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... which outcome attributes are of interest to the decision maker. If all attributes can be assigned one common attribute of money, then CBA is appropriate. If only one of the attributes cannot be assigned as a money attribute, then CEA is appropriate. When two or more attributes cannot be assigned a c ...
... which outcome attributes are of interest to the decision maker. If all attributes can be assigned one common attribute of money, then CBA is appropriate. If only one of the attributes cannot be assigned as a money attribute, then CEA is appropriate. When two or more attributes cannot be assigned a c ...
Demographics of true and false climate facts
... unusual warming, however, have been other narratives mainly from nonexpert sources suggesting that Arctic warming is not well established, or just cyclical, or has already reversed. Such counternarratives have been widely publicized too, supplying people who do not believe climate is changing with i ...
... unusual warming, however, have been other narratives mainly from nonexpert sources suggesting that Arctic warming is not well established, or just cyclical, or has already reversed. Such counternarratives have been widely publicized too, supplying people who do not believe climate is changing with i ...
Exxon`s Climate Footprint
... In the lead-up to the agreement of the Kyoto Protocol, ExxonMobil was a key member of the Global Climate Coalition, a powerful industry group which attempted to frustrate international negotiations on climate change. Other GCC members, such as Ford, General Motors, Shell and BP, left the Coalition ...
... In the lead-up to the agreement of the Kyoto Protocol, ExxonMobil was a key member of the Global Climate Coalition, a powerful industry group which attempted to frustrate international negotiations on climate change. Other GCC members, such as Ford, General Motors, Shell and BP, left the Coalition ...
A New Climate for Society
... Boyle about the experimental method in Restoration England: ‘solutions to the problem of knowledge are embedded within practical solutions to the problem of social order’, whereas ‘different practical solutions to the problem of social order encapsulate contrasting practical solutions to the problem ...
... Boyle about the experimental method in Restoration England: ‘solutions to the problem of knowledge are embedded within practical solutions to the problem of social order’, whereas ‘different practical solutions to the problem of social order encapsulate contrasting practical solutions to the problem ...
US General Accountability Office Crude Oil: Uncertainty about future
... 1999 County joins ICLEI Cities for Climate Protection – four of five stars by 2007 Developed greenhouse gas inventory for Alachua County Establish an emissions target: 20% reduction from 1990 levels by 2010. Developed and obtained approval for Local Action Plan Implemented policies and measures Moni ...
... 1999 County joins ICLEI Cities for Climate Protection – four of five stars by 2007 Developed greenhouse gas inventory for Alachua County Establish an emissions target: 20% reduction from 1990 levels by 2010. Developed and obtained approval for Local Action Plan Implemented policies and measures Moni ...
Observed climate variability and change
... It is very likely that large and rapid decadal temperature changes occurred during the last glacial and its deglaciation (between about 100 000 and 10 000 years ago), particularly in higher latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere. During the last deglaciation, local increases in temperature are likely ...
... It is very likely that large and rapid decadal temperature changes occurred during the last glacial and its deglaciation (between about 100 000 and 10 000 years ago), particularly in higher latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere. During the last deglaciation, local increases in temperature are likely ...
Climate Change and the World Council of Churches
... Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Once the UNFCCC was ratified by a sufficient number of countries, the major annual implementation negotiating sessions began at the Conferences of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COPs). A delegation of the WCC was present at all COPs and at many of them, the WCC acc ...
... Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Once the UNFCCC was ratified by a sufficient number of countries, the major annual implementation negotiating sessions began at the Conferences of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COPs). A delegation of the WCC was present at all COPs and at many of them, the WCC acc ...
Double exposure: assessing the impacts of climate change within
... others (Houghton et al., 1996). Although there are di$culties associated with modeling regional and local precipitation, there is little doubt that the impacts will vary across space and time. Fig. 1 shows projected temperature and precipitation changes based on the Hadley Center model. According to ...
... others (Houghton et al., 1996). Although there are di$culties associated with modeling regional and local precipitation, there is little doubt that the impacts will vary across space and time. Fig. 1 shows projected temperature and precipitation changes based on the Hadley Center model. According to ...
Guidance on CC Adaptation Measures for Waterbirds (20-08
... Existing legal and policy frameworks should be used to enable effective action now while working with policy-makers to remedy any potential shortcomings. Principle 2: Maintain and increase ecological resilience Increasing the resilience of ecosystems to the impacts of climate change, will help the w ...
... Existing legal and policy frameworks should be used to enable effective action now while working with policy-makers to remedy any potential shortcomings. Principle 2: Maintain and increase ecological resilience Increasing the resilience of ecosystems to the impacts of climate change, will help the w ...
Climate change prediction: Erring on the side of least drama?
... Other predictions have not necessarily been underestimates, but have not been alarmist, either. The debate over hurricanes provides an example, which we discuss below, drawing on The Copenhagen Diagnosis as well as subsequent literature. A key question is whether there has been a trend in hurricane ...
... Other predictions have not necessarily been underestimates, but have not been alarmist, either. The debate over hurricanes provides an example, which we discuss below, drawing on The Copenhagen Diagnosis as well as subsequent literature. A key question is whether there has been a trend in hurricane ...
Chapter 4 The Ocean`s Role in the Hydrological Cycle
... and global ocean circulation, which are discussed in Chapter 5. The Southern Ocean (defined as all ocean area south of 60°S) deserves special mention due to its role in the storage of heat (and carbon) for the entire planet. The Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) connects the three major southern o ...
... and global ocean circulation, which are discussed in Chapter 5. The Southern Ocean (defined as all ocean area south of 60°S) deserves special mention due to its role in the storage of heat (and carbon) for the entire planet. The Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) connects the three major southern o ...
S TAT E O F T H E WO R... Into a Warming World 2 0
... tion is vulnerable to changes like those facing farmers in Kenya, but the risks are not distributed evenly. This reflects profound global inequalities: the countries that have profited from high levels of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are the ones that will be least affected by climate change, whil ...
... tion is vulnerable to changes like those facing farmers in Kenya, but the risks are not distributed evenly. This reflects profound global inequalities: the countries that have profited from high levels of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are the ones that will be least affected by climate change, whil ...
Fact: Fiction: More info:
... those from the US, the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere today that came from China equals the amount that came from the US. We can put more money into research and come up with engineering solutions to climate change without having to change our lifestyles. There is nothing we can person ...
... those from the US, the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere today that came from China equals the amount that came from the US. We can put more money into research and come up with engineering solutions to climate change without having to change our lifestyles. There is nothing we can person ...
to US agricultural resources A review of impacts
... Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC) views the sustainability of food production as paramount in the objectives for stabilizing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, stating that emissions should be stabilized at a level that “ensures that food production is not threatened.” This paper examines t ...
... Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC) views the sustainability of food production as paramount in the objectives for stabilizing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, stating that emissions should be stabilized at a level that “ensures that food production is not threatened.” This paper examines t ...
Methane Bubbles – what they can tell us about the impacts of global
... from has on the signal returns. A new in-house imaging technique known as tomographic profiling provides vertical slices of the radar returns through the ice volume, allowing separation of the ice and bubble signals. Not just for bubbles …. The main aim of this CEOI project is to establish optimum t ...
... from has on the signal returns. A new in-house imaging technique known as tomographic profiling provides vertical slices of the radar returns through the ice volume, allowing separation of the ice and bubble signals. Not just for bubbles …. The main aim of this CEOI project is to establish optimum t ...
Vietnam Climate Change Country Profile
... grew by an average of 7.3% per year over 1995-2005; the share of industry rose from 29% to 41% of GDP over the same period; and per capita income rose from US$ 260 in 1995 to US$ 835 in 2007.1 Vietnam has made rapid progress in achieving several of the targets of the Millennium Development Goals, al ...
... grew by an average of 7.3% per year over 1995-2005; the share of industry rose from 29% to 41% of GDP over the same period; and per capita income rose from US$ 260 in 1995 to US$ 835 in 2007.1 Vietnam has made rapid progress in achieving several of the targets of the Millennium Development Goals, al ...
Increasing bioenergy production on arable land - CLM
... Climate change mitigation and adaption actions encompass CO2 reduction [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 2007]. Achieving this, the European Union (EU) enacted to increase the percentage of energy from renewable sources like solar, wind, and bioenergy to 20% of the total energy cons ...
... Climate change mitigation and adaption actions encompass CO2 reduction [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 2007]. Achieving this, the European Union (EU) enacted to increase the percentage of energy from renewable sources like solar, wind, and bioenergy to 20% of the total energy cons ...
How to motivate people about climate change
... responsibility for climate change is more effective at changing climate-related behaviors in environmentalists. To assess this question, we conducted an experiment embedded in an online survey emailed to affiliates of the National Audubon Society, a large wildlife conservation organization. These me ...
... responsibility for climate change is more effective at changing climate-related behaviors in environmentalists. To assess this question, we conducted an experiment embedded in an online survey emailed to affiliates of the National Audubon Society, a large wildlife conservation organization. These me ...
Interactions between climate and desertification
... Deserts are known to mankind, but the term desertification has always been an elusive concept. It is now defined in the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) as land degradation in the drylands (land falling within arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas) resulting from various ...
... Deserts are known to mankind, but the term desertification has always been an elusive concept. It is now defined in the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) as land degradation in the drylands (land falling within arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas) resulting from various ...
Sensitivity to climate change for two reptiles at the Mojave
... The high temperatures and extended droughts that characterize habitat for desert-living reptiles may already approach their physiological tolerances and so could put them at risk due to climate change. Here I examined climate change sensitivity for desert tortoises, Gopherus agassizii, and common ch ...
... The high temperatures and extended droughts that characterize habitat for desert-living reptiles may already approach their physiological tolerances and so could put them at risk due to climate change. Here I examined climate change sensitivity for desert tortoises, Gopherus agassizii, and common ch ...
publications - Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
... Cook, K.H., E.K. Vizy, Z.S. Launer, and C.M. Patricola, 2008: Springtime intensification of the Great Plains low-level jet and Midwest precipitation in GCM simulations of the 21st century. Submitted to J. Climate. Hsieh, J-.S. and K.H. Cook, 2008: On the Instability of the African easterly jet and t ...
... Cook, K.H., E.K. Vizy, Z.S. Launer, and C.M. Patricola, 2008: Springtime intensification of the Great Plains low-level jet and Midwest precipitation in GCM simulations of the 21st century. Submitted to J. Climate. Hsieh, J-.S. and K.H. Cook, 2008: On the Instability of the African easterly jet and t ...
The Decline and Fall of Global Warming
... the lack of planetary warming leads inexorably to the default argument: the planetary surface temperature is simply not as responsive to small changes in the natural greenhouse effect as it was once thought (modeled) to be. Without sulfate aerosols, modeling results indicate that the planetary mean ...
... the lack of planetary warming leads inexorably to the default argument: the planetary surface temperature is simply not as responsive to small changes in the natural greenhouse effect as it was once thought (modeled) to be. Without sulfate aerosols, modeling results indicate that the planetary mean ...
Group V
... existence is under the threat of rising sea level. Tell me what they tried to do? To maintain their existence. They did something unique! ...
... existence is under the threat of rising sea level. Tell me what they tried to do? To maintain their existence. They did something unique! ...