ALAP_2014_FINAL120 - Asociación Latinoamericana de
... When the effects of education are being studied, often the question of endogeneity arises. At the aggregate level, there can be either reverse causality or joint determination of the factors studied. Societies with high average level of education generally tend to be more developed and perform well ...
... When the effects of education are being studied, often the question of endogeneity arises. At the aggregate level, there can be either reverse causality or joint determination of the factors studied. Societies with high average level of education generally tend to be more developed and perform well ...
SENSING AND RESPONDING TO A CLIMATE CHANGE
... and Lin, 2007). In the face of larger-scale and permanent climate warming, this study is the first attempt to examine the relationship between the sensing and the responding ability to a climate change among the employees of farmers' associations. 2.2. Sensing and responding to a climate change. The ...
... and Lin, 2007). In the face of larger-scale and permanent climate warming, this study is the first attempt to examine the relationship between the sensing and the responding ability to a climate change among the employees of farmers' associations. 2.2. Sensing and responding to a climate change. The ...
responding to changes in nature
... indicates that the climate itself is changing and will continue to do so even if concerted international action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is successful. Whilst we have already started to account for such changes, for example in our work to manage the risks arising from river and coastal flo ...
... indicates that the climate itself is changing and will continue to do so even if concerted international action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is successful. Whilst we have already started to account for such changes, for example in our work to manage the risks arising from river and coastal flo ...
Projections of precipitation, air temperature and potential
... hillsides. Land husbandry water harvesting and hillside irrigation, is a mean for improvement of rural productivity and diversification of market-oriented agricultural commodities. Considering the agriculture input to Rwandan GDP and the percentage of Hillside arable land, water harvesting and hills ...
... hillsides. Land husbandry water harvesting and hillside irrigation, is a mean for improvement of rural productivity and diversification of market-oriented agricultural commodities. Considering the agriculture input to Rwandan GDP and the percentage of Hillside arable land, water harvesting and hills ...
Pakistan Reference Site Urdukas Station - Name - Ev-K2-CNR
... The Soil Reference Group(s) (from World Reference Base for Soil Resources): No information. ...
... The Soil Reference Group(s) (from World Reference Base for Soil Resources): No information. ...
A normative account of dangerous climate change
... won’t understand the dangers. Not paying attention to scientists in this case would be like not listening to a doctor’s assessment prior to arduous mountain climbing. If you want to know whether mountain climbing is especially dangerous for you, given your medical condition, it makes good sense to l ...
... won’t understand the dangers. Not paying attention to scientists in this case would be like not listening to a doctor’s assessment prior to arduous mountain climbing. If you want to know whether mountain climbing is especially dangerous for you, given your medical condition, it makes good sense to l ...
The Changing Himalayas - India Environment Portal
... Summary: The greater Himalayan region “the roof of the world” – contains the most extensive and rugged high altitude areas on Earth, and the largest areas covered by glaciers and permafrost outside the polar regions. The water resources from this area drain through ten of the largest rivers in Asia, ...
... Summary: The greater Himalayan region “the roof of the world” – contains the most extensive and rugged high altitude areas on Earth, and the largest areas covered by glaciers and permafrost outside the polar regions. The water resources from this area drain through ten of the largest rivers in Asia, ...
Smallholder Farmers` Perception of Climate Change
... specific location over long period of time; weather refers to the day–to–day fluctuations in these conditions at the same location (FAO, 2008). Air temperature, precipitation, atmospheric pressure and humidity, wind, and sunshine and cloud cover are variables that are commonly used by meteorologists ...
... specific location over long period of time; weather refers to the day–to–day fluctuations in these conditions at the same location (FAO, 2008). Air temperature, precipitation, atmospheric pressure and humidity, wind, and sunshine and cloud cover are variables that are commonly used by meteorologists ...
Lord Nicholas Stern Towards A Global Deal on Climate Change
... below this level, you would need to cut annual global emissions roughly by 50 percent by 2050 from 1990 levels, and keep on going down from there. I will come back to the question of the reductions that rich countries should make. You are going to see fairly quickly that they should be 80 percent fr ...
... below this level, you would need to cut annual global emissions roughly by 50 percent by 2050 from 1990 levels, and keep on going down from there. I will come back to the question of the reductions that rich countries should make. You are going to see fairly quickly that they should be 80 percent fr ...
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... We have approached the analysis of this problem by reviewing the literature on communicating climate change. By organising the literature according to the role of the major groups of participants in the information transfer process, useful insights can be gleaned. These groups include scientists, bu ...
... We have approached the analysis of this problem by reviewing the literature on communicating climate change. By organising the literature according to the role of the major groups of participants in the information transfer process, useful insights can be gleaned. These groups include scientists, bu ...
international public opinion, perception, and understanding of global
... Man is setting in motion a series of events that seem certain to cause a significant warming of world climates unless mitigating steps are taken immediately (Pomerance ...
... Man is setting in motion a series of events that seem certain to cause a significant warming of world climates unless mitigating steps are taken immediately (Pomerance ...
Behaviour Change - Appendix A
... 4.3 Interviewees’ interest in and hopes from this project Interviewees widely recognised the importance of the issues addressed by this project. a) Awareness is a major issue: if climate change is driven by lifestyle decisions, and if these decisions are of poor quality, we need to raise awareness i ...
... 4.3 Interviewees’ interest in and hopes from this project Interviewees widely recognised the importance of the issues addressed by this project. a) Awareness is a major issue: if climate change is driven by lifestyle decisions, and if these decisions are of poor quality, we need to raise awareness i ...
Early effects of climate change: do they include changes in vector
... increased, there has been a disproportionate increase in the frequency of the heaviest precipitation events (Karl & Knight 1998). The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Third Assessment Report states that `most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is likely to be attributable ...
... increased, there has been a disproportionate increase in the frequency of the heaviest precipitation events (Karl & Knight 1998). The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Third Assessment Report states that `most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is likely to be attributable ...
Climate change impacts on pest animals and weeds
... Weeds with efficient dispersal mechanisms such as water, wind or birds are better equipped to shift their range, while species with short generation times are better equipped to evolve, and increase their tolerance of warmer temperatures. Each species will cope and adapt in different ways, so their ...
... Weeds with efficient dispersal mechanisms such as water, wind or birds are better equipped to shift their range, while species with short generation times are better equipped to evolve, and increase their tolerance of warmer temperatures. Each species will cope and adapt in different ways, so their ...
Comment by: Patrick J. Michaels and Paul C. Knappenberger
... The IWG2010 report noted that, concerning the low end of the ECS distribution, its determination reflected a greater degree of certainty that a low ECS value could be excluded than did the IPCC. From the IWG2010 (p. 14): “Finally, we note the IPCC judgment that the equilibrium climate sensitivity “ ...
... The IWG2010 report noted that, concerning the low end of the ECS distribution, its determination reflected a greater degree of certainty that a low ECS value could be excluded than did the IPCC. From the IWG2010 (p. 14): “Finally, we note the IPCC judgment that the equilibrium climate sensitivity “ ...
Climate Policy and Interest Groups - a Public
... Another favourite is to label business-as-usual as a policy measure, e.g. in the case of many "voluntary agreements". Politicians of any ideological flavour ranging from the British Conservatives to the German Greens - like voluntary agreements as they show voters that the politician has been very a ...
... Another favourite is to label business-as-usual as a policy measure, e.g. in the case of many "voluntary agreements". Politicians of any ideological flavour ranging from the British Conservatives to the German Greens - like voluntary agreements as they show voters that the politician has been very a ...
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... agriculture and climate change policies can also boost green growth, protect the environment and contribute to the eradication of poverty. FAO works closely with many of the world’s most vulnerable populations, especially in Africa, to help them increase their agricultural productivity, while ensuri ...
... agriculture and climate change policies can also boost green growth, protect the environment and contribute to the eradication of poverty. FAO works closely with many of the world’s most vulnerable populations, especially in Africa, to help them increase their agricultural productivity, while ensuri ...
Biodiversity - Lake Station Community Schools
... – Some climate changes are likely to threaten ecosystems ranging from tundra and northern forests to coral reefs and the Amazon rain ...
... – Some climate changes are likely to threaten ecosystems ranging from tundra and northern forests to coral reefs and the Amazon rain ...
Crossing the Chasm - Power-Under: Trauma and Nonviolent Social
... technically possible to avert catastrophic climate change through steep reductions in emissions (which is already highly questionable given the progression of feedback loops), it is no more than two or three more years.9 There is no reason to believe that massive conversion to renewables, even if i ...
... technically possible to avert catastrophic climate change through steep reductions in emissions (which is already highly questionable given the progression of feedback loops), it is no more than two or three more years.9 There is no reason to believe that massive conversion to renewables, even if i ...
Private firms` adaptation to climate change within the context of
... proper triangulation is attained. To show how this will be done I propose to use a table that shows the different groups of participants that will be interviewed (e.g. different organizational levels, stakeholders from regulators and government and others) and link this to the overall study objectiv ...
... proper triangulation is attained. To show how this will be done I propose to use a table that shows the different groups of participants that will be interviewed (e.g. different organizational levels, stakeholders from regulators and government and others) and link this to the overall study objectiv ...
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... CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE IPCC REPORT Proxy indicators of temperature (from pollen, ice cores, etc.) were reviewed to establish ancient temperatures. These data (BLUE) overlapped with the direct temperature ...
... CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE IPCC REPORT Proxy indicators of temperature (from pollen, ice cores, etc.) were reviewed to establish ancient temperatures. These data (BLUE) overlapped with the direct temperature ...
BIODIVERSITY SEMINAR - WMI 23-09
... Fencing entirely or in part of a protected area and their interference in wildlife movements ...
... Fencing entirely or in part of a protected area and their interference in wildlife movements ...
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).