New Zealand Farming and Climate Change
... It’s smart farming, or what’s known globally as ‘bio-logical’ farming. Smart farming is about reverting back to more traditional farming practices that involve less input and better output. It’s about cutting down on chemicals, cutting back on herd numbers and looking after soil so that pasture thri ...
... It’s smart farming, or what’s known globally as ‘bio-logical’ farming. Smart farming is about reverting back to more traditional farming practices that involve less input and better output. It’s about cutting down on chemicals, cutting back on herd numbers and looking after soil so that pasture thri ...
An Eco-Feminist Perspective on the Climate Change Regime
... as once the commons is exhausted, nobody will be able to graze their cows there anymore, bringing their livestock livelihoods to an end. A similar tragedy could unfold in the atmospheric commons through human-induced climate change arising from growing greenhouse gas emissions.3 Evidence of climate ...
... as once the commons is exhausted, nobody will be able to graze their cows there anymore, bringing their livestock livelihoods to an end. A similar tragedy could unfold in the atmospheric commons through human-induced climate change arising from growing greenhouse gas emissions.3 Evidence of climate ...
Polycentric systems for coping with collective action and
... Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis at Indiana University have developed the concept of polycentric systems for the analysis of collective-action problems involved in the provision of diverse public goods and services. Given that multiple benefits at diverse scales are generated from eff ...
... Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis at Indiana University have developed the concept of polycentric systems for the analysis of collective-action problems involved in the provision of diverse public goods and services. Given that multiple benefits at diverse scales are generated from eff ...
Principles of Justice in the Context of Global Climate Change
... Second, retributive justice raises questions of compensation. It follows from the responsibility-based principle and relates to Shue’s first question. The Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) advocated in the negotiations the establishment of a fund, to be provided by those who have caused global ...
... Second, retributive justice raises questions of compensation. It follows from the responsibility-based principle and relates to Shue’s first question. The Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) advocated in the negotiations the establishment of a fund, to be provided by those who have caused global ...
Changing Climate Changing Understanding
... How will this affect future temperature? If CO2 concentration grows from 390 ppm to 500 ppm: ...
... How will this affect future temperature? If CO2 concentration grows from 390 ppm to 500 ppm: ...
NRDC: Health and Climate Change: Accounting for Costs
... emergency room visits, and an estimated 3,000 outpatient visits resulted in nearly $20.4 million in health-related costs. Seasonal river flooding will increasingly affect many areas of the country, resulting in more injuries and deaths. Increased heavy downpours are projected from climate change as ...
... emergency room visits, and an estimated 3,000 outpatient visits resulted in nearly $20.4 million in health-related costs. Seasonal river flooding will increasingly affect many areas of the country, resulting in more injuries and deaths. Increased heavy downpours are projected from climate change as ...
The impacts of climate change on the risk of natural disasters
... of the past millennium (IPCC, 2001a), and nine out of the 10 warmest years on record occurred between 1995 and 2004 (with 1998, 2002, 2003 and 2004 being the warmest) (WMO, 2004). These changes in temperatures have had a range of secondary effects on hydrological systems and terrestrial and marine e ...
... of the past millennium (IPCC, 2001a), and nine out of the 10 warmest years on record occurred between 1995 and 2004 (with 1998, 2002, 2003 and 2004 being the warmest) (WMO, 2004). These changes in temperatures have had a range of secondary effects on hydrological systems and terrestrial and marine e ...
Global Climate Change: Science and Economics
... and future greenhouse gas emissions on the global climate. While considerable uncertainty remains in these models, a broad scientific consensus has formed that the human-induced greenhouse effect poses a significant threat to the global ecosystem. The global average temperature increased by about 0. ...
... and future greenhouse gas emissions on the global climate. While considerable uncertainty remains in these models, a broad scientific consensus has formed that the human-induced greenhouse effect poses a significant threat to the global ecosystem. The global average temperature increased by about 0. ...
Atmosphere and Climate Change Section 1
... • At a solar maximum, the sun emits an increased amount of ultraviolet (UV) radiation. UV radiation produces more ozone, which warms the stratosphere. • The increased solar radiation can also warm the lower atmosphere and surface of the Earth a little. ...
... • At a solar maximum, the sun emits an increased amount of ultraviolet (UV) radiation. UV radiation produces more ozone, which warms the stratosphere. • The increased solar radiation can also warm the lower atmosphere and surface of the Earth a little. ...
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... particularized injury in its capacity as a landowner. The severity of that injury will only increase over the course of the next century: If sea levels continue to rise as predicted, one Massachusetts official believes that a significant fraction of coastal property will be "either permanently lost ...
... particularized injury in its capacity as a landowner. The severity of that injury will only increase over the course of the next century: If sea levels continue to rise as predicted, one Massachusetts official believes that a significant fraction of coastal property will be "either permanently lost ...
Projected change in global fisheries revenues and effort under
... 2. Actual catch may not equal to MCP. Future studies should consider the influence of different policies; 3. Other human and socio-‐economic responses to climate change should also be considered e.g., adap ...
... 2. Actual catch may not equal to MCP. Future studies should consider the influence of different policies; 3. Other human and socio-‐economic responses to climate change should also be considered e.g., adap ...
Hot Cities: battle-ground for Climate CHange - UN
... According to the report, the world’s cities are responsible for up to 70 per cent of harmful greenhouse gases while occupying just 2 per cent of its land. What goes on in cities, and how they manage their impact on the environment, lies at the core of the problem. It is the combination of urbanizati ...
... According to the report, the world’s cities are responsible for up to 70 per cent of harmful greenhouse gases while occupying just 2 per cent of its land. What goes on in cities, and how they manage their impact on the environment, lies at the core of the problem. It is the combination of urbanizati ...
impact of climate change in andean bolivian
... could generate greater conflicts, especially among communities in the basin’s high and low areas. ...
... could generate greater conflicts, especially among communities in the basin’s high and low areas. ...
On Flying to Ethics Conferences: Climate Change and
... Australia. Crop yields from rain-dependent agriculture could decrease by 50 percent in some African countries (IPCC 2007b, 8). Some of the populations, nations, and regions at highest risk will be hard-pressed to respond because they have low adaptive capacity. Adaptive capacity is the ability to re ...
... Australia. Crop yields from rain-dependent agriculture could decrease by 50 percent in some African countries (IPCC 2007b, 8). Some of the populations, nations, and regions at highest risk will be hard-pressed to respond because they have low adaptive capacity. Adaptive capacity is the ability to re ...
Geographies of Race and Food
... usefully acknowledge the physiological or phenotypic variety that our bodies present to one another. There are moments when those who encounter each other at political borders, at climate forums, or in metropolitan streets might take inspiration from the divergent paths that their ancestors have tak ...
... usefully acknowledge the physiological or phenotypic variety that our bodies present to one another. There are moments when those who encounter each other at political borders, at climate forums, or in metropolitan streets might take inspiration from the divergent paths that their ancestors have tak ...
EU views on greenhouse gases and global warming potentials and
... – For some F-gases no GWP has been estimated ...
... – For some F-gases no GWP has been estimated ...
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
... most critical climate change impacts in the region are rising temperatures, decreasing precipitation, and resultant glacial retreat. Since the 1950s, the temperature in the Andes has increased an average of 0.27ºF (0.15ºC) per decade, with increases of around 0.61ºF (0.34ºC) per decade between 1974 ...
... most critical climate change impacts in the region are rising temperatures, decreasing precipitation, and resultant glacial retreat. Since the 1950s, the temperature in the Andes has increased an average of 0.27ºF (0.15ºC) per decade, with increases of around 0.61ºF (0.34ºC) per decade between 1974 ...
Climate Change Changers
... the hydrological cycle- droughts and floods and heavy precipitation” James E. Hansen, Director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies “We should be treating, I think, the whole issue of climate change and global warming with a far greater degree of priority than I think is happening now” Prin ...
... the hydrological cycle- droughts and floods and heavy precipitation” James E. Hansen, Director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies “We should be treating, I think, the whole issue of climate change and global warming with a far greater degree of priority than I think is happening now” Prin ...
2016.03.10 CORE Convergence Forum
... The ecosystems, agriculture, livelihoods and settlements are very dependent on climate. The problem now is that global temperatures have risen rapidly over the last few decades with strong evidence of increases in average global air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, and ris ...
... The ecosystems, agriculture, livelihoods and settlements are very dependent on climate. The problem now is that global temperatures have risen rapidly over the last few decades with strong evidence of increases in average global air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, and ris ...
udall rcrf update boulder 4 21 2009
... physical aspects of climate change that are important for evaluating impacts on Colorado’s water resources, and developing adaptation strategies out to the mid-21st century ...
... physical aspects of climate change that are important for evaluating impacts on Colorado’s water resources, and developing adaptation strategies out to the mid-21st century ...
Dec 2 Recommendations on Oceans and Climate – long
... and adaptive capacities of coastal and island communities. Adaptation efforts in coastal and island communities in 183 coastal countries and SIDS which are at the frontline of climate change should: 3.1 Be carried out through the integrated coastal and ocean management/marine spatial planning instit ...
... and adaptive capacities of coastal and island communities. Adaptation efforts in coastal and island communities in 183 coastal countries and SIDS which are at the frontline of climate change should: 3.1 Be carried out through the integrated coastal and ocean management/marine spatial planning instit ...
The Energy-Climate Literacy Imperative: Why Energy Education
... Scouts even have a Climate Connections badge that emphasizes the connections between climate change and human activities, encouraging actions to reduce negative impacts. If carbon emissions continue to increase at their current rates, we are well on our way to not just a warmer but full-blown, hotte ...
... Scouts even have a Climate Connections badge that emphasizes the connections between climate change and human activities, encouraging actions to reduce negative impacts. If carbon emissions continue to increase at their current rates, we are well on our way to not just a warmer but full-blown, hotte ...
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.