Global Environmental Change Issues in the Western Indian Ocean
... global climate continues to change. Analysis of near-surface temperatures over land and oceans during the past 130 years sho ws marked warming during the first half of this century with relatively steady temperatures through the mid-1970s followed by a rapid warming during the 1980s. The source of t ...
... global climate continues to change. Analysis of near-surface temperatures over land and oceans during the past 130 years sho ws marked warming during the first half of this century with relatively steady temperatures through the mid-1970s followed by a rapid warming during the 1980s. The source of t ...
Tropical Belt WG
... causes of changes in the width of the tropics. Key conclusions of this meeting (in our interpretation) were as follows: · Recent observed estimates of the expansion of the tropics vary widely, ranging from 0.25 to 3 degrees latitude per decade (Davis and Rosenlof, 2012), depending on the ti ...
... causes of changes in the width of the tropics. Key conclusions of this meeting (in our interpretation) were as follows: · Recent observed estimates of the expansion of the tropics vary widely, ranging from 0.25 to 3 degrees latitude per decade (Davis and Rosenlof, 2012), depending on the ti ...
Final Report Appendix 2d - climate change
... disciplines (i.e. meteorology, ecology, economic sciences, systems analysis, etc.) should work together closely and without bias (“horizontal integration”), on the other hand all aspects of the relevant problem (from its formulation to proposals for its solution for decision-makers) should equally b ...
... disciplines (i.e. meteorology, ecology, economic sciences, systems analysis, etc.) should work together closely and without bias (“horizontal integration”), on the other hand all aspects of the relevant problem (from its formulation to proposals for its solution for decision-makers) should equally b ...
Climate Change Policy: Actions and Barriers in New Zealand
... meeting their commitments under the Kyoto Protocol of 1997. It is thus important to understand what factors have affected developed countries’ achievements so far. By investigating the factors likely to promote or hinder climate action in a developed country, this paper will not only consider econom ...
... meeting their commitments under the Kyoto Protocol of 1997. It is thus important to understand what factors have affected developed countries’ achievements so far. By investigating the factors likely to promote or hinder climate action in a developed country, this paper will not only consider econom ...
Factors affecting sea level rise
... • Following last glacial period local vertical land movements are still occurring today as a result of large transfers of mass from the ice sheets to the ocean • During the last 6,000 years, global MSL variations on time-scales of a few hundred years and longer are likely to have been less than 0.3 ...
... • Following last glacial period local vertical land movements are still occurring today as a result of large transfers of mass from the ice sheets to the ocean • During the last 6,000 years, global MSL variations on time-scales of a few hundred years and longer are likely to have been less than 0.3 ...
Hasan, F.A. Human Agency, Climate Change, and Culture
... moving from a mobile subsistence economy to a settled economy (a process that took more than five thousand years in the Levant). The veneration for old habits, which may become encoded in religious precepts, is in most cases advantageous, but it is harmful if adhered to dogmatically in all cases giv ...
... moving from a mobile subsistence economy to a settled economy (a process that took more than five thousand years in the Levant). The veneration for old habits, which may become encoded in religious precepts, is in most cases advantageous, but it is harmful if adhered to dogmatically in all cases giv ...
Carbon Reduction
... Best Buy is committed to addressing climate change by finding cost-effective solutions to save energy and directly reduce carbon emissions through making operational improvements and sourcing renewable energy. ...
... Best Buy is committed to addressing climate change by finding cost-effective solutions to save energy and directly reduce carbon emissions through making operational improvements and sourcing renewable energy. ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES THE PERCEPTION AND VALUATION
... there is also substantial disagreement about the economic and broader social consequences. Differing sides in the policy debate have used this massive uncertainty as a rationale for aggressive policy action or policy inaction, depending in part on whether they interpret the uncertainty as posing a ...
... there is also substantial disagreement about the economic and broader social consequences. Differing sides in the policy debate have used this massive uncertainty as a rationale for aggressive policy action or policy inaction, depending in part on whether they interpret the uncertainty as posing a ...
Discounting and climate change - a non-marginal policy choice
... Climate change raises a number of complex issues for economics, of which discounting is one of the most prominent. Besides familiar arguments over, for example, what is the appropriate rate at which to discount utility, the conventional toolkit of cost-benefit analysis might be too simplistic to han ...
... Climate change raises a number of complex issues for economics, of which discounting is one of the most prominent. Besides familiar arguments over, for example, what is the appropriate rate at which to discount utility, the conventional toolkit of cost-benefit analysis might be too simplistic to han ...
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... The explanatory variables for this study included household characteristics such as education, gender, age of the household-head, household size, farm size, farm and off-farm income, and livestock ownership; institutional factors such as extension contacts on crop and livestock production, informati ...
... The explanatory variables for this study included household characteristics such as education, gender, age of the household-head, household size, farm size, farm and off-farm income, and livestock ownership; institutional factors such as extension contacts on crop and livestock production, informati ...
Sustainable Use and Conservation of Biological Diversity
... services is of a concern for human well-being, especially for the poorest Costs borne by society due to biodiversity loss is often greater than the benefits gained through ecosystem change The drivers of change are steady or, more often, increasing Many successful response options have been used, bu ...
... services is of a concern for human well-being, especially for the poorest Costs borne by society due to biodiversity loss is often greater than the benefits gained through ecosystem change The drivers of change are steady or, more often, increasing Many successful response options have been used, bu ...
Do Western and Eastern Europe have the same
... 2013). In addition, one must control for different soil characteristics as these undoubtedly have an influence on productivity. Finally, since the paper is on a continental scale, one must also control for continental influences. A special concern in Europe is whether the EU Common Agricultural Poli ...
... 2013). In addition, one must control for different soil characteristics as these undoubtedly have an influence on productivity. Finally, since the paper is on a continental scale, one must also control for continental influences. A special concern in Europe is whether the EU Common Agricultural Poli ...
SAf Science Conference
... applied across all new plants could reduce these emissions • Development of this technology could have applications around the world WRI ...
... applied across all new plants could reduce these emissions • Development of this technology could have applications around the world WRI ...
Carrie_Kissman_
... Introduction Climate change as a result of anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is clear in both climatological and biological data. Global temperatures have increased by 0.74°C ± 0.18°C over the past 100 years (1906-2005), although some regions experience locally greater warming (IPCC 2007) ...
... Introduction Climate change as a result of anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is clear in both climatological and biological data. Global temperatures have increased by 0.74°C ± 0.18°C over the past 100 years (1906-2005), although some regions experience locally greater warming (IPCC 2007) ...
Will we leave the Great Barrier Reef for our children?
... causing a warming effect. For at least the past 650,000 years prior to the Industrial Revolution the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere varied between 180 and 300 parts per million (ppm).23 Since the Industrial Revolution, globally averaged concentrations of CO2, the major greenhouse gas in the ...
... causing a warming effect. For at least the past 650,000 years prior to the Industrial Revolution the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere varied between 180 and 300 parts per million (ppm).23 Since the Industrial Revolution, globally averaged concentrations of CO2, the major greenhouse gas in the ...
Download: SOAER97_11 - Arctic Monitoring and Assessment
... dissipating into space. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a continued increase at current rates could raise the average global air temperature between 1 and 3.5°C by 2100. The average rate of warming would likely be greater than any seen in the past 10 000 years. Cli ...
... dissipating into space. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a continued increase at current rates could raise the average global air temperature between 1 and 3.5°C by 2100. The average rate of warming would likely be greater than any seen in the past 10 000 years. Cli ...
Climate Change: The Sun`s Role
... the radiative effects of global mean cloud cover” [6]. This approximation breaks down for very low concentrations and for concentrations greater than 1000 ppmv, but is valid in the range of practical interest. The earth’s temperature is therefore relatively insensitive to changes in carbon dioxide c ...
... the radiative effects of global mean cloud cover” [6]. This approximation breaks down for very low concentrations and for concentrations greater than 1000 ppmv, but is valid in the range of practical interest. The earth’s temperature is therefore relatively insensitive to changes in carbon dioxide c ...
Climate and Weather Discourse in Anthropology: From Determinism
... flexibility for successful adaptation. For example, inasmuch as climate is a constraint on decision-making, it can also provide an opportunity for creative agency (Bennett 1982; Jennings 2002). These constraints might be evinced by market changes (Smit et al. 2000), social network extensions (Adger ...
... flexibility for successful adaptation. For example, inasmuch as climate is a constraint on decision-making, it can also provide an opportunity for creative agency (Bennett 1982; Jennings 2002). These constraints might be evinced by market changes (Smit et al. 2000), social network extensions (Adger ...
Earth Negotiations Bulletin ADP 2-6
... (UNFCCC) opens today in Bonn, Germany, and will conclude on 25 October 2014. The ADP will focus on preparing key documents for the 20th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 20) to the UNFCCC, scheduled to take place in Lima, Peru, in December 2014. Under workstream 1 (the 2015 agreement), c ...
... (UNFCCC) opens today in Bonn, Germany, and will conclude on 25 October 2014. The ADP will focus on preparing key documents for the 20th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 20) to the UNFCCC, scheduled to take place in Lima, Peru, in December 2014. Under workstream 1 (the 2015 agreement), c ...
Climate counseling – new governance in Swedish agriculture
... characterized by knowledge exchange and voluntarism, the dissemination of text and predominantly talk is central. Subsequently, we understand AE as a discursive activity (Hardy et al., 2000) albeit recognizing that there are non-discursive dimensions, e.g., contextual economic factors, use of techni ...
... characterized by knowledge exchange and voluntarism, the dissemination of text and predominantly talk is central. Subsequently, we understand AE as a discursive activity (Hardy et al., 2000) albeit recognizing that there are non-discursive dimensions, e.g., contextual economic factors, use of techni ...
Assessing the impacts of global warming on meteorological hazards
... quantitatively meteorological hazards in regional scales. Therefore, in this research project, ...
... quantitatively meteorological hazards in regional scales. Therefore, in this research project, ...
Weighing the costs and benefits of climate change to our children
... DU disagree about which parameters we should use to reach the SDR and how those parameters should be calculated. One disagreement has been over whether to use a normative approach or a positive approach. Broadly speaking, the normative school asks the ethical question, “How ought we trade off our ow ...
... DU disagree about which parameters we should use to reach the SDR and how those parameters should be calculated. One disagreement has been over whether to use a normative approach or a positive approach. Broadly speaking, the normative school asks the ethical question, “How ought we trade off our ow ...
Climate change impacts on human health
... climate change, climate variability, trends, and impacts to improve decision-making in climate sensitive sectors. Climate services for health are an emerging technical field for both the health and climate communities. The Climate Services for Health Case Study Project showcases 40 examples that can ...
... climate change, climate variability, trends, and impacts to improve decision-making in climate sensitive sectors. Climate services for health are an emerging technical field for both the health and climate communities. The Climate Services for Health Case Study Project showcases 40 examples that can ...