Greening of the Earth and its drivers
... land use effects9. Biogeochemical drivers include the fertilization effect of elevated ...
... land use effects9. Biogeochemical drivers include the fertilization effect of elevated ...
Climate Change, Human Rights and the Problem of Motivation
... subsistence and to health. These rights are usually considered to be positive rights. In line with the minimalist approach I have introduced above, I will instead consider them as negative rights. I assess how climate change threatens them by using mainly the 2007 IPCC Report,10 the most authoritati ...
... subsistence and to health. These rights are usually considered to be positive rights. In line with the minimalist approach I have introduced above, I will instead consider them as negative rights. I assess how climate change threatens them by using mainly the 2007 IPCC Report,10 the most authoritati ...
1. Active engagement
... the 80 friendship groups established within the Senate as well as their members, have worked hard over the past few months to ensure that the climate issue is addressed as widely as possible in their diverse activities. Particular mention must be made of the groups responsible for maintaining relati ...
... the 80 friendship groups established within the Senate as well as their members, have worked hard over the past few months to ensure that the climate issue is addressed as widely as possible in their diverse activities. Particular mention must be made of the groups responsible for maintaining relati ...
Social vulnerability and climate justice
... NGO based in São Paulo. The project’s design evolved throughout its implementation by organizers at ECOAR and York University in Toronto. The project developed and tested training programs by conducting workshops led by its local NGO partners with more than 1450 participants, approximately two-third ...
... NGO based in São Paulo. The project’s design evolved throughout its implementation by organizers at ECOAR and York University in Toronto. The project developed and tested training programs by conducting workshops led by its local NGO partners with more than 1450 participants, approximately two-third ...
natural solutions to climate change
... Conserving the planet’s natural systems is an essential response to the climate crisis. Halting the destruction of tropical forests is a cost-effective and necessary way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions now. The burning and clearing of tropical forests alone accounts for approximately 16 percent o ...
... Conserving the planet’s natural systems is an essential response to the climate crisis. Halting the destruction of tropical forests is a cost-effective and necessary way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions now. The burning and clearing of tropical forests alone accounts for approximately 16 percent o ...
SNAB Topic 5 On the wild side
... of this section. This activity lets students identify the key components of an ecosystem and investigate the effects of altering conditions. Enthusiasts could complete the investigation aspects of this activity outside of lessons, rather than using limited class time. Students need to be able to des ...
... of this section. This activity lets students identify the key components of an ecosystem and investigate the effects of altering conditions. Enthusiasts could complete the investigation aspects of this activity outside of lessons, rather than using limited class time. Students need to be able to des ...
Climate Change and International Relations Theory: Northeast Asia as a Case Study
... theory. A general assumption holds that the anarchic international system of competing sovereign states who are unitary, rational actors. This view, however, disregards the fact that the anarchic system of sovereign states is itself housed within the wider structure of the Earth’s biosphere. How the ...
... theory. A general assumption holds that the anarchic international system of competing sovereign states who are unitary, rational actors. This view, however, disregards the fact that the anarchic system of sovereign states is itself housed within the wider structure of the Earth’s biosphere. How the ...
Agroclimatic conditions in China under climate change scenarios
... Climate change scenarios for impacts assessment are basically generated by General Circulation Models (GCMs). The horizontal resolution of most present-day GCMs is at the order of a few hundred kilometres (Meehl et al., 2007). Therefore, they are incapable of capturing significant subgrid scale feat ...
... Climate change scenarios for impacts assessment are basically generated by General Circulation Models (GCMs). The horizontal resolution of most present-day GCMs is at the order of a few hundred kilometres (Meehl et al., 2007). Therefore, they are incapable of capturing significant subgrid scale feat ...
Link to full document - Joint Program on the Science and Policy of
... Climate projections and future time periods (henceforth referred to as eras) allow us to estimate the benefits of GHG mitigation and how those benefits evolve over time. First, we develop a control scenario that represents present day climate conditions but includes population projections. We then a ...
... Climate projections and future time periods (henceforth referred to as eras) allow us to estimate the benefits of GHG mitigation and how those benefits evolve over time. First, we develop a control scenario that represents present day climate conditions but includes population projections. We then a ...
Shifting public opinion on climate change: an
... been performed on this topic, making opinions about the threat of climate change an expanding area of intense political (Pooley 2010) and academic (Krosnick et al. 2008; Kellstedt et al. 2008) interest. Along with this attention have come repeated calls for the creation of “political will,” based on ...
... been performed on this topic, making opinions about the threat of climate change an expanding area of intense political (Pooley 2010) and academic (Krosnick et al. 2008; Kellstedt et al. 2008) interest. Along with this attention have come repeated calls for the creation of “political will,” based on ...
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... better suited for capturing the effects of trade and world-wide economy, they rely on evaluation of future productivity and agricultural land-use at a relatively coarse resolution, and skip appropriated finer scale processes for heterogeneity diagnosis at the scale of European sub-national regions ...
... better suited for capturing the effects of trade and world-wide economy, they rely on evaluation of future productivity and agricultural land-use at a relatively coarse resolution, and skip appropriated finer scale processes for heterogeneity diagnosis at the scale of European sub-national regions ...
Climate Change and British Woodland
... to temperature and precipitation are now available. Predictions of climate change at a global scale are for a warming of some 3–5 ºC over the coming century. This magnitude and rate of change has not occurred since before the last ice age. The implications of this level of temperature change are fur ...
... to temperature and precipitation are now available. Predictions of climate change at a global scale are for a warming of some 3–5 ºC over the coming century. This magnitude and rate of change has not occurred since before the last ice age. The implications of this level of temperature change are fur ...
Impact of Climate Change on Wetland Functions
... balance. Withey and Van Kooten (2011) had analyzed the influence of climate change on wetland and water birds. As a result, it was analyzed that there was a change in the area of wetlands due to temperature rise and increase in the amount of precipitation, and the changes in the area of wetland had ...
... balance. Withey and Van Kooten (2011) had analyzed the influence of climate change on wetland and water birds. As a result, it was analyzed that there was a change in the area of wetlands due to temperature rise and increase in the amount of precipitation, and the changes in the area of wetland had ...
Seasonal trends and temperature dependence of the snowfall
... relative to precipitation days, in order to assess the impact of changing temperatures on snowfall, while minimizing the impact of variations in precipitation frequency and intensity. We analyzed the ratio of snowfall days to precipitation days for up to 100 years at 76 meteorological stations, span ...
... relative to precipitation days, in order to assess the impact of changing temperatures on snowfall, while minimizing the impact of variations in precipitation frequency and intensity. We analyzed the ratio of snowfall days to precipitation days for up to 100 years at 76 meteorological stations, span ...
www.fni.no
... (Jasanoff & Wynne 1998, p. 5). In this article, I first summarise briefly Russia’s climate politics in recent years and then draw upon the three foci—causality, agency and responsibility—to pinpoint and unpack the politics involved in Russian framings of climate change. Secondly, the role that expert v ...
... (Jasanoff & Wynne 1998, p. 5). In this article, I first summarise briefly Russia’s climate politics in recent years and then draw upon the three foci—causality, agency and responsibility—to pinpoint and unpack the politics involved in Russian framings of climate change. Secondly, the role that expert v ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES THE ECONOMICS OF CATASTROPHIC CLIMATE CHANGE
... IPCC4, “likely”is P > 66%, while “very unlikely”is P < 10%.) In this paper I am mostly concerned with the 17% of those S “values substantially higher than 4.5 C”which “cannot be excluded.” Eighteen recent studies of climate sensitivity with 18 probability density functions (PDFs) of S lie behind the ...
... IPCC4, “likely”is P > 66%, while “very unlikely”is P < 10%.) In this paper I am mostly concerned with the 17% of those S “values substantially higher than 4.5 C”which “cannot be excluded.” Eighteen recent studies of climate sensitivity with 18 probability density functions (PDFs) of S lie behind the ...
Framing Climate: Implications for Local Government Policy
... Climate change is a relatively new area of policy development characterised by considerable uncertainties. These uncertainties were once dominated by questions over whether anthropogenic or natural factors are the root cause of climate change. However, the fourth assessment report of the Intergovern ...
... Climate change is a relatively new area of policy development characterised by considerable uncertainties. These uncertainties were once dominated by questions over whether anthropogenic or natural factors are the root cause of climate change. However, the fourth assessment report of the Intergovern ...
action kit - Climate Reality Project
... Write a Letter to the Editor The opinion section of a publication is often one of its most widely read sections. By writing about the climate crisis, your insights and opinions on the topic will be out there for hundreds or thousands of people to read. It’s an incredible tool for reaching and educat ...
... Write a Letter to the Editor The opinion section of a publication is often one of its most widely read sections. By writing about the climate crisis, your insights and opinions on the topic will be out there for hundreds or thousands of people to read. It’s an incredible tool for reaching and educat ...
Evolutionary and plastic responses of freshwater invertebrates to
... were used, making the inference about genetic changes less strong. While the latter studies did not use F2 larvae, for W. smithii, it was, however, argued that any bias resulting from not having fully excluded the contribution of environmental effects from the field shaping the photoperiod response ...
... were used, making the inference about genetic changes less strong. While the latter studies did not use F2 larvae, for W. smithii, it was, however, argued that any bias resulting from not having fully excluded the contribution of environmental effects from the field shaping the photoperiod response ...
... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its Fourth Assessment Report (IPCC, 2007) provided conclusive scientific evidence that human activity in the form of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is responsible for many observed climate changes, but noted that use of this knowledge to suppor ...
Climate change and its gendered impacts on agriculture in Vietnam
... time, over the period of 1995-2005, GDO grew at average 7.3 percent per year which makes the country as one of the fastest economic growth nations. However, poverty still remains in the rural and mountainous areas; so the recent success in poverty reduction has the potential to be undermined by the ...
... time, over the period of 1995-2005, GDO grew at average 7.3 percent per year which makes the country as one of the fastest economic growth nations. However, poverty still remains in the rural and mountainous areas; so the recent success in poverty reduction has the potential to be undermined by the ...
Domestic dynamics and international influence
... Increasing numbers of countries are passing climate change legislation. Practically all major emitters of greenhouse gases have in place laws to control emissions, conserve energy or promote cleaner forms of energy production (Townshend et al 2013b). These laws are not always motivated exclusively b ...
... Increasing numbers of countries are passing climate change legislation. Practically all major emitters of greenhouse gases have in place laws to control emissions, conserve energy or promote cleaner forms of energy production (Townshend et al 2013b). These laws are not always motivated exclusively b ...
2012 Annual Report on the Monitoring of
... richness per site, a sensitive indicator metric, was 40, but varied widely from 9 for Greenhorn Creek, Tahoe National Forest in 2009 to 72 (86 if chironomid midges were identified to genera rather than just subfamily) from Jawbone Creek, Stanislaus National Forest in 2010. EPT (mayfly, stonefly and ...
... richness per site, a sensitive indicator metric, was 40, but varied widely from 9 for Greenhorn Creek, Tahoe National Forest in 2009 to 72 (86 if chironomid midges were identified to genera rather than just subfamily) from Jawbone Creek, Stanislaus National Forest in 2010. EPT (mayfly, stonefly and ...
Probability in the attribution and prediction of climate change
... Politicians tend to talk about climate change as an environmental or ethical issue: care for polar bears or future generations. This diverts attention from the injustices that are happening now: we all benefit from burning fossil fuels, but some are losing out much more than others from the impacts ...
... Politicians tend to talk about climate change as an environmental or ethical issue: care for polar bears or future generations. This diverts attention from the injustices that are happening now: we all benefit from burning fossil fuels, but some are losing out much more than others from the impacts ...
How are extreme temperatures changing in Sweden
... It should be clarified that regional extremes do not always coincide with changes in global mean temperatures. There will always be the possibility that during a change in the global mean temperature to the warmer, some regions will experience a cooling trend that will lower the mean temperature and ...
... It should be clarified that regional extremes do not always coincide with changes in global mean temperatures. There will always be the possibility that during a change in the global mean temperature to the warmer, some regions will experience a cooling trend that will lower the mean temperature and ...
Climatic Research Unit documents
Climatic Research Unit documents including thousands of e-mails and other computer files were stolen from a server at the Climatic Research Unit of the University of East Anglia in a hacking incident in November 2009. The documents were redistributed first through the blogosphere of global warming skeptics, and allegations were made that they indicated misconduct by leading climate scientists. A series of investigations rejected these allegations, while concluding that CRU scientists should have been more open with distributing data and methods on request. Precisely six committees investigated the allegations and published reports, finding no evidence of fraud or scientific misconduct. The scientific consensus that global warming is occurring as a result of human activity remained unchanged by the end of the investigations.The incident occurred shortly before the opening December 2009 Copenhagen global climate summit. It has prompted general discussion about increasing the openness of scientific data (though the majority of climate data have always been freely available). Scientists, scientific organisations, and government officials have stated that the incident does not affect the overall scientific case for climate change. Andrew Revkin reported in the New York Times that ""The evidence pointing to a growing human contribution to global warming is so widely accepted that the hacked material is unlikely to erode the overall argument.""