Against the Grain: The United States and the Global Climate
... culture is generally averse to ‘conspicuous government intervention’.8 Potential policies to mitigate climate change, such as taxation on energy intensive goods and services, efficiency standards or regulations to promote low carbon energy, have often been interpreted as unacceptable restrictions on ...
... culture is generally averse to ‘conspicuous government intervention’.8 Potential policies to mitigate climate change, such as taxation on energy intensive goods and services, efficiency standards or regulations to promote low carbon energy, have often been interpreted as unacceptable restrictions on ...
"Climate Change and Wildfire in California," Climatic Change, 87
... seasons in some middle and upper elevation forests. These are trends that are projected to continue under plausible climate change scenarios (National Assessment Synthesis Team 2000, Houghten et al. 2001, Running 2006), implying a further increase in the risk of large, damaging forest wildfires in p ...
... seasons in some middle and upper elevation forests. These are trends that are projected to continue under plausible climate change scenarios (National Assessment Synthesis Team 2000, Houghten et al. 2001, Running 2006), implying a further increase in the risk of large, damaging forest wildfires in p ...
Quantifying Intensive and extensive margin adaptation responses to
... the correlation between income and temperature in their dataset, the authors take a twostep approach. They follow Sailor and Pavlova (2003) and estimate a relationship between saturation and cooling degree days for 39 U.S. cities. They then assume that for a given CDD, developing country air conditi ...
... the correlation between income and temperature in their dataset, the authors take a twostep approach. They follow Sailor and Pavlova (2003) and estimate a relationship between saturation and cooling degree days for 39 U.S. cities. They then assume that for a given CDD, developing country air conditi ...
national latino climate leadership forum
... Climate is impacting Latinos on a local level. In Chicago, there is flooding and extreme temperature changes. People can’t afford to pay for heating and air conditioning, and it makes it harder to deal with climate change. Those who are working on climate change and those who are working on Latino i ...
... Climate is impacting Latinos on a local level. In Chicago, there is flooding and extreme temperature changes. People can’t afford to pay for heating and air conditioning, and it makes it harder to deal with climate change. Those who are working on climate change and those who are working on Latino i ...
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... While the scientific community has established a fairly clear consensus on the threat of climate change, policymakers and journalists often suggest that the economic community lacks a consensus view on climate change risks and appropriate policy responses. We conducted a survey of 1,103 experts on t ...
... While the scientific community has established a fairly clear consensus on the threat of climate change, policymakers and journalists often suggest that the economic community lacks a consensus view on climate change risks and appropriate policy responses. We conducted a survey of 1,103 experts on t ...
Adaptation - Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
... of freshwater sources; earlier runoff in snowpack-dominated areas. (See Figure 2) ...
... of freshwater sources; earlier runoff in snowpack-dominated areas. (See Figure 2) ...
The Meaning of Uncertainty: Debating Climate Change in the Gilded
... well as a hubristic attitude toward both “nature” and American expansionism.15 But I argue that this certain and confident intellectual tradition ran alongside a more uncertain current in an ongoing dialectic. The term “uncertainty” is not a neologism in the context of climate debates: some nineteen ...
... well as a hubristic attitude toward both “nature” and American expansionism.15 But I argue that this certain and confident intellectual tradition ran alongside a more uncertain current in an ongoing dialectic. The term “uncertainty” is not a neologism in the context of climate debates: some nineteen ...
Nature Communications Review Integrating Pliocene Geological
... regional patterns of surface temperature change to construct conceptual models and proposing mechanisms and drivers of global and regional change. The modest CO2 increase reconstructed for the mPWP was calculated to be capable of producing a radiative forcing of approximately 2 Wm-2. This may have b ...
... regional patterns of surface temperature change to construct conceptual models and proposing mechanisms and drivers of global and regional change. The modest CO2 increase reconstructed for the mPWP was calculated to be capable of producing a radiative forcing of approximately 2 Wm-2. This may have b ...
Consequences of Global Warming of 1.5 °C and 2 °C for Regional
... at regional scales. The land regions of the Northern Hemisphere are warming at rates faster than the globe [14] and are projected to cross the 2˚C target before GMAT [15]. Therefore, information on regional climate projections and associated uncertainties for global warming thresholds of 1.5 and 2˚C ...
... at regional scales. The land regions of the Northern Hemisphere are warming at rates faster than the globe [14] and are projected to cross the 2˚C target before GMAT [15]. Therefore, information on regional climate projections and associated uncertainties for global warming thresholds of 1.5 and 2˚C ...
Key Meteorological Indicators of Climate Change in Ireland Environmental Research Centre Report
... Although every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the material contained in this publication, complete accuracy cannot be guaranteed. Neither the Environmental Protection Agency nor the author(s) accept any responsibility whatsoever for loss or damage occasioned or claimed to have been o ...
... Although every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the material contained in this publication, complete accuracy cannot be guaranteed. Neither the Environmental Protection Agency nor the author(s) accept any responsibility whatsoever for loss or damage occasioned or claimed to have been o ...
Towards Adaptive Spatial Planning for Climate Change
... Although more and more knowledge is being gathered about climate change and its impacts, climate change is surrounded by serious uncertainties.7 We know a few things within tolerable degrees of certainty, but we don’t know exactly how they are caused or how they will evolve. Other developments we kn ...
... Although more and more knowledge is being gathered about climate change and its impacts, climate change is surrounded by serious uncertainties.7 We know a few things within tolerable degrees of certainty, but we don’t know exactly how they are caused or how they will evolve. Other developments we kn ...
Economic Evaluation of Climate Change Impacts on Ground
... Economic consequences of climate change impacts on transportation Economic consequences in transportation sector associated with climate change impacts can be divided into direct economic effects and indirect economic effects. From an economic standpoint, direct economic effects are associated with ...
... Economic consequences of climate change impacts on transportation Economic consequences in transportation sector associated with climate change impacts can be divided into direct economic effects and indirect economic effects. From an economic standpoint, direct economic effects are associated with ...
Climate-change studies in the western Himalaya
... percentage, number of occurrences of western disturbances and number of snowfall days at 18 SASE station locations, situated in different ranges of the western Himalaya, are considered. It should be noted that data for different parameters are available for different time periods. Only years when co ...
... percentage, number of occurrences of western disturbances and number of snowfall days at 18 SASE station locations, situated in different ranges of the western Himalaya, are considered. It should be noted that data for different parameters are available for different time periods. Only years when co ...
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... discount rate therefore can be important in making recommendations about current climate policy. The discount rates for utility (the pure rate of time preference) and for consumption (the social discount rate) are different, but related, objects. I recognize this difference where it is important, but ...
... discount rate therefore can be important in making recommendations about current climate policy. The discount rates for utility (the pure rate of time preference) and for consumption (the social discount rate) are different, but related, objects. I recognize this difference where it is important, but ...
Geography (GEOG)
... The spatial dimensions of political activity from the local to the global scale. Themes include: control of territory, relations among political entities, and political ideology. GEOG 320 Global Climate Change 3 Credit Hours This course explores concepts and current thinking on global climat ...
... The spatial dimensions of political activity from the local to the global scale. Themes include: control of territory, relations among political entities, and political ideology. GEOG 320 Global Climate Change 3 Credit Hours This course explores concepts and current thinking on global climat ...
Upward ant distribution shift corresponds with minimum, not
... are more intuitive). The 1974–2011 yearly trends were analyzed using Box-Jenkins autoregressive moving average models (ARMA) (Box et al., 1994) using the R software package (R Development Core Team, 2013) to account for the autocorrelation between observations inherent in time series analysis. The a ...
... are more intuitive). The 1974–2011 yearly trends were analyzed using Box-Jenkins autoregressive moving average models (ARMA) (Box et al., 1994) using the R software package (R Development Core Team, 2013) to account for the autocorrelation between observations inherent in time series analysis. The a ...
Global Climate Change Policy Update (2007) DRAFT
... to environmentalists. The senators based their comments on a daylong climate conference they hosted in April 2006, plus hundreds of written comments submitted in the days leading up to the session. "While opinions varied on the stringency of initial limits, there was support for the notion that a pr ...
... to environmentalists. The senators based their comments on a daylong climate conference they hosted in April 2006, plus hundreds of written comments submitted in the days leading up to the session. "While opinions varied on the stringency of initial limits, there was support for the notion that a pr ...
Chapter 6: Projections Based on Global Climate Models
... • The climate change projections in this chapter are based on simulations from up to 18 global climate models for three emissions scenarios: B1 (low), A1B (medium) and A2 (high). Results are given for three future 20-year periods centred on 2030, 2055 and 2090, relative to a 20-year period centred ...
... • The climate change projections in this chapter are based on simulations from up to 18 global climate models for three emissions scenarios: B1 (low), A1B (medium) and A2 (high). Results are given for three future 20-year periods centred on 2030, 2055 and 2090, relative to a 20-year period centred ...
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... Dharmapuri district in Tamil Nadu was selected to assess the impact of climate change, where the dryland farmers are highly vulnerable to frequent droughts as well as other climatic factors. The normal rainfall is 853.1 mm in the district. In order to assess the impact of climate change a multi-stag ...
... Dharmapuri district in Tamil Nadu was selected to assess the impact of climate change, where the dryland farmers are highly vulnerable to frequent droughts as well as other climatic factors. The normal rainfall is 853.1 mm in the district. In order to assess the impact of climate change a multi-stag ...
Direct and Indirect Effects of Climate Change on Amphibian
... these environmental changes, they may experience increased mortality and significant sublethal effects. Additionally, a number of scientists suggested that global warming and ozone depletion will affect entire ecological communities [13-15]. It is now abundantly clear that the Earth’s climate is cha ...
... these environmental changes, they may experience increased mortality and significant sublethal effects. Additionally, a number of scientists suggested that global warming and ozone depletion will affect entire ecological communities [13-15]. It is now abundantly clear that the Earth’s climate is cha ...
IOC and COP21 - UNESDOC
... Covering 71% of the globe, the ocean provides essential services for maintaining life on Earth and is as important as forests in the supply of world oxygen. As a natural regulator of the Earth’s climate and cornerstone of the global climate system, its importance can no longer be underestimated. Oce ...
... Covering 71% of the globe, the ocean provides essential services for maintaining life on Earth and is as important as forests in the supply of world oxygen. As a natural regulator of the Earth’s climate and cornerstone of the global climate system, its importance can no longer be underestimated. Oce ...