Why is geoengineering so tempting?
... global investment priorities, a group of top economists convened by the Copenhagen Consensus Center in 2012 ranked geoengineering research and development 12th among the 40 projects they were presented with, putting it ahead, for example, of eorts to develop an HIV vaccine. Popular media references ...
... global investment priorities, a group of top economists convened by the Copenhagen Consensus Center in 2012 ranked geoengineering research and development 12th among the 40 projects they were presented with, putting it ahead, for example, of eorts to develop an HIV vaccine. Popular media references ...
Working Paper 170 - Doda 2014 (opens in new window)
... global investment priorities, a group of top economists convened by the Copenhagen Consensus Center in 2012 ranked geoengineering research and development 12th among the 40 projects they were presented with, putting it ahead, for example, of eorts to develop an HIV vaccine. Popular media references ...
... global investment priorities, a group of top economists convened by the Copenhagen Consensus Center in 2012 ranked geoengineering research and development 12th among the 40 projects they were presented with, putting it ahead, for example, of eorts to develop an HIV vaccine. Popular media references ...
The positive impact of human CO2 emissions on the survival of life
... This extremely positive aspect of human CO2 emissions must be weighed against the unproven hypothesis that human CO2 emissions will cause a catastrophic warming of the climate in coming years. ...
... This extremely positive aspect of human CO2 emissions must be weighed against the unproven hypothesis that human CO2 emissions will cause a catastrophic warming of the climate in coming years. ...
ADAPTING FOREST MANAGEMENT TO CLIMATE CHANGE Rubén Javier Mur Torrentó
... Fig. 4.11: Evolution of the timber price over time depending on the two climate change scenarios considered by Tavoni et al. (2007). .......................................................................... 51 Fig. 4.12: Sum of discounted net benefits over time as a function of the discount rate. . ...
... Fig. 4.11: Evolution of the timber price over time depending on the two climate change scenarios considered by Tavoni et al. (2007). .......................................................................... 51 Fig. 4.12: Sum of discounted net benefits over time as a function of the discount rate. . ...
The impact of climate change on dairy production
... production has followed a more gradual upward trend in Northern Ireland. The cross-border trade in milk has also increased with some 650 million litres of milk exported from NI to the ROI in 2016. This is almost 30% of NI’s total milk production, demonstrating the integrated nature of milk productio ...
... production has followed a more gradual upward trend in Northern Ireland. The cross-border trade in milk has also increased with some 650 million litres of milk exported from NI to the ROI in 2016. This is almost 30% of NI’s total milk production, demonstrating the integrated nature of milk productio ...
Climate Trends, Hazards and Extremes – Taranaki Synthesis Report
... for four scenarios: CSIRO 2080s 25% and 75% scaling (upper panels) and Hadley 2080s 25% and 75% scaling (lower panels). Grey areas indicate regions of very low drought risk (where return period can’t be estimated) and/or regions where drought risk decreases........................................... ...
... for four scenarios: CSIRO 2080s 25% and 75% scaling (upper panels) and Hadley 2080s 25% and 75% scaling (lower panels). Grey areas indicate regions of very low drought risk (where return period can’t be estimated) and/or regions where drought risk decreases........................................... ...
www.epa.ie Report No. 164 w.epa.ie
... Sophisticated computer modelling of the projected impacts of increased concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere has been undertaken, and this has been calibrated against the observed changes in climate over the last century. These models suggest that increases in energy-trapping g ...
... Sophisticated computer modelling of the projected impacts of increased concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere has been undertaken, and this has been calibrated against the observed changes in climate over the last century. These models suggest that increases in energy-trapping g ...
Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy Nature’s Prophet:
... convergence among experts that more CO2 equals a warming world, as he explains, but on specific impacts such as the pace of sea-level rise or the intensity of hurricanes, there is a much broader distribution of scientific opinion. 39 Rachel Carson and the Control of Nature Somewhat distinct from the ...
... convergence among experts that more CO2 equals a warming world, as he explains, but on specific impacts such as the pace of sea-level rise or the intensity of hurricanes, there is a much broader distribution of scientific opinion. 39 Rachel Carson and the Control of Nature Somewhat distinct from the ...
Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in the Tourism Sector
... The spectacular growth of tourism provides both a challenge and an opportunity. The tourist community itself has responded to this challenge over the past few years and visibly stepped up its response to climate change. There is now a clear understanding that the industry can be part of the solution ...
... The spectacular growth of tourism provides both a challenge and an opportunity. The tourist community itself has responded to this challenge over the past few years and visibly stepped up its response to climate change. There is now a clear understanding that the industry can be part of the solution ...
3.5.2. Water resources
... the resulting increase in human activities, have had a significant impact on that effect. It is completely true that gas emissions with greenhouse gas effect are largely the result of fossil fuel combustion, deforestation, and the conversion of forest land for agricultural use. Of human activities t ...
... the resulting increase in human activities, have had a significant impact on that effect. It is completely true that gas emissions with greenhouse gas effect are largely the result of fossil fuel combustion, deforestation, and the conversion of forest land for agricultural use. Of human activities t ...
2015 Pennsylvania Climate Impacts Assessment Update
... This report is the second update of the original report by the Penn State team. The first update was prepared in 2013 (Ross et al., 2013). The purpose of the updates is to capture advances in the scientific understanding of climate change and climate change impacts, and make use of new data sets, re ...
... This report is the second update of the original report by the Penn State team. The first update was prepared in 2013 (Ross et al., 2013). The purpose of the updates is to capture advances in the scientific understanding of climate change and climate change impacts, and make use of new data sets, re ...
Equator Principles and Climate Change Issues
... I hereby declare that I am the sole author of this thesis. This is a true copy of the thesis, including any required final revisions, as accepted by my examiners. I understand that my thesis may be made electronically available to the public. ...
... I hereby declare that I am the sole author of this thesis. This is a true copy of the thesis, including any required final revisions, as accepted by my examiners. I understand that my thesis may be made electronically available to the public. ...
Arctic air pollution: Challenges and opportunities for the next decade
... S. R. Arnold1, K. S. Law2, C. A. Brock3, J. L. Thomas2, S. M. Starkweather3,4, K. von Salzen5, A. Stohl6, S. Sharma7, M. T. Lund8, M. G. Flanner9, T. Petäjä10, H. Tanimoto11, J. Gamble12, J. E. Dibb13, M. Melamed4,14, N. Johnson15, M. Fidel12,16, V.-P. Tynkkynen17, A. Baklanov18,19, S. Eckhardt6, S. ...
... S. R. Arnold1, K. S. Law2, C. A. Brock3, J. L. Thomas2, S. M. Starkweather3,4, K. von Salzen5, A. Stohl6, S. Sharma7, M. T. Lund8, M. G. Flanner9, T. Petäjä10, H. Tanimoto11, J. Gamble12, J. E. Dibb13, M. Melamed4,14, N. Johnson15, M. Fidel12,16, V.-P. Tynkkynen17, A. Baklanov18,19, S. Eckhardt6, S. ...
Food and Climate change: A review of the effects of climate change
... Climate change may also lead to altered chemical and pathogen inputs to food. There are multiple mechanisms through which climate change could affect existing pathogens or lead to the emergence of new ones (FAO, 2008a). The pathogens of most concern under climate change are those with those with low ...
... Climate change may also lead to altered chemical and pathogen inputs to food. There are multiple mechanisms through which climate change could affect existing pathogens or lead to the emergence of new ones (FAO, 2008a). The pathogens of most concern under climate change are those with those with low ...
Can Carbon Sinks be Operational? An RFF Workshop Summary
... Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change also suggests that the potential of sinks to sequester carbon is substantial, often at a low cost. Land use and forestry projects require relatively unsophisticated technology, although they may require institutional and political change in som ...
... Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change also suggests that the potential of sinks to sequester carbon is substantial, often at a low cost. Land use and forestry projects require relatively unsophisticated technology, although they may require institutional and political change in som ...
Project Management
... Cooperate in the preparation of protection measures for areas exposed to drought and floods, as well as protection measures for water resources; Include an assessment of climate change impacts and appropriate strategies and economic development policies that aim to minimize negative consequences ...
... Cooperate in the preparation of protection measures for areas exposed to drought and floods, as well as protection measures for water resources; Include an assessment of climate change impacts and appropriate strategies and economic development policies that aim to minimize negative consequences ...
Using climate information for drought planning
... has been incorporated into many disciplines, including environmental issues related to land management, natural resources, water, and, more recently, drought (Bergman 2014). Water planners are used to dealing with uncertainty. The actual trajectory of population change often departs from the forecas ...
... has been incorporated into many disciplines, including environmental issues related to land management, natural resources, water, and, more recently, drought (Bergman 2014). Water planners are used to dealing with uncertainty. The actual trajectory of population change often departs from the forecas ...
Climate Change: Costs and Benefits of the
... context and the desire to engage the developing world in the reduction effort. When the United States and other developed countries ratified the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), they agreed both to reduce their own emissions to help stabilize atmospheric concentra ...
... context and the desire to engage the developing world in the reduction effort. When the United States and other developed countries ratified the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), they agreed both to reduce their own emissions to help stabilize atmospheric concentra ...
Review of Policy, Plans, Legislation and Regulations for Climate
... 3.3.4 National Policy for the Conservation of Seagrasses (1996) ........................... 61 3.3.5 Towards A Beach Policy for Jamaica (A policy for the Use of the Foreshore and the Floor of the Sea) November 2000 (Draft). ................................................ 61 3.3.6 Coral Reef Protect ...
... 3.3.4 National Policy for the Conservation of Seagrasses (1996) ........................... 61 3.3.5 Towards A Beach Policy for Jamaica (A policy for the Use of the Foreshore and the Floor of the Sea) November 2000 (Draft). ................................................ 61 3.3.6 Coral Reef Protect ...
Climate Change and Restoration of Degraded Land
... addition, some one billion people in over one hundred countries are at risk. These people include many of the world’s poorest, most marginalized, and politically weak citizens. Land degradation issue for world food security and the quality of the environment land surface can be considered as prime o ...
... addition, some one billion people in over one hundred countries are at risk. These people include many of the world’s poorest, most marginalized, and politically weak citizens. Land degradation issue for world food security and the quality of the environment land surface can be considered as prime o ...
Migration as Societal Response to Climate Change and Land
... the ever-present risk of longer dry spells, as they occurred in the 1970s and 80s (Brandt et al. 2014a). At the same time, the area used for agriculture increased during the last decades, especially at the cost of open shrubland and grassland (Hummel et al. 2012). When all these factors are taken to ...
... the ever-present risk of longer dry spells, as they occurred in the 1970s and 80s (Brandt et al. 2014a). At the same time, the area used for agriculture increased during the last decades, especially at the cost of open shrubland and grassland (Hummel et al. 2012). When all these factors are taken to ...
South Africa`s Second National Communication under the
... of a democratic government in 1994, South African national policy has strived to address the legacy of Apartheid, including high levels of poverty combined with social inequity, high unemployment, and associated social ills. While progress has been made in this regard, significant development challe ...
... of a democratic government in 1994, South African national policy has strived to address the legacy of Apartheid, including high levels of poverty combined with social inequity, high unemployment, and associated social ills. While progress has been made in this regard, significant development challe ...
FINAL REPORT Queensland Farmers Federation Climate Change
... Stream flow, runoff yields, modelled water allocations. The industry project participants acknowledged that there may be an accuracy trade-off with some of these climate scenarios but felt an effort should be made to bring the data into a mode where it could be used. It is therefore a strong recom ...
... Stream flow, runoff yields, modelled water allocations. The industry project participants acknowledged that there may be an accuracy trade-off with some of these climate scenarios but felt an effort should be made to bring the data into a mode where it could be used. It is therefore a strong recom ...
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... Adaptation refers to actions that make adjustments in natural or human systems in order to moderate potential damages from climate change or exploit beneficial opportunities. Burton (2004) argues adaptation is extremely common and as old as mankind but that it is largely to a stationary spatially or ...
... Adaptation refers to actions that make adjustments in natural or human systems in order to moderate potential damages from climate change or exploit beneficial opportunities. Burton (2004) argues adaptation is extremely common and as old as mankind but that it is largely to a stationary spatially or ...
Jordan`s Third National
... submitted to the UNFCCC and then to the international community of Climate Change stakeholders. As the UNFCCC negotiations are approaching the crunch time of developing an ambitious, fair and effective new climate agreement Jordan is committed to being an active player in the international climate e ...
... submitted to the UNFCCC and then to the international community of Climate Change stakeholders. As the UNFCCC negotiations are approaching the crunch time of developing an ambitious, fair and effective new climate agreement Jordan is committed to being an active player in the international climate e ...
Climate change in Canada
In Canada mitigation of anthropogenic climate change is being addressed more seriously by the provinces than by the federal government.