Governing climate change: the politics of risk society?
... undergoing a process of (unseen) ‘selfconfrontation’ (Figure 2). Risks are produced within modernity, but their distanciated, unpredictable and imperceptible nature means that the institutions of modernity can not ‘comprehend or legitimize’ them (Beck 1994, 10; 1996a, 32). The politics of risk socie ...
... undergoing a process of (unseen) ‘selfconfrontation’ (Figure 2). Risks are produced within modernity, but their distanciated, unpredictable and imperceptible nature means that the institutions of modernity can not ‘comprehend or legitimize’ them (Beck 1994, 10; 1996a, 32). The politics of risk socie ...
Empirical evidence for Thailand surface temperature changes and
... 1970s have been in phase with the persistent and exceptionally strong warm phase of ENSO cycles. Furthermore, the EOF1 coefficient series of T min and T amin have monotonically increased at a faster rate than those of T max , and T amax since the mid 1950s that resemble the greenhouse warming finger ...
... 1970s have been in phase with the persistent and exceptionally strong warm phase of ENSO cycles. Furthermore, the EOF1 coefficient series of T min and T amin have monotonically increased at a faster rate than those of T max , and T amax since the mid 1950s that resemble the greenhouse warming finger ...
Sea Level Rise - Sarasota Bay Estuary Program
... has been similar to the global average of 6 to ...
... has been similar to the global average of 6 to ...
- Covenant University
... foreign policy. The ‘people in power’ muse it and hype a connection to the understanding of the challenge; but it has not yet become a clear and applicable policy, either at the domestic or global level. What should be Nigeria’s foreign policy towards the African and global climate change? What shou ...
... foreign policy. The ‘people in power’ muse it and hype a connection to the understanding of the challenge; but it has not yet become a clear and applicable policy, either at the domestic or global level. What should be Nigeria’s foreign policy towards the African and global climate change? What shou ...
Projected climate change impacts on forest land cover and land use
... species-level vegetation classification. We assigned a stand age to each forested IDU based on overlay of the IDU coverage and a reference stand age coverage. For stand age ≤25, that coverage used Landsat-based LandTrender results (Kennedy et al. 2010; Kennedy et al. 2012), which evaluate the pixel- ...
... species-level vegetation classification. We assigned a stand age to each forested IDU based on overlay of the IDU coverage and a reference stand age coverage. For stand age ≤25, that coverage used Landsat-based LandTrender results (Kennedy et al. 2010; Kennedy et al. 2012), which evaluate the pixel- ...
China, the United States and the European Union: Multiple
... in meetings in Beijing with President Xi and others. President Obama sent President Xi a proposal in the spring. In June 2014, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the Clean Power Plan to reduce power plant emissions. 16 Discussions took place on the margins of the Strategic and Econo ...
... in meetings in Beijing with President Xi and others. President Obama sent President Xi a proposal in the spring. In June 2014, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the Clean Power Plan to reduce power plant emissions. 16 Discussions took place on the margins of the Strategic and Econo ...
Tajikistan
... and precipitation. The stations were selected according to orographic and climatic district groups, as well as according to altitude zones (submountain districts until 1000 masl, mountain districts from 1000 to 2500 m, high altitude areas above 2500 m). To assess changes in snow stock, the data from ...
... and precipitation. The stations were selected according to orographic and climatic district groups, as well as according to altitude zones (submountain districts until 1000 masl, mountain districts from 1000 to 2500 m, high altitude areas above 2500 m). To assess changes in snow stock, the data from ...
Climate change and health in Earth`s future
... world’s refugees are from just five countries, all beset by conflict: Afghanistan, Somalia, Iraq, Syria, and Sudan [UNHCR, 2013]. The civil war in Syria, to which climate change may have contributed [Femia and Werrell, 2013], has already created over 2 million refugees. Glue, in contrast, describes th ...
... world’s refugees are from just five countries, all beset by conflict: Afghanistan, Somalia, Iraq, Syria, and Sudan [UNHCR, 2013]. The civil war in Syria, to which climate change may have contributed [Femia and Werrell, 2013], has already created over 2 million refugees. Glue, in contrast, describes th ...
sectiong lobal carbon credit markets – issues and opportunities
... projects (agricultural methane; coal mine methane; landfill methane; agricultural soil carbon; rangeland soil carbon management; forestry; renewable energy; ozone depleting substance destruction). Other offset projects, including energy efficiency and fuel switching, can be approved on a case-by-cas ...
... projects (agricultural methane; coal mine methane; landfill methane; agricultural soil carbon; rangeland soil carbon management; forestry; renewable energy; ozone depleting substance destruction). Other offset projects, including energy efficiency and fuel switching, can be approved on a case-by-cas ...
FFESCsynthesisAppendixIkwedit
... not yet finding its way into decision frameworks used by practitioners and policymakers in their day-to-day work. To deliver flexible, local adaptation actions we need: (1) evidence that change is needed and information about the nature of the change; (2) tools that equip decision-makers/practitione ...
... not yet finding its way into decision frameworks used by practitioners and policymakers in their day-to-day work. To deliver flexible, local adaptation actions we need: (1) evidence that change is needed and information about the nature of the change; (2) tools that equip decision-makers/practitione ...
Engaging Science and Managing Scientific Uncertainty in Urban
... professional guidebooks and frameworks, such as those prepared by the World Bank (2010, 2011) and ICLEI-CSES (2007). Although cities are following a variety of trajectories in their planning, including with respect to the timing and approach to assessments, the advice provided to cities by many inte ...
... professional guidebooks and frameworks, such as those prepared by the World Bank (2010, 2011) and ICLEI-CSES (2007). Although cities are following a variety of trajectories in their planning, including with respect to the timing and approach to assessments, the advice provided to cities by many inte ...
Climate change impacts and adaptation strategies in the
... has experienced a 20% reduction (JRC, 2005). Predictions by the EEA show that in the period up to 2030 climate change will reduce river flow in southern Europe and exacerbate already acute water-shortage problems in the more arid south and southeast. Droughts may increase the risk of forest fires. M ...
... has experienced a 20% reduction (JRC, 2005). Predictions by the EEA show that in the period up to 2030 climate change will reduce river flow in southern Europe and exacerbate already acute water-shortage problems in the more arid south and southeast. Droughts may increase the risk of forest fires. M ...
FOUNDATION PAPER |ONE CLIMATE CHANGE Victoria: the
... The warming around Australia is consistent with the global pattern and cannot be explained by natural variability alone. CSIRO and The Australian Bureau of Meteorology, State of the Climate 20121 ...
... The warming around Australia is consistent with the global pattern and cannot be explained by natural variability alone. CSIRO and The Australian Bureau of Meteorology, State of the Climate 20121 ...
... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its Fourth Assessment Report (IPCC, 2007) provided conclusive scientific evidence that human activity in the form of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) is responsible for many observed climate changes, but noted that use of this knowledge to suppor ...
Ice-albedo feedback in the Northern Hemisphere during the Last
... Southern Hemisphere (not shown), but interestingly there is an increase in the Northern Hemisphere sea ice at PI, due to the larger Arctic Ocean basin (Figure 2). The Arctic Ocean is completely ice covered, in both simulated climates. At LGM, extensive sea ice extends eastward into the North Atlanti ...
... Southern Hemisphere (not shown), but interestingly there is an increase in the Northern Hemisphere sea ice at PI, due to the larger Arctic Ocean basin (Figure 2). The Arctic Ocean is completely ice covered, in both simulated climates. At LGM, extensive sea ice extends eastward into the North Atlanti ...
SUMA K4035 – Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Measuring and
... Global greenhouse gas emissions are now at a record high, and the world’s scientific community agrees that continued unabated release of greenhouse gases will have catastrophic consequences. Many efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions, both public and private, have been underway for decades, yet i ...
... Global greenhouse gas emissions are now at a record high, and the world’s scientific community agrees that continued unabated release of greenhouse gases will have catastrophic consequences. Many efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions, both public and private, have been underway for decades, yet i ...
WHAT IS THE “DAMAGES FUNCTION” FOR GLOBAL WARMING
... these two axioms imply a utility function encompassing as special cases both the standard multiplicative form, which has traditionally been used in practice for some time now, and also an additive analogue that has appeared more recently in the literature. After some numerical exercises, the paper d ...
... these two axioms imply a utility function encompassing as special cases both the standard multiplicative form, which has traditionally been used in practice for some time now, and also an additive analogue that has appeared more recently in the literature. After some numerical exercises, the paper d ...
CHAPTER 6: Tropical Marine
... planned for in any contemporary conservation efforts. A variety of emergent stressors associated with climate variability and change, reviewed below, are of increasing concern to scientists and mangers. INCREASING SEA TEMPERATURES ...
... planned for in any contemporary conservation efforts. A variety of emergent stressors associated with climate variability and change, reviewed below, are of increasing concern to scientists and mangers. INCREASING SEA TEMPERATURES ...
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... unchecked by public policy, with the worst of the likely outcomes from uncertain climate impacts. An alternative, rapid stabilization case will be presented in the next chapter, along with a comparison of the costs of the two scenarios. The business-as-usual case is based on the high end of the “lik ...
... unchecked by public policy, with the worst of the likely outcomes from uncertain climate impacts. An alternative, rapid stabilization case will be presented in the next chapter, along with a comparison of the costs of the two scenarios. The business-as-usual case is based on the high end of the “lik ...
Verma, N. M. 2014. Dynamism of building people
... This proves even truer when people need help to live and to be prepared to minimize losses. While saving lives, protecting property and means of livelihood, food, shelter, clothing and healthcare count as vital needs for each individual. Germination of ideas in minds of people to think-Let's do some ...
... This proves even truer when people need help to live and to be prepared to minimize losses. While saving lives, protecting property and means of livelihood, food, shelter, clothing and healthcare count as vital needs for each individual. Germination of ideas in minds of people to think-Let's do some ...
Climate regulation in New Zealand: contribution of natural and
... for agriculture. However, carbon stocks are also at risk of being lost through degradation of natural ecosystems, and this requires active management and mitigation strategies. Key words: albedo, carbon, greenhouse gas inventory, managed ecosystems, national scale, natural ecosystems, managed ecosys ...
... for agriculture. However, carbon stocks are also at risk of being lost through degradation of natural ecosystems, and this requires active management and mitigation strategies. Key words: albedo, carbon, greenhouse gas inventory, managed ecosystems, national scale, natural ecosystems, managed ecosys ...
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... base year (averaged data for 2003, 2004 and 2005) and projects a baseline scenario to 2020. Hence the model is capable to assess the impacts of climate change for the year 2020 and to do this the model requires input data for different crops and grass yields under climate scenarios for the year 2020 ...
... base year (averaged data for 2003, 2004 and 2005) and projects a baseline scenario to 2020. Hence the model is capable to assess the impacts of climate change for the year 2020 and to do this the model requires input data for different crops and grass yields under climate scenarios for the year 2020 ...
Climate Sensitivity - Home page 350.me.uk
... d i f f e r e n t physical processes to the cooling of the l a s t ice age (18K years ago), and (3) by using estimated changes in global temperature and the abundance of atmospheric greenhouse gases to deduce an empirical climate sensitivity for the period 1850-1980. Our 3-D global climate model yie ...
... d i f f e r e n t physical processes to the cooling of the l a s t ice age (18K years ago), and (3) by using estimated changes in global temperature and the abundance of atmospheric greenhouse gases to deduce an empirical climate sensitivity for the period 1850-1980. Our 3-D global climate model yie ...
Global warming
Global warming and climate change are terms for the observed century-scale rise in the average temperature of the Earth's climate system and its related effects.Multiple lines of scientific evidence show that the climate system is warming. Although the increase of near-surface atmospheric temperature is the measure of global warming often reported in the popular press, most of the additional energy stored in the climate system since 1970 has gone into ocean warming. The remainder has melted ice, and warmed the continents and atmosphere. Many of the observed changes since the 1950s are unprecedented over decades to millennia.Scientific understanding of global warming is increasing. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reported in 2014 that scientists were more than 95% certain that most of global warming is caused by increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases and other human (anthropogenic) activities. Climate model projections summarized in the report indicated that during the 21st century the global surface temperature is likely to rise a further 0.3 to 1.7 °C (0.5 to 3.1 °F) for their lowest emissions scenario using stringent mitigation and 2.6 to 4.8 °C (4.7 to 8.6 °F) for their highest. These findings have been recognized by the national science academies of the major industrialized nations.Future climate change and associated impacts will differ from region to region around the globe. Anticipated effects include warming global temperature, rising sea levels, changing precipitation, and expansion of deserts in the subtropics. Warming is expected to be greatest in the Arctic, with the continuing retreat of glaciers, permafrost and sea ice. Other likely changes include more frequent extreme weather events including heat waves, droughts, heavy rainfall, and heavy snowfall; ocean acidification; and species extinctions due to shifting temperature regimes. Effects significant to humans include the threat to food security from decreasing crop yields and the abandonment of populated areas due to flooding.Possible societal responses to global warming include mitigation by emissions reduction, adaptation to its effects, building systems resilient to its effects, and possible future climate engineering. Most countries are parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC),whose ultimate objective is to prevent dangerous anthropogenic climate change. The UNFCCC have adopted a range of policies designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to assist in adaptation to global warming. Parties to the UNFCCC have agreed that deep cuts in emissions are required, and that future global warming should be limited to below 2.0 °C (3.6 °F) relative to the pre-industrial level.