The making of a riskier future: How our decisions are
... atural disasters can have truly global impacts. There is evidence that approximately 75,000 years ago, after the Toba volcano erupted in Sumatra, Indonesia, a global volcanic winter may have decimated the global human population to just several thousand. Since then, natural hazards have frequently a ...
... atural disasters can have truly global impacts. There is evidence that approximately 75,000 years ago, after the Toba volcano erupted in Sumatra, Indonesia, a global volcanic winter may have decimated the global human population to just several thousand. Since then, natural hazards have frequently a ...
Mangrove expansion and salt marsh decline at
... on at least five continents over the past half century, at the expense of salt marsh. Avicennia is the most cold-tolerant genus worldwide, and is the subject of most of the observed changes. Avicennia germinans has extended in range along the US Atlantic coast and expanded into salt marsh as a conse ...
... on at least five continents over the past half century, at the expense of salt marsh. Avicennia is the most cold-tolerant genus worldwide, and is the subject of most of the observed changes. Avicennia germinans has extended in range along the US Atlantic coast and expanded into salt marsh as a conse ...
Arctic Environment Ministers meeting
... and demonstrate leadership to the rest of the world by implementing farsighted measures to reduce, and to avoid future increases in, emissions of black carbon. Such action would also be in line with Arctic countries’ commitments under CLRTAP and its revised Gothenburg Protocol. This would provide su ...
... and demonstrate leadership to the rest of the world by implementing farsighted measures to reduce, and to avoid future increases in, emissions of black carbon. Such action would also be in line with Arctic countries’ commitments under CLRTAP and its revised Gothenburg Protocol. This would provide su ...
The Al Gore Effect - University of Oregon
... market, offsets have recently received substantial attention from academic researchers, the popular press, and government agencies [11, 13, 20]. In particular, this paper examines the effect of the film on carbon offsets purchased through Carbonfund.org (henceforth Carbonfund), which is a retailer ...
... market, offsets have recently received substantial attention from academic researchers, the popular press, and government agencies [11, 13, 20]. In particular, this paper examines the effect of the film on carbon offsets purchased through Carbonfund.org (henceforth Carbonfund), which is a retailer ...
ORGANIZATIONAL INVOLVEMENT IN CARBON MITIGATION: THE NEW ZEALAND PUBLIC SECTOR Stephen Jeffrey Birchall
... two programmes. Fieldwork is informed by publicly available information that provides insight into Government’s rationale for creating and discontinuing the CNPS and the CCPNZ programmes. Narrative analysis and termination theory serve as the primary methodological tools for this study, providing in ...
... two programmes. Fieldwork is informed by publicly available information that provides insight into Government’s rationale for creating and discontinuing the CNPS and the CCPNZ programmes. Narrative analysis and termination theory serve as the primary methodological tools for this study, providing in ...
Land-Atmosphere Coupling and Drought Persistence in
... have investigated the occurrence of drought in North America. Cook et al. (2004) used centuries long, annually resolved tree-ring records to generate a gridded network of drought reconstructions over a large portion of North America and found that the Western U.S. (including parts of Northern Mexico ...
... have investigated the occurrence of drought in North America. Cook et al. (2004) used centuries long, annually resolved tree-ring records to generate a gridded network of drought reconstructions over a large portion of North America and found that the Western U.S. (including parts of Northern Mexico ...
Climate Change Induced Vulnerability to Malaria and
... Assessments of Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change (AIACC) enhances capabilities in the developing world for responding to climate change by building scientific and technical capacity, advancing scientific knowledge, and linking scientific and policy communities. These activities are supportin ...
... Assessments of Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change (AIACC) enhances capabilities in the developing world for responding to climate change by building scientific and technical capacity, advancing scientific knowledge, and linking scientific and policy communities. These activities are supportin ...
MODELING THE EMISSIONS OF NITROUS OXIDE ) FROM THE (N
... Sokolov and Chien Wang for the coupled-climate-chemistry model; Xiangming Xiao for the offline outputs of the terrestrial ecosystem model; Amram Golombek for the 3-D chemical transport model; Peter Stone for the ice age data; Changsheng Li and Steve Frolking for DNDC model and bog hydrology model; B ...
... Sokolov and Chien Wang for the coupled-climate-chemistry model; Xiangming Xiao for the offline outputs of the terrestrial ecosystem model; Amram Golombek for the 3-D chemical transport model; Peter Stone for the ice age data; Changsheng Li and Steve Frolking for DNDC model and bog hydrology model; B ...
Recent trends in vegetation dynamics in the African Sahel and their
... The relationship between vegetation and rainfall in semiarid environments has received a great deal of interest, notably in the African Sahel. Most previous regional-scale studies were based on time series of remotely sensed indicators of vegetation greenness, mainly the Normalized Difference Vegeta ...
... The relationship between vegetation and rainfall in semiarid environments has received a great deal of interest, notably in the African Sahel. Most previous regional-scale studies were based on time series of remotely sensed indicators of vegetation greenness, mainly the Normalized Difference Vegeta ...
Corporate responsibility in (re)insurance business
... We pursue active environmental management at our locations and aim to ...
... We pursue active environmental management at our locations and aim to ...
Economic Costs and Benefits of Climate Change Impacts and
... Tourism is the largest sector of the economy in the Maldives, and it is critical to the country’s economic future. However, tourism in the Maldives is at risk to climate and non-climate influences. Non-climate influences – such as land-use pressure and coastal erosion, waste management, limited fres ...
... Tourism is the largest sector of the economy in the Maldives, and it is critical to the country’s economic future. However, tourism in the Maldives is at risk to climate and non-climate influences. Non-climate influences – such as land-use pressure and coastal erosion, waste management, limited fres ...
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... complex ecological relationships over time and this complexity creates another barrier for implementing a national adaptation strategy. Managers must first use available information to detect ecological changes. Once detected, they must decide whether to restore past ecological conditions or encoura ...
... complex ecological relationships over time and this complexity creates another barrier for implementing a national adaptation strategy. Managers must first use available information to detect ecological changes. Once detected, they must decide whether to restore past ecological conditions or encoura ...
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... A key reform the IPCC could implement to improve its procedural efficiency is to strengthen the roles of the Technical Support Unit (TSU) and its Chapter Scientists. The TSUs should remain as centralized bodies that provide logistical support to each of the Working Groups, coordinating all logistica ...
... A key reform the IPCC could implement to improve its procedural efficiency is to strengthen the roles of the Technical Support Unit (TSU) and its Chapter Scientists. The TSUs should remain as centralized bodies that provide logistical support to each of the Working Groups, coordinating all logistica ...
Climate Change, Risk and Productivity: Analyses of Chinese
... Over the past decades, China’s agricultural sector has made great progress in supplying the country’s large population with sufficient amounts of food. However, as a consequence of continuing population growth and an increasing wealth, it is generally expected that the demand both for basic food com ...
... Over the past decades, China’s agricultural sector has made great progress in supplying the country’s large population with sufficient amounts of food. However, as a consequence of continuing population growth and an increasing wealth, it is generally expected that the demand both for basic food com ...
The Al Gore Effect: An Inconvenient Truth and Voluntary Carbon
... Awareness campaigns that promote behavioral change exist across a wide spectrum of concerns, including health (e.g., National Breast Cancer Awareness Month events that encourage screening), political engagement (e.g., MTV’s Rock the Vote program that facilitates voter registration and promotes voter ...
... Awareness campaigns that promote behavioral change exist across a wide spectrum of concerns, including health (e.g., National Breast Cancer Awareness Month events that encourage screening), political engagement (e.g., MTV’s Rock the Vote program that facilitates voter registration and promotes voter ...
The Climate Change Impact of Retail Waste from Horticultural
... The early steps of production dominate the overall climate change impact of food with an animal origin, mainly due to feed provision and manure management connected to animal holding on farms (Sonesson 2009). The situation is somewhat different for food with a vegetable origin. For these products, t ...
... The early steps of production dominate the overall climate change impact of food with an animal origin, mainly due to feed provision and manure management connected to animal holding on farms (Sonesson 2009). The situation is somewhat different for food with a vegetable origin. For these products, t ...
Information Manual 3: Available datasets
... needed where historic data are no longer adequate for planning and decision-making. Over time, climate change can increase the impacts of current hazards and can bring new hazards to a local area, such as in a shift from a stable to a receding beach. Increasingly, data on future climate and how that ...
... needed where historic data are no longer adequate for planning and decision-making. Over time, climate change can increase the impacts of current hazards and can bring new hazards to a local area, such as in a shift from a stable to a receding beach. Increasingly, data on future climate and how that ...
(2013) Evidence of multiple carbon sources and prey communities
... 25. Wolf, N., Ely, C., Rogers, M. and Welker, J. M. Tundra swan migration ecology: Use of stable isotopes (15N & D), satellite trackers and N American isoscapes. Canadian J of Zoology. 26. Lupascu, M., Welker, J. M., Xu, X. and Czimczik, C. I. Winter snow depth affects the sources and ages of CO2 ...
... 25. Wolf, N., Ely, C., Rogers, M. and Welker, J. M. Tundra swan migration ecology: Use of stable isotopes (15N & D), satellite trackers and N American isoscapes. Canadian J of Zoology. 26. Lupascu, M., Welker, J. M., Xu, X. and Czimczik, C. I. Winter snow depth affects the sources and ages of CO2 ...
Low-Carbon Green Growth in Asia: Policies and practices
... poverty reduction than the world average, together with other world regions it is consuming more energy and natural resources than our planet’s regenerative capacity can provide. With each passing day, Asia’s carbon emissions grow, as does its vulnerability to climate risks. The poor are the most vu ...
... poverty reduction than the world average, together with other world regions it is consuming more energy and natural resources than our planet’s regenerative capacity can provide. With each passing day, Asia’s carbon emissions grow, as does its vulnerability to climate risks. The poor are the most vu ...
Soil Organic Carbon: the hidden potential
... climate change, and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). A high SOM content provides nutrients to plants and improves water availability, both of which enhance soil fertility and ultimately improve food productivity. Moreover, SOC improves soil structural stability by promoti ...
... climate change, and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). A high SOM content provides nutrients to plants and improves water availability, both of which enhance soil fertility and ultimately improve food productivity. Moreover, SOC improves soil structural stability by promoti ...
Switzerland`s Sixth National Communication and First
... Energy: Energy use in Switzerland totalled 882’280 TJ in 2012, i.e. 3.7% above the previous year. Main drivers for this increase were colder weather conditions, positive economic development and further increase in population. 77.5% of primary energy supply was imported whereas 22.5% was sourced dom ...
... Energy: Energy use in Switzerland totalled 882’280 TJ in 2012, i.e. 3.7% above the previous year. Main drivers for this increase were colder weather conditions, positive economic development and further increase in population. 77.5% of primary energy supply was imported whereas 22.5% was sourced dom ...
Tanzania: Country situation assessment Working paper
... analysis of the past and current climate in Tanzania and to identify solutions to the complex challenges of natural resource management, economic development, poverty alleviation and resilience-building in the context of climate change. It focuses on a few selected arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs) i ...
... analysis of the past and current climate in Tanzania and to identify solutions to the complex challenges of natural resource management, economic development, poverty alleviation and resilience-building in the context of climate change. It focuses on a few selected arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs) i ...
Geoengineering: Governance and Technology Policy
... As a participant in several international agreements on climate change, the United States has joined with other nations to express concern about climate change. However, at the national level the United States has not yet developed a comprehensive climate change policy. In the absence of a comprehen ...
... As a participant in several international agreements on climate change, the United States has joined with other nations to express concern about climate change. However, at the national level the United States has not yet developed a comprehensive climate change policy. In the absence of a comprehen ...
Measuring the Impacts of Climate Change on North
... The authors thank Joel Smith, David Chapman, Michael Hanemann, Sasha Mackler and an anonymous reviewer for guidance and comments on this research. This research was supported by the National Commission on Energy Policy. ...
... The authors thank Joel Smith, David Chapman, Michael Hanemann, Sasha Mackler and an anonymous reviewer for guidance and comments on this research. This research was supported by the National Commission on Energy Policy. ...
Climate Futures for Tasmania: water and catchments technical report
... The potential impact of climate change on community, business and industry is nowhere more apparent than in hydropower. At Hydro Tasmania we’re pleased to continue an association with cutting-edge climate research that commenced in 2005 with the initial trial application of dynamical downscaling to ...
... The potential impact of climate change on community, business and industry is nowhere more apparent than in hydropower. At Hydro Tasmania we’re pleased to continue an association with cutting-edge climate research that commenced in 2005 with the initial trial application of dynamical downscaling to ...
Years of Living Dangerously
Years of Living Dangerously is a documentary television series focusing on global warming. The first season premiered on April 13, 2014, consisted of 9 episodes, and ran on Showtime. It won an Emmy Award as Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series. The second season, consisting of 8 episodes, is expected to air on the National Geographic Channel in late 2016, with broader distribution than the first season. James Cameron, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and clean energy investor and environmental activist Daniel Abbasi are executive producers of the series, as was the late Jerry Weintraub for the first season. Joel Bach and David Gelber, former 60 Minutes producers, are co-creators of the series as well as executive producers. Joseph Romm and Heidi Cullen are the chief science advisors.The weekly episodes feature celebrity investigators, who each have a history of environmental activism, and well-known journalists, each of whom have a background in environmental reportage. These ""correspondents"" travel to areas around the world and throughout the U.S. affected by global warming to interview experts and ordinary people affected by, and seeking solutions to, the effects of global warming. They act as proxies for the audience, asking questions to find out people's opinions and to discover the scientific evidence. The celebrities in season 1 included Harrison Ford, Matt Damon, Ian Somerhalder, Jessica Alba, Don Cheadle, America Ferrera, Michael C. Hall, Olivia Munn and Schwarzenegger. The journalists include Lesley Stahl, Thomas Friedman, Chris Hayes and Mark Bittman. The final episode of season 1 featured an interview by Friedman of President Barack Obama. In season 2, David Letterman has agreed to travel to India to interview the prime minister and examine how the country plans to distribute solar power to its entire population over the next decade. The show will send Schwarzenegger as a correspondent to China. Other hosts for season 2 include Cameron, Somerhalder, Munn, Friedman, Cheadle, and newcomers Jack Black, Joshua Jackson, Aasif Mandvi, Cecily Strong and Ty Burrell in an episode about electric cars. Season 2 is expected to cover more impacts of climate change, like hurricanes, historic droughts and the rapidly increasing extinction rate of species, but Bach noted that the season will ""focus much more ... on solutions that individuals, communities, companies and even governments can use to address worldwide climate change.""Schwarzenegger reflected on how the series tries to make the issue of climate change resonate with the public: ""I think the environmental movement only can be successful if we are simple and clear and make it a human story. We will tell human stories in this project. The scientists would never get the kind of attention that someone in show business gets."" Cameron elaborated: ""We didn’t use our celebrities as talking head experts, because they’re not climate experts. They were concerned, intelligent, curious citizens who were out to find answers. They were functioning as journalists."" Newsweek said that the celebrity reporters ""lend sparks to an issue that sends most viewers for the exits"".