The EU Climate Change Strategy under the Lens of Multi
... of the EU in the development of a global climate regime. For this purpose, three main research questions will be addressed. The first one touches upon the configuration and the evolution of the EU climate change policy. Distinguishing between the internal and external dimensions, the analysis of the ...
... of the EU in the development of a global climate regime. For this purpose, three main research questions will be addressed. The first one touches upon the configuration and the evolution of the EU climate change policy. Distinguishing between the internal and external dimensions, the analysis of the ...
Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy Nature’s Prophet:
... view,” write sociologists Jacobs and Townsley. 25 Lippmann used his books as opportunities to define his philosophy, and his columns as a means to more widely convey, apply, and diffuse his views. In his best-known books, Public Opinion (1922) 26 and The Phantom Public (1925) 27, Lippmann argued tha ...
... view,” write sociologists Jacobs and Townsley. 25 Lippmann used his books as opportunities to define his philosophy, and his columns as a means to more widely convey, apply, and diffuse his views. In his best-known books, Public Opinion (1922) 26 and The Phantom Public (1925) 27, Lippmann argued tha ...
Methane, the Clathrate-gun conjecture and a disturbed
... with particular focus on measurement, distribution and mixing of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and on mitigation policies; Greenhouse gases in the Earth system: setting the agenda to 2030 ] Opening remarks on the carbon cycle There has been a planetary carbon-cycle for a very long time. Carbon ...
... with particular focus on measurement, distribution and mixing of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and on mitigation policies; Greenhouse gases in the Earth system: setting the agenda to 2030 ] Opening remarks on the carbon cycle There has been a planetary carbon-cycle for a very long time. Carbon ...
halifax harbour extreme water levels in the context of
... wide consensus that the global climate is warming and that this warming will result in accelerated sealevel rise and other consequences such as changes in storm intensity and possibly frequency, with serious implications for coastal residents and stakeholders (IPCC, 2007a, 2007b). The Halifax Region ...
... wide consensus that the global climate is warming and that this warming will result in accelerated sealevel rise and other consequences such as changes in storm intensity and possibly frequency, with serious implications for coastal residents and stakeholders (IPCC, 2007a, 2007b). The Halifax Region ...
Ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation and mitigation – good
... Southern Europe to +50 % in Northern Europe (van der Linden & Mitchell 2009). The uncertainty and variability surrounding projected changes is high. Nevertheless, the need to continue efforts to mitigate further changes in climate and prepare for change – to adapt – has been recognised by government ...
... Southern Europe to +50 % in Northern Europe (van der Linden & Mitchell 2009). The uncertainty and variability surrounding projected changes is high. Nevertheless, the need to continue efforts to mitigate further changes in climate and prepare for change – to adapt – has been recognised by government ...
Ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation and mitigation – good
... Southern Europe to +50 % in Northern Europe (van der Linden & Mitchell 2009). The uncertainty and variability surrounding projected changes is high. Nevertheless, the need to continue efforts to mitigate further changes in climate and prepare for change – to adapt – has been recognised by government ...
... Southern Europe to +50 % in Northern Europe (van der Linden & Mitchell 2009). The uncertainty and variability surrounding projected changes is high. Nevertheless, the need to continue efforts to mitigate further changes in climate and prepare for change – to adapt – has been recognised by government ...
Impact Assessment on Aquaculture Framers in Sarawak, Malaysia
... storms and floods in some areas and states including Sarawak. Besides the physical and financial drivers, climate is a major driver that enhances the aquaculture sector growth and sustainability. The variability of temperature, air humidity and total rainfall in Sarawak shows negative signs to aquac ...
... storms and floods in some areas and states including Sarawak. Besides the physical and financial drivers, climate is a major driver that enhances the aquaculture sector growth and sustainability. The variability of temperature, air humidity and total rainfall in Sarawak shows negative signs to aquac ...
Adaptation of water resources management to climate change
... This report will help water professionals to identify actions that can be taken to adapt to the changes in the world's water regimes expected to occur over the coming decades. It’s origins can be traced back to the World Water Vision, a declaration on global water issues adopted in March 2000 during ...
... This report will help water professionals to identify actions that can be taken to adapt to the changes in the world's water regimes expected to occur over the coming decades. It’s origins can be traced back to the World Water Vision, a declaration on global water issues adopted in March 2000 during ...
Sensitivity analysis of snow patterns in Swiss ski resorts to shifts in
... ABSTRACT: The value of snow as a resource has considerably increased in Swiss mountain regions, in particular in the context of winter tourism. In the perspective of a warming climate, it is thus important to quantify the potential changes in snow amount and duration that could have large repercussi ...
... ABSTRACT: The value of snow as a resource has considerably increased in Swiss mountain regions, in particular in the context of winter tourism. In the perspective of a warming climate, it is thus important to quantify the potential changes in snow amount and duration that could have large repercussi ...
The economics of climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean
... Impacts of climate change on the Latin American and Caribbean region assuming a 2.5°C temperature increase, second half of the twenty-first century.................................................... 23 Latin America: the farm sector and the impacts of climate change, 2011 and 2080.................. ...
... Impacts of climate change on the Latin American and Caribbean region assuming a 2.5°C temperature increase, second half of the twenty-first century.................................................... 23 Latin America: the farm sector and the impacts of climate change, 2011 and 2080.................. ...
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... referred as ‘ambiguity’ and where list of possible outcomes is not known is referred as ‘fundamental uncertainty’. To date, only a handful of SP studies have addressed the issue of ambiguity in field experiments. Cameron (2005) applied a Bayesian information updating model in a single bounded conti ...
... referred as ‘ambiguity’ and where list of possible outcomes is not known is referred as ‘fundamental uncertainty’. To date, only a handful of SP studies have addressed the issue of ambiguity in field experiments. Cameron (2005) applied a Bayesian information updating model in a single bounded conti ...
Tracking adaptation and measuring development
... Climate change is changing the contexts in which development takes place by changing the nature and intensity of climate-related risks, and through the impacts of evolving climate-related risks on people’s vulnerability. Current development interventions that fail to address climate change, and curr ...
... Climate change is changing the contexts in which development takes place by changing the nature and intensity of climate-related risks, and through the impacts of evolving climate-related risks on people’s vulnerability. Current development interventions that fail to address climate change, and curr ...
Working paper: Preference Attainment: Why are some Countries
... specific period, while a study over a longer negotiation stage might find that some of the these factors really are significant. This caveat should be kept in mind with regard to the results reported in this paper. Third, the data collecting effort, described in more detail below, was conducted over ...
... specific period, while a study over a longer negotiation stage might find that some of the these factors really are significant. This caveat should be kept in mind with regard to the results reported in this paper. Third, the data collecting effort, described in more detail below, was conducted over ...
The net climate impact of coal
... pattern of imposing air quality pollution controls at a later time could accelerate future warming rates, especially at NHmls. More broadly, our results indicate that due to spatial and temporal inhomogenaities in forcing, climate impacts of multi-pollutant emissions can vary strongly from region to ...
... pattern of imposing air quality pollution controls at a later time could accelerate future warming rates, especially at NHmls. More broadly, our results indicate that due to spatial and temporal inhomogenaities in forcing, climate impacts of multi-pollutant emissions can vary strongly from region to ...
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... to 155 million tonnes in 1991, with a maximum production of more than 170 million tonnes in 1980 (Lioubimtseva, 2010). In the 1950s the growth of grain production was driven by the expansion of arable lands (the “Virgin Lands Campaign”), but during the following years the area of cereal cultivation ...
... to 155 million tonnes in 1991, with a maximum production of more than 170 million tonnes in 1980 (Lioubimtseva, 2010). In the 1950s the growth of grain production was driven by the expansion of arable lands (the “Virgin Lands Campaign”), but during the following years the area of cereal cultivation ...
Transformational Adaptation: Concepts, Examples, and their
... irrigation was possible, intensified use of river and lake environments, out-migration, and inmigration to environmental ‘refugia’ where resources where still available. These strategies, particularly in-migration to refugia and agricultural intensification, were associated with a variety of profoun ...
... irrigation was possible, intensified use of river and lake environments, out-migration, and inmigration to environmental ‘refugia’ where resources where still available. These strategies, particularly in-migration to refugia and agricultural intensification, were associated with a variety of profoun ...
Hydrological cycle over South and Southeast Asian river basins as
... been extended to multi-model climate projections by weighting each GCM according to its performance for the present climate (Giorgi and Mearns, 2002). However, considering the output of each considered climate model as an ensemble member is indeed problematic, for multiple reasons discussed in detai ...
... been extended to multi-model climate projections by weighting each GCM according to its performance for the present climate (Giorgi and Mearns, 2002). However, considering the output of each considered climate model as an ensemble member is indeed problematic, for multiple reasons discussed in detai ...
Hydrological cycle over South and Southeast Asian river
... Following Lucarini et al. (2008), we believe that the verification and validation of GCMs should specifically be performed at a river-basin scale, through accurately calculating the most relevant hydrological quantities within the basin boundaries, in order to characterize the models’ behavior within ...
... Following Lucarini et al. (2008), we believe that the verification and validation of GCMs should specifically be performed at a river-basin scale, through accurately calculating the most relevant hydrological quantities within the basin boundaries, in order to characterize the models’ behavior within ...
Biogeosciences
... 2006, 1997; Carr et al., 2006). These methods have the advantage in that they provide large spatial and temporal coverage of vast ocean areas. Reference measurements from shipbased observations, however, are still sparse. Complex algorithms lead stepwise from ocean colour measurements to Chl concent ...
... 2006, 1997; Carr et al., 2006). These methods have the advantage in that they provide large spatial and temporal coverage of vast ocean areas. Reference measurements from shipbased observations, however, are still sparse. Complex algorithms lead stepwise from ocean colour measurements to Chl concent ...
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... amounts of aerosols into the atmosphere create short-lived negative forcing [6]. Human activities have greatly contributed to the changes in radiative forcings since the Industrial Revolution. As can be seen in Fig. 2.3, CO2 has the greatest increase in the RF values compared to other GHG (all of wh ...
... amounts of aerosols into the atmosphere create short-lived negative forcing [6]. Human activities have greatly contributed to the changes in radiative forcings since the Industrial Revolution. As can be seen in Fig. 2.3, CO2 has the greatest increase in the RF values compared to other GHG (all of wh ...
Appendix 7 Evolution of the Environment without the LDP SEA Topic
... into the new LDP, it is accepted that a degree of revision is necessary particularly with the desire to factor more sustainability into future planning and new developments as well as to address complex long-term issues and the anticipated challenges posed by global problems such as climate change a ...
... into the new LDP, it is accepted that a degree of revision is necessary particularly with the desire to factor more sustainability into future planning and new developments as well as to address complex long-term issues and the anticipated challenges posed by global problems such as climate change a ...
CHANGING LAND USE, CLIMATE, AND HYDROLOGY IN THE WINOOSKI
... over the past century with decreasing flows (Climate Change and Water, 2008). In New England, rising temperatures have now been documented through direct measurement as well as antecedent observations for many years; temperature records throughout the region have shown an almost unanimous increase i ...
... over the past century with decreasing flows (Climate Change and Water, 2008). In New England, rising temperatures have now been documented through direct measurement as well as antecedent observations for many years; temperature records throughout the region have shown an almost unanimous increase i ...
An Analysis of the Dismal Theorem - Yale Economics
... In a series of papers, Martin Weitzman has proposed what he calls a Dismal Theorem. He summarizes the theorem as follows: “[T]he catastrophe-insurance aspect of such a fat-tailed unlimited-exposure situation, which can never be fully learned away, can dominate the social-discounting aspect, the pure ...
... In a series of papers, Martin Weitzman has proposed what he calls a Dismal Theorem. He summarizes the theorem as follows: “[T]he catastrophe-insurance aspect of such a fat-tailed unlimited-exposure situation, which can never be fully learned away, can dominate the social-discounting aspect, the pure ...
- Europa.eu
... atural disasters and climate change are among the greatest threats to development.1 Although natural disasters have always presented risks, climate change increases those risks and compounds them by adding a greater level of uncertainty. As a result of their increased frequency, the economic and soc ...
... atural disasters and climate change are among the greatest threats to development.1 Although natural disasters have always presented risks, climate change increases those risks and compounds them by adding a greater level of uncertainty. As a result of their increased frequency, the economic and soc ...
A review of the history of safety
... However, some of Bismarck’s conservative political allies baulked at this proposed state expenditure and they made it a condition of their support that the insurance costs would be covered by German employers. So by chance, the cost of accidents was partially internalised for German companies. The h ...
... However, some of Bismarck’s conservative political allies baulked at this proposed state expenditure and they made it a condition of their support that the insurance costs would be covered by German employers. So by chance, the cost of accidents was partially internalised for German companies. The h ...
Scientific opinion on climate change
The scientific opinion on climate change is the overall judgment amongst scientists about whether global warming is happening, and if so, its causes and probable consequences. This scientific opinion is expressed in synthesis reports, by scientific bodies of national or international standing, and by surveys of opinion among climate scientists. Individual scientists, universities, and laboratories contribute to the overall scientific opinion via their peer-reviewed publications, and the areas of collective agreement and relative certainty are summarised in these high level reports and surveys.The scientific consensus is that the Earth's climate system is unequivocally warming, and that it is extremely likely (at least 95% probability) that humans are causing most of it through activities that increase concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, such as deforestation and burning fossil fuels. In addition, it is likely that some potential further greenhouse gas warming has been offset by increased aerosols.National and international science academies and scientific societies have assessed current scientific opinion on global warming. These assessments are generally consistent with the conclusions of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report summarized:Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as evidenced by increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, the widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising global average sea level.Most of the global warming since the mid-20th century is very likely due to human activities.Benefits and costs of climate change for [human] society will vary widely by location and scale. Some of the effects in temperate and polar regions will be positive and others elsewhere will be negative. Overall, net effects are more likely to be strongly negative with larger or more rapid warming.The range of published evidence indicates that the net damage costs of climate change are likely to be significant and to increase over time.The resilience of many ecosystems is likely to be exceeded this century by an unprecedented combination of climate change, associated disturbances (e.g. flooding, drought, wildfire, insects, ocean acidification) and other global change drivers (e.g. land-use change, pollution, fragmentation of natural systems, over-exploitation of resources).Some scientific bodies have recommended specific policies to governments and science can play a role in informing an effective response to climate change, however, policy decisions may require value judgements and so are not included in the scientific opinion.No scientific body of national or international standing maintains a formal opinion dissenting from any of these main points. The last national or international scientific body to drop dissent was the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, which in 2007 updated its statement to its current non-committal position. Some other organizations, primarily those focusing on geology, also hold non-committal positions.