Does tomorrow ever come?
... Bord et al. (1998) point out that for the successful implementation of policy, people’s actions are far more important than their perceptions or thoughts. Thus, whilst politicians may support initiatives to mitigate global warming, individuals are not likely to welcome or even tolerate those that ma ...
... Bord et al. (1998) point out that for the successful implementation of policy, people’s actions are far more important than their perceptions or thoughts. Thus, whilst politicians may support initiatives to mitigate global warming, individuals are not likely to welcome or even tolerate those that ma ...
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... has been widespread recognition that action must be taken to reduce these impacts and adapt to the potential changes. The development of adaptive planning (sectorspecific), however, has lagged behind. This can, in part, be attributed to uncertainty and the lack of fine-scale climate impact proje ...
... has been widespread recognition that action must be taken to reduce these impacts and adapt to the potential changes. The development of adaptive planning (sectorspecific), however, has lagged behind. This can, in part, be attributed to uncertainty and the lack of fine-scale climate impact proje ...
Managing forests for climate change
... and enhance forest carbon stocks on the ground. Forest management will be fundamental to the successful implementation of national REDD+ strategies. Forests can be net sinks or net sources of carbon, depending on their age, health and susceptibility to wildfires and other disturbances, as well as on ...
... and enhance forest carbon stocks on the ground. Forest management will be fundamental to the successful implementation of national REDD+ strategies. Forests can be net sinks or net sources of carbon, depending on their age, health and susceptibility to wildfires and other disturbances, as well as on ...
The Effects of Climate Change on the Full Enjoyment of Human Rights
... rights.5 Many of these sources do not focus explicitly on the incremental effect of an additional 0.5° C increase in average global temperature, making it difficult to delineate precisely how such an increase would interfere with the enjoyment of each affected human right. Nevertheless, IPCC AR5 mak ...
... rights.5 Many of these sources do not focus explicitly on the incremental effect of an additional 0.5° C increase in average global temperature, making it difficult to delineate precisely how such an increase would interfere with the enjoyment of each affected human right. Nevertheless, IPCC AR5 mak ...
Usable Science? The UK Climate Projections 2009
... undertakers’’ (e.g., utility companies and harbor authorities) to report on the risks and benefits posed by changes in climate and how they plan to adapt to them (Defra 2011a). In addition, the Act requires the Government to undertake a U.K.-wide Climate Change Risk Assessment every five years (the ...
... undertakers’’ (e.g., utility companies and harbor authorities) to report on the risks and benefits posed by changes in climate and how they plan to adapt to them (Defra 2011a). In addition, the Act requires the Government to undertake a U.K.-wide Climate Change Risk Assessment every five years (the ...
Water and Climate Change - Background Document
... of the surface and groundwater resources in the region are drawn from shared rivers and aquifers respectively, complicating the situation even further. The consequences of water scarcity and conflicts could lead to serious crisis and possible confrontations, if they are not looked at, and dealt wit ...
... of the surface and groundwater resources in the region are drawn from shared rivers and aquifers respectively, complicating the situation even further. The consequences of water scarcity and conflicts could lead to serious crisis and possible confrontations, if they are not looked at, and dealt wit ...
Climate change drives a shift in peatland ecosystem plant
... plant community structure is predicted to change under future climate change, making the quantification of the direction and magnitude of this change a research priority. We subjected intact, replicated vegetated poor fen peat monoliths to elevated temperatures, increased atmospheric carbon dioxide ...
... plant community structure is predicted to change under future climate change, making the quantification of the direction and magnitude of this change a research priority. We subjected intact, replicated vegetated poor fen peat monoliths to elevated temperatures, increased atmospheric carbon dioxide ...
1. Climate Change and Insect Pest Distribution Range, Andrea
... attempts, most often in the form of species distribution models (also referred to as envelope models), with the primary aim of predicting future changes in species ranges but with little or no evidence of actual range change occurring. One could perhaps argue that it is only the first category that ...
... attempts, most often in the form of species distribution models (also referred to as envelope models), with the primary aim of predicting future changes in species ranges but with little or no evidence of actual range change occurring. One could perhaps argue that it is only the first category that ...
Review of the UN-REDD Policy Board Structure
... accounts for around half of all costs. Next are public buildings, which account for a quarter and then comes other private non-residential infrastructure with 16%. In fact it is buildings that account for most of the costs (92%). Transport only accounts for 8%. ...
... accounts for around half of all costs. Next are public buildings, which account for a quarter and then comes other private non-residential infrastructure with 16%. In fact it is buildings that account for most of the costs (92%). Transport only accounts for 8%. ...
Climate Science: An Empirical Example of Postnormal Science
... present the analysis of sections of the survey. Consistent with Fig. 1, all data are presented so as to distinguish groups according to national bases. We proceed first with the presentation of perspectives pertaining to “scientific” knowledge and follow with an analysis of the metamorphosis of such ...
... present the analysis of sections of the survey. Consistent with Fig. 1, all data are presented so as to distinguish groups according to national bases. We proceed first with the presentation of perspectives pertaining to “scientific” knowledge and follow with an analysis of the metamorphosis of such ...
Final essay exam questions handed out
... What students can expect to learn from this course: Students can expect to learn about: 1) a survey history of American resource use practices & environmentalism; 2) basic economic concepts as applied to natural resource management and their critique; 3) major ecosystem concepts and processes; 4) n ...
... What students can expect to learn from this course: Students can expect to learn about: 1) a survey history of American resource use practices & environmentalism; 2) basic economic concepts as applied to natural resource management and their critique; 3) major ecosystem concepts and processes; 4) n ...
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... patience, comments, and original insight into the complexities involved. Thanks also for critical and constructive comments from Harry Kaiser, Tom Drennen, Dan Wilks, Eleanor Smith, Susan Riha, David Pimentel, and John Duxbury. As always, love and gratitude to Pat, Louis, and Jon. ...
... patience, comments, and original insight into the complexities involved. Thanks also for critical and constructive comments from Harry Kaiser, Tom Drennen, Dan Wilks, Eleanor Smith, Susan Riha, David Pimentel, and John Duxbury. As always, love and gratitude to Pat, Louis, and Jon. ...
Farming in a Changing Climate
... policy makers charged with the task of developing programs and legislation that can enhance the agri-food sector’s ability to manage climate risks and take advantage of opportunities. A third group is the research community, which seeks to improve the understanding of the implications of climate cha ...
... policy makers charged with the task of developing programs and legislation that can enhance the agri-food sector’s ability to manage climate risks and take advantage of opportunities. A third group is the research community, which seeks to improve the understanding of the implications of climate cha ...
Climate Sensitivity - Home page 350.me.uk
... which applied to a warmer earth with less sea ice. We also obtain an empirical estimate of f = 2-4 f o r the fast feedback processes (water vapor, clouds, sea ice) operating on 10-100 year time scales by comparing the cooling due to slow or specified changes (land ice, C 0 2 , vegetation) to the tot ...
... which applied to a warmer earth with less sea ice. We also obtain an empirical estimate of f = 2-4 f o r the fast feedback processes (water vapor, clouds, sea ice) operating on 10-100 year time scales by comparing the cooling due to slow or specified changes (land ice, C 0 2 , vegetation) to the tot ...
Breaking down the tropospheric circulation response by forcing
... noted an approximate linearity of the climate response to ozone and greenhouse gas forcings. However, P10 investigated 50-year time-slice simulations; longer simulations would be desirable for filtering natural climate variability. In addition, P10 did not separate the direct radiative effects of g ...
... noted an approximate linearity of the climate response to ozone and greenhouse gas forcings. However, P10 investigated 50-year time-slice simulations; longer simulations would be desirable for filtering natural climate variability. In addition, P10 did not separate the direct radiative effects of g ...
medieval warm period in south america
... in the lower valleys ascended to higher areas in the Andes," where they remained until around AD 1320, when the transition to the stressful and extreme climate of the Little Ice Age began. Down at the southern tip of the country in Tierra del Fuego, Mauquoy et al. (2004) inferred similar changes in ...
... in the lower valleys ascended to higher areas in the Andes," where they remained until around AD 1320, when the transition to the stressful and extreme climate of the Little Ice Age began. Down at the southern tip of the country in Tierra del Fuego, Mauquoy et al. (2004) inferred similar changes in ...
Nordic action on climate change
... Green Climate Fund, as well as market-based mechanisms that can stimulate cost-effective emission reductions. There have inevitably been fears that such ambitious policies could lead to “carbon leakage” in the private sector, if industries chose to shift location to countries with less stringent cli ...
... Green Climate Fund, as well as market-based mechanisms that can stimulate cost-effective emission reductions. There have inevitably been fears that such ambitious policies could lead to “carbon leakage” in the private sector, if industries chose to shift location to countries with less stringent cli ...
Cutcombe Parish - Exmoor National Park
... warming is caused by the burning of fossil fuels such as oil, coal and natural gas which releases additional greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, causing more heat to be trapped in the Earth’s atmosphere and a number of changes in the environment: melting ice-caps warming oceans changing wh ...
... warming is caused by the burning of fossil fuels such as oil, coal and natural gas which releases additional greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, causing more heat to be trapped in the Earth’s atmosphere and a number of changes in the environment: melting ice-caps warming oceans changing wh ...
concluded
... interannual variability (see Figure SPM.1). Due to natural variability, trends based on short records are very sensitive to the beginning and end dates and do not in general reflect long-term climate trends. As one example, the rate of warming over the past 15 years (1998–2012; 0.05 [–0.05 to 0.15] ...
... interannual variability (see Figure SPM.1). Due to natural variability, trends based on short records are very sensitive to the beginning and end dates and do not in general reflect long-term climate trends. As one example, the rate of warming over the past 15 years (1998–2012; 0.05 [–0.05 to 0.15] ...
CHAPTER 9 POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND CHANGE FOR THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
... period of 2 to 7 years,which is widely known and intensively studied. ENSO’s positive El Niño phase warms sea-surface temperature in the equatorial Pacific and cools it in the central North Pacific, deepening the winter low-pressure system off the Aleutians and bringing substantial changes in midlat ...
... period of 2 to 7 years,which is widely known and intensively studied. ENSO’s positive El Niño phase warms sea-surface temperature in the equatorial Pacific and cools it in the central North Pacific, deepening the winter low-pressure system off the Aleutians and bringing substantial changes in midlat ...
POLICY ISSUES RELATED TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN SPAIN
... ratifying countries, since this accumulation of GHGs in the atmosphere was found to increase global temperatures and changes the climate (IPCCC, 2007). Two main policy interventions have been identified for combating climate change—mitigation and adaptation. According to the United Nations Framework ...
... ratifying countries, since this accumulation of GHGs in the atmosphere was found to increase global temperatures and changes the climate (IPCCC, 2007). Two main policy interventions have been identified for combating climate change—mitigation and adaptation. According to the United Nations Framework ...
Emerging Markets for Carbon Stored by Northwest Forests
... (3) preventing the creation, release or combustion of industrial greenhouse gases such as hydroflourocarbons and of methane (produced primarily by landfills and livestock). While these industrial and agricultural greenhouse gases – namely methane, nitrous oxide, sulfur hexafluoride, perfluorocarbons ...
... (3) preventing the creation, release or combustion of industrial greenhouse gases such as hydroflourocarbons and of methane (produced primarily by landfills and livestock). While these industrial and agricultural greenhouse gases – namely methane, nitrous oxide, sulfur hexafluoride, perfluorocarbons ...
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.