The EU Climate Change Strategy under the Lens of Multi
... Climate change denotes a reality of many contrasts. Some view it as the deserved punishment for humans’ reckless behaviour towards the natural environment; others reprobate its existence, denouncing scientific manipulation in the name of political and economic interest. Some press for urgent and ext ...
... Climate change denotes a reality of many contrasts. Some view it as the deserved punishment for humans’ reckless behaviour towards the natural environment; others reprobate its existence, denouncing scientific manipulation in the name of political and economic interest. Some press for urgent and ext ...
League of Conservation Voters 2013
... invested close to $30 million in federal and state races. Working with our friends at NRDC Action Fund, we also raised or contributed a record $5.8 million in direct support to candidates through LCV Action Fund’s respected GiveGreen bundling program. While there were too many disappointing losses, ...
... invested close to $30 million in federal and state races. Working with our friends at NRDC Action Fund, we also raised or contributed a record $5.8 million in direct support to candidates through LCV Action Fund’s respected GiveGreen bundling program. While there were too many disappointing losses, ...
Climate Change as Metaphor & Catalyst
... western society to the natural world profoundly changed: “distribution of land was based no longer on the needs of a family but, rather, on the capacity of a power machine to till the earth” (p. 1205). The basis for farming shifted from how much food was needed to how much could be grown. Accelerate ...
... western society to the natural world profoundly changed: “distribution of land was based no longer on the needs of a family but, rather, on the capacity of a power machine to till the earth” (p. 1205). The basis for farming shifted from how much food was needed to how much could be grown. Accelerate ...
Refrigerants for commercial refrigeration applications
... Indirect global warming is a function of the efficiency of any piece of equipment. In a refrigeration system, the compressor efficiency, system design, and thermodynamic and heat-transfer properties of the refrigerant affect the energy efficiency of the equipment. Indirect global warming takes into ...
... Indirect global warming is a function of the efficiency of any piece of equipment. In a refrigeration system, the compressor efficiency, system design, and thermodynamic and heat-transfer properties of the refrigerant affect the energy efficiency of the equipment. Indirect global warming takes into ...
Working Paper 183 - Averchenkova et al (opens in new window)
... Climate change is expected to lead to major impacts on human and natural systems and increase risks for individuals, businesses, infrastructure, assets and economies (IPCC, 2014a). No single intervention will deliver adaptation to climate change, as efforts cutting across various sectors and timesca ...
... Climate change is expected to lead to major impacts on human and natural systems and increase risks for individuals, businesses, infrastructure, assets and economies (IPCC, 2014a). No single intervention will deliver adaptation to climate change, as efforts cutting across various sectors and timesca ...
Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy Nature’s Prophet:
... wicked problem. In particular, relative to climate change, the prominence of these three writers has been especially remarkable, given the extremely crowded publishing space within which they have worked. Consider that nearly 14,000 peer-reviewed studies on climate change have been published over th ...
... wicked problem. In particular, relative to climate change, the prominence of these three writers has been especially remarkable, given the extremely crowded publishing space within which they have worked. Consider that nearly 14,000 peer-reviewed studies on climate change have been published over th ...
Cotton and Climate Change: Impacts and options to mitigate
... farmers in voluntary carbon markets, whereby markets pay for environmental services like carbon sequestration, are currently very limited. Demand for organic cotton is partly driven by its lower carbon footprint than cotton produced with agrochemicals. Impact of climate change on cotton production A ...
... farmers in voluntary carbon markets, whereby markets pay for environmental services like carbon sequestration, are currently very limited. Demand for organic cotton is partly driven by its lower carbon footprint than cotton produced with agrochemicals. Impact of climate change on cotton production A ...
What is CO2 - friend or foe?
... Sun produced a forcing of 0.24 W/m² during the past sunspot cycle, while assertions said that greenhouse gases caused ...
... Sun produced a forcing of 0.24 W/m² during the past sunspot cycle, while assertions said that greenhouse gases caused ...
climate change - Centre for Science and Policy
... • Humans have limited tolerance for heat stress. In the current climate, safe climatic conditions for work are already exceeded frequently for short periods in hot countries, and heat waves already cause fatalities. In future, climatic conditions could exceed potentially lethal limits of heat stres ...
... • Humans have limited tolerance for heat stress. In the current climate, safe climatic conditions for work are already exceeded frequently for short periods in hot countries, and heat waves already cause fatalities. In future, climatic conditions could exceed potentially lethal limits of heat stres ...
Environics Climate Change Mitigation Messaging
... not due to a perceived lack of strategies; rather, residents do not see leadership from governments (including at the municipal level) or from business and industry, and do not believe that voluntary lifestyle changes on the part of individuals will be effective nor sufficient. Residents want to see ...
... not due to a perceived lack of strategies; rather, residents do not see leadership from governments (including at the municipal level) or from business and industry, and do not believe that voluntary lifestyle changes on the part of individuals will be effective nor sufficient. Residents want to see ...
climate change - Centre for Science and Policy
... • Humans have limited tolerance for heat stress. In the current climate, safe climatic conditions for work are already exceeded frequently for short periods in hot countries, and heat waves already cause fatalities. In future, climatic conditions could exceed potentially lethal limits of heat stres ...
... • Humans have limited tolerance for heat stress. In the current climate, safe climatic conditions for work are already exceeded frequently for short periods in hot countries, and heat waves already cause fatalities. In future, climatic conditions could exceed potentially lethal limits of heat stres ...
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... 3-Developing new strategies in water resources management according to climate change. 4-Flood forecasting modeling with data assimilation. ...
... 3-Developing new strategies in water resources management according to climate change. 4-Flood forecasting modeling with data assimilation. ...
Global Climate Change: National Security Implications
... in the details. Although our instruments are improving and our data base enlarging, scientists have come up with many different scenarios as to how changes will play out over the next century. Timing is a case in point. Most estimates suggest a somewhat gradual timeline for change. However, there ar ...
... in the details. Although our instruments are improving and our data base enlarging, scientists have come up with many different scenarios as to how changes will play out over the next century. Timing is a case in point. Most estimates suggest a somewhat gradual timeline for change. However, there ar ...
Climate Change Futures: Health, Ecological and Economic
... modicum of predictability. Doing so, however, requires a more sustainable energy mix that takes into account health and environmental concerns, as well as economic feasibility to power our common future. At this time, energy prices and supplies, political conflicts and climate instability are conver ...
... modicum of predictability. Doing so, however, requires a more sustainable energy mix that takes into account health and environmental concerns, as well as economic feasibility to power our common future. At this time, energy prices and supplies, political conflicts and climate instability are conver ...
Long-term interactions between vegetation and climate
... so-called FACE experiments (Free Air CO2 Enrichment), in which larger areas (50–500 m2 ) of natural ecosystems and cultivated areas were exposed to elevated CO2 concentrations. Only a few of these large-scale experiments that were performed up to now have reported effects of increased atmospheric CO ...
... so-called FACE experiments (Free Air CO2 Enrichment), in which larger areas (50–500 m2 ) of natural ecosystems and cultivated areas were exposed to elevated CO2 concentrations. Only a few of these large-scale experiments that were performed up to now have reported effects of increased atmospheric CO ...
Exhaustible resource consumption and lessons for
... the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) region account for a major portion of cumulative GHG emissions. However, their share is projected to decrease over time because some of the low- and middle-income countries (such as Brazil, India, and China) are rapidly growing and ex ...
... the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) region account for a major portion of cumulative GHG emissions. However, their share is projected to decrease over time because some of the low- and middle-income countries (such as Brazil, India, and China) are rapidly growing and ex ...
Climate Change and Switzerland 2050
... This report describes possible impacts of climate change and vulnerabilities of the environment, economy and society in Switzerland due to the emission of greenhouse gases that are to be expected up to the year 2050. The potential impacts on various areas are discussed, as well as measures and strat ...
... This report describes possible impacts of climate change and vulnerabilities of the environment, economy and society in Switzerland due to the emission of greenhouse gases that are to be expected up to the year 2050. The potential impacts on various areas are discussed, as well as measures and strat ...
Cotton and Climate Change - International Trade Centre
... farmers in voluntary carbon markets, whereby markets pay for environmental services like carbon sequestration, are currently very limited. Demand for organic cotton is partly driven by its lower carbon footprint than cotton produced with agrochemicals. Impact of climate change on cotton production A ...
... farmers in voluntary carbon markets, whereby markets pay for environmental services like carbon sequestration, are currently very limited. Demand for organic cotton is partly driven by its lower carbon footprint than cotton produced with agrochemicals. Impact of climate change on cotton production A ...
follow the energy! earth`s dynamic climate system
... differ from one place to another and to vary on time scales from seasons to millennia. The range of climate, including extremes, places limitations on living things and a region’s habitability. Climate is inherently variable and now appears to be changing at rates unprecedented in recent Earth histo ...
... differ from one place to another and to vary on time scales from seasons to millennia. The range of climate, including extremes, places limitations on living things and a region’s habitability. Climate is inherently variable and now appears to be changing at rates unprecedented in recent Earth histo ...
SECOND-ORDER DRAFT IPCC WGII AR5 Chapter 10 Do Not Cite
... Climate change would reduce energy demand for heating and increase energy demand for cooling in the residential and commercial sectors (high agreement, robust evidence); the balance of the two depends on the geographic, socioeconomic and technological conditions. Increasing income will allow people ...
... Climate change would reduce energy demand for heating and increase energy demand for cooling in the residential and commercial sectors (high agreement, robust evidence); the balance of the two depends on the geographic, socioeconomic and technological conditions. Increasing income will allow people ...
Paying for Mitigation: A Multiple Country Study
... and it is clear that future negotiations will ultimately depend on how politically acceptable the proposed reductions are to domestic constituencies. Hence, for policymakers to maintain legitimacy in international negotiations, the costs that a country agrees to pay (implicitly given by the agreemen ...
... and it is clear that future negotiations will ultimately depend on how politically acceptable the proposed reductions are to domestic constituencies. Hence, for policymakers to maintain legitimacy in international negotiations, the costs that a country agrees to pay (implicitly given by the agreemen ...
National Climate Change Strategy
... reduce deforestation, improve energy diversification and efficiency of her major energy consuming sectors, including, power generation, manufacturing, and transportation. Sustainable production and use of coal will remain central to ensuring the availability of affordable and reliable energy sources ...
... reduce deforestation, improve energy diversification and efficiency of her major energy consuming sectors, including, power generation, manufacturing, and transportation. Sustainable production and use of coal will remain central to ensuring the availability of affordable and reliable energy sources ...
The economics of climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean
... Latin America: the farm sector and the impacts of climate change, 2011 and 2080............................... 27 Breakdown of changes in poverty levels: income effect and distribution effect...................................... 28 Latin America and the Caribbean: per capita GDP growth and poverty, ...
... Latin America: the farm sector and the impacts of climate change, 2011 and 2080............................... 27 Breakdown of changes in poverty levels: income effect and distribution effect...................................... 28 Latin America and the Caribbean: per capita GDP growth and poverty, ...
Guidance for making the case for climate change adaptation in the
... one of the ‘killer’ variables for productivity in the workplace, with productivity losses of up to 20% associated with declining levels of comfort. Keeping cool within buildings is likely to be a major challenge as the frequency of very high summer temperatures increases and energy costs increase. A ...
... one of the ‘killer’ variables for productivity in the workplace, with productivity losses of up to 20% associated with declining levels of comfort. Keeping cool within buildings is likely to be a major challenge as the frequency of very high summer temperatures increases and energy costs increase. A ...