Challenging Global Warming as a Social Problem
... In the early 1990s, social scientists began to study how social and political forces facilitated the construction of global warming as a legitimate social problem requiring ameliorative action. In explaining the variation in public attention to the issue of global warming, most early studies in the ...
... In the early 1990s, social scientists began to study how social and political forces facilitated the construction of global warming as a legitimate social problem requiring ameliorative action. In explaining the variation in public attention to the issue of global warming, most early studies in the ...
Regional: Glacial Melt and Downstream Impacts on Indus
... • Strengthen the capacity of national institutions to monitor and project climate change impacts. This includes the technical capacity to provide downscaled climate change scenarios to subbasins, the transboundary assessment of glacier dynamics (particularly glacier mass balances and their impact o ...
... • Strengthen the capacity of national institutions to monitor and project climate change impacts. This includes the technical capacity to provide downscaled climate change scenarios to subbasins, the transboundary assessment of glacier dynamics (particularly glacier mass balances and their impact o ...
EFC16 OARS - IFOAM Organic 3.0 and TIPI
... • “Carbon dioxide remains in the atmosphere for hundreds of years and in the ocean for even longer. Past, present and future emissions will have a cumulative impact on both global warming and ocean acidification. The laws of physics are non-negotiable,” • We need to draw the excess CO2 out of the at ...
... • “Carbon dioxide remains in the atmosphere for hundreds of years and in the ocean for even longer. Past, present and future emissions will have a cumulative impact on both global warming and ocean acidification. The laws of physics are non-negotiable,” • We need to draw the excess CO2 out of the at ...
Submission for Nova Scotia Department of Energy`s Energy Strategy
... external costs associated with the use of fossil fuels (climate change, health care, etc.). This may be employed on a large scale such as – for example - increasing fuel taxes and decreasing income taxes, or on a smaller scale by increasing taxes on inefficient vehicles and decreasing taxes on fuel- ...
... external costs associated with the use of fossil fuels (climate change, health care, etc.). This may be employed on a large scale such as – for example - increasing fuel taxes and decreasing income taxes, or on a smaller scale by increasing taxes on inefficient vehicles and decreasing taxes on fuel- ...
The Geography of Solving Global Environmental Problems
... In approaching the symposium topic of "solving global environmental problems,"' I faced three dilemmas regarding the problem-climate change-that has occupied much of my time over the past several years. First, I do not regard it as "global." While certainly climate change has global dimensions, whic ...
... In approaching the symposium topic of "solving global environmental problems,"' I faced three dilemmas regarding the problem-climate change-that has occupied much of my time over the past several years. First, I do not regard it as "global." While certainly climate change has global dimensions, whic ...
Green jobs and skills: the local labour market implications of
... Climate Change (IPCC) climate change refers to a change in the state of the climate that can be identified (e.g. using statistical tests) by changes in the mean and/or the variability of its properties and that persists for an extended period, typically decades or longer. It occurs as a result of in ...
... Climate Change (IPCC) climate change refers to a change in the state of the climate that can be identified (e.g. using statistical tests) by changes in the mean and/or the variability of its properties and that persists for an extended period, typically decades or longer. It occurs as a result of in ...
Progress in Oceanography
... Weaver and Hillaire-Marcel, 2004). Therefore, detection and monitoring climate change of the Arctic have become a very important and active area of research in recent years (e.g. Rothrock et al., 1999; Hilmer and Lemke, 2000; Hansen et al., 2001; Peterson et al., 2002; Dickson et al., 2002; Curry et ...
... Weaver and Hillaire-Marcel, 2004). Therefore, detection and monitoring climate change of the Arctic have become a very important and active area of research in recent years (e.g. Rothrock et al., 1999; Hilmer and Lemke, 2000; Hansen et al., 2001; Peterson et al., 2002; Dickson et al., 2002; Curry et ...
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... portion of total dietary energy may come from traditional food, its nutritional benefits and contribution to the total diet are substantial. Research findings are consistent across the Canadian Arctic and confirm that traditional food improves diet quality because it has lower fat and saturated fat ...
... portion of total dietary energy may come from traditional food, its nutritional benefits and contribution to the total diet are substantial. Research findings are consistent across the Canadian Arctic and confirm that traditional food improves diet quality because it has lower fat and saturated fat ...
Dissipating the fuzziness around interdisciplinarity: The
... retain its specific rules, methods and tools. This can be illustrated by the organisation of the IPCC research on climate change around three working groups that study different aspects of the same object: (i) its scientific dimensions, (ii) its impact on the social, economic and environmental spheres ...
... retain its specific rules, methods and tools. This can be illustrated by the organisation of the IPCC research on climate change around three working groups that study different aspects of the same object: (i) its scientific dimensions, (ii) its impact on the social, economic and environmental spheres ...
Extinction risk of North American seed plants elevated by climate
... 2006). This procedure was repeated five times for species with a total number of occurrences lower than 100 or 10 times for all other species. Here, we only included the models that reached a TSS larger than 05 (Fig. S1). Five sets of pseudo-absences were generated by selecting the same number of r ...
... 2006). This procedure was repeated five times for species with a total number of occurrences lower than 100 or 10 times for all other species. Here, we only included the models that reached a TSS larger than 05 (Fig. S1). Five sets of pseudo-absences were generated by selecting the same number of r ...
6. EU Innovative activities – Project GENESIS
... issues / specific approaches (scope, policy issues, data, physical setting, drivers, legal & inst. framework, etc.) ...
... issues / specific approaches (scope, policy issues, data, physical setting, drivers, legal & inst. framework, etc.) ...
Dynamics of the coupled human-climate system resulting from
... response yields λ = 1.2 W m−2 K−1 , τ = β 2/(λ2 κ) = 13 years, and C = 3.2 × 106 J m−2 K−1 . Note that the small estimated heat capacity C is only the value needed to correct the highfrequency behaviour of the diffusion model and not the full heat capacity of the ocean mixed layer; most of the mixed ...
... response yields λ = 1.2 W m−2 K−1 , τ = β 2/(λ2 κ) = 13 years, and C = 3.2 × 106 J m−2 K−1 . Note that the small estimated heat capacity C is only the value needed to correct the highfrequency behaviour of the diffusion model and not the full heat capacity of the ocean mixed layer; most of the mixed ...
Earth`s Climate System
... Decline in polar bear population Rise in average temperatures by 2-3°C. This temperature rise is more than double what is observed throughout the rest of the world. ...
... Decline in polar bear population Rise in average temperatures by 2-3°C. This temperature rise is more than double what is observed throughout the rest of the world. ...
LETTER hJ3C of organic carbon in the Bengal Fan
... T HE BENGAL FAN IS one of the largest sedimentary units in the world, containing ca. 3 X 1019 kg of sediment, primarily derived from the erosion of the Himalayan orogen (CURRAY, 199 1; CURRAY and MOORE , 1971; REA , 1992). The rate of sediment delivery appears to have increased markedly in early Mio ...
... T HE BENGAL FAN IS one of the largest sedimentary units in the world, containing ca. 3 X 1019 kg of sediment, primarily derived from the erosion of the Himalayan orogen (CURRAY, 199 1; CURRAY and MOORE , 1971; REA , 1992). The rate of sediment delivery appears to have increased markedly in early Mio ...
New York City Wastewater Resiliency
... about 60% of sewers carry combined stormwater and sanitary waste through a single pipe. Under normal conditions, system capacity is adequate to perform full wastewater treatment for the combined volume of sewage. During periods of heavy rainfall, however, the combined volume of sewage and stormwater ...
... about 60% of sewers carry combined stormwater and sanitary waste through a single pipe. Under normal conditions, system capacity is adequate to perform full wastewater treatment for the combined volume of sewage. During periods of heavy rainfall, however, the combined volume of sewage and stormwater ...
Quantifying the impacts of climate-driven flood risk changes and risk
... Between 1991 and 2010, hurricanes and tropical storms were the biggest cause of property losses, causing 44% of all disaster related property destruction in the U.S. The projected growth in population of coastal counties, with the accompanying rise in coastal asset value, in combination with the imp ...
... Between 1991 and 2010, hurricanes and tropical storms were the biggest cause of property losses, causing 44% of all disaster related property destruction in the U.S. The projected growth in population of coastal counties, with the accompanying rise in coastal asset value, in combination with the imp ...
S T A ?
... A. Climate Change Impacts............................................................28 B. Government Action to Address Adaptation ...............................32 C. Adaptation Litigation.................................................................36 1. Adapting to Coastal Impacts ...
... A. Climate Change Impacts............................................................28 B. Government Action to Address Adaptation ...............................32 C. Adaptation Litigation.................................................................36 1. Adapting to Coastal Impacts ...
for tanzania. - The REDD Desk
... agriculture, it is deemed that sustainable development can be achieved when strategic actions, both short term and long term are put in place to address climate change impacts on agriculture and other key economic sectors. The process of NAPA preparation involved looking at the effects of climate ch ...
... agriculture, it is deemed that sustainable development can be achieved when strategic actions, both short term and long term are put in place to address climate change impacts on agriculture and other key economic sectors. The process of NAPA preparation involved looking at the effects of climate ch ...
Climate Change Impacts and Risk Management
... warmer than at the beginning of the 20th Century, with global temperatures having increased by around 0.6˚C; > it is likely that 1990-1999 was the warmest decade in the last 1,000 years, at least in the Northern Hemisphere; > most of the observed warming in the last 50 years is attributable to human ...
... warmer than at the beginning of the 20th Century, with global temperatures having increased by around 0.6˚C; > it is likely that 1990-1999 was the warmest decade in the last 1,000 years, at least in the Northern Hemisphere; > most of the observed warming in the last 50 years is attributable to human ...
Beyond Known Worlds: Climate Change Governance by Arbitral
... CONCLUSION .................................................................. ...
... CONCLUSION .................................................................. ...
analyses Why are we seeing “REDD”? seeing “REDD”?
... Climate change has become a major threat to human well-being and all life on Earth. Caused by the accumulation of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the atmosphere, it is mainly a result of industrialization. Many countries already face the costs of adapting to regional changes in temperature and natural cat ...
... Climate change has become a major threat to human well-being and all life on Earth. Caused by the accumulation of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the atmosphere, it is mainly a result of industrialization. Many countries already face the costs of adapting to regional changes in temperature and natural cat ...