Questions for discussion ETS shelved What does the BtN story
... opponents said he was using his position to make money for his family. So in September 2006 the Thai military came and threw him out. Later a court found him guilty of corruption but the red-shirts reckon the army had no right to remove an elected government. Ever since then Thai politics have been ...
... opponents said he was using his position to make money for his family. So in September 2006 the Thai military came and threw him out. Later a court found him guilty of corruption but the red-shirts reckon the army had no right to remove an elected government. Ever since then Thai politics have been ...
Climate Impact Research in the BSR: State of the Art
... gulf, is also rapidly disappearing. A year from now another 25 to 30 square miles of delta marsh - an area the size of Manhattan - will have vanished. An acre disappears every 24 minutes. Each loss gives a storm surge a clearer path to wash over the delta and pour into the bowl, trapping one million ...
... gulf, is also rapidly disappearing. A year from now another 25 to 30 square miles of delta marsh - an area the size of Manhattan - will have vanished. An acre disappears every 24 minutes. Each loss gives a storm surge a clearer path to wash over the delta and pour into the bowl, trapping one million ...
herpetofauna text 37-2
... South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales (Cogger, 2000). In New South Wales, it is typically associated with cool climates and moderate to high elevations (Swan et al., 2004) with most records confined to a number of disjunct populations centered around the Blue Mountains and Central Tablelands ...
... South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales (Cogger, 2000). In New South Wales, it is typically associated with cool climates and moderate to high elevations (Swan et al., 2004) with most records confined to a number of disjunct populations centered around the Blue Mountains and Central Tablelands ...
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... The intuition underlying the wage-hedonic measurement of the value of a non-marketed local attribute like climate proceeds as follows. Each individual chooses a place to live that maximizes her utility, given the bundles of attributes that define the locations in her choice set. Ceteris paribus, an ...
... The intuition underlying the wage-hedonic measurement of the value of a non-marketed local attribute like climate proceeds as follows. Each individual chooses a place to live that maximizes her utility, given the bundles of attributes that define the locations in her choice set. Ceteris paribus, an ...
National Programme for Spatial Adaptation to Climate Change (ARK)
... simultaneous shift will take place towards more local decision making in the area of spatial planning, there will be major questions to contend with in matters of organisation, direction and participative decision making. After all, climate change, being a global problem and having countless facets ...
... simultaneous shift will take place towards more local decision making in the area of spatial planning, there will be major questions to contend with in matters of organisation, direction and participative decision making. After all, climate change, being a global problem and having countless facets ...
Weathercaster Views on Informal Climate Education: Similarities
... ‘‘the science and only the science.’’ Looking specifically at factual statements on climate change, all weathercasters classified the statement, ‘‘Climate is always changing,’’ as significant for informal climate education. However, there were differences in how weathercasters perceived the importan ...
... ‘‘the science and only the science.’’ Looking specifically at factual statements on climate change, all weathercasters classified the statement, ‘‘Climate is always changing,’’ as significant for informal climate education. However, there were differences in how weathercasters perceived the importan ...
The Second Annual Report
... It is now widely accepted that the world’s climate is being affected by increasing emissions of greenhouse gases from human activity and, even if efforts to mitigate these emissions are successful, the earth is already committed to significant climatic change (IPCC, 4th Assessment Report 2007 12 ). Des ...
... It is now widely accepted that the world’s climate is being affected by increasing emissions of greenhouse gases from human activity and, even if efforts to mitigate these emissions are successful, the earth is already committed to significant climatic change (IPCC, 4th Assessment Report 2007 12 ). Des ...
Kyoto and Beyond - European Business Council for Sustainable
... This question too, can be further broken down into two key questions: 1. Is climate change happening? If so; 2. To what extent can any changes be attributed to human activities as opposed to natural processes? The debate in both these areas has evolved considerably over the last 10 years and is disc ...
... This question too, can be further broken down into two key questions: 1. Is climate change happening? If so; 2. To what extent can any changes be attributed to human activities as opposed to natural processes? The debate in both these areas has evolved considerably over the last 10 years and is disc ...
3 Climate change and the Law of the Sea Convention
... to the effects of climate change 20 as well as issues relating to causality and attribution make a claim for damages difficult to construct, and on the other, that the United States of America is not a party to the Convention. Despite the novelty and delicacies of the topic, much has already been wr ...
... to the effects of climate change 20 as well as issues relating to causality and attribution make a claim for damages difficult to construct, and on the other, that the United States of America is not a party to the Convention. Despite the novelty and delicacies of the topic, much has already been wr ...
Climate refugees in the 21st century
... the United Nations recognized that the emergence of new refugee situations required changes in the Convention. In the 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, these changes were codified.13 In these documents a ‘refugee’ is defined as someone who: “owing to well-founded fear of being persec ...
... the United Nations recognized that the emergence of new refugee situations required changes in the Convention. In the 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, these changes were codified.13 In these documents a ‘refugee’ is defined as someone who: “owing to well-founded fear of being persec ...
ETADATA OF THE CLIMATE CHANGE KNOWLEDGE PORTAL
... Future information is derived from 15 of the 23 available global circulation models (GCMS), the most comprehensive physically‐based models of climate change available and used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 4th Assessment Report. The models are useful to illustrate the cha ...
... Future information is derived from 15 of the 23 available global circulation models (GCMS), the most comprehensive physically‐based models of climate change available and used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 4th Assessment Report. The models are useful to illustrate the cha ...
Africa Talks Climate
... States and the United Kingdom have not always translated into high levels of concern among the public, some research suggests this is because climate change is seen as a remote and non-urgent issue.28, 29 This is less likely to be the case in Africa, where most people are already experiencing the ef ...
... States and the United Kingdom have not always translated into high levels of concern among the public, some research suggests this is because climate change is seen as a remote and non-urgent issue.28, 29 This is less likely to be the case in Africa, where most people are already experiencing the ef ...
Influences of species, latitudes and methodologies on estimates of
... phenology of plant and animal species. A meta-analysis spanning 203 species was conducted on published datasets from the northern hemisphere. Phenological response was examined with respect to two factors: distribution of species across latitudes and taxonomic affiliation or functional grouping of t ...
... phenology of plant and animal species. A meta-analysis spanning 203 species was conducted on published datasets from the northern hemisphere. Phenological response was examined with respect to two factors: distribution of species across latitudes and taxonomic affiliation or functional grouping of t ...
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... spending, with highest TFP increase observed in SSP5 and lowest in SSP1. We also plot historical TFP over 1964-2004 period using information presented in Fuglie (2010). Our results indicate that optimal TFP in 21st century should grow faster, from 1% (SSP1) to 1.3% (SSP5) per year, than it was obse ...
... spending, with highest TFP increase observed in SSP5 and lowest in SSP1. We also plot historical TFP over 1964-2004 period using information presented in Fuglie (2010). Our results indicate that optimal TFP in 21st century should grow faster, from 1% (SSP1) to 1.3% (SSP5) per year, than it was obse ...
The Influence of Climate Change on Winter Wheat during 2012
... By assuming constant winter wheat varieties and agricultural practices in China, the influence of climate change on winter wheat is simulated using the corrected future climate projections under SRES A2 and A1B scenarios from 2012 to 2100, respectively. The results indicate that the growth of winter ...
... By assuming constant winter wheat varieties and agricultural practices in China, the influence of climate change on winter wheat is simulated using the corrected future climate projections under SRES A2 and A1B scenarios from 2012 to 2100, respectively. The results indicate that the growth of winter ...
global warming - National Geographic Society
... Global warming describes the current rise in the average temperature of Earth’s air and oceans. Global warming is often described as the most recent example of climate change. Earth’s climate has changed many times. Our planet has gone through multiple ice ages, in which ice sheets and glaciers cove ...
... Global warming describes the current rise in the average temperature of Earth’s air and oceans. Global warming is often described as the most recent example of climate change. Earth’s climate has changed many times. Our planet has gone through multiple ice ages, in which ice sheets and glaciers cove ...
Stream 1.2 Oceans and marine ice in the Southern Hemisphere
... To understand the extent of large-scale physical, biological and biogeochemical change occurring in the Southern Ocean and marine ice environment (including ice shelves, sea ice and icebergs), and to attribute the cause(s) to anthropogenic emissions or natural variations for inclusion in IPCC models ...
... To understand the extent of large-scale physical, biological and biogeochemical change occurring in the Southern Ocean and marine ice environment (including ice shelves, sea ice and icebergs), and to attribute the cause(s) to anthropogenic emissions or natural variations for inclusion in IPCC models ...
Inuit vulnerability and adaptive capacity to climate change in
... example Adger 1999; Eriksen and others 2005; Sutherland and others 2005; Belliveau and others 2006; McLeman and Smit 2006; Pouliotte and others 2006; Wall and Marzall 2006), and in the Arctic (for example Pratley 2005; Duerden and Beasley 2006; Furgal and Seguin 2006; Ford and others 2006a; Ford and ...
... example Adger 1999; Eriksen and others 2005; Sutherland and others 2005; Belliveau and others 2006; McLeman and Smit 2006; Pouliotte and others 2006; Wall and Marzall 2006), and in the Arctic (for example Pratley 2005; Duerden and Beasley 2006; Furgal and Seguin 2006; Ford and others 2006a; Ford and ...
anthropology and climate change - North Atlantic Biocultural
... from high-latitude taiga and tundra regions, to high-altitude mountain ecosystems, from tropical rain forests to near sea-level coastlines, there are compelling similarities in the narratives, accounts, and experiences of indigenous and local peoples who are already seeing and experiencing the effec ...
... from high-latitude taiga and tundra regions, to high-altitude mountain ecosystems, from tropical rain forests to near sea-level coastlines, there are compelling similarities in the narratives, accounts, and experiences of indigenous and local peoples who are already seeing and experiencing the effec ...
How do recent population trends matter to climate change?
... Although integrated assessment models (IAM) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) consider population, along with economic growth and technological change, as one of the root causes of greenhouse gas emissions, how population dynamics affect climate change is still under debate. Wh ...
... Although integrated assessment models (IAM) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) consider population, along with economic growth and technological change, as one of the root causes of greenhouse gas emissions, how population dynamics affect climate change is still under debate. Wh ...
The Atmospheric Energy Constraint on Global
... of increase in global-mean precipitation with global-mean surface temperature increase is much less than the rate of increase of water vapor. The goal of this paper is to explain in detail the mechanisms by which precipitation increase is constrained by radiative cooling. Changes in clear-sky atmosp ...
... of increase in global-mean precipitation with global-mean surface temperature increase is much less than the rate of increase of water vapor. The goal of this paper is to explain in detail the mechanisms by which precipitation increase is constrained by radiative cooling. Changes in clear-sky atmosp ...
Allergies and Asthma - The Medical Society Consortium on Climate
... and earlier in the year because pollen is produced earlier and earlier. (Tennessee) Asthma triggered by seasonal allergies which have been getting worse over the past 5 years, with longer pollen periods due to warmer weather. (Nevada) We all see each year the pollen counts breaking new records which ...
... and earlier in the year because pollen is produced earlier and earlier. (Tennessee) Asthma triggered by seasonal allergies which have been getting worse over the past 5 years, with longer pollen periods due to warmer weather. (Nevada) We all see each year the pollen counts breaking new records which ...
Predicting range expansion of the map butterfly in Northern Europe
... into two subsets, for model calibration and model evaluation (for a review see Araújo et al. 2005a). Both of these approaches are likely to yield overly optimistic estimates of the model performance in new areas and time periods. Indeed there are very few instances where bioclimatic models have bee ...
... into two subsets, for model calibration and model evaluation (for a review see Araújo et al. 2005a). Both of these approaches are likely to yield overly optimistic estimates of the model performance in new areas and time periods. Indeed there are very few instances where bioclimatic models have bee ...
Attribution of recent climate change
Attribution of recent climate change is the effort to scientifically ascertain mechanisms responsible for recent changes observed in the Earth's climate, commonly known as 'global warming'. The effort has focused on changes observed during the period of instrumental temperature record, when records are most reliable; particularly in the last 50 years, when human activity has grown fastest and observations of the troposphere have become available. The dominant mechanisms (to which recent climate change has been attributed) are anthropogenic, i.e., the result of human activity. They are: increasing atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases global changes to land surface, such as deforestation increasing atmospheric concentrations of aerosols.There are also natural mechanisms for variation including climate oscillations, changes in solar activity, and volcanic activity.According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), it is ""extremely likely"" that human influence was the dominant cause of global warming between 1951 and 2010. The IPCC defines ""extremely likely"" as indicating a probability of 95 to 100%, based on an expert assessment of all the available evidence.Multiple lines of evidence support attribution of recent climate change to human activities: A basic physical understanding of the climate system: greenhouse gas concentrations have increased and their warming properties are well-established. Historical estimates of past climate changes suggest that the recent changes in global surface temperature are unusual. Computer-based climate models are unable to replicate the observed warming unless human greenhouse gas emissions are included. Natural forces alone (such as solar and volcanic activity) cannot explain the observed warming.The IPCC's attribution of recent global warming to human activities is a view shared by most scientists, and is also supported by 196 other scientific organizations worldwide (see also: scientific opinion on climate change).