Although these models have helped catalyze attention, and clarify the thinking about climate change effects, their utility has come under question because they are hindered by large uncertainties, and often unrealistic assumptions.
Given the dearth of information on global fire in the context of climate change [77], the utility and importance of coarse spatiotemporal studies can only increase, providing informative and synthetic insights about global wildfire and the extent of changes that could be expected in the future.
Amid mounting concerns about climate change, states are compelling utilities to buy energy from clean sources, creating new markets for wind power and solar energy.
"Yet today these ratings take little account of utilities' vulnerability to increased water competition, nor do they account for climate change, which is rendering utility assets obsolete".
Climate change is already affecting water utilities, according to a 2009 report from the National Association of Clean Water Agencies and the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies, industry advocacy groups based in Washington, DC.
That sort of result not only helps move forward climate change research, but shows the utility of the internet of seals.
There are certainly issues driving change in the utility industry: climate change, aging infrastructure and distributed generation, for starters.
Together, the two developments shine a bright light on the utility industry climate change petri dish.
They include legislation undermining regional initiatives to combat climate change, opposing a national standard requiring utilities to increase their use of renewable energy, and blocking federal standards for vehicle carbon pollution.
This paper argues for a policy framework in which utilities take the lead by performing an electrical climate change impact assessment that evaluates to what extent utilities' electrical assets are vulnerable to future climate change.
