The document outlines details regarding a Consortium Agreement for the FP7-ENV-2012-308393-2 OPERAs Collaborative Project. The summary is as follows:
The Consortium Agreement will be signed by all consortium members and come into effect at the start of the project. It will specify the organization of work, decision-making procedures, project management, quality assurance rules, rights and obligations of parties including liability and indemnification. The agreement will also include rules for adding or replacing consortium partners and be designed according to ISO 10006 international management standards.
Using Genuine Savings for Climate Policy Evaluation with an Integrated Assess...IEA-ETSAP
(1) The document discusses using the concept of "Genuine Savings" (GS) to evaluate climate policies in an integrated assessment model (IAM). GS measures sustainability by accounting for changes in inclusive wealth, including produced, human, and natural capital.
(2) The authors link their impact assessment model (LIME) to an IAM to estimate GS. LIME models resource demands, emissions, climate impacts, and resulting environmental costs. It is interlinked with economic and resource models.
(3) Preliminary results show GS can effectively indicate policy impacts. GS declines less under policies to improve energy efficiency or set carbon prices compared to business-as-usual or zero emissions policies. GS provides
Global change and ecosystems eu research for the environmentDr Lendy Spires
This document provides an overview of 280 research projects funded under the Sixth Framework Programme's priority on Global Change and Ecosystems between 2002 and 2006. The projects studied various topics related to global change including greenhouse gas emissions and their effects on climate, atmospheric pollutants, biodiversity, desertification, and strategies for sustainable land and water management. The document outlines the key research areas and lists the individual projects organized by area. It also provides funding details such as total costs and EU contributions for the different funding instruments used.
The document discusses climate change research activities funded by the European Commission under the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7). It provides an overview of FP7's structure and budget breakdown for climate change research. Key areas of research included understanding and predicting climate change; developing climate-friendly technologies; and improving tools for climate change mitigation and adaptation policy analysis. Specific projects studied climate processes, the role of oceans, carbon and nitrogen cycles, impacts in the Arctic, atmosphere pollution, and effects on water resources and ecosystems in Europe.
This document summarizes a presentation about reconciling estimates of global forest carbon fluxes between policy and science. It discusses how the IPCC and country greenhouse gas inventories estimate land use emissions differently, creating a large gap. The presentation proposes that the IPCC disaggregate its estimates to make them more comparable to country data by separating direct and indirect human and natural effects. It also suggests assessing the implications of reconciled estimates for the Paris Agreement goal of limiting warming to 2°C. Reconciling the data sources would help provide a common understanding for the Agreement's Global Stocktake reviews.
The document describes ACCENT-Plus, a project extending the previous ACCENT Network of Excellence. ACCENT-Plus aims to more strongly link atmospheric composition science and policy by facilitating the transfer of research results into policy development. Over four years, ACCENT-Plus will coordinate the European atmospheric science community through activities like workshops, conferences, and producing review papers on key topics from both scientific and policy perspectives. The project seeks to answer how Europe can control its atmosphere composition under climate change and better inform decision making.
Sesti project: Global Sustainable Energy optionsVictor Van Rij
This presentation gives the result of the emerging issues analysis of the SESTI project on the energy domain in 2010. It provides the questions around 5 of the less well known future sustainable options/risks that were discussed in the project. The topics that were addressed are still worth while to review today.
These topics were :
1. Enhancement of the photosynthetic cycle on global scale to provide all food, energy and maintain biodiversity (briefly biomimics)
2. Use of desert areas for gaining solar energy (the DESERTEC scheme)
3. Hybrid nuclear fission-fusion to speed up nuclear fusion
4. The unknown risks of going deeper and further for energy mining
5. The unknown risks of and hydrogen leaking economy
The document outlines details regarding a Consortium Agreement for the FP7-ENV-2012-308393-2 OPERAs Collaborative Project. The summary is as follows:
The Consortium Agreement will be signed by all consortium members and come into effect at the start of the project. It will specify the organization of work, decision-making procedures, project management, quality assurance rules, rights and obligations of parties including liability and indemnification. The agreement will also include rules for adding or replacing consortium partners and be designed according to ISO 10006 international management standards.
Using Genuine Savings for Climate Policy Evaluation with an Integrated Assess...IEA-ETSAP
(1) The document discusses using the concept of "Genuine Savings" (GS) to evaluate climate policies in an integrated assessment model (IAM). GS measures sustainability by accounting for changes in inclusive wealth, including produced, human, and natural capital.
(2) The authors link their impact assessment model (LIME) to an IAM to estimate GS. LIME models resource demands, emissions, climate impacts, and resulting environmental costs. It is interlinked with economic and resource models.
(3) Preliminary results show GS can effectively indicate policy impacts. GS declines less under policies to improve energy efficiency or set carbon prices compared to business-as-usual or zero emissions policies. GS provides
Global change and ecosystems eu research for the environmentDr Lendy Spires
This document provides an overview of 280 research projects funded under the Sixth Framework Programme's priority on Global Change and Ecosystems between 2002 and 2006. The projects studied various topics related to global change including greenhouse gas emissions and their effects on climate, atmospheric pollutants, biodiversity, desertification, and strategies for sustainable land and water management. The document outlines the key research areas and lists the individual projects organized by area. It also provides funding details such as total costs and EU contributions for the different funding instruments used.
The document discusses climate change research activities funded by the European Commission under the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7). It provides an overview of FP7's structure and budget breakdown for climate change research. Key areas of research included understanding and predicting climate change; developing climate-friendly technologies; and improving tools for climate change mitigation and adaptation policy analysis. Specific projects studied climate processes, the role of oceans, carbon and nitrogen cycles, impacts in the Arctic, atmosphere pollution, and effects on water resources and ecosystems in Europe.
This document summarizes a presentation about reconciling estimates of global forest carbon fluxes between policy and science. It discusses how the IPCC and country greenhouse gas inventories estimate land use emissions differently, creating a large gap. The presentation proposes that the IPCC disaggregate its estimates to make them more comparable to country data by separating direct and indirect human and natural effects. It also suggests assessing the implications of reconciled estimates for the Paris Agreement goal of limiting warming to 2°C. Reconciling the data sources would help provide a common understanding for the Agreement's Global Stocktake reviews.
The document describes ACCENT-Plus, a project extending the previous ACCENT Network of Excellence. ACCENT-Plus aims to more strongly link atmospheric composition science and policy by facilitating the transfer of research results into policy development. Over four years, ACCENT-Plus will coordinate the European atmospheric science community through activities like workshops, conferences, and producing review papers on key topics from both scientific and policy perspectives. The project seeks to answer how Europe can control its atmosphere composition under climate change and better inform decision making.
Sesti project: Global Sustainable Energy optionsVictor Van Rij
This presentation gives the result of the emerging issues analysis of the SESTI project on the energy domain in 2010. It provides the questions around 5 of the less well known future sustainable options/risks that were discussed in the project. The topics that were addressed are still worth while to review today.
These topics were :
1. Enhancement of the photosynthetic cycle on global scale to provide all food, energy and maintain biodiversity (briefly biomimics)
2. Use of desert areas for gaining solar energy (the DESERTEC scheme)
3. Hybrid nuclear fission-fusion to speed up nuclear fusion
4. The unknown risks of going deeper and further for energy mining
5. The unknown risks of and hydrogen leaking economy
Short introduction to new and developing rules and policies nationally and regionally for GSR. A 1-hour online version will be available in September, 2011.
Public Administration Presentation Waste Reduction Programme[1]Lam Ka Man
The document summarizes Hong Kong's current municipal solid waste disposal problem and policies. The three existing landfills will be full by 2010, so Hong Kong must choose between expanding landfills or adopting incineration. Incineration would reduce waste volume by 90% and generate electricity, but faces opposition over pollution concerns. A political, economic, social and technological analysis is provided of the options. Suggestions include consulting foreign experts and reducing waste through the 3R approach of reduce, reuse and recycle.
Guiding Principles for Delivering Coastal Wetland Carbon ProjectsCIFOR-ICRAF
This presentation was given at a COP20 side-event titled "Guiding Principles for Delivering Coastal Wetland Carbon Projects” in Lima, Peru. It was presented by moderator Daniel Murdiyarso and rapporteur Kristell Hergoualc'h.
Coastal wetland ecosystems play a significant role in sequestering and storing carbon in biomass and soils. These ecosystems, however, are facing tremendous pressure and large portion of them are already degraded due to unsustainable cuttings and aquaculture development. This panel discussed options for policy and practice for improving sustainability and realizing the full mitigation and adaptation potential of coastal wetland ecosystems.
Principles and Lessons Learned from Wetlands and Carbon ProjectsCIFOR-ICRAF
This document summarizes principles and lessons learned from wetlands and carbon projects. It discusses the importance of coastal wetlands as carbon sinks and for other ecosystem services. Key lessons include prioritizing wetland conservation, planning restoration in a landscape context, and recognizing the value of community engagement. Successful projects require a clear planning approach, understanding restoration trajectories, and linking adaptation and mitigation strategies while allowing flexibility.
From Principle to Practice: Achieving Coastal Mitigation and Adaptation Outco...CIFOR-ICRAF
This presentation was given by Tim Christophersen at a UNFCCC COP20 side-event titled "Guiding Principles for Delivering Coastal Wetland Carbon Projects” in Lima, Peru.
Coastal wetland ecosystems play a significant role in sequestering and storing carbon in biomass and soils. These ecosystems, however, are facing tremendous pressure and large portion of them are already degraded due to unsustainable cuttings and aquaculture development. This panel discussed options for policy and practice for improving sustainability and realizing the full mitigation and adaptation potential of coastal wetland ecosystems.
Recent Study on National Deforestation Estimate CIFOR-ICRAF
This roundtable discussion, first delivered in Jakarta, shares research into Indonesia's national deforestation estimate, with the objective of sharing approaches and ultimately improve the reliability of the estimate.
This document outlines key opportunity areas for an EU research and innovation policy agenda on nature-based solutions. It identifies four main goals: 1) enhancing sustainable urbanization, 2) restoring degraded ecosystems, 3) developing climate change adaptation and mitigation, and 4) improving risk management and resilience. For each goal, nature-based solutions could address environmental, social, and economic challenges in sustainable ways. Specifically, for sustainable urbanization, nature-based solutions support green economic development, environmental protection, and social well-being in cities facing increasing urbanization.
Applying the Ecosystem Services Approach to BiofuelsSIANI
This document presents a conceptual framework for assessing the impacts of biofuel production on ecosystem services and human wellbeing. It introduces the ecosystem services concept and classification system from the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. The framework analyzes how biofuel production can affect provisioning, regulating, and cultural ecosystem services. It also examines the impacts on dimensions of human wellbeing, such as rural development, energy access, food security, health, and social issues. The framework aims to make the trade-offs between ecosystem services and human wellbeing explicit in order to consistently evaluate different biofuel production systems.
The ecological footprint is a measure that compares human demand on natural resources with Earth's capacity to regenerate those resources. It estimates the amount of biologically productive land and sea area required to support human consumption and waste absorption. Key factors that determine ecological footprint include energy and resource consumption, land and sea use, and levels of biodiversity and carbon emissions. Most recent data from 2010 showed that humanity's ecological footprint exceeded the Earth's capacity to regenerate resources by August 21st that year, the date defined as "Earth Overshoot Day". The carbon footprint specifically measures the amount of greenhouse gases produced through activities like energy use, transportation and industry. Atmospheric levels of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide have substantially increased since
Could humanity solve the climate crisis by restoring the Earth’s landscapes?
This session will explore the potential of restoration in climate change mitigation and adaptation in the lead-up to COP26.
Speakers will discuss synergies generated between mitigation and adaptation, showcasing a range of successful case studies in Africa, particularly the Sahel region. The panel will emphasize the need to connect on-the-ground monitoring with global commitments and explore the role of community members in restoration initiatives, including gender dynamics and changing social and power relations. It will also examine ways to access and harness forest carbon finance.
Panel discussion about European Agenda on Soil and Land ManagementSimon Moolenaar
The panel discussion at the SNOWMAN NETWORK Meeting focused on major scientific challenges related to soil, land use, and land management. Key points discussed included:
1) The need for a "soil-inclusive" land planning approach that considers soil heterogeneity and balances ecosystem services and stakeholders. Major challenges include finding the right scales and methods for up- and down-scaling.
2) Soil biodiversity management and governance at the landscape scale were identified as particularly challenging research objectives.
3) The Horizon 2020 framework emphasizes nature-based solutions and stakeholder involvement to develop sustainable solutions.
4) Food security, food safety, climate change, and global soil biodiversity were proposed as priority research topics in
The document outlines the European Union's energy efficiency policies, including objectives to renovate energy systems, use alternative fuels, rationalize heating in homes and public buildings, and increase recycling. The action plan proposes using alternative energy sources like solar, tidal, wind, biomass, hydroelectric, and geothermal. Implementation would provide incentives for renewable energy use and education programs to foster research and monitoring of progress towards meeting objectives and international agreements.
This document discusses analyzing land use change over time in the Greater Mekong Sub-region using satellite imagery. It involves two steps: 1) comparing predicted future land suitability from climate models to existing land use data, and 2) analyzing time-series satellite images of normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) from 2004-2012 to examine land use dynamics. The NDVI data comes from MODIS sensors and is processed to remove noise and filter low quality data. Preliminary analysis of the NDVI imagery from 2000-2013 shows the highest land cover changes occurred in Vietnam and Myanmar, primarily due to deforestation, while land cover has remained more stable in Laos.
1. Agriculture, forestry, and other land use (AFOLU) account for 23% of total net anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, with agriculture responsible for 44% of methane emissions and 81% of nitrous oxide emissions.
2. Land use change can decrease nitrous oxide fluxes when areas are left unfertilized but increase emissions in fertilized systems.
3. Changes in temperature resulting from biophysical processes like albedo, evapotranspiration, and roughness show that large scale deforestation increases surface air temperatures while large scale reforestation decreases temperatures.
1) The study compared initializing the RothC soil carbon model with measured vs. modelled carbon pools from grassland sites.
2) For most sites, initializing with measured vs. modelled pools produced similar projected changes in soil organic carbon from 2021-2060 under climate change scenarios.
3) For some sites, differences were found, likely due to differences in drainage affecting decomposition rates of resistant plant material not captured in the modelled pools.
The document discusses the UK National Focal Centre's role in mapping and modeling critical loads and exceedances of acidity and nutrient nitrogen for habitats in the UK. It outlines the key habitats considered, methods used to determine critical loads based on soil type and empirical data, and techniques for calculating exceedances using deposition data. Maps and statistics show exceedances of acidity and nitrogen critical loads across habitats from 2006-2008, with some sites still exceeding critical loads despite emissions reductions. Dynamic modeling projects future acidification and nitrogen trends in surface waters and habitats under different emissions scenarios.
The site was a recorded early medieval enclosure or cashel (GA113:121) which was depicted on the first edition Ordnance Survey map of the area. The site was levelled and destroyed by land clearance in recent decades and was not visible above ground. The remains of a small 19th-century farmstead are located just to the east of the site. The footprint of the cashel was identified during the excavation as a doughnut-shaped rise in the natural subsoil.
Some remains of the original cashel wall survived below one of the field boundaries that intersect the site. A possible entrance was also identified. The stone-built field walls represent townland boundaries dividing Drumharsna North, Drumharsna South and Owenbristy. Analysis of the animal bone, plant remains and charcoal from the site was undertaken and the finds were also assessed. The find and sample assemblages from the site were mixed with material relating to the nearby post-medieval settlement.
This report summarizes the archaeological excavation of a burnt mound site located in Cooltymurraghy townland, Co. Galway. The site consisted of a burnt spread (C.7) that had been cut by a later water channel (C.16). Charcoal from the burnt spread yielded an Early Bronze Age radiocarbon date, consistent with other burnt mound sites in the area. The excavation is one of five Bronze Age sites uncovered along the route of a new road between Galway and Ballinasloe.
The document discusses social media and its future. It begins by introducing a team from IIM Trichy competing in a preliminary round. It then discusses why individuals and businesses use social media, defining social media as a virtual space for interaction and information sharing. It lists different types of social media like media sharing and microblogging. Finally, it speculates that the future of social media will involve new technologies like smart watches and augmented reality challenging advertisers, and may reach a point where people lose interest due to the proliferation of social media sites.
Short introduction to new and developing rules and policies nationally and regionally for GSR. A 1-hour online version will be available in September, 2011.
Public Administration Presentation Waste Reduction Programme[1]Lam Ka Man
The document summarizes Hong Kong's current municipal solid waste disposal problem and policies. The three existing landfills will be full by 2010, so Hong Kong must choose between expanding landfills or adopting incineration. Incineration would reduce waste volume by 90% and generate electricity, but faces opposition over pollution concerns. A political, economic, social and technological analysis is provided of the options. Suggestions include consulting foreign experts and reducing waste through the 3R approach of reduce, reuse and recycle.
Guiding Principles for Delivering Coastal Wetland Carbon ProjectsCIFOR-ICRAF
This presentation was given at a COP20 side-event titled "Guiding Principles for Delivering Coastal Wetland Carbon Projects” in Lima, Peru. It was presented by moderator Daniel Murdiyarso and rapporteur Kristell Hergoualc'h.
Coastal wetland ecosystems play a significant role in sequestering and storing carbon in biomass and soils. These ecosystems, however, are facing tremendous pressure and large portion of them are already degraded due to unsustainable cuttings and aquaculture development. This panel discussed options for policy and practice for improving sustainability and realizing the full mitigation and adaptation potential of coastal wetland ecosystems.
Principles and Lessons Learned from Wetlands and Carbon ProjectsCIFOR-ICRAF
This document summarizes principles and lessons learned from wetlands and carbon projects. It discusses the importance of coastal wetlands as carbon sinks and for other ecosystem services. Key lessons include prioritizing wetland conservation, planning restoration in a landscape context, and recognizing the value of community engagement. Successful projects require a clear planning approach, understanding restoration trajectories, and linking adaptation and mitigation strategies while allowing flexibility.
From Principle to Practice: Achieving Coastal Mitigation and Adaptation Outco...CIFOR-ICRAF
This presentation was given by Tim Christophersen at a UNFCCC COP20 side-event titled "Guiding Principles for Delivering Coastal Wetland Carbon Projects” in Lima, Peru.
Coastal wetland ecosystems play a significant role in sequestering and storing carbon in biomass and soils. These ecosystems, however, are facing tremendous pressure and large portion of them are already degraded due to unsustainable cuttings and aquaculture development. This panel discussed options for policy and practice for improving sustainability and realizing the full mitigation and adaptation potential of coastal wetland ecosystems.
Recent Study on National Deforestation Estimate CIFOR-ICRAF
This roundtable discussion, first delivered in Jakarta, shares research into Indonesia's national deforestation estimate, with the objective of sharing approaches and ultimately improve the reliability of the estimate.
This document outlines key opportunity areas for an EU research and innovation policy agenda on nature-based solutions. It identifies four main goals: 1) enhancing sustainable urbanization, 2) restoring degraded ecosystems, 3) developing climate change adaptation and mitigation, and 4) improving risk management and resilience. For each goal, nature-based solutions could address environmental, social, and economic challenges in sustainable ways. Specifically, for sustainable urbanization, nature-based solutions support green economic development, environmental protection, and social well-being in cities facing increasing urbanization.
Applying the Ecosystem Services Approach to BiofuelsSIANI
This document presents a conceptual framework for assessing the impacts of biofuel production on ecosystem services and human wellbeing. It introduces the ecosystem services concept and classification system from the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. The framework analyzes how biofuel production can affect provisioning, regulating, and cultural ecosystem services. It also examines the impacts on dimensions of human wellbeing, such as rural development, energy access, food security, health, and social issues. The framework aims to make the trade-offs between ecosystem services and human wellbeing explicit in order to consistently evaluate different biofuel production systems.
The ecological footprint is a measure that compares human demand on natural resources with Earth's capacity to regenerate those resources. It estimates the amount of biologically productive land and sea area required to support human consumption and waste absorption. Key factors that determine ecological footprint include energy and resource consumption, land and sea use, and levels of biodiversity and carbon emissions. Most recent data from 2010 showed that humanity's ecological footprint exceeded the Earth's capacity to regenerate resources by August 21st that year, the date defined as "Earth Overshoot Day". The carbon footprint specifically measures the amount of greenhouse gases produced through activities like energy use, transportation and industry. Atmospheric levels of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide have substantially increased since
Could humanity solve the climate crisis by restoring the Earth’s landscapes?
This session will explore the potential of restoration in climate change mitigation and adaptation in the lead-up to COP26.
Speakers will discuss synergies generated between mitigation and adaptation, showcasing a range of successful case studies in Africa, particularly the Sahel region. The panel will emphasize the need to connect on-the-ground monitoring with global commitments and explore the role of community members in restoration initiatives, including gender dynamics and changing social and power relations. It will also examine ways to access and harness forest carbon finance.
Panel discussion about European Agenda on Soil and Land ManagementSimon Moolenaar
The panel discussion at the SNOWMAN NETWORK Meeting focused on major scientific challenges related to soil, land use, and land management. Key points discussed included:
1) The need for a "soil-inclusive" land planning approach that considers soil heterogeneity and balances ecosystem services and stakeholders. Major challenges include finding the right scales and methods for up- and down-scaling.
2) Soil biodiversity management and governance at the landscape scale were identified as particularly challenging research objectives.
3) The Horizon 2020 framework emphasizes nature-based solutions and stakeholder involvement to develop sustainable solutions.
4) Food security, food safety, climate change, and global soil biodiversity were proposed as priority research topics in
The document outlines the European Union's energy efficiency policies, including objectives to renovate energy systems, use alternative fuels, rationalize heating in homes and public buildings, and increase recycling. The action plan proposes using alternative energy sources like solar, tidal, wind, biomass, hydroelectric, and geothermal. Implementation would provide incentives for renewable energy use and education programs to foster research and monitoring of progress towards meeting objectives and international agreements.
This document discusses analyzing land use change over time in the Greater Mekong Sub-region using satellite imagery. It involves two steps: 1) comparing predicted future land suitability from climate models to existing land use data, and 2) analyzing time-series satellite images of normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) from 2004-2012 to examine land use dynamics. The NDVI data comes from MODIS sensors and is processed to remove noise and filter low quality data. Preliminary analysis of the NDVI imagery from 2000-2013 shows the highest land cover changes occurred in Vietnam and Myanmar, primarily due to deforestation, while land cover has remained more stable in Laos.
1. Agriculture, forestry, and other land use (AFOLU) account for 23% of total net anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, with agriculture responsible for 44% of methane emissions and 81% of nitrous oxide emissions.
2. Land use change can decrease nitrous oxide fluxes when areas are left unfertilized but increase emissions in fertilized systems.
3. Changes in temperature resulting from biophysical processes like albedo, evapotranspiration, and roughness show that large scale deforestation increases surface air temperatures while large scale reforestation decreases temperatures.
1) The study compared initializing the RothC soil carbon model with measured vs. modelled carbon pools from grassland sites.
2) For most sites, initializing with measured vs. modelled pools produced similar projected changes in soil organic carbon from 2021-2060 under climate change scenarios.
3) For some sites, differences were found, likely due to differences in drainage affecting decomposition rates of resistant plant material not captured in the modelled pools.
The document discusses the UK National Focal Centre's role in mapping and modeling critical loads and exceedances of acidity and nutrient nitrogen for habitats in the UK. It outlines the key habitats considered, methods used to determine critical loads based on soil type and empirical data, and techniques for calculating exceedances using deposition data. Maps and statistics show exceedances of acidity and nitrogen critical loads across habitats from 2006-2008, with some sites still exceeding critical loads despite emissions reductions. Dynamic modeling projects future acidification and nitrogen trends in surface waters and habitats under different emissions scenarios.
The site was a recorded early medieval enclosure or cashel (GA113:121) which was depicted on the first edition Ordnance Survey map of the area. The site was levelled and destroyed by land clearance in recent decades and was not visible above ground. The remains of a small 19th-century farmstead are located just to the east of the site. The footprint of the cashel was identified during the excavation as a doughnut-shaped rise in the natural subsoil.
Some remains of the original cashel wall survived below one of the field boundaries that intersect the site. A possible entrance was also identified. The stone-built field walls represent townland boundaries dividing Drumharsna North, Drumharsna South and Owenbristy. Analysis of the animal bone, plant remains and charcoal from the site was undertaken and the finds were also assessed. The find and sample assemblages from the site were mixed with material relating to the nearby post-medieval settlement.
This report summarizes the archaeological excavation of a burnt mound site located in Cooltymurraghy townland, Co. Galway. The site consisted of a burnt spread (C.7) that had been cut by a later water channel (C.16). Charcoal from the burnt spread yielded an Early Bronze Age radiocarbon date, consistent with other burnt mound sites in the area. The excavation is one of five Bronze Age sites uncovered along the route of a new road between Galway and Ballinasloe.
The document discusses social media and its future. It begins by introducing a team from IIM Trichy competing in a preliminary round. It then discusses why individuals and businesses use social media, defining social media as a virtual space for interaction and information sharing. It lists different types of social media like media sharing and microblogging. Finally, it speculates that the future of social media will involve new technologies like smart watches and augmented reality challenging advertisers, and may reach a point where people lose interest due to the proliferation of social media sites.
1) The EPA is responsible for producing Ireland's national greenhouse gas emission inventories and projections, which are submitted to the EU and UN.
2) Ireland's greenhouse gas emissions increased by 27% between 1990-2010 but have decreased by 9% from their peak in 2000. Emissions from the energy sector contribute the most.
3) Ireland is projected to exceed its 2020 EU target for reducing emissions in the non-trading sector (transport, buildings, agriculture, waste) by 20% compared to 2005 levels. Focus is needed on policies and measures to reduce emissions from agriculture and transport.
This archaeological excavation report details the excavation of a post-medieval spade mill and lime kiln located in Coololla, Co. Galway. The spade mill structure was interpreted as a water-powered forge, likely used to produce spades. Stone foundations and a mill race were uncovered. The adjacent lime kiln structure contained evidence of limestone extraction and firing. While these structures were located near one another, there is no evidence they were contemporaneous. The report provides historical background on land use and ownership in the local area from the medieval period through the 17th century, and discusses the excavated structures and artifacts in detail.
This document proposes that greenhouse gases (GHGs) can be divided into two categories for the purpose of limiting global temperature rise to 2°C:
1) "Long-lived" GHGs such as CO2, whose contribution to peak temperature rise is determined by their total cumulative emissions over time.
2) "Shorter-lived" GHGs such as methane, whose contribution depends on sustained emissions levels.
The document shows through modeling that summing the impacts of these two GHG categories provides a way to estimate peak temperature that reduces reliance on arbitrary time horizons. This approach could form the basis for a multi-gas emissions policy framework aimed at staying below the 2°C limit.
This document discusses the future of rural areas like Ballyhoura to the year 2031. It outlines trends that will shape rural communities, including declining populations, changing demographics, and challenges providing rural services. Opportunities for rural areas include growing food production to meet increasing global demand and developing local economies based on agriculture and other community assets. Community planning and leadership training will be important to capitalize on opportunities and ensure long-term sustainability of rural areas.
The excavation uncovered the disturbed remains of, an undated, burnt mound with no
other associated archaeological features. The burnt mound was disturbed by land improvement
works which were undertaken during the 1980s. A small assemblage of animal
bone was recovered from the burnt mound. Two chert flakes and a barbed-and-tanged
flint arrowhead were recovered from possible buried topsoil which survived in places below
the burnt mound deposit.
This document discusses climate change mitigation through the energy dimension. It summarizes that energy is core to addressing climate change as technologies can half emissions by 2050. However, current trajectories are not on track to meet the 2°C warming limit. It then presents results from the Irish TIMES energy systems model, which can inform policy. A preliminary scenario shows that a 20% reduction in non-ETS emissions by 2020 is possible, with most savings in transport and residential sectors through electrification. Renewable targets are exceeded with 24% renewable energy and 15% renewable transport.
The site was a recorded early medieval enclosure or cashel (GA096:085) which was depicted on the first edition Ordnance Survey map of the area. The site was levelled and destroyed by land clearance and was not visible above ground. The foundation level of a non-circular wall, which consisted of an inner and an outer face with an internal rubble
core, was partly traced around the perimeter of a low knoll. One small, internal, stone feature was identified below a stone deposit which covered the entire interior of the site.
A beautifully preserved baluster-headed ringed pin, dated from the 7th to the 8th century, was recovered during the excavation along with a crinoid fossil bead of possibly similar date. No suitable dating material was recovered during the excavation.
This archaeological excavation report describes features found at a site in Mackney, Co. Galway excavated for road works. Prehistoric features included a Bronze Age hearth, three pits and a post-hole dating to the Middle-Late Bronze Age based on radiocarbon dating. Later features consisted of a gully, field boundary ditch and several field drains dating from the 18th century and modern times. While no artifacts were found, the features provide evidence of Bronze Age occupation at this site and in the surrounding area.
River basin management plans and results of public consultation in LithuaniaPomcert
The document summarizes river basin management plans and public consultation efforts in Lithuania. It discusses the 4 river basin districts and classification of water bodies. Many water bodies are at risk due to pollution from agriculture, wastewater, and hydromorphological alterations. Measures were developed to address these issues and public consultation included seminars, information campaigns, and making preliminary plans available online. However, public interest remains low due to lack of responsibility felt by the public, technical language used, and lack of participation culture. Continued consultation is needed to improve participation and awareness.
This report constitutes the final excavation report of a burnt mound in the townland of Caherweelder, Co. Galway. The site was excavated as part of the archaeological excavation programme in advance of construction for N18 Gort to Oranmore Road scheme. The site was found within the lands acquired for the scheme during Phase 1 archaeological testing. The site consisted of a small layer of burnt mound material, a large trough and two interconnecting pits located just to the north of the mound, which may also have served as troughs.
A small burnt mound was located at the intersection of three field boundaries. The excavation revealed a central trough and two interconnecting pits which lay just to the north of the mound. Whilst shallow, the interconnecting pits may have served as troughs too. Both the mound material and the fill of one of the pits contained animal bone fragments. Two Middle Bronze Age radiocarbon dates were acquired from two samples: one from the burnt mound material and one from the lower fill of the trough. No artefacts were found.
This report constitutes the final excavation report of a burnt mound in the townland of Caherweelder, Co. Galway. The site was excavated as part of the archaeological excavation programme in advance of construction for N18 Gort to Oranmore Road scheme. The site was found within the lands acquired for the scheme during Phase 1 archaeological testing. The site consisted of a small burnt mound, a large central trough and a smaller secondary trough.
This was a small disturbed burnt mound located in reclaimed ground on the western edge of an area of rough pasture located to the south of the turlough in Caherweelder townland. A large irregular central trough was located below the undisturbed lower burnt mound deposit. A smaller sub-circular trough was located to the south of the main trough and the burnt mound deposits.
The document provides tips for parents to help children develop good financial skills from a young age. It discusses three key concepts: 1) distinguishing needs from wants, 2) prioritizing and making good choices, and 3) understanding the consequences of choices. The document recommends dividing income into categories of Give, Invest, Save, and Spend (GISS) to teach how money can be used. It emphasizes that financial skills are best learned through hands-on practice and modeling good habits.
This document summarizes a presentation on water resource management challenges in the Caribbean region in light of climate change. It discusses how climate change is exacerbating water scarcity issues through reduced and more variable rainfall. It promotes an integrated approach to water resource management from ridge to reef to build climate resilience. Key challenges include developing national water policies, financing implementation, and demonstrating tangible benefits to encourage adoption of integrated management approaches. Regional organizations are supporting country efforts through projects and programs.
The document reports on the results of the PESETA (Projection of Economic impacts of climate change in Sectors of the European Union based on boTtom-up Analysis) project, which assessed the physical and economic impacts of climate change in Europe across multiple sectors including agriculture, river floods, coastal systems, tourism and human health using integrated modeling approaches. The project combined high resolution climate and sectoral impact models with comprehensive economic models to provide estimates of climate change impacts for Europe under different climate and socioeconomic scenarios over the 21st century.
A lo largo de estas jornadas, expertos nacionales e internacionales en el tema analizarán la situación actual, tendencias futuras y principales retos que plantean los esquemas de reducción de emisiones y los mercados de carbono como herramientas en la lucha contra el calentamiento global, especialmente después de la cumbre de Copenhague.
Este documento es el informe del proyecto PESETA.
This document provides an introduction to a course on environmental engineering. It includes information about the instructor, their qualifications and research interests. It outlines the course details including learning outcomes, topics to be covered such as causes of environmental problems, units of measurement, water and air pollution, and solid waste management. It distinguishes between environmental science and engineering. It also provides a brief historical overview of attitudes and regulations regarding environmental protection from the pre-1950 era to present day international agreements like the Kyoto Protocol. Sources of pollution are defined as natural versus anthropogenic activities such as vehicular emissions and open burning.
This document summarizes Ireland's success in the EU's FP7 Environment Thematic Programme. It discusses:
1) Ireland's national success in FP7, including receiving over €30 million in funding across various themes including environment.
2) An overview of the FP7 Environment Thematic Programme, including its focus areas and funding amounts for annual calls from 2007-2010.
3) The EPA's role in supporting Irish participation, including as the national contact point and member of various advisory groups.
This document discusses the use of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) for water remediation and nanoremediation. While nanoremediation shows promising benefits like lower costs and greater effectiveness compared to conventional methods, there are also environmental risks associated with ENMs that require consideration. The document analyzes these risks, such as increased mobility of ENMs leading to unintended exposure, and transformation of ENMs in natural environments altering their properties. It advocates for an eco-design approach to develop sustainable ENMs from renewable resources for water treatment to improve safety.
This document summarizes a report on the health and social benefits of nature and biodiversity protection. It finds that nature provides direct benefits like improved air quality and reduced heat stress, and indirect benefits like increased physical activity and stress reduction. However, these benefits are barely tapped. Realizing nature's potential requires integrated policymaking across sectors, engagement from multiple levels of governance, and champions to promote nature's role in health. The full report contains the executive summary, main findings, case studies, and annexes with additional evidence and analysis.
1) The document discusses the health and social benefits of nature and biodiversity protection. It notes several health issues facing Europe like air pollution, heat stress, and obesity that put pressure on public spending.
2) Nature-based solutions can help address these issues by improving climatic conditions, air quality, noise reduction, and promoting physical activity and mental well-being. Urban green spaces, wetlands, and protected natural areas can reduce heat stress, absorb air pollutants, and provide places for recreation.
3) Examples from cities like Vitoria-Gasteiz, Lyon, and Stuttgart show how green infrastructure projects along rivers and increasing urban green cover have helped lower temperatures, improve air quality, and support healthier
Design research for upcycling, circular economy and net zeroKyungeun Sung
Presentation slides on 'Design research for upcycling, circular economy and net zero' used for the research seminar in Design Department of Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) in South Korea on 6th of September in 2023.
This document contains lecture notes from Prof. Zaini Ujang on environmental chemistry. The notes cover topics such as pollution perspectives, major pollutants in water, atmosphere and soil, ecological systems and disturbances, and an introduction to environmental components and ecosystems. The lecture outline includes pollution perspective, major pollutants, effects of pollutants, fate of chemicals in the environment, and environmental monitoring techniques.
"Environmental performance tools: How ceramic PCRs contribute to a better env...Cerame-Unie
"Environmental performance tools: How ceramic PCRs contribute to a better environment" by Dr Pere Fullana i Palmer, UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change.
Presentation made at the Construction conference organised by Cerame-Unie on 26 November as part of the Ceramic Days 2013.
This document discusses retrofitting traditional buildings to make them more sustainable and energy efficient. It explains that traditional buildings are major contributors to energy use and carbon emissions. Retrofitting building elements like walls, windows, and doors can significantly improve energy efficiency and reduce emissions. Walls can be better insulated, and single-pane windows can be replaced with double or triple-pane windows to reduce heat loss. Retrofitting building elements is presented as an effective way to lower the environmental impact of existing buildings compared to new construction.
This document announces a science dialogue event on climate engineering hosted by the University of Zurich on May 20th, 2016. The keynote speaker will be Prof. Steve Rayner from Oxford University who will discuss climate engineering and whether it represents responsible innovation or reckless folly. A panel discussion will follow featuring researchers from Zurich, Winterthur, and ETH Zurich who will provide an interdisciplinary perspective on climate engineering research in Switzerland. The event aims to foster an informed dialogue on climate engineering among researchers, policymakers, and the public.
Planetary boundaries are nine Earth system processes identified as being critical for human society and the planet. Three of the nine boundaries cited in the document are biodiversity loss, climate change, and pollution. Biodiversity refers to genetic diversity within species, species diversity, and ecosystem diversity, and it underpins crucial ecosystem services that humans rely on. The current rate of species extinction is estimated to be hundreds to thousands of times higher than the natural background rate, constituting a sixth mass extinction. Five drivers of biodiversity loss are discussed: land-use change, overexploitation, climate change, pollution, and invasive species. Business impacts and relies on biodiversity through its activities and value chains, so it must consider both mitigating
This document outlines a lecture on environmental engineering at the University of Baghdad College of Engineering. It introduces chemical engineering and its role in applying science to industrial processes. The course objectives are to provide an understanding of environmental pollution, its impacts, and prevention/control methods. Recommended textbooks and a weekly schedule are included, covering topics like ecosystems, health effects, pollution types, measurements, and water/air treatment technologies. The introduction defines engineering and chemical engineering, and their applications.
This document provides a state-of-the-art review on using recycled waste PET as a fine aggregate in concrete. It discusses how plastic waste like PET is a growing problem and recycling it can help address sustainability issues. Previous studies have shown PET can partially replace natural aggregates in concrete due to its properties. The review summarizes research on how PET replacement affects the fresh and hardened properties of concrete, like workability, density, compressive strength and splitting tensile strength. Most studies found that workability decreases but strength is maintained at low PET replacement ratios of up to 20%. The review aims to evaluate the suitability of PET as a concrete aggregate and the potential advantages it provides to sustainable construction.
STATE OF THE ART REVIEW CONCRETE MADE OF RECYCLED WASTE PET AS FINE AGGREGATE...Shakerqaidi
This document provides a state-of-the-art review on concrete made with recycled waste PET as a fine aggregate. It discusses how PET waste is a growing problem and recycling it by using it in concrete has benefits like reducing waste and natural resource consumption. The review summarizes several studies that investigated how replacing fine aggregates in concrete with PET waste affected fresh concrete properties like workability and density, as well as hardened concrete properties like compressive and splitting tensile strengths. Most studies found that workability decreased as the amount of PET increased due to its irregular shape, while density also generally decreased, making the concrete lighter. The properties varied depending on the type and shape of the PET used. Overall, the review indicated that PET showed potential
An overview of the predicted change in energy demand over time, given the projection that economic growth in the emerging and developing countries is not only overtaking growth in the industrialized countries, but that growth rates are poised to continue increasing and will make unsustainable demands on conventional energy resources, and especially fossil fuels unless drastic action, climate action in fact, is taken to address this concern.
Slide presentations developed to demonstrate how Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) be used to address climate change, and why ICTs are a crucial part of the solution – i.e. in promoting efficiency, Green Growth & sustainable development, in dealing with climate change and for climate and environmental action. These slide presentations were delivered in February 2011 in Seongnam, near Seoul in Korea.
These presentations were developed and delivered over 2.5 days on the occasion of a Regional Training of Trainers Workshop for upcoming Academy modules on ICT for Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Abatement. These modules were developed as part of the Academy of ICT Essentials for Government leaders developed by the United Nations (UN) Asia Pacific Centre for ICT Training (APCICT), based in Songdo City, in the Republic of South Korea.
These presentations were developed in 2011, and are somewhat out of date, but most of the principles still apply. Module 10, which has been published, does not include much of the information outlined in these presentations, which are fairly technical. They were developed to address a significant gap in understanding of the technical basis of using ICTs for climate action and because there is a clear bias in development circles against the importance of dealing with climate change mitigation in developing countries. These presentations are an attempt to redress this lack and are published here with this purpose in mind.
The author, Richard Labelle, is presently working on updating these presentations to further highlight the importance of addressing climate change and the important role that technology including ICTs, play in this effort.
Scientific Committee on Problems of the EnvironmentMahesh Yekula
SCOPE is an international scientific organization established in 1969 that is headquartered in Paris. It has over 60 member organizations worldwide and focuses on developing reviews of key environmental issues related to managing resources, ecosystems, and health. SCOPE conducts projects organized under clusters examining societal and natural resources, ecosystem processes and biodiversity, and health and the environment. The organization aims to identify emerging environmental challenges and opportunities in order to inform sustainable policy and management strategies through its scientific analyses.
The webinar provided an overview of the EPA Research Call 2022. It covered the introduction to EPA Research 2030 and its focus on achieving environmental objectives. It then discussed the details of the 2022 research call, including the two open topics, application process and timeline, eligibility criteria, and types of funding available. The presentation concluded with guidance on the application process and financial rules, and a Q&A session to address any questions.
This document presents research on approaches to mitigate pollution from the herbicide MCPA (2-methyl-4-chloro-phenoxyacetic acid) in water catchments used as drinking water sources. The research monitored MCPA concentrations spatially and temporally in an agricultural catchment in Ireland that supplies drinking water. Key findings include: MCPA concentrations exceeded drinking water limits and persisted in the system; concentrations increased downstream; and concentrations correlated positively with improved grassland and negatively with rough grazing land use. The research demonstrates the need for enhanced monitoring and questions the sustainability of certain land uses like improved grassland near drinking water sources.
This document discusses water quality issues in Ireland and solutions to address them. National water quality monitoring data shows 47% of rivers and 62% of estuaries are in unsatisfactory condition. The two most widespread problems are excess nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus), with phosphorus and sediment issues impacting 60% of waters needing measures. Maps have been created to identify critical source areas for phosphorus and nitrogen losses from agriculture to target remediation efforts. Measures proposed include riparian buffers, wetlands, and nutrient management plans to reduce nitrogen and phosphorus at their sources and intercept transport pathways.
This document discusses collective action problems in healthcare and environmental policy. It defines collective action problems as situations where individuals would benefit most from cooperation but fail to cooperate due to conflicting self interests. The COVID-19 response has shown remarkably high levels of public cooperation, potentially offering lessons for issues like antimicrobial resistance and climate change that require collective action. Key factors for successful collective action include clear communication of strategies that benefit all, a shared group identity against a threat, and enforcement of cooperative behaviors.
This document discusses Ireland's National Action Plan to combat antimicrobial resistance (iNAP1) in the agricultural sector. It outlines the strategic objectives of iNAP1, which are to increase knowledge and awareness, enhance surveillance, reduce infection and disease spread, optimize antibiotic use, and support research and innovation. The document reviews some successes of iNAP1 including increased collaboration, awareness raising, and stakeholders taking action. It also discusses ongoing challenges like changing behaviors and maintaining consumer confidence. Learnings from iNAP1 emphasized the need for consistent messaging. Progress has included measurable outcomes like reduced antibiotic resistance in broiler chickens. The overall goal of iNAP1 and its successor iNAP2 is a reduction in the volume
The document summarizes progress made under Ireland's National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance 2017-2020 (iNAP 1) and outlines plans for iNAP 2. It discusses successes in areas like surveillance, guidelines and awareness campaigns. It also notes challenges from COVID-19, which led to delays in developing iNAP 2. Resources have been substantially invested in 2018-2021 to support iNAP 1 goals and respond to COVID-19, including new IPC staff across healthcare settings. Stakeholder engagement for iNAP 2 will begin following scoping of ongoing activities and lessons from COVID-19.
The document discusses the challenges of achieving a non-toxic environment and proposes key actions to develop a more sustainable chemicals policy. It notes that while regulations aim to keep chemical concentrations below toxic levels, biodiversity continues to decline and human exposures are rising. It argues for intensifying efforts like minimizing chemical releases, banning persistent chemicals, increasing green chemistry and monitoring. The goal is to ultimately reduce both ecological damage and human health impacts from chemicals in the environment.
On 25 November 2020 the EPA published Ireland’s Environment - An Integrated Assessment 2020 which provides an assessment of the overall quality of Ireland's environment, the pressures being placed on it and the societal responses to current and emerging environmental issues.
This plain English fact sheet outlines the work done by the EPA in monitoring Ireland’s rivers.
Ireland has more than 73,000 km of river channels. If placed end-to-end, they could encircle the Earth almost twice. Three-quarters of these channels are very small streams that typically flow into larger rivers.
Biological monitoring has been carried out in Irish rivers since 1971. The current national river monitoring programme covers more than 13,000 km of river channel.
The national monitoring programme is run by the EPA and focuses on the main river channels rather than the smaller streams. The programme includes more than 2,800 sites sampled for biology, with almost half of these being sampled for physical and chemical parameters.
This plain English fact sheet outlines the work done by the EPA in monitoring phytoplankton in Ireland's marine environment.
The EPA and the Marine Institute sample phytoplankton in estuaries and coastal waters around Ireland. They carry out sampling three times during the summer and once during winter. At each location, they take water samples just below the surface and above the seabed. They use the samples to assess how much phytoplankton is in the water and what species are present.
Phytoplankton are tiny, free-floating plants found suspended in the world’s oceans. Their name comes from Greek and means ‘plant drifter’. They are carried along by ocean currents and are usually found floating near the surface of the water. Like all plants they need sunlight to grow.
The main sources of nutrients around Ireland’s coast are discharges from wastewater treatment plants and run off from agricultural land. Phytoplankton in the estuaries and coastal waters around Ireland are monitored by the EnvironmentalProtection Agency (EPA) and the Marine Institute. They monitor phytoplankton to assess the quality (status) of our marine environment. They must do this as part of the requirements of the European Water Framework Directive.
This plain English fact sheet outlines the work done by the EPA in monitoring Ireland’s marine environment.
Ecologically healthy marine waters are a valuable natural resource. They support a rich and diverse range of ecosystems, habitats and species, and they are also a source of food – from wild fisheries and aquaculture. They are also important for recreational activities and tourism.
Transitional and coastal waters are assessed under the European Water Framework Directive (WFD) and the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Having coordinated frameworks for water quality for all the water bodies in Ireland, and across Europe, allows us to compare our results with other countries. It allows us to see what works to help us make sure all our water bodies achieve at least ‘good’ status, and no deterioration occurs.
This plain English fact sheet outlines the work done by the EPA in monitoring Ireland’s lakes.
A total of 225 lakes are currently included as part of the national surface waters monitoring programme run by the EPA, this covers around 80% of the surface area of all lakes in Ireland.
This includes:
• all lakes greater than 50 hectares
• lakes that are used for supplying drinking water
• lakes that are of regional, local or scientific interest
This Plain English fact sheet outlines the work done by the EPA in monitoring aquatic plants in Irish lakes.
Aquatic plants are good at showing if the quality of the water is good or bad and play an important role in lake ecology by providing food and a habitat for many smaller plants, animals and birds.
They also:
• provide shelter for young fish
• help to improve the clarity of the water
• help stabilise lake shore banks
• reduce the amount of sediment being suspended in the water
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) monitors these aquatic plants at more than 10,000 sites in over 200 lakes once every three years.
On 17 and 18 June 2020 the EPA held its National Water Event as an online conference.
This year's theme was 'Restoring our waters'.
This years event was free to attend. It was the EPA's largest water event ever, with over 1250 attending.
To everyone who joined us: thanks for attending; thanks for your probing questions; thanks for your passion; thanks for caring about our waters. We can achieve more working together.
Special thanks to all our presenters and the team who worked behind the scenes to make sure this years conference happened.
For science and stories about water quality in Ireland, check out www.catchments.ie
On 17 and 18 June 2020 the EPA held its National Water Event as an online conference.
This year's theme was 'Restoring our waters'.
This years event was free to attend. It was the EPA's largest water event ever, with over 1250 attending.
To everyone who joined us: thanks for attending; thanks for your probing questions; thanks for your passion; thanks for caring about our waters. We can achieve more working together.
Special thanks to all our presenters and the team who worked behind the scenes to make sure this years conference happened.
For science and stories about water quality in Ireland, check out www.catchments.ie
On 17 and 18 June 2020 the EPA held its National Water Event as an online conference.
This year's theme was 'Restoring our waters'.
This years event was free to attend. It was the EPA's largest water event ever, with over 1250 attending.
To everyone who joined us: thanks for attending; thanks for your probing questions; thanks for your passion; thanks for caring about our waters. We can achieve more working together.
Special thanks to all our presenters and the team who worked behind the scenes to make sure this years conference happened.
For science and stories about water quality in Ireland, check out www.catchments.ie
On 17 and 18 June 2020 the EPA held its National Water Event as an online conference.
This presentation was by Con McLaughlin, Donegal County Council and Andy Griggs, Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon District Council.
This year's theme was 'Restoring our waters'.
This years event was free to attend. It was the EPA's largest water event ever, with over 1250 attending.
To everyone who joined us: thanks for attending; thanks for your probing questions; thanks for your passion; thanks for caring about our waters. We can achieve more working together.
Special thanks to all our presenters and the team who worked behind the scenes to make sure this years conference happened.
For science and stories about water quality in Ireland, check out www.catchments.ie
This document discusses challenges and opportunities for restoring the Camac River in Dublin City while managing flood risk, supporting urban renewal, and adapting to climate change. The river suffers from channelization, loss of floodplains and wetlands, and lengthy culverts. Restoration requires tackling existing issues and avoiding new pressures. Opportunities include maximizing green space, rezoning industrial lands, and creating a greenway. Successful restoration requires considering the whole catchment and securing sufficient land, and balancing priorities like flood protection, development, and environmental goals. Planning tools like new zoning objectives can help protect land for restoration and climate adaptation.
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Dandelion Hashtable: beyond billion requests per second on a commodity serverAntonios Katsarakis
This slide deck presents DLHT, a concurrent in-memory hashtable. Despite efforts to optimize hashtables, that go as far as sacrificing core functionality, state-of-the-art designs still incur multiple memory accesses per request and block request processing in three cases. First, most hashtables block while waiting for data to be retrieved from memory. Second, open-addressing designs, which represent the current state-of-the-art, either cannot free index slots on deletes or must block all requests to do so. Third, index resizes block every request until all objects are copied to the new index. Defying folklore wisdom, DLHT forgoes open-addressing and adopts a fully-featured and memory-aware closed-addressing design based on bounded cache-line-chaining. This design offers lock-free index operations and deletes that free slots instantly, (2) completes most requests with a single memory access, (3) utilizes software prefetching to hide memory latencies, and (4) employs a novel non-blocking and parallel resizing. In a commodity server and a memory-resident workload, DLHT surpasses 1.6B requests per second and provides 3.5x (12x) the throughput of the state-of-the-art closed-addressing (open-addressing) resizable hashtable on Gets (Deletes).
Northern Engraving | Modern Metal Trim, Nameplates and Appliance PanelsNorthern Engraving
What began over 115 years ago as a supplier of precision gauges to the automotive industry has evolved into being an industry leader in the manufacture of product branding, automotive cockpit trim and decorative appliance trim. Value-added services include in-house Design, Engineering, Program Management, Test Lab and Tool Shops.
What is an RPA CoE? Session 2 – CoE RolesDianaGray10
In this session, we will review the players involved in the CoE and how each role impacts opportunities.
Topics covered:
• What roles are essential?
• What place in the automation journey does each role play?
Speaker:
Chris Bolin, Senior Intelligent Automation Architect Anika Systems
Introducing BoxLang : A new JVM language for productivity and modularity!Ortus Solutions, Corp
Just like life, our code must adapt to the ever changing world we live in. From one day coding for the web, to the next for our tablets or APIs or for running serverless applications. Multi-runtime development is the future of coding, the future is to be dynamic. Let us introduce you to BoxLang.
Dynamic. Modular. Productive.
BoxLang redefines development with its dynamic nature, empowering developers to craft expressive and functional code effortlessly. Its modular architecture prioritizes flexibility, allowing for seamless integration into existing ecosystems.
Interoperability at its Core
With 100% interoperability with Java, BoxLang seamlessly bridges the gap between traditional and modern development paradigms, unlocking new possibilities for innovation and collaboration.
Multi-Runtime
From the tiny 2m operating system binary to running on our pure Java web server, CommandBox, Jakarta EE, AWS Lambda, Microsoft Functions, Web Assembly, Android and more. BoxLang has been designed to enhance and adapt according to it's runnable runtime.
The Fusion of Modernity and Tradition
Experience the fusion of modern features inspired by CFML, Node, Ruby, Kotlin, Java, and Clojure, combined with the familiarity of Java bytecode compilation, making BoxLang a language of choice for forward-thinking developers.
Empowering Transition with Transpiler Support
Transitioning from CFML to BoxLang is seamless with our JIT transpiler, facilitating smooth migration and preserving existing code investments.
Unlocking Creativity with IDE Tools
Unleash your creativity with powerful IDE tools tailored for BoxLang, providing an intuitive development experience and streamlining your workflow. Join us as we embark on a journey to redefine JVM development. Welcome to the era of BoxLang.
Must Know Postgres Extension for DBA and Developer during MigrationMydbops
Mydbops Opensource Database Meetup 16
Topic: Must-Know PostgreSQL Extensions for Developers and DBAs During Migration
Speaker: Deepak Mahto, Founder of DataCloudGaze Consulting
Date & Time: 8th June | 10 AM - 1 PM IST
Venue: Bangalore International Centre, Bangalore
Abstract: Discover how PostgreSQL extensions can be your secret weapon! This talk explores how key extensions enhance database capabilities and streamline the migration process for users moving from other relational databases like Oracle.
Key Takeaways:
* Learn about crucial extensions like oracle_fdw, pgtt, and pg_audit that ease migration complexities.
* Gain valuable strategies for implementing these extensions in PostgreSQL to achieve license freedom.
* Discover how these key extensions can empower both developers and DBAs during the migration process.
* Don't miss this chance to gain practical knowledge from an industry expert and stay updated on the latest open-source database trends.
Mydbops Managed Services specializes in taking the pain out of database management while optimizing performance. Since 2015, we have been providing top-notch support and assistance for the top three open-source databases: MySQL, MongoDB, and PostgreSQL.
Our team offers a wide range of services, including assistance, support, consulting, 24/7 operations, and expertise in all relevant technologies. We help organizations improve their database's performance, scalability, efficiency, and availability.
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QR Secure: A Hybrid Approach Using Machine Learning and Security Validation F...AlexanderRichford
QR Secure: A Hybrid Approach Using Machine Learning and Security Validation Functions to Prevent Interaction with Malicious QR Codes.
Aim of the Study: The goal of this research was to develop a robust hybrid approach for identifying malicious and insecure URLs derived from QR codes, ensuring safe interactions.
This is achieved through:
Machine Learning Model: Predicts the likelihood of a URL being malicious.
Security Validation Functions: Ensures the derived URL has a valid certificate and proper URL format.
This innovative blend of technology aims to enhance cybersecurity measures and protect users from potential threats hidden within QR codes 🖥 🔒
This study was my first introduction to using ML which has shown me the immense potential of ML in creating more secure digital environments!
"Scaling RAG Applications to serve millions of users", Kevin GoedeckeFwdays
How we managed to grow and scale a RAG application from zero to thousands of users in 7 months. Lessons from technical challenges around managing high load for LLMs, RAGs and Vector databases.
Getting the Most Out of ScyllaDB Monitoring: ShareChat's TipsScyllaDB
ScyllaDB monitoring provides a lot of useful information. But sometimes it’s not easy to find the root of the problem if something is wrong or even estimate the remaining capacity by the load on the cluster. This talk shares our team's practical tips on: 1) How to find the root of the problem by metrics if ScyllaDB is slow 2) How to interpret the load and plan capacity for the future 3) Compaction strategies and how to choose the right one 4) Important metrics which aren’t available in the default monitoring setup.
"Choosing proper type of scaling", Olena SyrotaFwdays
Imagine an IoT processing system that is already quite mature and production-ready and for which client coverage is growing and scaling and performance aspects are life and death questions. The system has Redis, MongoDB, and stream processing based on ksqldb. In this talk, firstly, we will analyze scaling approaches and then select the proper ones for our system.
LF Energy Webinar: Carbon Data Specifications: Mechanisms to Improve Data Acc...DanBrown980551
This LF Energy webinar took place June 20, 2024. It featured:
-Alex Thornton, LF Energy
-Hallie Cramer, Google
-Daniel Roesler, UtilityAPI
-Henry Richardson, WattTime
In response to the urgency and scale required to effectively address climate change, open source solutions offer significant potential for driving innovation and progress. Currently, there is a growing demand for standardization and interoperability in energy data and modeling. Open source standards and specifications within the energy sector can also alleviate challenges associated with data fragmentation, transparency, and accessibility. At the same time, it is crucial to consider privacy and security concerns throughout the development of open source platforms.
This webinar will delve into the motivations behind establishing LF Energy’s Carbon Data Specification Consortium. It will provide an overview of the draft specifications and the ongoing progress made by the respective working groups.
Three primary specifications will be discussed:
-Discovery and client registration, emphasizing transparent processes and secure and private access
-Customer data, centering around customer tariffs, bills, energy usage, and full consumption disclosure
-Power systems data, focusing on grid data, inclusive of transmission and distribution networks, generation, intergrid power flows, and market settlement data
In our second session, we shall learn all about the main features and fundamentals of UiPath Studio that enable us to use the building blocks for any automation project.
📕 Detailed agenda:
Variables and Datatypes
Workflow Layouts
Arguments
Control Flows and Loops
Conditional Statements
💻 Extra training through UiPath Academy:
Variables, Constants, and Arguments in Studio
Control Flow in Studio
From Natural Language to Structured Solr Queries using LLMsSease
This talk draws on experimentation to enable AI applications with Solr. One important use case is to use AI for better accessibility and discoverability of the data: while User eXperience techniques, lexical search improvements, and data harmonization can take organizations to a good level of accessibility, a structural (or “cognitive” gap) remains between the data user needs and the data producer constraints.
That is where AI – and most importantly, Natural Language Processing and Large Language Model techniques – could make a difference. This natural language, conversational engine could facilitate access and usage of the data leveraging the semantics of any data source.
The objective of the presentation is to propose a technical approach and a way forward to achieve this goal.
The key concept is to enable users to express their search queries in natural language, which the LLM then enriches, interprets, and translates into structured queries based on the Solr index’s metadata.
This approach leverages the LLM’s ability to understand the nuances of natural language and the structure of documents within Apache Solr.
The LLM acts as an intermediary agent, offering a transparent experience to users automatically and potentially uncovering relevant documents that conventional search methods might overlook. The presentation will include the results of this experimental work, lessons learned, best practices, and the scope of future work that should improve the approach and make it production-ready.
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
Keywords: AI, Containeres, Kubernetes, Cloud Native
Event Link: https://meine.doag.org/events/cloudland/2024/agenda/#agendaId.4211
1. Trinity College Dublin
Two schools in the Faculty of Engineering, Mathematics & Science
mainly involved in environmental/climate change research:
Natural Sciences Engineering
Total research €24.46million €26.93million
income (Oct 99-
Sept 09)
Number of full-time 36 48
academic staff
Number of research 27 44
staff
Number of PhD 133 162
students
Number of MSc 55 136
students (research
and taught)
2. Research capacity relevant to environment
Well-equipped environmental research facilities (field & lab)
Environmental research at TCD is global & involves much international
collaboration
Output in high impact journals, including Nature
School of Natural Sciences (Centre for Environment & Centre for
Biodiversity and Sustainable Development)
290 research contracts amounting to €27.4 million (2000-2008)
Climate change impacts, biodiversity, conservation,
environmental policy, water resources, GHG, human-
environment interactions
School of Engineering (Environmental engineering, Centre for Transport
Research & Innovation)
68 research contracts amounting to €9.5 million (2000-2008)
Environment & health and climate change & hydrological
response
3. Theme 6 topics of particular interest
Pressures on environment & climate (sub-activity 6.1.1)
climate impacts in Europe, Africa & Asia, impact modelling, carbon
& GHG budgets, water resources
Environment & health (sub-activity 6.1.2)
water-related health, transport-related air & health impacts
(including air pollution modelling)
Natural hazards (sub-activity 6.1.3)
forest fires & climate change, urban flooding
Conservation & sustainable management (sub-activity 6.2.1)
biodiversity, forest management, sustainable development of
coastal cities, hydrology of wetlands
Management of marine environments (sub-activity 6.2.2)
ecosystem-based management, seafloor sampling, ICZM
Environmental technologies (sub-activity 6.3.1)
water supply & sanitation systems, waste management, reducing
vulnerability to flooding
Earth & ocean observation (sub-activity 6.4.1)
systems for environmental monitoring & modelling
Dissemination & horizontal activities (sub-activity 6.5.1)
4. Involvement in EU-funded, environment-related projects
(Oct 1999- Sept 2009)
Projects funded through FP4,5,6,7,INTERREG, INTAS, Marie Curie etc.
School of Natural Sciences
33 EU research contracts to 12 PIs in School amounting to €2.52 (including
FP5 ACCROTELM [past climate change variability in Europe] & BUFFER [Key
nutrient transfer mechanisms], FP6 IMECC [European
Carbon cycle ], FP7 CREATING [collaborative research in eastern Africa on
global change])
School of Engineering
30 EU research contracts to 7 PIs in School amounting to €7.49 million
(including BRITE EURAM [solidification of waste], ENVIRONMENT
[hydromorphology of wetlands], TEMPUS [environment education, Poland],
INCO [environmental impact of opencast coal mines], FP6 [models for urban
flood prediction, wind energy generation], INTERREG [environmental risk to
structures; pyrolysis of waste] )
5. ‘HEALTHY FUTURES’ – New FP7 Environment
Collaborative award to School of Natural Sciences,
TCD
• Title: Health, environmental change and adaptive capacity:
mapping, examining and anticipating future risks of water-related
vector-borne diseases in eastern Africa
• Type of funding scheme: Theme 6: Environment (including climate
change) - Collaborative Project (Specific International Co-operation
Actions (SICA))
• Topic addressed: ENV.2010.1.2.1-1 The effect of environmental
change on the occurrence and distribution of water related vector-
borne diseases in Africa
• Coordinator: Prof. David Taylor (School of Natural Sciences, TCD),
with 14 partners (inc. partners in Rwanda, UK, Ireland, Italy, Kenya,
Austria, Tanzania, Uganda, S. Africa).
• Funding: Total EC contribution ~ €3.38M (approx. €1.2M to Irish
partners).
6. Contact details:
Professor Celia Holland
Director of Research, School of Natural Sciences
( cholland@tcd.ie )
Professor Anil Kokaram
Director of Research, School of Engineering
( anil.kokaram@tcd.ie )
Dr. David Lloyd
Dean of Research, Trinity College, University of Dublin
( dean.of.research@tcd.ie )