nullius in verba - The Global Warming Policy Foundation
... renewable energy do merit substantial levels of R&D investment and could well become key parts of the UK strategy for sustainable energy supply; initiatives to promote efficiency and conservation do have a part to play. But, in the light of this study, the Royal Society and the Royal Academy are con ...
... renewable energy do merit substantial levels of R&D investment and could well become key parts of the UK strategy for sustainable energy supply; initiatives to promote efficiency and conservation do have a part to play. But, in the light of this study, the Royal Society and the Royal Academy are con ...
Stern Review: robust methodology of its modelling in Chapter 6
... complements the evidence presented in Chapters 3, 4 and 5, which set out the effects of climate change in detail and separately considered its consequences for key indicators of development: income, health and the environment. In estimating the costs of climate change, we build on the very valuable ...
... complements the evidence presented in Chapters 3, 4 and 5, which set out the effects of climate change in detail and separately considered its consequences for key indicators of development: income, health and the environment. In estimating the costs of climate change, we build on the very valuable ...
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... productivity on farms. The gains from productivity since 1953 have been enough to offset declines in the real price of farm outputs at least in the broadacre sector. Productivity gains will remain important to the sector in this century. For public institutions, the focus of research and extension a ...
... productivity on farms. The gains from productivity since 1953 have been enough to offset declines in the real price of farm outputs at least in the broadacre sector. Productivity gains will remain important to the sector in this century. For public institutions, the focus of research and extension a ...
Quaternary climate changes explain diversity among reptiles and
... variation explained due to factors associated with contemporary climate, despite important shared variance between the two components (Table 2). This was true both for partial regressions using coefficients derived from ordinary least square (OLS) regression as well as the more conservative SAR mode ...
... variation explained due to factors associated with contemporary climate, despite important shared variance between the two components (Table 2). This was true both for partial regressions using coefficients derived from ordinary least square (OLS) regression as well as the more conservative SAR mode ...
characterizing the phenology of southwest landscapes
... ongoing implementation of a U.S.A.-National Phenology Network (NPN) with regional branches. Subtropical and semi-arid regions like the southwestern U.S.A. (Southwest), where phenophases may be triggered by both temperature and precipitation, arguably present some of the biggest challenges. Not only ...
... ongoing implementation of a U.S.A.-National Phenology Network (NPN) with regional branches. Subtropical and semi-arid regions like the southwestern U.S.A. (Southwest), where phenophases may be triggered by both temperature and precipitation, arguably present some of the biggest challenges. Not only ...
Preview of Buddhist Response to the Climate
... river systems by accumulating ice in the winter and melting slowly in the summer. Himalayan glaciers are receding faster than in any other part of the world, and may well disappear by 2035 or sooner, if the Earth keeps warming at the present rate. Now the adverse effects on forests through over-popu ...
... river systems by accumulating ice in the winter and melting slowly in the summer. Himalayan glaciers are receding faster than in any other part of the world, and may well disappear by 2035 or sooner, if the Earth keeps warming at the present rate. Now the adverse effects on forests through over-popu ...
An updated view of tipping points and the relevance for long
... terrestrial permafrost or below the ocean in permafrost or as methane hydrates, or the response to ocean acidification). This represents an update to the review of Good et al. (2011), and it has been approximately 2 years (18 months) since the submission deadlines for literature for the IPCC AR5 wor ...
... terrestrial permafrost or below the ocean in permafrost or as methane hydrates, or the response to ocean acidification). This represents an update to the review of Good et al. (2011), and it has been approximately 2 years (18 months) since the submission deadlines for literature for the IPCC AR5 wor ...
Can terrestrial ectotherms escape the heat of climate change by
... Do these effects result in a latitudinal gradient in the potential to use movement to escape the fitness impacts of climate change? Temperate areas with highly seasonal temperatures will experience the greatest warming, but climate change is expected to increase the fitness of populations in these a ...
... Do these effects result in a latitudinal gradient in the potential to use movement to escape the fitness impacts of climate change? Temperate areas with highly seasonal temperatures will experience the greatest warming, but climate change is expected to increase the fitness of populations in these a ...
FAQ 4.2 | Are Glaciers in Mountain Regions Disappearing?
... In many mountain ranges around the world, glaciers are disappearing in response to the atmospheric temperature increases of past decades. Disappearing glaciers have been reported in the Canadian Arctic and Rocky Mountains; the Andes; Patagonia; the European Alps; the Tien Shan; tropical mountains in ...
... In many mountain ranges around the world, glaciers are disappearing in response to the atmospheric temperature increases of past decades. Disappearing glaciers have been reported in the Canadian Arctic and Rocky Mountains; the Andes; Patagonia; the European Alps; the Tien Shan; tropical mountains in ...
Making the Connection: Population Dynamics and Climate
... would put the world on a path to slower population growth, leading to substantial reductions in future carbon dioxide emissions.5 Furthermore, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the leading intergovernmental body for the assessment of climate change, in their 5th assessment report ...
... would put the world on a path to slower population growth, leading to substantial reductions in future carbon dioxide emissions.5 Furthermore, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the leading intergovernmental body for the assessment of climate change, in their 5th assessment report ...
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... country may be attributed to another country by certain policies and measures. Those factors which lead a country to be negative toward the Convention may be deleted as well. There have already been many descriptive studies on the development of climate change policies in different countries (see, f ...
... country may be attributed to another country by certain policies and measures. Those factors which lead a country to be negative toward the Convention may be deleted as well. There have already been many descriptive studies on the development of climate change policies in different countries (see, f ...
Migration as a contribution to resilience and innovation
... spread risk, and gather capabilities to sustain a community, including assets to insure against future shocks and stresses (de Haan et al., 2000). Accordingly, migration is a coping strategy that reduces population pressure, lessens the strain on scarce resources, facilitates risk reduction and offe ...
... spread risk, and gather capabilities to sustain a community, including assets to insure against future shocks and stresses (de Haan et al., 2000). Accordingly, migration is a coping strategy that reduces population pressure, lessens the strain on scarce resources, facilitates risk reduction and offe ...
Hot or Not?: Recognizing and Preparing for Climate
... disease emergence. As the director of the regional health program in that area said, residents and officials, “had peace of mind because they knew this didn’t happen in Italy (Rosenthal 2007).” Many cases also went undiagnosed due to lack of experience with the disease (Beltrame et al. 2007). Affect ...
... disease emergence. As the director of the regional health program in that area said, residents and officials, “had peace of mind because they knew this didn’t happen in Italy (Rosenthal 2007).” Many cases also went undiagnosed due to lack of experience with the disease (Beltrame et al. 2007). Affect ...
Climate change and the natural heritage
... drier summers, wetter winters, sea-level rise, and an increased risk of flooding, will all affect our lives. There is a global need to take action to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions which are responsible, but changes in climate will not be completely eliminated by these actions. We need also to ...
... drier summers, wetter winters, sea-level rise, and an increased risk of flooding, will all affect our lives. There is a global need to take action to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions which are responsible, but changes in climate will not be completely eliminated by these actions. We need also to ...
Explaining Media and Congressional Attention to Global Climate
... extreme weather conditions, and from climate-related economic losses, and infectious diseases to landuse practices. Several studies have explored how short-term, weather-related, extreme conditions (such as unusually hot temperatures and droughts), amplified by interested constituencies, may contrib ...
... extreme weather conditions, and from climate-related economic losses, and infectious diseases to landuse practices. Several studies have explored how short-term, weather-related, extreme conditions (such as unusually hot temperatures and droughts), amplified by interested constituencies, may contrib ...
3 Climate change and the Law of the Sea Convention
... could lead one to wonder why the sudden commotion about it. In order to understand what is happening and why the issue of climate change requires urgent attention, a brief summary of the history of the Earth is helpful. When our planet was born, surface temperatures were so high that rocks were liqu ...
... could lead one to wonder why the sudden commotion about it. In order to understand what is happening and why the issue of climate change requires urgent attention, a brief summary of the history of the Earth is helpful. When our planet was born, surface temperatures were so high that rocks were liqu ...
Can marine cloud brightening reduce coral bleaching?
... ideas such as those generated by the Oxford Principles (Rayner et al ., 2009) and groups like the Solar Radiation Management Initiative (SRMGI, 2011). We conclude that MCB seeding would likely lower tropical SSTs and thus lower the risk of coral reef bleaching for several decades. However, various t ...
... ideas such as those generated by the Oxford Principles (Rayner et al ., 2009) and groups like the Solar Radiation Management Initiative (SRMGI, 2011). We conclude that MCB seeding would likely lower tropical SSTs and thus lower the risk of coral reef bleaching for several decades. However, various t ...
A Two-Step Flow of Influence? Opinion-Leader
... in a way that connects to the specific core values of various publics, but it also means reaching these audiences with the carefully crafted message. This is not an easy task. The great paradox of today’s media world is that the American public has greater access to quality information about climate ...
... in a way that connects to the specific core values of various publics, but it also means reaching these audiences with the carefully crafted message. This is not an easy task. The great paradox of today’s media world is that the American public has greater access to quality information about climate ...
Experimental warming causes large and rapid species loss
... Ômuch greater than averageÕ increases in surface temperatures in the future (Giorgi et al. 2001). The IMAGE model predicts that the Tibetan Plateau and the Himalayan alpine tundra will be reduced to 20% of its current area with climate warming (Walker et al. 2001). Concurrent with the climate change ...
... Ômuch greater than averageÕ increases in surface temperatures in the future (Giorgi et al. 2001). The IMAGE model predicts that the Tibetan Plateau and the Himalayan alpine tundra will be reduced to 20% of its current area with climate warming (Walker et al. 2001). Concurrent with the climate change ...
21st Century Reversal of the Surface Ozone Seasonal Cycle over
... • While NOx exerts a dominant influence on the shape of the surface O3 seasonal cycle, global CH4 abundance influences the baseline surface O3 abundance during all months ...
... • While NOx exerts a dominant influence on the shape of the surface O3 seasonal cycle, global CH4 abundance influences the baseline surface O3 abundance during all months ...
6. EU Innovative activities – Project GENESIS
... • potential risk mitigation measures reviewed and analyzed from a scientific point of view but also regarding their implementation in practice. • quantitative evaluation on mitigation strategies in the reduction of groundwater impacts. • improvement of risk mitigation measures currently used in orde ...
... • potential risk mitigation measures reviewed and analyzed from a scientific point of view but also regarding their implementation in practice. • quantitative evaluation on mitigation strategies in the reduction of groundwater impacts. • improvement of risk mitigation measures currently used in orde ...
Independent Climate
... Ayres, M. P., & Lombardero, M. J. (2000). Assessing the consequences of global change for disturbance from herbivores and pathogens. Science of the Total Environment, 262, 263-286. doi: 10.1016/S00489697(00)00528-3 Barrow, P., Maxwell, B., & Gachon, P. (2004). Climate variability and change in Canad ...
... Ayres, M. P., & Lombardero, M. J. (2000). Assessing the consequences of global change for disturbance from herbivores and pathogens. Science of the Total Environment, 262, 263-286. doi: 10.1016/S00489697(00)00528-3 Barrow, P., Maxwell, B., & Gachon, P. (2004). Climate variability and change in Canad ...
Cost Benefit Analysis of Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation
... regions of the country (Warren and Lemmen, 2014). In the same time period, Canada's average annual precipitation has increased by approximately 16%, with significant increases in spring and fall precipitation levels and a decrease in winter snowfall (Bush et al., 2014). Global climate models indicat ...
... regions of the country (Warren and Lemmen, 2014). In the same time period, Canada's average annual precipitation has increased by approximately 16%, with significant increases in spring and fall precipitation levels and a decrease in winter snowfall (Bush et al., 2014). Global climate models indicat ...
Changing role of local institutions to enable individual and collective
... institutional rules to define their resource boundaries, user rights, resource allocation rules, monitoring arrangements, and conflict resolution mechanisms to regulate and manage common pool resources. Resource dependent communities are historically experienced in managing weatherdependent natural ...
... institutional rules to define their resource boundaries, user rights, resource allocation rules, monitoring arrangements, and conflict resolution mechanisms to regulate and manage common pool resources. Resource dependent communities are historically experienced in managing weatherdependent natural ...
General Law on Climate Change Mexico
... VIII. Foster scientific and technological research and the development, transfer, and deployment of technologies, equipment, and processes for climate change mitigation and adaptation; IX. Develop comprehensive strategies, programs, and projects on the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions in order ...
... VIII. Foster scientific and technological research and the development, transfer, and deployment of technologies, equipment, and processes for climate change mitigation and adaptation; IX. Develop comprehensive strategies, programs, and projects on the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions in order ...
Solar radiation management
Solar radiation management (SRM) projects (proposed and theoretical) are a type of climate engineering which seek to reflect sunlight and thus reduce global warming. Proposed examples include the creation of stratospheric sulfate aerosols. They would not reduce greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere, and thus do not address problems such as ocean acidification caused by excess carbon dioxide (CO2). Their principal advantages as an approach to climate engineering is the speed with which they can be deployed and become fully active, as well as their potential low financial cost. By comparison, other climate engineering techniques based on greenhouse gas remediation, such as ocean iron fertilization, need to sequester the anthropogenic carbon excess before any reversal of global warming would occur. Solar radiation management projects can therefore be used as a climate engineering ""quick fix"" while levels of greenhouse gases can be brought under control by greenhouse gas remediation techniques.