Climate Impacts On Health Report
... Kovats et al. 2001). In southern central arid regions the increase in temperatures is likely to result in less winter respiratory infections and deaths. However, the majority of impacts associated with elevated temperatures are likely to be negative. The rate of temperature change, the length of hot ...
... Kovats et al. 2001). In southern central arid regions the increase in temperatures is likely to result in less winter respiratory infections and deaths. However, the majority of impacts associated with elevated temperatures are likely to be negative. The rate of temperature change, the length of hot ...
Static mass-balance sensitivity of Arctic glaciers and ice caps using
... approach was negligible for small climate perturbations applied to smaller ice masses close to equilibrium over the next 100 years, but significant beyond that timescale. For relatively large ice masses and rapidly retreating glaciers, the difference becomes significant after a few decades, and by 2 ...
... approach was negligible for small climate perturbations applied to smaller ice masses close to equilibrium over the next 100 years, but significant beyond that timescale. For relatively large ice masses and rapidly retreating glaciers, the difference becomes significant after a few decades, and by 2 ...
legal approaches to promote technological solutions to climate change
... environmental thinking, and suggest framing climate change “as the result of too little clean economic development” rather than as a consequence of overdevelopment and over-industrialization. 4 Driven by the goal of achieving dominance in space within a fixed, short period of time, the Apollo Projec ...
... environmental thinking, and suggest framing climate change “as the result of too little clean economic development” rather than as a consequence of overdevelopment and over-industrialization. 4 Driven by the goal of achieving dominance in space within a fixed, short period of time, the Apollo Projec ...
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... wish – or have to – achieve in the future. Indeed, given the current agreement over the threat posed by climate change and the need to take some action, this approach seems more convincing. The authors find that imposing a carbon tax other than zero is a better strategy than doing nothing until full ...
... wish – or have to – achieve in the future. Indeed, given the current agreement over the threat posed by climate change and the need to take some action, this approach seems more convincing. The authors find that imposing a carbon tax other than zero is a better strategy than doing nothing until full ...
IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS)
... possible problem in years to come by. In 1988, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was set up to assess and synthesize the latest scientific, technical and socio economic literature on global warming (Toulmin, 2009). It operates under the auspices of the World Meteorological Organiz ...
... possible problem in years to come by. In 1988, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was set up to assess and synthesize the latest scientific, technical and socio economic literature on global warming (Toulmin, 2009). It operates under the auspices of the World Meteorological Organiz ...
Civic Education About Climate Change
... The first area of knowledge—and the most commonly emphasized—is climate science literacy. This focus derives in part from the work of Jon Miller (1998), who has defined science literacy generally as awareness and knowledge of technical terms and constructs sufficient to make sense of competing argum ...
... The first area of knowledge—and the most commonly emphasized—is climate science literacy. This focus derives in part from the work of Jon Miller (1998), who has defined science literacy generally as awareness and knowledge of technical terms and constructs sufficient to make sense of competing argum ...
UNDP-TACC Pilot project Uruguay
... A territory is a complex structure where assets are inter linked through different forms such as raw material use, production, consumption, dependence on other systems. The commonly used sectorial analysis is not adapted to the global climate change as it influences several parameters and several ob ...
... A territory is a complex structure where assets are inter linked through different forms such as raw material use, production, consumption, dependence on other systems. The commonly used sectorial analysis is not adapted to the global climate change as it influences several parameters and several ob ...
CO2 Capture Technologies
... greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation portfolio. • Without CCS, overall costs to reduce emissions to 2005 levels by 2050 increase by 70%. • An ambitious CCS growth path is needed to achieve this GHG mitigation potential, envisioning 100 projects globally by 2020 and over 3 000 projects by 2050). • T ...
... greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation portfolio. • Without CCS, overall costs to reduce emissions to 2005 levels by 2050 increase by 70%. • An ambitious CCS growth path is needed to achieve this GHG mitigation potential, envisioning 100 projects globally by 2020 and over 3 000 projects by 2050). • T ...
Article The uncertainties of climate change in Spanish daily
... The analysis of climate science media coverage is based upon three needs: a) apart from formal education, media are the main source of climate change information for the lay public [16], b) this phenomenon has a number of features that act as barriers that hinder public cognitive understanding [17] ...
... The analysis of climate science media coverage is based upon three needs: a) apart from formal education, media are the main source of climate change information for the lay public [16], b) this phenomenon has a number of features that act as barriers that hinder public cognitive understanding [17] ...
Article The uncertainties of climate change in Spanish
... The analysis of climate science media coverage is based upon three needs: a) apart from formal education, media are the main source of climate change information for the lay public [16], b) this phenomenon has a number of features that act as barriers that hinder public cognitive understanding [17] ...
... The analysis of climate science media coverage is based upon three needs: a) apart from formal education, media are the main source of climate change information for the lay public [16], b) this phenomenon has a number of features that act as barriers that hinder public cognitive understanding [17] ...
Climate Psychology in Cartoons - Association of Energy Engineers
... only incremental protection or risk reduction and may not be the most effective option.” CRED researchers found that Argentinian farmers who built extra storage space for grain where less likely to use irrigation or crop insurance, even though using all of the options would have provided the most pr ...
... only incremental protection or risk reduction and may not be the most effective option.” CRED researchers found that Argentinian farmers who built extra storage space for grain where less likely to use irrigation or crop insurance, even though using all of the options would have provided the most pr ...
Cambodia - Climate Change Knowledge Portal
... bring fertile alluvium soils to the central plains. Only about 19.5 % (approximately 400,000 ha) of cultivated land in Cambodia benefits from irrigation. There is evidence of an increase in the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events, including floods and droughts in Asia throughout the 20 ...
... bring fertile alluvium soils to the central plains. Only about 19.5 % (approximately 400,000 ha) of cultivated land in Cambodia benefits from irrigation. There is evidence of an increase in the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events, including floods and droughts in Asia throughout the 20 ...
Infiltrating the Frozen Fortress: the importance of the cryosphere to
... Price, and Petch 1994). Close ties with the mountains can be seen when considering natural resources. Mountains supply an estimated fifty percent of the freshwater used by humans worldwide. Of this, ten percent of the population are considered mountain residents while the other forty percent are in ...
... Price, and Petch 1994). Close ties with the mountains can be seen when considering natural resources. Mountains supply an estimated fifty percent of the freshwater used by humans worldwide. Of this, ten percent of the population are considered mountain residents while the other forty percent are in ...
A 700 Year Record of Southern Hemisphere Extratropical Climate
... 1998). The PSA has a strong influence on blocking anticyclone activity across the southeast Pacific. The present-day climate of the Antarctic exhibits significant regional complexity that is closely linked to changes in global climate (Yuan and others, 1996). Slight cooling of much of the Antarctic ...
... 1998). The PSA has a strong influence on blocking anticyclone activity across the southeast Pacific. The present-day climate of the Antarctic exhibits significant regional complexity that is closely linked to changes in global climate (Yuan and others, 1996). Slight cooling of much of the Antarctic ...
Revisiting the Earth`s sea‐level and energy budgets from 1961
... 1972 to 2008, the observed sea‐level rise (1.8 ± 0.2 mm yr−1 from tide gauges alone and 2.1 ± 0.2 mm yr −1 from a combination of tide gauges and altimeter observations) agrees well with the sum of contributions (1.8 ± 0.4 mm yr−1) in magnitude and with both having similar increases in the rate of ri ...
... 1972 to 2008, the observed sea‐level rise (1.8 ± 0.2 mm yr−1 from tide gauges alone and 2.1 ± 0.2 mm yr −1 from a combination of tide gauges and altimeter observations) agrees well with the sum of contributions (1.8 ± 0.4 mm yr−1) in magnitude and with both having similar increases in the rate of ri ...
The Relationship between Land–Ocean Surface Temperature
... related to the top-of-atmosphere radiative flux imbalance, and hence it tends to a small value as equilibrium is approached. In contrast, when climate is forced by prescribing changes in SSTs, the heat transport anomaly replaces ‘‘missing’’ radiative forcing over land by moving heat from ocean to la ...
... related to the top-of-atmosphere radiative flux imbalance, and hence it tends to a small value as equilibrium is approached. In contrast, when climate is forced by prescribing changes in SSTs, the heat transport anomaly replaces ‘‘missing’’ radiative forcing over land by moving heat from ocean to la ...
EUROSION_Climate Change and Coastal and Beach Management
... changes and distribution in rainfall. The role of biodiversity and ecosystem services in supporting the provision of economic services is discussed and illustrated in the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. This is also an emerging way of understanding the benefits of biodiversity, and the conservation ...
... changes and distribution in rainfall. The role of biodiversity and ecosystem services in supporting the provision of economic services is discussed and illustrated in the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. This is also an emerging way of understanding the benefits of biodiversity, and the conservation ...
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... of agriculturally related climatic change (Darwin, 1999). Mendelsohn and Nordhaus (1996) indicate, for example, that welfare bias associated with a 25% climate induced decrease in crop supply is likely to be less than 5% when demand is constant. They did not, however, evaluate the ...
... of agriculturally related climatic change (Darwin, 1999). Mendelsohn and Nordhaus (1996) indicate, for example, that welfare bias associated with a 25% climate induced decrease in crop supply is likely to be less than 5% when demand is constant. They did not, however, evaluate the ...
Current Extreme Weather and Climate Change
... Rigorous analyses have shown that natural variability alone cannot explain the observed long-term trends of changing extremes in temperature and precipitation.12 In contrast, the observed trends fit well with our understanding of how climate change drives changes in weather. Computer models of the c ...
... Rigorous analyses have shown that natural variability alone cannot explain the observed long-term trends of changing extremes in temperature and precipitation.12 In contrast, the observed trends fit well with our understanding of how climate change drives changes in weather. Computer models of the c ...
Climate response to imposed solar radiation reductions in high
... ocean, as in CW2008. While treating full ocean dynamics and thermodynamics would open an additional response path for the climate system, the meridional ocean fluxes in high latitudes are generally small compared to the atmospheric fluxes, suggesting that the changes in atmospheric dynamics and ther ...
... ocean, as in CW2008. While treating full ocean dynamics and thermodynamics would open an additional response path for the climate system, the meridional ocean fluxes in high latitudes are generally small compared to the atmospheric fluxes, suggesting that the changes in atmospheric dynamics and ther ...
IS CLIMATE CHANGE HINDERING ECONOMIC GROWTH OF ASIAN ECONOMIES? *
... consequently reduce economic growth in the long-run (Zhang and others, 2007; Tol and Wagner, 2010; Butkiewicz and Yanikkaya, 2005). Parry and others (2007) projects that a decline in water supplies stored in glaciers and snow cover will result in water scarcity. If global average temperature increas ...
... consequently reduce economic growth in the long-run (Zhang and others, 2007; Tol and Wagner, 2010; Butkiewicz and Yanikkaya, 2005). Parry and others (2007) projects that a decline in water supplies stored in glaciers and snow cover will result in water scarcity. If global average temperature increas ...