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"Auckland's climate is changing, and these changes will continue. It is internationally accepted at human greenhouse gas emissions are the dominant cause of recent global change, and that further changes will result from increasing amounts of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The rate of future climate change depends on how fast greenhouse gases increase. Auckland Council and Council Controlled Organisations commissioned NIWA to analyse projected claimte changes for the Auckland Region and poetential impacts of climate change on some of Auckland's environments and sectors. This report addresses expected changes for 21 different climate variables out to 2120, and draws heavily on climate model simulations from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report. Potential climate change impacts on important environments and sectors in the Auckland Region are discussed..."--From Executive Summary.

Educational institutions like other organizations are established to serve specific purposes and to carry out designed missions. To this end, they provide resources, infrastructure, and necessary training to their faculty and non-teaching workforce to enable them to accomplish goals and objectives directed toward the greater mission. In a reciprocal way, it is important that such employees share the vision of their organization, be committed to its mission and goals, and give unreservedly of themselves in order to attain these purposes. This study focuses attention on revolution taking place in the organizations and its impact on Commitment. It also includes the study of impact of various variables viz., gender, age, experience on commitment. The results of organizational commitment are increased productivity and improved quality, and decrease in defective output, absenteeism, employee turnover and formal grievances. A committed employee poses Knowledge, skill, desire and opportunity to personally lead the organization towards collective success.