Biodiversity Areas under Threat: Overlap of Climate Change and
... factors that vary geographically and politically. Some underlying causes of change and degradation are shifting markets, commodity prices, poverty, political structures, policies and governance, and population growth (including in-migration) [13–16]. Growing human populations put increased pressure ...
... factors that vary geographically and politically. Some underlying causes of change and degradation are shifting markets, commodity prices, poverty, political structures, policies and governance, and population growth (including in-migration) [13–16]. Growing human populations put increased pressure ...
Conceptualising Climate Change Governance
... expertise does not usually match climate and geographic units. Therefore, climate change governance needs to shift away from existing norms and adopt an overarching perspective of the contributory factors (cf. Greiving and Fleischhauer 2008: 62; Ritter 2007: 535; Frommer 2009: 129). Moreover, the in ...
... expertise does not usually match climate and geographic units. Therefore, climate change governance needs to shift away from existing norms and adopt an overarching perspective of the contributory factors (cf. Greiving and Fleischhauer 2008: 62; Ritter 2007: 535; Frommer 2009: 129). Moreover, the in ...
Development of a Coastal Community Climate Change Action Plan
... their comments on the sea life was based upon limited knowledge and may not be accurate. This was also true for those with coastal backgrounds. This was the way with many of the Elders. They would comment upon what they knew about the climate and the area but always inserted a caveat in their respon ...
... their comments on the sea life was based upon limited knowledge and may not be accurate. This was also true for those with coastal backgrounds. This was the way with many of the Elders. They would comment upon what they knew about the climate and the area but always inserted a caveat in their respon ...
INFLUENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION ... LIVELIHOODS OF KURESOI DISTRICT COMMUNITY, NAKURU COUNTY KENYA
... This study addresses the influence of climate change mitigating strategies on rural livelihoods of Kuresoi District community, Nakuru County in Kenya. Climate change is a major challenge on livelihoods among communities living along Mau forest at Kuresoi district in Kenya. Most of the environment wa ...
... This study addresses the influence of climate change mitigating strategies on rural livelihoods of Kuresoi District community, Nakuru County in Kenya. Climate change is a major challenge on livelihoods among communities living along Mau forest at Kuresoi district in Kenya. Most of the environment wa ...
Estimating Future Costs for Alaska Public Infrastructure - ISER
... ture as it wears out, in existing communities. So far we haven’t estimated how the projection is from Japan. (See back page for complete citations.) Notice that under any of the projections, temperatures around Barrow are expected to rise enough amount and location of public infrastructure might cha ...
... ture as it wears out, in existing communities. So far we haven’t estimated how the projection is from Japan. (See back page for complete citations.) Notice that under any of the projections, temperatures around Barrow are expected to rise enough amount and location of public infrastructure might cha ...
Special Interests and the Media
... available facts. In a model with a general discrete signal and message space, reputational concerns lead to an endogenous limit on the amount of information that the journalist can communicate in equilibrium. The reason is that a captured journalist wants to make a very informative report, which mea ...
... available facts. In a model with a general discrete signal and message space, reputational concerns lead to an endogenous limit on the amount of information that the journalist can communicate in equilibrium. The reason is that a captured journalist wants to make a very informative report, which mea ...
Special Interests and the Media: Theory and an Application to Climate Change Seminar is joint with Political Economy.
... available facts. In a model with a general discrete signal and message space, reputational concerns lead to an endogenous limit on the amount of information that the journalist can communicate in equilibrium. The reason is that a captured journalist wants to make a very informative report, which mea ...
... available facts. In a model with a general discrete signal and message space, reputational concerns lead to an endogenous limit on the amount of information that the journalist can communicate in equilibrium. The reason is that a captured journalist wants to make a very informative report, which mea ...
Climate Change Impacts in Alpine Environments
... bottleneck. For this process photosynthetic gain is essential, implying that treeline advances might be source limited. For example, clusters of krummholz provide safe sites for establishment and growth, creating a positive feedback whereas the sink hypothesis postulates a negative feedback as the s ...
... bottleneck. For this process photosynthetic gain is essential, implying that treeline advances might be source limited. For example, clusters of krummholz provide safe sites for establishment and growth, creating a positive feedback whereas the sink hypothesis postulates a negative feedback as the s ...
Carbon Dioxide Removal and Reliable Sequestration
... and our economy. At the root of the problem, anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere continue to increase, a substantial fraction of which diffuse into the ocean, causing ocean acidification and threatening marine ecosystems. Global climate is changing faster than at any time since ...
... and our economy. At the root of the problem, anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere continue to increase, a substantial fraction of which diffuse into the ocean, causing ocean acidification and threatening marine ecosystems. Global climate is changing faster than at any time since ...
Climate Intervention: Carbon Dioxide Removal and
... and our economy. At the root of the problem, anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere continue to increase, a substantial fraction of which diffuse into the ocean, causing ocean acidification and threatening marine ecosystems. Global climate is changing faster than at any time since ...
... and our economy. At the root of the problem, anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere continue to increase, a substantial fraction of which diffuse into the ocean, causing ocean acidification and threatening marine ecosystems. Global climate is changing faster than at any time since ...
Transformational Adaptation: Concepts, Examples, and their
... locations or countries that currently experience climatic conditions expected to pertain in the future at the location at which adaptation is required. In some locations crop systems might be replaced with extensive livestock management. Agriculture might be relocated within countries, to areas wher ...
... locations or countries that currently experience climatic conditions expected to pertain in the future at the location at which adaptation is required. In some locations crop systems might be replaced with extensive livestock management. Agriculture might be relocated within countries, to areas wher ...
Climate Change and Displacement for Indigenous Communities in
... projected to increase precipitation across Arctic Scandinavia, biological productivity might increase in spring, fall, and summer, but that productivity could be tempered by increased ground saturation and higher humidity, suggesting the possibility for more mold, fungus, and invasive species that t ...
... projected to increase precipitation across Arctic Scandinavia, biological productivity might increase in spring, fall, and summer, but that productivity could be tempered by increased ground saturation and higher humidity, suggesting the possibility for more mold, fungus, and invasive species that t ...
NO. EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. CLAUDE EARL
... admitted that his investigation of ExxonMobil (or “Goliath,” to use his vernacular) was aimed at changing public policy, not investigating actual violations of existing law: It could be David and Goliath, the Virgin Islands against a huge corporation, but we will not stop until we get to the bottom ...
... admitted that his investigation of ExxonMobil (or “Goliath,” to use his vernacular) was aimed at changing public policy, not investigating actual violations of existing law: It could be David and Goliath, the Virgin Islands against a huge corporation, but we will not stop until we get to the bottom ...
Innovations LIVE - Inter-American Development Bank
... resurfacing: the need to innovate Climate change is changing the business as usual, which means changing policy priorities or allocating resources to actions previously underfunded. But also, changing business as usual is an opportunity to do things differently, and opportunity to innovate. Innovati ...
... resurfacing: the need to innovate Climate change is changing the business as usual, which means changing policy priorities or allocating resources to actions previously underfunded. But also, changing business as usual is an opportunity to do things differently, and opportunity to innovate. Innovati ...
Large scale connectivity conservation in mountains: A critical
... supplies for many parts of the world in the 21st Century. Climate modelling completed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in 2007 identified many changes including increased temperatures for the world, marked seasonal drying for many areas such as southern and northern Africa, southern ...
... supplies for many parts of the world in the 21st Century. Climate modelling completed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in 2007 identified many changes including increased temperatures for the world, marked seasonal drying for many areas such as southern and northern Africa, southern ...
Chile`s Third National Communication on Climate
... We already have climate change adaptation plans in different areas of our economy which are being implemented, as well as a national adaptation plan to climate change which reflects the country’s general guidelines to be followed in terms of adaptation. The fact of Chile having this set of plans has ...
... We already have climate change adaptation plans in different areas of our economy which are being implemented, as well as a national adaptation plan to climate change which reflects the country’s general guidelines to be followed in terms of adaptation. The fact of Chile having this set of plans has ...
Coastal Processes and Climate Change Predictions
... 20m deep which lies to the north of a deeper east-west trending valley feature. This valley, which in places contains water in excess of 70m deep, is the partially infilled remnant of a larger palaeovalley, the ‘Northern Palaeovalley’ a relict feature cut during the successive transgressive-regressi ...
... 20m deep which lies to the north of a deeper east-west trending valley feature. This valley, which in places contains water in excess of 70m deep, is the partially infilled remnant of a larger palaeovalley, the ‘Northern Palaeovalley’ a relict feature cut during the successive transgressive-regressi ...
the critical decade:climate change and health
... 5.1 Strengthening the foundations of Australia’s good health / 33 5.2 Reducing the threat to our health / 38 ...
... 5.1 Strengthening the foundations of Australia’s good health / 33 5.2 Reducing the threat to our health / 38 ...
Adaptation to Climate Change in the Houston
... precipitation or wind) lasting for an extended period (decades or longer) (EPA, 2007). While there has been much debate in the past 20 years over the causes of climate change, scientific organizations have documented statistically significant changes that have occurred due to climate change. The Nat ...
... precipitation or wind) lasting for an extended period (decades or longer) (EPA, 2007). While there has been much debate in the past 20 years over the causes of climate change, scientific organizations have documented statistically significant changes that have occurred due to climate change. The Nat ...
1 Meeting the targets or re-imagining society? An empirical study
... Distributional and procedural justice are well-rehearsed concepts in energy. Distributional justice refers to disparities in decision-making outcomes (Shrader-Frechette, 2002), whereas procedural justice is a concern about disparities in capability to participate effectively in decision-making proce ...
... Distributional and procedural justice are well-rehearsed concepts in energy. Distributional justice refers to disparities in decision-making outcomes (Shrader-Frechette, 2002), whereas procedural justice is a concern about disparities in capability to participate effectively in decision-making proce ...
Climate Change and Health in New Zealand
... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) 1 of 2013 states that warming of the global climate system is unequivocal. The world has warmed by an average of 0.8oC since the 1850s and this has been accompanied by ocean warming, melting of snow and ice and sea- ...
... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) 1 of 2013 states that warming of the global climate system is unequivocal. The world has warmed by an average of 0.8oC since the 1850s and this has been accompanied by ocean warming, melting of snow and ice and sea- ...
The Contours of Cap and Trade: The Evolution of Emissions Trading
... climate change. There are active cap and trade systems in Europe, North America, and the Asia/Pacific region, with many other systems under consideration. These systems are organized across a range of political jurisdictions and involve both the public and the private sectors. While the UN negotiati ...
... climate change. There are active cap and trade systems in Europe, North America, and the Asia/Pacific region, with many other systems under consideration. These systems are organized across a range of political jurisdictions and involve both the public and the private sectors. While the UN negotiati ...
Observed Climate Change and the Negligible Global Effect of
... “On August 27, 1893, a ferocious storm was approaching the coast of Georgia. Storm warnings were up but the storm was much stronger that what could have ever been imagined. The people of Tybee battened down the hatches and prepared for "Another one" as hurricanes were a semi common storm during this ...
... “On August 27, 1893, a ferocious storm was approaching the coast of Georgia. Storm warnings were up but the storm was much stronger that what could have ever been imagined. The people of Tybee battened down the hatches and prepared for "Another one" as hurricanes were a semi common storm during this ...
Has the grand idea of geoengineering as Plan B
... According to Huttunen et al. (2014), hopes connected to geoengineering as well as various major concerns and action proposals have recently been reflected in over 100 official policy documents globally. Several geoengineering options were also treated in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ...
... According to Huttunen et al. (2014), hopes connected to geoengineering as well as various major concerns and action proposals have recently been reflected in over 100 official policy documents globally. Several geoengineering options were also treated in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ...
IPCC 5: Synthesis - Summary
... There are multiple mitigation pathways that are likely to limit warming to below 2°C relative to preindustrial levels. These pathways would require substantial emissions reductions over the next few decades and near zero emissions of CO2 and other long-lived GHGs by the end of the century. Implement ...
... There are multiple mitigation pathways that are likely to limit warming to below 2°C relative to preindustrial levels. These pathways would require substantial emissions reductions over the next few decades and near zero emissions of CO2 and other long-lived GHGs by the end of the century. Implement ...
Climate change feedback
Climate change feedback is important in the understanding of global warming because feedback processes may amplify or diminish the effect of each climate forcing, and so play an important part in determining the climate sensitivity and future climate state. Feedback in general is the process in which changing one quantity changes a second quantity, and the change in the second quantity in turn changes the first. Positive feedback amplifies the change in the first quantity while negative feedback reduces it.The term ""forcing"" means a change which may ""push"" the climate system in the direction of warming or cooling. An example of a climate forcing is increased atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases. By definition, forcings are external to the climate system while feedbacks are internal; in essence, feedbacks represent the internal processes of the system. Some feedbacks may act in relative isolation to the rest of the climate system; others may be tightly coupled; hence it may be difficult to tell just how much a particular process contributes. Forcings, feedbacks and the dynamics of the climate system determine how much and how fast the climate changes. The main positive feedback in global warming is the tendency of warming to increase the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere, which in turn leads to further warming. The main negative feedback comes from the Stefan–Boltzmann law, the amount of heat radiated from the Earth into space changes with the fourth power of the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere.Some observed and potential effects of global warming are positive feedbacks, which contribute directly to further global warming. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report states that ""Anthropogenic warming could lead to some effects that are abrupt or irreversible, depending upon the rate and magnitude of the climate change.""