climate adaptation to safeguard and advance the Sustainable Development Goals by Fuldauer, Lena I., Thacker, Scott, Haggis, Robyn A., Fuso-Nerini, Francesco, Nicholls, Robert J., Hall, Jim W.

“…The international community has committed to achieve 169 Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets by 2030 and to enhance climate adaptation under the Paris…”
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Observed impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on global trade by Verschuur, Jasper, Koks, Elco E., Hall, Jim W.

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Valuing water for sustainable development by Garrick, Dustin E., Hall, Jim W., Dobson, Andrew, Damania, Richard, Grafton, R. Quentin, Hope, Robert, Hepburn, Cameron, Bark, Rosalind, Boltz, Frederick, De Stefano, Lucia, O’Donnell, Erin, Matthews, Nathanial, Money, Alex

“…Measurement and governance must advance together Achieving universal, safely managed water and sanitation services by 2030, as envisioned by the United Nations…”
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The delusive accuracy of global irrigation water withdrawal estimates by Puy, Arnald, Sheikholeslami, Razi, Gupta, Hoshin V., Hall, Jim W., Lankford, Bruce, Lo Piano, Samuele, Meier, Jonas, Pappenberger, Florian, Porporato, Amilcare, Vico, Giulia, Saltelli, Andrea

“…Miscalculating the volumes of water withdrawn for irrigation, the largest consumer of freshwater in the world, jeopardizes sustainable water management…”
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A restatement of the natural science evidence concerning catchment-based ‘natural’ flood management in the UK by Dadson, Simon J., Hall, Jim W., Murgatroyd, Anna, Acreman, Mike, Bates, Paul, Beven, Keith, Heathwaite, Louise, Holden, Joseph, Holman, Ian P., Lane, Stuart N., O'Connell, Enda, Penning-Rowsell, Edmund, Reynard, Nick, Sear, David, Thorne, Colin, Wilby, Rob

“…Flooding is a very costly natural hazard in the UK and is expected to increase further under future climate change scenarios. Flood defences are commonly…”
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Tipping elements in the Earth's climate system by Lenton, Timothy M, Held, Hermann, Kriegler, Elmar, Hall, Jim W, Lucht, Wolfgang, Rahmstorf, Stefan, Schellnhuber, Hans Joachim

“…The term "tipping point" commonly refers to a critical threshold at which a tiny perturbation can qualitatively alter the state or development of a system…”
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Robust Climate Policies Under Uncertainty: A Comparison of Robust Decision Making and Info-Gap Methods by Hall, Jim W., Lempert, Robert J., Keller, Klaus, Hackbarth, Andrew, Mijere, Christophe, McInerney, David J.

“…This study compares two widely used approaches for robustness analysis of decision problems: the info‐gap method originally developed by Ben‐Haim and the…”
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The implications of further reservoir development on the Blue Nile in Ethiopia: trade-offs between hydropower, irrigation and transboundary water security by Murgatroyd, Anna, Wheeler, Kevin, Hall, Jim W, Whittington, Dale

“…Abstract We evaluate the implications for Ethiopia and Egypt of two dams that could be built upstream of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), in…”
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Risk-based water resources planning: Incorporating probabilistic nonstationary climate uncertainties by Borgomeo, Edoardo, Hall, Jim W., Fung, Fai, Watts, Glenn, Colquhoun, Keith, Lambert, Chris

“…We present a risk‐based approach for incorporating nonstationary probabilistic climate projections into long‐term water resources planning. The proposed…”
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Imprecise probability assessment of tipping points in the climate system by Kriegler, Elmar, Hall, Jim W, Held, Hermann, Dawson, Richard, Schellnhuber, Hans Joachim

“…Major restructuring of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation, the Greenland and West Antarctic ice sheets, the Amazon rainforest and ENSO, are a…”
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Multi-hazard risk to global port infrastructure and resulting trade and logistics losses by Verschuur, Jasper, Koks, Elco E., Li, Sihan, Hall, Jim W.

“…Abstract Despite their economic importance, the risk that ports face from multiple natural hazards has not yet been monetised on a global scale. Here, we…”
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