Governing climate change: the politics of risk society?
... currently dominant, that the division between ‘political’ and ‘subpolitical’ realms is further entrenched ensuring the continuation of industrial society. Second, that technological and economic development are democratized through conventional political systems which fail to account for subpolitics ...
... currently dominant, that the division between ‘political’ and ‘subpolitical’ realms is further entrenched ensuring the continuation of industrial society. Second, that technological and economic development are democratized through conventional political systems which fail to account for subpolitics ...
Adaptation in an era of vanishing territory – the political... of the impact of climate change versus total migration, status...
... a projected cause of total migration in Africa. 1.3. Food security. Recent changes in the limnology of Lake Victoria have for instance negatively affected its fishery (Kaufman et al., 1996, pp. 191216). Food security related clashes and political conflicts are inseparable in states like the Sudan, S ...
... a projected cause of total migration in Africa. 1.3. Food security. Recent changes in the limnology of Lake Victoria have for instance negatively affected its fishery (Kaufman et al., 1996, pp. 191216). Food security related clashes and political conflicts are inseparable in states like the Sudan, S ...
Su et al, Monitoring climate change - core
... from multiple sources is vital to understanding the potential implications for our planet and its population data records (CDRs), the project will help to substantiate how Copernicus observations and products (from both in situ and Space components) can contribute to climate change analyses. We are ...
... from multiple sources is vital to understanding the potential implications for our planet and its population data records (CDRs), the project will help to substantiate how Copernicus observations and products (from both in situ and Space components) can contribute to climate change analyses. We are ...
PDF - sudan academy of sciences
... Climate change and variability is a predominant phenomenon in semidesert, arid and semiarid zones and droughts are becoming more frequent and more severe. Since the early 1980s, due to the reduction in the quantity and uneven distribution of the rainfall, there is an observed fluctuation of the rain ...
... Climate change and variability is a predominant phenomenon in semidesert, arid and semiarid zones and droughts are becoming more frequent and more severe. Since the early 1980s, due to the reduction in the quantity and uneven distribution of the rainfall, there is an observed fluctuation of the rain ...
Elizabeth G. Ferris
... Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change’s (IPCC) Fourth Assessment (released in April 2007), “most of the observed increase in the globally average temperature since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations.”7 These results are ...
... Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change’s (IPCC) Fourth Assessment (released in April 2007), “most of the observed increase in the globally average temperature since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations.”7 These results are ...
Official PDF , 5 pages
... to more than halving the world poverty rate at the $2 a day level to 14.1 percent by 2055. Under the RICE model’s BAU scenario with climate damage, world gross domestic product (GDP) in 2055 would be 1.5 percent lower than in the baseline.2 In the BAU scenario, the estimated number of poor in 2055 w ...
... to more than halving the world poverty rate at the $2 a day level to 14.1 percent by 2055. Under the RICE model’s BAU scenario with climate damage, world gross domestic product (GDP) in 2055 would be 1.5 percent lower than in the baseline.2 In the BAU scenario, the estimated number of poor in 2055 w ...
The Poverty Impacts of Climate Change
... to more than halving the world poverty rate at the $2 a day level to 14.1 percent by 2055. Under the RICE model’s BAU scenario with climate damage, world gross domestic product (GDP) in 2055 would be 1.5 percent lower than in the baseline.2 In the BAU scenario, the estimated number of poor in 2055 w ...
... to more than halving the world poverty rate at the $2 a day level to 14.1 percent by 2055. Under the RICE model’s BAU scenario with climate damage, world gross domestic product (GDP) in 2055 would be 1.5 percent lower than in the baseline.2 In the BAU scenario, the estimated number of poor in 2055 w ...
A C P˚C Data and Information directions
... With effective coordination, institutions and policies, nations and communities can benefit from international climate change agreements To access climate finance, or participate in climate related mechanisms and initiatives requires effective institutions that can coordinate, as well as measure, re ...
... With effective coordination, institutions and policies, nations and communities can benefit from international climate change agreements To access climate finance, or participate in climate related mechanisms and initiatives requires effective institutions that can coordinate, as well as measure, re ...
Beyond the Limits - The Climate Institute
... existing emission-intensive energy infrastructure, like coal fired generation, and upscaling highly efficient energy technologies. Post-2030, in existing emission scenarios that achieve both 1.5°C or 2°C, technologies that remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere will play a significant role. If th ...
... existing emission-intensive energy infrastructure, like coal fired generation, and upscaling highly efficient energy technologies. Post-2030, in existing emission scenarios that achieve both 1.5°C or 2°C, technologies that remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere will play a significant role. If th ...
Impacts of Climate Change on London`s Transport Systems
... sea level rise, the level of protection provided by the Thames barrier will drop to its design specification by 2030 and unless further investment takes place, the standard of flood defence will continue to decline thereafter. The additional annual cost of flood damage arising from the Gateway devel ...
... sea level rise, the level of protection provided by the Thames barrier will drop to its design specification by 2030 and unless further investment takes place, the standard of flood defence will continue to decline thereafter. The additional annual cost of flood damage arising from the Gateway devel ...
The Next Boom - Future Business Council
... • Sustainable options outperform the competition: For example, organic food sales have been growing at over 80 per cent a year, compared to just 6 per cent for food retail as a whole, and the Dow Jones Sustainability Australia Index has increased by 8.4 per cent a year on average, compared to 3.2 p ...
... • Sustainable options outperform the competition: For example, organic food sales have been growing at over 80 per cent a year, compared to just 6 per cent for food retail as a whole, and the Dow Jones Sustainability Australia Index has increased by 8.4 per cent a year on average, compared to 3.2 p ...
climate change risks
... The State of the Climate Report 2012, produced by the CSIRO and Bureau of Meteorology emphasises the fact that the Australian climate has been warming, with each decade since the 1950s, being warmer than the preceding decade. The annual average daily maximum temperature has increased by 0.75oC since ...
... The State of the Climate Report 2012, produced by the CSIRO and Bureau of Meteorology emphasises the fact that the Australian climate has been warming, with each decade since the 1950s, being warmer than the preceding decade. The annual average daily maximum temperature has increased by 0.75oC since ...
Adaptation Planning Background Material
... The climate is changing and causing a host of serious consequences for people around the world. In the United States, Native Americans and Alaska Natives will likely be disproportionately impacted compared to their non-Native counterparts. Alaskan Native villages, for example, are already experienci ...
... The climate is changing and causing a host of serious consequences for people around the world. In the United States, Native Americans and Alaska Natives will likely be disproportionately impacted compared to their non-Native counterparts. Alaskan Native villages, for example, are already experienci ...
ITU ICT and the environment
... which envisages significant reduction (by almost 10 times) of transmitter power and reduction of the number of transmitters (due to the possibility of transmitting several TV and sound programmes in one channel). Taking into account that there are roughly one hundred thousands transmitters in these ...
... which envisages significant reduction (by almost 10 times) of transmitter power and reduction of the number of transmitters (due to the possibility of transmitting several TV and sound programmes in one channel). Taking into account that there are roughly one hundred thousands transmitters in these ...
2014 Second Quarterly Workplan NCCP
... sectors of the economy most directly affected by climate change, in order to create an enabling policy and regulatory environment within which vulnerable communities will be empowered to adapt to these challenges in harmony with the environment. The project will catalyze a change in approach from re ...
... sectors of the economy most directly affected by climate change, in order to create an enabling policy and regulatory environment within which vulnerable communities will be empowered to adapt to these challenges in harmony with the environment. The project will catalyze a change in approach from re ...
Climate scientists need to set the record straight
... messages that simply state the extent of the scientific consensus can help correct this widespread misperception. In controlled experiments, a single exposure to a message describing the extent of scientific consensus on human-caused climate change (i.e., 97%) significantly increased participants’ subs ...
... messages that simply state the extent of the scientific consensus can help correct this widespread misperception. In controlled experiments, a single exposure to a message describing the extent of scientific consensus on human-caused climate change (i.e., 97%) significantly increased participants’ subs ...
Ocean Extremes - A unified marine science community
... relevant are the physical and biological consequences of extreme events and compound events, which may not be considered notable in isolation but combine with other factors to cause extreme impacts. E ...
... relevant are the physical and biological consequences of extreme events and compound events, which may not be considered notable in isolation but combine with other factors to cause extreme impacts. E ...
CEQ Draft Guidance on Consideration of the
... – Stated that NEPA “provides an excellent mechanism for consideration of ideas related to global climate change” – Provided that climate change was a “reasonably foreseeable” impact of emitting greenhouse gases – “Federal agencies must determine whether and to what extent their actions affect greenh ...
... – Stated that NEPA “provides an excellent mechanism for consideration of ideas related to global climate change” – Provided that climate change was a “reasonably foreseeable” impact of emitting greenhouse gases – “Federal agencies must determine whether and to what extent their actions affect greenh ...
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... certainly changing the Earth’s climate in an unprecedented manner. This evidence forced climate change to enter the political agenda in the early 1990s, becoming an effective part of international politics with the signature of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC) in 1992 ...
... certainly changing the Earth’s climate in an unprecedented manner. This evidence forced climate change to enter the political agenda in the early 1990s, becoming an effective part of international politics with the signature of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC) in 1992 ...
CLIMAP builds on ongoing and recently completed adaptation
... small area is flooded to less than 0.2 m. By 2050 the 25 year hourly rainfall is projected to increase to 393 mm. This results in a substantial increase in flood risk. Maximum flood depths will be over 1 m, with all areas being flooded to at least 0.2 m. ...
... small area is flooded to less than 0.2 m. By 2050 the 25 year hourly rainfall is projected to increase to 393 mm. This results in a substantial increase in flood risk. Maximum flood depths will be over 1 m, with all areas being flooded to at least 0.2 m. ...
DrieD up, DrowneD out - TILZ
... singly, bilaterally or multilaterally) is needed to create an effective, imaginative long-term policy framework. This is necessary if business and industry are to have the confidence to move forward, in partnership with governments as necessary, with a rapid and effective investment programme to red ...
... singly, bilaterally or multilaterally) is needed to create an effective, imaginative long-term policy framework. This is necessary if business and industry are to have the confidence to move forward, in partnership with governments as necessary, with a rapid and effective investment programme to red ...
O Discounting the Future Is it equitable to favor tomorrow’s wealthier generations
... a finite probability exists that global warming may not be among the more urgent problems for future generations even if one accepts the results of climate change analyses upon which the Stern Review and the ipcc have relied. In addition, the ipcc states, “Most of the observed increase in global ave ...
... a finite probability exists that global warming may not be among the more urgent problems for future generations even if one accepts the results of climate change analyses upon which the Stern Review and the ipcc have relied. In addition, the ipcc states, “Most of the observed increase in global ave ...
Climate and Culture Change in Archaeology
... offer valuable alternative strategies for today’s challenges. With the rapid development of paleo-climatic sciences over the past few decades, archaeologists have become confronted with a wealth of new data unprecedented both quantitatively and qualitatively (Alley 2000; Birks 2008; Mayewski and Whi ...
... offer valuable alternative strategies for today’s challenges. With the rapid development of paleo-climatic sciences over the past few decades, archaeologists have become confronted with a wealth of new data unprecedented both quantitatively and qualitatively (Alley 2000; Birks 2008; Mayewski and Whi ...
Introduction to climate change
... Climate change is the biggest single issue facing us today. The scale far outweighs any environmental crisis humans have faced. Climate change scientists are in agreement that climate change is increasing, and human activity is pushing it to dangerous levels. Cuts in carbon emission of between 50-80 ...
... Climate change is the biggest single issue facing us today. The scale far outweighs any environmental crisis humans have faced. Climate change scientists are in agreement that climate change is increasing, and human activity is pushing it to dangerous levels. Cuts in carbon emission of between 50-80 ...
The anti-politics of the Green Climate Fund: what is left to
... existing Funds behave.11 Both used the term “inter- ...
... existing Funds behave.11 Both used the term “inter- ...