Pastoralism as a tool for mitigating climate change
... The adaptive capacity of pastoralists is what has made them so resilient throughout history and has enabled them to sustainably exploit their natural environment. Their adaptive management skills have enabled pastoralists to create and maintain biodiversity in many environments of extraordinary nat ...
... The adaptive capacity of pastoralists is what has made them so resilient throughout history and has enabled them to sustainably exploit their natural environment. Their adaptive management skills have enabled pastoralists to create and maintain biodiversity in many environments of extraordinary nat ...
On welfare frameworks and catastrophic climate risks
... dismal theorem states that the evaluation of climate change policy is highly sensitive to catastrophic outcomes, even if they occur with vanishingly small, but ‘fat-tailed’1 , probability. The dismal theorem suggests that such fat-tailed risks are an inescapable consequence of bayesian statistics, a ...
... dismal theorem states that the evaluation of climate change policy is highly sensitive to catastrophic outcomes, even if they occur with vanishingly small, but ‘fat-tailed’1 , probability. The dismal theorem suggests that such fat-tailed risks are an inescapable consequence of bayesian statistics, a ...
Phenological and water-use patterns underlying maximum
... due to climate change (IPCC 2007). Indeed, several recent studies focusing on tree growth in the Iberian Mediterranean mountains have reported forest decline related to temperature rise and increasing drought (Macias et al. 2006, Andreu et al. 2007, Linares and Tíscar 2010, Camarero et al. 2011). Pa ...
... due to climate change (IPCC 2007). Indeed, several recent studies focusing on tree growth in the Iberian Mediterranean mountains have reported forest decline related to temperature rise and increasing drought (Macias et al. 2006, Andreu et al. 2007, Linares and Tíscar 2010, Camarero et al. 2011). Pa ...
greenhouse - viXra.org
... 2009). In fact, it isn’t, unless you whitewash the roof of the greenhouse to simulate increases in cloud cover due to the evaporation of water from oceans! A greenhouse is a false model for CO2 effects, because unlike a greenhouse the earth’s surface area is 70% water, which evaporates faster when C ...
... 2009). In fact, it isn’t, unless you whitewash the roof of the greenhouse to simulate increases in cloud cover due to the evaporation of water from oceans! A greenhouse is a false model for CO2 effects, because unlike a greenhouse the earth’s surface area is 70% water, which evaporates faster when C ...
Read More... - Greater Sudbury Climate Change Consortium
... Many excellent ideas were generated by all the participants during the session. At the conclusion of the working session it was unanimous that the NDCA, with the support and active engagement from the member municipality, is best positioned to take the leadership role in developing the consortium p ...
... Many excellent ideas were generated by all the participants during the session. At the conclusion of the working session it was unanimous that the NDCA, with the support and active engagement from the member municipality, is best positioned to take the leadership role in developing the consortium p ...
Political parties` climate policies in the UK, Italy and Denmark Paper
... can be catalysts for or obstacles to governments’ climate change mitigation policies (e.g., Harrison, 2010: 523; Jensen and Spoon, 2011; Harrison, 2012; Birchall, 2014; see also Knill et al., 2010; Schulze, 2014). National governments, in turn, remain central to the formulation and implementation of ...
... can be catalysts for or obstacles to governments’ climate change mitigation policies (e.g., Harrison, 2010: 523; Jensen and Spoon, 2011; Harrison, 2012; Birchall, 2014; see also Knill et al., 2010; Schulze, 2014). National governments, in turn, remain central to the formulation and implementation of ...
A look at the Cuban experience of protection against climate change
... This study springs from the interest of the Oxfam cooperation agency in deepening and clarifying the strategies to combat climate change that have been developed and implemented in Cuba since the mid-nineties. The general view is that there are useful elements that should be incorporated into region ...
... This study springs from the interest of the Oxfam cooperation agency in deepening and clarifying the strategies to combat climate change that have been developed and implemented in Cuba since the mid-nineties. The general view is that there are useful elements that should be incorporated into region ...
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... Kolstad, 1999). Thus, while there are several models of varying complexity and emphasis, they share a common commitment to the expected utility framework. The reasons for the primacy of expected utility theory as a normative model of rational choice are well known to economists. Its axiomatic found ...
... Kolstad, 1999). Thus, while there are several models of varying complexity and emphasis, they share a common commitment to the expected utility framework. The reasons for the primacy of expected utility theory as a normative model of rational choice are well known to economists. Its axiomatic found ...
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... below the minimum if it is already below this level (Chaudhuri et al. 2002). Chaudhuri et al. (2002) uses consumption measures a welfare indicator because he argues that it provides a more adequate picture of wellbeing especially in low or medium income countries. The other advantage is that consump ...
... below the minimum if it is already below this level (Chaudhuri et al. 2002). Chaudhuri et al. (2002) uses consumption measures a welfare indicator because he argues that it provides a more adequate picture of wellbeing especially in low or medium income countries. The other advantage is that consump ...
A look at the Cuban experience of protection against
... This study springs from the interest of the Oxfam cooperation agency in deepening and clarifying the strategies to combat climate change that have been developed and implemented in Cuba since the mid-nineties. The general view is that there are useful elements that should be incorporated into region ...
... This study springs from the interest of the Oxfam cooperation agency in deepening and clarifying the strategies to combat climate change that have been developed and implemented in Cuba since the mid-nineties. The general view is that there are useful elements that should be incorporated into region ...
Framing the flood: a media analysis of themes of resilience in the
... application and fundamental purpose of adopting a resilience framework (Brown 2011). In this paper, we focus primarily on learning, an important aspect of building resilience to recurring events such as floods (Whittle et al. 2010). We consider community resilience to disasters as the ‘‘ability to l ...
... application and fundamental purpose of adopting a resilience framework (Brown 2011). In this paper, we focus primarily on learning, an important aspect of building resilience to recurring events such as floods (Whittle et al. 2010). We consider community resilience to disasters as the ‘‘ability to l ...
PDF Format - Department of Environmental Sciences
... Broccoli, A. J., K. W. Dixon, T. L. Delworth, T. R. Knutson and R. J. Stouffer, 2003: Twentieth-century temperature and precipitation trends in ensemble climate simulations including natural and anthropogenic forcing, J. Geophys. Res., 108, 4798, doi: 10.1029/2003JD003812. Jackson, C. S., and A. J. ...
... Broccoli, A. J., K. W. Dixon, T. L. Delworth, T. R. Knutson and R. J. Stouffer, 2003: Twentieth-century temperature and precipitation trends in ensemble climate simulations including natural and anthropogenic forcing, J. Geophys. Res., 108, 4798, doi: 10.1029/2003JD003812. Jackson, C. S., and A. J. ...
elg15f15 - University of Oregon
... More specifically, we propose to employ our annual cadre model, where we are able to enhance teacher core content knowledge, build the capacity for inquiry-based science teaching, and develop teacher leadership for sustainable and meaningful action in schools. This is accomplished through the delive ...
... More specifically, we propose to employ our annual cadre model, where we are able to enhance teacher core content knowledge, build the capacity for inquiry-based science teaching, and develop teacher leadership for sustainable and meaningful action in schools. This is accomplished through the delive ...
The CCPC grew out of the International Council of Local
... usually set and adopted targets and timetables after thoroughly analysing local energy use and emissions, as well as quantifying the potential for reducing local energy use. Many cities as a first step began immediately to implement measures to build public support and to gain initial experience in ...
... usually set and adopted targets and timetables after thoroughly analysing local energy use and emissions, as well as quantifying the potential for reducing local energy use. Many cities as a first step began immediately to implement measures to build public support and to gain initial experience in ...
Temperature change and its effects on the Great Lakes climate
... different unless spontaneously the lake disappeared and one could observe over several years or decades the climate changes associated with it. This is exactly what happened with the Aral Sea. In 1960, the Aral Sea was the forth largest lake on the planet (Bissell, 2003) and the size of Lake Michiga ...
... different unless spontaneously the lake disappeared and one could observe over several years or decades the climate changes associated with it. This is exactly what happened with the Aral Sea. In 1960, the Aral Sea was the forth largest lake on the planet (Bissell, 2003) and the size of Lake Michiga ...
- Opus
... Significant changes in plant phenology have been observed in response to increases in mean global temperatures. There are concerns that accelerated phenologies can negatively impact plant populations. However, the fitness consequence of changes in phenology in response to elevated temperature is not ...
... Significant changes in plant phenology have been observed in response to increases in mean global temperatures. There are concerns that accelerated phenologies can negatively impact plant populations. However, the fitness consequence of changes in phenology in response to elevated temperature is not ...
Challenges to adaptation - National Center for Atmospheric Research
... factors that render adaptation ineffective.” They used the terms barriers and limits somewhat interchangeably, discussing physical, ecological, and technological limits alongside financial, informational, cognitive, social, and cultural barriers. Subsequent scholarship has explored these ideas furth ...
... factors that render adaptation ineffective.” They used the terms barriers and limits somewhat interchangeably, discussing physical, ecological, and technological limits alongside financial, informational, cognitive, social, and cultural barriers. Subsequent scholarship has explored these ideas furth ...
Modelling risk based cost analysis of port adaptation measures to
... (2015) use a multi-criteria evaluation approach to develop and implement a set of indicators of coastal vulnerability. 3. Cost benefit analysis of climate change adaptation measures Selecting cost effective climate change adaptation measures requires the analysis of the risk reduction as well as the ...
... (2015) use a multi-criteria evaluation approach to develop and implement a set of indicators of coastal vulnerability. 3. Cost benefit analysis of climate change adaptation measures Selecting cost effective climate change adaptation measures requires the analysis of the risk reduction as well as the ...
Signatures of the Antarctic ozone hole in Southern Hemisphere
... predicted by the CCMVal models, and is thus necessarily different from experiment to experiment. Arguably the most compelling model support for a causal link between the ozone hole and surface climate is derived from experiments in which only concentrations of (1) stratospheric ozone or (2) ozone-de ...
... predicted by the CCMVal models, and is thus necessarily different from experiment to experiment. Arguably the most compelling model support for a causal link between the ozone hole and surface climate is derived from experiments in which only concentrations of (1) stratospheric ozone or (2) ozone-de ...
Adaptation to Climate Change: Evidence from US Agriculture September 30, 2013
... then compare these long differences estimates to panel estimates of short-run responses to weather. Long run adaptations appear to have mitigated less than about half of the shortrun effects of extreme heat exposure on corn yields, and point estimates across a range of specifications suggest that l ...
... then compare these long differences estimates to panel estimates of short-run responses to weather. Long run adaptations appear to have mitigated less than about half of the shortrun effects of extreme heat exposure on corn yields, and point estimates across a range of specifications suggest that l ...
Houston, Texas, 9th February 2005
... involve limiting carbon emissions to 0.3 tonnes per person per year – about the amount emitted per passenger on a New York to London return flight17. Currently, per capita carbon emissions average 20 tonnes in the USA, 10 tonnes in Britain and 1 tonne in India. The average US car alone emits its own ...
... involve limiting carbon emissions to 0.3 tonnes per person per year – about the amount emitted per passenger on a New York to London return flight17. Currently, per capita carbon emissions average 20 tonnes in the USA, 10 tonnes in Britain and 1 tonne in India. The average US car alone emits its own ...
Species-specific ecological niche modelling predicts different range
... that cause human leishmaniasis [3, 4]. The present report uses ecological niche modelling [5] to define the current distributions of two leishmaniasis vectors in South America, Lutzomyia (Nyssomyia) intermedia (Lutz & Neiva, 1912) and the closely-related Lutzomyia (Nyssomyia) neivai (Pinto, 1926), a ...
... that cause human leishmaniasis [3, 4]. The present report uses ecological niche modelling [5] to define the current distributions of two leishmaniasis vectors in South America, Lutzomyia (Nyssomyia) intermedia (Lutz & Neiva, 1912) and the closely-related Lutzomyia (Nyssomyia) neivai (Pinto, 1926), a ...
Effect of Climate Change on Invasion Risk of Giant African Snail
... To develop the niche model, present environmental data and future predictions were downloaded from the Worldclim database website. For present (1950–2000) environmental data, a total of 19 bioclimatic layers were downloaded from Worldclim database version 1.4 [52] (http://www.worldclim.org/; Table 1 ...
... To develop the niche model, present environmental data and future predictions were downloaded from the Worldclim database website. For present (1950–2000) environmental data, a total of 19 bioclimatic layers were downloaded from Worldclim database version 1.4 [52] (http://www.worldclim.org/; Table 1 ...