Environment, Climate Change and International Relations
... Yet, due to the dangerous environmental situations in which many in the world will find themselves, more needs to be done to understand the relations between climate change and international governance. It is this need that this collection takes as its starting point. In doing so, it follows in a ri ...
... Yet, due to the dangerous environmental situations in which many in the world will find themselves, more needs to be done to understand the relations between climate change and international governance. It is this need that this collection takes as its starting point. In doing so, it follows in a ri ...
IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS)
... To study the relationship between vehicular explosions and climate change, regression analysis has been done for Kolkata. Five regression graphs have been drawn to study the relationship between number of vehicle increase and change in mean minimum or maximum temperature with the help of four parame ...
... To study the relationship between vehicular explosions and climate change, regression analysis has been done for Kolkata. Five regression graphs have been drawn to study the relationship between number of vehicle increase and change in mean minimum or maximum temperature with the help of four parame ...
Intensification of winter transatlantic aviation turbulence in response
... turbulence in response to climate change Paul D. Williams1 * and Manoj M. Joshi2 Atmospheric turbulence causes most weather-related aircraft incidents1 . Commercial aircraft encounter moderate-or-greater turbulence tens of thousands of times each year worldwide, injuring probably hundreds of passeng ...
... turbulence in response to climate change Paul D. Williams1 * and Manoj M. Joshi2 Atmospheric turbulence causes most weather-related aircraft incidents1 . Commercial aircraft encounter moderate-or-greater turbulence tens of thousands of times each year worldwide, injuring probably hundreds of passeng ...
City of Long Beach Climate Resiliency Assessment Report
... priorities can be reviewed to address adaptation sooner rather than later, while there is still an opportunity to be proactive on matters of urgency. Each climate threat has its own potential detrimental effect on the City; taken together they magnify risks to citizens, the business community, and C ...
... priorities can be reviewed to address adaptation sooner rather than later, while there is still an opportunity to be proactive on matters of urgency. Each climate threat has its own potential detrimental effect on the City; taken together they magnify risks to citizens, the business community, and C ...
Climate Change Scenarios for the Congo Basin
... compared to the current climate. Especially the wet extremes will become more frequent and more intense, which is also inline with the projected intensification of heavy rainfall events. In general, our analyses shows that more water will be available for hydropower in the future. So on average, cli ...
... compared to the current climate. Especially the wet extremes will become more frequent and more intense, which is also inline with the projected intensification of heavy rainfall events. In general, our analyses shows that more water will be available for hydropower in the future. So on average, cli ...
a free PDF - E-International Relations
... Yet, due to the dangerous environmental situations in which many in the world will find themselves, more needs to be done to understand the relations between climate change and international governance. It is this need that this collection takes as its starting point. In doing so, it follows in a ri ...
... Yet, due to the dangerous environmental situations in which many in the world will find themselves, more needs to be done to understand the relations between climate change and international governance. It is this need that this collection takes as its starting point. In doing so, it follows in a ri ...
Climate change scenario simulations of wind, sea level, and
... 1872 at 2.77 m above mean sea level (Baerens and Hupfer, 1999). Even higher water levels were reported for February 1625, but documented measurements are not available. Hupfer et al. (2003) summarized observations of other extreme storm surges at the German Baltic Sea coast. Thus, even in the semi-e ...
... 1872 at 2.77 m above mean sea level (Baerens and Hupfer, 1999). Even higher water levels were reported for February 1625, but documented measurements are not available. Hupfer et al. (2003) summarized observations of other extreme storm surges at the German Baltic Sea coast. Thus, even in the semi-e ...
Economic Doctrines and Approaches to Climate Change Policy
... addressing the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and hopefully lead to the development of more effective policy responses. This report explains in detail how four competing economic doctrines interact with and support political ideologies present in the climate change policy debate and pro ...
... addressing the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and hopefully lead to the development of more effective policy responses. This report explains in detail how four competing economic doctrines interact with and support political ideologies present in the climate change policy debate and pro ...
SUMA K4035 – Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Measuring and
... continued unabated release of greenhouse gases will have catastrophic consequences. Many efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions, both public and private, have been underway for decades, yet it is now clear that collectively these efforts are failing. Critical to any attempt to mitigate greenhouse ...
... continued unabated release of greenhouse gases will have catastrophic consequences. Many efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions, both public and private, have been underway for decades, yet it is now clear that collectively these efforts are failing. Critical to any attempt to mitigate greenhouse ...
Impacts of temperature on giant panda habitat in the north Minshan
... Understanding the impacts of meteorological factors on giant pandas is necessary for future conservation measures in response to global climate change. We integrated temperature data with three main habitat parameters (elevation, vegetation type, and bamboo species) to evaluate the influence of clim ...
... Understanding the impacts of meteorological factors on giant pandas is necessary for future conservation measures in response to global climate change. We integrated temperature data with three main habitat parameters (elevation, vegetation type, and bamboo species) to evaluate the influence of clim ...
ABANDONING FOSSIL FUEL: HOW FAST AND HOW MUCH
... straightforward in a world with exhaustible fossil fuel, increasing efficiency of carbon-free alternatives, gradual and abrupt transitions from fossil fuel to renewables, and endogenous growth and structural change. Our aim is thus to provide an answer to this question within the context of a fully ...
... straightforward in a world with exhaustible fossil fuel, increasing efficiency of carbon-free alternatives, gradual and abrupt transitions from fossil fuel to renewables, and endogenous growth and structural change. Our aim is thus to provide an answer to this question within the context of a fully ...
CDM from LDC perspective by Pascale Junker, Lux Dev
... Reuters Point carbon. (Amsterdam 1-2 mars 2011 ) • General feeling that international Climate Change conferences aiming at universally binding reduction legislation is not the way forward (contrary to emerging economies’ take off). • Market based approaches are more accurate, if they guarantee real ...
... Reuters Point carbon. (Amsterdam 1-2 mars 2011 ) • General feeling that international Climate Change conferences aiming at universally binding reduction legislation is not the way forward (contrary to emerging economies’ take off). • Market based approaches are more accurate, if they guarantee real ...
Sudan`s National Adaptation Plan
... Minister’s)Foreword) Climate change poses significant challenges to Sudan. Climate Change is not merely an environmental issue that is defined by precipitation and temperature changes; it represents a serious sustainable development problem that affects everyone in our country, particularly those i ...
... Minister’s)Foreword) Climate change poses significant challenges to Sudan. Climate Change is not merely an environmental issue that is defined by precipitation and temperature changes; it represents a serious sustainable development problem that affects everyone in our country, particularly those i ...
Climate Change
... The discourse on the impact of climate change (CC) has been on-going for a while. The actions, however, to act decisively to avert triggering the tipping point have been few and overall rather uncoordinated. The latter is not surprising given the many different interests that predominant in differen ...
... The discourse on the impact of climate change (CC) has been on-going for a while. The actions, however, to act decisively to avert triggering the tipping point have been few and overall rather uncoordinated. The latter is not surprising given the many different interests that predominant in differen ...
Paying for Mitigation: A Multiple Country Study
... is known about how the willingness to pay (WTP) to avoid the consequences of climate change differs among and within countries. The aim of this study is to fill this gap by providing some insights from a cross-country comparison. In a joint multinational effort, our team of researchers from China, S ...
... is known about how the willingness to pay (WTP) to avoid the consequences of climate change differs among and within countries. The aim of this study is to fill this gap by providing some insights from a cross-country comparison. In a joint multinational effort, our team of researchers from China, S ...
Simulating the Impact of Climate Change on Rice
... the greatest decline in crop yields will likely occur between the latitudes 108 and 358N (Penning de Vries 1993; Krishnan et al. 2011). CO2 enrichment is likely to increase the photosynthetic rate, and thus biomass production, which in turn may positively affect assimilated allocation to reproductiv ...
... the greatest decline in crop yields will likely occur between the latitudes 108 and 358N (Penning de Vries 1993; Krishnan et al. 2011). CO2 enrichment is likely to increase the photosynthetic rate, and thus biomass production, which in turn may positively affect assimilated allocation to reproductiv ...
Adapting to Climate Change
... one of the world’s greatest environmental, social and economic threats. In Canada, climate changes over the past 35 to 40 years are in part responsible for the exponential rise in economic losses from extreme weather events, premature weathering of infrastructure, stresses on water supplies, worseni ...
... one of the world’s greatest environmental, social and economic threats. In Canada, climate changes over the past 35 to 40 years are in part responsible for the exponential rise in economic losses from extreme weather events, premature weathering of infrastructure, stresses on water supplies, worseni ...
Fossil Fuel Divestment: Implications For The Future Of Sustainability
... Climate change is a defining issue of our time and an existential threat to our life and development, according to the United Nations (Ki-Moon 2014). If we are to avoid catastrophic climate change and bequeath a sustainable planet worth living on, immediate and transformative actions by governments, ...
... Climate change is a defining issue of our time and an existential threat to our life and development, according to the United Nations (Ki-Moon 2014). If we are to avoid catastrophic climate change and bequeath a sustainable planet worth living on, immediate and transformative actions by governments, ...
Petition - Center for Biological Diversity
... Clean Air Act has vastly improved air quality and reduced pollution levels, saved lives and provided health and economic benefits worth many times the cost of the pollution reductions. The Clean Air Act is one of the most efficient and successful environmental laws ever devised, and its science and ...
... Clean Air Act has vastly improved air quality and reduced pollution levels, saved lives and provided health and economic benefits worth many times the cost of the pollution reductions. The Clean Air Act is one of the most efficient and successful environmental laws ever devised, and its science and ...
Breaking down the tropospheric circulation response by forcing
... used SSTs from observations or other models, while McLandress et al. (2011) exclusively performed coupled simulations. The former may thus have SSTs that are inconsistent with the model, while the latter cannot explicitly separate the direct radiative effects of the different forcings from the indir ...
... used SSTs from observations or other models, while McLandress et al. (2011) exclusively performed coupled simulations. The former may thus have SSTs that are inconsistent with the model, while the latter cannot explicitly separate the direct radiative effects of the different forcings from the indir ...
North American megadroughts in the Common Era
... interpreting and analyzing the climate dynamics associated with drought events. Finally, tree growth is highly sensitive to moisture availability over much of North America, ensuring high quality and well validated reconstructions. One of the most comprehensive reconstructions of North American hydr ...
... interpreting and analyzing the climate dynamics associated with drought events. Finally, tree growth is highly sensitive to moisture availability over much of North America, ensuring high quality and well validated reconstructions. One of the most comprehensive reconstructions of North American hydr ...
Black Carbon Mitigation and the Role of the
... gases (GHGs), especially carbon dioxide (CO2), the most important greenhouse gas, will likely lead to about a 4°C temperature rise by the end of this century. All parties to the UNFCCC and many scientific groups, as well as leaders of the G-7 countries1, have therefore called for a limit on the temp ...
... gases (GHGs), especially carbon dioxide (CO2), the most important greenhouse gas, will likely lead to about a 4°C temperature rise by the end of this century. All parties to the UNFCCC and many scientific groups, as well as leaders of the G-7 countries1, have therefore called for a limit on the temp ...
Global Warming Index - Debate Central
... 13.7% South East Asia: 12.2% Japan: 3.7% South America/Central America: 3.8% Middle East: 2.6% Africa: 2.5% Australia: 1.1% These figures amply illustrate how Western Europe and the United States are by far largely responsible for the effects of global warming we are seeing today. Contrastingly the ...
... 13.7% South East Asia: 12.2% Japan: 3.7% South America/Central America: 3.8% Middle East: 2.6% Africa: 2.5% Australia: 1.1% These figures amply illustrate how Western Europe and the United States are by far largely responsible for the effects of global warming we are seeing today. Contrastingly the ...